German automaker Porsche has opened a new 8 cylinder engine manufacturing plant at the main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. About €80m has been invested in the plant, which has a capacity to produce 200 engines per day. The new ...
Ecobuild Southeast Asia with its comprehensive showcase of sustainable construction products and solutions will be held on 12-14 April 2016 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia. Themed “Driving Productivity in ...
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BASF showcases chemistry’s contribution at the BAU trade fair from January 19-25 in Munich. In hall A6 booth 303 the company presents numerous solutions including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings. Other exhibits ...
Tags: flooring solutions, grouts, Construction
The Israeli architect and designer Neri Oxman has created a range of 3-D printed garments inspired from ancient planetary explorers. Representing the life sustaining elements earth, water, air and fire, the range is infused with ...
Tags: 3D printing, Synthetic Biology, Apparel
The composite panel cold store solutions provider ISD Solutions is completing work on a new frozen food distribution centre for frozen food retailer Farmfoods. Due to open in November, the 175,000 sq ft facility at Avonmouth, Bristol, ...
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BASF has launched two new MasterTop topcoats for decorative and industrial applications which can be used in public rooms such as education, office and healthcare facilities as well as in industrial environments. With MasterTop TC 417W and ...
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Underpinned by its widely acknowledged expertise, HQE™ certification is the best solution to gain objective and credible recognition for: Best practice in terms of the sustainable construction and operation of buildings. ...
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Saint-Gobain to Host Online Debate Saint-Gobain is hosting an online debate where expert guests will come together to consider one of the most critical issues in the industry. The online debate will consider the motion: “Over ...
Tags: NHBC, Saint-Gobain, Richard Halderthay, socio-economic
The use of glass as a building material has a positive effect on various processes such as learning, healing, performance and well-being of people - such a conclusion is based on a joint study of Guardian Industries, a leading manufacturer ...
Mohawk Group announced November as the company’s sustainability month. In observance of its inaugural sustainability month and ongoing sustainability practices, a number of key environmental initiatives are being unveiled throughout ...
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With diverse applications that utilize the company's plastics and polyurethanes, coatings and sealants raw materials, Bayer offers building professionals a hub of energy efficient material technologies for sustainable construction. These ...
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CeraTech Inc., the industry s leading producer of durable, high performance, carbon neutral cements for concrete announced an agreement to expand operations into the Middle East and Africa. CeraTech Inc. has entered into a license ...
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How will the eco-building materials and the sustainable construction affect our life after the World Expo? Shanghai Building Materials Industry Association and World Expo Group Shanghai Modern International Exhibition Company will ...
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Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been awarded a £121 million contract for an 18-storey hotel, leisure and apartment complex in North Greenwich Peninsula, London for Grove Developments ...
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Once again Suez Cement is the main sponsor of the 20th INTERBUILD exhibition that will be held on 20-24 of June at the Cairo International Conference Center in Nasr City. Held under the patronage of H.E. Hisham Qandil, INTERBUILD ...
Tags: Cement, Construction