The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) are celebrating the start of the Urban Waters Project. The event ...
Tags: water quality, Construction
Averna Deal Strengthens Averna’s Test-Solution Expertise and Provides Strategic Positioning on the U.S. West Coast Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers ...
Tags: Cal-Bay Systems, Health
At the 2015 World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (19-22 January), First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing ...
A new company comprising the Venezuelan firms Diademas Unidas and Inversiones TP 12, has established a plant in northern Puerto Rico to produce pastas, sauces and other Italian food products. This plant is expected to create employment ...
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The paints and coatings industry in Europe faces substantial challenges. Efficient production is meant to go hand in hand with ever better performance, according to BASF. At the same time, coatings must meet the increasing demand for ...
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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
BASF is expanding its product range of extruded polystyrene rigid foam panels (XPS) under the brand name Styrodur to include a new product: Styrodur 3000 CS, which has the same thermal conductivity of 33 mW/mK across all panel thicknesses ...
MAAS Profile/BEMO Systems GmbH company group has teamed up with BASF to develop the first bracket for ventilated façades made of the thermoplastic Ultramid to be awarded a DIBt (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik) national ...
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
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China-based Horen Plastics has joined the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) as the newest international member, bringing the total number of members headquartered outside the country to ten. RPA, which is focused on promoting the ...
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Power management company Eaton will showcase its innovative and energy-savings solutions for the residential building and construction industry at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show® ...
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Xiaomi reckons it has been copied more than any other Chinese company, hitting back at accusations that it riffs too closely off of rival designs. Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s Vice President of Global Operations, told the BBC that it is a ...
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Nintendo confirms the release dates for two new Wii U titles, Splatoon and Mario Party 10. During today's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed Mario Party 10 would be available on March 20 2015. Splatoon won't be out until May on an ...
Tags: Mario, Splatoon, Consumer Electronics
If you still can’t decide between an Xbox One and a Sony PS4, one bright spark has created the perfect solution to your dilemma. Console tinkerer extraordinaire Eddie Zarick has created the Playbox, a Frankenstein’s ...
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Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 4 percent to $616.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The results were just shy of the National Retail Federation's projected forecast of 4.1 ...
Tags: job market, gas prices, Sporting Goods