North American robotics companies have set new sales records through June of 2013, according to new statistics released from Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry's trade group. A total of 10,854 robots valued at $679.3 ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its inaugural LEED in Motion report, a holistic statistical snapshot of the green building movement aimed at equipping its members with the insight to make a strong case for sustainable ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to the [Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade. For a third ...
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Mexico's industrial production fell 2.4 percent in June year-on-year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), well below the expectations of economists who had expected a slight increase of 0.20 percent. ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its inaugural LEED in Motion report, a holistic statistical snapshot of the green building movement aimed at equipping its members with the insight to make a strong case for sustainable ...
Australian businesses are taking longer to pay each other in 2013 compared to a year earlier, in an indication that their level of financial health has not improved. Despite edging down in the June quarter, businesses are taking 54 days ...
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Wesfarmers Limited has announced a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $2,261 million for the full-year ended 30 June 2013, an increase of 6.3 per cent on the previous corresponding period. The group's retail businesses achieved solid growth ...
Glaston adjusts its outlook for 2013. We expect 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and both the EBIT excluding non-recurring items and EBIT to be positive. (Earlier forecast: Glaston expects 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and ...
Tags: Construction, Glass
First Solar is forecast to install 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar or photovoltaic (PV) power systems in 2013, more than double the 516 megawatts (MW) in 2012, according to IMS Research, now part of IHS. This high rate of growth will allow ...
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Following several breakout sessions last October and input from more than 250 Institute stakeholders, the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announced its new mission statement and strategic plan. ...
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"China's rare earth ore exports have been rebounding monthly since February,"said Ma Rongzhang, secretary-general of the China Rare Earth Industry Association. But Ma and the association did not provide export figures for the first half. ...
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According to the latest ‘Stainless Steel Report August 2013' issued by Germany-based service center Damstahl, in the first five months of the current year European stainless crude steel production dropped around three percent year on ...
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Medicomp, a developer of advanced cardiac monitoring services, has introduced its wireless event monitor called SAVI Air, to offer beat-to-beat analysis of the entire ECG. Prior to the release of the SAVI Air, wireless event monitors ...
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Cache, Inc., a specialty chain of women’s apparel stores, reported results for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended June 29, 2013. For the 13-week period ended June 29, 2013: -Net sales decreased 2.5% to $60.1 million ...
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China's economy performed better than expected in July with inflation stable and industrial production strengthened. China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, grew 2.7 percent from a year earlier in July, with retail ...
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