If you spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, you’ll find a peaceful, quiet, reflective day spent with family. In Chicago, however, St. Patrick’s Day brings a week’s worth of festivities, parades and parties. This time ...
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Mondi announced half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. Highlights Continued strong financial performance on all key metrics Underlying operating profit of €529 million, up 8% Underlying earnings of ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of nine solid-state lighting (SSL) projects to receive funding, in response to the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001364 (“Solid-State Lighting ...
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Global gold demand totaled 1,290 mt in the first quarter, up 21% from 1,070 mt a year earlier, as the biggest quarterly inflow into exchange-traded funds since 2009 offset a steep decline in jewelry demand, the World Gold Council said in a ...
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Foreverlamp™, an innovator in retrofit lamp design, will introduce the industry’s first 1000W plug-n-play replacement lamp for Metal Halide lamps during LIGHTFAIR® International. The powerful LED lamp delivers up to 42,000 ...
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The Architecture Billings Index reflects consecutive months of increasing demand for design activity at architecture firms. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead ...
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Surya will introduce at High Point Market a new line of signature rugs developed in partnership with global lifestyle brand Ted Baker. Constructed of luxe materials, including high-luster New Zealand wool and Tencel®, the rug designs ...
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Imagine street lighting with 360-degree video cameras, facial recognition and real-time notification to security and police dispatchers – all built discreetly into one streamlined, architecturally designed light post. Now add an LED ...
Monogram Foods has acquired Massachusetts-based Progressive Gourmet, a manufacturer of frozen appetizers for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will bring additional processing capacities and distribution for small bites foods, baked ...
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In order to examine how the architectural community is evolving in regards to sustainable design practices, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) undertook an in-depth study of nearly 200 COTE Top ...
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The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of ...
Honda showcased three new Civic vehicles at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. These include Honda Civic Hatchback Prototype, Civic Redbull Global Rallycross racecar and Demi Lovato designed 2016 Civic Sedan. 2017 Honda Civic ...
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The development of Intelligent Manufacturing is built on 16 years of success of the Shenzhen International Machinery Manufacturing Industry Exhibition (SIMM), the largest and most influential machinery exhibition in southern ...
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With only three days left on its crowd-funding campaign, social enterprise Thankyou has announced that a donor will match every dollar raised by the public up to the value of $250,000. The Chapter One crowd-funding campaign, which kicked ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has created a number of useful new resources to help stakeholders understand IES TM-30-15, which describes a new method for evaluating light-source color rendition. Created by an Illuminating ...