The spread between Asian styrene monomer and benzene prices widened to a six-week high of $356.50/mt Thursday, up $20/mt or 6% from a day earlier, as China's shrinking SM inventories lifted SM prices, Platts data showed. The last time the ...
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The PPG Pittsburgh Paints brand has released a mobile version of The Voice of Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer with PPG EasyEdge Technology, providing homeowners and designers with an all-in-one digital tool that now works directly from ...
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If you’ve been looking for a green flooring alternative to hardwood without compromising aesthetics, then bamboo flooring may just have what you’re looking for. Environmentally friendly, durable, and beautiful, bamboo is finally ...
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People have a common misconception that to own modern furniture, they necessarily have to spend a lot of money. However, if you research in the right way and consider some important things, you can get them at very inexpensive prices. ...
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Rubber flooring is used in many applications, from industrial to residential. Recently, the popularity of rubber flooring has been on the rise because of its versatility and durability. However, it is also because rubber flooring, at least ...
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Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
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Mexican National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO) reported that last year steel imports from countries without trade agreements grew 170 percent. In its recent report "Steel on figures," Canacero said that "So far in 2013, ...
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Once again Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics proved its position as a highly valued entry point to the Chinese market for overseas exhibitors. Buyers’ feedback confirmed the increasing domestic purchasing power of consumers, as ...
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The National Glass Association's Glass Management Institute will launch a series of six webinars, June 25, led by distinguished leaders of the glass and glazing industry. The online, interactive classes will cover the following topics: ...
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In another sign that America is becoming more competitive in manufacturing, the U.S. is now equal to Mexico in “attractiveness” as a source for manufacturing operations and is on track to achieve cost parity with manufactured ...
Does an uptick in the economy give people more reason to care about Mother Earth? That is what a March 2013 Harris Poll of 2,276 U.S. adults (ages 18+) interviewed online set out to find. Turns out that concern for the current stateand ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Postpaid subscribers, who pay a regular bill for mobile service at the end of each ...
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The number of facilities becoming certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from ...
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Mount Airy, North Carolina-based Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings of $3.7 million, for Q2 of fiscal 2013 compared with $300,000 in the same period a year ago. Insteel's financial results for Q2 of fiscal 2013 ...
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