Private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired US-based packaging machinery and material handling equipment supplier Fischbein from a group of investors led by MSouth Equity Partners. Fischbein CEO Jeff Reed said the company ...
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China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (May 6-12) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 50 mm x 50 mm ...
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Why? When? With what? How? These are common questions that homeowners with slate tile floors face. It is not mandatory to seal a slate tile floor. The decision to seal or not is dependent on the source and nature of your slate tiles, room ...
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Local shares rose slightly in mixed trading yesterday as a lower Australian dollar led investors to sell banks and other high-yield plays in order to buy shares of companies that stand to benefit from a sustained fall in the exchange rate. ...
Slate flooring is one of the most desirable types of stone flooring available today. As a building material, slate has incredible durability. Thus, it is very effective in places that will receive a lot of traffic or will be subject to ...
The Earthwerks flooring company makes no bones about the fact that they make no natural flooring materials. Their lines are designed to mimic the natural wood, stone, and other minerals found in and on Mother Earth. Earthwerks proudly touts ...
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The sharemarket surged to its highest closing level in almost five years yesterday, with the materials sector leading relatively broad-based gains after China reported stronger than expected trade data, Wall Street hit record highs and spot ...
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Gamma Holding NV has sold its Clear Edge Filtration business unit to the Chicago-based Filtration Group Corp. Filtration Group, which is owned by Madison Capital Partners, is a collection of more than 10 specialized filtration companies. ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (April 29-May 5) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 3 mm hot rolled ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (April 22-28) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 80 mm x 43 mm x 5 mm ...
Clariant reported first quarter sales 2013 from continuing operations of CHF 1.526 billion compared to CHF 1.513 billion in the previous-year period, an increase of 2% in local currencies and 1% in Swiss francs. Organic growth of 2% was ...
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The Australian market opened higher, led by gains for the four major banks ahead of their first-half numbers. At 10.20am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.2 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 5120.7 points. The broader All ...
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The Weir Group PLC (?Weir?) is expanding its market leading presence in mining and minerals markets through a number of agreements which significantly enhance its platform for growth in the comminution segment of minerals processing, a ...
Materials and biophysical characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. and Netzsch Grinding and Dispersing have entered into a cooperative marketing agreement. Both organizations serve a broad range of market sectors from ...
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Researchers have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic (PV) system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. The system can also provide ...
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