Indonesian cement sales increased by 5.6 per cent in 2013, less than half the rate of growth of 14.5 per cent the year before, due to slower demand particularly outside the main consumption hub of Java. Domestic cement sales for the ...
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East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), Kenya s third largest producer, is planning to install a new clinker line and mill to lift capacity by 2016, the company s CEO has said. EAPCC, in which Lafarge and Bamburi Cement have a 41 ...
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Hsin Kuang Steel, one of the major steel service centers in Taiwan, announced its combined sales revenue in last December totaled NT$829 million, increasing by 17.51% from November. Also, its combined sales revenue in the fourth quarter ...
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A new kind of implant may offer people suffering from sleep apnea an alternative to wearing an air mask while they snooze, researchers report. With the implant, a pacemaker delivers electrical impulses to a nerve that controls the tongue ...
New sort, map, view features help architects navigate expanded image library PPG Industries' (NYSE: PPG) flat glass business has launched a new and more interactive photo gallery that features hundreds of buildings constructed with PPG ...
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Three tax incentives that have relevance to the door, window and skylight industry were among the 55 allowed to expire at the beginning of 2014, but the glass industry isn't ready to write them off just yet. Ben Gann, director of ...
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Coswick Hardwood has launch the Chevron collection, a new line of European-style wood flooring. The new line will be presented at the Surfaces show in Las Vegas Jan. 28-30th, 2014, and will be available in North America in early 2014. ...
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PPG Industries' aerospace coatings group has qualified AEROCRON(TM) electrocoat primer to SAE International's Aerospace Material Specification 3144 for anodic electrodeposition primer for aircraft applications. Qualifying Aerocron primer ...
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New advanced materials like MOFs (metal organic frameworks), advanced high-strength steel, and carbon nanotubes have the potential to enable novel products and disrupt existing businesses. However, material commercialization timelines are ...
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Corning Inc (GLW - Analyst Report) recently announced that it has a new manufacturing process in place to mold its shatter-resistant smartphone glass covers. These covers can be molded into three-dimensional shapes, which will allow device ...
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Corning's Gorilla Glass customers include Apple and Samsung Electronics. New smartphone glass screens are set to be developed by American manufacturer Corning this year. The shatter-resistant screens created with Corning's 3D Gorilla ...
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Are you sick of your phone? It's probably better than getting sick from your phone… which is probably covered in bacteria from all those times you tap or swipe the glass screen every day. Corning wants to help you keep your phone ...
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Adore Floors has launched Adore Context, a new commercial flooring line designed to meet the needs of the healthcare and education communities. Adore Context is a flexible, homogenous, heat-welded sheet vinyl flooring engineered for ...
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C&R Flooring's President Chris Zizza, along with fellow co-founders, Lynn Bucossi and Kevin Ryan, of the Friends of the Valley Foundation are the recent recipients of the 2013 Chamber Member of the Year Award, presented annually by the ...
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On December 30th, 2014, artist and designer Christine Gable Epstein debuts her newest line of .925 silver and sea glass jewelry in the juried Boutique Section of Surf Expo, the global water sports and beach lifestyle trade show at the ...
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