California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has announced changes to the California Low Cost Automobile (CLCA) insurance program that will enable additional uninsured drivers to qualify for state-sponsored low cost automobile insurance. ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that a subsidiary of the Company has purchased certain assets of Haleyville, Ala. -based MSR Forest Products, LLC, a supplier of roof trusses and ...
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In order to meet higher demand for locally made machines, KraussMaffei has started to make injection moulding machines in its Haiyan, China, factory, which will double its production space and capabilities. Hans Ulrich Golz, the new ...
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As the U.S. Department of housing and Urban Development (HUD) established public housing programs for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, public housing by definition must be affordable for its residents. But ...
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SOME of the most thought-provoking ideas at the International Furniture Fair in Milan,which ended on Sunday,issued not from the thousands of exhibition booths and off-site venues or even from the lips of the designers,pundits and producers ...
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A joint venture between Engel, the Austrian injection moulding machine company, and Plastisud, the French mould maker, will offer turnkey systems for the production of sealing caps for water and soft drinks containers in China. The partners ...
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Husky Injection Molding Systems is not done pushing the envelope of thinner and faster, when it comes to packaging and medical moulding. A Husky official also said the company would break ground on a new plant in China. At NPE2012 in ...
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Hilclare has recently launched the newly improved Cataluna T5 luminaire.Its unique lens/reflector system has been designed to meet most modern lighting criteria making it ideal for schools,hospitals,offices,stores and retail areas. Its ...
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Building-related groups rank high in IBD's rankings of 197 industry groups amid a recovery in the housing and construction markets. The Building-Hand Tools group is quickly rising and is home to dividend stalwart Stanley Black & Decker ...
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German cement maker HeidelbergCement is getting its energy costs under control and is raising prices, allowing the company to predict profitability will remain at least on last year s level when it was among the highest in the industry. ...
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AlpVision and Nolato Medical have collaborated to protect primary plastic packaging and medical devices against counterfeiting. The AlpVision's patented Fingerprint technology is used in the partnership, which enables brand owners in ...
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The NPE 2012 exhibition takes place in Orlando, the US, on 1-5 April. Our preview takes a look at a selection of the machinery, materials and service companies that will be exhibiting at the fair. American Kuhne Stand 3551 American Kuhne is ...
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Opto Diode, a division of ITW, and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, has introduced the second in a family of three new infrared (IR) LEDs, the OD-850F. The OD-850F is a high-power gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) LED that features a ...
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According to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global new solar capacity grew 54% to nearly 28GW in 2011 with Germany and Italy leading in installations. Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at the research company, advised that PV ...
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According to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global new solar capacity grew 54% to nearly 28GW in 2011 with Germany and Italy leading in installations. Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at the research company, advised that PV ...
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