BASF increased sales by 3% in the second quarter of 2013 to just under €18.4 billion thanks to higher sales volumes in all segments. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items decreased by 5% to around €1.8 billion. In the ...
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) today announced that they will collaborate to rapidly scale up the construction of green buildings in emerging markets. The new partnership demonstrates ...
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The Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium sponsored by the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi has announced its 2014 Plenary Speaker. Professor James Rawlins of the ...
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The enormous mermaid-like installation took place in Alster Lake in Hamburg, Germany. Sure to be quite the surprise for that occasional boater, this life-like sculpture would definitely cause most to do a double take of this large woman's ...
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In the course of the first half of 2013, Titan further strengthened its fundamental financial metrics, increasing sales, generating positive free cash flow and further reducing net debt. The robust recovery in the USA and resilient demand ...
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Välinge Innovation and Novalis Innovative Flooring announce that the companies have signed a license where Novalis obtains a license on Välinge IP related to resilient floors, including an indemnification on patents from ...
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According to statistics, Taiwan's imports of large-diameter wire rods with diameters larger or equal to 14mm totaled 7,126 tons in the first half of this year, rising by 7.5% from 6,625 tons in the same period of a year ago. In the given ...
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Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
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When it comes to glassware, most people think that that best way to spot quality is to ting a glass and listen. If you educate your eyes to spot a high quality piece of crystal, you can give your ears the day off. Why? The sound of a ting ...
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The German Federal Cartel Office believes no significant improvement has occurred in the underlying conditions for log marketing in the German states of North-Rhine Westphalia, Thuringia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Baden-Württemberg. ...
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Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has completed the acquisition of ADCO Global Inc., a leading global provider of specialty ...
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The Valspar Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Inver Holding S.r.l., a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With 2012 sales of ...
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Norwegian Bauwerk Boen Group is to cease manufacturing at a site in M?lln, Germany, which does business as Boen Parkett Deutschland, by the end of February 2014. The company was created on 22 May by the merger of Swiss Bauwerk Parkett with ...
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General strengthening in the housing market over the past 18 months is translating into increased spending on home improvements, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures Program at ...
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Parliament has been told changes to Part L of the building regulations will be enforced from 6 April 2014, not this October as originally planned. The announcement comes more than a year after the consultation on Part L closed. In a ...
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