United Natural Foods has announced that it has received LEED Gold Certification by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Lancaster, Texas distribution center. This marks the company’s fourth LEED certification. The 590,000 ...
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Realizing that its member companies would benefit greatly from a simple and effective way to donate excess inventory to worthwhile charities,the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry(INDA),has partnered with Good360,the nonprofit ...
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Mike Gibbons,CIO of building materials company Aggregate Industries,talks to Computer Weekly about why regulatory intervention made the company realise the importance of its data assets,and the reason investment in IT is more important now ...
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Kohl's Department Stores announced activation of the company's largest solar project at its million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center(EFC)in Edgewood,Md.The EFC opened in 2011 and recently earned Leadership in Energy and ...
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The building material economic operation analysis conference of the first three quarters of 2012 was held on October 30th in Beijing. The meeting was held by China Building Materials Federation. Representatives from China Building Materials ...
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Recycling bottles and jars is a concept we are all familiar with. The 750, 000tonnes that we put in bottle banks each year goes someway to offsetting the 2 million tonnes or so that we use for containers. Half as much glass (at least 1m ...
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Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), announced today that its new furnace in its Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, glass reinforcements facility is operational. This is the latest step the company has taken to increase its global capacity to produce composite ...
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Enhance the overall quality is the key for the development of mining machinery industry. Mining machinery is an important part of the equipment industry in China. After the high-speed development of the "11th Five-Year" period, the ...
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17 October 2012 Saint-Gobain signs MOU to build and operate a CIGS PV module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia Saint-Gobain of Courbevoie,France(which designs,makes and distributes building materials and electronic ...
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(Reuters) - China's economy offered more evidence of a seventh straight quarter of slowing growth on Monday, with an official survey of factory managers remaining in contractionary territory for a second successive month despite improving ...
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LSG's Made-in-America Bulbs Promote Energy Efficiency in the Heart of the Santa Monica Mountains Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting companies, today announced its collaboration with the National ...
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Dalmia Bharat Enterprises Limited has acquired Adhunik Cement Limited for R560 Cr through its subsidiary-Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited.According to BSE filings,the acquisition and consideration shall be made in multiple tranches.This ...
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Kohl's Department Stores is pleased to announce the grand opening of 12 new stores,creating approximately 1,500 jobs nationwide.The company now operates 1,146 stores in 49 states. "We are pleased to be in a position to open 12 new ...
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According to operation report of building materials industry issued by Development and Reform Commission,cement inventory of key building material enterprises is 13.46 million tons,increasing 6.4%compared with last year,sheet glass ...
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Today’s building trend is toward the small home. People are downsizing to save money on energy bills and maintenance, while they forego extra rooms. Rooms are also becoming multi-functional to garner the most use out of them. The Tiny ...
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