LORD Corporation announced today that it received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the Richard L. McNeel Business Center, a 50,000-square-foot building honoring ...
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The market for lighting controls in commercial buildings has entered a period of dramatic transformation, as the demand for both local controls, such as occupancy sensors and photosensors, and networked controls, rises and the adoption rate ...
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Hot-rolled steel ingot casting can damage tissue, grain refining of steel, and eliminate defects in the microstructure, and thus the steel dense tissue improve the mechanical properties. This improvement is mainly reflected in the rolling ...
In 2010 and 2011, BRÜCKNER sold four HT (high temperature) stenters for filtration material in the Chinese market (one of them ordered from Germany). With this result, half of the market leaders in China in the high temperature ...
The smart glass market — technology used in buildings and vehicles to control heat, light and glare — is about to explode from $88 million in annual value this year to $899 million by 2022, according to an updated report by ...
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A frequent sight at the Eurobike Demo Day the last few years has been the dozens of cyclists wearing bright-colored, stretchy jerseys with shorts that appear to be on inside-out. The attention-grabbing riders are retailers testing ...
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Cold Hard Facts: 5 Key Criteria for Selecting Low-Temperature ValvesBob Cadwell, Business Development Manager, ASCO A White Paper from ASCO Numatics Specifying and consulting engineers, engineering houses, original equipment ...
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A wide price spread between naphtha and cheaper propane is making propane an attractive petrochemicals feedstock in Northwest Europe. When heating demand is low during the summer large quantities of North Sea propane are used by the ...
The updated BMW Z4 roadster has arrived in Australia with upgrades to trim levels and value. BMW has fitted more equipment to the current-generation Z4 released in 2009, lifting value by between $3000 and $9000 depending on model in a ...
Researchers based in the USA have used a double-heterostructuring based on order-disorder properties of aluminium indium phosphide (AlInP) to produce 'amber-green' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Theresa M. Christian et al, J. Appl. Phys., ...
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Neatly bundled files sit atop filing cabinets at a North Carolina VA center. A fireproof safe can protect important documents from damage resulting from fire, flood and building collapse. As an office manager, it's easy to get overwhelmed ...
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have produced a "smart" glass coating that can be selectively controlled to block visible light, heat-producing near-infrared (NIR) light, or both, by applying a small electrical ...
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Combine performance helps alfalfa seed profitability Fresno County raisin grower expects good quality crop Death on the farm a grim reality of agriculture While recently checking out the latest news on the CNN.com website, a video link ...
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BMW is recalling more than 1100 diesel-powered cars in Australia due to an electrical fault that could lead to a vehicle fire. An expansion of a recall campaign announced in 2011 that originally affecting 2000 vehicles, the new recall ...
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If you are interested in ensuring smooth functioning of the heating device, it is critical to understand the importance behind servicing and cleaning. A majority of individuals commit the mistake of waiting till the extent the heating ...