Wood flooring is timeless, playing a part in great design and home decor over the decades and centuries. Often, wood flooring is looked upon as a rustic, down-home texture. At other times, wood floors are refined and tailored surfaces, ...
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In 2002, the rustic tiles burst into the building ceramic markets. Now, they have become an important member of the ceramic sector. According to the research by reporters from Ceramic Town Weekly (CTW), in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, ...
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Interpump Group has bought 53% of the share capital of Galtech SpA in a ?.3 million deal. Galtech, which is headquartered in Reggio Emilia, specialises in the production and sale of pumps and gear motors, hydraulic distributors and ...
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Mike Sheehan, regional commercial manager, North America, Dow Microbial Control recently spoke to Coatings World about the biocides market as it adapts to the growing trend towards low and zero VOC coatings formulations. "When discussing ...
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Neihuang Production Area is a new ceramic production area in central China. Until now 50 ceramic production lines have been introduced into Neihuang and 20 of them have finished building and started producing tiles. In the first three ...
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Phil McDivitt, general manager, Celanese Emulsion Polymers, talks about the resins market and Celanese’s role in it. Coatings World: Has the resins market showed any signs of recovery from the economic downturn? Phil McDivitt, general ...
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Purchases of pumps by the world’s power generation industry will reach $3.5 billion this year. East Asian purchases alone will exceed $1.2 billion. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Pumps World Markets report. Pumps will be ...
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According to a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, in 2011 U.S. consumption of coatings is projected to be 1.4 billion gallons, containing 7.8 billion pounds of solids, worth $23 billion. The industry saw its peak ...
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Enhance kitchen design by creating a unique and colorful mosaic backsplash using ceramic tiles. Tile mosaics provide endless design possibilities for interior decorators. A mosaic backsplash can be subtle and understated or vibrant and ...
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Rapid growing and profitable tile imaging market to benefit from EFI's proven technology Zaventem, Belgium - 11 January 2011 - EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing ...
Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multipurpose production plant for polyurethane coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen. The products hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) are used ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in November after rising 0.3% in October. The index was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis, but ...
Surfactants lower the surface tension of a liquid, so that usually non-mixable liquids can be mixed. The market research institute Ceresana Research expects the global surfactant market to generate revenues of more than US$41 billion in ...
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Using tiles in the kitchen in nothing new. In fact, most residential kitchens utilize tiles in wall coverings, as a backsplash and as flooring. Many remodelers and decorators believe that in order to have an attractive countertop in the ...
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Dorner's 2200 Series low profile belt conveyor with the latest advancements in belt and drive technology increases its weight carrying capacity to a 200 pound maximum load. The 2200 Series is able to move these heavy load while maintaining ...
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