Soon after federal mediators were brought in to help reach an agreement between teams representing employers at the ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office ...
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Copper supply shortages will extend into the first half of next year as an accelerating Chinese economy more than doubles the pace of growth in global consumption even as mines extract a record amount of metal. According to the ...
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GEICO has promoted its assistant vice president Rick Hoagland as vice president of claims, who will replace Nancy Pierce, recently appointed regional vice president in GEICO's Fredericksburg, Virginia office. Nancy Pierce was recently ...
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Supplier of flexible packaging solutions Schubert's owner Gerhard Schubert has appointed his two sons as the new chief executive officers (CEOs) of the company. They are Gerald Schubert, who headed the Schubert subsidiary IPS ...
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RPC Superfos has established a North American sales office in a bid to expand its plastic packaging solutions beyond Europe. The company has combined its knowledge and experience to take up the challenge of entering the North American ...
UK - The Arena Group has helped create an improved facility at Ice Rink Canary Wharf, including London's first ever Ice Path, November 2012. Nestled under the soaring buildings of Canada Square and bathed in twinkling festive lights, Ice ...
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UK / USA - PLASA's month-long elections to determine positions on its European and North American Regional Boards, together with its central Governing Body, concluded at midnight on Wednesday 31 October. Companies and individuals from ...
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Following on the sharp fall in the second quarter (-34%), German softwood plywood imports recovered again in the third quarter and rose by 33% to 110,829m3, according to the German Federal Statistical Office. This rise is practically solely ...
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Following the investment of 25 million euros in Beneq by RUSNANO in April 2012, and as a part of its planned expansion into existing and emerging markets, Beneq is opening a subsidiary company in Russia. The company’s operations in ...
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Willis Group's facultative and wholesale reinsurance arm Faber Global has opened a new office in Singapore to cover cfor local and Asian markets. Faber Asia-Pacific CEO will lead the new Singapore office, reporting to Faber CEO Jason ...
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(China Glass Network) Up the October, Hebei Province has 56 PV power generation stations with the total capacity 790 MW. Among them, 21 is listed into National Gold Sun Demonstration Project which takes 113.6 MW. Up to now, the finished ...
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Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG COOL-LITE XTREME – an extremely selective solar control glass. SGG COOL-LITE XTREME is the UK's first triple-silver solar control glass, giving it a selectivity of 2.14 – this is the ratio ...
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Earlier this week, news emerged from the US that researchers have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new source is reportedly more efficient, produces a better quality of light and is flicker free. ...
Tags: LEDS, Lamp, new type of lighting, fluorescent bulbs, LED panel
LED lighting seems to be forging ahead, and rightly so as it offers massive savings, but it's still not quite the only game in town. … more efficient halogen lighting and automation of existing interior installations using PIR ...
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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has reproved the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for recklessly issuing mortgage insurance to thousands of ineligible borrowers. ...
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