The University of California at Berkeley’s (UC Berkeley’s) newly opened Energy Biosciences Building is the most energy efficient building on campus, thanks in part to window systems from Wausau Window and Wall Systems. The ...
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The National Retail Federation today issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on the negotiated settlement between The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the Harbor ...
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GE Lighting of Cleveland, OH, USA has agreed to acquire Albeo Technologies Inc of Boulder, CO, a privately held LED fixture manufacturer established in 2004. "The addition of Albeo Technologies' immensely talented team and its ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has appointed Johan Cilliers as regional director of business development for sub-Saharan Africa and managing ...
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Our new head office was opened on 5th of November for its first official business week. Along the new office we upgraded also our expertise with two new employees to answer the increasing demand of our services. Our Finnish end personnel ...
Glaston Corporation and Constellation Software Inc., acting through its wholly owned subsidiary Friedman Corporation, have today signed a definite and binding agreement for the sale of 100% of the shares in Albat+Wirsam Software GmbH ...
Global specialty chemicals company Eastman Chemical has been assigned a patent number 8,287,970 for ‘plastic baby bottles, other blow molded articles, and processes for their manufacture.’ The patent has been developed by ...
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However glass industry professionals ultimately voted in the presidential election, one reaction has been near unanimous: relief that the campaigning has come to a close. Mark Silverberg, president of Technoform North America Inc. in ...
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Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
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During Apogee Enterprises Inc.'s Analyst and Investor Day in New York City today, senior management attributed the company's return of profitably in a down market to the increase of its architectural backlog. Jim Porter, chief financial ...
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AGC Glass Company North America announced it will cease production of photovoltaic cover glass in the North American market and indefinitely close its Kingsport, Tenn., manufacturing facility, effective November 7. AGNA cited the sluggish ...
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Insurance brokerage firm Hylant has completed acquisition of AGIS, an independent, full-service employee benefits agency, further expanding its geographical footprint into Florida, US. According to the company, the acquisition of AGIS, ...
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Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Dakpa Kelden is discussing Thangka painting skills with his students in his office in a two-story Tibetan-style building. The middle-aged Tibetan man is a principal founder of the Thangka Center and the ...
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On election eve, hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast were still without power following Hurricane Sandy, with the hardest hit areas in New Jersey and New York marking an eighth consecutive day without electricity. In addition ...
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Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., (TMHU) celebrated the ground breaking of the expansion of its Columbus, Ind. offices at its manufacturing facility, Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg, Inc. (TIEM). When complete in 2013, TMHU's new ...
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