Ceramic and porcelain tiles are a popular choice for kitchen, bathroom, and patio floors, as many homeowners relish the ease of maintenance and customization options of these sturdy materials. Like every type of flooring material, however, ...
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Custom Building Products’ Emerald System of products were used by the builders and developers of Township 14 to pursue LEED Gold certification as well as gain carbon offset credits. The builders and developers of Township 14, a ...
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AkzoNobel has been granted a patent for a water-redispersible polymer powder composition containing at least one modified natural latex obtained by mixing and reacting natural latex with at least one radical initiator and/or with at least ...
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For the European coatings industry, REACH, the seven-year-old European Union's legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of industrial chemicals, has been posing major difficulties. However the Biocidal Products ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool today to help communities prepare for, deal with and recover from floods. The Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving ...
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Project MarineClean was launched in December 2011 in Eastern Europe as a three year project. It is nearing completion. The 1.1 million Euro undertaking aims to decrease marine litter, one of the major ecological threats, in four areas of ...
General Electric Co. will pay $7.95 million to settle part of a federal lawsuit filed in 2009 by several Saratoga County municipal agencies that shut down or moved their water supplies when the company began dredging PCBs from the Hudson ...
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In response to the increasing demand for durable white reflective roofs, Polyglass U.S.A., Inc. has launched its latest white roof system option with a line of advanced silicone roof coatings products that include water-based and ...
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Much as we might want to deny it, housework is a basic fact of adult life. And because everyone needs at least a rudimentary path to their doorway, you can't get much more basic than cleaning the floor. Brooms have been doing faithful floor ...
Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) has signed a 50-year land-lease agreement with Al Khat Packaging's subsidiary Gulf Printing and Packaging for new packaging facility. Said to be Al Khat's first production plant outside of Kuwait, ...
Fujian Auto New Longma 300,000 engines project covers 300 Mu and total investment are 1.53 billion Yuan and the annual revenues will amount to 2 billion Yuan and the taxation will amount to 400 million Yuan. Now they can produce 1.0L, 1.25L ...
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ACCC calls to 'reinvigorate' Australia's competition policy The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has provided a submission to the Harper Review of competition policy, calling for a 'reinvigoration of Australia's ...
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Antioxidant juices and nutritional supplements manufacturer KonaRed has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to create a strategic partnership with Sparkling Drink Systems International (SDS). As part of the understanding, both companies will ...
Canada-based Cascades has introduced a new alternative to polycoated packaging known as 'Respak' for the food and food services industries. The recyclable and compostable Respak has been made by using 50% recycled fibres and is said to ...