FCA US will be investing $10.4m in a new Mopar parts distribution center located at Romulus, Michigan, US. The new facility will encompass 500,000 square feet and more than 100 workers. Preliminary construction work has already begun on ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has opened its first wholly-owned manufacturing plant outside its home market of the UK. The company inaugurated a £240m manufacturing facility and education business partnership centre in the state of Rio de ...
Toyota will use solar panels at its Texas headquarters, which is currently under construction, in order to get 25% of its power from the sun. The company claims that the 7.75MW system will be the largest office-site solar installation in ...
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Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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Under Armour's Chicago flagship store, designed by Big Red Rooster, a JLL company, won the coveted Store of the Year Award at the A.R.E. Design Awards ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom in Las Vegas. The 30,000-square foot ...
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Opportunity At Sandy Grove Middle School in Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, students not only get an education in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math subjects at this STEM school. They also attend classes in their very own ...
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Appropriately themed “Envision the future of lights” after its mission, the 20th edition of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition had participants sharing inspirational ideas and innovative technologies. Dialogue of ...
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
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BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in Lagos, Nigeria. The production site is BASF’s answer to the increasing demand for construction chemicals in western Africa. BASF produces standard and ...
Polyaspartic coatings have long protected industrial applications such as bridges and water and wastewater infrastructure. Increasingly, commercial building professionals and architects are discovering that under that protective skin is a ...
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Polyurethane technology is a crucial component in today’s extremely energy-efficient refrigerators, comfortable mattresses and when used as a coating for durable, design-friendly floors. Covestro, formerly Bayer MaterialScience, ...
H.B. Fuller has announced that its newest technical centre of excellence, the Adhesive Academy in Lüneburg, Germany, is LEED certified to the Gold level. It is the first laboratory building in Germany that has achieved a Gold ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its annual LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in residential green ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The Top 10 list highlights countries outside of ...
M&J Group is showcasing a new dyeing technique, Zenzero Polar which allows garment producers and laundries to use less than one litre of water per garment at the next Munich Fabric Start in September. “It is great result obtained ...
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