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New Coating Thickness Gauges for the Paint and Powder Coating Industries

Oxford
Instruments is pleased to announce the launch of its new CMI153 and CMI
250 Coating Thickness gauges developed for the Paint and Powder Coating Industry.

5 Jan 2009

Need for Wood Samples Reduced With Wine Cellar Innovations' Materials Catalog

Wine Cellar Innovations is pleased to announce its Materials Catalog. This catalog allows customers to examine woods, stains, and finishes for their wine racks without dealing with cumbersome wood samples. The catalog also provides helpful information on different types of wood and elements commonly incorporated into custom wine cellars and wine racks

4 Jan 2009

Window Films Give Energy Savings Plus Tax Credits

CPFilms Inc, the world's leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential, and commercial markets, has announced that its Vista, LLumar and Gila energy-saving window films will qualify for a federal tax credit in 2009

4 Jan 2009

Emergency Housing Agreement Between Smart Holdings, LLC and Mid-Gulf Recovery Services

Revolutionary housing technology company, Smart Holdings, LLC and Mid-Gulf Recovery Services, LLC of St. Rose, Louisiana announce the execution of a Letter of Intent for the purchase of 10 composite housing units for tem...

4 Jan 2009

AirTran Airways and Habitat Orlando to Team Up and Build Affordable Housing

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), will be sending more than 50 of its Crew Members to volunteer with Habitat Orlando today on its biggest homebuilding effort to date: Staghorn Villas, a...

4 Jan 2009

Green Building Award for FBI Building

USAA Real Estate Company is pleased to announce that the Federal Bureau of Investigation Regional Facility located in Chicago, Illinois has earned a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings ...

1 Jan 2009

More Pleasant Lighting from Compact Fluorescent Lights on the Way

For those who love “green” compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here’s some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type room lighting. Univers...

30 Dec 2008

Times Square Coca Cola Billboard Goes Green

The Coca-Cola Company's iconic red billboard in New York City's Times Square is going "green" in time for New York's famous New Year's celebration

29 Dec 2008

National Trust for Historic Preservation Award Goes to Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration Team

Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration, a leading restoration construction firm, and Walter Sedovic Architects, an Irvington, New York, architectural firm dedicated to historic preservation, were part of a team that wa...

29 Dec 2008

Heavy Excavation Work Begins on Fence Dividing USA and Mexico

Sukut, owners of the largest fleet of heavy equipment in California, breaks through tough terrain to secure U.S. borders

28 Dec 2008

Environmentally Friendly Scagliola Stone Mantels Grace Green Homes and Hotels Nationwide

In the current era of environmental concern and ultra-green awareness, every major industry has a newly found responsibility to participate in ecological maintenance and sustainability. High-end mantel manufacturer an...

28 Dec 2008

Pleasanton, Kansas Gets New Precast Concrete Production Facility

One of the country's largest producers of precast concrete is bringing convenience and cost savings closer to many of its Midwestern customers. IPC has opened a new state-of-the-art production facility in Pleasanton,...

28 Dec 2008

Low Cost Rainwater Havesting System Developed to Reduce Water Consumption and Flooding

Environmental engineering company and water expert MWH is working with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and manufacturers Aqualogic, to produce affordable wall-mounted rainwater harvesting systems that can be fitted to homes to reduce water consumption and down stream flooding

23 Dec 2008

Polyimide Foam Named Invention of the Year by NASA

The 2007 NASA Commercial Invention of the Year is a multi-use foam that insulates for sound, heat and cold with aerospace and down to Earth applications

23 Dec 2008

DIY Advice, How to Make Concrete Countertops

Noticing an increase in interest among the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) market for concrete projects, The Concrete Network has created a new website dedicated to everything you need to know for DIY concrete countertops. HowtoMak...

22 Dec 2008