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Wienerberger Announces First Half Preliminary Results

Wienerberger AG (Vienna, Austria) has announced preliminary results for the first six months of 2007 based on monthly reporting because of the unusually high growth in revenues and earnings, which significantly exceeds t...

7 Aug 2007

Horizon Ceramics Features in Carbon Trust Grant Awards

Horizon Ceramics Ltd (Penrith, Cumbria, England) is one of the companies to whom The Carbon Trust has awarded more than £1 million of funding as it assists seven pioneering technologies at the cutting-edge of the U...

7 Aug 2007

Colour in Design of Sustainable Buildings

The colour can be red, white or cool blue! Bright white has long been a popular ‘colour' for insulated renders, but now designers are using through-coloured insulated renders to design with colour. How colo...

7 Aug 2007

Central Coast California Franchisse Launched by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, the world's premier architectural and landscape lighting company, announces the launch of its newest franchise location in San Luis Obispo, CA, which will serve residential and commercial c...

7 Aug 2007

Saint-Gobain Announces Acquisistion from HeidelbergCement of Maxit

Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition from HeidelbergCement of Maxit group, manufacturer of industrial mortars. Maxit has 5,130 employees and in 2006 reported sales of EUR1,237 million. With this transaction, Sai...

7 Aug 2007

Insulated Render used to Thermally Upgrade Run Down Blocks of Flats

Insulated renders, used to thermally upgrade run-down blocks of flats, are playing a major role in defeating drug and anti-social behaviour, quite apart from curing cold, damp and condensation problems. This is because t...

7 Aug 2007

Aberdeen is Central to Securing Energy Suppliers

"Aberdeen is central to securing our energy supplies for many years to come" according to Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, as he gave Ministerial approval to an important gas discovery today. Total E&P UK...

7 Aug 2007

Tenth Year for BRE Trust

Highlights in 2006/7 Speaking at the BRE Trust AGM yesterday, Sir Neville Simms reported that the financial performance of the Trust’s subsidiary trading companies – BRE, BRE Certification and FBE Management...

7 Aug 2007

Historic Royal Docks Earmarked for Dramatic Change

The historic Royal Docks is earmarked for further dramatic change. Under the London Development Agency (LDA) and Gladedale Homes, £100 million is being used for a regeneration project that is transforming Royal Alb...

7 Aug 2007

Arenas for UEFA Euro 2008 Championships to be Protected by Plastic Roofs

GE Plastics today announced that its Lexan* Thermoclear* sheet is being used for the roofs of three stadiums under construction for the UEFA Euro 2008™ football championship. This versatile thermoplastic glazing ma...

7 Aug 2007

H&R Johnson Add To Their House Developer Team

H&R Johnson Tiles Ltd. has announced the appointment of Vicky Beech as their new Area Sales Manager for housebuilders and developers in East Anglia and the Midlands. In her new role Vicky will be responsible for ...

6 Aug 2007

Simmtronic Dali Lighting Controls For One Exchange Square

Simmtronic was recently commissioned by electrical contractor Phoenix Electrical to supply its SPECS3 lighting control systems for a refurbishment project at One Exchange Square - an impressive 12 storey office building ...

6 Aug 2007

New US CAD Offices Planned to Serve Expanding Customer Base

L.A. CAD, Inc., Southern California's largest provider of computer-aided design (CAD) consulting, training and support services, and the Western U.S.'s largest reseller of Autodesk® solutions, today announced...

6 Aug 2007

Record Number of Concrete Paver Installers Certified by ICPI

Since the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute's (ICPI) Level I Concrete Paver Installer Certification Program inception in 1996, a record number of concrete paver installers have been certified through ICPI. In fisc...

6 Aug 2007

Metabo Corporation Now Offers Lighweight Drills

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers a new lightweight 1/4" dri...

6 Aug 2007