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Acme Brick Company Make World's Largest Brick

Acme Brick is celebrating America's birthday and Acme's 116th year in a really big way -- in fact over 6,000 pounds big. On July 4th at 06:00 a.m. the staff of Acme's Denton, Texas brick plant "delivered" Baby Clay the W...

5 Jul 2007

Peter Cox Aids "Steps" School Makeover Challenge

The Derby branch of damp proofing specialists Peter Cox Ltd has joined other Midlands companies to help STEPS, a Leicestershire based conductive education charity, renovate their premises at St Botolph's Old School in Sh...

5 Jul 2007

South Carolina Preparing for New Home Construction and Sales

GS Carolina, developer of the master-planned Edenmoor community in Lancaster County, S.C., has finalized its builder team for the development and is set for the first phase of home construction. GS Carolina has compl...

5 Jul 2007

Brent Council Signed up to HSE Campaign to Combat the Growing Number of Myths

Brent Council today signed up to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining important health and safety legislation. The authority’s Chief Executive, Gar...

5 Jul 2007

Inaugural RWM Conferences Programme Revealed

An impressive line-up of industry experts will be speaking at the new RWM 07 Conferences, taking place at the Recycling and Waste Management exhibition at the Birmingham NEC, from 11 to 13 September. Introduced in re...

5 Jul 2007

First Ever Environmental Initiative for Glazing Industry Launched by GGF

One of the most important issues currently under debate is the environment and it is the one issue that affects us all, no matter what industry we operate in. The recently published Stern Review has painted a bleak view ...

5 Jul 2007

Crane Group Acquire Plastic Pipe and Fitting Manufacturer

Crane Group Limited announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Kingston Bridge Engineering Pty Ltd (KBE), a leading plastic pipe and fittings manufacturer based in Western Australia, for ...

4 Jul 2007

BASF Integrate Recently Acuired Architectural Coatings Business

Integration of the RELIUS Group, with its architectural coatings and industrial coatings, into BASF Coatings has taken place practically overnight – and even better, has proven to be a complete success. “RELI...

4 Jul 2007

SgurrEnergy Advises on a Multi-Million Pound Wind Farm Development in China

A Scottish renewable energy company has been appointed to advise on a multi-million pound wind farm development in China. Leading independent renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, will provide technical advice o...

3 Jul 2007

Free Advice Sessions for Construction Workers

Anyone working in the construction industry can obtain free advice on a range of subjects relating to their work at a free informal drop-in session in Taff's Well being organised by the Working Well Together (South Wales...

3 Jul 2007

2008 International Builders' Show Is Now Open To Registar

Online registration and housing are now open for The 2008 International Builders' Show® (IBS), being held February 13-16, 2008 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Produced by the National Asso...

3 Jul 2007

HSE Warns Landlords to Test Gas Appliances

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned landlords to ensure gas appliances are safe for tenants. The warning follows the prosecution of two landlords after a mother and two children were hospitalised as a result...

3 Jul 2007

Imre Communications Announces Launch of Green Practice

Imre Communications, an integrated brand communications firm, announced today the launch of a green practice. Focused exclusively on providing clients with a full array of marketing services, this new division is designe...

3 Jul 2007

The Main Component for the World's First Satellite Built to Measure Greenhouse Gases Delivered by ABB

The satellite, which will be launched in 2008 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will enable Japanese scientists to study and measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol made it mandatory for...

3 Jul 2007

Fairer Terms for Housing Provider

Following discussions with the OFT, Anchor Trust, the largest not-for-profit provider of housing, support and care for the elderly in England, has agreed to change terms and conditions in its long lease agreements that t...

3 Jul 2007