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Home Decor for your Outdoor Living Spaces

Imagine relaxing in your living room, pool deck, favorite restaurant or boat as the cool evening breeze softly spins around you; a glance upward revealing a burst of lingering colors beyond imagination as the day wraps u...

13 Jul 2006

Florida Tile Announces Major Manufacturing Investment

Florida Tile Inc (Lakeland, FL, USA) has announced that it plans to make a major investment in a state-of-the-art porcelain tile production line at its facility in Lawrenceburg, KY, USA. When completed, the new line will...

12 Jul 2006

Lafarge May Sell Roofing Business

Building on the presentation of 23 February 2006, Lafarge has unveiled its detailed strategic plan, called “Excellence 2008”. This plan confirms the group’s determination to be the best in its sector, focused on its str...

12 Jul 2006

CRH Acquires Dutch Brickmaker

CRH PLC (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) has announced that, as part of a busy period of investment in the first half of 2006, its Clay Products group has just acquired the brickmaker Nuth BV (Nuth, Holland), a manufacturer...

12 Jul 2006

Keller HCW Obtains Promise for Large Russian Order

Keller HCW GmbH (Ibbenbueren-Laggenbeck, Germany) and a Russian investor signed a large order for a new brick plant in Pawlowsky Posad - in the Moscow region of the country - at this year’s Ceramitec exhibition in Munich...

12 Jul 2006

Construction begins on Dulles 28 Centre

Lerner Enterprises (LernerEnterprises.com) and The Tower Companies (TowerCompanies.com) are pleased to announce that site development work has begun on Dulles 28 Centre, a 300,000 square foot shopping center in Dulles, L...

11 Jul 2006

Monitor Energy Spending with Cent-a-Meter

With the United States experiencing record high energy prices and with the approaching summer heat, the U.S. is sorely in need of a simple device that monitors spending on electricity and puts valuable information in the...

11 Jul 2006

Xiom Corporation Receives it's First Contract with the United States Military

XIOM Corporation of West Babylon, innovator and manufacturer of portable plastic powder spray systems and coatings, announced today that it has received its first contract with the United States Military. Xiom has signed...

11 Jul 2006

Powerlight Corporation Introduce its New PowerTilt™ Solar Power Exposure

Today at the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) conference, PowerLight Corporation, a leading global provider of large-scale solar power systems, introduced its new PowerTilt™ Solar Power System. "PowerTilt ...

11 Jul 2006

Hurricane Ready Home Range Developed by New England Cedar Homes

Working in conjunction with leading home design companies Pan Abode Homes Inc. and Florida Cedar Log Homes LLC, New England Cedar Homes have developed a complete range of hurricane and tempest ready homes and cabins. ...

10 Jul 2006

Oldest Elevator in Texas to be Modernized by SETEC Inc

SETEC, Inc. (www.SetecElevators.com) has been chosen by Beaconsfield Condominiums to modernize two of the oldest running elevators in the state of Texas. The Beaconsfield was one of the first apartment high-rise building...

10 Jul 2006

Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Expanded by Starry Night Lights

Roughly 2/3 of Americans can no longer see our Milky Way Galaxy from their homes at night. The reason, poorly designed and installed outdoor lights are throwing ever increasing quantities of light up into the night sky. ...

10 Jul 2006

UK Construction Orders up by 9%

Orders in the twelve months to May 2006 rose by nine per cent compared with the previous twelve months, and orders in the three months to May 2006 rose by four per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. Orders ...

7 Jul 2006

TTI Continues to Build Craftsman Power Tools

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. ("TTI") (HKEx stock code: 669; ADR symbol: TTNDY) today announced a multi-year extension of its strategic supply agreement with Sears Holdings to continue building Craftsman(R) po...

7 Jul 2006

Real Projects: GMP Architects in China Exhibition

Encountering a Far-Eastern culture; working at breath-taking pace and at incredible scales; contributing both economically and culturally, and accepting and mastering the challenges posed by modern China, are all part of...

7 Jul 2006