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Installation of Synthetic Turf in North America Provides Eco-Friendly Benefits

While millions of people, businesses, schools and homeowners use synthetic turf for landscape and play, one of its major beneficiaries is the environment.

2 Feb 2011

New Paint Roller from Black + Decker Paints Up to Two-Times Faster Than Traditional Rollers

Painting just got easier and cleaner with the innovative RapidRoller™ Paint Roller from Black & Decker®.

2 Feb 2011

First Home Buyers Could Benefit from Sustainable Housing

First time buyers could benefit if the Government and construction industry look to more innovative ways of producing affordable and sustainably produced and run homes, suggests a Loughborough University study. The r...

2 Feb 2011

Protective Coating Applied to Hoover Dam Bypass Wins Award for PPG

PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has been selected as the recipient of The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2011 E. Crone Knoy Award.

2 Feb 2011

NCC Bags E4 Highway Bridge Construction Project in Rotebro, Sweden

NCC Construction Sweden has been commissioned to demolish and replace two existing bridges that cross the railway at Rotebro, in Sollentuna municipality.

2 Feb 2011

Jacobs Buys Major Process and Construction Operations of Aker Solutions

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a number of Aker Solutions' operations within its Process and Construction (P&C) business area.

2 Feb 2011

NuGenTec Announces Availability of Bond-X Green Asphalt Repair Solution in the Western U.S.

NuGeneration Technologies (NuGenTec) announced today their first bulk manufacturing of Bond-X Green® on the West Coast. Bond-X Green® is a breakthrough in the cold asphalt industry since the product contains none of the petroleum based softeners such as diesel, toluene, kerosene, and naphthalene used in traditional asphalt that includes VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds).

2 Feb 2011

D.S. Brown and Chase Construction Sign Exclusive Foam Product Distribution Agreement

The D.S. Brown Company announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with Chase Construction Products, allowing D.S. Brown to sell Chase’s Foam Expansion Joint Products Evazote, Metazeal and E-Crete product l...

2 Feb 2011

Axion International Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract with Class 1 Railroad in North America

Axion International producer of the world’s strongest recycled composite plastic industrial building products and railroad ties, today announced the signing of a $15 million contract with one of the largest railroads in North America.

2 Feb 2011

Outlook on Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing Industry in the U.S.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade [2010 Year-End Edition]...

2 Feb 2011

Barrier's Fire-Resistant Building Materials Receive ULC Listing Certifications

International Barrier Technology Inc. ("Barrier") the developer and manufacturer of Pyrotite®, a proprietary fire-resistant building material, is pleased to announce new Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC) Listing Certifications acquired through recent R&D testing.

2 Feb 2011

Globecomm Wins Contract to Provide Turnkey RF Electronics for MultipleTelemetry

Globecomm Systems Inc. a leading global provider of communications solutions and services, today announced that the Company has been awarded an infrastructure contract valued at $2.6 million.

2 Feb 2011

Industrial Nanotech Wins City of San Jose Project Bid to Provide Thermal Insulation

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today announced that the Company has won the bidding process for a purchase contract by the City of San Jose in California to provide its patented Nansulate® Translucent GP insulation and mold resistance coating in support of San Jose Water Pollution Control Plant /Environmental Services Department requirements. The project bid from the City of San Jose is for 150 gallons.

2 Feb 2011

Trelleborg Sells its Roofing Operations to Axcel

Trelleborg has completed the divestment of its roofing operations, which were part of the Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area. The operations are being taken over by Axcel, a Nordic venture capital company.

2 Feb 2011

Technip Wins Front-End Engineering and Design Contract from PETRONAS

Technip in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., has been awarded by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and MISC Berhad a front-end engineering and design contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. The FLNG, which will have a capacity of one million-tonnes per annum, will be located in Malaysia.

2 Feb 2011