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Skanska Buys HVAC Contractor TKI

Skanska is to acquire all shares in the Swedish installation company TKI, which is a contracting company in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry, with its head office in Umeå. Sales for 2009 amounted to approximately SEK 250 M and the company has about 130 employees.

8 Dec 2010

High Performance Window Frames and Gutters Made from Extruded Plastic

When Zhongcai Profiles Co. Ltd., Zhejiang, China, needed an advanced materials solution to manufacture color-rich, high-performance window profiles for its building and construction customers, the company turned to SABIC Innovative Plastics.

7 Dec 2010

Axcel Acquires Trelleborg’s Roofing Business

As part of its strategic focus, Trelleborg has entered an agreement to divest its roofing operations, which is included in the Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area.

7 Dec 2010

Stantec Completes Merger with Burt Hill

Continuing its focus on becoming one of the world's leading design practices, Stantec has officially completed a merger with Burt Hill, a 600-person integrated architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Butler, Pennsylvania.

7 Dec 2010

Research and Markets Offers Market Report on Windows and Doors

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Windows & Doors Market Report 2010" report to their offering. In this Market Report the UK windows and doors industry is analysed in terms of the ...

7 Dec 2010

Cree Launches New LED Arrays for Indoor LED Lighting Applications

Cree, Inc. a market leader in LED lighting, announces the industry’s first lighting-class LED array.

7 Dec 2010

APWA Presents Merit Award to Downtown Indio Revitalization Project

The Downtown Indio Revitalization, Phase I Infrastructure Improvement Project was recently awarded a Project of Merit Award by the Coachella Valley Branch of the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works A...

7 Dec 2010

Asia Cork Introduces New Series of Cork Sheets for Compound or Wood Floor Boards

Asia Cork Inc. had developed and started to sell a series of new products from Jan. 2010.

7 Dec 2010

Bird Construction Inks Contract with Aecon to Upgrade Water Treatment Plant in Alberta

Aecon Group Inc. announced today that its Lockerbie & Hole Mechanical Unit has been awarded a $25 million contract from Bird Construction Company to complete upgrades on the existing water treatment plant in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

7 Dec 2010

Solar Village Homes Selects Epoch Homes to Build Prefab Homes in Northeast

Garnering national attention for their unique line of off-grid and near off grid energy efficient homes, Solar Village Homes of Boulder, Colorado has chosen Epoch Homes, a leader in custom modular homes, to build their h...

7 Dec 2010

Canada Green Building Council Awards LEED Gold Certification to BD - Canada Corporate Office

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) a leading global medical technology company, today announced that its new BD - Canada corporate office in Mississauga received Gold Certification from the Canada Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System.

7 Dec 2010

Caldwell School District Receives Two LEED for Schools Certifications

McKinstry, a national leader in the development of smart building systems, recently helped two schools achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Schools certification, marking the first time any school in Idaho has achieved such a qualification.

7 Dec 2010

Skanska Launches New Division for Norwegian Office Premises Market

Skanska Commercial Development Norway has acquired its first land area in central Oslo and is actively looking for more land acquisitions.

7 Dec 2010

Jacob White and Natcore to Develop Three Solar Cell Production Plants

Natcore Technology Inc. has formed three strategic alliances to accelerate the company's response to requests for solar cell manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and abroad.

7 Dec 2010

POSCO to Build New Hot-Rolled Steel Coil Production Line at Gwangyang Steelworks

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- South Korean integrated steel producer POSCO (NYSE:PKX) (Pohang, South Korea) has announced details of the company's investment plans in its home country...

7 Dec 2010