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US Renewing Forests Logo Refers to Green Flooring

Everyone knows that wood flooring is a green flooring product. After all, it comes from a renewable resource – trees. Trees are a raw material that can be harvested and replanted to replenish the standi...

16 Feb 2010

AK Steel to Raise Price of Carbon Steel Products

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that it will increase spot market base prices by $50 per ton, effective immediately with all new orders for its carbon steel products. AK Steel said that the price increase is in...

16 Feb 2010

John Deere Updates Old Models of Gator Series Turf Vehicles

John Deere recently announced updates to models in its utility series of vehicles, part of the broadest portfolio of utility vehicles on the market. Within the Utility Series, the Gator TX, Gator TH and Gator TE models a...

16 Feb 2010

Market Research Report on Nanocoatings Used for Construction and Exterior Protection Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c0d2bf/nanocoatings_for_t) has announced the addition of the "Nanocoatings for the Construction and Exterior Protection Industry" report to their...

16 Feb 2010

USDG Builds New Crude Oil Distribution Hub in St. James, Louisiana

U.S. Development Group LLC (USDG), a Houston-based developer of logistics and terminal facilities, announced today that construction has begun on its new St. James Rail Terminal, a crude oil and condensate unit train han...

16 Feb 2010

John Deere Launches New Grader Operator Training Simulator

After revolutionizing the motor grader itself by offering operators an unprecedented choice of controls with its G-Series, John Deere Construction & Forestry is once again responding to customer needs with a state-of...

16 Feb 2010

CCCC Guangzhou Dredging to Construct Navigation Channel of Jinzhou Port

On 5th February 2010, CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. won construction project of 150,000t-class navigation channel of Jinzhou Port in Liaoning province. The project is composed of reclamation for temporary working...

16 Feb 2010

Volvo and VT LeeBoy Partner to Market Pavers and Road Wideners Under Blaw-Knox Brand

Volvo Construction Equipment and VT LeeBoy have finalized a strategic alliance agreement for LeeBoy to supply certain pavers and road wideners to Volvo dealers under the Blaw-Knox brand. LeeBoy will also take full respon...

16 Feb 2010

Süddeutscher Verlag Headquarters First to Achieve Gold LEED Certification in Germany

Green buildings do not just result from stringing together a series of highly efficient products and only using sustainable building materials but rather by intelligently combining innovative structures made from recyclable materials and multi-functional building technology. One of the most up-to-date examples in the green building range is the new Süddeutscher Verlag HQ in Munich.

15 Feb 2010

LED Lighting System Designed for People Living in Areas with Unreliable Electricity

Schneider Electric launched In-Diya, a highly energy-efficient LED based Lighting System, to provide lighting to people living with no or unreliable electricity, on February 3, in New Delhi (India). In-Diya is a spec...

15 Feb 2010

Athlete's Village in Vancouver Built Using Aluminum Composite Material from Alcoa

Athletes participating in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games starting Friday in British Columbia will sleep, eat, and watch sporting events in buildings that include Alcoa’s energy–efficient, recyclable and colorful Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM).

15 Feb 2010

Caterpillar Upgrades Cat Wheel Feller Bunchers, Land Management Equipment

Upgrades to the hydraulic system and other enhancements have improved the productivity and reliability of the 173 hp Cat® 553, 197 hp Cat 563 and the 225 hp Cat 573 wheel feller bunchers. Multi-functioning, an ad...

15 Feb 2010

Beacon Roofing Supply Acquires Florida-Based Independent Building Materials

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) ("Beacon") announced today that it has acquired Independent Building Materials (“IBM”), a distributor of mostly residential roofing systems and related acc...

15 Feb 2010

NCC to Construct New Highway in Swedish County

NCC Construction Sweden (STO:NCCA)(STO:NCCB) has been commissioned by the Swedish Road Administration with the assignment of constructing the new Highway 50 between Mjölby and Motala in the county of Österg&#24...

15 Feb 2010

JPS Plans for Wind Energy Project in Munro

The Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd. (JPS), has unveiled its plans for the Munro Wind Energy Project, to the residents of St. Elizabeth. The unveiling took place at a Public Meeting held on Thursday, February 5, at the Mu...

15 Feb 2010