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Komatsu-Cummins Engine to Manufacture Next Generation Tier 4 Low-Emissions Engines

The Komatsu-Cummins Engine Company (KCEC) in Japan has achieved a major manufacturing milestone with the recent production of the 500,000th engine from the Oyama joint venture operation. The joint venture has also an...

6 Feb 2010

Skanska Purchases Cooperative-Housing Projects from SBC in Gothenburg

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has acquired two cooperative-housing projects from SBC, Sveriges Bostadsrättscentrum AB. The acquisition entails building rights and progressive project plans for a total of about 280 cooperative ...

6 Feb 2010

Business Report on Ukraine Structural Building Materials Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f788c/structural_buildin) has announced the addition of the "Structural Building Materials Market in Ukraine: Business Report 2009" report to th...

6 Feb 2010

LEED-EB Operations and Maintenance Gold Certification Awarded to Caterpillar's World Headquarters

The Caterpillar Administration Building, which serves as the company's world headquarters, has been awarded LEED-EB® O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maint...

6 Feb 2010

Exploration Sciences Building at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earns LEED Gold Certification

What does it take to turn silver into gold? For NASA scientists, the answer is "two protons." For Manhattan Construction Company in Washington, it is creative green building solutions which have resulted in the...

6 Feb 2010

Peab Assigned to Maintain Parks, Streets, Beaches in Helsingborg

Peab (STO:PEABB) has been commissioned to run and maintain the parks, streets, waterworks and beaches in Helsingborg. Peab received the order from Helsingborg City and the total value of the contract over a six-year peri...

6 Feb 2010

Cypress Semiconductor Joins NIT to Set Up New PSoC Lab at Calicut, India

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) and National Institute of Technology (NIT) announced a partnership to set up a new lab at Calicut based on the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip. The agreement was signed at NI...

6 Feb 2010

Viewpoint Construction Software Partners with Top Resellers in US

Viewpoint Construction Software is proud to announce a partnership with three of the top construction software resellers in the United States. These new partners add even more momentum to the accelerating demand for View...

6 Feb 2010

Boyuan Construction Secures Contract to Build 32-Storey Residential Building in China

Boyuan Construction Group, Inc., (TSX-V: BOY & BOY.DB) a fast-growing construction company in China of commercial, residential and municipal infrastructure projects, announced today that it has been awarded a contrac...

6 Feb 2010

New Web Site Promoting Window Films for Building Applications

CPFilms Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), and the world's leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential and commercial markets, has launched two new websites sup...

5 Feb 2010

SunEdison Initiates Second Phase Construction of North Carolina Solar Farm

SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), has activated the first phase of its 16-megawatt solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. ...

5 Feb 2010

Construction on Boston's Largest Solar Project to be Started

Rivermoor Energy, a Newton-based solar development and investment firm specializing in commercial, government and utility projects, announces that construction will begin this month on the largest solar project in Boston...

5 Feb 2010

United Solar to Supply PV Laminates to Enel Green for Rooftop Installation

United Solar Ovonic (United Solar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER), today confirmed that it will supply up to 25 MW of UNI-SOLAR® brand photovoltaic laminates to Ene...

5 Feb 2010

Allied Building Products Becomes First North American Distributor for Solyndra

Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new distribution agreement with Allied Building Products Corp., a leading national dis...

5 Feb 2010

Global Market Analysis on Home Improvement Products

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Home Improvement Products - A World Market Analysis http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164599/Home-Improvement-Products---A-Wo...

5 Feb 2010