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Precision Door Offers Online Presentation on How to Combat Winter by Garage Door Insulation

Precision Door Service, one of the largest garage door service companies in the U.S., is educating homeowners through their website with valuable advice on how to successfully combat the winter cold by taking the proper ...

19 Jan 2010

Champion Enterprises to Sell All Domestic, International Operations

Champion Enterprises, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CJHBQ), a leader in factory-built construction, has entered into a letter of intent with a group of investors for the sale of substantially all of its domestic and international o...

19 Jan 2010

Chusid Associates Lists Best 10 New Building Products of 2009

Chusid Associates, the nation's leading marketing consultant for building products, has announced a list of 10 Best New Building Products of 2009, available on the BuildingProductMarketing.com blog. The list hi...

19 Jan 2010

RavenBrick Wins 54 Patent Approvals for its Solar Heat Blocking Window Filter Technology

With unprecedented speed, the U.S. Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance to RavenBrick for 54 of 54 patent claims for its RavenWindow solar heat blocking window filter technology. The patent approval underscores...

19 Jan 2010

JM's Fiber Glass Insulation Products Achieve SCS Gold + Formaldehyde Free Certification

Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company and leading manufacturer of premium-quality building products, today announced that products from its complete line of Formaldehyde-free™ fiber glass building insul...

19 Jan 2010

Court Approves Arch Aluminum to be Acquired by Sun Capital Partners' Affiliate

Arch Aluminum & Glass Company (“Arch”), a leading fabricator and distributor of architectural glass and aluminum, today announced that the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Florida has approved...

19 Jan 2010

Dow Coating Materials Hosts Webinar on Sustainability Benefits of Trim Paints

Paint formulators working toward compliance with the 2010 European volatile organic compound (VOC) reduction directive will be very interested in a free, seven-minute on-line presentation by Dr. Anne Koller of Dow Coatin...

19 Jan 2010

Worldwide Market Research Report on Decorative Laminates

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7b91b1/decorative_laminat) has announced the addition of the "Decorative Laminates - A Global Market Perspective" report to their offering. &...

19 Jan 2010

Suniva Receives Recovery Act Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credits for Norcross Facility Expansion

Suniva®, Inc., a U.S. based high-efficiency solar manufacturer, today announced it received $5.7 million in Recovery Act Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credits to expand its solar cell manufacturing facility in Norcross,...

19 Jan 2010

Overview of Building Adhesives Market in Romania

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/68c157/building_adhesives) has announced the addition of the "Building Adhesives - Romanian Market Overview 2010" report to their offering. T...

19 Jan 2010

CCCC Forth Harbor Engineering Wins RMB 419 Million Contract for Circle Line Project

Recently, CCCC Forth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Section 4 of Shaxi-Yuehuan of the Circle Line project in Guangdong province. The bidding price amounted to RMB419 million with construction period of 26 months. Th...

19 Jan 2010

HOCHTIEF Wins EUR 190 Million Contract to Extend Prague‘s Metro Line

HOCHTIEF as member of a joint venture has been awarded the contract to extend Prague‘s metro: The subsidiaries HOCHTIEF Construction and HOCHTIEF CZ take on the project with a total volume of approximately EUR 500 ...

19 Jan 2010

Vital Products Develops Bio-Based Foam in a Can for Use in Residential Construction

Vital Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VTPI), a multichannel innovator in the industrial packaging sector, announced today that it has completed preliminary discussions with a multi national sealant company. Vital ...

19 Jan 2010

Researchers Optimize Glue to Work at High Temperatures

The “Parasols” in Seville feature components that are designed to be glued instead of bolted together. To prevent the adhesive from melting, it needs to withstand temperatures of up to 60 degrees. Researchers have optimized the adhesive's resistance to high temperatures.

18 Jan 2010

Innovative Solution to Seal Core Holes in Constructions

While working in the commercial tenant finish-out industry, Chuck Longhenry realized there had to be a faster and less intrusive way to seal the core and penetration holes that typically contain electrical and data wires in multi-story buildings. After two years of trial and error he perfected and applied for a patent on the SealCore Safety Plate, an innovative way to seal core holes during construction and post-construction that saves money and reduces installation time while meeting all building codes.

18 Jan 2010