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Delta Companies Commences Construction of Packaging Service Complex in Shanghai

Delta Companies Group (Delta), a subsidiary of Greif, Inc. ( GEF, GEF.B), has initiated construction of a multi-client packaging service complex in Shanghai near the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). When comp...

31 Dec 2009

B+W NPG to Use Coreworx Software for Development of New mPower Nuclear Reactor

Coreworx Inc., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: ACFN), announced today that Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation, Inc. (B&W NPG) will employ Coreworx support software in the development, licensing ...

31 Dec 2009

AK Steel Announces UAW Ratifies Extension to Labor Agreement for its Coshocton Works

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said that members of the United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 3462 have ratified a three-year extension to a labor agreement covering about 340 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company&#3...

31 Dec 2009

Stanley Works and The Black+Decker Report Expiration of Review Period for Merger

The Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) and The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) announced today that the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review period for the combination of their businesses has expired. Stanley and Bla...

31 Dec 2009

Esmark Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania-Based Excalibur Machine Company

Esmark Industrial Group, a newly formed subsidiary of Esmark Incorporated, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of assets of Meadville, Pennsylvania-based Excalibur Machine Company, Inc. for $3.5 million...

31 Dec 2009

Fiber Composites Announces Change of its Corporate Name to Fiberon

Fiberon(®), a leading manufacturer of composite and PVC decking, railing and fencing is changing its corporate name from Fiber Composites LLC to Fiberon, LLC. The company began manufacturing composite decking in 1997...

31 Dec 2009

Systemates Reports on its Acheivements in 2009

Systemates, Inc. enjoyed customer successes and new version releases in 2009 with their award-winning construction project management software, Projectmates. Systemates released two new versions in 2009 and built customi...

31 Dec 2009

LEED Silver Certification Awarded to Verizon New Jersey Operations Center

Verizon's operations center in Basking Ridge, N.J., has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Silver certification for the center's environmentally friendly design and energy efficiency. Abou...

31 Dec 2009

VA Regional Office in Idaho Receives Environmental Certification from Independent Group

The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) announced today plans to construct a 1.1 Megawatt solar array near its Yankee substation in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Construction of the project will beg...

31 Dec 2009

Corian Finds Applications in Areas Other than Just Kitchens

Corian® China is the proud sponsor of the Urban Picnic project, designed by Jason Carlow for the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Until Feb. 2010, the DuPont™ Corian® solid surface structure is on display in Hong Kong.

29 Dec 2009

New TV Series on Building Beautiful Outdoor Space

World-renowned environmentalist and landscape architect Jamie Durie brings his “Outdoor Room” concept from his native Australia to the United States in HGTV’s The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie

29 Dec 2009

Eggrock to Install Bathrooms in New Holiday Inn Express

Eggrock LLC, the U.S. leader in pre-built bathroom pods, announced that it has received an order for 81 bathrooms for a new Holiday Inn Express

29 Dec 2009

TV Show Features Axion's Structural Products Made Using Recycled Plastic Technology

Axion International Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: AXIH), a next-generation technology innovator utilizing recycled plastic for high-load industrial products, announced that News 12 New Jersey aired a segment on the high-load th...

29 Dec 2009

Heritage Aviation Installs Wind Turbine, Solar Electric System and Solar Thermal System

In a first for the renewables and aviation industries, Heritage Aviation, the new General Aviation Facility at the Burlington International Airport, has installed a wind turbine on-site at their new facility. It is a...

29 Dec 2009

AECOM Wins US$20 Million Contract for City of Edmonton’s LRT Extension Project in Canada

AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it was awarded a US$20-m...

29 Dec 2009