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DTE Energy to Start Environmental Construction Project at its Monroe Power Plant

DTE Energy announced today that it will begin a major environmental construction project in the first quarter of 2010 at its Monroe Power Plant. The $600 million project will create 900 jobs and be one of the largest con...

9 Dec 2009

New Data Shows Off-Road Diesel Equipment Contractors to Exceed New Emissions Targets

Contractors and other operators of off-road diesel equipment will exceed ambitious new emissions targets set by California officials according to new state figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of ...

9 Dec 2009

Olympic's High Quality Makes Them Nation's Most Trusted Paints and Stains

Since 1938, Olympic Paints and Stains have helped homeowners protect and beautify their homes. The consistently high quality and value of Olympic Paints and Stains, from PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), has helped the brand t...

9 Dec 2009

Metabo Introduces Lightweight 1/2-Inch Drill That Offers 248 In-Lbs of Torque

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers a lightweight, rugged 1/2"...

9 Dec 2009

BASF Expanded Polystyrene being Used to Create Decorative Intreiors

The film set designer Artrockz, Germany uses Neopor®, the expandable polystyrene (EPS) from BASF, to produce surface facings for decorative structures. The facings are used in film and television sets as well as decorative interior insulation in private residential buildings. The panels, which look fully three-dimensional with a relief surface, are replica models of bricks and quarry stones and can realistically recreate walls, roofs, and floors. So far, Neopor has been used primarily to insulate the facades of old and new buildings. The gray beads are an advanced version of the white classic insulation material Styropor® (EPS).

9 Dec 2009

Olympic Paints from PPG Earn Good Housekeeping Seal

9 Dec 2009

Yingli Green Energy Enters Sales Agreement with Payom Solar AG

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacture...

8 Dec 2009

Second LEED Certification for General Dynamics C4 Systems

General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a second certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Existing Building (LEED-EB), this time under the new Operations Maintenance designation or LEED-EB...

8 Dec 2009

MRI Obtains LEED Certification for Kansas City Facility Renovations

Midwest Research Institute (MRI) has earned LEED(R) Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) following a $25 million renovation of its Kansas Ci...

8 Dec 2009

The Home Depot Enters Deal for Development of Martha Stewart Living Paint

The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO) today announced an agreement to develop an exclusive Martha Stewart Living brand of interior and ex...

8 Dec 2009

Aon Risk Services to Buy Allied North America

Aon Risk Services, the risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corporation, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Allied North America, one of the largest independent surety...

8 Dec 2009

Maxwell Systems Invites Builders to Software Clinics and Demonstrations at 2010 International Builders' Show

Maxwell Systems, Inc., a leading provider of integrated construction business management software solutions, today announced that residential and commercial builders are invited to attend free, hands-on estimating softwa...

8 Dec 2009

UL and ICC-ES Join to Offer Dual Evaluation and Certification Program for Building Products

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the leading product safety testing organization, and ICC Evaluation Service, Inc® (ICC-ES®), the United States' leader in evaluating building products for compliance with code,...

8 Dec 2009

Marc Climatic Controls Merges with The Birdwell to Make Explosion Proof HVAC Units

Marc Climatic Controls Inc. ("Marc") and The Birdwell Co. ("Birdwell") have merged and recapitalized to create the leading manufacturer of explosion proof HVAC units in the world. Each company has ...

8 Dec 2009

AGR Tools Announces New Safe and Effective Alternative to Natural Stone Fabricators

AGR Tools, Inc., is pleased to announce that AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc., with which AGR Tools, Inc. has entered into a binding share exchange agreement, has introduced a new grinding stone which gives natural stone ...

8 Dec 2009