Archive for January, 2009

The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

Featuring cutting-edge energy efficient products and practices and stunning contemporary design, the 2009 edition of The New American Home® was recently unveiled at the International Builders’ Show® in Las Vegas. The New American Home offers real-world demonstrations of the latest concepts in architecture, construction techniques, products and .... 

Hilton Hotel Owners Spend More Than $131 Million Upgrading 11 Hotels in Central U.S.

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Hilton Hotel Owners Spend More Than $131 Million Upgrading 11 Hotels in Central U.S.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation’s global brand of upscale, full-service hotels, today announced that eleven of its Hilton brand hotels in the central United States are in the process of completing renovations, which combined are valued at more than $131 million. These projects are part of an ongoing initiative by the Hilton .... 

Orions New Dual Turntable Stretch Wrappers Boost Productivity

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Orions New Dual Turntable Stretch Wrappers Boost Productivity

Orion Packaging Systems introduced its new dual turntable stretch wrappers, the Flex HPD Dual (High Profile Deluxe) and Flex LPD Dual (Low Profile Deluxe). The efficient Flex Dual Series increases production of unitized, secure pallet loads by allowing a single operator to simultaneously wrap a load while staging or removing a second one. Customers .... 

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Environmentally Advanced Protective Barrier Binder for Masonry and Cementitious Sealers and Stains

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Rohm and Haas Introduces New Environmentally Advanced Protective Barrier Binder for Masonry and Cementitious Sealers and Stains

Rohm and Haas has launched a new innovative binder, Rhoplex™ CS-100 Emulsion, to the North American architectural coatings market. This new thermoplastic, water-resistant binder provides excellent resistance to water blushing, is truly VOC-compliant, and exhibits an excellent balance of early block resistance and low coalescent demand in masonry and .... 

Manitowoc to exhibit Potain Igo 30 at Intermat 2009

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Manitowoc to exhibit Potain Igo 30 at Intermat 2009

The Igo 30 has a total weight of less than 26 t, meaning it can travel with just one truck in most of its markets, lowering transportation costs. Manitowoc will exhibit its Potain Igo 30 self-erecting crane at Intermat 2009. The crane is built at the Manitowoc factory in Niella Tanaro, Italy. Vincent Milan, Manitowoc’s senior product manager for self-erecting .... 

Schreder Lighting USA Introduces High Styled, Compact Hestia Street Luminaires Featuring Sealsafe Optical System

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Schreder Lighting USA Introduces High Styled, Compact Hestia Street Luminaires Featuring Sealsafe Optical System

Integrating a compact design with high photometric performance and style in street lighting, Schreder Lighting USA introduces Hestia luminaires with the world-famous Sealsafe(R) Optical System, in the United States. Schreder Lighting USA, the newest of the 40-member Schreder Group G.I.E. located in 36 countries on four continents, is marketing the Schreder .... 

Safety Rail Source Introduces Green OSHA Compliant Roof Edge Railing System

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Safety Rail Source Introduces Green OSHA Compliant Roof Edge Railing System

The environment is important to you and to us at the Safety Rail Source and Kee Safety. We are constantly innovating and moving towards providing environmentally friendly products. Our new KeeGuard® roof edge railing protection system is now “green”. The cast steel counterbalance weights for KeeGuard have been replaced with 100% recycled .... 

Construction to start on 48 functional homes in Silverdal, Stockholm

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Construction to start on 48 functional homes in Silverdal, Stockholm

In the next few days, JM will start construction of the first stage of residential units in apartment blocks in popular Silverdal, Sollentuna outside of Stockholm. There has been considerable interest in Silverdalshöjden, which is the name of the project. Half of the apartments are already reserved. Silverdalshöjden is located close to Edsviken and .... 

Handi-Treads New Stair Nosings Provide Safe Footing and Reduce Slips & Falls

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Handi-Treads New Stair Nosings Provide Safe Footing and Reduce Slips & Falls

Handi-Ramp has expanded their Handi-Treads™ non-slip tread product line to include an easy to install non-skid stair nosing. “The Handi-Treads product line has become extremely popular due to this year’s unusually harsh winter, ” said Jeff Mann, Handi-Ramp’s sales manager. “Property managers, homeowners and even the Federal .... 

Offices at Park Place Earns USGBCs LEED Gold Certification

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Offices at Park Place Earns USGBCs LEED Gold Certification

Hallmark Development’s first office building at Offices at Park Place in Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded LEED-Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. The Offices at Park ....