San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed at a press conference today announced that the inaugural San Jose Prize for Green Vision Innovation will be awarded to the 2008 California Clean Tech Open winners. Announced last night at the Clean Tech Open’s third annual awards gala, the winners and runners up include: Over the Moon Diapers, Viridis Earth, BottleStone, Focal Point Energy, Power Assure, ElectraDrive, Porifera, NexChem, GroundSource Geo, Solar Red,...
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. announced the appointment of Warren Haruki as chairman and Robert (Rob) Webber as president and CEO, effective January 1, 2009. They replace David Cole who resigned earlier this week after five years as chairman, president and CEO of the 100-year old company. Cole will continue to serve as a director and will be the Company’s representative to the boards of Hawaii BioEnergy and Hawaii Superferry. “Rob Webber...
MLSListings Inc, a Silicon Valley-based regional Multiple Listing Service (MLS), announced the launch of an innovative online security initiative featuring the A-OK On-Demand service from Arcot Systems. Selected for its ease of use and powerful capabilities, the A-OK On-Demand service transparently protects the identities and data of MLSListings’ users. MLSListings is using this solution for user identity verification as part of MLS data security...
With the escalating demands for electronic security in high rise development, outsourced solutions are drawing more attention, which is why after a comprehensive review of security providers, KOAR Real Estate Development has selected Kastle Systems as the premier choice to provide electronic access control, video and life safety security for Solair Wilshire, a 22-story mixed-use skyscraper with 186 upscale condominium units, 40,000 square feet of...
TMI is the industry leader in manufacturing and installing highly customized air handling systems sold to the commercial, institutional, and industrial markets; its sister company Miller-Sage provides mechanical contracting and installation for these and other systems. TMI announced today its acquisition by MiTek, Inc. the world’s leading supplier of state-of-the-art engineered connector products, equipment, software, and services for the building...
Cogent Road, a provider of Internet-based applications for the mortgage industry, announced the launch of Recovery Strategy, a system enabling loan officers to recover and qualify initially declined applicants to help maximize their borrowing power. Cogent Road’s Recovery Strategy is a new feature of the company’s Funding Suite, a tool that uses an automated process to enable mortgage originators to evaluate borrowers’ credit reports, and was...
In a July 8, 2008 speech on the U.S. housing market, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. reported that 1.5 million foreclosures were started in 2007, and some economists estimate that about 2.5 million foreclosures will be started in 2008. By comparison, there were only 800,000 foreclosures in 2004. Those who happen to be among the unlucky ones, are living in a world of hurt and don’t need to be facing giant tax bills on top of losing...
A coalition of construction employers, labor and the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District has been working for four years to develop a solution to the construction industry’s need for more highly trained construction managers, project engineers, job estimators and supervisors to replace retiring Baby Boomers. The group, operating under the imprimatur of the Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association (S4CA), today announced the...
No production does without fixtures. All industrial sectors use them to fix work pieces in the position required for further processing. Thus it is possible to guarantee a constantly high quality of the components. Yet what happened if the fixture itself would be deformed? In order to avoid this worst case scenario, all fixtures are controlled periodically so that deviations to their nominal geometries can immediately be detected and corrected. AICON’s...
The city of Hamburg has another bright attraction now that OSRAM has bathed the globe on top of the Hotel Atlantic in colored light. All thanks to 24 high-power LINEARlight-DRAGON Colormix LEDs. Twelve OT Easy 60 controllers from OSRAM ensure that the LEDs can produce light of almost any color. The globe, supported by two caryatids (sculpted female figures), has been the emblem Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg since it was opened in 1909. Initially it was...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
Looking for modern interior inspiration for your office, here we got some preview of the contemporary...
The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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