Historic Real Estate Inc. is a leading real estate and economic development company based in Houston, Texas. Despite the severe national downturn in real estate development, causing many large-scale projects to halt or slow operations, Historic Real Estate is forging ahead with a multitude of high-profile economic and real estate development projects. The company’s principals have over 200 years of combined experience in creating top notch real estate developments and their experience is serving...
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announces initiation of its comprehensive product emissions standard for indoor products. Indoor air is known to be 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air. In newly constructed homes and buildings, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and formaldehyde can be significantly higher. Exposure to these pollutants can lead to short-term irritation and discomfort and long-term exposure can lead to more serious health concerns. The majority of indoor...
Merix Corporation a leading provider of advanced high-reliability printed circuit boards, today announced that an expansion and technology upgrade in their Huiyang, China (HY) factory is complete. Over the past two years, Merix has invested over $23 million in the HY expansion. The result is a 400 thousand square foot facility that has roughly three times the inner-layer manufacturing capacity when compared to a year ago. The Merix HY facility can manufacture approximately 80% of the standard multilayer...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ac5ee7/review_of_the_mark) has announced the addition of the “Review of the Market of Consumable Materials for Welding, 2007″ report to their offering. This report is an analysis of the market of consumable materials for welding in Russia. The growth in the market of consumable materials for welding is stable. It made 7% in 2006. The greatest production output in monetary terms falls at consumable materials – welding electrodes...
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. today announced plans to eliminate 95 jobs, or approximately six percent of its 1,500-person workforce. This reduction is in response to the current national economic situation and the corresponding slowdown in demand for Miller’s commercial and industrial products. Miller is a leading manufacturer of arc welding and plasma cutting equipment for industrial, construction, motorsports, farm/ranch and home-hobby use. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool...
RCC Holdings Corp is pleased to announce its new company website at www.rcciws.com. The new website was created to better describe the opportunities and markets that RCC/IWS now finds available to it. The company began as a wastewater treatment system company for new rural subdivisions, and now finds that its main market resides with repairing or modularly replacing systems that are currently either non-performing, or in areas where health issues require a better solution than what is currently...
A growing number of companies are seeking the benefits of “green cleaning” as a way to enhance employee health and productivity and to have a positive impact on the environment, according to ABM Industries Incorporated, one of the United States’ leading facility services contractors. The need for green cleaning is acute: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans on average spend 90 percent of their time indoors – and poor indoor air quality conservatively costs the U.S....
MMFX Technologies Corporation, an Irvine-based materials science company, announces completion of a $55 million commitment in secured debt financing and receipt of final funding that was contingent upon the startup of its Welland, Ontario, Canada steel mill facility. MMFX had previously received $27 million of the financing. Axiom Capital Management Inc. acted as the procuring agent for the transaction. MMFX Steel of Canada opened ahead of schedule on September 18, 2008. “We are extremely pleased...
The Mt. Diablo Region YMCA’s Irvin Deutscher Family branch facility, announced today the launch of the Together We Build campaign to raise $400,000 to renovate a significant portion of the facility. Through generous contributions from the community and the YMCA advisory board, the capital campaign has already finished the first phase of the capital campaign, which included a top-rated sports and recreation outdoor area, as well as new family locker rooms and much needed additional parking. Source:...
Honeywell announced today that Popular Science magazine has awarded a 2008 Best of What’s New Grand Award to hurricane-resistant curtains containing Honeywell’s high-strength Spectra® fiber. The curtains were named the top innovation in home technology. Honeywell’s Spectra fiber, commonly used in bullet-resistant body armor, enables the Storm-A-Rest(TM) curtains to protect windows and doors during hurricanes. Because it uses Spectra fiber, the roll-down curtains can withstand...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
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The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
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