Emeco Offers Cash for Clunker (Chairs): Recycle, Relax

Emeco, the Aluminum Chair Company, announces it will offer a 50% discount on any chair and stool in its catalog to anyone sending in an old, clunker aluminum chair. Emeco will collect the old chairs and send them to its recycling plant in Baltimore, Maryland- about an hour from the historic Emeco factory in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The old aluminum chairs will be recycled into useable aluminum for manufacturing. Any aluminum chair will be accepted for recycling, and more than one chair can be exchanged... 

Nordfab Ducting Makes Ductwork Maintenance Faster and Easier with New Sliding Access Panel

In the past it was difficult to clean out clogs in sealed ductwork or to inspect safety equipment. Now, with the new Sliding Access Panel (SAP) from Nordfab Ducting, users get tool-free and easier access than with traditional bolt-on doors. “Nordfab’s SAP uses a sleeve to allow access to a large laser-cut opening in the ducting, ” says Robin Bolick, Nordfab regional account manager. “Two clamps hold the panel tightly in place. By opening the clamps, the panel can slide open... 

EUROTILE, a new generation of professional floor coverings

In order to complete its range of interlocking PVC floor tile TRAFICLINE®, the company Groupe TLM creates a new concept of tiles for a better comfort of use and maintenance. Intended for all collective and industrial buildings, the tile EUROTILE® combines flexibility, resistance and aesthetics. A set of worldwide patented innovations The original and technical features of the new tile EUROTILE® lie in the completely invisible connection system, which reinforces the waterproofing of this floor... 

Cooper Lighting’s Halo LED Downlight Earns ENERGY STAR Listing

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries Ltd., announces that its Halo® LED recessed downlight is the first in the industry to meet stringent ENERGY STAR® requirements for solid state lighting (SSL) luminaires. The Halo LED Downlight’s performance earns an ENERGY STAR qualification by meeting the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Solid State Lighting Luminaires: Eligibility Criteria – Version 1.0 for Category A – Recessed Downlights. ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental... 

Orion’s 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 can increase throughput of completed pallet loads up to 50%. The new Flex models deliver enhanced performance and efficiency, as well as the durability... 

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 brand in the fields of Public Lighting, Floodlighting, Tunnel/Transit Lighting, Industrial and Urban Lighting. Crafted of aluminum and glass,... 

Intelligent Fan System Provides Safe Laboratory Ventilation and Significant Energy Savings

The patent pending Strobic Air® Smart Fan(TM) maintains safe ventilation levels while minimizing facility energy costs and carbon footprint. It is the latest improvement to the highly successful TriStack® mixed flow exhaust fan line for “safety critical” applications such as laboratory fume hood exhaust and ventilation for specialized care environments like airborne infection isolation rooms. The Smart Fan(TM), which uses a combination of sensors and controls to determine the flow required... 

Wildeck Unveils Breakthrough MezzCrane™ System

Wildeck, Inc. selected the ProMat 2009 International Exposition (Booth 1244) to unveil an innovative and new material handling and storage solution known as the MezzCrane™. Working in collaboration with crane manufacturer, Gorbel in Fishers, NY, Wildeck engineers developed an innovative configuration that can be customized to meet individual customer needs. Heralded as an industry first, Wildeck’s new MezzCrane™ system has been designed to deliver the ultimate in material handling efficiency... 

Economic Stimulus Package Can Light Up America

Even before the economic stimulus package goes before Congressional vote, the BetaLED™ manufacturing plant is ramped up to manufacture LEDway™, environmentally-friendly LED (light-emitting diode) streetlights, to meet increasing demand from cities across the country. “Governments, municipalities and utilities are planning energy savings and sustainability into their proposals for economic stimulus monies,” says Alan Ruud, president of Beta Lighting, “We’ve talked to a lot of public works... 

Office Depot is First Retailer to Receive LEED Gold Certification from U.S. Green Building Council

Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that its “Green” retail store prototype has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The USGBC’s LEED system is widely recognized as the benchmark for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance. Office Depot received the Gold Rating for the Company’s Store Prototype as well as for its first “Green”...