Press Releases by Category Industry, Real Estate & Construction
Houston Broker Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from LuxuryRealEstate.com
SEATTLE – After marking the 41st anniversary of the creation of the Houston real-estate firm that bears his name, John A. Daugherty, Jr. now has something else to celebrate. He is the winner of the Luxury Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented to him at the 6th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat in San Diego this month.
LuxuryRealEstate.com CEO/Publisher John Brian Losh announced Daugherty as the winner…
Century 21 Advantage Gold welcomes Christopher Wajda
Philadelphia, PA - April 1, 2008 –- CENTURY 21 Advantage Gold is pleased to announce Christopher Wajda has joined its firm as a sales associate. Chris will specialize in residential & commercial property sales in the Philadelphia, Bucks County and Montgomery County areas.
“We are thrilled to have Chris join our team,” said Bill Lublin, “It’s an exciting time to be with the CENTURY 21® System as we increase our market…
Slide Sledge Breaks the Ice in Antarctica and Boosts Sledge Hammer Safety for Co …
Changing buckets on earth moving equipment, overhaul of heavy plant, maintenance and servicing are never easy. In seriously sub-zero temperatures this is especially true. Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try Group, is using Slide Sledge, an award winning sledge hammer replacement, on a contract they are undertaking for the Government of South Georgia. Introduced by specialist tool distributor Damar International, the Slide Sledge ensures safety, speed…
Canada Life buys office building in Düsseldorf’s banking quarter
The Canada Life Assurance Company has now acquired the office building Breite Strasse 3HOCH5 in Düsseldorf’s banking quarter. The vendors are the three investors MOMENI Project Development, the NPC Group und HCI Developmentfonds I. The purchase price amounted to a double-digit million figure. The net initial yield lies considerably below 5 %. Together with the Irish property services company HWBC, Colliers Trombello Kölbel Immobilienconsulting GmbH advised the purchaser after CTK…
ENGEL & VOELKERS OPENS BRANCH IN RAS AL KHAIMAH TO MEET GROWING PROPERTY DEMAND
RAK, UAE, April 2, 2008 – After Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah is going to be the second emirates to catch up with the property boom. Engel & Voelkers is going to open its shop at the Al Hamra Mall in a few months to meet the growing property demand there.
“I believe Ras Al Khaimah will become the ‘Monaco of UAE’ with its green landscape and mountain scenery,” said Sebastian Wels,…
“RICS survey puts government target of 3 million homes at risk” says The Constru …
A survey released by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today has shown a sharp downturn in workload growth particularly in the housing sector.
The Construction Centre released a statement in response to the report saying that the industry has until now remained relatively buoyant but with skills shortages and other economic factors such as the credit crunch; the housing market would undoubtedly suffer.
The announcement that workloads fell to…
Property market in Morocco booms as Marrakech land prices jump 1,500% says Amazi …
Marrakech land prices have increased 1,500% in six years as the property market in Morocco becomes more and more attractive to investors. As the City Zones of Marrakech became too dense in construction, investors turned to the countryside and Atlas Mountains, driving up the prices of land and property for sale in Morocco, reports Amazing Morocco.
As other European second-home markets, such as Spain and Portugal, continue to slow, there is…
Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 Attracts Positive Interes …
Bangkok, March 2008 - After it was first announced a few months ago, Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 -Asia’s premier trade exhibition and conference for the building maintenance and asset/facility management industry -has already attracted high level of participation interests. International companies such as Carrier, ABB, Sodexo, ISS Facility Services, Property Care Services, TOA Group, as well as leading companies from Singapore, Korea, Australia, etc. have either…
Reputation of Konstructa Hire rescues a site development with their site accommo …
Konstructa Hire Ltd is only a year old but already it has gained the reputation of a site accommodation hire company that is reliable to the highest of standards and is also able to deliver these high standards within short timescales.
Although they were almost left literally outside in the cold by their original site accommodation hire company, the staff at the Longcross Group, a leader in the UK’s building services…
On a mission: producing safe food
In recent years Panvita MIR, Slovenia’s leading manufacturer of meat products, has undergone major strategic realignment. As a supplier of industrial gases, Messer has been aiding the company’s development. In an interview with on air, Plant Director Igor Kolar and Danilo Lukač , CEO of Messer Slovenia, describe their successful cooperation.
on air: Mr Kolar, you set very high quality standards in the manufacture of meat products. How does the application…
Innovative Trustee Sales Business Model Launched by San Diego Real Estate Compan …
San Diego, CA March 31, 2008 - Robertson Canter announced today the launch of its unique, innovative business model to help individuals and companies bridge the 100% cash only gap required to purchase trustee sales. Robertson Canter is a start-up real estate company which specializes in purchasing homes at trustee sales at below market value for real estate investors, individual home owners and companies utilizing their readily available cash funds.
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Rail Technology Company Expands and Launches Components Business on the Path to …
Rail technology specialist Rowe Hankins has made significant changes to reflect its growing specialism in railway safety systems and enable its subsidiary Cudis to continue to grow and expand. The company’s successful and expanding components distribution business, Cudis, has been relocated to larger premises to accommodate future expansion. The name for the rail business has been changed to Rowe Hankins Limited from Rowe Hankins Components.
“Over the last decade…
HVAC Ductwork Specialists Report Record Business in Liverpool
The Liverpool construction boom has been a major boost for ductwork specialist, Senior Hargreaves. Just as the arena project on the waterfront nears completion they are poised to win a further ventilation services contract at another landmark city centre construction project. The company also report record breaking business for their Bootle Ductshop trade counter which provides HVAC equipment for contractors engaged in local regeneration projects.
The…
Nitrogen for the beverage industry: A matter of taste
By virtue of its oxygen-displacing properties, nitrogen is used in the bottling of still soft drinks to preserve flavour and prolong shelf-life. Over the past few years, Messer has put into operation over 20 liquid-nitrogen injectors to service the Serbian cooking oils and soft drinks industry. For these applications some 250 tonnes of liquid nitrogen – which incidentally is of food-grade quality – are used in Serbia annually.
Messer Group GmbH
Vice…
Competence in washing room technology - D.W.RENZMANN to showcase washing room s …
Monzingen, March 28, 2008 --- D.W. RENZMANN, the world market leader for cleaning machines in the printing industry, will present their complete solutions for cleaning and recovering soiled cleaning media at drupa 2008 in Düsseldorf from 29 May to 11 June. In addition to demonstrating their technical competence, the company, based in the winemaking area of Nahe, will highlight their regional lifestyle by inviting current and potential customers to relax…
Infrared Emitters help speed up components manufacture
Today’s heating processes need to be carried out efficiently and in a targeted manner. Some components, such as electronic components and plastics, will not tolerate heat for very long. The development of more efficient heat sources has been driven because of the sustained pressure for faster production speeds and ever lower production costs.
This provides an ideal opportunity for infrared heat, which can transfer a great deal of energy in a…
The Construction Centre UK comments on the push for Nuclear Power
The Construction Centre .co.uk highlighted that events this week have shown just how serious the government is about the development of nuclear power in the UK.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President during his state visit to the UK this week will sign an agreement of cooperation between the two countries on the use of French technology in the development of UK nuclear power. Business Secretary John Hutton said in a…
New Internet presence for the Körber PaperLink companies
Hamburg, March 27, 2008 – The companies of the Körber PaperLink Group (Paper Division of the Körber AG machine engineering group) – E.C.H. Will GmbH, Kugler-Womako GmbH, Pemco Inc., Fabio Perini S.p.A., KPL Packaging S.p.A., Körber Engineering Shanghai Co., Ltd. and Winkler+Dünnebier AG – have a new Internet presence. Their products and services, facts and figures, market information, news and trends are all now available even more easily via www.kpl.net.…
Qube Global Software Continue to Sponsor Property Awards
Qube Global Software is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Property Awards for the 13th year, as long as the event has been running.
They will be sharing the event with some of their customers who will be invited to attend as Qube Global Software’s guests. This will include some of the leading managers, investors and occupiers in today’s national and international property market.
The Property Awards highlight the industry’s…
The New Customer Service Program ExpertServe Offers Potential Savings in Paper C …
Hamburg, March 26, 2008 - With the innovative partner program ExpertServe E.C.H. Will, Pemco and Kugler-Womako, companies of the Körber PaperLink Group, will showcase a new customer service program at drupa 2008. It is designed to help current and future clients who are operating paper converting machines to benefit from under-utilized potential savings.
Uncoordinated service activities, maintenance without using original service parts and inferior operator know-how can all cause avoidable downtime…
WD Bathrooms - Big Move in Sheffield
Due to the continuous expansion of WD Bathrooms, the company has recently moved to a new and improved building in the original site at Hydra Business Park based in Sheffield.
The re-location of the premises was decided to reflect the growth and improvement since WD Bathrooms began in 2004. The new location still offers easy access from the M1, situated just minutes from the motorway. A renewed car park at…
Serbia fills up with renewable energy
Serbia: Motorists living near the Serbian city of Novi Sad now have the opportunity to fill up their cars with eco-friendly biodiesel. Storing this vegetableoil based fuel safely, however, requires the application of nitrogen.
In the summer of last year, the first biodiesel production plant went on stream in Serbia. Biodiesel is a “renewable energy source” – a fuel extracted primarily from the oil of rape seeds, sunflower seeds or soya…
Universal Safety Response Crashes Barriers to Position Itself as Turnkey Perimet …
Universal Safety Response (USR), the Franklin, Tennessee based manufacturer of the industry renowned - GRAB active vehicle barrier – is formally announcing that it has expanded its business scope to physical perimeter security.
The evolution has been ongoing over the last several months. The graduation of the company’s business model - according the company’s Vice-President Of Sales & Marketing – Wes Foss “was in response to both, demand from many…
Asia’s 1st International Exhibition & Conference on Building Maintenance and Ass …
Bangkok, Thailand - With rapid expansion and transformation of Asian industries along with rising financial pressures, businesses across the region now see the importance of maintaining their building assets, facilities and plants. As companies focus on core business and improvement on thin operating margins, integrated facilities management is gaining prominence against a backdrop of emerging trends such as privatizations, the REIT markets, corporate restructuring, outsourcing practices, cost savings, emphasis on…
Building Component Manufacturer Links Engineering Design Data to Business Proces …
WAYNE, PA - March 25, 2008 - Deacom, Inc. announces that Nascor Ltd., one of western Canada\'s largest and fastest-growing manufacturers of building components, is implementing the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System at its Alberta headquarters and two manufacturing facilities to link its engineering design data with its accounting, inventory control, purchasing, production, and sales order entry in one business system.
A producer of highly…
Supplying equipment and speciality gases to pharmaceuticals lab
Currently building a new research laboratory in one of Budapest’s most modern industrial parks, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer Servier has contracted Messer to fully equip its laboratory. Scheduled for completion in 2008, the lab will also be supplied with ultrapure gases and gas mixtures by Messer’s Hungarian branch. Our partner, the second largest pharmaceuticals company worldwide, invests around 25 percent of its annual turnover in research and development.
Messer Group GmbH
Vice President
Corporate…
OSBORN International and Lippert Unipol - Practical World 2008
The companies Lippert-Unipol and OSBORN International presented for the very first time their product range on a joint stand. This attracted wide interest from our customers with many informative conversations during the exhibition.
The novelties such as the product range PROfi –a polishing and satin finishing system offering the user first class results with only small effort– which was developed in a joint team, as well as the honing brush Novoflex…
Monster Vents Invade Attic Ventilation Industry
Having recently discovered monster squids and monster frogs, is it any wonder that we now have monster roof vents? These huge over-sized roof vents manufactuerd by Active Ventilation Products can measure over 5 feet in diameter, and are used to ventilate military buildings, municipal utilities, hospitals, and possibly any kind of super structure that needs roof ventilation.
Active Ventilation Products Inc (http://roofvents.com) is located in…
The Construction Centre UK comments on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
The Construction Centre today released a statement in support of the proposed Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) which is set to replace the unpopular Planning Gain Supplement.
The CIL will require housing developers to pay a charge in order to help local governments fund the infrastructure needed such as roads schools and health centres, in order to support the community. However The Construction Centre warned that tight controls and measures should…
Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC Opens New Production Facility in China
(SAN DIEGO, CA, April 8, 2007) -- Torrey Hills Technologies, LLC said today that the company has opened a new 8800 square feet facility in Yixing, Jiangsu, China. The new facility takes the name Jiangsu Dingqi Sci & Tech Co. Ltd. and is intended to meet the increased demand for the company’s products and services.
Located in the Yixing Sci & Tech Industrial Park, a popular business development park…
Relocation Experts Share Solutions at LuxuryRealEstate.com Conference
SEATTLE – With the U.S. dollar’s value reaching record lows and home prices falling in some real-estate markets, domestic and international referrals are becoming much more important to U.S. brokers.
Many luxury brokers and agents don’t know how to tap into the vast referral market. Five relocation experts aim to solve this by moderating interactive roundtable discussions on referral issues at an upcoming event called the 6th Annual Luxury Real…
3-D Laser Engraving of Pens and Cylindrical Items with Cobalt 1000 Laser Engrave …
The Linear Motion Table and Rotary Engraving Module are add-on components for the Cobalt 1000 YAG laser engraver and laser plate maker. The Linear Motion Table allows to automate handling of small engravable items (such as pens, carabiners) as well as etch large images (such as graduations or multi-color pad printing plates) exceeding the 120mm field of view of the scan head. The Rotary Engraving Module allows etching along the…
Top Boston Firm Welcomed Into Exclusive Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents
SEATTLE – Hammond Residential GMAC Real Estate, well-known in the Greater Boston area as a trusted source of real-estate services, has been accepted into the Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents, an exclusive group of leading brokers.
Formed in 1991 by Saul B. Cohen and Joseph Hare, Hammond Residential GMAC now has 220 agents and nine offices servicing Boston and 28 neighboring suburban communities. In 2000, Hammond became part of GMAC…
McCall Development awarded Northwest ENERGY STAR® Regional Development of the Ye …
Josephine Crossing recognized by Northwest ENERGY STAR® as an innovative ‘green’ development
PORTLAND, Ore. — March 17, 2008 — The second annual Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes award winners have been announced, with McCall Development of Billings, Montana being awarded Regional Development of the Year for the Josephine Crossing development. Awards are granted to outstanding partners who have helped establish a significant presence for ENERGY STAR qualified new homes within the region.…
Kulicke & Soffa Introduces Next-Generation Wire Bonders at SEMICON China
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLIC) (“K&S”) introduces two next-generation wire bonders at SEMICON China, in Shanghai. The first is the new IConnPS High Performance Wire Bonder, which will replace the current market-leading Maxumultra. The name IConnPS comes directly from its function of IC inter-Connect. It offers the highest performance in wire bond packaging assembly, with features that address the advanced product roadmaps of K&S customers…
Less British capital for German properties
As Colliers Trombello Kölbel Immobilienconsulting GmbH heard in discussions at MIPIM with British investors, they will concentrate more this year on their capital city. The situation in the London property market is providing them with new opportunities. Vacancy during the last year has dropped considerably: by 6.5% in the city of London, by 4.3% in the West End and by 4.1% on Docklands. The vacancy rate has thus reached its…
Particle free Laser Trimming of Micro Mirror Devices
MEMS fabrication technologies cause tolerances in device dimensions and consequently on key parameters like the resonant frequency. In contrast to these manufacturing tolerances industrial applications require defined conditions.
Therefore 3D-Micromac AG has developed an industrial-applicable laser-trimming tool to overcome these tolerances. The processing of Silicon in particular Micro Mirror Devices (MMD) by ultra-short pulse is accom-panied by a very small heat affected zone and causes a minimum of stress into the…
Roll to Roll laser processes for ablation of thin films
High material throughput with lowest manufacturing costs in electronic component production
Die 3D-Micromac AG, leading supplier of customized laser micro machining systems now offers the development and production of roll-to-roll laser processing for ablation of thin film on flexible substrates.
Extreme flat and flexible electronic devices are capturing many fields of our daily life. Due to this fact there are systems required which can reach a high throughput with lowest manufacturing…
Laser Micromachining for production of photovoltaic systems, semiconductor proce …
3D-Micromac AG (Smart Systems Campus | Technopark Chemnitz) will exhibit at Laser.World of Photonics China
In the last years laser technologies not only confirmed their outstanding role for micro-machining but expanded it impressively. With enhancements in the areas of shorter pulses and shorter wavelengths there are growing possibilities to generate micro structures in all manufacturing sectors.
3D-Micromac AG shows new and interesting applications in laser micromachining – for instance in the…
Cooking with nitrogen - hot and cold delicacies
Austria: Nitrogen-grilled blini with Beluga caviar, raspberry meringue à la nitrogen served with a Bloody Mary Nitro… What may read like a banquet menu for the astronauts manning the international space station ISS, is in fact the latest fad consuming aficionados of so-called molecular cuisine - or cooking with nitrogen. Pushing the boundaries of the traditional art of cooking, the new wizards of molecular gastronomy must also combine a knowledge…
Pac-Van, Inc. opens new Bakersfield Branch, the company’s first branch in Califo …
New Bakersfield Branch will serve much of Southern California.
March 17, 2008, Indianapolis, IN – “Establishing operations in California is a key step in Pac-Van’s growth. Bakersfield is our third new location in the past eight months and marks Pac-Van’s coast-to-coast expansion”, Ted Mourouzis, Pac-Van COO and President stated. “We’re excited to start a branch with Tom Svare as its leader. Tom’s breadth and depth of experience as a modular…
FAKRO Joins the Z-Wave Alliance as its Newest Principal Member
Strengthens Z-Wave’s Lead In the European Home Controls Market
Fremont, 14. March 2008 - The Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of leading global companies dedicated to establishing Z-Wave as the standard in wireless home control, today announced the addition of FAKRO, one of the leading roof window manufactures in the world, as its newest principal member. FAKRO joins an impressive list of industry leaders including; Cooper Wiring Devices, Danfoss,…
Skyray XRF will Introduce Instruments at MJSA Jewelry Expo
Skyray XRF will introduce two x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments designed for the needs of the jewelry industry at the 2008 MJSA Expo (New York City, April 13-15). The instruments that Skyray XRF will introduce at booth 221 are the EDX-2800 and EDX-3000. Both units are low-cost alternatives for performing non-destructive karat analysis, plating thickness measurements, alloy testing and bulk analysis.
The EDX-2800 will also provide users with…
Optimized Solutions for Stationery Production from Kugler-Womako live at drupa 2 …
Nürtingen, March 13, 2008 – The machine manufacturer Kugler-Womako from Nürtingen, a company of the Körber PaperLink Group, presents its double wire forming machine ProLoop and the punching machine ProPunch at drupa 2008. Both machines show optimized handling processes and extended production possibilities.
The punching machine ProPunch can be used for different materials such as paper, board or plastic. Products including register cards, calendar sheets or loose leaf dividers can be…
The Construction Centre UK responds to Darling’s first budget
Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his first budget yesterday in the House of Commons. There were few surprises as Darling sought to raise taxes in order to support the likely economic downturn however it was slated by the opposition as a “bad news budget”.
The Construction Centre issued a statement saying that it was clear that this year’s budget was a strategy to replenish funds which would not be…
New compact 3-axis nano positioner TRITOR 50 CAP
piezosystem jena, the specialist for nanopositioning systems, has expanded their TRITOR line of field tested and well known positioners with the TRITOR 50 CAP.
This nanopositioner provides a travel of 50 microns. Specially designed solid-state hinges afford a guidance without friction and free of mechanical play. High dynamic features were generated by a specific, mechanical FEM-optimized design of the actuators. The outstanding sub-nanometer resolution in open-loop operation and one nanometer in…
Miracle Truss Awarded Two Steel Building Contracts from the U.S. General Service …
Miracle Truss, a division of Miracle Steel Structures, Inc., today announced it was awarded a contract for two steel buildings from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
The GSA purchased two Miracle Truss steel buildings for the Naval Special Warfare Group One, based in Campo, Calif. The first pre-engineered steel building measures 30 feet wide by 80 feet long, and the second measures 90 feet wide by 130 feet long.…
Using oxygen to melt stone
A global family enterprise operating in the construction sector, the German Knauf Group has become a byword in the field of dry construction and insulation. During the modernisation of the Serbian mineral wool production plants, a new cupola was constructed to serve as a melting furnace. Mineral wool is made from stone melted at a temperature of approximately 1500°C. To obtain these temperatures, the furnace is blasted with oxygen-enriched air.…
New Version of ActivVisionTools
The easy-to-use software for machine vision is now faster and comes with a highly robust bar code reader.
Ease of use, high speed performance, immediate application building, and worldwide unique ready-to-use features: That is the result of almost 20 years’ experience in building machine vision software of MVTec Software GmbH, Munich, Germany. MVTec will launch the new version 3.2 of ActivVisionTools in May, 2008.
The speed of ActivVisionTools 3.2 has been significantly…
MERJS London commercial property agent summarises factors to consider when findi …
London, UK – MERJS – a leading London commercial property estate agency, understands how critical choosing the right office space can be for the following five to ten years of a business. When it gets to the point when a business owner can no longer put it off, perhaps because of the need for more space due to expansion, it’s time to call in the commercial property estate agent.
Colin Becker,…
