Press Releases by Category Industry, Real Estate & Construction
Messer buys another part of Asco
The industrial gas producer Messer takes over majority share of CO2 specialist Asco in New Zealand
On 4 July, the privately managed industrial gas specialist Messer signed a contract of purchase to take over the majority share of 51% of Asco Carbon Dioxide Ltd. in New Zealand, a constructor of production plants for carbon dioxide. Asco constructs CO2 production plants in New Zealand primarily for markets in which carbon dioxide cannot…
The end of the global house price boom
Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to the latest Global Property Guide survey of house price indicators.
Only 13 countries in which dwelling price indices are regularly published saw prices rise during the year to end Q1 2008, while 21 countries saw dwelling prices fall in real terms, i.e., after adjusting for inflation.
In most countries…
Éxito de participación en las V Jornadas Tecnológicas Voltimum
El pasado 5 de Junio se celebraban en Bilbao las Jornadas Tecnológicas Voltimum 2008. En ellas se analizaron las últimas tecnologías y tendencias del mundo de la instalación eléctrica.
Alrededor de 200 profesionales han asistido al evento celebrado en la Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Industrial del País Vasco. Las encuestas realizadas entre ellos avalan el alto nivel técnico de las Jornadas. En esta quinta edición de las Jornadas Tecnológicas…
The Construction Centre.co.uk comments on the continued declining house building …
Fresh reports today revealed that the construction industry suffered further last month with purchasing activity down to its lowest point for eleven years.
Housebuilders have been worst hit with Taylor Wimpey announcing 900 job losses, 13 office closures and struggling to find investors. The other major players such as Persimmon, Redrow and Barratt are continuing to weather increasing storm. The Construction Centre .co.uk said that the situation had not yet…
Windows XPe support for Janz embedded PC systems
In addition to common operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows CE, Linux etc. Janz Automationssysteme AG now also supports Windows XPembedded on its emPC and emVIEW systems.
So now it is possible for small embedded systems to run standard Windows applications, instead of being forced to abandon the convenience of Windows XP familiarity.
As with Windows CE, XPembedded can be modified to suit exact customer requirements and applications. This is especially…
ShowerWarm™ Floor and Seat Heater for Showers Now Available by Speedheat® US
Atlanta, Georgia - Speedheat US of Woodstock, Georgia, announced, today, the launch of their new product, ShowerWarm™ for heating shower floors and shower seats.
In addition to their energy efficient electric radiant floor heating products available for under all floorcoverings, Speedheat has extended their Generation4™ product line to include the new ShowerWarm product for heating in showers. As with all Speedheat products, ShowerWarm is waterproof and GFCI-protected with…
Surface Guard Introduces Wave Flute Corrugated in a Variety of Colors and Sizes
Aurora, IL – July 1, 2008 – Surface Guard introduces Wave Flute single face corrugated. Now in addition to A, B & E Flute single face, Surface Guard has begun to manufacture the unique and eye catching Wave Flute single face in a variety of flexo-printed colors and sizes.
Wave Flute single face is back in the USA and only available from Surface Guard™. The unique profile of Wave Flute creates…
MERJS London Commercial Property Agents Announces Successful Let of Period Style …
London, UK –MERJS are delighted to announce the successful let of the recently refurbished period style office suites at Westcott House, 35 Portland Place, London W1. The commercial property agency acted on behalf of City and Provincial (Equity Partners 3) Limited, the office let encompassing the Ground, 1st and Mezzanine floors with a total of approximately 3,510 square feet. For further information visit www.merjs-agency.co.uk or call +44 20 7079 3976.…
Cleaning auto parts without water
Cleaning with dry ice snow saves resources
Burkhardt GmbH in Vaihingen/Enz shows that industrial cleaning with water is increasingly giving way to resource-saving cleaning with dry ice snow. The manufacturer of high-quality auto parts for the interiors of prestigious German cars has added a unit with CO2 precleaning to its operation. The automotive supplier uses dry ice snow with so-called cold burners to clean parts for radio/AC surrounds as well as…
Metallurgical High Vacuum Announces Online Plant Tour
Video Shows Savings by Rebuilding Older High Vacuum Pumps
Fennville, MI June 28, 2008--- Metallurgical High Vacuum Corporation (MHV) announces the release of a new video production that shows MHV’s capabilities through demonstrations and interviews. Rebuilding of rotary piston high vacuum pumps, blowers, and diffusion pumps offers users substantial cost and time savings over buying new equipment.
Below the cost of a replacement unit, MHV rebuilt pumps have become the…
First Malta Brokerage Joins Global LuxuryRealEstate.com Network
SEATTLE – 77 Great Estates, a luxury real estate firm in the Central Mediterranean Sea, is the first Malta-based brokerage firm to join the global LuxuryRealEstate.com network, which includes more than 1,800 brokers and firms.
Malta is an island-nation located about 60 miles south of Sicily (Italy) and 180 miles north of Libya. At the crossroads between West and East, North and South, and Arab and Western culture, Malta is uniquely…
Momentive and Chennai based Anabond will jointly invest to develop, manufacture …
Momentive (formerly GE Bayer Silicones) and Chennai based Anabond will jointly invest to develop, manufacture and market SPUR sealants for the Indian subcontinent
The agreement will allow Anabond to develop and manufacture SPUR+* sealants for the Sealant Market under license from Momentive
CHENNAI – JUNE 27, 2008 - Momentive Performance Materials and Anabond today announced their joint development agreement to develop and manufacture ‘SPUR Sealants’ in India. Utilizing Momentive’s research, development support…
Christian Fabi new Chief Executive Officer at RAMPF Automation
Neumarkt a.W., 26.06.2008 – As of the 1st of July, 2008 Christian Fabi will take over the role of Chief Executive Officer at RAMPF Automation in Neumarkt, Austria. The 43 year old will report directly to the managing partners of the RAMPF-Gruppe, Michael and Mat-thias Rampf.
Christian Fabi will take over from the previous Chief Executive Officer Bernd Faller. Faller has been the CEO of RAMPF Dosiertechnik since 2003 (located in…
Portakabin provides rolling relocation classroom building solution for Gleeson b …
Modular building supplier Portakabin has delivered high quality relocatable classroom accommodation for major upgrade and rebuilding programme in Northumberland’s schools for GB Building Solutions, the Strategic Construction Framework Partners for the region’s County Council.
Following a four-way tender process, Portakabin was chosen to provide the relocatable classroom accommodation, with GB Building Solutions citing the superior quality and relocatability of the Portakabin buildings as a deciding factor.
Portakabin is a leading…
Messer signs the European Road Safety Charter
Messer, the industrial gas specialist has undertaken to implement measures which are designed to reduce the number of deaths caused by accidents in Europe.
Since June the Messer Group has been a member of the action group for the European Road Safety Charter. In signing this European Charter, the largest owner-managed industrial gas specialist has committed itself to supporting the European Union’s action programme which is aimed at halving the…
IBSTOCK HOSTS TOP HEMINGWAY DESIGN RIBA SEMINAR
OVER 100 representatives from the UK’s top architectural, housebuilding and design communities gathered at RIBA headquarters this month to attend Ibstock’s guest lecture seminar by the widely respected designer and architect Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design.
The RIBA seminar ‘An Alternative View of Sustainable Living’ introduced the topic of sustainable living for communities and discussed the ever popular and eco-friendly use of brick a 21st Century building material.
Hemingway contends…
MERJS central London Commercial Property Agents Announce Significant Letting in …
London, UK – Acting on behalf of Amadeus (Colindale) Limited, MERJS are delighted to announce that they have successfully let the Part 3rd, 4th, 5th floor (East) & 9th Floor (West) at Merit House, Edgware Road, Colindale NW9 to Jewish Care whilst their existing headquarters is being re-developed. The office space totals approximately 22,508 square feet of the landmark commercial property. For further information visit www.merjs-agency.co.uk or call +44 20…
New Configuration Tool for CANopen
With the new version 1.6 of the CANopen ConfigurationStudio, an extended version of the universal CANopen network configuration tool from IXXAT becomes available.
The CANopen ConfigurationStudio 1.6 simplifies the configuration of PDO messages within the "Visual Object Linker" significantly. PDO configuration is performed by simple drag & drop operations, so even users without an in-depth knowledge of fundamental CANopen mechanisms can operate the tool.
Further enhancements include a complete redesign of…
New York City Real Estate Bulk Listing Integration for NYvacancies.com
Launched just over two months ago as a comprehensive online listing source for New York City rentals, NYvacancies.com announces that the site now offers free bulk listing submissions. With the New York City real estate industry becoming ever more dependent on third-party listing sites to generate leads for potential tenants, NYvacancies.com offers simple data feed uploads as a more efficient service for realtors with a large number of residential rental…
Colliers Trombello Kölbel advised Tishman Speyer on the sale of office building
The investment company Tishman Speyer has sold the office building at Hans-Böckler-Strasse 36 in Düsseldorf as part of a share deal. Purchaser of the property is the pan-European property fund VastNed Offices/Industrial. The purchase price amounted to ca. 30 million euros. This is the third property in Düsseldorf acquired by VastNed and its fifth in Germany. Tishman Speyer was advised on the sale exclusively by Colliers Trombello Kölbel Immobilienconsulting GmbH.
The…
Messer wins award for best scientific presentation
At the symposium of the AFI, the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry Association, held in Rimini in the middle of June, Messer received an award for the best scientific poster presentation. This presentation concerned the results regarding the production of pharmaceutical formulations containing metoclopramide with Variosol technology. In comparison with other processes in which low-melting, tough or pasty products are processed into powders right down to the size of nanoparticles, the Variosol…
New XRF Analyzers Released to Help Increase Efficiency
Continuing to offer "The New Choice in XRF Technology" Skyray XRF will add to its versatile and reliable line of non-destructive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers. Two new XRF models, the EDX-6000B and EDX-660, have recently been approved for release to The United States, Canada and Mexico. Both new options offer features that can help increase the efficiency and production of an organization.
The EDX-6000B is a compact desktop model…
VRmagic presents new all-round camera
With the VRmC-3+ PRO VRmagic presents a new and highly versatile entry-level camera for industrial applications at an introductory prize of just €299.
“The VRmC-3+ PRO is capable of performing a whole host of image processing tasks, and offers a very attractive cost-benefit ratio at the same time,” says Oliver Menken, Sales Manager at VRmagic.
With dimensions of only 35 mm x 25 mm, the VRmC-3+ PRO is one of the smallest…
Planet Exhibits At The Facilities Show
The Planet division of Qube Global Software exhibited at The Facilities Show on May 13th at the Birmingham NEC for the 6th year running. The show is a key fixture in the FM calendar and attracts both facilities professionals and buildings managers.
Planet received an overwhelming response and interest in their facilities management software, Planet FM Enterprise. This integrated product suite provides an end-to-end view of FM processes in real time…
AMS amplifier systems in 19'' format (84TE)
Maisach/Munich/Germany. BMC Messsysteme GmbH (bmcm), manufacturer for innovative measurement technology "made in Germany", extends the product range of 5B compatible AMS amplifier systems by the AMS84 series in 19'' format.
The 19'' amplifier rack AMS84 is excellent for installing in test systems. 16 slots to accommodate 5B modules are provided. With the optional add-on AMS-EXT8 this number can be extended by a package of 8 channels to maximum 32 channels.
Because of…
Securing New Generation Prison Cell Blocks with Anti-climb Rainwater Down Pipes, …
The Ministry of Justice, working with steel framed building specialist Britspace Ltd, has developed a speedily erected modular building, the A9 system, to address urgent pressures to expand and upgrade prison accommodation. Crucial components from Guttermaster, including anti-climb rainwater down pipes, fascias and precision formed heavy duty steel ceilings have been installed.
A key security aim was to prevent prisoners accessing the roof. Substantial roof overhangs of…
Körber PaperLink companies draw positive conclusion from drupa 2008
Hamburg, June 23, 2008 – The paper companies of Körber PaperLink, E.C.H. Will, Kugler-Womako, Pemco and Winkler+Dünnebier are pleased with the results of their presence at drupa 2008 and of the Open House events held during the drupa period at the companies’ facilities in Hamburg and Neuwied.
Altogether, the four companies registered more than 1,600 leads during the international trade show. This figure shows that the interest of customers in their…
IBSTOCK SUSTAINS WILDLIFE HABITAT
As part of its commitment to sustainable construction and assisting developers to minimize the impact of house building on wildlife habitats, Ibstock has designed a range of clay homes for bats and swifts that can be incorporated into any new buildings or conservation work.
As part of its commitment to sustainable construction and assisting developers to minimize the impact of house building on wildlife habitats, Ibstock has designed a…
Colliers Trombello Kölbel advises on leasing 4.000 m² of office space in the Liv …
Two companies have discovered the LivingOffice at the same time. In the refurbished existing building of the development in Düsseldorf-Derendorf the Vorsorge Lebensversicherung AG has taken a lease on ca. 3,000 m² of net space. The provider and manager of fund-connected insurances will relocate its company headquarters from Hilden to the state capital of North-Rhine-Westphalia in the autumn of this year. In the summer of next year Dr. Stoebe, Kern…
emVIEW – The HMI family for industrial applications
Already available in 4 display sizes
Janz is proud to present the emVIEWTM series - a versatile HMI family for industrial applications.
emVIEWTM systems are based on the well-known embedded PC emPC-A400 and emPC-M systems. Display (standard with touchscreen) attach directly to the emPC, but systems with or without display are also possible.
12.1” and 15.0” emVIEWTM systems were realized and exactly meet the needs of the customers, as well as…
ICN-B100 Tabletop Pad Printer Machine from Inkcups Now Corporation
Danvers, MA, June 18, 2008 -- Inkcups Now Corporation has recently introduced ICN-B100 sealed cup pad printer machine, a single color compact tabletop printer manufactured for demanding heavy duty performance. The B100 has a robust pad compression capability of 120 lbs at 80 PSI. An illuminated plate system provides visibility to the work area; the variable inking and print frequency controls allow the operator to regulate print opacity.
This tabletop…
Environemental Award for Green Building Materials - the 2008 Green Log Award Goe …
Durisol Building Systems received the Green Log Award for Best Green Building System in recognition of its commitment to providing a high performance, truly green product for the building industry.
The Green Log Award is granted to Durisol Building Systems “…in order to locate and shine a spotlight on those companies and individuals who are enabling healthier homes and lifestyles.” The Durisol Wall Form System is the original insulated concrete form…
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Xtreme LNP* Starflam* Compounds Boost Short-term Heat …
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Xtreme LNP* Starflam* Compounds Boost Short-term Heat Performance at Cost Advantage
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – June 17, 2008, 2008 – To provide electrical device and connector manufacturers with a lower-cost alternative to traditional materials like thermosets or special high heat polymers, while delivering excellent short-term heat performance, SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced new Xtreme LNP* Starflam* specialty compounds. These polyamide (PA)-based materials, can reduce system…
E.C.H. Will Open House in Hamburg during drupa 2008 sparks high interest with cu …
Hamburg/Düsseldorf, June 16, 2008 – During drupa 2008, E.C.H. Will, a leading supplier of machinery and services for the paper manufacturing and converting industry, located in Hamburg, Germany, exhibited the folio-size sheeter FS PRO and the exercise book machine Alpha RF at its Open House. Many customers - mainly from Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa - were highly interested in these machines.
Each day of the show at least one…
Ziegert Concept joins World Trade Centers Association
Troisdorf/Cologne, June 1, 2008 - Ziegert Concept, service provider for public relations, corporate contacts and communication, has recently become a member of World Trade Center Cologne. The umbrella organization WTCA is currently the world´s largest trade organization with 309 branches in over 100 countries and continues its rapid growth in Germany alongside a well-founded platform of successful members and a sophisticated portfolio. The organization offers its more than one million…
The next generation of modular cleanrooms
After several years of building modular cleanrooms, Clean Modules Ltd has now developed the next generation of modular cleanrooms. Clean Modules Ltd specialises in constructing bespoke modular cleanrooms and as a result, not two cleanrooms are the same. This diversity has allowed Clean Modules Ltd to continuously develop their modular cleanroom concept.
Modular cleanrooms can be used for a wide range of applications: They can provide both temporary and permanent…
Ahmed Mokhtar named International Correspondent for PMForum in Egypt
Senior Egyptian Project Management Expert joins PMForum’s global correspondent network to provide news from Egypt and North Africa
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Ahmed Saleh Mokhtar has been named an International Correspondent in Cairo, Egypt. PMForum’s global network of international correspondents delivers project management-related news and information from around the world and provides local representation. PMForum operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first website devoted to professional…
DESCAM joins the RosMould 2008 in Russia
ModelMaker D and LAMAS deliver best performance: Versatile applications and a gain for all industries.
ModelMaker is a laser scanning system that has been introduced onto the market 14 years before. It is always in use on a coordinate measurement arm. Due to its hand-held laser scanning, ModelMaker captures a big variety of objects completely and without contact.
The sensor is moved along the object being scanned and captures the surface. The…
Kitchen Tune-Up Has Long Time Green Streak – Now Donating Trees in Clients' Name …
Kitchen and bath remodeling franchise, Kitchen Tune-Up, is encouraging homeowners to do their part to reduce waste and conserve natural resources by reconditioning or refacing their cabinets instead of throwing them away. Originally begun in 1993, the “Plant a Tree” campaign had 25,000 seedlings planted in the Black Hills of South Dakota. According to the company, the reforestation effort embodies the spirit of the company and its founder, Dave…
Tropic Cyclones Threaten Uk and Europe
London – Powerful winds from extra tropic cyclones could threaten both UK and Europe with the potentially destructive force of a tropical category four hurricane, global warming researchers warned at a conference held at the Institute of Physics on the 6th June.
The Global Warming Alliance, which monitors the core pressures of Atlantic depressions and extra tropical cyclones, revealed dramatic evidence of the increase in risks from devastating super winds for…
CIA Launches Virtual Brigade
ITASCA, Ill., June 13, 2008 - The Control Intelligence Agency (CIA) is looking for a few good engineers.
On June 27, the CIA—Control Design magazine’s fictional intelligence-gathering organization—will come in from the cold and invite controls engineers at industrial machine-building OEMs to join the once-clandestine group as part of a newly formed virtual brigade of agents.
New advances in simulation technology have created safer mission environments, allowing the CIA to open its…
Heavy Duty Laser Machining of EWT Solar Cells
Highest throughput at extreme precision
Laser drilling of micro holes for back-contacts
CHEMNITZ – 06/06/2008 – 3D-Micromac AG, leading supplier of tailored laser micromachining systems, announces the launching of a dedicated workstation for efficient and at the same time highly precise generation of micro holes for back-side contacting of emitter wrap-through (EWT) solar cells. The novel machining concept is based on the approved microDrill family.
Driven by the Renewable Energy Sources Act, solar…
Industrial Production of Microholes by Usage of Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
The drilling of microholes with well-defined geometry is becoming increasingly important in various branches of industry. Applications range from injection nozzles (automotive) over cooling openings in turbine stator vanes (aerospace) and emitter-wrap through perforations (solar) to spinnerets required to adopt more and more complex shapes for the fabrication of functional fibres (textile industry).
Besides electric discharge machining, being very successfully applied in many branches, laser processes are scrutinized and optimized for…
SABIC Innovative Plastics Launches New High-End Lexan* SD Films for Electronic I …
SABIC Innovative Plastics Launches New High-End Lexan* SD Films for Long-Lasting, Compromise-Resistant Electronic ID Cards
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – June 12, 2008 – Identity theft, border security, and other threats are expanding the use of electronic identity cards that can resist compromise, last for up to 10 years, and incorporate a variety of sophisticated graphic technologies, such as laser marking. To meet these requirements, SABIC Innovative Plastics has…
Aspects Developments Chooses Almura For Social Housing Project
When sourcing building products for its latest social housing project in Rugby, Aspects Developments chose Almura’s durable, easy to install, low maintenance Vinyl Siding.
The Warwickshire development will have 42, two-bedroom apartments, designed for modern-day living by leading architects. Craftsmen are constructing the buildings in the classic English style, and to the highest specifications. Aspects Developments needed a building product that would complement this style but would still represent good…
Sahajanand Technologies wins Golden Jubilee Award‘06-07 for Outstanding Work in …
Sahajanand Technologies, India, the high-tech engineering solution provider for diamond industry received the prestigious Golden Jubilee Award 2006-07 for Outstanding Work in R&D. The Golden Jubilee Memorial Trust Awards are presented every year by The South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SGCCI) recognizing the excellence in the meritorious performance in various aspects of business. The Awards were presented on 8th June’08 at the Annual General Meeting of SGCCI. …
Basement Systems in the Community
Seymour, CT- Local Company Basement Systems has recently made a generous donation through DonorsChoose.org to a local school district. Being involved is more than just good for the community.
When it comes to giving back to the community where it really counts, few know how to make an impact like Basement Systems. In their most recent show of philanthropy, they donated four sets of Newberry Award winning books to…
Self-cleaning effect of ShineOn shown in first test
SCF Technologies A/S has successfully completed the first test that shows ShineOn, the company’s new self-cleaning product for windows, is just as effective as a product applied in the factory.
No approved standards are currently available to evaluate the performance of self-cleaning products. However, an EU project has proposed a self-cleaning test procedure, which SCF Technologies implemented.
The results showed that ShineOn is self-cleaning according to the definition proposed by the EU…
Broner awarded Phase 2 of Planning and Scheduling Project by ArcelorMittal Vande …
Broner Metals Solutions, the world’s leading provider of supply chain planning, scheduling and manufacturing execution systems, specifically for the Metals Industry, has been awarded a further participation in the Global Scheduling Project by ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Works in South Africa.
The Phase 2 of the project has started after the implementation and launch of the Phase 1, which spanned steel making facilities, slab casters, hot strip and plate mill and included…
Webbased information exchange for enterprises of the pork sector
The industry platform of the EU project Q-PorkChains wishes to encourage interaction and knowledge exchange between stakeholders within pig and pork production and therefore offers the meat industry a weblog. The main aim of the weblog is to discuss current issues online in an international network. The Q-PorkChains weblog serves as an exchange of information, thoughts and experience and functions as a means of communication.
The current discussion topic launched on…
