In the case of earthquakes, only seconds may remain for a safe escape from buildings. Debris falling down and obstructing the escape routes may even aggravate the situation. A product developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) extends the time for saving lives by reinforcing walls and keeping off the debris. An innovative building material manufacturer now has launched the mature innovation on the market.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XIII" report to their offering.
Bonsal American, Inc., has completed the acquisition of Surface Coatings Company, Inc., based in Auburn Hills, Mich., a manufacturer of asphalt pavement maintenance products for use by commercial contractors on asphalt surfaces surrounding retail, residential and industrial properties.
Progressive Foam Technologies (PFT), today announced it will begin using BASF’s Neopor® thermal foam in a new line of high-performance siding insulation products.
Sandia National Laboratories has launched a Sustainability Innovation Foundry that combines labs-wide resource conservation with efforts to turn research in fields related to sustainability into business opportunities.
AkzoNobel today announced the divestment of its North American Decorative Paints business to PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), for the value of $1.05 billion. In 2011, the North American Decorative Paints business had revenues of $1.5 billion, around 7 percent of AkzoNobel's total 2011 revenue.
Princeton-led discoveries show up not only on the pages of scientific journals — they are also on the shelves of major retailers. At the Celebrate Princeton Invention reception Nov. 29, the University honored its faculty, staff and student inventors for their role in technology transfer — which includes patenting and licensing of inventions — to bring research innovations to the marketplace.
PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group received a 2012 Chairman’s Award from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) at METALCON, the only annual conference dedicated to metal construction products, technologies and solutions.
On the back of the economic recession, the BRIC construction industries underwent a serious contraction in 2009. The resultant drop in demand for building materials including concrete and cement led in its turn to a considerable decline in the concrete and cement market value during the year.
The technology company The Linde Group has been commissioned by Norwegian-based Skangass AS to build a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the west coast of Sweden, in Lysekil, 100 kilometres north of Gothenburg. The corresponding engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is worth around EUR 44 m.
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