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All Stars: Building Products Presents the 2007 MVP Award Winners
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/7/2007)
- Each year, Building Products' Most Valuable Product Awards competition singles out an elite group of new products worthy of special recognition. This year, 32 products--ranging from a limestone veneer to a water-conserving showerhead to steam-assist ovens--have been deemed the latest crop of top-notch products by our panel of expert judges. These products offer ways to make your job easier, your projects more stunning, and your business more profitable. And they just might add a little fun back into your work day.
- 'Value-Adds' to Push Laminated and Tempered Glass Market Toward $5 Billion By 2011
- U.S. Newswire (6/6/2007)
- NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the growing demand for value- added glass products, the laminated and tempered glass market for residential and nonresidential construction is expected to clear $4.8 billion in the U.S. by 2011, according to Laminated and Tempered Glass Market in the U.S., a new report from market research publisher SBI, a division of MarketResearch.com. Based on worldwide growth patterns in the flat glass market, which grew nearly 10% in the last two years, as well as growth in the construction sector, which accounts for 69% of the flat glass market, SBI projects that U.S. demand for laminated and tempered glass will continue to escalate. Similarly, SBI forecasts that tempered glass will grow six percent, from $2.0 to $2.5 billion.
- Silicone Transforms Global Architecture
- PRNewswire-FirstCall (6/6/2007)
- MIDLAND, Mich., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As reflections of sun and clouds glide across uninterrupted facades of mirrored glass, metal, and stone, building occupants take comfort in knowing they are safer from natural and man-made disasters, and architects beautify city skylines with innovative designs.In just a generation, the construction industry has been revolutionized by structural silicone glazing, which can replace mechanical fasteners as a way to adhere glass, ceramic, metal, stone, and other materials to building frames."Architectural imaginations soared once the limitations of mechanical fasteners were lifted," said Ron Fillmore, global industry executive director for Dow Corning's construction industry.
- Recycling Mine Tailings into 'Green' Tiles: Grass Valley Firm Looks for Investors
- The Sacramento Bee (6/3/2007)
- Jun. 3--Investors and big business have put their money behind green energy, green autos and green lighting, but they aren't biting yet on "green" tile. Ceramics engineer Carl Frahme and others at Golden Bear Ceramics hope to tap into the building industry's demand for products made out of recycled materials and consumers' desire to purchase environmentally friendly products. Housed in a business park in this Nevada County community, Golden Bear promises tile equal to any in the $3.7 billion U.S. tile market but with the added benefit of being made from 100 percent recycled material.
- Waste Not
- REMODELING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- Cardea Construction recycles 80% of construction waste from its remodeling projects.
- Vanity With a View
- REMODELING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- An octagonal vanity provides a dramatic overlook in this master suite remodel.
- Form Panels
- CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE (6/1/2007)
- Reviewing the choices available to you in the form panel market can help you minimize labor costs, speed up construction, and ultimately save you money.
- Walls & Water
- REMODELING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- The latest green-friendly products.
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World of Concrete's Best & Brightest
- CONCRETE PRODUCER MAGAZINE (6/1/2007)
- The votes are in and counted. We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Most Innovative Products contest. Held each year at the World of Concrete, the contest showcased just a fraction of the new products that appeared at the show held last January at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In all, 137 entries competed in 14 different categories, and awards were given in each category for Attendees' Choice and Experts' Choice. In one case, Cementec won both awards in the Concrete Making Materials category. In Placement Tools & Equipment, two companies, Somero Enterprises and Lura Enterprise, both were awarded Experts' Choice Awards.
- Promising Products
- BUILDER Magazine (6/1/2007)
- MOLD-RESISTANT GYPSUM and concrete made with waste from coal-fired power plants are among the top 10 home building technologies for 2007, according to the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH). PATH, a program run by HUD, says the 10 technologies are the future of home building and hold the most promise for improving the quality of homes."Our 2007 list focuses on PATH-profiled technologies at the nexus of technological advantage, market readiness, and market appeal," says Mike Blanford, in HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research. "Each product on the list has the potential to transform the way we build or finish homes, and many of them offer environmental benefits as well as strengths in other areas."
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