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Last year’s hurricane season
helped drive spending on home-improvement products in
2004 to an estimated $271.4 billion, a record high, reports
the Home Improvement Research Institute. Go
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World demand for cement and concrete
additives is forecast to rise 6.8 percent per year
through 2008 to $6.7 billion, a big improvement over 1998-2003,
according to a new study from market research firm The Freedonia
Group Inc. Go
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Quad-Lock Building Systems Ltd. claimed
its share of the credit when two single-family residences
in Yellowstone National Park earned LEED certification. The
houses were constructed with Quad-Lock insulating concrete
forms. Go
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Fluid handling equipment manufacturer
Graco Inc. purchased Gusmer
Corp. and, in a related transaction, Gusmer Europe S.L. Go
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International Surface Preparation
Corp. has spun off a cut-wire abrasives company, Abrasive Materials LLC. Go
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Concrete contractor Colorado Hardscapes
Inc. has named chief operating officer Andrew “A.J.” Fox as its new
president. Go
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Degussa Admixtures Inc. has added two
new product line managers to its Technology Innovation and Sustainability Group. Go
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Vic International Corp., a global distributor
of concrete polishing and stone and tile fabrication products, has named Johnny E. Blalock director of purchasing. Blalock was formerly a temporary buyer-planner with Sea Ray. Go
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Multiquip Inc. has begun marketing
light and medium construction equipment to building professionals throughout the Middle East
and in select Eastern European companies. Go
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Blastrac has named new specialized
distributors for the Pacific Northwest and Florida. Kodiak Equipment, based in Kent,
Wash., will serve Alaska, Washington, Oregon, northern
Idaho and British Columbia, Canada. Standard Sand & Silica
Co., with locations in Miami, Jacksonville and Haines City,
Fla., will serve the state of Florida.
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More than 124,220 industry professionals
from around the world attended the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2005 and IFPE 2005 trade expositions
in March. This is a big improvement over the 2002 shows, which
attracted about 108,770 attendees.
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Nick Di Tempora, president of MAPEI
Americas, was named “2005
Man of the Year” by Boys’ Towns of Italy Inc., the
oldest American charity in service abroad.
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The Wildlife Habitat Council board
of directors has elected David
W. Carroll as its new chairman. Go
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