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NN Inc. Acquires Assets of V-S Industries
5 - March - 2014 Johnson City, Tenn. -- NN Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of V-S Industries, a privately held manufacturer of precision metal components with operations in Wheeling, Ill., and Juarez, Mexico. NN said the acquisition of V-S will provide it with a complementary but broader product offering and will allow penetration into adjacent markets. Financial...
IOR hosts 114th Annual Dinner
5 - March - 2014 The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) held its 114th Annual Dinner on 20 February at the Grange Hotel in London. Support for the event, which celebrates the Institute’s anniversa...
BCSC says Green Deal needs to work for commercial property
5 - March - 2014 According to the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC), the Green Deal is not fit for purpose for the commercial property sector. The retail property trade body says that without the Green Deal operating for commercial property, including shopping centres and retail parks, the Government’s 2018 deadline for Minimum Energy Property Standards (MEPS) is unlikely to be met. The...
Chinese automakers recognize Johnson Controls with awards fo
Shanghai, China -- March 5, 2014 - Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with established core businesses in the automotive, building and energy storage industries, has been recognized a...
Record profits for HPS
5 March 2014 Heating Plumbing Supplies has announced record sales and profits for 2013, with the latter half of the year showing particularly strong trading results. Profits for the year were just under ￡2.1m, compared with nearly ￡1.2m in the previous 12 months. The directors have accordingly recommended a divident payment of ￡290,535, compared with zero in 2012. HPS repor...
Six Recruiting Initiatives for the HVAC Industry: A Call for
Mar. 5, 2014 This is the worst U.S. job market in decades, yet every HVAC contractor has trouble finding technicians. What’s going to happen when we get a real economic recovery? If we don’t take acti...
Alfa Laval’s new tantalum range minimizes lifecycle costs fo
4 March 2014 Alfa Laval is launching a new range of tantalum heat exchangers that offer the exceptionally high corrosion resistance of a solid-tantalum heat exchanger, but at a much lower investment c...
Industry urges government to push ahead with zero carbon non
4 March 2014 Balfour Beatty and Carillion are among industry giants who have signed an open letter to communities minister Stephen Williams calling for clearer policy from the government on zero carbon non-domestic buildings. Twenty one industry heads have signed an open letter to communities minister Stephen Williams [see attached file], which said there was a “strong economic case” for go...
The New American Home(R) 2014 at The International Builders’
Feb 4, 2014 Indianapolis Several high-efficiency Carrier(R) residential products will be on display when The New American Home (TNAH) 2014, the official showcase house of the International Builders’ S...
New Energy Research Lab to be Built at PNNL
March 4, 2014 Richland, Wash. -- Construction on a new energy research facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus will start this April. The project is valued at approximately $10 million. Research conducted there will address the smart grid, integration of renewable energy into the grid, reducing energy use in buildings, and more. ...
