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Leica DISTO™ special5 – Special Edition

Leica Geosystems AG, the inventor of the laser distance measuring devices, celebrates the 750,000th sold Leica DISTO™ with a special edition! The special model, limited for this occasion to 10,000 pieces, is in ...

21 Mar 2005

2005 Product Catalog Available From Metabo

Metabo, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has just published its 2005 Power Tools, Accessories, ...

21 Mar 2005

Preferred Developer Announced For Ashford Town Centre

Affinity and Moat Housing Groups have been selected by national regeneration agency English Partnerships as the preferred developer for a mixed-tenure housing scheme on the East/West Street site in Ashford, Kent. Ashf...

21 Mar 2005

Colorcoat Celestia® Reflects Nissan Global Brand Values

Colorcoat Celestia® by Corus, has been chosen by Nissan Group as the metallic finish to aptly reflect its global brand values in its car showrooms across the world. As part of a recent global branding exercise, Ni...

20 Mar 2005

Breathe Easy With Marley's Innovative Eaves Vent System

Marley Roofing has extended its popular range of roofing accessories with the launch of a 10mm and 25mm Eaves Vent System, a Universal System that can be used with all types of tiles and slates. Quick and easy to inst...

20 Mar 2005

Housebuilders Throw First Time Buyers a Lifeline

First time buyers are paying the price for Britain’s soaring housing market. With the latest figures revealing the number of first time buyers has collapsed as prices escalate out of their reach, Britain’s ho...

15 Mar 2005

A Cool New Look For The Fridge In Your Life

This is definitely a case of 'why didn't they think of this before?'. A brand new spray paint designed for the fridge, dishwasher or even clothes washer in your life that is in desperate need of a face lift. ...

15 Mar 2005

Degussa Starts New Project House

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, has started its new Project House Process Intensification. Over the next three years, the company will invest €15 million in researching new process strategies and reactor designs that make p...

15 Mar 2005

Marley Roofing Shines With Solar Energy

Marley Roofing has published its new Solar Roofing System brochure, detailing the benefits and performance of its innovative SolarTile®. With an increased demand for construction solutions that minimise consumptio...

15 Mar 2005

Lennar's New Home: The S&P Top 10

Homebuilder, Lennar, replaces credit-card lender MBNA in the list of S&P's best investment ideas. On Mar. 15, Standard & Poor's Equity Research Group made changes to the S&P Top 10 portfolio -- tho...

15 Mar 2005

Owens Corning Fiber Glass Certified as Industry’s Highest Level of Recycled Content

At the NAHB Green Building Conference at Atlanta, Owens Corning today announced that its line of fiber glass insulation products has been certified to contain an average of 35 percent recycled content by leading third-pa...

15 Mar 2005

Home Builders Remain Confident In March

A modest increase in home mortgage rates over the past month hasn’t dampened builder enthusiasm in the market for new single-family homes, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo H...

15 Mar 2005

Builders Will Have Unprecedented Access To NAHB Green Building Resources Via New HGTVPro Website

The nation’s home builders will benefit from a new Web site providing the most up-to-date information on environmentally-friendly construction technologies and building practices. The Web site, www.HGTVPro.com, ...

15 Mar 2005

Rok Top Company To Work For

Leading property solutions provider Rok is a top place to work according to the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list announced last night in which Rok featured at number 98. Rok, which employs around 1...

15 Mar 2005

NAHB Announces Winners Of 2005 National Green Building Awards

Development projects and advocates that represent the leading edge of green building are among the winners of the 2005 National Green Building Awards. The winners were announced during The National Association of Home Bu...

15 Mar 2005