China Architectural Engineering Inc. said Monday it named Wang Xin its interim chief financial officer to replace Xin Yue Jasmine Geffner, who has decided to leave for personal reasons at the end of the month.
Xin is a former CFO of the company.
China Architectural designs and installs curtain wall systems, which can be fixed or movable.
The [...]

RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that it has called for redemption all of its outstanding Senior Convertible Notes due May 13, 2033. The company also announced that, on June 1, 2008, in accordance with the terms of the indenture under which the notes were issued, the notes became eligible for conversion based upon [...]

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG ) today announced that Russell Huffer, chairman and chief executive officer, will host the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. on Wednesday, June 25 at 9 a.m. Central Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time). The meeting will be held at the Apogee Enterprises, Inc. corporate office, 7900 Xerxes Avenue South, [...]

The Valspar Corporation today announced the introduction of Valspar Duramax in Semi-Gloss to assist the needs of consumers looking for a full spectrum of finishes in premium quality exterior paints. Valspar Duramax Semi-Gloss joins Duramax Flat and Duramax Satin paints to offer consumers ultimate one-coat protection and durability. Containing pigments of the highest quality, Valspar [...]

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Monday that it will acquire certain assets of Gremada Industries Inc., which reclaims and remanufactures metal components.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The agreement was signed on Sunday and the deal is expected to close when legal and regulatory requirements are completed, Caterpillar said.
West Fargo, N.D.-based Gremada remanufactures and reclaims metal [...]

The 5th Annual Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo (AltBuild) returns this year as the largest and most cohesive green-building Expo in Southern California, offering a number of ‘firsts’ and unprecedented presentations, including the first official presentation by collaborative Green Cities California (GCC). AltBuild will take place on April 25-26, 2008 at its new location, [...]

The first international and professional exhibition on machinery trading —India international machinery and equipment exhibition, which was successfully organized by Worldex G.E.C in May,2007, will launch its second show in Mumbai, the firstly biggest city in India at BEC Exhibition Center from May 15th to 17th, 2008. At that time, exhibitors from China Taiwan, Korea, [...]

PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, a global technology leader in digital imaging, specialty lighting and optical detection technologies, today announced that it is introducing its comprehensive suite of machine vision products at the Machine Vision China 2008 tradeshow at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, March 20-22, 2008 in booth #A131.
“This marks the first time PerkinElmer is exhibiting its machine [...]

Expolux brings together the most important industries in the lighting sector. Event is part of the International Construction and Lighting Week in São Paulo, which takes place between 8th-12th April at Anhembi, in São Paulo
With revenues of US$ 1 billion a year and 604 companies the Brazilian lighting sector recorded growth of around 7% in [...]

Brazil is still one of the world’s biggest producers of machinery and equipment. In the first six months of 2007 the sector recorded growth of 10% in revenues compared with the same period last year. This is the scenario setting the optimistic tone for the 27th International Machinery and Industrial Supplies Trade Fair, the most [...]

Light+Building, International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology, will be presenting outstanding and particularly innovative design at the Frankfurt Fair & Exhibition Centre from 6 to 11 April 2008. A special show there in Hall 4.2 (Stand G.41) will feature 32 products which have received the Design Plus Award. A total of 187 products were [...]

Nearly 100 yarn and fibre suppliers will present their products during the three-day specialised trade event Yarn Expo Spring 2008, running 27 – 29 March 2008 at the China World Trade Centre, Beijing. The show is designed to meet the specialised needs of this upstream segment of the textile supply chain. Suppliers are coming from [...]