Atlantic Zeiser, supplier of dedicated personalization and encoding systems for the label market, announces the introduction of the OMEGA 36 HD and OMEGA 210, two new high resolution inkjet printing systems, and the launch of the SMARTCURE Series, a new eco-friendly LED UV curing solution, at drupa 2008. During the world’s largest printing show, to [...]

Light+Building – International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology – will be held at an almost fully booked out Exhibition Centre (230,000 square metres (gross)) in Frankfurt am Main from 6 to 11 April 2008. In 18 exhibition halls, over 2,100 exhibitors, including all national and international market leaders, will show innovations and numerous energy-efficient [...]

The steep slump in housing intensified at the end of last year, pushing home construction down by the biggest amount in nearly three decades.
Analysts forecast more bad news in the months ahead with the big question remaining whether the housing slump will be severe enough to push the country into a recession.
The Commerce Department reported [...]

New York-based Firebird investment fund has bought a 40% share of the Tbilisi-based construction and real estate developer, Iberia, with the purchase of 11,000 newly issued shares.
The amount paid for the shares has not been disclosed.
Iberia said on January 21 it would use the investment to develop the company’s existing projects and to purchase land [...]

Construction of the RM3 billion Penang Second Bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year holiday, said Penang Second Bridge Task Force head Tan Sri Zaini Omar.
“The preliminary work is progressing as scheduled with no major problems encountered while the actual work on the bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year,” he told a [...]

The UK-based lighting company Thorn, a brand of the Zumtobel Group of Austria, is to illuminate heritage sites in the City of Jericho on the Palestinian West Bank. The project is one outcome of an initiative launched by The Lighting Urban Community International Association (LUCI), an international network of over 70 municipalities, universities, lighting designers [...]

A good school district, desirable homes and appealing surroundings have helped increase the value of Murrysville homes in recent years.
While the 2006-07 median sale price of Westmoreland County houses has risen by 1.6 percent over last year, Murrysville home prices are up 9 percent for the same period.
And since 2003-04, the median sale prices [...]

Shares in China Construction Bank climbed more than 5 percent on Thursday after Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the stock to buy from neutral, citing strong earnings growth.
By 0302 GMT, shares in one of the country’s four largest lenders had gained 5.6 percent to a record high of HK$7.74. For details on Goldman’s [...]

Construction activity plunged in July by the biggest amount in six months as spending on homes fell for a record 17th straight month.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction spending dropped 0.4 percent in July, compared with June, the weakest showing since a 0.6 percent fall in January.
It was a bigger drop than economists had [...]

Cincinnati-based architectural, engineering and interior design firm KZF Design Inc. elected William H. Wilson III its new president and chief executive officer. Wilson, formerly the vice president of technical operations and senior project architect with the company, has been with KZF for 22 years.
He’s a University of Cincinnati graduate. During his years at KZF, he’s [...]

The kind of flooring you select for your home is basically the foundation upon which you build your design. The choices are endless: wood floors, carpeting, tile or stone. Which flooring is right for you and your family? Today, there are numerous reasons why homeowners should consider wood flooring in their home.
Because there are more [...]

Because there are more than 50 species of domestic and exotic woods, the choices are endless. You can select a contemporary look, a rustic look, a colonial look or a barn board style. You can even duplicate the flooring to look like Marie Antoinette’s bedroom at the Palace of Versailles.
If the environment is important to [...]