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March 8, 2010
Applied Materials Inc., the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar industries, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 17 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.07 per share, payable on June 16, 2010, to stockholders of record as of May 26, 2010. Previously, the quarterly cash dividend was ...
March 8, 2010
President Obama is ramping up efforts to promote clean energy. He's made repeated speeches on the topic, and in the last month, he's pledged $10 billion in federal loan guarantees for solar, wind and nuclear power as well as energy-efficient windows.On Friday [March 5] , Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $117 million in loan guarantees to help build a ...
March 8, 2010
[Lisa] Patt-McDaniel [director of Ohio's Department of Development] said the state is in serious negotiations with three international solar companies to establish manufacturing operations in Ohio - with northwest Ohio as a possible location - and is hopeful deals will be announced this year.The Strickland administration believes those interested solar companies, not to mention the continued ...
March 8, 2010
Saving green and going green: two things Coloradans are all about.Two CU graduates and former NASA engineers had that in mind when they developed "Ravenbrick." This company is transforming the way we use the sun's heat by creating a product that lets the rays into the building when you need it, and keeps them out when you don't. By doing this, it cuts down on energy bills by 30 to 40 ...
March 5, 2010
Pilkington Fire Protection Glass Group in North America has boosted performance and secured its customer service levels with the installation of a new glass cutting line to cut Pilkington Pyrostop Fire Rated Glass, according to a March 5 release."The new equipment represents a major investment for us but will significantly increase our performance and quality to meet future sales ...
March 5, 2010
Pilkington North America, Toledo, entered into a collaboration with Dyesol Inc., the North American division of Dyesol Ltd., to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaics marketplace utilizing Pilkington’s TEC series of transparent conductive oxide coated float glass and Dyesol’s Dye Solar Cell materials and technology, according to a March 3 ...
March 5, 2010
Technical Glass Products, Snoqualmie, Wash., has moved into a new state-of-the-art fabrication facility in Toronto, according to a March 3 release. The facility is designed to provide Canadian customers with even faster and easier access to quality fire-rated glass and framing and other specialty architectural glazing solutions.TGP will fabricate and label at the new locale the ...
March 5, 2010
Sage Electrochromics Inc., Faribault, Minn., got an offer for a conditional commitment for a $72 million loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Energy, the DOE announced earlier today, according to a March 5 release. Coupled with the $31 million Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Sage was awarded earlier this year, the company has now secured more than $100 million in federal ...
March 5, 2010
The construction unemployment rate jumped to 27.1 percent and construction employment dropped to a 14-year low as another 64,000 construction workers lost jobs in February, according to federal employment figures released today. The economy would have added jobs for the third time in four months had it not been for the declines in construction employment, the Associated General Contractors of ...
March 5, 2010
Diamon-Fusion International Inc., global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, relocated its corporate headquarters to Irvine, Calif., according to a March 3 release. Despite the tough global economy DFI continues to experience solid growth, both domestically and internationally. The upgraded facilities provide greater access to DFI's existing customers, ...