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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:19:12 +0200</pubDate>
<item><title>North Interbay group seeks to loosen ind...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Industrial Pipeline&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt; Developers like Thompson just want to make more money on theirgambles in industrial real estate, he charges. &amp;quot;This is all aboutinstantaneous gratification.&amp;quot; The City Council could take up the Interbay NeighborhoodAssociation&apos;s proposal this fall. North Interbay is a triangular sliver of the city, boundedgenerally by West Dravus Street, the BNSF railroad yards and busy15th Avenue West. It&apos;s a jumble of vacant lots, storage yards and mostly olderfactories and warehouses. Most who work in the area or live nearby agree it&apos;s rundown. &amp;quot;It&apos;s dead here. Just dead,&amp;quot; says Chuck Read, whose companymanufactures custom cutting boards. About one-third of the area, mostly along Dravus and 15th, is zonedfor commercial uses. The Interbay Neighborhood Association is pushing for big changeshere, too — a rezone to allow condo or apartment towers up to125 feet tall. The city&apos;s Department of Planning and Development last monthproposed towers not top 85 feet. Planners said taller buildingswould be incompatible with nearby industry. North Interbay&apos;s industrially zoned blocks hold businesses thatmanufacture doors and cabinets and musical instruments. There&apos;s a steel-products warehouse, a marine-equipment supplyoperation and several machine shops. Other businesses don&apos;t really qualify as industrial: adog-obedience school, a fitness club, a company that rents partytents and canopies, another that markets sex toys. The Interbay Neighborhood Association cited that mix in itspetition to trim the area from BINMIC. The neighborhood already lacks the intensity of &amp;quot;hard-core&amp;quot;industrial uses that should define a manufacturing/industrialcenter, proponents argue; deleting it would just reflect reality. The city&apos;s restrictions on nonindustrial uses &amp;quot;lump me in with100-acre tracts in South Seattle that are pouring steel,&amp;quot; saysRead. &amp;quot;Every area has different needs and different requirements.&amp;quot; Thompson, Nitty Gritty&apos;s developer, contends mixed-use projectslike his would create &amp;quot;a more upgraded environment for industrialuses and a more respectful environment for customers.&amp;quot; But just 12 percent of the land in Seattle is zoned industrial. AndAakervik, of the BINMIC Action Committee, says North Interbayoffers the access to rail and water that industry needs, and thatfew other areas offer. Industrial development in the area has been stymied, he says,because property owners aren&apos;t satisfied with its potential returnsand are speculating that zoning changes will make them richer. Dave Gering, executive director of the Manufacturing IndustrialCouncil of Seattle, says a project like the Nitty Gritty wouldcause him more heartburn if it were proposed in a heavy-industrystronghold like Georgetown or SoDo, rather than North Interbay. Gering&apos;s organization supported the limits on nonindustrial usesthe City Council approved last December.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:19:12 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Metal Fabricator requests rRoad closing...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Metal Fabricator &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;The company fabricates metal for power plant ducts, structuralsteel, conveyors, hoppers and stainless steel scrubbers for coalplants, Mr. Parker said. The company also manufactures powertransmission lines for the Tennessee Valley Authority, he said.Another large customer is Georgia Power. Mr. Parker said he started his business in 1995 with a building andan acre of land. He expanded twice, and bought five acres adjoiningthe site two years ago, and then bought another tract on BrownStreet. The road closure also would benefit his company and a neighboringbusiness by preventing theft, Mr. Parker said. Both companiesfrequently have break-ins, he said. &amp;quot;I&apos;ll sit out here at night and they&apos;ll circle the block lookingfor something to steal,&amp;quot; Mr. Parker said. The commission approved a request by former planningcommissioner Mike Price to grant a road-width variance at the ElderCove subdivision in Tiftonia. The request was not on the Mondayagenda. Mr. Price, owner of MAP Engineers, said he had filed thevariance with the planning agency, but the case was not scheduledto be heard until the July meeting. The Elder Cove developers are installing roadside drainage in thesubdivision and needed to reduce the road&apos;s width. The projectwould have been held up if the developers had had to wait until theJuly planning commission meeting, Mr. Price said. Planning agency director Barry Bennett said after the meeting thatwhile granting a request that&apos;s not on the agenda is unusual, itcan be done under extreme circumstances.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:18:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>India copper eases on rising LME</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;lme copper&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Indian copper futures gave up early gains and eased on Tuesday after rising inventories dampened sentiment, analysts said. At 4.50 p.m., the benchmark June copper MCCM8 on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) was down 0.39 percent at 344.25 rupees per kg. Copper inventories on the London Metal Exchange were up 1,500 tonnes to 123,550 tonnes on Tuesday. &amp;quot;Rising inventories pushed down copper after it gained in the morning but it should rise again because the outlook continues to be strong,&amp;quot; said an analyst from Motilal Oswal Commodities Broker Pvt Ltd. Prices found support earlier after China reported a 25.6 percent surge in urban investment in the first five months of the year which indicated a positive demand outlook for metals. Copper prices also found support from falling Chinese imports. China is importing less copper, despite domestic demand, and expectations are that the local shortage will push traders to buy the metal over, supporting prices China&apos;s imports of unwrought copper fell 25 percent in May from April. Prices also rose on fresh supply concerns from Peru, where protestors blocked a mine belonging to Southern Copper (PCU.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (SPC.LM: Quote, Profile, Research), the country&apos;s largest copper producer [nN16263028].&lt;span&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:18:12 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Control4 introduces standards-based IP e...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;lighting wire&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt; Control4 Corporation, a leader in affordable IP-based controland entertainment systems, today announced the release of Control4 ? Suite Systems, a customized version of the company ’ s popular home automation and entertainment control technology forthe hospitality market. The Control4 Suite Systems provides aplatform of innovative convenience and automation for the in-roomenvironment by enabling hotel guests to control lighting, roomtemperature, television/video systems, music, draperies andrequests for services through a single Control4 ? remote. &amp;quot;We&apos; ve worked closely with the industry to develop a fully customizedroom automation platform that is incredibly easy to use, installand maintain, ” said Will West, Chief Executive Officer at Control4. “ The Control4 Suite Systems truly transforms the guest experience byproviding completely new functionality that significantly enhancesthe customer ’ s stay and provides differentiation for the destination. Thehospitality market represents a huge market opportunity forControl4 ? technology and we look forward to applying our expertise forcontinued innovation. ” Control4 Suite Systems provides the hospitality industry apractical, reliable automation operating system that is affordable.For new property construction, operators will see significantsavings in construction costs because the Control4 Suite Systems ’ wireless features eliminate virtually all in-room, low-voltagewiring, and require less conduit, labor and materials for controland lighting systems than traditional wire-based systems. The Control4 hospitality solution also offers a non-obtrusive andeasy way to save money by managing precious resources such asenergy, water, money and time. Control4 Suite Systems can beprogrammed to automatically put a room into unoccupied status uponcheckout — turning down or off the heating/cooling system, televisions,lights and any appliances. According to Green Lodging News,lighting accounts for up to 35 percent of a hotel ’ s energy bill, while up to 50-70 percent of a hotel ’ s energy bill is attributed to heating and cooling. &amp;quot;The Mandarin is renowned for offering personalized comfort andconvenience for our hotel guests, ” said David Heckaman, VP Technology, Mandarin Resorts. “ Control4 Suite Systems provides a technology platform that takesthat personalized experience to an entirely new level. Bothcorporate and leisure guests will delight in this highlysophisticated, yet easy-to-use service that makes the roomenvironment more relaxing and enjoyable. ” Control4 Suite Systems is also easy to install. Wired and wirelesssolutions are available for installation in both new constructionand most retrofits of properties meeting LEED certificationbuilding standards. To facilitate interoperability and integration between partnerproducts and Control4 ’ s digital home platform, Control4 is licensing its operating systemthrough the C4iQ ? certified partner program. C4iQ ? approved technology enables companies to embed the Control4operating system into a range of products, such as televisions,routers, receivers, etc.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:17:45 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Magnetic sensor ignores large local fiel...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Small Magnet&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a novelmagnetic sensor that they claim for the first time detects tinyfluctuations in a small magnetic field – even when there is astrong magnet right beside it. The sensor can therefore be utilised even in places where powercables generate an interference field – for instance, in acar’s side mirror. In the car mirror application, if there is a change of driver it isnormally required to adjust the position of the mirror and theseat. To provide automatic adjustment for each driver, a tiny chip in thekey or a corresponding button on the dashboard can be pressed,enabling all adjustment to be performed very easily. There is a tiny magnet in the mirror and another in the seat, whoseposition is detected by a magnetic sensor and which enables themirror to be correctly adjusted. The only problem with this systemis that the cables supplying the power for heating the mirror andcontrolling the stepper motor also generate a magnetic field. The sensor therefore sees not only the field generated by themagnet, but also that of the power cable – and errors can bemade. Up to now, therefore, such magnetic field sensors have had tobe screened. This is difficult and expensive. A new type of integrated 3-D magnetic field sensor from theFraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Erlangen,Germany, can work without screening. The researchers have arrangedseveral sensors in a pixel cell in such a way that they can measureall three components of the magnetic field in one place. If two ofthese pixel cells are placed on a chip, the sensor measures notonly the magnetic field as such, but also how the position of themagnetic field changes. IIS team leader Dr Hans-Peter Hohe states:“This sensor enables us for the first time to identifymagnetic interference fields as such and to separate them from theuseful field. The sensor works perfectly even when the interferencefield is considerably larger than the useful field. There istherefore no need for shielding.”&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:17:10 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>CRM&apos;s CDC Software,Schneider Electric sa...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Hardware Supply&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; CRM vendor CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of China’s CDC Corporation, has announced that Schneider Electric (News - Alert) has gone live with its upgrade to cWMS Release 10, a warehouse management system part of the CDC Supply Chain suite. With more than 2,000 employees and revenue in excess of the equivalent of $977 million, Schneider sells electrical distribution and automation control products and services in the country and has rapidly expanded its logistics operations over the past 10 years.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Since first implementing an earlier version of CDC Software’s (News - Alert) “cWMS” 10 years ago, Schneider consolidated two of its warehouse sites, while at the same time expanding capacity to 50 tons of throughput per day, covering 14,000 product lines, resulting in cost savings and higher productivity. Andrew Holdroyd, logistics projects manager, said the company “needed to upgrade our warehouse functionality and systems to support our growing business volume and new distribution service in a multi-brand environment.” Michael Shrimplin, logistics development analyst for Schneider, said while the initial go-live “covered an ‘as-is’ upgrade, the latest version of cWMS will allow us to implement additional functionality… these include capabilities such as cartonisation, which will help improve item scanning, picking accuracy and overall quality control.” CRM vendor CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of IT company CDC Corporation, has announced three multi-million dollar contracts recently. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:16:33 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Reliance Steel purchases PNAGroup for $1...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Platinum Bar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt; Reliance Steel &amp;amp; Aluminum Co. said Tuesday it agreed to buy PNAGroup Holding Corp., a steel service center group owned by PlatinumEquity, for about $1.1 billion. Shares of Reliance rose $6.82, or 4.7 percent, to $74.43 shortlyafter the opening bell. The deal is expected to close within 60 days, pending regulatoryapprovals. Los Angeles-based Reliance Steel expects to finance the dealthrough its existing credit facility and by raising about $750million by issuing new debt and equity securities. Reliance, which processes and sells products to aerospace, energyand construction companies, said it expects the deal to immediatelyboost earnings. Through its subsidiaries, PNA Group processes and distributesprimarily carbon steel plate, bar, structural and flat-rolledproducts. PNA subsidiaries include Delta Steel LP, Feralloy Corp.,Infra-Metals Co., Metals Supply Company Ltd., PrecisionFlamecutting and Steel LP and Sugar Steel Corp. PNA had 2007 sales of about $1.6 billion. Reliance reported saleslast year of about $7.26 billion. PNA has 23 steel service centers in the United States, five jointventures and seven service centers in the U.S. and Mexico. Reliancehas about 180 locations in the U.S. and about 37 across Belgium,Canada, China, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This materialmay not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:16:01 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Reliance Steel&amp;Aluminum Co. signs deal t...</title>
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<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Minerals_Metals_Materials/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;including aluminum&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Reliance Steel &amp;amp; Aluminum Co. (NYSE:RS) announced today thatit has reached an agreement to acquire the outstanding capitalstock of PNA Group Holding Corporation, a national steel servicecenter group owned by Platinum Equity. The transaction is valued atapproximately $1.1 billion. PNA ’ s subsidiaries include the operating entities Delta Steel, LP,Feralloy Corporation, Infra-Metals Co., Metals Supply Company,Ltd., Precision Flamecutting and Steel, LP and Sugar SteelCorporation. Through its subsidiaries, PNA processes anddistributes primarily carbon steel plate, bar, structural andflat-rolled products. 2007 and first quarter 2008 revenues for PNAwere about $1.6 billion and $474 million, respectively. PNA has 23steel service centers throughout the United States, as well as fivejoint ventures that operate a total of seven service centers in theUnited States and Mexico. The transaction is expected to be consummated within the next 60days, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, includingobtaining required regulatory approvals. Reliance expects tofinance the transaction, including the replacement of PNA ’ s existing debt, through a combination of borrowings under Reliance ’ s existing credit facility and by raising approximately $750million through the issuance of a combination of new debt andequity securities. “ The PNA operations complement our existing business and add newproducts in many geographic areas that further enhance thecustomer, product and geographic diversification of our business.Through the PNA joint ventures, we also gain entry into a newmarket for us in Mexico, ” said David H. Hannah, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Inregard to the financing, Hannah stated, “ We expect that this transaction, including the impact of theexpected financing, will be immediately accretive to our earnings,with the dilution from any new shares issued offset by the earningsfrom PNA and savings from our lower cost of capital. Additionally,we expect our balance sheet and liquidity to remain strong. ” Reliance Steel &amp;amp; Aluminum Co., headquartered in Los Angeles,California, is the largest metals service center company in theUnited States. Through a network of more than 180 locations in 37states and Belgium, Canada, China, South Korea and the UnitedKingdom, the Company provides value-added metals processingservices and distributes a full line of over 100,000 metalproducts. These products include galvanized, hot-rolled andcold-finished steel; stainless steel; aluminum; brass; copper;titanium and alloy steel sold to more than 125,000 customers invarious industries. Reliance Steel &amp;amp; Aluminum Co. ’ s press releases and additional information are available on theCompany ’ s web site at www.rsac.com . The Company was named to the 2007 “ Fortune 500 ” List and the Fortune 2007 “ 100 Fastest Growing Companies ” List and the Fortune 2008 List of “ America ’ s Most Admired Companies ” and the 2008 Forbes “ Platinum 400 List of America ’ s Best Big Companies. ” This release may contain forward-looking statements relating tofuture financial results and the proposed acquisition and relatedfinancing of PNA. Actual results and events may differ materiallyas a result of many factors over which Reliance Steel &amp;amp;Aluminum Co. has no control. These risk factors and additionalinformation are included in the Company ’ s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007and other reports Reliance Steel &amp;amp; Aluminum Co. has on filewith the Securities and Exchange Commission.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:15:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<description> An upcoming Paper Recycling Conference in US city Chicago is expected to highlight the environmental issues facing the paper industry, Tootoo.com reports. The Paper Recycling Conference &amp;amp; Trade Show, now in its ninth year, will be held June 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago. The three-day event offers paper stock dealers, consumers, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Office_Supplies/&quot;&gt;paper mill&lt;/a&gt; representatives, and equipment and service providers involved in the paper recycling industry the opportunity to network with leading industry consultants and entrepreneurs from across the globe. The show features an educational program with panel discussions on current business and operational trends and their impact on the secondary fiber industry. The program also dedicates an afternoon to targeted breakout sessions covering important niche areas of the industry such as transportation, plant safety and pricing trends. It also features an exhibit hall filled with industry equipment and service providers. On June 22, Moore &amp;amp; Associates will conduct a Recovered Paper Supply Development Workshop from 3-5 p.m. Bill Moore of Moore &amp;amp; Associates will be the moderator. The objective of the workshop will be to present a variety of approaches that are designed and have been successful in developing new supplies of recovered paper. </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:14:12 +0200</pubDate>
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<description>The sale of Thai company Makro&apos;s Office Centre office-supplies business to Central Retail Corp. (CRC) will prove beneficial for both parties, Tootoo.com predicts. While it allows CRC to expand its Office Depot network selling &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Office_Supplies/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;office equipment&lt;/a&gt;, Makro can now focus its efforts and resources on its core cash-and-carry wholesale food business. Siam Makro managing director Suchada Ithijarukul said the company&apos;s decision to locate a new investor for Makro Office Centre. Its choice was CRC, operator of Office Depot, which is known for its quality and expertise, she said. &amp;quot;We&apos;re pleased to let the Office Centre business go to CRC, and we believe it&apos;ll be a mutually beneficial move,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Siam Makro can now focus on its food-service business, which showed healthy growth of 40 per cent in the first quarter. It&apos;s aligning with the business direction that Makro is taking globally.&amp;quot; She said Siam Makro opened 12 new Makro cash-and-carry wholesale stores last year. That includes two new Eco stores of 4,000-4,500 square meters each, on Koh Samui and in Krabi. CRC executive vice president Ivor Morton said the conversion of the outlets into Office Depot stores would allow the group to reach more customers. It will build up its inventory and offer more promotions. &amp;quot;We currently run 19 Office Depot stores here, and the combining of another 16 Makro Office Centers into the network will make Office Depot the top retailer in office supplies, with 14 per cent of the market,&amp;quot; Morton said. &amp;quot;The stores are expected to have Bt2.6 billion in combined sales, with a total of 45,000 square meters of floor space.&amp;quot; It has set a growth target of 10 per cent next year. The company also plans to open three new Office Depot stores next year, including one at the new Central project on Chaeng Wattana Road.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:12:35 +0200</pubDate>
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<description>China&apos;s airline industry entered a new era in air travel on June 1, as carriers nationwide stopped using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/w-Office_Supplies/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;paper tickets&lt;/a&gt; and began to adopt electronic tickets. This move was in answer to a 2006 call by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which called for carriers worldwide to adopt the widely-used e-ticket. An official from Youee.com, one of the country&apos;s biggest on-line e-ticket agents, said Chinese travelers could look forward to easier travel by using the new format. He said passengers could change, re-endorse or cancel their e-tickets through the Internet or telephone; they didn&apos;t have bother with physically going to a travel agency or airline ticket office. Currently, e-tickets are generally used by most domestic carriers. Only a handful of international carriers and some for pertaining to infant tickets accepted paper ones. &amp;quot;Electronic tickets will entirely replace paper tickets by the end of the year,&amp;quot; said the expert, adding prices were expected to fall because operation costs would be reduced by using electric tickets. Paper tickets date back to the 1920s. The first e-ticket was issued in 1994. IATA adopted a global standard for e-ticketing in 1997 but the evolution was slow. In May 2004, only 19 percent of global tickets were electronic. </description>
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<item><title>Staples buy Dutch stationers for $2.7bn</title>
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<description>Staples Inc.&apos;s long battle to buy Dutch company Corporate Express NV finally ended with a $2.7 billion deal Wednesday. The deal sets to make Staples the biggest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/buy-Latest_Headlines-China%20(mainland)/src_product,country_156/&quot;&gt;office supplier&lt;/a&gt; in the world and will no doubt put further distance between itself and U.S. rivals Office Depot and OfficeMax. Its two rivals combined would be smaller than Staples once the deal closes. With U.S. retail sales of office supplies slumping, Staples also hopes to expand in the more profitable business of delivering office supplies to corporate customers — Corporate Express&apos; strength — and build off the Netherlands-based company&apos;s European market. Staples succeeded by raising its offer three times after its original Feb. 19 cash bid of 7.25 Euros per share. The final price of 9.25 Euros per share is up from Staples&apos; offer last week of 9.15 Euros, which prompted Corporate Express&apos; management to enter talks. The corporate office supplier had earlier resisted negotiations even as Staples brought its hostile offer directly to Corporate Express shareholders. &amp;quot;We&apos;re going to go from a company where retail is about 60 percent of our sales to a company where delivery is about 60 percent of our sales,&amp;quot; Ron Sargent, chairman and chief executive of Staples, said in an interview. &amp;quot;That is really transformational.&amp;quot; The agreement thwarts a competing deal Corporate Express had reached three weeks ago to acquire France&apos;s Lyreco SAS, which is now expected to receive a $46 million breakup fee from Corporate Express. &amp;quot;I think the paper clip wars are over, and it&apos;s a win for both sides,&amp;quot; Sargent said. </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:08:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<item><title>Vista, Vivo &amp; Venue add vibrancy to Bolt...</title>
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<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/buy-Latest_Headlines-China%20(mainland)/src_product,country_156/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Upholstery Fabric&lt;/a&gt;   Vista, Vivo &amp;amp; Venue add vibrancy to Boltaflex contract upholstery June 10, 2008 (USA) OMNOVA Solutions is excited to introduce Vista, Vivo and Venue, thelatest offerings from OMNOVA&apos;s line of Boltaflex contractupholsteries. This new trio of coordinating patterns offers the healthcare andhospitality markets a fresh design look and superior ease inupholstering. Featuring an elegant leather-like appearance, Vista is a versatilesolid color design with a great, pliable hand, available in 49contemporary colors from high-impact hues including Key Lime andSeville to traditional Maroon and Porcelain. The full design storydevelops with the addition of coordinating patterns Vivo and Venue,which add subtle style. Vivo is a refined dot pattern with glimmers of metallic sheen thatplays nicely with a dynamic palette of 16 colors, while Venue addsa little more bling with just a hint of metallics and a fun flow ofcurly loops. Use them alone or mix and match. All three designs are 28 oz., 100% vinyl upholstery with a fabricbacking and can be used in both interior and exterior applications.Additionally, all three patterns boast our</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:06:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/buy-Latest_Headlines-China%20(mainland)/src_product,country_156/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fire Retardant Materials&lt;/a&gt;  BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Chemtura Corp. said Wednesday it plans to increase pricing for its Reofos BAPPand Reofos RDP flame retardants by 65 cents per kilogram in allregions, effective June 15. The company, which also removed all extended price validity, saidthe increase has become necessary because of the rising cost ofelemental phosphorus and &apos;significant&apos; increases in other rawmaterials, utilities and transportation costs. Shares of the Middlebury, Conn.-based specialty chemicalsmanufacturer closed Tuesday at $8.32. Neither the Subscriber nor Thomson Financial News warrants thecompleteness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of theService as a trading aid and neither accepts any liability forlosses howsoever incurred. The content on this site, includingnews, quotes, data and other information, is provided by ThomsonFinancial News and its third party content providers for yourpersonal information only, and neither Thomson Financial News norits third party content providers shall be liable for any errors,inaccuracies or delays in content, or for any actions taken inreliance thereon. </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:04:37 +0200</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tootoo.com/buy-Latest_Headlines-China%20(mainland)/src_product,country_156/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Instant Food&lt;/a&gt;  They sell meat, fruit and vegetables, dairy products and bread thatis either organic or traditionally produced - the vast majoritywithin County Durham. It is then delivered to the customer&apos;s home. Mrs Deacon and Mrs Rose- Gray admitted even they were surprised bytheir instant success. Mrs Deacon said: &amp;quot;It has taken off even better than we expected. &amp;quot;We are getting orders from all over the region. Initially, westarted off delivering in Durham City, then a further ten-mileradius, and now we are taking orders from Stanhope, Burnopfield,Washington and Sunderland. &amp;quot;Initially, we were just thinking of serving only the domesticconsumer, but we are starting to take commercial orders as wellsuch as schools and nurseries.&amp;quot; Mrs Deacon said that herself, Mrs Rose-Gray and a third friend whois a silent partner, had first seen the possibility of starting abusiness after their own experiences of having to travel todifferent locations to get various products such as fruit and meat. She said: &amp;quot;That was the reason the business was formed. We both ateorganic and if I wanted meat I had to go to one part of town and ifI was wanting vegetables I had to go to another. &amp;quot;On other occasions I was going to the supermarket which I didn&apos;tfeel right about because I wanted to know where the meat was comingfrom.&amp;quot; As they buy the vast majority of their stock from local producers,within a 35-mile radius of Spennymoor, the pair believed everybodygained. Mrs Deacon said: &amp;quot;Everyone is benefiting, we are giving a fairprice to farmers in this area. &amp;quot;It is about supporting local producers. We have some fantasticproducers in the North-East but a lot of people don&apos;t know aboutthem.&amp;quot; The business partners were also delighted with winning theircertification from the Soil Association. Both gave up jobs working at a direct mail company to set up theirbusiness. With limited experience of running a business, the pair had help insetting up from Business Link North-East, which provides freeadvice and guidance to the region&apos;s budding entrepreneurs andestablished companies. Mrs Deacon said: &amp;quot;Business Link helped us source financial supportfor our corporate identity, website and design - without which wewould not have been able to communicate with new customers.&amp;quot; Colin Willis, Business Link account manager, said: &amp;quot;The Honest FoodPartnership has proved to be a huge success already as SoilAssociation accreditation is only given to businesses whose foodproducts are produced and processed to strict animal welfare andenvironmental standards.&amp;quot; The Honest Food Partnership can be contacted on 01388-817085 or goto thehonestfoodpartner ship.co.uk 12:12pm today Print Email this Comment</description>
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