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GS Industries of Bassett to expand, creating 35 new jobs
GS Industries of Bassett is expanding its business, creating 35 new jobs in the process. The company in Henry County will produce parts for Kids II, Inc.
“At a time when domestic manufacturing continues to struggle, we’re bucking the...Tags: Corporate Officers, Wages and Pensions, Globalization, Material Science, Global Expansion
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Winging it: A man retires, an Odd Bird is hatched
Ken Beerbohm always wanted to be an artist.
With a visit to the large basement studio in his Long Reach home, filled with dozens of intricate and undoubtedly unique clay and wire sculptures, it would be easy for any art lover to believe he’s...Tags: Sculpture, Chemical Industry, Career and Workplace, Artists, Arts
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Police concerned over 'synthetic' drug use in Nicholasville
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comThe war on drugs has gotten much tougher for law-enforcement agencies in Jessamine County to fight as “synthetic” drug-like products, which are not marketed for human consumption and are sold over the counter at many convenience stores and...Tags: Tom Buford, Chemical Industry, Tobacco Products, Lawyers, High Blood Pressure
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Northern Michigan: recycling boomtown
HARBOR SPRINGS — Recycling is a cinder block in the green movement’s foundation and Northern Michigan does it well. Very well, indeed. Recent years brought dramatic spikes in recycled materials in the four-county region that not only helped...Tags: Michigan, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses
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Construction spending and manufacturing growing -- slightly
Money & CompanyCommerce Department and Institute for Supply Management numbers show that construction spending and manufacturing are up.... -
L.A. adds milk, juice, soup cartons to curbside recycling program
GreenspaceLos Angeles is expanding its efforts to be the recycling-est city in the country. Starting Tuesday, residents can throw milk, juice, soup and wine cartons into their blue bins. The inclusion of cartons in L.A.'s curbside recycling program could divert....... -
Education Matters: Antonovich's arguments are short-sighted
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Upton Sinclair, Material Science, Industrial Production, Chemical Industry, Rachel Carson
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Can Pod Ceal help cut pod-type harvest risks?
FARGO, N.D. -- It may not be a silver bullet, but promoters of a product called Pod Ceal say they have a product may help dry bean, peas and lentils and canola growers cope with wet harvest conditions -- either rain or dew. Andy Steinberger of Gardner,...Tags: Lentils, Science and Technology, Applied Physics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Nature
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Important tool for Americans to find biobased products
ST. LOUIS - The United Soybean Board (USB) wants to see a new federal “USDA Certified Biobased Product” label on the hundreds of soy-based bioproducts the soybean checkoff has helped introduce over the last two decades. The new label, unveiled recently by...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Chemical Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Global Warming
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Cargill announces Wichita plant expansion
Cargill Corporate AffairsToday Cargill announced a $2.6 million investment into its oil production facility in Wichita. The expansion will allow the company to produce renewable electrical insulation fluid for power transformers as part of its Industrial Oils and Lubricants...Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Chemical Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Companies and Corporations, Cooper Industries Incorporated
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Kia Forte Hybrid Concept Revealed at SEMA
KickingTiresKia unveiled a slew of customized vehicles today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas and one of them was a unique Forte Hybrid Concept. The hybrid powertrain includes a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that operates on propane and is coupled......Tags: Hyundai, Environmental Pollution, Vehicles, U.S. Department of Energy, Kia
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Biodegradable plastics: Plant symbol chosen as icon
GreenspaceThe bioplastics industry may have a new symbol to slap on its products and packaging – an abstract plant to denote plastics made without petroleum. More than 1,500 designers submitted entries into a contest seeking an icon to represent plastics........
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