Scaled-down school projected for spring 2011; North High project set to take off.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - Although the necessary redesign of the new $72.8 million North High School has delayed the start of construction by about 2-1/2 months, city officials expect to make up that lost time as the project moves forward - and still meet the targeted...

Exousia Announces Successful Sales & Technical Training Seminar for Strategic Chinese Customers.
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EXOU) is pleased to announce that its PowerShield coating division completed a successful and well-received technical and sales training seminar in October for its strategic Chinese customers. VP of Industrial Coatings, Mr. Paul Crozier, led the...

Tekla Corporation and Trimble to Improve Construction Field Layout Using Building Information Modeling.
Integrated Solution Allows Contractors to Transfer the Accuracy of BIM to the Final Construction Implementation SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ATLANTA, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trimble and Tekla Corporation today announced the workflow integration of the Tekla Structures software and Trimble construction layout solutions. Now structural steel, structural concrete,...

Mechel Announces Contract for Its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant OAO Subsidiary to Supply Rails to Russian Railways OAO.
MOSCOW, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mechel OAO , one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that a contract has been signed between its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant OAO (CMP OAO) subsidiary and Russian Railways OAO (RZhD OAO) for the supply of rail products. The agreement is in...

NCI Building Systems Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2008 Conference Call on the Internet.
HOUSTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NCI Building Systems, Inc. will provide an online, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its conference call for the 2008 fourth quarter results and outlook on Thursday, December 11, 2008. The live broadcast of NCI's quarterly conference call will be available online at...

Steel cos to cut prices on cheaper inputs.
NEW DELHI: The tough talk by the government has forced majors to reduce steel prices by Rs 2,000-4,000 per tonne. The price cut is, however, conditional that the government would take necessary steps to reduce cost of inputs such as coal, iron ore and manganese. They have also sought...

Larsen & Toubro bags Rs 1,107 cr contract from SAIL.
MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro has bagged orders valued at Rs 1,107 crore from SAIL for the turnkey construction of coal and coke handling plant and base mix preparation plant at IISCO Steel Plant in West Bengal. The project will be completed in 26 months. The scope of...

Webcast Alert: Steel Dynamics Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Conference Call.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. announces the following Webcast: What: Steel Dynamics Fourth Quarter 2006 Conference Call Webcast When: January 24, 2007 @ 11:00 am Eastern Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=37403 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the...

Nucor Announces Start-Up of Production of DRI in Trinidad.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nucor Corporation announced today that the heat up of the direct reduced iron ("DRI") facility, Nu-Iron Unlimited, commenced on December 5, 2006, followed by the start-up of DRI production on December 30, 2006. This DRI facility is located in Point Lisas, Trinidad. In...

Half of New Vehicles at 2007 North American International Auto Show Feature Core Technologies From Dana Corporation.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dana Corporation announced today that its core technologies - drivetrain, structural, sealing, and thermal products - can be found among half of the new vehicles being launched at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), currently underway in Detroit. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA)...