Fit for Royalty: the history of Edward Hill & Co. furniture manufacturers 1917-1964.
Fit for Royalty: the history of Edward Hill & Co. furniture manufacturers 1917-1964. Written and published by Bryson Gale. This 66 page, well-illustrated and indexed book tells the story of Edward Hill & Co. and the company's beginnings. It includes details their premises in Surry Hills, how the company...

The quest for compliance: this is part one of a three-piece series on waste stream management.
The finishing industry faces compliance challenges from start to finish. The quest for compliance begins with a search for products which will meet the minimum regulatory requirements for the volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) content. During the finishing process, a diligent effort is needed to...

Binks Comet 3-B Outfits.
Binks Comet 3-B Outfits offers a complete system for dependable, quality finishing for wood and metal applications. They are designed to meet the demand for high-volume single- or multi-gun spraying setups used in applications including wood cabinets, doors and windows, metal fabrication, wood furniture, manufacturing of custom wood products...

CFIP seeks duty-free timber imports.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILESMAGKILAT Domestic furniture makers are asking the government to allow a duty-free importation of timber products saying their supply of materials is almost depleted in light of the continued total log ban policy. Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP) chairman Nick...

Homework for the holidays: a nonprofit representative offers some education resources. (We hear from readers).
Brian Puppa, The Communication Project, Washington, D.C.: Here's some information about the free holiday resources that are part of the national "Something to Remember Me By" Legacy Project under the nonprofit Parenting Coalition and Generations United in Washington, D.C. The "Something to Remember Me By"...

Throw-away habit dooms an industry.
Byline: George Barnes COLUMN: BARNESTORMING In the 1960s, if you walked into most homes in Gardner and surrounding communities, you might, or might not, find a television set. Appliances could be old or new depending on what the family's income was, but the one thing...

Business Beat; Pakistan-Philippine parallels.
Byline: Melito Salazar Jr. The continuing news of political and social disturbances in Pakistan is obscuring the economic gains made under the present administration just as the high gross domestic product growth of the Philippines is buried by the political and governance issues confronting the Arroyo administration....

Business Beat; Pakistan-Philippine parallels.
Byline: Melito Salazar Jr. THE continuing news of political and social disturbances in Pakistan is obscuring the economic gains made under the present administration just as the high gross domestic product growth of the Philippines is buried by the political and governance issues confronting the Arroyo administration....

Food, handicraft exports out of Top 10.
Byline: Edu Lopez Food and handicrafts, the biggest export industries in terms of number of workers, dropped out of the country's top 10 exports in January this year. "The battering that the food and handicraft industries got last year due to the rapid strengthening of...

Environmental regulatory calculations handbook.
9780471671718 Environmental regulatory calculations handbook. Stander, Leo and Louis Theodore. Wiley-Interscience 2008 561 pages $145.00 Hardcover KF3775 Intended to be of use for individuals with environmental regulatory responsibilities and concerns in...