Mean Green Industrial Strength Cleaner & Degreaser – specially formulated for the most challenging industrial applications – is available in spray bottles, 5-, 30- and 55-gal. containers, and new 275-gal. totes.
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Miller Consolidates Smith Equipment into Product Line
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. consolidated the Smith Equipment oxy-fuel cutting equipment product line under the Miller brand. The consolidation expands the current Miller metal cutting offering, which includes a variety of portable plasma cutting packages.
Read MorePROTO Industrial Tools Offers Pistol Air Impact Wrenches
PROTO is pleased to announce the launch of a new line of premium air tools, developed specifically for the industrial market.
Read MoreThe Downside Of Being Connected To Work 24/7
By Steve Schumacher Keep An Eye On How Electronics Impact Employees In The Workplace, As Well As How They May Be Affecting Their Personal Lives. Nearly 90 percent of Americans have at least one cellphone and more than half of those people use their phones to go onto the internet. Cellphone and smartphone usage is pervasive in every aspect of…
Read MorePublic Relations Is An Ancient Art
By Thomas J. Roach The Five Canons of Rhetoric Are All Facets Of Effective Business Communication. Historically, what we now call the profession of public relations was the practice of rhetoric.
Read MoreJuly Construction Recedes 2 Percent
By Mark S. Kuhar New Construction Starts In July Decreased 2 Percent, While Highway Construction Dropped 22 Percent. New construction starts in July decreased 2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $479.1 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The nonbuilding construction sector, comprised of public works and electric utilities, pulled back in…
Read MoreAllen Co. Quarry Plan Faces Opposition
The Allen Co. wants to turn a 103-acre farm in Winchester, Ky., into an open-pit limestone quarry, but they are facing public opposition. The Allen Co. recently acquired the farm and filed for a zoning change from agriculture to heavy industry.
Read MoreWater Permit in Question for Martin Marietta
A quarry operator is hearing from the public as it seeks permission to withdraw 12 million gallons of water a day from a coastal collection of underground fresh water, according to WCTI TV. The state Division of Water Resources held a public hearing on a water withdrawal permit Martin Marietta Materials needs to remove water from its quarry in Craven…
Read MoreNew Hampshire Sand Operation Seeks Expansion
Graves Trucking Inc. submitted an application seeking certain permissions to open and operate a sand and gravel pit on a 31.2-acre site abutting property in Walpole, N.H. – already home to a sand and gravel pit, according to the Sentinel Source. George Graves owns the existing sand and gravel pit. His son, Timothy, owns Graves Trucking Inc., and is proposing…
Read MoreKentucky Quarry Moves Forward
A state permit allowing the mining of limestone at a proposed Simpson County, Ky., quarry has been issued, according to the Bowling Green Daily News. The Kentucky Department for Surface Mining of Reclamation and Enforcement’s Division of Field Services granted the permit to Drakes Creek Holding, a subsidiary of Charles DeWeese Construction.
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