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Peter Brudenell has been appointed as an Area Sales Manager, working alongside John King to provide additional customer support in the North of England for hardware distributor, Carl F Groupco.
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VBH (GB) now stocks the new Argenta Invisible hinge range for internal and external doors and windows.
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Maidstone, Kent (OPENPRESS) September 30, 2011 -- Solar Pages and Paul Simms, site owner and operator are pleased to announce the formation of a new solar panels information and price comparison website service.
Scheduled for completion at the end of 2011, Oregon State Hospital’s new, modern, mental health care facility in Salem will replace the infamous landmark known as the J Building.
Enhancing efficient use of renewable energy, three of the 20 entries in the 2011 Solar Decathlon feature triple pane windows from Kolbe: Appalachian State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
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