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NWFA Recognizes 41 Companies for Community Service

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) recognized 41 member companies for community service in 2016.




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Eriez Expands Salient Pole Rare Earth Drum Line to Food Processing Applications

Building on the product’s success in the mineral processing and recycling industries, Salient Pole Rare Earth drums are now optimized to meet the stringent requirements of food processing, ensuring the purity and safety of food products.




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3 Reasons to Optimize Food Production with Real-Time Video Monitoring

When you think about video monitoring, the first thing that comes to mind is security. While that is a big perk indeed, there are much bigger benefits to implementing the right video monitoring system.




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Maximizing Productivity in the Food & Beverage Industry: The Power of Area Scan Cameras

Machine vision technology is emerging as a transformative force in driving productivity, enhancing quality control and revolutionizing packaging inspection processes.




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Eight Organizations Join Forces to Help Food Industry Prepare for FSMA Rule 204

The collaboration will share clear, concise messaging and resources that enable the industry to take action in preparing for FSMA Rule 204, which mandates a comprehensive tracking and tracing system for certain high-risk foods listed on the U.S. FDA's Food Traceability List.




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Drainage Solutions for Food Processing Facilities Emphasize Food Safety

The Slot Dog, Slot Hog, Cleaning Brushes, and the Tamper-Proof Magnetic Strainer—each purpose-built to enhance food safety through effective drainage and sanitation systems




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Vacuum Thermodynamics in our Freeze-Dried Universe: A Christmas Study

The lessons learned from the principles and subsystems in play can and should be applied broadly to your own industrial vacuum system, whether freeze-drying is your game or not.




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How Low-Temperature Absorption Chillers Can Optimize Food and Beverage Processing

As food and beverage manufacturers seek solutions to reduce operational costs and decarbonize, they may be surprised to find the answer in a solution that’s nearly a century old: absorption cooling.




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SAMBAZON Acquires SunOpta’s Açaí and Smoothie Bowls Business

The acquisition will double the company's manufacturing capacity for ready-to-eat bowls.




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Ruiz Foods Eyes Product Innovation and the Contentious Front-of-Pack Ingredient Discussion

At the IFT FIRST Conference, Mimi Bonnett of Innova Market Insights spotlighted the top food trends in the U.S. and Canada, while Michael Warter of Ruiz Foods delivered insights on machine learning and AI.




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Revolutionizing Machining Operations with Artificial Intelligence

As companies seek to enhance precision, increase efficiency and reduce costs, AI-driven computer numerical control (CNC) machining is emerging as a game-changing innovation.




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Revolutionizing Food & Beverage Processing with Time-Sensitive Networking

By embracing TSN, food and beverage companies not only improve their OEE but also set the stage for a future where production lines are not just automated but intelligently interconnected and extremely flexible.




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MÜNZING Completes U.S. Production Headquarters

MÜNZING’s new facility in Clover, S.C. is situated on a swath of land that was formerly a tree farm, offsetting the company’s carbon footprint.




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Mart Frozen Foods Opens Frozen Potato Facility in Idaho

Located in Southern Idaho's "Magic Valley," the 100,000-sq.-ft. plant produces and packages frozen, fully baked Idaho potatoes known as OH!Tatoes.




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Lamb Weston Opens Frozen Potato Production Facility in The Netherlands

With the completion of Lamb Weston's second facility for frozen potato products in Kruiningen, The Netherlands, this site has expanded its production capabilities while integrating sustainable technologies to advance potato processing and product packaging.




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Brazilian Stone Tour Aimed at Specifiers and Distributors Offers Education Opportunity

The Brazilian Stone Tour aims to connect U.S. specifiers to the natural riches of Brazil through a series of informative lectures, taking place in Texas and California. 




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Cambria Launches Four New Amercian-made Quartz Designs, Offers 1cm Thick Tile

Cambria unveils four new designs that demonstrate Cambria’s ability to respond to market demands for beautifully designed surfaces while pushing the boundaries of what is possible with quartz and now offers a newly curated design palette in 1cm thickness that is available in 19 designs. 




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Cersaie 2024 Unveils New Trends, Design Competition Winners + Pritzker Prize Keynote

The annual trade show offered attendees a window into the latest design and color trends in ceramics as well as the newest advancements in sustainable production and cutting-edge technologies.




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Brazil's Rock Stars: How the World's Most Diverse Stone Industry Is Carving Its Future

Brazil, the world's fourth-largest natural stone producer and leading U.S. supplier, is intensifying efforts to expand its market presence through export incentives and education. 




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Walker Zanger Studio Launches Vibrant Cement Collection

Walker Zanger Studio Cement is a vibrant collection that offers striking patterns and a complementary color palette at a budget-friendly price point. 




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SV: YYZ-India/SE Asia ~C$800-1300 r/t

Posted on a Canadian deals forum. SV has dropped economy fares to SE Asia (namely, BKK, KUL, CGK- lowest fare) and India with fares running C$900-1,000 r/t for the former and just under C$1,300 for the latter. Interestingly books into Semi-Flex...



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Aa yyz-lis 392 cad (283 usd)

The fare is for Basic Economy - Main Cabin appears to be 200 CAD more round-trip available starting Nov 18 through to first week of December, and quite a bit of availability from January to April 2025 (costs 10 CAD more in 2025) can be on BA metal...



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Hanian Airlines from Budapest to China (SZX/PVG) for less then €190 one way

Dates from november to beginning of december. Eg: https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhojEgoyMDI0LTEyLTA2agcIARIDQlVEcgwIAhIIL20vMDZ3amZAAUgBcAGCAQsI____________AZgBArIBAhgB&tfu=IgA&authuser=0 Book via:...



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Air NZ Skycouch vs Singapore PE

Hello, I am in the process of booking flights to NZ for my family (2 adults and a 6 year old). I would like advice on the following dilemma with the Singapore - Auckland leg please. We have the option of flying Air NZ with a sky couch and...




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Rebellyous Foods Plans to Revolutionize Plant-Based Meat Production with Deployment of Mock 2 Technology

The fully continuous, automated and chilled dough substrate processing system reduces manufacturing costs and can produce  range of plant-based meat products at volumes of 2,500-5,000 lb./hr. on a single processing line.




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Pets Continue to Influence Home Renovation Decisions, Houzz Study Finds

Houzz's 2024 study reveals nearly half of pet owners prioritize their animals when renovating, and flooring was the most popular upgrade.




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Case Study: A Cozy, Hospitality-Inspired Office Transformation

BNP Media, the parent company of Floor Trends & Installation, moved to a 5,000-square-foot office in downtown Birmingham, Michigan, embracing a hybrid work model. The remodeled space features wood-look LVT by Shaw Contract and textural carpet by Interface for a hospitality-inspired feel. 




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Zeftron Launches Color-Matching App for Design Professionals

Zeftron, a premium nylon 6 yarn system used to make commercial carpets, has released a new mobile app that allows designers to match and order yarn colors directly from their smartphones.




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Japan Do 2025 discussion : Kanazawa (?) 17-20 April 2025

As Easter 2025 is late (20 April) I’m thinking of meeting in Kanazawa (https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6601.html) with a post-do visit to Tateyama Snow Corridor (https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7550.html#snow) which opens between mid-April and...




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Best option in Sao Paulo, Brazil?

whats the best option in Sao Paulo? Looking at spring break next year with a 10 year old child Appears to be a Rosewoood now in Sao paulo, also the Fasano and Emiliano are in the consideration set anything else I should be looking at? of the...



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Variability of visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) diffuse spectral reflectance of cement-based solidified/ stabilized pre-treated oil-based drill cuttings

This study investigated the effects of solidification/stabilization (S/S) variables on visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) spectral reflectance of solidified/stabilized low-temperature thermally desorbed (pre-treated) oil-based drill cuttings. Partial least squares (PLS) regression models were also developed to rapidly estimate the levels of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), Cu, and Ba pres...




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The effect of curing condition and use of additives on compressive strength of lime/pozzolana mortar

Previous studies have shown that the obsidian pozzolana of the Sabaloka area processes a high pozzolana index. Therefore, it was chosen to study the effect of its curing condition and use of additives on the compressive strength of lime pozzolana mortar. The investigation revealed that the strength of pozzolana mortar is affected positively or increases with the curing condition (humidity, t...




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Blurring the '-ism' in youth climate crisis activism: everyday agency and practices of marginalized youth in the Brazilian urban periphery.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2021
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'Generation Z' and 'second generation': an agenda for learning from cross-cultural negotiations of the climate crisis in the lives of second generation immigrants.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2021
(AN 151284196); ISSN: 14733285
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Belittled Citizens: The cultural politics of childhood on Bangkok's margins: edited by Giuseppe Bolotta, Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2021, 250 pp., hardback £70.00/paperback £22.50, ISBN 978-87-7694-300-4 hardback/ISBN 978-87-7694-301-1 paperbac

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441562); ISSN: 14733285
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Placemaking with children and youth: participatory practices for planning sustainable communities: by Victoria Derr, Louise Chawla, and Mara Mintzer, New York: New Village Press, 2018, pp. 365. ISBN 9781613321003.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441561); ISSN: 14733285
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An ethnography of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian migrants: childhood, family, and work: by Ethel Volfzon Kosminsky, New York, London: Lanham, Boulder, Lexington Books, 2020, pp. 376, $120.00 (£92.00) hardback, ISBN: 978-1-4985-2259-5.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441552); ISSN: 14733285
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Children’s cartographies of the world: mapping Brazilian modes, methods and moments.

Children's Geographies; 04/06/2022
(AN 156178709); ISSN: 14733285
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Covid-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific: implications for children and families.

Children's Geographies; 08/01/2022
(AN 158427719); ISSN: 14733285
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A make-believe confinement for Brazilian young children in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children's Geographies; 08/01/2022
(AN 158427724); ISSN: 14733285
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Environmental education in Aotearoa New Zealand: reconfiguring possum–child mortal relations.

Children's Geographies; 08/30/2022
(AN 158810954); ISSN: 14733285
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(In)visible encounters with indigeneity: a way towards decolonizing pedagogies in early childhood education.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2022
(AN 159948771); ISSN: 14733285
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Children's perceptions of their neighbourhoods during COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Children's Geographies; 04/01/2023
(AN 163915527); ISSN: 14733285
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Becoming a student representative in Brazil: a phenomenological study of students with intellectual disabilities.

Children's Geographies; 04/01/2023
(AN 163915526); ISSN: 14733285
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