by laura | Oct 4, 2013 | Business & People News
The Grohe Group has entered into an agreement with LIXIL Corporation and Development Bank of Japan in relation to the sale of an 87.5 percent equity interest in Grohe Group from TPG and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. This transaction represents the largest-ever German...
by laura | Oct 3, 2013 | Business & People News
The Sherwin-Williams Company has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex. Sherwin-Williams will pay $90 million in cash and assume liabilities currently valued in the range of $75 million. Comex operations in the U.S. and Canada...
by laura | Oct 2, 2013 | Business & People News
The Nationals awards, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) National Sales and Marketing Council, honors sales and marketing professionals and communities. The awards pay tribute to housing industry professionals for excellence in sales and...
by laura | Oct 1, 2013 | Business & People News
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is hosting 100 emerging designers at GO/PRO NYC 2013, a two-day conference of learning and networking. The conference offers panel sessions, showroom visits and architecture and design tours at venues throughout...
by laura | Sep 30, 2013 | Business & People News
Thermador is giving away $100,000 in prizes for the most luxurious, bold and inspiring Thermador kitchens. The Thermador Kitchen Design Challenge invites designers, builders, architects, remodelers and kitchen dealers to enter Thermador kitchens completed in 2012 or...
by laura | Sep 27, 2013 | Business & People News
Through an agreement with GE Appliances, Bourbon Barrel Foods, located in Louisville, Ky., has a new GE Monogram theater kitchen for product demonstrations. Founded in 1996, Bourbon Barrel Foods created a line of sauces and spices that are aged or smoked in repurposed...
by laura | Sep 27, 2013 | Business & People News
I recently attended the Wolf and Sub-Zero media event in Madison, Wis., a one-and-a-half day program to introduce its New Generation line of preservation (integrated refrigeration) and cooking products. While in attendance, I also received a firsthand look into the...
by laura | Sep 26, 2013 | Business & People News
Delta Faucet Company recently announced the winners of six $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing plumbing-, heating- and cooling-related studies. The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC) Educational Foundation administers the scholarship program and is...
by laura | Sep 25, 2013 | Business & People News
Moen Incorporated is a sponsor of the Country Living 2013 House of the Year project, which was renovated with the theme of “Home Again.” The project helped homeowner Marian Lizzi return to her beach bungalow in Breezy Point, N.Y., one of the areas hardest hit by...
by laura | Sep 23, 2013 | Business & People News
Laufen has appointed Javier Korneluk to act as its U.S. managing director with the overall responsibility of the Americas. Korneluk will be headquartered in New York City, where the company has established a presence for its global projects division.
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