Kingspan to add 5 plants: one new panel plant every year through to 2008....

Urethanes Technology;  June 1, 2003 ;   Raleigh, Patrick;   414 words ......year ended 31 Dec 2002, Kingspan posted a 17-percent drop in operating profit...Insulated panels sales fell 3 percent in 2002, though Kingspan rated this a good performance...Components, 13 percent. Some 64 percent of Kingspan's sales are generated in...

Kingspan in Hungary.

Urethanes Technology;  October 1, 2004 ;     384 words ......represents 18.6 percent of Kingspan's panel sales...half of this year, Kingspan's turnover rose considerably--by 15.5 percent to 439.4 million...statement added. Kingspan's other products...flooring (13.8 percent of turnover), insulation...

Strong insulation growth at Kingspan spurs expansions; Kingspan was...

Urethanes Technology;  April 1, 2007 ;   White, Liz;   787 words ......Murtagh said. About 40 percent of Kingspan's 2006 turnover came from...Insulation boards formed 17 percent of Kingspan's turnover in 2006, and...new regulations, showed 7-percent volume growth. Kingspan's strategy has been to encourage...

K'span sales profits surge: insulation & building products group buys...

Urethanes Technology;  April 1, 2005 ;   White, Liz;   465 words ......construction products supplier Kingspan Group plc saw turnover rise 22 percent last year to 958 million...to market growth of 5 percent. Kingspan aims to raise penetration...central/eastern Europe, Kingspan's sales rose 29 percent, and Murtagh said further...

94% of nursing homes cited as deficient; A federal investigator found that...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 30, 2008 ;   Pear, Robert;   622 words ......ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - More than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations...in a report issued on Monday. About 17 percent of nursing homes had deficiencies that...homes last year, and they substantiated 39 percent of them, the report said. Levinson said...

NEWS IN BRIEF; Monthly NWA traffic declines 4.3 percent.(BUSINESS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 4, 2008 ;     97 words ......Friday that its traffic for September declined 4.3 percent from a year ago. The Eagan-based carrier flew...flown one mile. Load factor for the month was 84.8 percent, down 0.3 of a percentage point from a year ago. Capacity was 6.52 billion...

Direct tax collection up 33 percent to Rs.1.47 trillion

The Hindustan Times;  October 6, 2008 ;     408 words ......net direct tax collection up nearly 33 percent to Rs.147,197 crore or Rs.1.47 trillion...055 crore, registering a growth of 32.54 percent. "Continued high growth in TDS (tax deduction...after China and Japan, registered 7.9 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP...

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INDEX (TSI) FELL 1.9 PERCENT IN AUGUST...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 8, 2008 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 99;   540 words ......2008, the freight index advanced 2.2 percent, its largest increase for the first eight...months this year, freight TSI was up 2.6 percent since its recent low of 108.0 in September 2007 but down 2.1 percent from its historic peak of 113.1 reached...

Kingspan adds Turkish Canadian units.(europe newslines)

Urethanes Technology;  February 1, 2007 ;   White, Liz;   544 words ......producer of insulation. Kingspan described the latter deal...the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in local producer...insulating panels, said Kingspan's statement. This will enhance...new jobs, the group said. Kingspan: good 2006, optimism for 2007 In a trading update, Kingspan said its ...

Xtratherm buy blocked: Kingspan's bid for UK insulation make denied by...

Urethanes Technology;  December 1, 2006 ;   White, Liz;   290 words ......Ireland's Competition Authority has blocked Kingspan Group plc's proposed purchase of Xtratherm. Kingspan is disappointed by the Authority's decision...supported by the weight of evidence produced by Kingspan and Xtratherm in their arguments and submissions...

An analysis of Massachusetts Department of Corrections administrative data...

Corrections Compendium;  July 1, 2008 ;   Gormsen, Lia;   180 words ......reincarceration rate of male inmates released in 2002 was 39 percent, reported the Urban Institute and MDOC in one of two...recidivated at higher rates than violent offenders (43 percent vs. 36 percent), and property offenders had the highest recidivism...

KINGSPAN (KGP).

Investors Chronicle;  January 5, 2007 ;     636 words ......supplier of insulated panels and boards, Kingspan just keeps delivering the goods. Pre...to be up by 33 per cent. So how does Kingspan achieve such a performance? Being in...and boards, and a key strength has been Kingspan's continued focus on developing off-site...

Harris Lowers Prime Rate to 4.50 Percent.

PR Newswire;  October 8, 2008 ;     53 words ......Florida, Arizona, Washington, and Wisconsin announced that they are lowering their prime lending rate to 4.50 percent from 5.00 percent, effective today. CONTACT: Colleen Kroll, +1-312-461-7865, for Harris N.A. Web site: http://www.harrisbank.com...

Kingspan buys Turkey leg.(BUSINESS)

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  November 28, 2006 ;     210 words ...Byline: Jim Aughney THE board of Kingspan declined to comment yesterday on reports...Dublin said the deal was positive for Kingspan as it would allow the group to extend...MergerMarket reported yesterday that Kingspan Group has bought a 51pc stake in a Turkish...

Kingspan's EU87m insulation firm buy is blocked.(BUSINESS)

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  October 27, 2006 ;     440 words ......McCaughren Buildings material company Kingspan is considering a High Court appeal to...announced that it was giving the red light to Kingspan's takeover of Navan-based Leanort Group...control legislation was introduced in 2003. Kingspan said yesterday that it was seeking legal...