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Seal For Life Completes Four Acquisitions, Names Oravitz CEO

With these acquisitions, Seal For Life reports that it has broadened its portfolio of protective coating technologies, expanded its range of applications, and significantly grown its presence in North America.
Seal For Life recently announced that it has completed the acquisitions of Flame Control Coatings, Highland International, LifeLast, and US Coatings.
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Single-Family Housing Starts Increase in November

Overall permits, which are a harbinger of future housing production, increased 1.4% to a 1.48 million unit annualized rate in November.
Total housing starts increased 3.2% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.37 million units.
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SMTA Finalizes Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium Program

The Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium reportedly promotes international technical interchange and provides a forum for networking among microelectronics professionals and business leaders throughout the world.
SMTA recently announced that the program is finalized for its 25th Annual Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium, which will take place February 10-13, 2020, at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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residential construction

Builder Confidence Ends 2019 Strong on Solid Economic Fundamentals

All three Housing Market Index components registered gains in December 2019.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes increased five points to 76 in December, from an upwardly revised November reading, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
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ALTANA Acquires Overprint Varnish Specialist Schmid Rhyner

Schmid Rhyner reportedly generated sales of roughly €50 million (approximately $55.6 million) in 2018, with around 80 employees.
ALTANA recently announced it is acquiring Switzerland-based Schmid Rhyner AG, thereby strategically expanding its ACTEGA division.
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Electronics

Electronics Manufacturers See Internet of Things as Key Growth Driver

The electronics industry’s expected direction in the next six months remained generally optimistic, with all business indicators looking positive.
Growth is slowing worldwide and the electronics industry’s outlook is less optimistic than in previous quarters, although it is still generally positive, according to the results of IPC’s fourth quarter 2019 “Pulse of the Electronics Industry” survey.
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residential construction

Though Home Building is Concentrated in Millennial Areas, Pace Lags Rest of Nation

The pace of housing production in areas with the greatest concentration of millennials lags the rest of the nation, according to the latest quarterly National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index (HBGI).
The majority of single- and multi-family housing production in the nation is occurring in counties with the greatest concentration of millennials.
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