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Global demand for decorative laminates is expected to rise 5.6% per year to 10.7 billion sq m in 2018.

The global market for electric household appliances is projected to reach 1.5 billion units by 2020.

Markets in 59 of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in the third quarter of 2014.

U.S.-based executives at large companies remain bullish on American manufacturing, and their actions are beginning to show it, according to recent research.

In another strong quarter, Chromebook shipments increased by 67% quarter-over-quarter and are projected to double in size year-over-year.

The global market for energy-efficient technologies in commercial buildings is expected to grow to more than $60.2 billion by 2019.

North America is the leader of the market for packaging, accounting for more than 30% of the market—and it is still growing.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a fourth consecutive month in September to a level of 59 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

The value of the worldwide market for conformal coating materials, equipment and spares is expected to reach $12.2 billion in 2019.