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Intertape Polymer Group Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

Marketwire Canada
May 14, 2008 - The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA before manufacturing facility closures, restructuring, strategic alternatives and other charges. Forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's future outlook and anticipated events, the Company's business, its operations, its financial condition or its results. Particularly, statements about the Company's objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives are forward-looking statements. ...
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Is your meeting green enough?

CNN
May 13, 2008 - But lately, greener practices have become a priority for businesses. But in the past 18 months, companies from a wide range of sectors, including technology, real estate, tourism and religion, have begun planning more sustainable events, she said. McKinley said a meeting client recently saved money by switching from plastic disposable service ware to compostable serving pieces, because the high price of petroleum increased the cost of plastic. ...
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Sustainable design: Trade-offs and benefits

The Hindu Business Line
May 13, 2008 - Economically and environmentally, those manufacturers who are smart about designing their products for ease of reclamation should actually reap financial benefits from doing so. They’re asking themselves:What do the raw materials cost? What energy does it take to use this material?Is there a material that costs the same but is easier to recycle? ...
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It's easy being green

Herald-Times
May 13, 2008 - While many businesses have long recycled paper and employees' aluminium cans, others are doing more. The business itself refills printer cartridges, which inspires customers to reuse instead of throw away cartridges. Everybody can do a better job at being more green and so can we."Mease said running a green business is a journey and not a destination. ...
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LANDFILL DEALS

Providence Journal, Rhode Island
May 11, 2008 - We’re not a faceless corporation, protested Mulhearn. The park would bring good jobs and $1 million a year in new tax revenue to Johnston. “You can’t build houses around New England’s largest dump,” he told the business leaders. ...
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Corn growers' CEO defends ethanol 'evolution'

Omaha World Herald
May 10, 2008 - As cheaper raw materials supplement corn for refining, Tolman sees more corn going into making higher-value products, such as plastics. Does that mean even more corn diverted to non-food uses? Besides the argument that corn for ethanol isn't creating a food crisis, he points out that corn farmers keep producing more. ...
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Corn growers' CEO defends ethanol 'evolution'

Omaha World Herald
May 10, 2008 - As cheaper raw materials supplement corn for refining, Tolman sees more corn going into making higher-value products, such as plastics. Does that mean even more corn diverted to non-food uses? Besides the argument that corn for ethanol isn't creating a food crisis, he points out that corn farmers keep producing more. ...
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The Gift of Solar (EnergyBiz Insider - May 9, 2008)

Power Marketers
May 09, 2008 - Researchers there will explore new materials and systems that aspire to accelerate the availability of solar energy. Winning new capital from venture capitalists and major manufacturers of generation technologies remains challenging. Plastics, polymers and bio-materials are also used. ...
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RE-RELEASE: Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces 2008 First Quarter Results

Marketwire Canada
May 09, 2008 - A majority of the Company's revenue is based on reference to US dollar benchmark prices. Proceeds from the securities issued were used to repay bankers' acceptances under the Company's bank credit facilities. Proceeds from the securities issued were used to repay bankers' acceptances under the Company's bank credit facilities. ...
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Biodegradable Home Product Lines, Ready to Rot

New York Times, A1
May 08, 2008 - But can you compost a sofa and its throw pillows? To some industry observers, like Joel Makower, executive editor of GreenBiz.com, which covers the “greening” of mainstream businesses, “biodegradability seems like a noble attribute but an irrelevant concept. Why disposable crockery?” The industry should emphasize the heirloom concept, he suggested. ...
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