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EDR’s Environmental Records Search Tool for Corporations Now Includes Maps and Photos

MILFORD, Conn., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Environmental Data Resources, Inc. today announced significant enhancements to its online environmental records search tool, EDR OnDemand, including interactive maps, links to aerial photographs, and electronic folders to support the ongoing monitoring of the environmental status of a property or company.

$135 Million for Innovative Solar Technology

NEWINGTON, Connecticut, September 14 /PRNewswire/ — Schuco International KG, German parent company of Schuco USA L.P., and German energy giant E.ON AG are jointly investing $135 million to develop new photovoltaic (PV) modules based on thin-film technology for metal and glass facades. Production begins in mid 2008. The modules will be produced in Germany using technology supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., global market leader in nanomanufacturing. “We want to go on improving the cost-benefit ratio of integrating PV modules in building facades, and to make photovoltaic modules a standard feature in building envelopes”, declares Dirk U. Hindrichs, CEO of Schuco International.