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	Boral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boral ASX: BLD is a multinational company dealing in building and construction materials.
		Boral was demerged from the 'old' Boral Limited in February 2000.
		Boral and Origin Energy are now separately listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and are entirely independent of one another.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boral (251 words)

	Boral & Mirvac
		Boral Clay and Concrete Commercial is the preferred supplier of materials for wall construction at the Walsh Bay Redevelopment.
		Boral conducted testing in conjunction with Mirvac to determine what product would provide the highest possible acoustic rating and meet stringent requirements.
		Boral is currently developing a half brick designed to reduce labour and waste in cutting bricks to smaller sizes.
	www.rtagroup.com.au /news/boral_mirvac.htm (538 words)

	Raichand Boral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boral (1903 - 1981) was a famous composer and is referred to by music connoisseurs as the Father of Indian Film music.
		R.C. Boral was born as Rai Chand Boral in Calcutta in 1903.
		His father, Lal Chand Boral was a classical musician (expert of Dhrupad).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raichand_Boral (328 words)

	Boral slips on denial of takeover \| Business \| The Australian
		Boral's stock fell 47c to $7.71 wiping out almost all the gains it made over two days earlier this week when its share price shot up by 6 per cent on speculation that Mexican cement giant Cemex and Private Equity Partners were making a play for the company.
		Boral was forced to issue a statement after the Australian Stock Exchange asked the company to explain why its share price had soared from $7.70 on Monday to $8.18 on Wednesday.
		Boral said the spike in its share price was due to market rumours but it had not received any takeover offers from either Cemex or a private equity group.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20613013-643,00.html (448 words)

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		Boral Limited, a leading Australian business with operations in building products and construction materials, was due to upgrade its entire copier fleet in late 2001.
		Boral was also looking for a complete digital upgrade, turning its attention to digital multifunction devices (MFDs) incorporating printing and copying functions as well as scanning and faxing.
		Boral staff have embraced the added convenience of stapling, hole-punching and other document planning directly from their desktop via the intuitive printer driver software.
	www.canon.com.au /business/professional/products/business/story_1045.html (1005 words)

	Boral Bricks - Product Catalog
		Because Boral Pavers are all natural clay – with colors ranging from deep brown and burgundy to light tan and grey - the color will never, ever fade.
		Boral Bricks’ commitment to the segmental paving market is demonstrated by our investment in a new state-of-the-art, automated paver plant.
		Choosing Boral clay pavers for your outdoor living spaces is a beautiful way to bring elegance and craftsmanship to the outside of your home.
	www.boralbricks.com /productcatalog/catalog.aspx?Catalog=101 (352 words)

	The Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At Boral, they are employed under the metal trades award on the lowest classification and receive around $430 per week.
		The gap between wages and conditions at Boral and in the glass award is important, not just for the Boral workforce.
		Boral is a major supplier of windows to the South Australian residential housing industry.
	www.cpa.org.au /garchve1/974boral.html (467 words)

	BORAL Brochure2
		M= Weight of aluminum to be treated, pounds (kilograms) P= Concentration of boron in BORAL eight percent, i.e., 10,8,6,5,4, or 3 percent.
		After addition and mixing of the BORAL® master alloy, holding time is only required if it is desired that the newly formed insoluble borides settle before casting.
		BORAL® rod is also well suited for some continuous casting operations.
	www.kballoys.com /Support/Technical_Bulletin/BORAL_Brochure/BORAL_Brochure2/boral_brochure2.html (298 words)

	Optus Business : Case Studies - Boral and Optus deliver concrete benefits
		Boral Limited, Australia’s largest supplier of building and construction materials, called on Optus when they needed to improve their concrete delivery processes.
		Boral Limited is Australia’s largest supplier of building and construction materials employing more than 15,000 staff across 650 operational sites in Australia, the US and Asia.
		Boral’s new concrete delivery system is a leap forward in technology use, enhancing the day-to-day operations of its concrete production and supply business.
	www.optusbusiness.com.au /00/01/01/000101b.asp?segment=1&casestudy=43 (595 words)

	Boral Green Shareholders - Newsletter - September 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This resolution asked that Boral appoint a special consultative panel of independently appointed experts from industry and the community to investigate and scrutinize the social and environmental performance of its operations.
		That Boral appoint a special consultative panel of independently appointed experts from industry and the community to investigate and scrutinize the social and environmental performance of its operations.
		Boral Green Shareholders believe that our company, by adopting the triple bottom line, that is the environmental, social and financial performance can make a real commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and become a leader in sustainable business practices.
	www.boralgreen.shares.green.net.au /sep02.htm (2061 words)

	Essendon Tile Company: Boral
		Boral is committed to high quality, offering a 50 year guarantee which sets a high standard in excellence.
		Finally, complete your home with your choice of Boral's extensive range of clay roof tile accessories, including traditional handcrafted decorations that add a touch of authenticity to your home.
		Finally, complete your home with your choice of Boral's extensive range of roof tile accessories, including traditional handcrafted decorations that add a touch of authenticity to your home.
	www.essendontile.com.au /boral.htm (636 words)

	Boral Timber Hardwood Floors and Wood Flooring Products
		Boral wood flooring species are prized for their rich color, consistent grain, workability, high density, and durability — and some even for their acoustic properties!
		Boral is an acknowledged leader in the timber industry with a reputation for responsible management and conservation practices.
		Boral Timber dates back to the 1890s, when Allen Taylor and Co. was established, and they carried out sawmilling operations on the New South Wales coast for many years.
	www.countyfloors.com /brand_boral.html (253 words)

	Boral achieve a significant reduction in server management costs with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003
		Boral Limited began in 1946 as Bitumen and Oil Refineries Australia Limited, and was the first Australian-owned operation of its kind.
		One of Boral's goals for the new server environment was to achieve a degree of server consolidation, reducing the total number of servers required to meet its business needs.
		Boral's use of the new server environment was supported and extended with the use of Microsoft Windows XP as the desktop Standard Operating Environment, complete with Microsoft Office XP as their productivity suite.
	www.microsoft.com /australia/business/casestudy/studies/boral_microsoft_windows_server_2003.aspx (1688 words)

	Print Article: Adelaide Brighton rockets on Boral bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Boral is offering $1.55 per share for cement and lime producer Adelaide Brighton, with the offer subject to approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and a 90 per cent acceptance condition.
		Boral, which has arranged extra debt facilities to fund the proposed purchase, has a 19.9 per cent stake in Adelaide Brighton after acquiring 107.8 million Adelaide Brighton shares from Adelaide Brighton's major shareholder, RMC Group plc.
		Boral managing director Rod Pearse said acquiring Adelaide Brighton was consistent with Boral's "perform and grow" strategy around its core building and construction materials assets in Australia and offshore.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/12/16/1071336957465.html (390 words)

	CNN.com - Boral spends $66M on U.S. brick deal - Feb. 6, 2003
		Boral USA president Dennis Brown said the deal achieved the company's goal of selling 50 percent of its bricks directly to its end customers.
		The acquisition is expected to lift Boral's U.S. earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization by $13 million from 2003-04 onwards.
		Shares in Boral are 0.23 percent higher at A$4.28 in Friday afternoon trade, but are down 1.6 percent so far this year.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/asia/02/06/aust.boral.biz/index.html (215 words)

	Linde - Boral chooses Linde for material handling equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BORAL Limited, Australia's largest building and construction materials supplier, has begun taking delivery of the first of 550 forklifts under a landmark contract awarded to equipment handling specialist Linde.
		The multi-million dollar contract is expected to yield Boral a significant reduction in material handling overheads over the next three years.
		Boral produces and distributes building products, including clay bricks and pavers, clay and concrete roof tiles, concrete masonry products, plasterboard, windows, formwork and scaffolding and timber.
	www.ferret.com.au /articles/39/0c041e39.asp (798 words)

	Green Left - Issues: Boycott Boral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Boral is the second largest hardwood eucalypt woodchip exporter in the world, exporting 859,000 tonnes per annum from Tasmania and licensed to export up to 453,600 tonnes from NSW.
		Boral in Tasmania claims that its logging practices are sawlog driven, yet 5-10% of trees cut go to sawn timber, while 80-90% go to woodchips.
		Boral contractors at Nullum State Forest, near Byron Bay, wiped out the largest known population of the globally endangered plant elaeocarpus minyon, as well as breaching guidelines which protect water catchment.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1996/254/254p12.htm (620 words)

	LAFARGE: World leader in building materials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lafarge and Boral, partners in the Lafarge Boral Gypsum in Asia Limited joint venture, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siam Cement C° Ltd to create a strategic partnership in the gypsum business in Thailand and for the joint ownership of Siam Gypsum Industry C° Ltd (SGI).
		Boral has the right to increase its minority shareholding to 50% over the next two and half years, by disproportionately financing development projects.
		Boral (headquartered in Sydney, Australia) holds leading positions in each of the building and construction materials businesses it operates in Australia, Asia and the USA.
	www.lafarge.com /cgi-bin/lafcom/jsp/news.do?function=pressrelease&news=536879300&lang=en (430 words)

	Boral urges swift ruling on bid - News - www.smh.com.au
		Boral's $870 million takeover of cement company Adelaide Brighton could be effectively defeated by protracted legal action brought by the nation's competition watchdog, the Federal Court was told yesterday.
		Alan Archibald, QC, appearing for Boral, said that the company would "move heaven and earth" to have the matter heard quickly - and before Boral's $1.60-a-share offer expires next January - and told the court that it was incumbent on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to do the same.
		The legal move came after Boral decided to ignore the opposition of the competition regulator and to backtrack on an undertaking it had given to abandon the bid.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/08/1086460296866.html?from=moreStories (526 words)

	McGraw-Hill Construction Network for products – Building Product Information, CAD Details and 3 Part Specs. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Manufactured at Boral’s dedicated state-of-the-art pavers plant in Augusta, GA, Boral Pavers are made from genuine clay pavers and are unparalleled in their beauty, durability, and strength.
		Boral manufactures pavers that are available in both standard and modular sizes.
		Boral Pavers are backed by the company’s Residential Transferable Warranty, which covers the pavers for the lifetime of the home owner, then it transfers to the next owner.
	sweets.construction.com /index/mfg.htm?ad_commun=0&id=3069 (234 words)

	Boral Material Technologies
		Boral Material Technologies is a major producer and supplier of chemical admixtures, fly ash and fibers to the concrete industry.
		When concrete producers, contractors and specifiers Boralize it, they are choosing the optimum products and support services to improve concrete performance from placement throughout its service life-all from one convenient, knowledgeable source.
		When utility plant operators Boralize it, they are choosing the company that has been a major processor and marketer of fly ash in the United States for more than 40 years.
	www.publicworks.com /storefronts/boral.html (288 words)

	SU Athletics - Boral to Represent Syracuse at the 2005 NCAA Swimming Championship
		SYRACUSE, N.Y. Sophomore swimmer Luk Boral (Poznan, Poland) qualified for the 2005 NCAA Swimming Championship to be held March 25-26, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
		Boral currently owns the 23rd-fastest time in the nation (1:58.75) in the 200 breaststroke, according to the March 16 "College Quick 100" list, compiled by Stu Corliss at Taper and Shave.
		Boral's time of 55.47 in the 100 breaststroke is the 56th-fastest time in the country.
	suathletics.com /News/swimming/2005/3/16/boralncaa05.asp?path=swimming (328 words)

	Building doldrums hit Boral - Business - Business - smh.com.au
		BORAL has slashed its annual profit forecast in the face of housing construction slowdowns in its key NSW and US markets.
		Chief executive Rod Pearse said Boral was facing "significant macroeconomic headwinds" in its NSW and US markets, which together account for 60 per cent of its revenue.
		Boral's first-half net profit is also expected to fall by 15 per cent.
	www.smh.com.au /news/business/building-doldrums-hit-boral/2006/10/27/1161749311851.html (597 words)

	Wabash Valley Journal of Business-The Wabash Valley's Best Source for Local Business News
		Boral Limited, based in Sydney, Australia, has announced plans to invest approximately $55 million to build a new brick manufacturing plant.
		Boral Bricks is the largest manufacturer and distributor of clay brick in the United States.
		Hepford said that several truckloads of materials were taken to Boral laboratories where it was found that clay extracted from those samples is excellent for the company's needs.
	www.thjournal.com /boral.asp (800 words)

	Boral Green Shareholders - Newsletter - December 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We were told that Boral was unaware of this activity however, even after the exposure of this, the practice continues.
		Presently and under the Environment Effects Act, 1978, Boral is preparing its Environment Effects Statement (EES), called for by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and in response to Assessment Guidelines issued by the DSE.
		Boral is just trying to promote a supposedly new deal which seems as bad if not worse than the previous one!
	www.boralgreen.shares.green.net.au /dec04.htm (1190 words)

	Boral secure behind US bricks, tiles - Business - Business - theage.com.au
		BORAL has warned that its high exposure to the depressed Sydney residential market could be compounded by a slowing US housing market.
		Boral shares slumped 31¢ to $6.89, at one point hitting a year low of $6.70, after the company said its US operations might not come to the rescue next time around.
		Boral declared a fully franked dividend of 17¢ a share, payable on September 18.
	www.theage.com.au /news/business/boral-secure-behind-us-bricks-tiles/2006/08/15/1155407809701.html (434 words)

	Boral adopts Microsoft Office 2000 to reduce total cost of operations and improve workgroup collaboration
		With operations in over 20 countries, annual sales approaching $5 billion and core businesses in building products, construction materials and energy, Boral is a leading Australian-based company that recognises the important role PC technology plays in keeping ahead of the competition.
		Built on six separate operating divisions - Australian Construction Materials, Cement, Clay and Concrete Products, Plasterboard, Timber and Boral USA - Boral is determined to continue to strongly improve its operating performance over the short and long term, an ambition they are beginning to realise with the assistance of Microsoft's Office 2000.
		According to Boral's Technology Strategy Manager, Mr Stephen Mayhew, the Boral SOE Working Group had three key objectives for the new environment.
	www.microsoft.com /australia/business/casestudy/studies/boral.aspx (1010 words)

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