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Titan Home Improvement Announces Acquisition of Home Smart Industries

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Building Systems, Interior design, Construction, Titan, Home improvement, Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research, Companies, Economy of India

Titan Home Improvement (Titan), based in Coral Gables, Fla., today announced the acquisition of Home Smart Industries (Home Smart), a Pennsylvania-based specialty bath and shower remodeling company with a 20-year history of serving homeowners throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia.

Key Points: 
  • Titan Home Improvement (Titan), based in Coral Gables, Fla., today announced the acquisition of Home Smart Industries (Home Smart), a Pennsylvania-based specialty bath and shower remodeling company with a 20-year history of serving homeowners throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia.
  • Titan began its portfolio with the acquisition of Florida-based FHIA Remodeling in 2019, followed by the acquisitions of Statewide Remodeling, Mad City Windows and Baths, Paradise Home Improvement, and now Home Smart.
  • We are delighted to incorporate Home Smart Industries into our network of best-in-class home improvement companies, said Daniel Gluck, CEO of Titan.
  • Titan Home Improvement was founded in early 2019 to aggregate best-in-class home improvement service providers across the US.

Dole Unveils Integrated Strategy Against Banana Disease

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Friday, July 31, 2020
Retail, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Research, Science, Food, Beverage, Bananas, Agriculture in Honduras, Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research, Agriculture, Banana production, Tropical fruit, Tropical agriculture, Dole Food Company, TR4, Biosecurity, Doles, Goldfinger banana

A three-year containment program was immediately implemented in 2019 to ensure biosecurity protocols in every Dole banana farm, as well as those of Doles independent suppliers.

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  • A three-year containment program was immediately implemented in 2019 to ensure biosecurity protocols in every Dole banana farm, as well as those of Doles independent suppliers.
  • One such solution the company is investigating is how to implement safe and approved biological control measures to prevent disease.
  • Additionally, Dole is working closely with research institutions around the world toward developing a disease resistant banana variety through crop improvement and conventional breeding methods.
  • Since 2016, Dole has participated in a consortium working in partnership with the Honduran Research Foundation (FHIA) on the development of banana varieties that are resistant to TR4.