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Little Rock, AR
Caterpillar Inc. an-nounced it will open a road grader plantin North Little Rock, where it will invest$140 million in its factory and hire 600workers. Equipment and training at theplant will be state-of-the-art. Work willmove from a plant in Illinois, which alsomakes mining equipment and needs tomake room for extra production in thatline. Caterpillar announced in June thatit would spend $1 billion to upgrade fiveU.S. plants, money it was able to spendbecause of demand from other nations.
Beijing, China
Aviation Industry Corp.of China is building a $1.2 billion heli-copter factory in Tianjin, east of Beijing,and should produce its first helicopterthis year. Last week, AVIC obtained a176 billion Yuan ($26 billion) line of credit from a group of 10 government-owned banks to finance product devel-opment and other ventures.
Washington, DC
The
EPA is finalizingchanges and clarifications to air qualitypermitting rules to encourage greateruse of flexible air permits. EPA’s assess-ment of flexible air permits demon-strated that they can enable significantenvironmental and economic benefits,while reducing administrative workloadfor permitting authorities and facilities.This final action affects both EPA’s op-erating permits and New Source Reviewprograms. A facility with a flexible per-mit would explain its anticipated opera-tional and construction changes for theduration of the permit term. The state,local or tribal air quality permitting au-thority would include permit conditionsto ensure protection of public healthand the environment for all of thosechanges. These flexible permits do notprovide approval for changes not withinthe scope of conditions considered atthe time of the permit application. Fa-cilities must still meet their require-ments under the Clean Air Act.
Mississauga, Ontario
Aerospaceparts maker Cyclone Manufacturing isbucking the job-shedding trend. Thecompany says it will create 133 jobs byinvesting in new technology with thehelp of a $7.7-million grant from theOntario government. Overall, the com-pany plans to spend $50 million duringthe next five years to develop parts thatare lighter. Company president Andrewence. The Fiesta, which made its debut atthe North American International AutoShow in 2007 under the name, "The Verve," will go on sale in the U.S. some-time in 2010.
Charlotte, NC
Goodrich and Rolls-Royce announced today that they’veformed a joint venture company to de-velop and supply engine controls forRolls-Royce aero engines. The joint ven-ture company, Rolls-Royce Goodrich En-gine Control Systems Limited, operates as Aero Engine Controls. Each of the con-tributing companies owns 50 per cent of Aero Engine Controls. Goodrich will retainthe aftermarket products and servicesbusiness associated with the joint ven-ture's products.
Washington, DC
The Powder CoatingInstitute (PCI) has announced thatRodger Talbert will join the PCI team asTechnical Director. This newly createdrole is aligned with PCI's goals to offeradditional benefits to members by provid-ing technical expertise and support to theentire industrial coatings market place. As Technical Director, Rodger will act asthe technical liaison between PCI and themarket place, focusing on training andeducation. With Rodger's extensive ex-perience and background in the coatingsindustry, PCI will now be able to offertechnical guidance, market research,speaking and training, coating evaluationand testing, and much more
Stennis Space Center, MS
27 highschool teams from MS, LA, and FL gath-ered at Stennis Space Center’s Sten-niSphere for the regional kickoff of the18th annual For Inspiration and Recogni-tion of Science and Technology RoboticsCompetition. It’s the first step towardsthe national and international competi-tion. Teams will participate in the BayouRegional, March 19-21 at the Universityof New Orleans, to qualify for a place in April at the FIRST Championship in At-lanta.
Conklin, NY
Impress USA, a globalleader in the consumer metal packagingindustry, will build a new manufacturingplant in Coklin, NY. The project will ini-tially bring 75 new, full-time employeesto the location during the first phase of construction and initial operations.Sochaj says the provincial support willallow Cyclone to speed up its growthplans and offer customers a broaderrange of products and services. The com-pany's customers have included Boeing,Bombardier and Embraer
Slidell. LA
Northrop Grumman brokeground Wednesday on a new facility.Northrop in October 2008 bought 3001, aprovider of geospatial data productionand analysis, including airborne imaging,surveying, mapping and geographic infor-mation systems. The new office combinesthe existing Slidell 3001 office with theone at Stennis Space Center in Missis-sippi. The new 20,000 square-foot facilitybrings 85 jobs, including 50 new positionsto St. Tammany Parish.
San Antonio, TX
- The San AntonioManufacturers Association (SAMA)awarded MetoKote Corporation, San An-tonio, Texas the Environmental Excel-lence Award in Industrial Pretreatment atthe 2008 Environmental Seminar. Thisaward is given annually to SignificantIndustrial Users (SIUs) that have met thegeneral criteria established by the Divi-sion. This criteria includes: not havingany reporting violations from January 1,2007 through June 30, 2008 to indicatecurrent compliance; the company hasbeen permitted for at least two years;and the company has not been listed asSignificantly Non-Compliant (SNC) in thepast three years. In addition, award re-cipients must display environmental stew-ardship by recognizing best managementpractices, water conservation practices,pollution prevention and initiatives thatare educational, innovative, cooperative,responsive, voluntary and effective. Meto-Kote had top honors this year and wasone of only three companies selected.
Detroit, MI
Ford Motor Co. beganmanufacturing the Fiesta subcompact carin China on January 16th as it aims tointroduce the car around the worldthrough 2010. The Fiesta will be built atthe Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co.manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China,the company said in a statementWednesday. The car will go on sale latein the first quarter. Ford has been toutingthe Fiesta as its first "global car" since aversion of the vehicle - with very littlechanges - will be available in almostevery car market where Ford has a pres
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