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CPI Aero Wins Contract to Deliver Ring Assemblies for MH-53 and CH-53 Helicopters

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract from Sikorsky Aerospace Services valued at approximately $708,000 to provide rotary wing head ring assemblies for the MH-53 and CH-53 variant helicopters.

10 Jun 2010

ON Semiconductor Announces Acquisition of SDT in Canada

ON Semiconductor Corporation, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, today announced it has acquired privately held Sound Design Technologies, Ltd. (SDT) from an affiliate of Global Equity Capital, LLC, in an all cash transaction for initial consideration of approximately $22 million.

10 Jun 2010

ESI Presents Simulation Enhancements of Automotive Fuel Cell Performance to DOE

Significant enhancements in the simulation of automotive fuel cell performance were presented to the Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program and Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting today.

10 Jun 2010

Global Steel Manufacturer Expands Use of StreamServe’s Solutions

StreamServe, Inc., a leading provider of business communication solutions for document efficiency and customer experience management, today announced that SSAB, a global leader in the production of high strength ste...

10 Jun 2010

First GPCA Plastics Summit to be Held from June 15 to 16, 2010

The First GPCA Plastics Summit, taking place at the Grand Hyatt Dubai from 15-16 June 2010, will feature an unrivalled collection of guest speakers who will address both critical business and environmental issues re...

10 Jun 2010

China’s Refractory Material Industry Shows Rapid Growth Since 2000

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/992c7e/global_and_china_r) has announced the addition of the "Global and China Refractory Material Industry Report, 2009-2010" report to their offerin...

10 Jun 2010

Porous Power to Produce New Separators for Automotive Battery Manufacturers

U.S.-based Porous Power Technologies, LLC and Japan-based Chisso Corporation are teaming to produce new variants of the award-winning SYMMETRIX® battery separators for use in automotive batteries. “Our comp...

10 Jun 2010

Gloucester Ships 4000mm Cast Stretch Film Line to Scientex Packaging

Gloucester Engineering announced they have shipped a 4000mm, 7-Layer Cast Stretch Film Line to Scientex Packaging Film Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientex Berhad, a Malaysian domiciled company which is presently listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange.

10 Jun 2010

Nogales Invests in Composite Structure Supplier to Support Growth in Space Market

Nogales Investors, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced today that it has made a $4.5 million follow-on investment in its portfolio company, DR Technologies (“DRT”). DRT is engaged in the design, engin...

10 Jun 2010

Gates Incorporates High-Performance Rubber Compound in New Molded Notch V-Belts

The Industrial Power Transmission unit of Gates Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of belt drive systems, now constructs its entire molded notch V-belt line with EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer).

10 Jun 2010

Omya Partners with TNPL to Build Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Plant in India

Omya India Private Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Omya, a leading global producer of industrial minerals, entered into an agreement with Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Paper Limited (TNPL) to build and operate a Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) facility at TNPL's Kagithapuram paper mill in the state of Tamil Nadu in southeast India.

10 Jun 2010

Market Analysis on Japan’s Timber, Lumber, and Wood Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8ed7d8/japan_timber_lumb) has announced the addition of the "Japan Timber, Lumber & Wood Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offer...

10 Jun 2010

China Becomes Major Consumer of Li-Battery Materials

China has become the largest consumer of li-battery materials now. In early June, the Chinese government issued a subsidy program for new energy vehicles which decides to grant subsidies to individual purchasers of new energy vehicles in Shanghai, Changchun, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Hefei.

10 Jun 2010

FSC Certification Awarded to RockTenn’s Specialty Paperboard Mill in Tennessee

Continuing with its long standing commitment to environmental responsibility, RockTenn announces that its Specialty Paperboard Products mill in Chattanooga, TN has achieved certification to Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) chain of custody (CoC) standards. NSF International Strategic Registrations, Ltd. independently audited and validated the mill’s sustainable fiber sourcing practices against these standards.

10 Jun 2010

API Wins $3.2 Million Value Contracts from Raytheon Space and Northrop Grumman

API Technologies Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ATNY), a prime contractor in engineered systems, components and secure communications to the global defense and aerospace industries, announced that it has recently won $3...

10 Jun 2010