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Veeco Ship 200th TurboDisc MOCVD System

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that it has shipped its 200thTurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System to a leading LED manufacturer located in Asia. "W...

From Veeco 16 Dec 2010

Owens-Illinois to Buy Business of Hebei Rixin Glass Group in China

Owens-Illinois, Inc. the world's largest maker of glass packaging, today announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire the glass container manufacturing business of Hebei Rixin Glass Group Co., Ltd. in northern China.

From O-I Glass 16 Dec 2010

CF Industries to Use Shell’s Thiogro Technology for Sulfur-Enhanced Phosphate Product

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. announces that it has signed an agreement with Shell Oil Company to use Shell’s Thiogro process technology to produce a superior sulfur-enhanced phosphate product.

From CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 16 Dec 2010

Century Aluminum of Kentucky Enters Tentative Agreement with United Steelworkers

Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers on a five-year collective bargaining agreement.

From Century Aluminum Company 16 Dec 2010

Berlin Packaging Announces Acquisition of Chicago-Based Packaging Company

Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Continental Packaging Solutions in a transaction designed to expand...

16 Dec 2010

CPI Aerostructures to Manufacture Gunner Window Assemblies for BLACK HAWK Helicopters

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) announced today that it has received a schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. valued at up to approximately $2 million to manufacture gunner window assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp.

16 Dec 2010

TechPrecision Wins $1.0 Million Defense Order for Precision Fabricated Components

TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the altern...

16 Dec 2010

Schnitzer Steel Industries Agrees to Buy All Assets of Selkirk Recovery

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Selkirk Recovery, Inc., dba Steel Pacific Recycling, of Duncan, British Columbia.

16 Dec 2010

AC Plastiques Canada Purchased by Plasticon Europe

The management and shareholders of Plasticon Europe BV, Oldenzaal (Netherlands), and AC Plastiques Canada (1992) Inc wish to announce that agreement has been reached on the acquisition of AC Plastiques Canada (1992) Inc. by Plasticon Europe BV. AAC Capital Partners, which has a majority stake in Plasticon, fully supports the important strategic acquisition of AC Plastiques.

16 Dec 2010

U.S. Marines Buys Additional Sets of PrimaLoft Insulated Cold Weather Gear

PrimaLoft® Insulation Technology™, the research and development leader in high performance insulations used to enhance combat conditions for soldiers, has announced that the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has purchased 6,000 additional sets of the USMC Extreme Cold Weather Parkas, Trousers and Booties insulated with PrimaLoft® to equip U.S. Marines stationed in the coldest areas of Afghanistan and across the globe.

16 Dec 2010

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