F-35 Lightning Source: http://aviationspectator.com

Lockheed Martin Buys Johnstown, Penn., Facility

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin had been looking for space to "increase [the] production rate of the C-130J Super Hercules and the F-35 Lightning II," according to the company’s press release. The report says, "Lockheed Martin and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) today [May 29] signed a memorandum announcing the plans for Lockheed Martin AeroParts, Inc., to purchase a facility now owned by CTC. The Manufacturing Technology Facility (MTF), 211 Industrial Park Road, Johnstown, Pa., is a 197,041 square-foot facility located in Johnstown's Industrial Park. The building has 78,224 square feet of laboratory and demonstration factory space, including several 5 and 10-ton cranes, a shipping and receiving area, and loading docks."

Geoffrey Troan is the IAMC Active member with Lockheed Martin, which ranks 54^th on the Fortune 500 list and 3^rd on Fortune’s tally of aerospace and defense companies.

Intel Considers Handheld Device Market

Business downturns often reveal to companies where their product portfolios are weak and where they’re strong. Computer chip maker Intel, hoping to bolster its product offerings in the growth area of mobile and handheld devices, has purchased the software company Wind River. On this, Industry Week says "Intel said its takeover of Wind River is part of its strategy to grow beyond its traditional personal computer and server markets and into mobile handheld devices and other systems." The article quotes Intel Vice President Renee James as saying, "This acquisition will bring us complementary, market-leading software assets and an incredibly talented group of people to help us continue to grow our embedded systems and mobile device capabilities. Wind River has thousands of customers in a wide range of markets, and now both companies will be better positioned to meet growth opportunities in these areas."

Blain Trendler is the IAMC Active member with Intel, which ranks 61^st on the Fortune-500 list and 1^st on Fortune’s tally of semiconductors and other electronic components companies.

George Clooney enjoying a cup of Nestle Nespresso coffee Source:www.nespresso.com

Nestle Coffee Facility Begins Operation

The Nespressso brand has been a success for Nestle. An AP article in The Star notes, "Nespresso, whose advertisements feature Hollywood star George Clooney, has expanded by an average of 30 percent each year over the last decade." The item goes on to say, "Nestle opened Wednesday [June 10] a new factory [in Avenches, Switzerland] for production of its popular Nespresso coffee brand, saying the plant would add 600 jobs by 2012. The world's biggest food and beverage maker said the new site cost 300 million Swiss francs ($275 million). It will start with annual production of 4.8 billion capsules, with the capacity to double production to near 10 billion capsules within three years," the company said.

Lisa Speltz is the IAMC Active member with Nestle, which is 57^th on Fortune’s Global 500 list and 1^st on Fortune’s tally of food consumer products companies.

Northrop Grumman Opens British Support Installation

Northrop Grumman is one of the world’s largest sellers of defense hardware, with Great Britain included among its clients. A Globe Newswire press release says, "Northrop Grumman Corporation today officially opened its new U.K. technical support center to provide service, repair and maintenance for the company's inertial navigation systems (INS) used in Royal Navy ships and submarines. The new naval gyrocompass support center, located at Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine facility in New Malden, U.K., contains a full repair and calibration workshop to support NATO ship INS (SINS) installed on Royal Navy surface warships and attack submarines. Sperry Marine is under contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to provide ongoing in-service support for these systems."

Gene Canale, Michael Brendes, Joseph Jones and Chris Hemminger are the IAMC Active members with Northrop Grumman, which ranks 69^th on the Fortune-500 list and 5^th on Fortune’s list of aerospace and defense companies.

Existing Novartis facility near MIT campus Source: pubs.acs.org

Novartis Plans New Facility near MIT Campus

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Novartis have a working relationship that goes back for years. The drug company has a number of facilities on and near MIT’s campus. The Boston Globe reports, the company "is planning to build a new facility on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, in the shadow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland, has signed a long-term lease for property at 181 Massachusetts Ave., which is currently a two-acre parking lot owned by MIT. Already Cambridge's largest employer, Novartis is likely to build a research facility on the site, although no final decisions have been made."

Ron Grossmann is the IAMC Active member with Novartis, which is 181^st on Fortune’s Global 500 list and 6^th on Fortune’s tally of global pharmaceuticals companies.

Pitney Bowes Moves into Showroom and Training Center

Although the heyday of direct mail has certainly passed, there’s still money to be made by supporting the remaining mail advertising operations with equipment and software. Pitney Bowes is a key supplier to this market. An article in Printweek.com says, "Mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes has unveiled a new Ł1m showroom and training center. The 1,858 sqm site in Redhill, Surrey, will showcase the company's hardware and software equipment within a working facility. It will also function as a fully equipped training facility for Pitney Bowes’ European service team, as well as a demonstration site for customers throughout Europe."

James Cullinan is the IAMC Active member with Pitney Bowes, which ranks 395^th on the Fortune-500 list and 6^th on Fortune’s tally of computers, office equipment companies.

Wind turbines manufactured by Siemens Source: http://w1.siemens.com/press

Siemens Building China Plant to Make Wind Power Equipment

"Green" is in, and wind power is both green and profitable. China, because its growth is outstripping its energy resources, has moved aggressively to install wind power capacity since the oil price spike of a year ago. Telling about a Siemens project to supply wind power generation equipment in China, a China Daily story explains, "On the outskirts of Shanghai, German engineering giant Siemens began construction on a 581-million-yuan wind power equipment plant in late May that marks the company's entry into China's wind energy market. The new 180,000-sq-m facility will at first produce blades for turbines with capacity of 2.3 mW and 3.6 mW, and then manufacture nacelles. At startup, it will make equipment with a combined annual capacity of 500 mW. The plant is expected to come on stream in the second half of 2010, with the first turbine blades and nacelles scheduled to leave the plant during Shanghai's Expo 2010. "

Howard Lange is the IAMC Active member with Siemens, which is 37^th on Fortune’s Global 500 list and 1^st on Fortune’s tally of global electronics, electrical equipment companies.

Update: Waste Management Opens New Facility

We reported on this project when it was in the planning stage. Now, Waste Management´s new facility in Newark, New Jersey, is up and running. A Newark Advocate story reports, "Waste Management unveiled its new 8,000-square-foot East End facility Wednesday [May 13], replacing two small trailers used for offices. Mayor Bob Diebold joined company officials in cutting the ribbon at the new $650,000 building, at 100 Ecology Row, off East Main Street. The facility actually opened in March, completing the construction project that began in September. The company previously used two 1,000-square-foot trailers for office space and repaired vehicles outside."

Jack Parker is the IAMC Active member with Waste Management, which ranks 201^st on the Fortune-500 list and 1^st on Fortune’s tally of waste management companies.

One of Boston Scientific´s two facilities in Costa Rica Source: www.nacion.com

Boston Scientific Builds New Facility in Costa Rica

In the medical field, development and production of drugs and devices seem to have barely paused for the recession. Boston Scientific, which makes sophisticated medical devices, recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Costa Rica. The Tico Times reports, "A top-tier producer of medical devices opened its second production facility in Costa Rica Tuesday [June 9], with an elaborate ceremony held to commemorate the investment, including a presidential tour of the production lines to top off the event. With its second building — located in the Propark free-trade zone near Alajuela, northwest of San José — Boston Scientific has close to doubled its original 2004 investment in Costa Rica, with the new facility's price reaching nearly $30 million. The company, which already employs 1,700 workers in its operations here, is also expecting to double the number of employees in the coming two years, said Jorge Perera, the company's vice president of operations in Costa Rica."

Ed Zielinski is the IAMC Active member with Boston Scientific, which ranks 320^th on the Fortune-500 list and 3^rd on Fortune’s list of medical products and equipment companies.

BASF Proposes Battery Chemicals Plant in Elyria, Ohio

Companies are gearing up to produce the battery and other components for electric cars, which could account for a major portion of new auto sales over the coming decade. An article by Rick Jackson posted on WCPN.org’s Web site says, "The German company BASF hopes to build a new facility in Lorain County [Ohio] that would produce a critical material for electric car batteries. BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, already has a chemicals processing plant in Elyria. Its proposed new facility there would produce a patented ‘cathode material’ to be used in advanced lithium-ion batteries that would power a new generation of hybrid cars. The addition to the BASF campus would create only 20 high-tech jobs initially, but there would be much potential for further expansion."

Bill Pearson and Charles Waltz are the IAMC Active members with BASF, which ranks 73^rd on Fortune’s Global 500 list and 1^st on Fortune’s tally of global chemicals companies.

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