Cessna Aircraft plans furloughs at Wichita plant
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- Cessna Aircraft plans furloughs at Wichita plant
- Think considers Michigan for battery-powered vehicle plant
- Engineering firm among national competition finalists
- Report: Toyota will not produce Highlander at Blue Springs plant
Cessna Aircraft plans furloughs at Wichita plant
Forbes
The company must now reduce that staffing to produce just 375 planes in 2009 liver said. Friday’s furloughs will not affect the company’s Independence plant where Cessna builds its smaller more popular Mustang business jets. The company plans to build 130 Mustangs in 2009 up from 100 last year liver said. Pelton said the Citation Columbus jet also has been affected by the economy. “The economic issues facing us today are also impacting the future and circumstances have caused us to extend engineering development work on the Citation Columbus at least six months” he wrote. Cessna began construction in ctober of a new facility in Wichita to build its Citation Columbus business jet.
Think considers Michigan for battery-powered vehicle plant
DetNews.com
Think will launch its expansion with fleet customers and pilot projects next year then add retail sales in 2011. Advertisement Canny said he plans to whittle the site selection for the U. plant to one or two states by March 31. By then Think will have submitted a grant request to the $25 billion Department of Energy program that supports automotive retooling and advanced technology. Canny would not say how much the company is seeking but said its plans for U.
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Engineering firm among national competition finalists
Fairfaxtimes.com
is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 43rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the Broad Run Water Reclamation Facility in Ashburn in neighboring Loudoun County. The $190 million 11 million-gallon-per-day plant is the first membrane bioreactor plant to simultaneously meet extremely stringent nutrient limits while providing multiple pathogen barriers to protect public health. All winners including 16 Honor Awards eight Grand Awards and the “Grand Conceptor Award” for the best overall engineering achievement will be recognized at the Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on April 28 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington D.
Report: Toyota will not produce Highlander at Blue Springs plant
Jackson Clarion Ledger
com | The Clarion-Ledger. In a Bloomberg News story Jim Lentz president of Toyota’s Motor Sales said ‘It’s conceivable that something else could go potentially in there.
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