22 June 2015

Boeing supplier GKN Aerospace has announced its plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina, that will produce inlet lip skins for the Boeing 737 MAX and 777X. The new facility will be located adjacent to the company’s current assembly facility. Production programmes will be carried out in the new facility, and technology development work supporting these programmes will remain at the company’s Camarillo facility.

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15 June 2015

Garuda Indonesia has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Airbus for the purchase of 30 A350 XWB aircraft. The airline plans to use the A350 XWB to develop and expand its medium and long haul network, as the aircraft offers the ability to fly non-stop from Jakarta or Bali to Europe.

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15 June 2015

IXYS Corporation announced early this month the appointment of a new member, Uzi Sasson, to the IXYS Board of Directors.

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15 June 2015

RS Components (RS) have established an agreement with TDK Corporation to distribute the Japan-based manufacturer’s portfolio of TDK and EPCOS passive electronic components globally.

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15 June 2015

Electro Scientific Industries Incorporated have announced earlier this month a few changes -retirement and nominations- to their Board of Directors.

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11 June 2015

Boeing has named a new vice president of Training Systems and Government Services (TSGS), Tim Noonan, effective immediately. He replaces Bob Gower, who announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly 30 years of serving the company.

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11 June 2015

Circor International Incorporated announced this month that they have named a new chief human resources officer, Andrew Farnsworth, effective immediately. He replaces Joyce Jardin who has just retired.

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11 June 2015

Tesla Motors Incorporated has announced at their recent shareholders meeting that their current Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Deepak Ahuja will be retiring this year. The 52-year-old is one of the company’s longest-serving executives, having joined in 2008.

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09 June 2015

PTC has recently announced the appointment of Dr Klaus G. Hoehn to its Board of Directors.

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09 June 2015

MakerBot and Stratasys AP Limited, a subsidiary of MakerBot's parent company Stratasys Limited, announced earlier this month the plan to strengthen MakerBot's market presence in Asia Pacific through the formation of a new division, MakerBot Asia Pacific & Japan (MakerBot APJ).

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