Bombardier seeks Etihad Rail project
Dubai Trains and Bombardier are in active talks with Etihad Rail to supply trains for the proposed 1200km railway network project through its transport sector, Bombardier Transportation. Bombardier will make a bid for the tender in the project which is scheduled to be out soon. Pipe and valve company doubles in size
Collins Pipe & Supply of East Windsor, CT has doubled in size and now offers much more than just pipe, valves, and fittings. Collins has expanded its valve automation and process control operations, which led to acquisitions and expansions into other areas of the country including Buffalo and Syracuse, NY and Portland and Bangor, ME. GE to build 400MW solar plant in US
General Electric will develop a 400MW thin film solar photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in the US to produce the company's thin film technology. Several locations are under consideration for the facility which will be the largest US manufacturing plant of its kind. The company estimates that it will produce enough solar panels each year to power 80,000 homes. Wescast to expand Stratford facility
Wescast Industries Inc will further expand the capacity of its stainless steel facility in Stratford, Ontario to more than double its previous commitment. The additional capital investment coincides with a number of production orders recently received for engine components that use the innovative manufacturing technology employed at that facility. The investment will be financed via operating cash flows. ArcelorMittal to commission new wire rod mill
ArcelorMittal Monlevade, the Brazil-based subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, intends to commission its new wire rod mill, ordered from SMS Meer, in the second quarter of 2012. The company's order for the single-strand high-performance wire rod mill with the option of expansion to two strands, was initially placed in 2008, but was later postponed as a result of the economic situation at that time. 
Latrobe Specialty Steel plans to purchase new equipment for its wire manufacturing business. Latrobe will use a Contingency Grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Development to fund the investment; the grant was given to the company for Latrobe's job creation plans at its Wauseon, Ohio plant. 
Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been selected by The Boeing Company to provide emergent and specialty production support for the final assembly and delivery of the 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. 
US Steel Corporation’s tubular products subsidiary, US Steel Tubular Products Inc, has entered into an agreement with Surface Enhancement Technologies, part of Lambda Technologies Group, to improve the quality of its tubular steel products. As per the agreement, US Steel has received an exclusive permit by SET to use its patented low plasticity burnishing technology 
Crowflight Minerals will resume operations at its Bucko Lake Mine. The company intends to mine 220,000tns of ore in 2011, with the intention of producing approximately 5 million pounds of nickel. Capital expenditures in 2011 at Bucko Lake Mine are budgeted at USD 15 million. Of that, USD 6 million is for the acquisition of mining equipment and USD 9 million for mine development 
Vale’s controlling shareholders have nominated one of its former executive directors, Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira, as president of the company, replacing the current CEO Roger Agnelli. The nomination is subject to approval of Vale's board of directors. Murilo Ferreira joined Vale in 1998