Boeing-VSMPO JV begins operation
Boeing Co.’s Russian titanium- producing joint venture began operating on 7 July 2009, giving the commercial-aircraft maker a bigger supply of a metal used increasingly for lightweight components. Lincoln Industries names VP
Bill Ellerbee has been selected to serve as vice president of operations for Lincoln Industries. Nuclear-powered carrier gets overhaul
Northrop Grumman Corp. has redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), to the US Navy. Stainless shredder
US-based Franklin Miller Inc. has released the Super Shredder in-line disintegrator for reducing tough solids in sludge or raw sewage lines. Inserts for machining stainless steels
Kennametal Inc., headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsyvania, US, has released premium SGE inserts for Kennametal's Mill 1-14/18 platform. 
Local ThyssenKrupp stainless officials have announced that ThyssenKrupp AG is not cancelling or further delaying its plans for a stainless steel melt shop at the company's complex in Calvert, Alabama, US. 
The Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) has announced that as a result of the most recent data from the ongoing assessment of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor condition and the development of a critical path for the various repair options, it is now clear that the Chalk River NRU will not return to service before late 2009. 
Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced the first successful commercial shipment of biodiesel to be transported through a pipeline in the US. 
San Leon Energy has reported a significant discovery of natural gas in the Palo Pinto County, Regular (Gas) Field, District 07B, Texas, which will produce at commercial rates. San Leon holds a 25% interest in the first well, Nichols # 1, which is operated by McCown Engineering and will have an 80% interest in the remaining three wells to be drilled in this field. 
The Precision Metalforming Association, The American Welding Society, The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association and The Society of Manufacturing Engineers have announced that their show in Mexico, scheduled for 2-4 June 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico, will continue as planned.