MHI authorizes offer of MRJ and launches marketing to potential customers
Company Release, October 9, 2007
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has formally decided to begin offering its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), a next-generation regional aircraft, for sale to potential customer airlines worldwide.

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Boeing official says 787 on track
A minor delay to the flight test won't hurt the program, analysts say
Herald, October 9, 2007
EVERETT, Wash.,  -- The Boeing Co. recently batted down rumors of another delay to its 787 Dreamliner program. "It's an aggressive schedule but we believe we can do it," Boeing's marketing guru Randy Tinseth told reporters while speaking Monday in Australia.

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SGL Group plans to triple carbon fiber capacities
Press Release, October 5, 2007
WIESBADEN - The SGL Group – The Carbon Company – is rigorously continuing on its path to becoming one of the leading suppliers in the area of carbon fibers and carbon fiber composites and plans to triple its carbon fiber production capacity to as much as 12,000 metric tons by 2012.

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New Material For Aircraft Wings Could Save Billions
Science Daily, September 28, 2007
Building aircraft wings with a special aluminium fibre combination makes them nearly immune to metal fatigue. The application of this technology, partly developed at Delft University of Technology, will lead to substantial savings.

Titanium supply will be tight through 2010
Capacity expansions won’t help supply until next decade
Purchasing, September 26, 2007
OHIO -- Buyers are correct in worrying about supply of titanium and titanium alloys through 2010. That’s the admission from Dawne Hickton, vice president and CEO of titanium producer RTI International Metals in Niles, Ohio, even though producers are dusting off expansion blueprints for titanium sponge and mill product capacity.

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Sumitomo, Toho Titanium Shares Gain on Demand, Prices
Bloomberg, September 25, 2007
TOKYO -- Sumitomo Titanium Corp., the world's second-biggest processor of sponge titanium, had its biggest gain in more than three months in Tokyo trading on speculation higher demand may raise prices for the light metal used in aircraft.

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Dreamliner jet contract gives Toray Industries a boost
Bloomberg, September 12, 2007
TOKYO -- Toray Industries, Japan's biggest maker of synthetic fibers and fabrics, is raising its share price on the wings of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet.

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Rudder of Boeing 787 made in China
People's Daily, July 12, 2007
Fourteen years after the launch of the Boeing 777 in 1993, Boeing's newest aircraft - the 787 "Dreamliner"- took off from Seattle, in the United States, at 6:30 pm Beijing time on July 9th. Chinese passengers will be able to experience the 787 "Dreamliner" in China as soon as next year

Astrium rockets into space tourism
Press Release, June 13, 2007
TOULOUSE, FRANCE – Astrium has unveiled a revolutionary new vehicle for space tourism at a special VIP event in Paris ahead of the Le Bourget Airshow. This business jet sized vehicle is designed to carry four passengers 100 km up into space giving more than three minutes of "zero G" or weightlessness. Guests at the Paris event were shown a full sized mock-up of the forward section of the revolutionary craft including its Marc Newson designed cabin.

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