Honda Aircraft Company Nominates HondaJet Empennage Supplier
Company Release, October 10, 2007
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., today announced an agreement with Hampson Industries PLC for supply of the complete empennage structural sub-assembly for the HondaJet advanced light jet.  The empennage sub-assembly will be supplied from Hampson's Grand Prairie, Texas, manufacturing facility.

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Boeing Reschedules Initial 787 Deliveries and First Flight
Company Release, October 10, 2007
CHICAGO -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] today announced a six-month delay in its planned initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner due to continued challenges completing assembly of the first airplanes. Deliveries of the strong-selling Dreamliner are now slated to begin in late November or December 2008, versus an original target of May 2008. First flight is now anticipated around the end of first quarter 2008.

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Hexcel to build prepreg facility in China
Company Release, October 10, 2007
STAMFORD, CT -- Hexcel Corporation, in conjunction with Tianjin Xeda Administrative Committee, has today announced further details of its plans to build a new prepreg plant in China.  The new facility is intended to meet the strong demand for composites used in wind turbines.  China is experiencing major growth in its wind energy market and the country plans to double the amount of energy it obtains from renewable sources by 2020; a strategy that will require a major increase in the number of wind power plants in the country.

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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 -- 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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