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Honeywell’s UOP Announces Start-up of Para-xylene Production Unit at Sinopec Facility in Shanghai

Project using UOP process technology, engineering and equipment completed 30 months from inception

DES PLAINES, Ill., Oct. 8 , 2009 — UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has successfully started up a new para-xylene complex using UOP process technology at the Sinopec facility in Shanghai.

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Aerospace Optics to demo LOGIC SERIES at NBAA

Aerospace Optics, one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of LED pushbutton switches and indicators, will provide demonstrations of its new VIVISUN LOGIC SERIES during the National Business Aviation Association’s 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando Oct. 20-22. The LOGIC SERIES is the first switch of its kind based on an integrated logic circuit.  [...]

Boeing Elects Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, Jr. (Ret) to Board of Directors

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Boeing Unveils Networked Security ‘Shield’ at NATO Conference

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Boeing’s Laser JDAM Draws International Interest

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Avianca, Grupo TACA to merge under holding company

Colombia’s Avianca and El Salvador-based Grupo TACA announced yesterday that they have reached agreement to merge under a single holding company, creating an airline group that will serve more than 100 destinations with a fleet of 129 aircraft.

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ICAO climate change meeting begins; industry calls for emissions targets

ICAO yesterday commenced its three-day High Level Meeting on Aviation and Climate Change in Montreal, with nations aiming to come together under UN auspices to reach agreement on measures to manage aviation’s carbon dioxide emissions.

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Aer Lingus unveils restructuring plan, aims to slash €97 million in yearly costs

Aer Lingus yesterday revealed a two-phase “transformational” restructuring plan to reduce annual operating costs excluding fuel by €97 million ($142.7 million) before the end of 2011 and remove “legacy work” practices from its operation.

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DOT issues advisory on air shipping lithium batteries, warns of fire hazard

US Dept. of Transportation yesterday issued a safety advisory regarding the shipment of lithium batteries in passenger and cargo aircraft, warning that battery-caused “fires in aircraft can result in catastrophic events presenting unique challenges not encountered in other transport modes.”

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EU/US open skies talks convene in Washington, not expected to bear fruit

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