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TRENDS BIZ BRIEFS Renishaw (Gloucestershire, UK) recently marked a major growth milestone with the opening of its new 14, 214m 2 Innovation Center in the UK. The US$31 million facility, located at the company head- quarters near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, was formally opened in July. The additional space will house R&D; and corporate services staf, as well as demonstration, training and conference facilities, and enable relocation of Renishaw's spectroscopy and laser calibration product lines to the site. The Center's investment program also encompassed the opening of a new R&D; operation at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, as well as other new construction in the UK. Airbus (Toulouse, France) inaugurated in Mobile, AL, US, on Sept. 14 its frst-ever US manufacturing facility. The plant, which assembles the family of A319s, A320s and A321s, is ofcially open for business, with a team of more than 250 Airbus manufactur- ing employees now at work on the frst U.S.-made Airbus aircraft. Airbus announced plans for the $600 million facility in 2012, and construction began at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley the following year. The frst U.S.-made Airbus commercial aircraft, an A321, is scheduled for delivery in early 2016. By 2018, the facility is expected to produce 40-50 single-aisle aircraft per year. Airbus' market forecast indicates a demand over the next 20 years (directed to all manufacturers) for some 4,700 single-aisle aircraft in North America alone. WHERE ART MEETS TECHNOLOGY 1.800.776.3329 www.chromaflo.com/events JOIN US AT OUR BOOTH AT CAMX OCTOBER 26-29, 2015, DALLAS, TEXAS Chromaflo's technical experts know that each component of a formula can impact final color and appearance. Our custom approach involves careful analysis of your system requirements to create pigment dispersions that produce desired appearance and consistent performance. The final result is our customer's success. THE DISTINCTION IS A CUSTOM APPROACH TO COLOR AND APPEARANCE. The Explosion Proof Bonder-- Redefined w w w . W i c h i T e c h . c o m C a l l u s f o r a p e r s o n a l d e m o : ( 8 0 0 ) 7 7 6 - 4 2 7 7 ❖ 4 1 0 / 2 4 4 - 1 9 6 6 B a l t i m o r e , M a r y l a n d 2 1 2 0 1 U S A Works on 400 Hz Meets Class 1, Division 1 MIL-STD-810F/NEC OCTOBER 2015 24 CompositesWorld TRENDS