GE Aviation recently announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Ellisville, Miss., to meet accelerating global demand.

3M recently reported record second quarter sales of $7.7 billion, up 14.1% year-on-year. Earnings rose 3.9% and operating margins were 21.6%.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently announced that 14 companies have joined with the organization to establish the Oak Ridge Carbon Fiber Composites Consortium.

FLEXcon recently broke ground to expand its Spencer, MA, headquarters with the construction of a new, two-story 20,000-sq-ft technology and innovation center.

Two new types of edible sugar glue will be on display at the 2011 International Cake Exploration Societé convention in Charlotte, N.C. from August 4-7. Chefs and bakers can use

ACTEGA Kelstar and ACTEGA WIT have opened a joint NAFTA innovation laboratory in Cinnaminson, NJ, to accommodate ACTEGA Kelstar’s R&D and technical service labs, and to house the newly formed Innovation Team.

President Obama recently launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, including an investment of up to $120 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over three years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it has approved Ohio’s new rule for the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from reinforced plastic composites production operations.

IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries® recently announced that Dennis “Denny” P. McGuirk has resigned from his position as president and CEO to accept a new position as president and CEO of SEMI®.

PPG Industries recently announced four executive appointments, effective Sept. 1.