BorgWarner's Largest Facility in China Produces Fuel Efficient Products in Environmentally Friendly Building (14380)
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan -- Propelled by growing demand in the rapidly expanding Chinese automotive market, BorgWarner Thermal Systems opened a new production facility at its campus in Ningbo, China, where it will produce fans, viscous fan drives, Visctronic(R) fan drives and water pumps. The new 194,000-square-foot (18,000-square-meter) operation is BorgWarner's largest in China, employing 260 people.

Abanaki Corp. Purchases Aerodyne Development Corporation; Oil-Skimmer Maker Moves Into Solid-Material-Handling Market (14130)
CLEVELAND--Abanaki Corporation, manufacturer of industrial oil skimmers, has announced its purchase of Aerodyne Development Corporation, which manufactures dust collection systems equipment and solid-material-handling components.

Fisher-Klosterman, Inc. Acquired by CECO Environmental Corporation (14067)
CLEVELAND, National City Capital Markets has announced that its Investment Banking Group served as financial advisor to Fisher-Klosterman, Inc., designer and manufacturer, which services a broad line of customized air pollution control and product recovery systems, in its announced sale to CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ:CECE), a air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems company. The transaction was valued at an enterprise value of approximately $16.0 million, which includes $15.0 million in cash and $1.0 million in CECO Environmental common stock, plus up to $3.5 million in payments related to a three-year performance-based earn-out payable in unregistered common stock.

CECO ENVIRONMENTAL ACQUIRES FISHER-KLOSTERMAN, INC. (14049)
NEW YORK, CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Fisher-Klosterman, Inc. in a transaction involving cash and stock. The acquisition of Fisher-Klosterman, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, also includes its Buell Division, located in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and most significantly, Fisher-Klosterman’s 40,000 sq. ft. sales and manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. Fisher-Klosterman’s businesses consist of producing cyclones, as well as classifiers, electrostatic precipitator parts and service, air filtration equipment, and scrubbers. These products are utilized for air pollution control and particulate recovery in industries including petroleum refining, power production, petrochemicals, and manufacturing.

Battelle Awarded Major Air Force Contract. Worldwide military installation contract focuses on environmental services (14032)
Columbus, Ohio—Battelle announces that it has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE). This multiple-award contract has an estimated ceiling of $3 billion over its 5-year ordering period and allows Battelle to provide architect-engineering services for environmental, military construction, military family housing, and facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects at Air Force and other military installations throughout the U.S. and at operating locations worldwide.

Toyota TO plant 20,000 trees through arbor day foundation partnership and extend commitment for 2008 (13862)
IRVINE, Calif. – Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU), through its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, has announced that 20,000 trees – one for every 8-Series lift truck sold in 2007 – will be planted in national forests damaged by fire or other natural causes. The company also announced an expanded commitment to the Foundation in 2008. TMHU will donate one tree for every Toyota lift truck delivered in 2008, which the company estimates to be about 30,000 trees based on 2007 figures.

New Landfill Technology Offers Green - and Cost-Effective - Solutions (13841)
Viridis Waste Control, LLC, announced today that the U.S. Patent application for the proprietary bioreactor process was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark office. With the patent, Viridis now has available the Bioreactor Landfill Technology that is the best available technology for America's solid waste disposal landfills. The patented technology provides significant advances and dramatic enhancements in the reduction of greenhouse gasses, delivers substantially greater air and water pollution reduction, and increased methane production and recovery from landfills. Additionally, the Viridis patented technology enables more useable capacity in landfills for solid waste disposal

August Mack Environmental, Inc. Announces Hiring of New Project Manager (13705)
August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety consulting firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Gerald Rich, P.E. to Project Manager in its Dublin, Ohio office. Rich previously spent more than 30years at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) serving in a variety of roles in the air pollution and industrial wastewater divisions

Kirk & Blum Is Now North America’s Largest Sheet Metal Contractor (13629)
Kirk & Blum now ranks first among North American sheet metal contractors, according to Engineering News-Record magazine's recently released annual listing of construction industry leaders. Kirk & Blum moved up from third to first on sales increase from $81.5 million to $104.8 million in 2006, the largest year-to-year jump in company history

News From USW: USW Calls on Grupo Mexico to Protect Workers (13508)
PITTSBURGH--News From USW: The United Steelworkers (USW) today said a new report conducted by a group of independent health and safety experts should serve as a wake-up call for Grupo Mexico, the world’s third-largest copper producer with a deadly record of worker safety violations.