Assembly - January 2009 - (Page 32) Assembly Lines talented workforce and new business opportunities in the Asian markets,” says Harman CEO Dinesh C. Paliwal. Located approximately 75 miles northwest of Shanghai, the new plant currently employs about 320 people and manufactures a variety of different speakers, amplifiers and electronic components under the Harman Kardon, Infinity, and JBL brands. Key customers include Shanghai General Motors, Hyundai and Kia. Norfolk Southern Installs Second Wind Turbine NORFOLK, VA—Norfolk Southern railroad has installed a 50-kilowatt wind turbine at its rail yard in North Kansas City, MO, to power the yard’s wastewater treatment plant. The turbine is the company’s second and consists of three 24-foot rotor blades mounted on a 100-foot tower. The system is expected to generate Sentinel Leak Test Instruments Cincinnati Test Systems’ line of leak test instruments can handle virtually any product leak testing requirement. From simple to complex, CTS has the right test solution to fit your testing need. Automatic or manual, single or multiple station, CTS instruments provide rugged and reliable operation in the toughest manufacturing environments. approximately 100,000 kilowatt hours annually. Norfolk Southern installed its first wind turbine at the company’s Bellevue, OH, yard in 2007. Entegrity Wind Systems (Boulder, CO) built and installed both systems. “The North Kansas City wind turbine is the second of its kind on Norfolk Southern, and continues our efforts to promote and incorporate sustainable business practices,” says Chuck Wehrmeister, company vice president of safety and the environment. “We will continue to explore renewable energy applications for our facilities throughout our 22-state network.” Bosch Expanding Solar Production STUTTGART, Germany—Bosch Group, in cooperation with its recently acquired subsidiary ersol Solar Energy AG (Erfurt, Germany), plans to invest approximately $740 million to expand its manufacturing capacity for crystalline photovoltaic cells and solar panels. “This investment underscores our strategic objective of strongly expanding our activities in the area of renewable energies over the next few years,” says Bosch deputy board chairman Dr. Siegfried Dais. Test us with your toughest product testing requirements! Pressure Decay Pressure Gain Vacuum Decay Differential Pressure Mass Flow Multi-Channel Sequential Tests Tooling Control Ethernet, USB A TASI Group Company Bosch Group is investing approximately $740 million to expand production capacity for solar cells and panels. 513.367.6699 prov iding wor ld - cla s s lea k tes t a nd assembl y ver if ica ti o n s o l utio ns s al e s @ c i n c i n n a t i -t e s t . c o m c incinna t i-t est . com As part of the expansion, Bosch will build a pair of new crystalline cell and solar module assembly plants in Arnstadt, Germany. The new facilities will begin preliminary production in 2010. Ultimately, ersol Solar Energy hopes to nearly triple its present manufacturing capacity. In the first nine months of 2008, the company logged sales of approximately $300 million, twice as much as in the first nine months of 2007. At the same time, its workforce has increased from 700 to approximately 1,200. The company is projecting sales of $558 million in 2009. “With the financial strength of Bosch and our exceptionally dedicated workforce, we have everything we need for extremely positive development,” says ersol Solar Energy Chairman Holger von Hebel. 32 ASSEMBLY / January 2009 www.assemblymag.com http://www.cincinnati-test.com http://www.assemblymag.com
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