CANADIAN AIRCRAFT FOUGHT SOCAL FIRES
LOS ANGELES - 10/31/03 -A pair of Canadian-made "Super Scooper" water-dropping aircraft played a critical role in the fight to beat-down the wildfires that ravaged Southern California.
 The stubby, yellow-bodied CL-215 "Super Scooper" aircraft are leased during the fall fire season to the Los Angeles County Fire Department and are based at Van Nuys Airport in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, just northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The aircraft are unique in their ability to skim over the surface of a lake, river or sheltered bay, at about 80 mph, and "scoop" upwards of 1,200 gallons of water into its drop tanks. They have an operational "air-time" of four hours.
Designed to specifically fight forest fires, the aircraft cost about $3.5 million each and are manufactured in Quebec, Canada, by Canadair Ltd.
In addition to California, the twin-engined CL-215 amphibians are in regular firefighting service in North Carolina and Minnesota, as well as the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland, and the Yukon.
Overseas, "Super Scoopers" are in service in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Thailand, and Venezuela.
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CANADIAN FIRM SNAGS AIRPORT PROJECT
SACRAMENTO – 08/11/08 – Canadian transportation multi-national Bombardier has snagged a $29.8 million contract to design, supply and install an automated people mover system at Sacramento International Airport; the automatic train system will transport airline passengers between a ticket terminal and security checkpoints and airline gates at a new Terminal B and, eventually, to Terminal A.
LOMBARD INVESTS $15 MIL IN TAIWAN MANUFACTURER
SAN FRANCISCO – 07/11/08 – Bay Area-based Lombard Investments Inc.
has said it will invest $15 million in Taiwan-based San Shing Fastech
Corporation, a major manufacturer of high quality automotive fastener systems; San Shing said it will use the proceeds to expand its product line and enter new markets.
SECTOR 9 ACQUIRED BY AUSTRALIAN COMPANY
SAN DIEGO – 07/03/08 – Sector 9, a major player in the international skateboard industry, has been acquired by Australia-based Billabong International; the US skateboard company, founded in 1994, is considered a market leader in the design and manufacture of long boards – a niche segment within the skateboard market.
PACER EXPANDS SO CAL CAPACITY
CONCORD – 06/10/08 – Logistics provider Pacer International has expanded its warehouse operations in Southern California with the lease of a new 194,000 square foot warehouse facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson; the move gives Pacer subsidiary, Pacer Distribution Services (PDS), more than 800,000 square feet of warehouse capacity at its Southern California campus.
DEERE ACQUIRES T-SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
SAN DIEGO – 05/30/08 – Agricultural equipment giant Deere & Company has completed its acquisition of T-Systems International, Inc., the San Diego-based manufacturer and seller of products with a variety of applications in the agricultural, nursery, landscape, mining, and greenhouse industry sectors; T-Systems currently operates manufacturing facilities in both Australia and France.
LAMBORGHINI VROOMS INTO CALIFORNIA
SANTA MONICA – 05/05/08 – Automobili Lamborghini America LLC, the newly-formed US subsidiary of Italian auto icon Lamborghini, has said it will base its US operations in the Southern California city of Santa Monica; the decision was largely based on the fact that California generates about one-third of Lamborghini's total North American sales, according to auto industry media sources.
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