Clarke, visionaries like Carl Sagan and movies like "2001: A Space Odyssey, " he studied aerospace and industrial engineering at Ryerson University, then physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto, before moving to Cornell to study space science, where he became special assistant to Sagan.
The reason is simple, commercial aerospace and its varied industrial infrastructure and energy derivatives personify global growth.
"Companies with high exposure to defence markets, and with little exposure to the recovering commercial industrial and aerospace markets, will need to convince investors that they have viable survival plans, " he said.
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Specifically HUN produces chemicals used in consumer and industrial products in industries such as aerospace, automotive and construction.
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With many markets, such as aerospace, industrial gas turbine and commercial building remaining soft, and the residential construction market being hampered by severe winter weather, Alcoa says that it will strengthen its performance by developing innovative products that add value for its customers.
"The Cray XC30 system will be a valuable supercomputing resource for our researchers and scientists, as well as for our industrial partners in the automotive and aerospace industries, " said Prof.
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His company works with more than 27, 000 businesses in the global arena in order to help them both design and service products in manufacturing industries such as industrial equipment, automotive, high tech and electronics, aerospace and defense, retail, consumer, and medical devices.
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Originally designed for an automotive parts manufacturer, Plex Online is being adopted by aerospace and defense, food and beverage, high tech and electronics, industrial machinery, and precision metal manufacturers.
Such support translates into a cost-effective way to help preserve an aerospace industrial base at a time when it is reeling, and contracting, due to dangerously reduced defense budgets.
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Given the size of the military-industrial complex, there's no shortage of analysts focused on aerospace and defense companies.
GE's industrial portfolio, especially its infrastructure units (transport, oil, gas, energy and aerospace), is increasingly international and is still growing solidly.
Mr Cable also used his speech to say the government is refocusing its industrial policy on supporting key sectors of the economy, such as aerospace, the car industry and science.
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