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Officials with the Amarillo Independent School District announced Thursday that students can now pre-register for classes at the AmTech Career Academy, the districts new career and technical education high school which is set to open in the fall.  According to previous reporting by the Amarillo Globe-News, the academy will be an expansion of the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL) and will be located at 3601 Plains. The name for the facility was approved during.an October 2019 m...

Publishing and events company Informa is forecasting a huge drop in annual revenues and profits following the cancellation of many exhibitions worldwide due to the coronavirus. The group expects 2020 revenues will range from £1.65billion to £1.68billion compared to £2.89billion in 2019 while adjusted operating profit is expected to fall by over 70 per cent to between £250million and £270million. Its three main events-led businesses were all badly hurt by the disruption, especially in the U...

Wed December 30, 2020 - Southeast Edition Virginia Business The two-floor CMA building, projected to open in 2022, will include offices and meeting rooms as well as manufacturing and lab space. (Institute for Advanced Learning and Research rendering) The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) announced Dec. 22 that it had broken ground on a $25.5 million, 51,250-sq.-ft. manufacturing center on its Danville, Va., campus. The Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) will offer spa...

Fralock acquires Mapson Engineering Valencia, California-based Fralock, an engineering and manufacturing provider of specialty material solutions for high reliability and mission-critical applications, has completed the acquisition of Mapson, based in Orange County, California, provides high-resolution, large-format precision graphic solutions for specialty electronic applications. Founded nearly 40 years ago by Jim Mapson and built through reputation for high-quality products, superior custo...

With many people wondering whether traditional schooling is going the way of the chalkboard, the mimeograph machine and the overhead projector, some educators are preparing for what seems like an

SNC leverages sensor tech in space Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), the global aerospace and national security company owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, is leveraging decades of expertise in navigation and guidance systems to develop enhanced vision technology for space applications, including moon and planetary landings. “Navigation and landing systems, and collision avoidance, are really a sweet spot for SNC,” said SNC’s CEO Fatih Ozmen. “So much of what we have learned from our national secur...

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IALR breaks ground on $25.5M Center for Manufacturing Advancement 2 Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the IALR campus in Danville, Virginia. The CMA will offer a platform for leading-edge business success specifically targeted at manufacturing companies establishing or expanding their presence in Southern Virginia. The $25.5 million project, funded by the Commonwealth and the Danville Regional Foundation, is being built in cooperation with Virginia’s Division of Engineering and Bu...

The Amarillo Independent School District’s Board of Trustees recently voted to further make progress on the district’s AmTech Career Academy. At its recent board meeting, the trustees voted to approve a contract with Navajo Office Products to purchase furniture for the facility.  According to previous reports by the Amarillo Globe-News, the district’s board approved the name of its career academy during a special meeting in late October, with it being an expansion of the Amarillo Area Ce...

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has broken ground to build a 51,250-square-foot Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the IALR campus. The innovative CMA will offer a platform for leading-edge business success specifically targeted at manufacturing companies establishing or expanding their presence in Southern Virginia. The $25.5 million project, funded by the commonwealth and the Danville Regional Foundation, is being built in cooperation with Virginia’s Di...