Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 8, 1993 TAG: 9305100264
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Connex Pipe Systems, a Marietta, Ohio, manufacturer of metal piping, has moved a step closer to opening a plant in Botetourt County with the issuance of an air pollution permit by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
Although negotiations have not been completed for a Troutville building for Connex, Beth Doughty, executive director of the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership, said she's "encouraged by the progress."
The permit is for operation of a miscellaneous metal parts and products coating plant. The state agency's Roanoke air pollution control branch was concerned about the use of zinc in the spraying operation. But the agency has decided Connex will use an efficient filter that meets state requirements.
- Staff report
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\ Plastics One Inc. of Roanoke has won a $48,514 contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs' national acquisition center for hearing-aid cords and tubing.
\ Corning Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer, James R. Houghton, was in stable condition in a Norfolk hospital Friday, the company said. He was struck by a car Thursday night after a meeting of the Business Council in Williamsburg. Corning operates a Christiansburg plant making ceramic parts for catalytic converters.
\ Appalachian Power Co. employees, including President Joseph H. Vipperman and forester David W. Oliver, have planted 5,000 loblolly pines around Apco's Pennhall Training Center at Smith Mountain Lake in observance of Arbor Day. Each of the trees, selected for rapid growth and potential use as a timber resource, represents one of the company's 5,000 employees. Apco said another 5,000 trees are being planted on Apco property in West Virginia.
by CNB