ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, July 25, 1996 TAG: 9607250079
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: C-10 EDITION: METRO
Optical Cable gets contracts
Optical Cable Corp. says the company has recently been awarded three federal government projects worth $1.25 million.
Company President Robert Kopstein declined to reveal the specific names of the agencies receiving the cable but said they were not buying the company's military-grade product. The cable will be used for improvements to existing facilities, he said.
Optical Cable, which employs 110 people in the Valleypointe business park in Northwest Roanoke County, makes fiber-optic cable for computer and telecommunications networks.
- Associated Press
Connex business to net millions
Connex Pipe Systems Inc. of Troutville said Wednesday that the company has recently reeled in $8 million in new business.
The company said that it was chosen by Black &Veatch Construction Inc. to supply high-energy piping to a large electric power plant in Indonesia. Pipe for two 660 megawatt units will be delivered through 1997.
Other new contracts include a paper mill in Georgia, a steel mill in Indiana and several chemical plants throughout the Eastern United States, the company said.
Connex makes high- and low-pressure piping for utility and industrial plants.
- Associated Press
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