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IBA Announces Company Growth in Huntsville
Madison Mayor Paul Finley joins Edwina Musante, IBA director of Huntsville operations,
and Anna Ryan, President and CEO of IBA, in cutting the ribbon for IBA’s continued growth
in Huntsville.
Huntsville Company’s
Logistics Expertise
Earns European Business
PALCO, a company that provides reverse logistics, failure
analysis, and aftermarket services, recently expanded into
Europe with its newest facility located near Amsterdam in
Venlo, The Netherlands.
PALCO will support global OEMs in the Europe, Middle
East and Africa regions (EMA) who have turned to PALCO as
an expert in reverse logistics.
“This expansion reflects PALCO’s continued commitment
to customers’ reverse logistics requirements and PALCO’s
services deployment strategy,” said PALCO CEO Janice Migliore.
While initially supporting companies in the EMA region,
PALCO’s European expansion will ultimately include the
Asian-Pacific (APAC) region.
According to Migliore, plans are currently in the discovery
phase for adding capabilities in the APAC region as PAL-
CO continues to execute its services deployment strategy.
“Furthermore, PALCO’s expansion provides a singular
solution to support global companies, while allowing us continued
growth in business in the Americas,” said Migliore. •
Irving Burton Associates (IBA), which expanded its operation to Huntsville last summer, recently celebrated
its continued growth in the Huntsville/Madison County community at a recent ribbon cutting.
IBA, a woman-owned professional and technical services government contractor, expanded to
Huntsville to broaden its delivery of technology and management solutions to the area’s defense community.
Work in Huntsville includes joining contracts for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command
AMCOM EXPRESS contract, a contract that provides comprehensive management and support services
to numerous Army facilities and groups. The company delivers program management and technical
solutions to more than 40 program offices in the federal sector including the U.S. Department of
Defense, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Interior.
Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County Board Chair Don Nalley said IBA is an
excellent example of the kinds of companies that continue to make the local economy so competitive.
“We feel certain the company will feel right at home in Huntsville given the increasing federal
presence and a flourishing business environment. Great companies lead to great communities and
today IBA is officially joining that winning formula,” Nalley said.
Edwina Musante, IBA director of Huntsville operations, said that the company plans to add employees
to its Huntsville office over the next year to support Redstone-based organizations.
“IBA is leveraging our capabilities in information technology and project management to support
the missile and aviation organizations at Redstone Arsenal. We expect to hire four new employees in
our Huntsville office before the end of the year, and our goal for 2011 is to grow by an additional 12
to 15 employees,” Musante said. “IBA has more than 30 years of excellent past performance with the
Department of Defense and many other federal agencies. We look forward to an equally impressive
record of successes with the organizations at Redstone Arsenal.”
Madison Mayor Paul Finley said that companies such as IBA are examples of companies that need
to be in Huntsville/Madison County.
“This community is continuing to be on the map of places people and businesses need to be. This
is a perfect example of just that,” Finley said. •
PPG to Manufacture State-of-the-Art Windows for New Jet
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group was awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MJET) to
design and manufacture the all-glass windshields and side flight-deck windows for the new Mitsubishi Regional
Jet (MRJ).
Under the agreement, PPG will supply original-equipment flight-deck windows for the life of the program
and support operators with aftermarket parts, according to Mark Cancilla, PPG Aerospace global platform
director for transparencies.
Cancilla said PPG will design and produce the windshields and side flight-deck windows at its Huntsville
aircraft transparencies facility. The MRJ, which is a family of 70- to 90-seat next-generation regional jets under
development by MJET, is expected to enter service in 2014.
“We are excited to play a role in the advanced-technology MRJ and appreciate being able to join with MJET
in its launch,” Cancilla said. “This program is another demonstration of PPG’s continued commitment to the
regional jet marketplace and to our ability to meet the important needs of regional jet operators. PPG’s design,
technology and manufacturing capabilities enable us to provide high-quality, value-added transparencies, while
our long history of supporting the aftermarket and our global network of support centers give us the expertise
and infrastructure to provide timely operator service on a local basis.”
According to Cancilla, the heated windshields and side flight-deck windows will be among the largest in
commercial aviation to afford enhanced visibility. Using three plies of Herculite ® II chemically strengthened
glass will enable PPG to design them to be strong yet lightweight. An additional design consideration is the
attenuation of high-intensity radiated fields, which will be addressed with use of existing coatings technologies.
The windshields will be designed to resist impact by a 4-pound bird at 340 knots. •
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