Chart Industries awarded $1.0 million contract from Hughes Aerospace.EASTLAKE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1996--Chart Industries, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) today announced that its CVI CVI C (Language) Virtual Instrument CVI Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (journal) CVI Chronic Venous Insufficiency CVI Coastal Vulnerability Index CVI Canaan Valley Institute Division has been awarded a contract worth approximately $1.0 million from Hughes Aerospace Corporation to supply large size (48 inch) cryopumps for use in the production testing of Hughes's Xenon-ion thrusters. CVI, a division of Chart's Process Systems International (PSI) subsidiary, is a leading supplier of cryopumps used in satellite test chambers to create the vacuum necessary to simulate outer space conditions. "As demand for global communication and surveillance equipment increases, the demand for satellite test equipment will also grow in both volume and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. ," commented James R. Sadowski, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Chart Industries. "We are well positioned to be a part of this growth with the strength of our PSI operations." Hughes Aerospace is the leading supplier of ion engines to the aerospace industry. The company's Xenon-ion thrusters are placed on satellites to help them maintain their position in orbit; these high-technology ion thrusters are also used to propel scientific probes through space for data collection. Other CVI customers include universities, government agencies and national research facilities, and aerospace corporations in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Chart Industries, Inc., manufactures standard and custom-built industrial process equipment primarily for low temperature and cryogenic applications. The company also manufactures other industrial equipment such as structural pipe supports, stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. tubing, and high-vacuum systems. Headquartered in Eastlake, Ohio, Chart has operations located in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio New Hampshire is an unincorporated community located in central Goshen Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. Located between Wapakoneta and Lakeview at the intersection of U.S. , Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. NOTE: To access full-text releases on Chart Industries, Inc., please call News on Demand at 800/311-7462. CONTACT: Chart Industries, Inc. James R. Sadowski, President and Chief Operating Officer, 216/946-2525 |
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