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  • Throughout the remainder of 2002, SCOPE was receiving monthly shipments of raw material such as high-strength aluminum and steel alloys and turning out thousands of components for the Libyan centrifuges.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • "We believe we are approaching the practical limits for the application of high-strength steels," Frank Paluch , Honda Motor Co.'s senior vice president of research and development in North America, said last month.

    GM, Teijin Set Carbon-Fiber Venture Sharon Terlep 2011

  • A company in Singapore had provided three hundred tons of high-strength aluminum alloy to the factory in Malaysia.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • Material began pouring in from around the world: three hundred tons of high-strength aluminum from Bikar Metal Asia in Singapore, one hundred tons of steel alloy from Kobe Steel Company in Japan, and components shipped from the Tinner factory in Switzerland.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • Instead, the massive crates contained roughly twenty-five thousand casings, pumps, tubes, flanges, and other parts, all manufactured to precise tolerances from high-strength aluminum and bound for warehouses in Libya.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • In addition to stamping logos on cigarette papers for clients in the United Arab Emirates, she uses state-of-the-art milling machines to build parts for high-strength lids on gas turbines.

    The Engines of Growth Brian Blackstone 2011

  • The high-strength cable winding around the big wheel atop that simple rig is from Germany.

    WSJ Credits 'Capitalism' For Saving The Miners, After It Endangered Them The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In addition to stamping logos on cigarette papers for clients in the United Arab Emirates, she uses state-of-the-art milling machines to build parts for high-strength lids on gas turbines.

    The Engines of Growth Brian Blackstone 2011

  • The high-strength cable winding around the big wheel atop that simple rig is from Germany.

    WSJ Credits 'Capitalism' For Saving The Miners, After It Endangered Them The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In one modification, he was told to substitute steel for part of a centrifuge component that was supposed to be manufactured entirely from high-strength aluminum.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

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