MACNY to add Chobani, Crucible Executives to its Wall of Fame
DeWITT, N.Y. — The founder and CEO of yogurt-maker Chobani is one of two executives that the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) will add to its Wall of Fame next month. Both Hamdi Ulukaya and Jim Beckman, president of Crucible Industries LLC, will accept their awards at MACNY’s 103rd annual dinner on May 19 at the Oncenter, MACNY said in a news release. The organization will recognize both men with plaques on the Manufacturers Wall of Fame at MACNY headquarters in DeWitt. Since purchasing a yogurt plant in 2005, Ulukaya has led Norwich–based Chobani to “become the top-selling Greek yogurt brand in the United States.”- Published in Latest
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi & Ticaret AS, a Turkish producer of oil and gas pipelines, expects demand to pick up in the U.S. toward the end of the year as shale producers replace aging equipment. Borusan Mannesmann’s plant in Houston will produce 100,000 metric tons of pipes in 2016, up from about 70,000 tons last year, Agah Ugur, chief executive officer of the company’s Istanbul-based parent Borusan Holding AS, said in an interview on Thursday.
Chobani LLC will undertake a major expansion to its manufacturing facility in Twin Falls, Id. The expansion will be used for increased manufacturing capacity to drive continued growth in the region and to meet demand for new and existing products.
Turkish Airlines claims to fly to the fictitious cities of Metropolis and Gotham City, home of Superman and Batman in the much-anticipated new superheroes movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens worldwide on Friday. But such a claim is not so far from the reality of its expansive network. The “Ottoman Empire" super connector travels to 113 countries, more than any other airline in the world, thanks to its strategic location at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With a shrewd marketing strategy and an eye on the US market, the airline is sponsoring what may be the year’s biggest commercial cinema hit, with a pivotal scene taking place aboard a Boeing 777 Turkish Airlines plane.
