Hexcel recovers from twisters
Stamford-based Hexcel Corp. said its Decatur, Ala., plants are up and operating again after devastating tornadoes ripped through the region last month.
Tornadoes in the area claimed more than 350 lives and caused billions of dollars in property damage.
Hexcel, which makes composite materials and engineered products for aircraft and industry, said no employees were killed or injured but there was exterior damage to buildings at the complex and electrical service was lost.
The plant was shut down and employees were discharged when the tornado warning was broadcast, but some opted to seek shelter in the buildings, a spokesperson said.
According to the company, the plant was built to withstand 200-mile-per-hour winds. Expensive carbon fiber production equipment was undamaged.
The company has customers that include aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus.
Maclaren recall updated
Norwalk-based Maclaren USA Inc. has updated the status of its November 2009 voluntary recall of a hinge mechanism on its umbrella strollers.
The strollers were recalled when they were found to present a potential hazard to children when opening or closing. Maclaren has since offered a free kit to cover the elbow joint on the stroller”™s hinge mechanism, to avoid the potential danger. More than 300,000 consumers have been supplied with free hinge covers in the past 18 months.
The company said it will continue to offer the covers to any consumers who bought the old-style hinge strollers prior to 2010 upon request.
Pinnacle opens in Greenwich
Woodbridge-based Pinnacle Educational Center has opened its newest office in Greenwich.
The admissions, career and life services company has opened its doors on 500 W. Putnam Ave. in order to serve the lower county, specifically Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Wilton, Westport and Weston.
The company”™s admissions and placement divisions, private school admissions advisers and medical school admissions advisers will all expand there.
Paul Lowe, president and CEO of Pinnacle, said the office was added because of the increased demand in lower Fairfield County for personalized private school, college and medical school admissions advisory and placement services. This is the fourth satellite office for Pinnacle Educational Center; others include Shelton and Manhattan.
Pinnacle opened its third location in April in the Chrysler Building in mid-town Manhattan.
