Caterpillar has chosen Winston-Salem, North Carolina as the site of its new powertrain components manufacturing and assembly facility to provide extra capacity for its expanding business in global mining operations. Sites in South Carolina and Alabama had also been under consideration for the plant.

The United Arab Emirates has announced it is banning BlackBerry messaging, email and internet use.

The government claims the ban is due to security concerns because encrypted data sent on the devices is sent abroad, where it cannot be monitored for illegal activity. It says it is cracking down solely on the BlackBerry because it is the only smartphone that automatically sends users' data to servers overseas.

Analysts say this makes BlackBerry messages tougher to monitor than ones sent through domestic servers that authorities can access more easily.

Motorola has reported strong second quarter results thanks to consumer demand for its Droid phones, which run on Google’s Android operating system.

The company announced net income of $162 million, up from $26 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter was $5.41 billion, slightly down on Q2 2009, but still ahead of analysts’ predictions of $5.2 billion.

EDFof France is to sell its UK electricity networks business to Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) of Hong Kong for £5.8 billion.

EDF's UK unit, EDF Energy Networks, distributes electricity to 7.8 million customers and generates around a fifth of Britain's electricity.

In acquiring EDF Networks, CKI has obtained low-voltage electricity distribution networks in the east and south of England, and ongoing contracts with businesses including the London Underground, Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and the Channel Tunnel.

In sports stadium construction, meeting deadlines is critical. Luc Pelland, president of Structal-Heavy Steel Construction, explains to Gay Sutton how the company has built an enviable reputation by finding solutions for construction issues and consistently delivering quality products and services on time.

Three years ago the North American modular building industry witnessed the creation of its biggest organization when Modular Space Corporation came to life. Andrew Pelis talks with ModSpace senior vice president Kevin Bremer about the secrets behind the company’s success.

Le Bleu has been a top provider of bottled water to consumers, offices, retailers, high-end restaurants and resorts for more than two decades. Now top management is helping to nurture a fast-growing dietary supplement company, Nature’s Pearl. Keith Regan learns how the company is setting itself apart by embracing scientific studies on its muscadine grape supplement and using human networking to spread the word.

Calgary’s West LRT project represents a number of firsts and other major milestones for the western Canadian city and the province of Alberta. Keith Regan learns how the project’s intentional detour through an extensive public interaction and feedback process is helping to make for a smoother ride now that construction is well under way.

Commercially driven it may be, but as Alan Swaby learns while talking to the GM for North America, this French food company is equally passionate about taste, choice and quality.

The world’s leading producer of exclusively vegetable products isn’t from North America. It’s French. But after conquering practically all the known world, it was inevitable that it would eventually turn its attentions to that continent.

For more than 25 years, Jetcrete has been providing shaft wall building, ground stabilization and related services to mining and construction companies across the Australian continent. Now, thanks to a joint venture with Thyssen Mining, the company is aggressively entering the North American mining market, as Keith Regan learns from the joint venture’s general manager.