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From: gershon@vis.toronto.edu (Ron Gershon)
Subject: Re: Know anything about Vedako?
Message-ID: <91Jun6.154800edt.8686@orasis.vis.toronto.edu>
Keywords: Vedako
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 6 Jun 91 19:48:18 GMT
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Following up on Jefferey McCartney (gt8963a@prism.gatech.edu) request 
for info on Vadeko, and Anthony Green's (green@vis.toronto.edu) reply,
here are the two cents I picked over the local newpapers recently:

"Vadeko recently won a $20.4 million contract to supply robot systems to 
NASA for use in its Advanced Solid Rocket Motor facility, currently 
under construction in Iuka, Miss. 

Vadeko, part of the AGRA Industries group, will supply a complete case 
preparation facility, including three robots, which will perform various motor
finishing operations. The robots will stand some 20m (60ft for the non-metric
readers [RG]) high with a total process facility of 4000 cubic meters.
The robots are set for delivery to NASA in late 1992 with production at
the Iuka site slated to commence in late 1993.

Vadeko is subcontracting $6.3 million of business to Cambrian Engineering,
another AGRA company, for design and installation of structural and air
handling facilities."


-- Ron