Ben Finley

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The Domino Effect of Procurement Delays in Manufacturing
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Pictured at the groundbreaking from left to right: Joe Campbell, Campbell Construction President; Jim Kehres, EMH Crane President; Edis Hazne EMH CEO and majority owner; Brandon Gibson, Economic Development Manager, MCEDC; Dave Comiono, EMH VP and co-owner; and John Campbell, CEO Campbell Construction.
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This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing.
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A farmer stands on a corm field as a cement factory seen in the background in Kendeng Mountains in Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, June 19, 2026.
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