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Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AeroVironment, Inc. to Present at William Blair's Annual Growth Stock Conference
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment, Inc. ('AV') (NASDAQ: AVAV) will participate in the upcoming William Blair Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago, June 3. AV's chairman, president and chief executive officer, Wahid Nawabi and executive vice president and chief financial officer, Kevin McDonnell will present at the event on June 3 at 5:40 p.m. ET | 4:40 p.m. CT | 2:40 p.m. PT. The presentation will be available in the Events and Presentations section of the AV website at Events & Presentations | AeroVironment, Inc. ABOUT AEROVIRONMENT, INC. AeroVironment ('AV') (NASDAQ: AVAV) is a defense technology leader delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. The company develops and deploys autonomous systems, precision strike systems, counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems, and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities—built to meet the mission needs of today's warfighter and tomorrow's conflicts. With a national manufacturing footprint and a deep innovation pipeline, AV delivers proven systems and future-defining capabilities with speed, scale, and operational relevance. For more information visit: SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors outside of our control, that may cause our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our ability to perform under existing contracts and obtain additional contracts; changes in the regulatory environment; the activities of competitors; failure of the markets in which we operate to grow; failure to expand into new markets; failure to develop new products or integrate new technology with current products; and general economic and business conditions in the United States and elsewhere in the world. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Innovative project could forever change how restaurants serve customers: 'It was the talk of the town'
A small California city just showed the country how to make reusable cups part of everyday life. The Petaluma Reusable Cup Project, the first citywide program in the U.S. to offer reusable to-go cups at no cost to customers, has proven that switching from throwaway cups can work at scale. The initiative brought together major companies like Starbucks, The Coca-Cola Company, and PepsiCo with local businesses to replace single-use cups with purple reusable alternatives. A statement revealed more than 220,000 cups were returned throughout the three-month program, with enough successful returns to create actual environmental benefits compared to single-use options. Which of these factors would most effectively motivate you to buy a refillable product? Saving money Reducing plastic waste Using less shelf space at home Getting easy refill deliveries Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. This matters for your wallet and your community. Americans purchase and throw away an astonishing 50 billion single-use cups each year. Most of these end up wasted in landfills. By proving reusable systems can work across an entire city, this project opens the door to programs that could help you avoid wasteful purchases while keeping your neighborhood cleaner. What made Petaluma's approach different was its focus on making reuse accessible to everyone. Thirty businesses participated, from national chains to local coffee shops, automatically serving every to-go beverage in a reusable cup at no extra cost. This removed the barriers that often limit similar programs. "The best part was that this project got the whole community involved," said Mayor Kevin McDonnell of the City of Petaluma. "Deep public-private partnerships, including commerce and non-profits collaborating, demonstrated that it is possible to launch an inclusive and accessible reuse system that supported our residents. People got into it, and it was the talk of the town." The project's success has the NextGen Consortium planning to expand to other cities. "The Petaluma Reusable Cup Project demonstrated an ambitious, innovative vision of reuse as an everyday reality, paving the way for the Consortium to scale reuse in California and other markets," said Carolina Lobel, Senior Director at the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
