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Serving Dubai: Summit Electric Supply, an Albuquerque electrical supply distributor, has opened a new sales office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The office is a partnership with Dubai drilling supply and services company Driltools.

WESST-ward expansion: WESST Corp. on Friday will host a ribbon-cutting event for the opening of its new Rio Rancho office at 4200 Meadowlark Lane S.E.

Sold: Quasar International Inc., an Albuquerque company that makes products used for non-destructive testing, has been sold to Illinois Tool Works, Inc. The company's local operations are expected to be mostly unchanged.

New partners: Eclipse Aviation parted ways with its planned avionics supplier, but came back last week announcing a new team that includes Garmin International and Honeywell. The "Avio NG" will be delivered this summer. The company plans to retrofit Eclipse 500 aircraft with the new system.

Happy birthday: Native American Housing Consultants, which helps American Indian communities with affordable housing projects, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Saturday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Doctor V.P.: Dr. Art Kaufman, chair of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine's Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been appointed as the UNM Health Sciences Center's first vice president for community health.

Majestic: New Mexico archaeologist Eric Blinman has been invited by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to participate in the 2007 Royal Colloquium on Past Climate Change: Human Survival Strategies. Blinman, director of the state Office of Archaeological Studies, will travel to Greenland for the June 26-30 meeting.

New store: Office Depot will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for its newest store at 7901 San Pedro Road N.E., at I-25 and Paseo del Norte.

Still rising: On average, state motorists are paying $5.24 more for every 15-gallon fill-up compared to the lowest gasoline prices of the year, which came around Jan. 26. Since then, the state's average gasoline price has increased 34.9 cents per gallon, according to AAA New Mexico.

Big money: The UNM Anderson Schools of Management will host its second annual Technology Business Plan Competition on March 30. Student teams will make pitches before venture-capital pros with a $25,000 prize at stake.