SYDNEY--5 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY...
ROCKVILLE, Md. and HYDERABAD, India: Building on more than a decade of
working relationships with Indian government, industry and academia, the U.S.
Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) held inaugural ceremonies today to mark the
opening of its new, significantly expanded and state-of-the art facility in the
IKP Knowledge Park in Hyderabad.
http://www.usp.org/
http://bit.ly/nrqqd4
MATH, SCIENCE STARS...
MBOUR, Senegal: Mathematics underpins science, technology and modern society
- from cell phones to computers and satellites.
http://www.aims-senegal.sn/
http://www.nexteinstein.org/
http://www.idrc.ca/
http://www.idrc.ca/
http://www.ird.fr/
http://bit.ly/riT256
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY...
ST. LOUIS: Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), a market-leading performance materials
and specialty chemicals company, today announced it has acquired additional
capacity for its high-tech conductive film manufacturing operation in the
Asia-Pacific region, continuing the company's rapid expansion in support of the
region's fast-growing mobile electronics and smart window markets.
http://www.flexvuefilms.com/
http://www.solutia.com/
http://bit.ly/psf7RC
CYBER-SECURITY THREATS...
SAN JOSE, California: SonicWALL, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent
network security and data protection solutions, today issued its mid-year
cyber-threat intelligence bulletin.
http://www.sonicwall.com/
http://bit.ly/q1V2TO
FANNIE MAE REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/oLwWXK
JOINT VENTURE END...
MILWAUKEE and PARIS: Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) and Saft (Euronext:
SAFT) have reached an agreement to end their joint venture, Johnson
Controls-Saft, which was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture Li-ion
vehicle batteries.
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/
http://www.saftbatteries.com/
http://bit.ly/pKnyDf
JINCHUAN OFFER...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: At the Metorex General Meeting held in
Johannesburg today, 98.6% of Metorex shareholders that were present and
entitled to vote, voted in favour of the offer by a South African subsidiary of
Jinchuan to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital
of Metorex by way of a scheme of arrangement.
http://www.metorexgroup.com/
http://www.jnmc.com/
http://bit.ly/oJdn7w
ACQUISITION MADE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in
software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic
components and systems, announced today that it has completed the acquisition
of nSys Design Systems Private Limited (nSys), a leading independent provider
of verification IP (VIP).
http://www.synopsys.com/
http://bit.ly/pvqPht
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS...
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.: Spectros Corporation announced today an expansion of
its distribution channels in Europe and Asia with the signing of 3 new
distributors based in Korea, Switzerland, and Denmark.
http://www.spectros.com/
http://bit.ly/oXyk5Z
VIGOROUSLY DEFEND...
HANAU, Germany and WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania: On September 2, Heraeus
Holding GmbH and Heraeus Materials Technology LLC were sued in a patent
infringement lawsuit filed against them in the U.S. District Court of Delaware.
http://www.heraeus.com/
http://www.heraeus-photovoltaics.com/
http://bit.ly/qY0ult
SOLID HYDROGEN SOLUTION...
GRENOBLE, France: McPhy Energy, a leader in solid hydrogen storage
technology, has announced that Nottingham University has chosen the company's
solution for mid-term storage of renewable energy in a residential micro-grid
under its "Creative Energy Homes" (CEH) project.
http://www.mcphy.com/
http://www.energy.nottingham.ac.uk/
http://bit.ly/odNCuj
NUMBER ONE UNIVERSITY...
LONDON: 8th annual QS World University Rankings(R) reveals top 300
universities based on six indicators including surveys of over 33,000 global
academics and 16,000 graduate employers, the largest of their kind ever
conducted.
http://www.topuniversities.com/
http://bit.ly/qIwSv4
LAST OUTFIT...
SINGAPORE: A wetsuit, mermaid costume, clown attire, Liverpool FC T-shirt
and an imperial Chinese robe. These last outfits were chosen by some of the 23
people taking part in a photo project initiated by The Straits Times, the
leading Singapore daily, in partnership with Lien Foundation, a Singapore
philanthropic house.
http://www.lastoutfit.org/
http://www.lienfoundation.org/
http://www.lifebeforedeath.com/
http://bit.ly/rd4puo
DREDGING RISKS...
SINGAPORE: Dr. Lucien Halleux, CEO of G-Tec and Visiting Professor of
Geophysics at the University of Leuven, explains that some of the risks
associated with dredging and land reclamation projects cover multiple
financial, technical and operational aspects.
http://www.dredgingasia.com/
http://bit.ly/qDo3Su
GLOBAL VOLUNTEER DAY...
SINGAPORE: DHL, part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading postal and
logistics group, is rolling out Global Volunteer Day 2011.
http://bit.ly/nk8Oc4
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT...
BANGKOK, Thailand: Berlin Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd. and Acino Pharma
AG (SIX: ACIN) signed a long term partnership agreement under which Berlin will
market a wide range of the Swiss company's current and future products in
Thailand.
http://www.acino-pharma.com/
http://bit.ly/qSAyAt
TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY...
HONG KONG: Goodman Group ("Goodman" or "Group"), the integrated property
group which owns, develops and manages industrial space, today hosted the
topping-out ceremony for Interlink, a landmark warehouse and distribution
development in Hong Kong's strategically important Tsing Yi port district.
http://www.goodman.com/
http://bit.ly/qDYjTT
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