SYDNEY, June 29 -- AsiaNet FUEL CELL... MILAN & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. and Takagi Industrial Co., Ltd. Tuesday announced an agreement to develop commercial fuel cell-based cogeneration systems for the Japanese market. http://www.nuvera.com http://www.takagi-usa.com DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Global Locate Inc., a leading provider of assisted GPS products, has signed distribution agreements with three of the leading semiconductor distributors in Asia: Cytech Technology Limited of China, Uniquest of Korea and EDOM Technology of Taiwan. http://www.edom.com.tw http://www.uniquest.co.kr http://www.cytech.com http://www.globallocate.com ADDITIONAL CAPACITY... LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products, through its company Southern Air Products (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd., will increase investment at its air separation facility in Guangzhou, China to double the production capability of liquid atmospheric gases. http://www.airproducts.com VISTEON CEO... DEARBORN, Mich.: The Board of Directors of Visteon Corporation Monday announced the appointment of Michael F. Johnston, 57, as chief executive officer and president, effective July 1, 2004. http://www.visteon.com NEW LINE... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Monday announced that the full line of new PCI Express NVIDIA Quadro FX and Quadro NVS professional graphics solutions will be integrated into the new line of Intel Pentium 4/Xeon-based HP Workstations. http://www.nvidia.com GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Monday broadened its already expansive graphics line with the introduction of four new NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions based on PCI Express. http://www.nvidia.com NEW TECHNOLOGY... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Monday unveiled a revolutionary new technology that enables multiple NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series or NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards to operate in a single PC or workstation for a stunning increase in graphics horsepower. http://www.nvidia.com COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: After months of collaboration, NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, and Intel Corporation Monday separately announced compatible PCI Express-based products for the ultimate professional computing platform. http://www.nvidia.com STAKE DIVESTMENT... RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), the world's largest iron ore producer, Monday announced that it signed a contract with Arcelor, the world's largest steelmaker, to sell CVRD's stake in Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST). http://www.cvrd.com.br ACQUISITION DEAL... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Sanmina-SCI Corporation, a leading global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pentex-Schweizer Circuits Limited a provider of printed circuit board fabrication. http://www.sanmina-sci.com WIRELESSUSB TECHNOLOGY... HEILBRONN, Germany and SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Monday jointly announced that Atmel will manufacture and sell chips based on Cypress' industry-leading 2.4-GHz WirelessUSB technology. http://www.cypress.com http://www.atmel.com ECZEMA TREATMENT... BASEL, Switzerland: Patient groups and clinicians Monday praised a decision by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the influential UK authority responsible for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of medicines, recommending the use of Elidel Cream (pimecrolimus) for treating certain cases of atopic eczema (AE). http://www.novartis.com CARGO SUBSIDIARY... FRANKFURT Main: Fraport AG has reorganized its cargo handling activities at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) into a newly established subsidiary called Fraport Cargo Services GmbH (FCS), which begins operations on July 1. http://www.fraport.de (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--