SYDNEY, July 15 -- AsiaNet BROTHER INDUSTRIES... TOKYO: Brother Industries' Chinese factory,BrotherIndustries, (Shenzhen) Ltd., has received ISO 14001certification, a media statement said. www.brother.com CHRONIC CONSTIPATION... BASEL: Novartis Pharma AG's Zelnorm was recommended forapproval for the treatment of chronic constipation by theGastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food andDrug Administration, a media statement said. www.novartis.com MAGNEQUENCH INTERNATIONAL... INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.: Magnequench International, Inc., thepatent holder and a world leader in the manufacturing ofspecialized magnetic powders and magnets, has filed a suit inthe U.S. District Court in Indianapolis against Microsoft andPhilips, alleging patent infringement of its magnetic powdersin their products, a media statement said. www.magnequench.com KOMAG OUTLOOK... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leadingindependent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, is updating its outlook for the second quarter of 2004, a media statement said. www.komag.com TIBCO SOFTWARE... PALO ALTO, Calif.: DBS Bank, one of the largest financialservices groups in Asia, has rebuilt its technology foundationfor integration on TIBCO Software, according to a pressrelease. www.dbs.com www.tibco.com WASTE RESEARCH... TOKYO: Kureha Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd., a leadingwaste management company in Japan, will begin verificationtests on the traceability of medical waste using radiofrequency identification tags, in collaboration with IBMJapan, a media statement said. www.ibm.com FRAPORT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT: Frankfurt Airport recorded about 4.5 millionpassengers in June 2004, 5.1 per cent more than in June 2003,according to a press release. www.fraport.de (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--