SYDNEY, Sept. 8 -- AsiaNet NEW OWNERS... ANAHEIM, Calif.: SDC Technologies Inc., a California-basedglobal supplier of functional surface technologies, coatingsand materials, has been purchased by The Compass GroupInternational LLC and the management team, according to a pressrelease. www.compassequity.com FLAT PANELS... LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products has commissioned an AirSeparation Unit and Liquefier at Samsung Electronics' newestand the world's most advanced Thin Film Transistor-LiquidCrystal Display facility in Tangjeong, Korea, a media statementsaid. www.airproducts.com OACIS MILESTONE... SAN FRANCISCO: Oacis Users' Group completed its 10th annualmeeting, a successful high point compared to alternativeelectronic health record products that have come and gone inthe past decade, Dinmar, a leading North American healthcareinformation technology company, announced today. www.dinmar.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of five securities issues amounting to a total of US$350million on Sept 17 at a redemption price equal to 100 percentof the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest,according to a press release. http://www.fanniemae.com PEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo's third quarter 2004 earningsconference call with financial analysts and investors will bewebcast live over the internet on Thursday, September 30, from11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, a media statement said. www.pepsico.com TANTALUM SUPPLY... GREENVILLE: Kemet Corporation has entered into an extensionof its long-term tantalum supply agreement with CabotCorporation, extending it through the end of calendar 2009,according to a press release. www.kemet.com OLYMPIC RIVALS... ST. JOHN'S: The Chinese Olympic team will perform betterthan the US in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, according toInternet bookmaker Intertops.com, a media statement said. www.intertops.com SAI WIN... SYDNEY: SAI Global Limited has won a distribution deal withthe American National Standards Institute, the peak bodyresponsible for coordinating the United States voluntarystandardization and conformity assessment system, according toa press release. www.sai-global.com INTERNET TECHNOLOGY... SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Marvell, a technology leader in thedevelopment of extreme broadband communications and storagesolutions, will demonstrate Yukon II, the industry's first x4PCI Express, dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller for serverplatforms, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco,September 7 - 9, 2004, a media statement said. www.marvell.com DIGITAL HOMES... TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc., a 15-year industry-leader inconsumer digital media software development, is participatingin the Intel Developer Forum in a bid to demonstrate itsleadership position in the evolving digital home ecosystem,according to a press release. www.lightpointe.com PULMONARY DISEASE... GLASGOW: Spiriva (tiotropium) significantly reducedexacerbations and health resource utilization compared withplacebo in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,according to data presented at the annual European RespiratorySociety meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. boehringer-ingelheim.com www.pfizer.com LIGHTPOINTE APPOINTMENT... SAN DIEGO, Calif.: LightPointe, a designer and manufacturerof optical wireless products based on free-space opticstechnology, has appointed Jim Cady as president and chiefexecutive officer, a media statement said. www.lightpointe.com INTEL VALIDATION... TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc, a 15-year industry leader indigital media software development, announces that PhotoExplorer 8 Media Server Edition, the first PC media managementserver software, has passed Intel Networked Media ProductRequirements, according to a press release. www.ulead.com STATS CHIPPAC... SINGAPORE & FREMONT, Calif.: STATS ChipPAC Limited'sindirect wholly owned subsidiary ChipPAC International CompanyLimited commenced a cash tender offer on September 3, 2004relating to any and all of ChipPAC International's outstanding$165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 12 3/4% SeniorSubordinated Notes due 2009, a media statement said. www.statschippac.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--