SYDNEY, Jan. 12 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest ASIAN EXPANSION... FRANKFURT, and SHANGHAI - Almatis announced the expansion ofits Asian sales organization by opening new sales offices inShanghai and Kaifeng, Hennan Province. http://www.almatis.com FRAPORT SERVICES... FRANKFURT - Founded last autumn, Fraport Ground ServicesUSA, Inc. commenced operations at Jacksonville Airport (JAX) atthe beginning of January 2005. http://www.fraport.com TSUNAMI AID... NEW YORK - Scholastic, the global children's publishing andmedia company, announced its support of long-term recoveryefforts for children whose lives have been impacted by thetsunami disaster. http://www.scholastic.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on January 21, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com FACTORY CERTIFIED... SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connectand Protect IC solutions, announced that its wafer fabricationfacility has been certified to ISO14001:1996, the InternationalEnvironmental Management System Standard. http://www.micrel.com JOINT VENTURE... DUSSELDORF - Caviar Creator Embarks for the Land of Cathay:the American company with affiliates in Dusseldorf has begun ajoint venture with the Chinese Tianxia Sturgeon Company. http://www.caviar-creator.com CONSULTING CONTRACT... LUXEMBOURG and BANGKOK - Gemplus International S.A., theworld's leading provider of smart card solutions, announces ithas been awarded an EMV(1) consulting contract from BangkokBank. http://www.gemplus.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)