SYDNEY, Feb. 21--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PARKER HANNIFIN...
CLEVELAND: Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that it has
acquired Markwel Hose Products PVT, Ltd., a manufacturer of
braided and spiral hydraulic hose products, with operations in
Mumbai and Hyderabad, India.
http://www.parker.com
GORO NICKEL-COBALT...
TORONTO, PARIS and NOUMEA: Inco Limited and the three
provinces of New Caledonia announced that they have entered
into the necessary agreements under which the provinces
acquired a 10% equity interest in Goro Nickel S.A., the project
company for the Goro nickel-cobalt project in New Caledonia.
www.inco.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of
US$56.28 million on various dates at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ELEMENT SIX...
ASCOT: Element Six (E6) announces that in collaboration with
the University of Ulm in Germany it has produced preliminary
microwave devices (MESFET transistors) using synthetic single
crystal diamond made by chemical vapour deposition (CVD).
EX-IM BANK...
WASHINGTON: The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank
of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a preliminary
commitment request from Westinghouse Electric Company of
Monroeville, Penn. for a combination of guaranteed and/or
direct loans of up to almost $5 billion to support export sales
to construct four nuclear power plants at two sites in the
Peoples Republic of China.
http://www.exim.gov
TSUNAMI DISASTER...
PHUKET: Governments of nations whose citizens are still
missing after the Tsunami disaster in Thailand have been
advised that the identification and return of the several
thousand victims may be delayed unnecessarily unless
serious issues with the overall management of the process are
acknowledged and resolved.
AIDS TREATMENT...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: Benitec Ltd. has announced a
collaboration with City of Hope (based in Duarte California)to
develop a novel T-cell based therapy for AIDS patients.
http://www.benitec.com
ALPHA SPACECOM...
HONG KONG and BEIJING and LOS ANGELES: Alpha Spacecom, Inc.,
announced that The State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television of the People's Republic of China has approved the
application for the formation of the Joint Venture between
China Film Group and Alpha Spacecom, Inc., to be known as
Digital Cinema Reconstruction Corporation (DCRC).
www.alphaspacecom.com
ADVANCED ENERGY...
FORT COLLINS, Colo: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has
introduced its new Summit series of DC power conversion and
control systems for the most advanced PVD applications.
www.advanced-energy.com
TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS...
TOKYO: The Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and
Transport, in cooperation with the World Bank, has devised
potential solutions for traffic problems in metropolitan cities
in South East Asia by utilizing information technology.
http://www.hido.or.jp
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