SYDNEY, March 2 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
LEAD-FREE STANDARD...
GREENVILLE: KEMET Corporation announced today its transition
to a lead-free standard termination for Aximax Conformally
Coated Axial and Goldmax Conformally Coated Radial products, in
accordance with environmental legislation eliminating lead from
the manufacture of electronic components.
http://www.kemet.com
http://www.kemet.com/page/Greenproduct
http://www.kemet.com/ir
DIESEL INITIATIVE...
GENEVA: From summer 2005 Mercedes-Benz is to be the world's
first automobile manufacturer to equip all its diesel passenger
cars with a particulate filter as standard. The diesel
initiative initially applies in Germany, Austria, the
Netherlands and Switzerland.
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com
FOXTEL LAUNCHES...
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenTV Corp., one of the world's leading
interactive television companies, today announced that FOXTEL,
Australia's leading subscription television provider, will
launch in early March 2005 the first-ever personal digital
recorder service in Australia.
http://www.foxteliq.com.au/
http://www.opentv.com
DATA ACCESS...
RICHFIELD: ProQuest Business Solutions, a subsidiary of
ProQuest Company, the largest global provider of parts and
service-oriented electronic catalogs for the automotive
industry, signed a data access agreement with Toyota Motor
Corporation Australia, Ltd., the country's largest automaker.
http://www.pbs.proquest.com
STRONG FINISH...
WALTHAM: NetCracker Technology, a leading provider of OSS
and IT Infrastructure Management solutions, today announced a
strong finish to 2004 including 23 new contracts, new US and
European headquarters, and a successful global hiring campaign.
NetCracker remained profitable and cash-flow positive while
funding its global expansion and continuing its investment into
product development.
http://www.netcracker.com
2004 RESULTS...
LONDON: Operating profit, before goodwill amortisation and
exceptional items, was 2 per cent higher at GBP2,830 million.
The results were adversely affected by sterling average rates
strengthening against almost all currencies. At comparable
rates of exchange, operating profit, before goodwill and
exceptional items, would have risen by 7 per cent. This
reflected the benefit from the ETI acquisition and a good
performance in all regions except America-Pacific.
NEW HEAD...
KUALA LUMPUR: Swiss Re announced the appointment of Mr Qin
Lu as General Manager of the company's Malaysia Branch.
Mr Andrew Davidson, who served as Head of the Branch since
2002, is relocating to Swiss Re in Australia to take up a
client management role there.
Mr Lu was a Client Manager for Swiss Re's Property &
Casualty business in Singapore, where he managed a growing
portfolio of insurance companies and brokers.
VOLANTIS CHOSEN...
GUILDFORD: Volantis, the world's leading supplier of
Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions and services for the
next generation Internet, has been chosen by Discovery Networks
International, the international division of real-world
entertainment company Discovery Communications, to develop,
deploy and host its all-new global mobile portal.
http://www.volantis.com
REVENUES RISE...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Fiscal 2004 was a banner year for the
Fraport Group, with revenues rising by 8.9 per cent to EUR
1,998.1 million. Due to stringent cost management, 2004 EBITDA
(earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization)
and Group profit (consolidated net income) increased
over-proportionately to revenues.
http://www.fraport.de
COLORECTAL CANCER...
BASEL: Data published for the first time in the leading
Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that the unique new cancer
drug Avastin keeps cancer under control for a significantly
longer duration, even when used in a group of elderly patients
with advanced* colorectal cancer who are too sick to tolerate
traditional aggressive chemotherapy.
http://www.roche.com
http://www.gene.com
http://www.health-kiosk.ch
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
TOKYO: VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., a leading provider of
Linux solutions for the telecommunications and enterprise
systems markets, announced a strategic alliance with Sun Wah
Linux Limited to jointly develop a universal Debian GNU/Linux
infrastructure and actively promote the adoption of
Debian-based systems in both the Japan and China markets.
http://www.valinux.co.jp/en
http://www.sw-linux.com
AVIAN FLU...
SAIGON: Health and animal experts met in southern Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam on February 23 for a three-day conference to
strategize on and discuss the looming Avian Flu pandemic. Among
the scientists and experts from more than two dozen countries
were representatives from ImmuneRegen BioSciences.
http://www.immuneregen.com
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