SYDNEY, June 2--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
INCREASED BUSINESS...
BRISBANE: A dramatic increase in FX business in Brisbane for
Custom House Global Foreign Exchange "has meant doubling staff
numbers and moving into larger premises," said Fraser Jeffries,
Vice President, Asia Pacific. "In less than two years, Brisbane
and Queensland have become important markets for Custom House,"
said Jeffries. Custom House is the world's largest non-bank
foreign exchange company. The new offices in Brisbane are at
Level 5, 97 Creek Street.
www.customhouse.com
BATTERY BUSINESS...
READING: EnerSys the world's largest manufacturer, marketer
and distributor of industrial batteries, announced today that
it completed the acquisition of FIAMM's motive power battery
business effective June 1. FIAMM motive power operates
primarily in Europe and had sales of approximately euro 70
million (approximately $90 million) for its fiscal year ending
December 31, 2004.
http://www.enersys.com
DISPLAY AWARD...
SANTA CLARA: AKT, Inc., an Applied Materials company and the
world's leading supplier of PECVD(1) systems to the flat panel
display industry, was honored with the Advanced Display of the
Year 2005 Award for its AKT-40K PECVD system. The award, which
recognizes first-class manufacturers of FPD equipment, was
given to AKT at Finetech Japan, one of the world's largest FPD
exhibitions. This is the second win for AKT in the award's
10-year history.
www.appliedmaterials.com
KEYNOTE SPEECH...
SUNNYVALE: IDEMA (The International Disk Drive Equipment and
Materials Association) announces that Mark Geenen, IDEMA
President, has been chosen to give the special keynote
presentation at the International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics sponsored by IEEE. This symposium takes place at
the University of Macau on 14 June.
http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/~isce2005/
http://www.idema.org
PRESIDENT NAMED...
MENASHA: Banta Corporation announced the promotion of
Padraic Allen to President of the Banta Supply-Chain Management
Group. Allen has been with Banta the past two years, first as a
consultant and most recently as Director, Strategic Planning
for Banta Supply-Chain Management, based in Cork, Ireland.
http://www.banta.com
BEST 100...
RESTON: PRA International, a leading global clinical
research organization, announced that it was named to
BusinessWeek's 2005 list of the 100 Best Small Companies.
Debuting at number 55, PRA International was the
highest-ranking CRO on the list.
http://www.businessweek.com
http://www.prainternational.com
KOMAG PRESENTS...
SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent
supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, announced that the
Company will be presenting at the following investor
conferences:
-- Bear Stearns 16th Annual Technology Conference in New
York,
New York, June 7, 2005 at 8:00 a.m. PDT / 11:00 a.m. EDT
-- Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum 7.0 in San
Francisco,
California, June 13, 2005 at 2:05 p.m. PDT / 5:05 p.m. EDT
Live and archived webcasts for both events will be available
on Komag's website at:
http://www.komag.com/investors/ir_webcasts_events.html
http://www.komag.com
FRAPORT AGM...
FRANKFURT: Some 1,802 shareholders and shareholder
representatives attended Fraport AG's fourth annual general
meeting (AGM). Held at the Jahrhunderthalle in
Frankfurt-Hoechst, Germany, the AGM officially ended at
approximately 18:20 yesterday.
http://www.fraport.de
APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED...
AMSTERDAM: Leading scientific publisher Elsevier is
delighted to announce the appointment of Youngsuk "Y.S." Chi,
an accomplished figure in international publishing, to head the
company's global academic and customer relations. Reporting to
CEO Erik Engstrom, Y.S. will become Vice Chairman at
Elsevier.
http://www.sciencedirect.com
http://www.mdconsult.com
http://www.news.scopus.com
PRICE INCREASE...
WILMINGTON: DuPont Titanium Technologies has announced a
price increase in Asia Pacific for DuPont titanium dioxide
grades. Effective July 1, 2005, DuPont is increasing the price
of all titanium dioxide grades by US$150 per tonne in Asia
Pacific, excluding Japan. This increase is supported by the
continued tight supply-demand situation for TiO2 around the
globe.
http://www.titanium.dupont.com
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS...
VIENNA: Effective, non-invasive and practically without side
effects -- extracorporeal shock wave therapy has demonstrated
impressive results not only in orthopedics and traumatology,
but also in treating fresh and chronic wounds as well as
circulatory disorders of the myocardial muscle. These findings
were presented at the ISMST-Congress in Vienna, Austria (May
30/31, 2005). The event is sponsored by the Austrian Social
Insurance for Occupational Risks.
http://www.auva.at
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25
million on June 13, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
TA ASSOCIATES...
NEW YORK: Creditex, Inc., the leading provider of electronic
execution services in the credit derivatives market and TA
Associates, a leading private equity firm, announced that TA
will take an approximately $50 million minority stake in the
company.
http://www.creditex.com
http://www.ta.com
JAPANESE SECURITIES...
NEW YORK: Investment Technology Group, Inc., a leading
provider of technology based equity trading services and
transaction research, announced that beginning June 8, 2005, it
will commence offshore operation of the POSIT crossing system
for the matching of Japanese securities.
http://www.itginc.com
NETCRACKER SOLUTION...
WALTHAM: NetCracker Technology, a leading provider of OSS
and IT Infrastructure Management Solutions, announced that the
Army and Army National Guard have begun Phase I of a project to
leverage its vast network and associated resources. The
NetCracker solution will lay the foundation to improve
procurement, network planning, network management and asset
management activities.
http://www.netcracker.com
BANNER YEAR...
FRANKFURT: "2004 was a banner year in every respect,"
declared Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Wilhelm
Bender, at the beginning of his presentation at this year's
Annual General Meeting in Frankfurt-Hochst. He also took the
opportunity to thank the company's employees: "All Fraport
employees worked hard and with great motivation during the past
year to transform the strong revival in world air traffic into
excellent financial results for us."
http://www.fraport.de
NEW EXECUTIVES...
SEATTLE: RealNetworks, Inc, the leading creator of digital
media services and software announced the addition of several
new executives and a new assignment for one of the company's
current senior executive officers. The new appointments will
enhance the company's position as a global, integrated media
company.
http://www.realnetworks.com
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