SYDNEY, Sept. 5--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DARAMIC SURCHARGE... CHARLOTTE, N.C.: In order to address increases in the costof processing oil, natural gas and energy, Daramic willimplement a global energy surcharge of 6 per cent effectiveOctober 1, 2005 or as soon as contractually allowable incertain cases. http://www.polypore.net RELIEF EFFORT... AUSTIN, Texas: Michael and Susan Dell today announced a $5million pledge to the relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. www.fema.gov UNITED STEELWORKERS... MONTREAL, Canada: Alcan Inc. announced that employeesrepresented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 at theRavenswood, West Virginia, aluminum rolling mill, have ratifieda new five-year agreement. PREAMI RESULTS... STOCKHOLM: Results from the PREAMI (Perindopril Remodellingin Elderly with Acute Myocardial Infarction) study announced atthe European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress show that theACE inhibitor Coversyl (perindopril) significantly reduces therisk of death, hospitalisation for heart failure and cardiacremodelling in elderly post-heart attack patients withpreserved left ventricular (LV) function. STROKE TREATMENT... STOCKHOLM: Most strokes and heart attacks in people withhigh blood pressure can be abolished by simply combiningeffective, modern blood pressure lowering drugs with treatmentto reduce cholesterol. This was the result of the largestEuropean study of high blood pressure. www.thelancet.com CHINA FESTIVAL... AMSTERDAM: The Amsterdam China Festival will take place inOctober 2005 in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). www.amsterdamchinafestival.nl (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)