SYDNEY, Nov. 9--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP... HONG KONG: Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd. Wednesday announced a distribution partnership in Australia and New Zealand with Hitachi Australia Limited, a leading manufacturer and supplier of flat panel displays from Hitachi Displays, Ltd. of Hitachi Group. http://www.hitachi-displays-eu.com http://www.arrowasia.com LEADERSHIP AWARD... SEOUL: John B. Hynes, III, president and CEO of Gale International, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Industry Leadership Award by the Boston affiliate of The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. http://www.boma.org FINANCING COMPLETED... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Mersana, a privately-held cancer therapeutics company Tuesday announced that it has completed an oversubscribed $21 million financing. ETHERNET PLATFORM... TOKYO: IPFlex Inc. Tuesday announced it will immediately start taking orders for its DAPDNA Ethernet Platform products that enable high performance distributed data processing systems. http://www.ipflex.com AMPLIFIER IC... WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless and broadband solutions, Tuesday introduced five new line amplifier ICs for CATV infrastructure applications. http://www.anadigics.com IC SALES... OCALA, Fla.: Intellon Corporation, the leading provider of HomePlug-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment and broadband over powerline (BPL) applications, Tuesday announced it has shipped its three millionth HomePlug powerline communications IC. http://www.intellon.com TAIWAN OPERATIONS... MILPITAS, Calif.: Celerity, a leading supplier of gas and chemical delivery systems for the semiconductor and related industries, Tuesday announced the formation of Celerity Taiwan Co., Ltd. http://www.celerity.net Q3 EARNINGS... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. Tuesday reported operating earnings from continuing operations of $0.53 per common share in the third quarter compared to $0.73 a year ago and $0.77 in the second quarter of 2005. RAZR HANDSETS... LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.: Leveraging the world-wide success of the groundbreaking Motorola RAZR, Motorola, Inc. Tuesday revealed two new colors and two new versions of the popular handset. http://www.motorola.com EBITDA POSITIVE... PERTH: Quadrem achieved its fourth consecutive cash flow positive quarter in Q3 2005, excluding one-time charges, and was EBIT positive for the quarter, increasing revenues 84% compared to Q3 2004. http://www.quadrem.com OUTSOURCING SERVICES... IRVINE, Calif.: Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (GZP), a regulatory affairs and product development consulting firm, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded contracts to prepare fully electronic marketing submissions to the FDA in CTD format as well as the newly required Structured Product Labeling (SPL). http://www.groundzerous.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)