SYDNEY, Jan 6--AsiaNet/InfoQuest RARITAN PRESIDENT... TOKYO: Raritan, a leading provider of solutions for managing IT infrastructure, Friday announced that Kenji Inoue has been named President of Raritan Japan, he will report to Tom Swift, President and Chief Operating Officer of Raritan, and will oversee all aspects of Raritan Japan's operations. INVESTMENT CONFERENCE... SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, Friday announced that the Company will participate the 8th Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference on Thursday, January 12, 2006 in New York. WP STEWART... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced Friday that Alex Farman-Farmaian and Peter Jennison, both members of the U.S. equity portfolio management team, have left the company to pursue their investment business interests at another firm. ENERSYS CONTRACTS... READING: EnerSys, has been awarded contracts in Europe to supply batteries valued at over $20 million, including submarine propulsion batteries for South American navies and the company's high-performance Armasafe Plus(TM) battery, which will be used in fighting vehicles with the armed services of Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. GMC AWARDED... LOS ANGELES: GMC has won the 2006 Design Los Angeles Design Challenge for its GMC PAD, an urban loft with mobility that features a diesel-electric hybrid system for propulsion and power generation, design judges proclaimed the design a "LAV," Living Activity Vehicle. WIRELESS SOLUTION... LAS VEGAS: Atmel and Eleven Engineering announced Friday the availability of a robust Hi-Fi digital wireless audio solution, the Squeak 1A platform that integrates Atmel's ATR2406 2.4-GHz ISM-band single-chip transceiver and the XInC2 wireless processor from Eleven Engineering providing baseband MAC protocol, audio CODEC, and advanced dynamic error correction algorithms. JEWELLERY EXPO... HONG KONG: The organizer of Hong Kong January International Jewellery & Watch Show 2006 Wednesday announced that the response from local and international buyers planning to attend the Hong Kong January Show 2006 has been overwhelming, with more than 5000 registrations processed, and more expected. AGASSI WITHDRAWS... LAS VEGAS: In a statement issued Wednesday, tennis veteran Andre Agassi announced his withdrawal from the 2006 Kooyong Classic and Australian Open tournaments due to a lingering ankle injury. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)