SYDNEY--5 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuestALCAN INAUGURATES... ADELAIDE: Alcan Inc. has announced the official opening ofits A$20 million (US$14.9 million) STELVIN aluminum wine screwcap closures production facility in Adelaide, Australia. Thefacility, which employs 60 people, will produce a high end,superior alternative to traditional closures for the rapidlygrowing Australian and New Zealand wine markets. www.alcan.com MERGER ANNOUNCED... HONG KONG: Hill & Associates Limited, Asia's largest riskmanagement & business intelligence consultancy firm, announcedthat it has reached a definitive agreement with Quam Limited(SEHK:0952), an integrated financial services group listed onthe Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, to merge their respectivepre-employment screening operations and form a leading Asianpre-employment screening business. http://www.verifyscreening.com/ http://www.quamdata.com/ http://www.hill-assoc.com www.quamlimited.com HEALTHCARE CARDS... AMSTERDAM and ALGIERS: Gemalto, a world leader in digitalsecurity, announced that it has been selected by the Algeriannational health insurance authority (Caisse Nationale de laSecurite Sociale des Travailleurs Salaries, CNAS) to be itssole provider for the rollout of the first healthcaremicroprocessor cards in Algeria. http://www.gemalto.com MALAYSIAN CARBUYERS... KUALA LUMPUR: Red Book, the people who provide vehicleidentification and pricing information to the automotive,finance and insurance industries have joined with www.autoworld.com.my one of Malaysia's most accessed websites -to provide a new and innovative service to people in Malaysialooking to buy a used car (or trade-in their existing car). www.autoworld.com.my (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)