Sydney--21 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest IDIRECT PARTNERSHIP... HERNDON: iDirect Technologies, a company of VisionTechnologies Systems, has announced a new partnership withElectronics Corporation of India Limited to offer improvedcommunications capabilities via satellite networks to customersin the Indian market. http://www.idirect.net http://www.vt-systems.com QUADREM POSTS... SINGAPORE: Quadrem, The Global eMarketplace, has postedmid-2006 sales numbers 27 per cent higher than those in thefirst half of 2005. http://www.quadrem.com AXIAL TESTS... PORTLAND: Axial Vector Engine Corporation announced Fridaythat the initial running of the "Workhorse 7.1" engine on adynamometer test cell at a leading independent testinglaboratory in Detroit Michigan has been launched and isdesigned to yield valuable information to optimize thedesign. http://www.axialvectorengine.com/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)