sydney--30 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuestHI SHIPS... TOKYO: HI Corporation Wednesday announced that its 3D rendering engineMascotCapsule has been shipped with more than 150 million mobile devices as ofMarch, 2006, with 50 million units shipped in the past two quarters alone. www.hicorp.co.jp NEW REPORT... SINGAPORE: ICIS, the world's leading information provider to the chemicaland oil industry, Tuesday announced the launch of the Ethylene to Polyethylenemonthly report covering the Asian market, the third product chain included inICIS forecasting. http://www.icis.com SHANGHAI OFFICE... SHANGHAI: Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Tuesday announced the opening of anoffice in Shanghai to support the firm's growth opportunities in China andthroughout Asia. http://www.thelenreid.com WORLD ASSEMBLY... KYOTO: The Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace -- which began withmasterful swipes from a Japanese calligrapher's brush across the convocation'smassive banner -- concluded Tuesday with 800 delegates from more than 100countries and all major religious traditions endorsing the Kyoto Declaration onConfronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security. http://www.religionsforpeace.org PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT... BEIJING: Satellite Newspapers Corp Tuesday announced that it has signed anexclusive partnership agreement with China's largest enterprise in the pressand publishing industry for Global distribution of Chinese newspapers to 100million overseas Chinese expatriates and travelers. http://www.cnpitc.com.cn http://www.satellitenewspapers.com TELEMATICS SYSTEM... OTTAWA: QNX Software Systems, the global leader in operating systems andmiddleware for the in-car telematics and infotainment market, Tuesday announcedthat it is working closely with Yulon Nissan Motors and its partners Sin EtkeTechnology Co. Ltd, and Freescale Semiconductor to develop the next-generationTOBE telematics system for Yulon Nissan Motors vehicles in Taiwan. http://www.qnx.com ENTRUST SECURES... DALLAS: Entrust, Inc. proudly announces that it, along with partner Netrust,is helping Singapore protect the digital security of its new e-Passports. http://www.entrust.com http://www.netrust.net BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Tuesday announced its calendar for issuingBenchmark Notes in 2007. http://www.fanniemae.com GLO JOINS... HOUSTON: GLO CPAs, LLP, a Houston-based professional accounting andfinancial services firm, has become a member of the world renowned IntegraInternational. http://www.glocpa.com NEW PLANT... NORRKOPING, Sweden: Norstel's Silicon Carbide Wafer Manufacturing Plant inNorrkoping has now been officially opened. LIBERTY LAUNCHES... RICHARDSON, Texas: Liberty Technologies has launched the first WiFi hotspotnetwork that comes in a box, using Navini's pre-mobile WiMAX gear for highspeed Broadband Wireless access. http://www.navini.com COCA-COLA ACQUIRES... Hong Kong: The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) Tuesday announced theacquisition of a controlling shareholding in Kerry Beverages Limited (KBL), itsbottling joint venture with the Kerry Group -- a conglomerate based in HongKong. TRANS-TASMAN AGENCY... SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand governments further progressed theircommitment to the establishment of the Australia New Zealand TherapeuticProducts Authority (ANZTPA) at an Interim Ministerial Council meeting inWellington recently. www.anztpa.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)