SYDNEY--10 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuestNERA EXPANDS... SHANGHAI: NERA is pleased to announce the expansion of its global presencewith a new office in Shanghai. http://www.nera.com CHAIRMAN RE-ELECTED... LONDON: The board of the GSM Association, the global trade associationrepresenting more than 700 mobile operators, has re-elected Craig Ehrlich, aboard member of Hutchison Mobile Communications, as chairman for the term2007-2008. http://www.gsmworld.com/about/index.shtml CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INVESTS... CLEVELAND: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Wednesday announced that its Board ofDirectors has approved an investment in the Sonoma Coal Project in Queensland,Australia. http://www.cleveland-cliffs.com http://www.cpg-llc.com/clearsite/clf/emailoptin.html ENERSYS PURCHASES... READING, Pa.: EnerSys, the world's largest manufacturer, marketer anddistributor of industrial batteries, Wednesday announced that it has reached anagreement to acquire a majority interest in Energia AD, a producer ofindustrial batteries located in Targovishte, Bulgaria. http://www.enersys.com KOMAG PARTICIPATES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier ofthin-film media for disk drives, Tuesday announced that the company willparticipate in the Ninth Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference on Jan 12,2007 in New York. http://www.komag.com MOBILE AWARDS... LONDON: The GSM Association is proud to announce the Global Mobile Awardsnominations for 2007. http://www.gsmawards.com/judges/index.shtml http://www.gsmawards.com/nominees.shtml http://www.gsmawards.com http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com SPACE APPLICATIONS... NANTES: Atmel Corporation Tuesday announced the introduction of the AT68166,a 16-Mbit SRAM packaged in a hermetic Multi-Chip Module (MCM) for spaceapplications. http://www.atmel.com ORGANON PARTNERS... OSS and SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Organon, the human healthcare business of AkzoNobel, Tuesday announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with HUYABioscience International, LLC, (HUYA) to search for new, proprietarybiopharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical compounds. http://www.akzonobel.com http://www.huyabio.com BEKAERT CONSERVES... SAN DIEGO: Stena Line has selected Bekaert to help conserve energy among itsfleet of ships. http://www.bekaertfilms.com http://www.bekaert.com DRIVER IC... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, Tuesday announced theavailability of the new ATA6831 driver IC with enhanced PWM performance forsmooth DC motor control with reduced noise. http://www.atmel.com PHY SOLUTIONS... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, Tuesday announced the KSZ8041TL andKSZ8041FTL, the company's latest PHY solutions designed for the rapidly growingConsumer Electronics Market applications. http://www.micrel.com DRUG APPLICATION... PRINCETON, N.J.: BioWa, Inc. and Medarex, Inc. announced Tuesday theallowance of an investigational new drug application (IND) filed with the U.S.Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for MDX-1401, a fully human antibody thattargets CD30-positive lymphomas. http://www.biowa.com http://www.medarex.com QUELLAN PRESENTS... NEW YORK: Quellan, a leader in analog noise cancellation devices, Tuesdayshowcased its revolutionary technology and confirmed once again the company'svast potential for financial growth. http://www.quellan.com LOGO DESIGN... BEIJING: Geely Holding Group announced that a special fund of RMB3.6 millionwill be prepared for a global competition for a new Geely logo, the grand prizeof which will be awarded RMB2 million. http://www.geely-global.com CMP TECHNOLOGY... MANHASSET, N.Y.: In the news release, "CMP Technology Acquires CustomerContact Center Standard, Broadening its Global Reach by Entering Chinese CallCenter Market", issued on Jan. 4, by CMP Technology over PR Newswire, we areadvised by the company that the first paragraph, fourth sentence, should read"CCCS also provides industry information to call center professionals in Chinaand organizes the China Contact Center Conference & Awards" rather than "CCCSalso publishes the monthly Customer Service Review magazine and organizes theChina Contact Center Conference & Awards." http://www.cmp.com http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com http://www.cccs.com.cn JAJAH REDUCES... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: As of New Year's Day, JAJAH reduced its internationalrates from India to as low as 4 INR per minute. http://www.jajah.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)