SYDNEY--10 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CLEAN WATER... COLOGNE: Activated lignite (HOK) from the Rhineland is beingused to ensure clean drinking water in the Ruhr region, whereRWW Rheinisch-Westfalische Wasserwerksgesellschaft mbH operatessix waterworks that process some 70 million cubic meters ofsurface water per year to make high-quality drinking water.http://www.hok.dehttp://www.rww.dehttp://www.akdolit.de TEACHING GREEN... EDINA: Dedicated to training tomorrow's managers of GHGemissions, the GHG Management Institute is now live at http:/www.ghginstitute.org - Earth Council Geneva, the GHG ExpertsNetwork and ClimateCHECK have combined their forces andexpertise to form this institute committed to professionallearning on climate change.http://www.ghginstitute.orghttp://www.earthcouncil.comhttp://www.presseportal.ch VOLVO SELECTS... TORONTO: Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp has beenawarded the manufacturing contract to produce Volvo CarCorporation's new Alcoguard - a device aimed at preventingdrink driving by requiring the intended driver to pass a breathalcohol test prior to starting the vehicle. MICRODEVICES PRESENTS... MILPITAS: California Micro Devices will hold a conferencecall on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Timeto present the financial results for its second quarter offiscal year 2008, which ended on September 30, 2007.http://www.cmd.com GATES COMMITS... CAPE TOWN: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announcedTuesday that it is committing US$100 million over five years tocreate a new fast-track grants initiative to support innovativeglobal health research.http://www.gcgh.org LLUMAR PROTECTS... ST. LOUIS: For years, car owners have turned to securitywindow film for solar protection and to deter "smash and grab"theft but now they can add another important reason to installLLumar safety film to their vehicles' windows: added protectionin the event of a side-impact collision.http://www.llumar.com KIDS INSPIRE... NEW YORK: Nyan and Lehka Pendyala, ages 8 and 6, plan toraise US$260,000 for ORBIS Children's Eye Care Project in Indiaand will launch a kid-inspired and kid-driven campaign on WorldSight Day, Oct. 11th, to increase awareness of unnecessarychildhood blindness.http://www.orbis.orghttp://www.orbis.org/KidsForSighthttp://www.eyecareeducation.com OFFICE OPENS... NEW YORK: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPannounced Tuesday the launch of its office in Shanghai,China.http://www.friedfrank.com SONCAP EXTENDS... LONDON: Intertek and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON) Tuesday announced that they have extended their agreementfor a further two years; the agreement appoints Intertek tooperate SON's Conformity Assessment Programme (referred to asSONCAP) on an exclusive basis.http://www.intertek.com KEMET HOSTS... GREENVILLE: Demonstrating a commitment to progressivethinking and technological advancement, KEMET Corporation, aleading producer of high-performance capacitors used throughoutevery facet of the electronics industry, is hosting a series ofseminars at its four Asian locations this October to present adetailed description of how KEMET's products are made, how theywork and applications in which they are used.http://www.kemet.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$550million on October 19, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$20million on October 19, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com EXPERIMENTAL TEST... OSAKA: NaREC and Yanmar have reached to the Joint ResearchAgreement concerning the application of bio-diesel fueltechniques this September and became the first joint researchpartners in the UK.http://www.yanmar.co.jp CAROLINAS SELECTS... RESTON: Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based RealTime Location Systems, Tuesday announced that it has beenselected as the RTLS vendor of choice for Carolinas HealthCareSystem, the third largest public healthcare system in theUnited States.http://www.ekahau.comhttp://www.carolinashealthcare.org PHARMA ASSESSES... IRVINE: Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals says the advent ofbiosimilar drugs, new combinations of old ingredients andclinical trial failures in Phase 3 have required new emphasison "doing it right, the first time" so better use of resources,carefully selected outsource partners and wise allocation offunding lead to fewer failed products in late stages and moresuccess with the FDA review process.http://www.groundzerous.com NOMINUM SUPPORTS... REDWOOD CITY: Nominum, the leading provider of networknaming and addressing solutions, announced Tuesday that APNIC,the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific, hasselected Nominum's Foundation Authoritative Name Server to meetits scalability, availability and industry standard supportrequirements.http://www.nominum.com HEIDRICK APPOINTS... HONG KONG: Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., theworld's premier executive search and leadership consultingfirm, Tuesday announced the appointment of Peter Liu as aPrincipal with its Industrial and Supply Chain Practice teamsin Asia Pacific.http://www.heidrick.com THOMSON RANKS... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of TheThomson Corporation and leading provider of informationsolutions to the worldwide research and business communities,Tuesday announced the results of a study analyzing Australianinstitutions' research influence and scientific output.http://www.scientific.thomson.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.