SYDNEY--17 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ARSENAL ESTABLISHES... NEW YORK: Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-basedprivate equity firm that invests in middle-market specialtyindustrial, healthcare and financial services companies,announces that it has established a presence in Shanghai, Chinato provide its current and future portfolio companies withadditional strategic insights, local and regional support, andexpanded relationships in order to enhance opportunities forgrowth and productivity.www.arsenalcapital.com ALLEGIANCE REJECTS... SYDNEY: Allegiance Mining has released its Target Statementand in a letter to shareholders accompanying the TargetsStatement, Allegiance Chairman, Tony Howland-Rose wrote: "YourDirectors unanimously recommend that you REJECT Zinifex'sunsolicited, opportunistic and inadequate Offer."www.allegiance-mining.com.au SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS... WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems announces that it willcontinue to work with Boeing to assess the 787 programschedule. INBEV SELECTS.... HERTOGENBOSCH: Quintiq has been selected by InBev, theworld's leading brewer, to manage the complex first linedistribution all over Western Europe. The Quintiq planningsystem will have to combine Full Truck Load and Less than TruckLoad between plants, ramps, sorting centres and customers. Thefirst implementation is to commence in Germany. In Germanyalone there are 100.000 of these trips expected per yearstarting from 5 different plants.www.inbev.comwww.quintiq.com CLINICAL TRIAL... SALT LAKE CITY: PC Project, a public charity, announces thata Phase 1b clinical trial has begun for treatment ofpachyonychia congenita (PC) with a short interfering RNA(siRNA)-based therapeutic. PC is a dominant genetic disorderresulting from mutations in genes that encode keratins, whichgive structural integrity to skin cells. ISTITHMAR UNVEILS... DUBAI: The Dubai-based investment house, Istithmar PJSC,announces the company's new official corporate brand,"Istithmar World". Istithmar World is wholly owned by DubaiWorld, which in turn is 100 per cent owned by the Government ofDubai. CEVA APPOINTS... HOOFDDORP: CEVA Logistics, the 4th largest supply chaincompany worldwide, has appointed Peter Dew as Group ChiefInformation Officer, effective April 1, 2008. He will beresponsible for establishing and implementing CEVA's ITstrategy at a global level.www.cevalogistics.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN, MTNR, FINP and FINS securities issues on January26 and 28, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.www.fanniemae.com BUNKSPEED ANNOUNCES... LOS ANGELES: Bunkspeed, Inc. announces that Michael Checkhas joined the company as President of its Automotive andTransportation business. His focus will be to broadenBunkspeed's already expansive roster of transportationcustomers, which includes Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, BMW,Pininfarina, Nissan, Honda, and others.www.bunkspeed.com SPAM EMAIL... SUNNYVALE, California: Proofpoint, Inc., the leadingprovider of unified email security and data loss preventionsolutions, reports spam trends for data collected during themonth of December 2007, finding that, on average, spamrepresents more than 90 per cent of the total email volumereceived by large enterprises.www.proofpoint.comwww.proofpoint.com/livedemowww.proofpoint.com/zhav MERSANA APPOINTS... CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Mersana, a cancer therapeuticscompany, announces that John H. van Duzer, Ph.D. has joined thecompany as Vice President of Manufacturing & PharmaceuticalSciences. SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE... MONTREAL: Rio Tinto Alcan and the International BusinessLeaders Forum are pleased to announce the 2007 recipient of theUS$1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is the UtthanCentre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation,based in India (Utthan).www.alcanprizeforsustainability.comwww.riotinto.com/riotintoalcan JV ESTABLISHED... YANZHOU: Veyance Technologies, Inc., manufacturer ofGoodyear-branded conveyor belts, announces the formation ofShandong Aneng Conveyor Belt & Rubber Co., Ltd., a long-termjoint venture between Veyance's Asia subsidiary and the YinheGroup's Ruiyuan Rubber and Plastics Company, Ltd. ShandongAneng also has a tentative agreement to purchase exclusiverights to the Yinhe Depreux brand in China.www.goodyearep.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.