SYDNEY--22 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CEO SELECTION...
BRUSSELS: Stora Enso's CEO Jouko Karvinen has been selected as RISI's 2010
European CEO of the Year for the pulp and paper industry.
www.risi.com/euroconf
TITANIUM CONFERENCE...
BROOMFIELD, Colo.: The International Titanium Association (ITA) has issued
a "call for papers" to be presented at the 26th Annual Titanium Conference and
Exhibition, which will be held Oct. 3-6 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and
Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL.
www.titanium.org
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES...
WIXOM, Mich: Trijicon, Inc. today announced that effective yesterday,
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, the company has offered to voluntarily stop
putting references to scripture on all products manufactured for the U.S.
military -- and will provide, free of charge, 100 modification kits to the
Pentagon to enable the removal of the references that are already on products
that are currently deployed.
www.trijicon.com
WOODFIBER AVAILABILITY...
BOSTON: Today RISI, through its International Woodfiber Report (IWR),
indicated that woodfiber availability in the US South will remain at "crisis
levels" for some time to come.
www.risi.com
FILM PREMIERE...
STOCKHOLM and PARK CITY, Utah: Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Jonze premieres
his latest work - I'm Here, a 30-minute short film - today at the Sundance Film
Festival as part of the first-ever Opening Night's Shorts Program at the
festival.
http://www.imheremovie.com
CONTRACT SIGNING...
KUALA LUMPUR: AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV), one of the world's leading
providers of engineering data and design IT systems, announced that
WorleyParsons, a global provider of technical, project and operational support
services, recently signed a contract to significantly increase the company's
usage of AVEVA Plant solutions.
http://www.aveva.com
COMMUNICATIONS AWARD...
READING: Acision, the world's leading messaging company, is pleased to
announce it has been awarded "Partner of the Year 2009" at HP Communications
World, Hamburg, Germany.
http://www.acision.com
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