SYDNEY--30 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ADT APPOINTS...
SINGAPORE: ADT Security has named Alex Kim as Vice President of Strategy for its Asia Pacific region.
http://www.adt.com/global
http://bit.ly/cPDK2A
VARIAN LAUNCHES...
BEIJING: VARIAN X-RAY Products, a business unit of Varian Medical Systems, Inc., has just launched a local language website making it easier for customers in China to access Varian X-Ray product information.
http://www.varian.com
http://bit.ly/cMSvDp
QUINTIQ SELECTED...
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands: Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, Wednesday announced that China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd, one of China's largest and most respected tobacco manufacturers, has chosen Quintiq to provide a planning solution for scheduling
its new primary production lines.
http://www.quintiq.com
http://bit.ly/d1Pnjs
CATALYSIS LABORATORY...
MADRID, Spain: Process Integral Development Eng&Tech, a Spanish company specializing in the design and manufacture of reactors and plants on a pilot or laboratory scale, has just installed the first multi-catalysis and automated laboratory available in the world.
http://bit.ly/d0Zqxk
BABYLON.COM PRESENTS...
NEW YORK: After having launched a designated iPhone application, Babylon Ltd., the international Internet Company and the world's leading provider of language solutions and single-click dictionary and translation software, Wednesday proudly presents Babylon Learn - the unique application for iPhone.
http://www.babylon.com/iphone
http://www.babylon.com/
http://www.babylon.com/
http://bit.ly/chy1BM
EVERSHEDS ADVISES...
HONG KONG: International law firm Eversheds has advised world-leading solutions provider of acoustic products AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Inc on its investment in the Danish industry leader in optical components and technology Kaleido Technology ApS. Kaleido's technology solutions offer extremely cost-effective manufacturing of all-glass aspheric lenses and provide the ideal solution for wafer-scale integration technologies, a solution of high value to AAC Acoustic Technologies.
http://www.eversheds.com
http://bit.ly/9L8KNu
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE...
ROME: Serono Symposia International Foundation (SSIF), Wednesday announced a public competition for an award to recognise an expert in bioscience who has made a significant contribution to medical education activities in recent years.
http://www.ssifaward.org
http://bit.ly/bIWdag
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
ERLANGER, Kentucky: The United States Playing Card Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jarden Corporation Wednesday announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Walker Digital Gaming LLC, a leading technology provider of gaming solutions.
http://www.usplayingcard.com
http://www.jarden.com
http://bit.ly/93AfWv
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's May 2010 Monthly Summary is now available at
www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly .
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/dqBNUg
LAWYERS DEMAND...
LONDON: International lawyers acting as advisors to Thai defense counsel Wednesday delivered a letter to Thai Authorities demanding a full, fair and complete investigation -- through independent and objective bodies -- into the deaths of more than 80 civilians during street protests in April and May 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.
http://www.robertamsterdam.com/thailand
http://bit.ly/bcEGJk
GETTY FILES...
EAST MEADOW, N.Y.: Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. Wednesday announced the filing of a Demand for Arbitration before the American Arbitration Association against Bionol Clearfield, LLC (Bionol), an ethanol producer in Pennsylvania.
http://bit.ly/ajC4Nh
TAIYO MD...
KIRKLAND, Wash.: Sarath Sathkumara has joined Taiyo Pacific Partners as a Managing Director and will help evaluate and capitalize on new investment opportunities in Asia for Taiyo Pacific Partners.
http://bit.ly/cQET3M
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Tuesday said it will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/bMZs8V
ROCHE SUBMITS...
BASEL, Switzerland: Roche Tuesday announced that it has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to extend the current label for Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to include first-line treatment of patients with NSCLC with
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activating mutations.
http://www.roche.com
http://bit.ly/9zRekU
MAVENIR RAISES...
RICHARDSON, Texas: Mavenir Systems, provider of mobile convergence solutions, announced it has raised $13.6 million in its fourth round of funding.
www.mavenir.com
http://bit.ly/a3mxN1
OSCILLOSCOPE MARKET...
MUNICH: Munich-based electronics specialist Rohde & Schwarz is now entering the global oscilloscope market. With this move, the company - already a successful international supplier of test and measurement equipment to customers in several industries, especially wireless communications - is expanding its T&M portfolio.
http://www.scope-of-the-art.com
http://bit.ly/8YwALr
LANDMARK TALKS...
BLETCHLEY PARK, England: After a rigorous selection process, Ceravision Ltd has been invited to deliver two landmark talks at the world's leading light source science and technology conference series.
http://www.ceravision.com
http://bit.ly/bOSKuz
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL...
BRISBANE, Australia: Linc Energy, the world leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) technology, and AFC Energy, the world's leading developer of low-cost alkaline fuel cells, have successfully trialled hydrogen fuel cell technology to produce electricity at Linc Energy's Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland.
http://bit.ly/aTFJB0
IPC OPENS...
JERSEY CITY, N.J.: IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms and global enterprises, Tuesday announced the launch of a new Global Solutions Operation Center (GSOC) in Singapore.
http://www.ipc.com
http://bit.ly/duV7Yu
SHARE EXCHANGE...
LITTLETON, Colo.: Birch Branch, Inc. Tuesday announced that it has consummated its share exchange transaction with the principal shareholders of Birch Branch, Shun Cheng Holdings HongKong Limited, a Hong Kong company, and the shareholders of Shun Cheng HK.
http://bit.ly/drhYJ5
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