SYDNEY--10 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
KYOCERA DEVELOPS...
YOKOHAMA, Japan: Kyocera Elco Corporation Friday announced that it has
developed the 5803 Series 0.4mm-Pitch Board-to-Board Connector, which achieves
the industry's lowest-class stacking height at 0.5mm, and the smallest depth at
2.4mm.
http://www.kyocera-elco.com
http://bit.ly/95zWNl
GERMAN ORDERS...
BERLIN and CHICAGO: Germany's machinery and equipment industry continues its
rebound from the global downturn, posting a 48 percent increase in orders this
July over last year's figures.
http://bit.ly/9i98jE
FULL TILT...
DUBLIN: Full Tilt Poker.net Friday announced its sponsorship of Bellator
Fighting Championships - a continuing series of televised World Class Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA) action presented in a unique tournament format.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.net
http://www.bellator.com
http://bit.ly/b9gYvw
ACCU-SORT AWARDED...
PHILADELPHIA: China Post recently awarded a contract to Accu-Sort Systems
for several multi-sided AV6010 camera bar-code scanner tunnels.
http://www.accusort.com
http://bit.ly/bgZsVu
RECORD ATTENDANCE...
AMSTERDAM: Leading events organiser UBM Live Friday reported that a record
2356 unique visitors attended its 2010 CPhI South America pharma events,
representing an increase of 17% over 2009 attendance levels, and announced the
dates and location for next years' events, which will be held from 24-26
August, at the Transamerica Expo Center, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
http://www.ubm.com
http://bit.ly/bxzJj3
TRADE FAIR...
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: Rio Tinto Alcan will present its leading global
aluminium business at the ALUMINIUM 2010 trade fair in Essen, Germany, 14-16
September 2010.
www.riotintoalcan.com
http://bit.ly/cV1bEF
CROWN ANNOUNCES...
PHILADELPHIA: Crown Holdings, Inc., a leading supplier of metal packaging
products worldwide, announced Thursday that its subsidiary, CROWN Asia Pacific
Holdings Ltd., plans to install a second beverage can line in its existing
facility in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
http://www.crowncork.com
http://bit.ly/cQ4LSM
UL EXPANDS...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.: Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety
testing and certification, announced Thursday the opening of a testing and
certification facility for photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Ise City, Mie
Prefecture, Japan.
http://www.ul.com
http://bit.ly/9QUrq8
SISVEL ANNOUNCES...
AMSTERDAM: At IBC on Thursday, Sisvel announced the launch of a new joint
patent licensing program, or patent pool, offering a license under patents
essential to DVB-T2, the latest standard for digital terrestrial transmission
with advanced modulation and coding techniques for highly efficient delivery of
audio, video and data services.
http://www.sisvel.com
http://bit.ly/a15bl2
WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS...
TOKYO: The United Nations University (UNU) hosted a seminar entitled "Women
Making Peace: Where Are We Now? Maximizing the Impact of UN Security Council
Resolution 1325, 10 Years On" on September 8, assessing global progress toward
implementation of the groundbreaking resolution which calls for increased
recognition of and support for the role of women in prevention and resolution
of conflict.
http://bit.ly/bGpV9I
COGNIZANT LEADS...
TEANECK, N.J.: Cognizant, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and
business process outsourcing services, has been ranked a leader in enterprise
application testing services in an IDC MarketScape analysis of 13 global
third-party testing firms.
www.cognizant.com
www.idc.com
http://bit.ly/9I3J8k
ONLINE VIDEO...
SYDNEY: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, Thursday
released its July 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Australia based
on data from its comScore Video Metrix service.
www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/a5GX9a
RISI ACQUIRES...
SHANGHAI: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, Thursday announced the acquisition of UM Paper, a publisher
of market news and prices for the Chinese pulp and paper industry, from Samwell
Group, a Chinese paper merchant.
http://www.risi.com
http://bit.ly/9jU7a0
CAR WRAPPING...
SHANGHAI: Shanghai's first personalized car wrapping service has just opened
with support from Avery Dennison, the global leader in self-adhesive and
specialty media.
http://www.averydennison.com
http://www.averygraphics.com
http://bit.ly/d6PqG6
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