CHISSO OPENS...
BERLIN: Chisso Corporation, a leading Japanese chemicals
corporation, is opening its new European representative office
in the Adlershof technology and science park on September 1st.
The park sits in southeastern Berlin, and is quickly becoming a
popular location for high tech companies expanding in Europe.
Chisso is the first Japanese investor to open in Adlershof.
www.invest-in-germany.com
CHARLES RIVER...
MELBOURNE: Charles River Development (Charles River), an
award-winning provider of financial software and services to
the global investment management community, has launched its
Japan User Group, an executive forum for Charles River's
domestic and international Japanese clients.
KYOTO CITY...
KYOTO: The City of Kyoto will undertake a campaign from this
December to next March in a bid to attract foreign tourists
during the winter months. The "Kyoto Winter Special" drive, the
city's first attempt of the kind, will be timed with the
central government's "Visit Japan" campaign.
www.KyotoWinterSpecial.com
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES...
CHICAGO, TOKYO and SINGAPORE: Trading Technologies
International, Inc. announced it is expanding its Asian
exchange connectivity through new initiatives with the Tokyo
Commodity Exchange and Singapore Exchange.
www.tradingtechnologies.com
VISA ANNOUNCES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Visa announces the individuals who will serve
as members of Visa Inc.'s Board of Directors after the
completion of the proposed restructuring and the appointment of
Byron Pollitt, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer designate of Visa
Inc.
www.corporate.visa.com
ADAPTIVE PLANET...
BREDA: Adaptive Planet BV, the project leading system
integrator, and its project partners, RFCyber and MICHAEL
LETTERER-PM&C, have announced the industry's first commercial
Near Field Communication (NFC) Mobile POS deployment, using NFC
chip technology from NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips
Semiconductors) and NFC enabled mobile phones from Nokia.
www.adaptiveplanet.com
www.nfc-forum.org
www.rfcyber.com
www.ml-pmc.com
IMPORTANT BREAKTHROUGH...
JEFFERSON, North Carolina: `This is the most important
breakthrough in pulmonary drug delivery in my lifetime,' states
Dr. Tom Stern, Pulmonologist and medical consultant for Next
Safety Inc. The breakthrough in pulmonary drug delivery
recently announced by Next Safety is basic in nature and has
broad implications for the treatment of a number of medical
conditions.
www.nextsafety.com
AWARDS DINNER...
NEW YORK: Platts, one of the world's leading energy
information providers and a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, along with this year's sponsor, Logical Information
Machines, will announce its annual Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Companies rankings on September 13, 2007. The awards will be
presented during the Top 250 Asia Awards Dinner at the Four
Seasons Hotel in Singapore. The awards dinner will also feature
a keynote address by Mr. Lee Yi Shyan, Singapore's Minister of
State for Trade and Industry.
www.platts.com
www.platts.com/top250
www.mcgraw-hill.com
AMBIRONTRUSTWAVE ACQUIRES...
CHICAGO and LONDON: AmbironTrustWave, a leading provider of
data security and compliance management solutions worldwide,
has acquired London-based One-SEC Ltd., the leading provider of
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance
solutions for businesses and organizations in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. The deal is closed, and its terms will
remain confidential.
www.atwcorp.com
STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL...
WILTON, Connecticut: Startech Environmental Corporation, a
fully reporting company, announced that it has signed the
purchase contract and received a 10 per cent cash down-payment
from Plasma Processing Technologies Ltd of England and Wales
for its first purchase of a Plasma Converter System.
www.startech.net
LA AUTOSHOW...
LOS ANGELES, California: Opening in less than 90 days, the
2007 Los Angeles Auto Show will feature at least a dozen world
premieres of production and/or concept vehicles from nine top
automakers during the show's media days November 14 and 15.
Audi, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan,
Toyota and Volkswagen are all confirmed to unveil one or more
production and/or concept vehicles at this year's show.
www.laautoshow.com
ASTRAZENECA APPROVAL...
LONDON: AstraZeneca announced the Netherlands regulatory
authority MEB (Medicines Evaluation Board) has approved
SEROQUEL XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets, a
once-daily medicine for the treatment of schizophrenia in adult
patients.
ASIA NETCOM....
HONG KONG: The world's largest academic network, CERNET (The
China Education and Research Network), has selected Asia
Netcom's IP Transit service to boost the performance of its
global Internet connectivity.
www.asianetcom.com
www.edu.cn
PRYSMIAN ACQUIRES...
MILAN: Prysmian Cables & Systems, a worldwide leading player
in the cable industry, has reached an agreement to purchase the
business assets of New Zealand cable manufacturer,
International Wire & Cable Company Limited.
DATACRAFT DEAL...
SINGAPORE: Datacraft, the region's leading independent IT
solutions and services company, has won a deal to help
Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to upgrade its existing
network to support current need as well as future applications
which will inevitably require higher bandwidth.
www.datacraft-asia.com
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS...
LUSTENAU and DALLAS: IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, the global leader in
wireless tracking and tracing solutions that includes
award-winning intelligent long-range active RFID technology,
announces the grand opening of its new Asia regional office
based in Hong Kong.
www.identecsolutions.com
MIKRON TECHNOLOGY...
URDORF: Mikron Technology Group, one of the world's leading
providers of customer-specific manufacturing and assembly
systems, has chosen Verizon Business to implement and manage a
new communications network to link Mikron's offices in Europe,
North America and Asia.
www.mikron.com
www.verizonbusiness.com
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