AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday September 8

SYDNEY, Sept. 8 -- AsiaNet

NEW OWNERS...

ANAHEIM, Calif.: SDC Technologies Inc., a California-based

global supplier of functional surface technologies, coatings

and materials, has been purchased by The Compass Group

International LLC and the management team, according to a press

release.

www.compassequity.com

FLAT PANELS...

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products has commissioned an Air

Separation Unit and Liquefier at Samsung Electronics' newest

and the world's most advanced Thin Film Transistor-Liquid

Crystal Display facility in Tangjeong, Korea, a media statement

said.

www.airproducts.com

OACIS MILESTONE...

SAN FRANCISCO: Oacis Users' Group completed its 10th annual

meeting, a successful high point compared to alternative

electronic health record products that have come and gone in

the past decade, Dinmar, a leading North American healthcare

information technology company, announced today.

www.dinmar.com

FANNIE MAE...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal

amount of five securities issues amounting to a total of US$350

million on Sept 17 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent

of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest,

according to a press release.

http://www.fanniemae.com

PEPSICO WEBCAST...

PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo's third quarter 2004 earnings

conference call with financial analysts and investors will be

webcast live over the internet on Thursday, September 30, from

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, a media statement said.

www.pepsico.com

TANTALUM SUPPLY...

GREENVILLE: Kemet Corporation has entered into an extension

of its long-term tantalum supply agreement with Cabot

Corporation, extending it through the end of calendar 2009,

according to a press release.

www.kemet.com

OLYMPIC RIVALS...

ST. JOHN'S: The Chinese Olympic team will perform better

than the US in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, according to

Internet bookmaker Intertops.com, a media statement said.

www.intertops.com

SAI WIN...

SYDNEY: SAI Global Limited has won a distribution deal with

the American National Standards Institute, the peak body

responsible for coordinating the United States voluntary

standardization and conformity assessment system, according to

a press release.

www.sai-global.com

INTERNET TECHNOLOGY...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Marvell, a technology leader in the

development of extreme broadband communications and storage

solutions, will demonstrate Yukon II, the industry's first x4

PCI Express, dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller for server

platforms, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco,

September 7 - 9, 2004, a media statement said.

www.marvell.com

DIGITAL HOMES...

TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc., a 15-year industry-leader in

consumer digital media software development, is participating

in the Intel Developer Forum in a bid to demonstrate its

leadership position in the evolving digital home ecosystem,

according to a press release.

www.lightpointe.com

PULMONARY DISEASE...

GLASGOW: Spiriva (tiotropium) significantly reduced

exacerbations and health resource utilization compared with

placebo in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,

according to data presented at the annual European Respiratory

Society meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.

boehringer-ingelheim.com

www.pfizer.com

LIGHTPOINTE APPOINTMENT...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.: LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer

of optical wireless products based on free-space optics

technology, has appointed Jim Cady as president and chief

executive officer, a media statement said.

www.lightpointe.com

INTEL VALIDATION...

TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc, a 15-year industry leader in

digital media software development, announces that Photo

Explorer 8 Media Server Edition, the first PC media management

server software, has passed Intel Networked Media Product

Requirements, according to a press release.

www.ulead.com

STATS CHIPPAC...

SINGAPORE & FREMONT, Calif.: STATS ChipPAC Limited's

indirect wholly owned subsidiary ChipPAC International Company

Limited commenced a cash tender offer on September 3, 2004

relating to any and all of ChipPAC International's outstanding

$165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 12 3/4% Senior

Subordinated Notes due 2009, a media statement said.

www.statschippac.com

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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday September 8

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