SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS...
WICHITA, Kansas - Spirit AeroSystems announced today that it
has been awarded a contract to provide overhaul, repair, and
modification services for Cathay Pacific Airways' fleet of 777
Trent 800 thrust reversers.
www.spiritaero.com
DIGI GATEWAY...
MINNETONKA, Minnesota - Digi International today introduced
the ConnectPort X2, a wireless gateway about the size of a deck
of cards that links ZigBee/802.15.4 device networks with IP
networks over Wi-Fi or Ethernet connections.
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FAVOURITE VEHICLES...
CHICAGO - Consumer voters proclaimed their favorites in five
categories in the Chicago Auto Show's third annual Best of Show
balloting.
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JPMORGAN LAUNCH...
HONG KONG - JPMorgan Asia Pacific today announced a major
expansion into private equity investment, as part of its
regional growth strategy. The firm is committing an initial
US$750 million to mid-market private equity investment
opportunities in Asia Pacific.
www.jpmorganchase.com
CARBON CAPTURE ...
BRISBANE - An Australian-based company has acquired the
Asia-Pacific rights to the world's most advanced carbon capture
and storage system. EESTech Inc., which is based in Brisbane,
Australia and is publicly traded on the US Bulletin Board, has
secured the rights to HTC Purenergys world leading CO2 capture
management technologies for the Australasian region.
www.eestechinc.com.
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VALE BENCHMARK...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the world's
largest iron ore producer, concluded the iron ore price
negotiations for 2008 with Nippon Steel Corporation, the
largest Japanese steelmaker, and POSCO, the largest Korean
steelmaker.
www.vale.com
GLOBAL PREMATURITY...
SEATTLE - Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute
announced today that it has received a US$1 million grant from
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study ways to prevent
global prematurity and stillbirth. Prematurity claims the lives
of over 1 million newborn babies worldwide each year.
www.seattlechildrens.org/prematurity
SGI PRESIDENT AWARDED...
TOKYO - At a ceremony at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, Mr.
Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International
Buddhist association, was today conferred with the Order of
Friendship on behalf of the Russian Federation by Ambassador
Mikhail M. Bely.
NETDRAGON GAME...
HONG KONG - One of the leading game developers and operators
in the PRC, NetDragon Websoft Inc. with its subsidiary,
collectively the "Group", is pleased to announce that its new
game "Way of the Five" has been honoured by the PRC Ministry of
Culture's Examination Committee for Game Content by being
included in its third list of "Healthy Online Games for
Youngsters."
NEW EVP
AIX-EN-PROVENCE - Payment software provider Welcome
Real-time today announced the appointment of Henri-Louis de
Vilmorin as EVP Global Sales.
www.welcome-rt.com
ENCORE POWDER...
AMHERST, Ohio - The Industrial Coating Systems division of
Nordson Corporation has introduced the revolutionary new Encore
manual powder spray system. Packed with features, the Encore
system provides coaters with unsurpassed ease of use, coating
capability and operating control for an unprecedented level of
coating performance on demand.
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