AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday 22 April, 2005
SYDNEY, April 22--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FOUNDER DIES...
PRINCETON: Bruce Keener, CEO and president of global
consulting and training firm Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., announced the
death of Benjamin B. Tregoe on April 20, after a long battle
with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Dr. Tregoe was 77. "Dr. Tregoe was
an innovative pioneer," said Mr. Keener, "who was passionately
committed to improving the critical-thinking capabilities of
managers and workers in organizations around the world."
WOMEN'S FORUM...
WASHINGTON: The Independent Women's Forum today is disturbed
by recent reports that the United Nations is embracing policies
that are clearly anti-woman and could ultimately lead to a ban
of infant formula throughout much of the world, setting women
in the workplace back decades.
RELAUNCHED WEBSITE...
LOS ANGELES: Josephine Wall, one of the world's most popular
fantasy artists, was chosen by pop icon Britney Spears to have
her artwork featured throughout Britney's re-designed, official
website.
http://www.courtyardofromance.com
http://www.josephinewall.com
http://www.britneyspears.com
HEALTH ACCESS...
JOHANNESBURG: Import tariffs, duties and sales taxes on
medicines, medical devices, and the ingredients to make
pharmaceuticals block access to medicines in the developing
world, according to a new working paper published by the AEI -
Brookings Joint Center in Washington, DC.
http://aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=930
REMY EXPANDS...
ANDERSON: Remy International, Inc., has formed a wholly
foreign-owned enterprise, Remy Electricals (China) Company
Limited in Shajing, Guangdong Province of China which will
significantly expand Remy's presence in the region. The
facility will launch operations in May 2005 to satisfy Remy's
new business demand in China and meet rapidly growing
opportunities.
http://www.remyinc.com
UK DISTRIBUTION...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., is pleased to announce
signing distribution agreements for the UK with leading
independent distributors, Andromeda Entertainment Ltd. and Just
Distribution Ltd, with 60,000 and 40,000 unit deals
respectively over the next 12 months.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
NEW FRAGRANCE...
NEW YORK: Quick -- Name New York's most dynamic, most
exuberant, most flavorful, most colorful, most rapidly
expanding neighborhood? Answer: Chinatown -- the new
Chinatown, suffused both with emerging superpower energy and
with the avant-garde cachet of downtown New York. Naturally,
Bond No. 9 has captured the essence of this high-energy swathe
of Lower Manhattan for its latest New York-centric fragrance
and named it none other than Chinatown.
www.saks.com
AUTOMOTIVE EXPANSION...
SHANGHAI: GKN plans to further expand its automotive
presence in China this year with a new joint venture to produce
engine components in Henan province. When fully operational,
GKN Zhongyuan Cylinder Liners in Mengzhou City will manufacture
more than three-million cylinder liners annually for trucks for
both domestic use and export in the first stage. Production is
scheduled to begin in 2006.
SOXA ACCELERATOR:
WASHINGTON, D.C.: HandySoft announced that its SOXA
Accelerator is adopted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering,
Inc. (ASE), the world's largest independent provider of IC
packaging and testing services, to comply with the US
Sarbanes-Oxley Act which is a mandatory requirement from the US
Securities and Exchange Commission. ASE has two listed
companies in the US: ASE Inc. and ASE Test.
www.handysoft.com
www.aseglobal.com
JOINT VENTURE...
BEIJING: Valeo, a global leader in the automotive components
industry, announced the signing of a new joint venture with
FAW, China's largest automaker. The agreement was signed by
Valeo Chairman & CEO Thierry Morin and FAW Vice-President and
FAWER Chairman Teng Tieqi in the presence of French Prime
Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
NEW MODELS...
SHANGHAI: The German Luxury Brand presents four new Models
at this year's International Auto Show in Shanghai and
announces local production of C- and E-Class in China in the
second half of 2005. The star of Mercedes-Benz's presentation
is the Grand Sports Tourer R-Class. It is complemented by the
new Compact Sports Tourer B-Class, the updated CLK-Class and
the new M-Class Sport Utility Vehicle.
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com
ASIA PREMIERE...
SHANGHAI: At the first press day of Auto Shanghai 2005 the
new Maybach 57 S celebrates its Asia Premiere. "China is one of
this region's key markets. This is why we strive to
continuously expand the Maybach brand's presence in this
country," explains Dr. Thomas Weber, member of the
DaimlerChrysler Board responsible for Research and Technology
and Development of Mercedes Car Group.
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com
OFFICE STORAGE...
TOKYO: Two Space Co., Ltd., a software development and sales
company, has developed the Office Storage Hub (international
patent approved, application no. 2005-109239), a tool that uses
XML to allow easy linking of corporate and office data created
in Microsoft Office within a network environment. Official
worldwide sales of Office Storage Hub will commence on May 1,
2005.
http://www.twospace.co.jp
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