AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday 24 March 2011 16:52
ACQUISITION MADE...

SINGAPORE: The Meinhardt Group, the global engineering, infrastructure and

project management consultancy headquartered in Singapore, today announced it

has acquired India-based Eigen Technical Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider

of advanced engineering services to the global construction industry, from

Laing O'Rourke, the privately-owned, international engineering and construction

group.

http://www.meinhardtgroup.com/

http://bit.ly/ggrj8J

INDIAN FOOTPRINT...

SINGAPORE: The Meinhardt Group, the global engineering, infrastructure and

project management consultancy, today announced it has acquired India-based

Eigen Technical Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of advanced engineering

services to the global construction industry, from Laing O'Rourke, the

privately-owned, international engineering and construction group.

http://www.meinhardtgroup.com/

http://bit.ly/g8VEA6

GROUNDBREAKING FACILITY...

CHENGDU: Today, Dell, the world's leading systems and services provider,

held its groundbreaking ceremony for Dell Chengdu Global Operation Facility at

Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone.

http://bit.ly/eOqsoT

ACQUISITION & EXPANSION...

SINGAPORE: The Meinhardt Group, the global engineering, infrastructure and

project management consultancy, today announced it has acquired India-based

Eigen Technical Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of advanced engineering

services to the global construction industry, from Laing O'Rourke, the

privately-owned, international engineering and construction group.

http://www.meinhardtgroup.com/

http://bit.ly/gTDKCg

CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENT...

SEOUL, South Korea: AVEVA (LSE:AVV), a leader in engineering design and

information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries,

today announced a significant new contract win with Hyundai Heavy Industries

(HHI), further increasing its investment in AVEVA solutions.

http://www.aveva.com/

http://bit.ly/ib1Wev

MY SWING...

IRVINE, Calif.: The Tiger Woods Foundation

(http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org) and Shotzoom(R)

(http://www.shotzoom.com), the leader in active lifestyle mobile applications,

announced the launch of Tiger Woods: My Swing for the iPhone and iPod touch.

http://bit.ly/fQUAlo

IPHONE APP...

IRVINE, Calif.: The Tiger Woods Foundation

(http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org) and Shotzoom(R)

(http://www.shotzoom.com), the leader in active lifestyle mobile applications,

announced the launch of Tiger Woods: My Swing for the iPhone and iPod touch.

http://bit.ly/i9zl0G

LARGE FORMAT...

ALLEROED, Denmark: Contex, the world's leading developer of large format

scanning and imaging solutions, announces a new wide format scanning solution

for the electronic document/content management market that features EMC(R)

Captiva(R) ISIS(R) drivers.

http://www.contex.com/

http://bit.ly/e3yVtr

GAS-TO-LIQUIDS...

THE HAGUE: The world's largest plant to turn natural gas into

cleaner-burning fuels and lubricants took a major step closer to production

today when gas began flowing from a giant offshore field.

http://www.sec.gov/

http://bit.ly/f8DhTl

GENOME SCANNING...

BANGALORE, India: Avesthagen Limited achieves another milestone as it

announces the launch of its commercial Whole Genome Scanning (WGS) service in

India.

http://www.avestawellbeing.com/

http://bit.ly/eyIcFY

CLINICAL TRIAL...

OTTAWA: Nordion Inc. (TSX: NDN) (NYSE: NDZ), a leading provider of products

and services to the global health science market, today announced that it has

received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct a Phase

III clinical trial for TheraSphere under an Investigational Device Exemption

(IDE).

http://www.nordion.com/

http://www.sedar.com/

http://www.sec.gov/

http://bit.ly/gPf97A

PATENT POSITIONS...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa.: Colorcon, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BPSI

Holdings Inc., today announced specific details on its world-wide patent

positions for enteric coating compositions in response to misleading statements

made in the international press, particularly in India.

http://bit.ly/i7FxlF

PHASE III TRIAL...

OTTAWA: Nordion Inc. (TSX: NDN) (NYSE: NDZ), a leading provider of products

and services to the global health science market, today announced that it has

received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct a Phase

III clinical trial for TheraSphere(R) under an Investigational Device Exemption

(IDE) to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of TheraSphere treatment in

colorectal cancer patients whose disease has metastasized to the liver.

http://www.nordion.com/

http://www.sedar.com/

http://www.sec.gov/

http://bit.ly/hxwnn3

MULTI-DISPLAY UPGRADE...

MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that Symbiotics has

integrated Matrox TripleHead2Go Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXMs) as part of a

unique pilot selection and assessment tool for the armed forces and civil

aviation sector.

http://www.triplehead2go.com/

http://www.matrox.com/symbiotics_triplehead2go

http://bit.ly/e3R727

ROYAL HOLIDAYS...

SYDNEY, Australia: Want to holiday like the Royals? Maybe even sleep in the

same bed (just make sure they change the sheets first).

http://www.hotelscombined.com/

http://bit.ly/fo7cHf

CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS...

LONDON: Equipos, a leading provider of client communications and reporting

solutions to private banks and institutional investment firms, today announced

that one of the world's largest banks has signed an agreement to deploy the

Equipos Coric client communications suite globally across its asset management

business.

http://www.equiposgroup.com/

http://bit.ly/eGobyH

OPERATIONS EXPANSION...

HELSINKI: Ixonos Device Creation Centre offers end-to-end services for

mobile device design and development.

http://www.ixonos.com/

http://bit.ly/gw53om

NEW COLORS...

KENT, Ohio: Improv Electronics announced today its popular Boogie Board

Paperless LCD Writing Tablet is now available in silver and gold versions.

http://www.myboogieboard.com/

http://bit.ly/dOD3q0

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