Technology: OA Consortium announces Hitachi Ltd. has joined

SOA Consortium announces Hitachi Ltd. has joined becomes first Japanese company to join SOA Advocacy Group

Needham, Massachusetts (BUSINESS WIRE) - The SOA Consortium today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. has joined the SOA Consortium. They are the first Japan-based organization to join. The SOA Consortium is an advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000, major government agencies, and mid-market businesses successfully adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by 2010. SOA Consortium sponsors include Cisco, HP, IBM Corporation, SAP AG, Savant, Sparx Systems and Sun Microsystems.

"We are delighted to welcome Hitachi to the SOA Consortium. Their experience and ties to the Japanese market and beyond will be invaluable as we strive to bring the message of SOA as a business agility story to this fast-growing community," said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., executive director, SOA Consortium.

"We have seen increasing demands of SOA towards agile enterprise systems in Japan as well as in the worldwide market," said Masahiro Kitano, Corporate Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer, Information and Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.

"The SOA Consortium is a valuable place to share best practices, case studies, and experiences of SOA. The collective knowledge will be beneficial to all the parties who need to prepare for tomorrow's business and/or technology changes. With Hitachi Consulting in the U.S., another consortium member from us, Hitachi is happy to work as an SOA advocate in Japan."

About The SOA Consortium

The SOA Consortium is an advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000 successfully adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by 2010. SOA Consortium founding enterprise members include Fortune 200 companies in Financial Services, Travel, Manufacturing, Retail and Telecommunications.

Sponsors are Cisco, HP, IBM Corporation, SAP AG, Savant, Sparx Systems and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Participants include Fortune 1000 corporations, major government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Any organization may join the SOA Consortium. The SOA Consortium is managed by the Object Management Group.

For more information, please visit http://www.soa-consortium.org or email info@soa-consortium.org.

Note to editors: SOA Consortium, OMG and Object Management Group are trademarks of Object Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Object Management GroupStephanie Covert, +1-843-737-0637 info@soa-consortium.org

Health/Medical: Alnylam to webcast conference call to discuss Takeda Alliance

Cambridge, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALNY), announced today that the company will hold a conference call on Tuesday, May 27 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its alliance with Takeda announced this morning.

Conference Call Information The call may be accessed by dialing 800-329-9097 (domestic) or 617-614-4929 (international) five minutes prior to the start time and providing the passcode 36634290. A replay of the call will be available from 2:00 p.m. ET May 27, 2008 until June 3, 2008. To access the replay, please dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and provide the passcode 90685470. A live audio webcast of the call will also be available on the "Investors" section of the company's website, www.alnylam.com.

An archived webcast will be available on the Alnylam website approximately two hours after the event, and will be archived for 14 days thereafter.

About Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Alnylam is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on RNA interference, or RNAi. The company is applying its therapeutic expertise in RNAi to address significant medical needs, many of which cannot effectively be addressed with small molecules or antibodies, the current major classes of drugs. Alnylam is leading the translation of RNAi as a new class of innovative medicines with peer-reviewed research efforts published in the world's top scientific journals including Nature, Nature Medicine, and Cell. The company is leveraging these capabilities to build a broad pipeline of RNAi therapeutics; its most advanced program is in Phase II human clinical trials for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. In addition, the company is developing RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of a wide range of disease areas, including hypercholesterolemia, liver cancers, and Huntington's disease. The company's leadership position in fundamental patents, technology, and know-how relating to RNAi has enabled it to form major alliances with leading companies including Medtronic, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Roche, and Takeda.
To reflect its outlook for key scientific, clinical, and business initiatives, Alnylam has established "RNAi 2010" which includes the company's plan to significantly expand the scope of delivery solutions for RNAi therapeutics, have four or more programs in clinical development, and to form four or more new major business collaborations, all by the end of 2010. Alnylam is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of microRNA therapeutics. Founded in 2002, Alnylam maintains headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For more information, visit www.alnylam.com.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Cynthia Clayton, 617-551-8207
(Investors)orKMorrisPRKathryn Morris, 845-635-9828 (Media)

Entertainment: Sanjaya to star in new ad for nationwide(R)

Sanjaya to star in new ad for nationwide(R) former ''Idol'' contestant is the next life comes at you fast?

Columbus, Ohio (BUSINESS WIRE) - Nationwide announced today that the next star of the Life Comes at You Fast advertising campaign is Sanjaya Malakar, former contestant on "American Idol." Sanjaya will follow in the footsteps of Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer, who appeared in previous Life Comes at You Fast commercials.

"I'm thrilled to star in one of Nationwide's Life Comes at You Fast ads, because I really love the campaign," said Malakar. "My experience on American Idol was is a great example of how life really does come at you fast. The ad is a funny take on the serious subject of planning for retirement."

In the spot, Sanjaya visits a monastery in India to seek advice and he is told that he needs a retirement plan, and some work on his hair.

This is the third year Nationwide created advertising specifically targeting the South Asian market. The Sanjaya ad is one of six new spots that will specifically target the South Asian market.

"The rapidly growing South Asian market is very important to us," said Tariq Khan, Nationwide's vice president for Market Development and Diversity. "The creative work in these print ads and TV spots reflect traditions and situations that South Asians can relate to."

In keeping with its unique campaign, the ad will use humor to make an important point: Life Comes at You Fast? often before you realize it. Whether it is getting married, having a child, buying a new home, or saving for college or retirement, advance preparation is important, especially when it comes to insurance and financial planning.

"The Life Comes at You Fast concept was created to remind people that they need to think about preparing for tomorrow," said Steven Schreibman, vice president of advertising and brand management for Nationwide. "Sanjaya's ad reminds consumers that they need to be prepared for life to change, because change is inevitable."

Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than $161 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #108 on the Fortune 500 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life, farm, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions, long-term savings plans and health and productivity
services. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.

Nationwide, Nationwide Financial, the Nationwide Framemark, Life Comes at You Fast, and On Your Side are federally
registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
NationwideMike Switzer, 614-249-4092 switzem1@nationwide.com

Technology: MO-Call now offers low-cost calls from Windows Mobiles

London (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Morodo Ltd is pleased to announce that it's MO-Call low-cost calling software now supports Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC GSM devices. Consumers using mobiles from manufacturers such as Amoi, Asus, Audiovox, Dopod, HP, HTC, i-mate, Motorola, O2, Orange, Palm, Samsung, Qtek and Toshiba can now save up to 90% of the cost of their international calls, at home or abroad, by using Morodo's intuitive MO-Call software.

James Barnes, Technical Director at Morodo, stated, "MO-Call for Windows Mobile has been developed to offer a seamless way of using the MO-Call service. It's simple to make calls at a greatly reduced cost and there's no need to change the way you use your mobile. Once the application is switched on, just dial and save."

Mr. Barnes went on to say that he was, "particularly happy with this achievement as it represents a good example of porting an existing application to yet another technology platform. Morodo's Research and Development team in Beijing, China intends to provide software applications for every popular mobile device group, operating system and manufacturer, offering the widest possible hardware footprint for the MO-Call service."

MO-Call software for Windows Mobile is available as a free download from the MO-Call website: www.mo-call.com

About Morodo

Morodo Group offers mobile services to a global customer base under the MO-Call brand. The company also offers software services (under license) to traditional telecoms carriers, mobile networks and brand name owners.

Headquartered in London UK, Morodo Group owns and operates Beijing Morodo Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Beijing Morodo), a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise in the People's Republic of China. Beijing Morodo's Research and Development facility focuses on innovation in the wireless world.

Morodo news is available at the company website: http://www.morodogroup.com

Media Contact:
Andrew Reid (e-mail: areid@morodo.co.uk)
Morodo Limited
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Business: Organisational changes and strengthened restructuring effort

Andreas Enger leaves his position as chief financial officer (CFO) in Norske Skog effective today. He will continue to work for the company until the end of 2008, in a new position with special responsibility for implementing the ongoing restructuring of the company.

Senior vice president for strategy, Rune Gjessing, will also act as CFO until further notice.

Oxenøen, 27 May 2008
Norske Skog
Corporate affairs

For further information:
Media:
Vice president corporate affairs
Tom Bratlie

Mob: +47 905 21 904

The financial market:
Vice president investor relations
Jarle Langfjæran

Mob: +47 909 78 434

Technology: Italia Mobile users' phones make the bus easier to catch

In Trento, Telecom Italia mobile subscribers have started using their mobile phone to easily take the bus

Amsterdam, Netherlands - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has been selected by TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile), the leading telecom operator in Italy, to support the launch of an unprecedented NFC (Near Field Communication) program in Trento. Gemalto provides TIM with transport applications embedded in the SIM cards to allow TIM customers to use their mobile phone as a convenient access device to take public transportation.

Gemalto and TIM are together paving the way for the mobile contactless deployment in Italy.Thanks to mobile contactless, travelling becomes easier and faster. With Gemalto's technology, ticket issuance becomes more efficient and interactive. Users are able to purchase tickets from anywhere at anytime through their mobile phone.

And travelers can validate their transport pass even when the battery of their mobile phone is off.

Benefits of contactless access to transport are indisputable. Every end-user is easily convinced that NFC transport ticketing service is easy-to-use and quick. The transport operator enjoys it to reduce the cost of ticket issuance, to greatly reduce access point's maintenance expenses, harness fraud and enrich the users travel experience by offering convenient travel information such as timetables and location maps. The mobile operator leverages the value-added created by driving new usage scenarios, by reducing churn, and by growing a new business from these daily and touristic users.

In that triple-headed ecosystem, Gemalto acts as a facilitator, providing its trust sharing services and its expertise accumulated worldwide in order to deploy innovation in the best way. As a well recognized trusted services company Gemalto ensures transport operators that their ticketing and transportation services rights will be securely distributed and managed over-the-air by the mobile services operators for their customers.

Gemalto has already conducted several programs on various NFC transport infrastructures. In Western Europe for example, in 2005, Gemalto joined together with Bouygues Telecom and RATP to launch the first SIM-based contactless system in Paris. In 2006, Gemalto working also with Bouygues Telecom, and with regional operator Transdev, delivered a contactless program covering Grenoble and its region, including smart posters so that end users can download maps on their mobiles. In 2007, Gemalto proposed to SFR and RATP in Paris an enhanced system encompassing in particular an advanced user interface managed by a sophisticated tiny smart card embedded web server that leverages the handsets browser features. The same year, SFR,
NRJ Mobile, Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois and Gemalto put in service the first extended NFC program that features both payment and transport applications using the same SIM. In 2007 also, Gemalto associated with Orange, SNCF and Keolis provided Rennes' region inhabitants with a comprehensive multi-modal set of contactless services: bus, trams, trains,
parking and smart posters. It is so along a long line of innovation in transportation applications that in 2008, TIM and Gemalto now deploy the first NFC contactless system in Italy.

By deeply understanding transport operators' requirements across many years, Gemalto has succeeded in developing a well-tested and complete line of NFC operated service for mobile transportation, designed to ease and speed the deployment of contactless applications and simplify their lifecycle management. Versatile SIM cards, comprehensive security functions, specific applications with optimized user interfaces, OTA personalization services, secure application download, trusted service management and NFC mobile ticketing features are key elements that Gemalto provides which have clearly proven their effectiveness in the field.

"Our experience of multiple local transport markets has strengthened our overall expertise in the matter of contactless," commented Philippe Vall'e, Executive Vice President, Telecom at Gemalto. "Contactless transport infrastructures have already been deployed in hundreds of cities all over the world; users rapidly adopt the technology and enjoy the strong benefits that
it offers. That is why we forecast that transportation applications will be essential to the take-off of NFC services on mobile phones."

About Gemalto Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the leader in digital security with pro forma 2007 annual revenues of over ?1.6 billion, more than 85 offices in 40 countries and about 10,000 employees including 1,300 R&D engineers.

In a world where the digital revolution is increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto's solutions are designed to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable.

Gemalto provides end-to-end solutions for digital security, from the development of software applications, through the design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers.

More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity and access management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

As the use of Gemalto's software and secure devices increases with the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the company is poised to thrive over the coming years.

Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus.

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com
Gemalto: Remi Calvet T.: +33 (0) 1 55 01 64 10M.: +33 (0) 6
22 72 81 58 remi.calvet@gemalto.com or Aline Borne T.: +33 (0)1
55 01 51 05M.:+33 (0)6 16 29 87 04 aline.borne@gemalto.com or
TBWA\Corporate Sophie Mazoyer T.: +33 (0) 1 49 09 26 87M.:+33
(0) 6 07 21 08 77 sophie.mazoyer@tbwa-corporate.com

Business: Urbanization of cities drive demand for civilian helicopters

Singapore (BUSINESS WIRE) - Frost & Sullivan's Aerospace and Defense Practice in Asia Pacific (APAC) (http://www.aerospace.frost.com) will host an exclusive analyst briefing on Asia Pacific's Commercial Rotary MRO market assessment on June 12 at 14:00 hrs (GMT + 08:00hrs) SGT (Singapore time).

Asia Pacific is home to almost 4 billion people with a projection of up to 4.7 billion people by the year 2025, a good indication for rapid development and urbanization of cities.
The increasing economic activities have seen to encourage rural population to move into the urban area, further increasing population density. This has affected the land traffic condition and transportation by air is becoming more popular in major cities in Asia Pacific as an alternative particularly for Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Corporate, Fire Services and Policing. All these emerging factors are expected to impact the aftermarket services and demand in the rotary MRO market.

This exciting analyst briefing takes a look at the factors that are driving the expansion and developments of the commercial rotary MRO market and how this will affect the landscape of the whole industry.

Highlights of the briefing includes an assessment of the market size, real scopes and demands of the industry and current and future Commercial Rotary MRO market behaviour and trends. We will also provide an update of related and upcoming research and provide an opportunity for a question and answer session with the analyst.

This briefing will benefit the aviation OEM, MRO service providers, aviation parts manufacturers and distributors by discussing the emerging trends and also challenges in determining the future road map of the Asia Pacific Commercial Rotary MRO industry.

Chern Wai Cheong, Research Analyst with Frost & Sullivan's APAC Aerospace & Defense team says, "The economic development in Asia Pacific is growing faster than anywhere in the world. This has resulted in rapid and sometimes uneven urbanization developments which have lead to increased population density and deterioration of land traffic conditions. There is increasing usage of helicopters as transportation alternative in highly dense populated cities in the region, thus giving rise to increased demand for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activities," observes Research Analyst, Chern Wai Cheong.

Join us as Chern Wai shares his insights on the impressive development and expansive expansions of APAC's commercial Rotary MRO markets. Those interested in registering for the interactive live briefing should send an email to Corporate Communications -- Donna Jeremiah at djeremiah@frost.com with the following information: full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state and country. The registration details will be emailed to you upon receipt of the above information.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com.

Frost & Sullivan Corporate Communications - Asia Pacific Donna Jeremiah, +603 6204 5832 djeremiah@frost.com

Technology: ANADIGICS` new high-power CATV amplifier facilitates migration

Warren, New Jersey, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - ACA2420 Combines High Output Power and Low Distortion ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), today launched the ACA2420 power doubler line amplifier, a high output power device designed to ensure optimal video and data delivery in deep fiber HFC architectures and other cable TV deployments that minimize the use of cascaded system amplifiers.

"Cable operators are improving the customer experience with a migration to deep fiber node scenarios, whereby the number of subscribers on each node is reduced, thus increasing the available bandwidth for high definition TV, interactive gaming, and video-on-demand," reports Ron Michels, Senior Vice President and General Manager of ANADIGICS' Broadband Business.

"The ACA2420 combines high output power with low distortion to meet the stringent demands of next generation 1GHz fiber-deep nodes and system amplifiers."

ANADIGICS' new power doubler line amplifier supports high output power levels (+58dBmV/ch.) up to 1 GHz, providing a higher quality signal over longer distances, compared to amplifiers with lower output power handling capabilities. Exceptional signal integrity is assured by the ACA2420's high crash point, which allows the device to maintain low carrier-to-intermodulation noise (CIN), composite triple beat (CTB), and composite second order (CSO) distortion.

Available in a 16-pin surface mount package, the ACA2420 consists of two parallel amplifiers with low distortion and low noise figure that are optimized for use in a balanced configuration. The device provides 21.5dB of RF gain and a superior gain flatness of +/- 0.2dB, operating from a single 24VDC power supply.

ANADIGICS' new ACA2420 is available now at a price of $24.28 in quantities of 1,000 units.

For product specifics, visit: www.anadigics.com For product pricing or sampling, visit: www.anadigics.com/worldwide_sales or contact ANADIGICS at +1.908.668.5000 (Phone) or +1.908.668.5132 (FAX).

About ANADIGICS, Inc.

ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) is a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing broadband wireless and wireline communications markets. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Warren, NJ, the company's award-winning products include power amplifiers, tuner integrated circuits, active splitters, line amplifiers, and other components, which can be sold individually or packaged as integrated radio frequency and front end modules.

For more information, visit www.anadigics.com Safe Harbor Statement Except for historical information contained herein, this press release contains projections and other forward-looking statements (as that term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).

These projections and forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance and can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, objectives, estimates or goals are forward-looking
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No assurances can be given, however, that these events will occur or that these projections will be achieved and actual results and developments could differ materially from those projected as a result of certain factors.

Important factors that could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such projections and forward-looking statements include those factors detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and those discussed elsewhere herein.

SOURCE: ANADIGICS, Inc.
CONTACT: Media: Charlotte Chiang, +1-908-668-5000,
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or Corporate: Jennifer Palella, +1-908-668-5000,
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Web site: http://www.anadigics.com

Education: Potomac College, others announce Swiss-USA FastTrak MBA program

Washington and Geneva, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Potomac College of Washington, DC and University of Business and International Studies (UBIS) of Geneva Switzerland, today announced their five-year International Bachelor/MBA FastTrak Program.

The international business degree is designed to provide students with a dynamic and flexible curriculum while studying in two centers of international politics and business: Washington, DC and Geneva, Switzerland. The program also allows students to take online classes from any location in the world.

Both Potomac College and UBIS are structured to deliver an innovative, yet practical educational experience that is ideal for students fresh from their secondary education, undergraduates wanting to transfer credits from another recognized College or University, as well as working adults who are seeking to enhance their careers.

"Academic excellence is the core value of our international focus for the ambitious student anywhere in the world," said Florence Tate, President of Potomac College. "Combining our regionally accredited programs with our international sister college, UBIS, allows us to offer a unique and marketable degree that matches the global mindset demanded by today's students."

"UBIS Geneva was created with a vision of quality in international education and dedication to the students," said Beat-Alexander Jenny, President of UBIS. "We believe students today desire a balance of the traditional lecture/ theoretical learning with career enhancing experiential learning. Our philosophy is to offer students a healthy balance of both and the five-year FastTrak program with Potomac brings together the resources and network necessary to share our values and culture on an international scale."

To find out more about the FastTrak degree and all of Potomac and UBIS's programs, please contact Caroline Cahuantzi (international@potomac.edu) or Roberto Bonino (international@ubis-geneva.ch).

About UBIS Geneva

The University of Business and International Studies, Geneva (UBIS) is a private institution of higher education, operated by UBIS SA, University of Business and International Studies. The mission of UBIS is to establish a respected, quality international university offering undergraduate and graduate programs in Business Administration, International Relations, and Media and Communications, supported by an appropriate research program.

About Potomac College

Founded in 1991, Potomac College provides resources and develops programs that serve the educational needs of international students and working adults.

It is a regionally accredited postsecondary institution with locations in Washington, DC and Virginia. The College offers Bachelor of Science degrees in International Business, Management, Information Systems, Accounting, and Government Contract Management, as well as Associate of Science degree programs and Certificate programs. The Institution also offers a distance education program at www.potomaconline.net.

For more information visit www.potomac.edu UBIS Geneva, 6 Place de Chevelu, 1201 Geneva Switzerland, Tel +41 22 732 6282, Fax +41 22 732 6283, information@ubis-geneva.ch

Potomac College 4000 Chesapeake Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016 (202) 686-0876

SOURCE: Potomac College
CONTACT: Kathy Van Buskirk of Signal Rock Communications
+1-303-447-0472 Kathy@signalrockcomm.com for Potomac College
Web site: http://www.potomaconline.net
http://www.potomac.edu

Technology: Citrix Application Development Conferences - Sydney, Melbourne

Sydney and Melbourne, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - In conjunction with Citrix's Application Development Conferences taking place May 27th in Sydney and June 3rd in Melbourne, DataCore Software today announced that its two industry leading storage virtualization solutions, SANsymphony and SANmelody, have been verified as Citrix Ready(TM) for XenServer 4.1 as virtual SAN appliances running on XenServer virtual machines as well as in a standard physical storage server configuration. The momentum continues to build for DataCore virtual SAN solutions delivered in combination with Citrix XenServer environments.

Recent customers include Citrix, Sherron Associates, Inc., Digital Control, Integra Pacific Mortgage, Weishardt Group, Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, DocuLegal and Douglas County.

DataCore president and CEO George Teixeira and the DataCore ANZ team will showcase these new capabilities at the DataCore booth at both Citrix events.

"DataCore's virtual SAN appliance and cost-effective disaster recovery solutions provide a new level of flexibility for the base of Citrix users in Australia," said Teixeira. He added, "Australia is a growth market for DataCore. Recent customers deploying DataCore in combination with virtual servers include Telstra Super, Newmont Mining, Hertz Australia, Daimler Chrysler, DDI Health, Chandler Macleod, Glenvill Group, and Kingston City Council, among others."

The Citrix Ready program recognizes Citrix partner products that have been validated by Citrix and/or partners to work in Citrix environments, making it simpler for customers to identify solutions that can be used with confidence in Citrix environments. Rigorous testing verified that both SANmelody and SANsymphony will support XenServer 4.1 virtual machines with virtual storage and advanced storage services critical to demanding virtual server environments, such as fail-safe data protection, high availability mirroring, disaster recovery replication, SANmotion data migration, thin provisioning storage pools and high speed caching for performance acceleration.

For a free 30-day test drive, please visit: www.datacore.com trialsoftware .

For information on DataCore's SMB-affordable line of feature-packed SAN virtualization solutions or on becoming a DataCore partner in Australia/New Zealand, please e-mail: ANZinfo@datacore.com.

The Citrix Application Development Conference Citrix is hosting "The Application Delivery Conference" in Sydney on 27 May 2008 and in Melbourne on 3 June 2008. DataCore Software is a Gold Sponsor and an exhibitor at both events. To find out more, visit: http://www.citrixend2end.com.au/venues.html.

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization SAN software, fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of hardware independence. DataCore lowers the cost and complexity of IT by making storage efficient, fast, flexible, fail-safe and virtual. DataCore's portable storage server software simplifies and automates capacity expansion and centralizes storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS, NetWare, VMware and other leading open system and virtual server platforms. DataCore is privately held and its corporate headquarters are in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

For more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com .

DataCore, the DataCore logo, SANsymphony and SANmelody are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Corporate Contacts (US): DataCore Software Bettye Grant Tel: +1 954.377.6000 publicrelations@datacore.com -- or -- Red Nine PR Stuart Smith +1 336.896.1874 ssmith@redninePR.com

SOURCE: DataCore Software
CONTACT: Corporate Contacts (US):
Bettye Grant of DataCore Software +1-954-377-6000
publicrelations@datacore.com
or Stuart Smith of Red Nine PR +1-336-896-1874
ssmith@redninePR.com
Web site: http://www.datacoresoftware.com
http://www.datacore.com/trialsoftware
http://www.citrixend2end.com.au/venues.html

Sports: CBM International helps Chinese athletes of the Paralympics

CBM International helps Chinese athletes of the Paralympics May 28th 2008 at special ceremony Beijing city

Beijing - CNW-AsiaNet/ -

Venue - Auditorium of China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities (1st floor)
Address - Shayu Xin Cheng, Shunyi district, Beijing city
Postal code: 101300
Date: May 28th,
Time 9:30-10:30am

Media are invited to attend a special handing over ceremony to the China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities/Beijing Olympic Committee CBM aims to provide the Chinese athletes of the Paralympics the necessary assistive devices and trainings to improve their skills and quality of life.

At the same time, the profiles of both, CBM and CDPF, are promoted for the purpose of their common mission.

Presentation cheque will be presented by cbm International Board Chairman Mr Wolfgang Fischer.

1. To raise awareness of general public regarding Persons with disabilities in China;
2. To assist improving the quality of life of the Chinese athletes

SOURCE: CBM International
CONTACT: Media Contacts:
Jin Yuan Hua Yuan, Guan
Tel: +86-871-3536339
email: yinghongcai@cbmchina.org -
CBM International Media manager
Lindsay O'Connor
(647)202-3445
loconnor@cbmcanada.org

Business in Asia Today - May 27, 2008

GENERAL ELECTRIC SIGNS PRELIMINARY DEAL FOR S KOREAN TRADE ZONE
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - General Electric Co., the world's largest industrial conglomerate by market value, said today its local unit has signed a memorandum of understanding to join a multi-billion-dollar project to develop a free trade zone in western South Korea.
Under the agreement, if formalized, the Fairfield, Connecticut-based company will supply a range of products in the fields of renewable energy, lighting and security to a joint venture involved in the state-run development project, GE Korea President Hwang Soo said in a statement.
The agreement was signed between GE Korea and the joint venture formed by U.S.-based real estate developer Gale International and the construction affiliate of South Korean steel maker POSCO Co (KSE:005490).

QUEENSLAND GAS PROPOSES BUILDING GAS-FIRED POWER STATION IN NSW
Sydney (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Queensland Gas Company Ltd (ASX:QGC) is proposing to build a gas-fired power station in New South Wales, using the company's coal seam gas reserves in southern Queensland.
The Brisbane-based company said it had agreed with two joint venture partners to examine the feasibility of a 400 megawatt (MW) to 600MW power station to supply electricity to up to half a million homes.
The power station, which would cost between A$500 million (US$479.25 million) and A$750 million, would start generating electricity by mid 2012 and would use 10 per cent of the water of a normal coal-fired power station.

MALAYSIA'S PROTON SWINGS TO YR PRE-TAX PROFIT OF US$50.7 MLN
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Proton Holdings Berhad (KLSE:5304) has recorded annual pre-tax profit of RM162.218 million (US$50.7 million) as the national carmaker succeeded in turning around its operations from a pre-tax loss of RM618.129 million a year earlier following the launch of new models with higher profit margins.
Revenue for the twelve months ended 31 March 2008 jumped 14.6 per cent to RM5.629 billion from RM4.912 billion in the previous year, it said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia on May 26.
Earnings per share improved to 36.90 sen from a loss of 107.30 sen previously.

TIANJIN FAW-TOYOTA GETS MINISTRY APPROVAL FOR NEW INVESTMENT
Tianjin (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Tianjin FAW-Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has recently obtained approval from the Ministry of Commerce for its plan to add US$537 million of investment.
With the additional investment, total investment in Tianjin FAW-Toyota will reach US$945.23 million. New investment will be earmarked for the building of the third Toyota plant and the production of SUVs.
The SUV project is predicted to reach the designed production capacity in mid-2009, which is about 40,000 units.

S KOREA'S KOLON ENG'G INKS DEAL WITH JORDANIAN WATER AUTHORITY
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - KOLON Engineering & Construction Co. (KSE:003075), a South Korean builder, said today it has clinched a US$46.4 million deal with the Water Authority of Jordan to build a sewage treatment plant in the Middle Eastern country.
The plant with a daily treatment capacity of 31,100 tons will be built in an area 25 kilometers south of the Jordanian capital Amman, the company said in a regulatory filing.
KOLON Engineering plans to complete the facility in northwestern Jordan two years after the start of construction.

RELIANCE GLOBALCOM ACQUIRES UK-BASED VANCO FOR US$76 MLN
New Delhi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Anil Ambani group's global telecom arm Reliance Globalcom on Monday announced acquisition of UK-based managed network service provider Vanco for a consideration of Rs 3.27 billion (US$76.9 million).
The deal comes amid the Indian conglomerate starting exploratory talks for another overseas telecom acquisition, that of South African mobile major MTN, currently valued at over US$35 billion.
Reliance Globalcom said that the acquisition of Vanco would add US$365 million to its annual revenue and would expand its managed network footprint to 163 countries.

PERTAMINA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH SHELL TO DEVELOP NATUNA GAS
Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina said it wants to cooperate with Royal Dutch Shell to develop the giant gas block of Natuna D Alpha in Riau.
Shell has the technology needed to separate carbon dioxide from the gas, said Pertamina President Ari Hermanto Soemarno, who accompanied a Shell director Malcolm Brinded in a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla Monday.
The block is estimated to have a reserve of 220 trillion cubic feet of gas but the gas has a high CO2 content of 70 per cent. The block was originally awarded to ExxonMobil but the U.S. company failed to implement its contract which was terminated in January, 2007.

SOUTH KOREA'S KIA MOTORS TO BUILD SMALL CARS AT NEW U.S. PLANT
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Kia Motors Corp. (KSE:000270), South Korea's second-largest automaker, will produce small cars at its first assembly plant in the United States because high-flying oil prices are boosting demand for gas-sipping vehicles, according to a senior executive of Hyundai Motor Co., Kia's parent, on Tuesday.
Hyundai Motor vice chairman Kim Dong-jin also said the world's sixth-largest carmaker may build Hyundai brand cars at the Kia plant in the U.S. state of Georgia, which will be completed in the second half of next year.

VIETNAM'S QUANG NAM TARGETS US$288 MLN IN TOURISM EARNINGS
Quang Nam (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Quang Nam province is determined to become a major tourist destination in the central region and Vietnam, aiming at 4.6 trillion VND (US$288 million) in revenue from tourism annually by 2015.
The province has also targeted four million arrivals per year, including 1.5 million foreign visitors, by that time.
Tourism is one of the sectors receiving top priority from local authorities, said Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism director Dinh Hai, adding that the province aimed to ensure sustainable development of its hospitality sector and make it more competitive in the context of global integration.

JAPAN'S ANRITSU BUILDS THAI PLANT TO MEET SE ASIAN DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL METERS
Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Japan's Anritsu Corp. (TSE:6754) has constructed a plant in Thailand as part of efforts to expand supply of industrial meters and scales to Southeast Asia.
A subsidiary, Anritsu Industrial Solutions Co., recently set up a wholly owned unit in Chonburi Province in Thailand's central coastal region and built a plant that is set to go into operation as early as next month.
The plant cost some 20 million yen (US$193,700) to construct and will employ 15 or so workers.
It will assemble parts and materials imported from Japan to produce meters and scales for automatically sorting large quantities of fish, shrimp and other marine products by weight.

Source:
Business in Asia Today - MAY 27, 2008
published by Asia Pulse

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Technology: Emerging economies continue to invest in communications infrastructure

Singpore (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Asia-Pacific videoconferencing infrastructure market has seen considerable growth in the last two years largely due to the rising demand from the emerging power economies of China and India, and to a lesser extent, ASEAN countries. These nations are increasingly enhancing their communications infrastructure, keeping in tandem with their economic growth.

Even mature markets such as Australia and New Zealand are demanding complete infrastructure solutions, further contributing to the overall growth in Asia-Pacific.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.conferencing.frost.com), Asia Pacific Videoconferencing Infrastructure Market, finds that the market - covering six sub-regions (13 countries) in Asia-Pacific - earned revenues of US$80.9 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach US$245.3 million by end-2014, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 17.2 percent (2007-2014).

The videoconferencing infrastructure market includes all videoconferencing bridges or MCU (multipoint control units), gateways, gatekeepers, firewalls, NAT (network address translation), and management and scheduling tools and software.

If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides service providers, vendors/manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of the Asia-Pacific videoconferencing infrastructure market, then send an e-mail to Sarah Lourdes at sarah.lourdes@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you by e-mail.

The geographic expansion of organizations, especially in emerging countries, has been one of the biggest drivers of the videoconferencing infrastructure market.

Greater China accounted for 63.3 percent of the total Asia-Pac market in 2007 with revenues growing at a blistering 39.6 percent year-on-year.

India was another high growth market as revenues rose 28.8 percent. In both these countries, the government and corporate sectors make up the bulk of domestic demand.

India accounted for 6.4 percent of the total revenues, Japan - 16.8 percent, Australasia - 7.7 percent, South Korea and ASEAN - each at 2.9 percent.

"Gradually changing work cultures that favour videoconferencing, improved network connectivity and bandwidth availability in most parts of Asia, a focus on improving productivity, and travel cost reduction are the other major factors for the surge in demand," notes Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Pranabesh Nath.

"This growing demand however needs to be sustained with continuously improving videoconferencing solutions and innovative features and functionality at economical prices, in order to counter competition from lower-cost audio and web conferencing alternatives," says Nath, adding that the Asia-Pacific market is more constrained by price sensitivity than North America and Europe.

The Asia Pacific Videoconferencing Infrastructure Market study is part of the Conferencing & Collaboration Growth Partnership Service program, which also includes research in the following markets: telepresence, videoconferencing endpoints, and audio, video and web conferencing services. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.

Analyst interviews are available to the press.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com

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Sarah Lourdes, +603.6207.1030 Corporate Communications - Asia Pacificsarah.lourdes@frost.com

Business: Quintiq Australia chooses Dowling Consulting as a partner for Australia

Melbourne, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Quintiq, a leading global provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions and Dowling Consulting, a Supply Chain consulting services firm based in Melbourne and Sydney, today announced a partnership agreement covering Quintiq software implementation services in the Australian region.

This agreement formalises the existing cooperation between the two companies, enabling them to deliver enhanced capabilities to their customers in Australia and opening new opportunities for Dowling and Quintiq.

Quintiq focuses on providing the most advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization solutions for targeted markets. As the market leader in its chosen markets it provides solutions that significantly improve the main KPI's of its customers.

The Quintiq solution has been implemented at a wide range of logistics, transportation, field service, manufacturing, metal and other companies in Europe and around the world. The new partner arrangement builds on this success, enabling Dowling and Quintiq to offer solutions in planning, scheduling, rostering and logistics to Australian companies locally and on a global scale.

Chris Macquet, Director at Quintiq Australia commented: "Dowling is a leader in Supply Chain reengineering and profitability and is constantly searching for break-though technologies to solve business problems. They understand the complexities of advanced scheduling problems and the shortcomings of established software solutions when challenged with non linear, dynamic multi constraint logistical scheduling. We are delighted to welcome Dowling Consulting as a Quintiq partner."

About Dowling Consulting

Dowling is a management consulting firm servicing a global portfolio of blue-chip clients by providing practical solutions to complex management problems. With practice specialisations in Strategic Business Analysis, IT Service Transformation and Supply Chain Transformation, Dowling's depth of experience across a broad range of industries, combined with a proudly entrepreneurial spirit, allows us to deliver on a world class offering of professional services.

More information is available at http://www.dowlingconsulting.biz

About Quintiq

Quintiq provides advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain management solutions. The fast-growing Dutch company, established in 1997, offers software for planning and optimizing complex business processes throughout the enterprise. The company has its head office in the Netherlands and further subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, Malaysia, China, the USA, and Australia.

More information is available at http:/www.quintiq.com.

For more information, please contact: Quintiq Chris Macquet, Director Quintiq Australia & New Zealand E-mail: chris.macquet@quintiq.com;

Dowling Ric Hallgren General Manager E-mail: ric.hallgren@dowlingconsulting.biz

Source: Quintiq

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Technology: NetDragon Websoft to list on main board of Hong Kong bourse

Hong Kong, (ANTARA News/Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - One of the leading online game developers and operators in the PRC, NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" or the "Company", with its subsidiaries collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 8288) has been granted an approval in principal from the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("SEHK") on 23 May 2008 for the listing on the Main Board of the SEHK by way of introduction.

First Shanghai Capital Limited is the Sponsor in relation to the proposed listing of the Group on the Main Board.

An extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") will be convened by the Group on 12 June 2008 (Thursday) to seek the approval of the shareholders for the proposed withdrawal of listing on the Growth Enterprises Market ("GEM") of the SEHK as well as the proposed listing of the entire issued share capital of the Group on the Main Board of the SEHK. The proposed listing by way of introduction will not involve issuance of any new shares of the Group.

The Group was listed on GEM of SEHK in November 2007. It has achieved significant business growth with impressive financial performance over the past year. Revenue of the Group soared by more than 4 times from approximately RMB122,061,000 in 2006 to approximately RMB645,214,000 in 2007. Profit for the year of the Group also surged by more than 7 times from approximately RMB42,985,000 in 2006 to approximately RMB374,837,000 in 2007.

Mr. Liu Dejian, Chairman and Executive Director of NetDragon, says, "Operating in the rapidly developing online game market in the PRC, the Group is able to capture the rising market opportunities and achieved overwhelming success. Going forward, listing on the Main Board of the SEHK will enhance our profile. We intend to attract larger institutional and retail investors and increase trading liquidity of our shares. We will continue to deliver rapid growth and strive to maintain our position as the leading online game developer and operator in the PRC."

The expected timetable for the withdrawal of listing on GEM and listing on the Main Board of the SEHK:

27 May 2008
Dispatch of circular and form of proxy to the shareholders for the EGM
Dispatch of the listing document to shareholders
12 June 2008, 10am
EGM
12 June 2008
Result of the EGM published
23 June 2008
Last day of dealings on GEM
24 June 2008
First day of dealings on Main Board

About NetDragon Websoft Inc.

NetDragon Websoft Inc. is one of the leading online game developers and operators in the PRC. The Group's game portfolio consists of a range of MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) that cater to various types of players and gaming preferences. The Group has successfully developed and marketed many popular online games in various styles. Its current offerings include the games Eudemons Online, Conquer Online, Zero Online, Tou Ming Zhuang Online, Era of Faith, and Monster & Me. Some of the games are available in foreign languages, including English, French and Spanish. The Group also has three new games in the pipeline, namely Heroes of Might and Magic Online, Way of the Five and Tian Yuan, all expected to be launched in 2008. NetDragon was listed on the GEM board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 2 November 2007 (Stock Code: 8288).

For more information, please visit http://www.nd.com.cn .

Issued by Porda International (Finance) PR Group for and on behalf of NetDragon Websoft Inc.

For further information, please contact:
NetDragon Websoft Inc.
Ms. Angelina Li (Investor Relations Officer)
Tel: +852-6303-1722 or +86-1380-9508-688
Fax: +852-2850-7066
Email: angelinali@nd.com.hk
SOURCE NetDragon Websoft Inc.

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Energy: LP Gas - Clean Energy for a Low Carbon World

Paris, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - The 21st World LP Gas Forum takes place in Seoul, Korea from 24-26th September 2008 under the theme 'LP Gas - Clean Energy for a Low Carbon World'. The theme demonstrates the LP Gas industry commitment to help combat climate change, together with the global community. Governments, industry and civic society from all over the world will meet and exchange ideas on the role that LP Gas plays in the global energy mix as well as market dynamics, innovation and opportunities for LP Gas today.

The Forum is honoured to announce the participation of key-note speakers including: Mr. Yoon-Ho Lee, Minister of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea, Mr. Ian Noble, Senior Climate Change Specialist at the World Bank, Mr. Hyun-Soon Lee, President of Hyundai Motor Company and Dr. Kwang-Kyu Kang, Director of the Korea Environment Institute.

A Global Technology Conference (GTC) that brings some 50 experts together to present in three parallel streams covering Global Autogas Developments, Operations Technology and Applications Innovation is also a feature. The exhibition is the unique showcase for key LP Gas companies wishing to display their technology, first class equipment, and services under one roof.

About the World LP Gas Forum

The World LP Gas Forum is recognized as the premium annual global event in the LP Gas industry, regularly attracting up to 700 attendees and hundreds of external visitors from over 50 countries. It is the place to meet LP Gas Industry stakeholders, including government, policy makers and international organizations. http://www.wlpgasforum2008.com

About WLPGA http://www.worldlpgas.com

WLPGA is the global voice of the LP Gas industry. It's primary aim is to add value to the sector, while promoting compliance to good business and safety practices. It brings together companies involved in one, several or all activities of the industry, develops partnerships with international organizations and implements projects on local and global scales. WLPGA was established in 1987 and granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1989.

Coolearth http://www.coolearth.org/worldlpgas

The World LP Gas Association (WLPGA) has partnered with Coolearth in order to mitigate the carbon impact from the air travel of all Forum delegates to secure rainforest and sustain livelihoods.

Contact:
Neasa NiLiathain, nniliathain@worldlpgas.com,
+33-1-58-05-28-05
Dominique Baumgartner dominique@interlinks.fr,
+33-1-46-33-76-28
SOURCE: World LP Gas Association

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Environment: The World`s first verified sustainable ethanol introduced

Gothenburg, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Swedish SEKAB today announced that it is the first company in the world to supply verified sustainable ethanol. This ethanol from Brazilian sugarcane is quality assured from environmental, climate and social perspectives.

"Consumers and other stakeholders need guarantees that the ethanol is verified sustainable," says Anders Fredriksson, EVP of SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals.

SEKAB has together with progressive Brazilian producers developed criteria that cover the entire lifecycle of ethanol from the sugarcane fields to its use in flexi-fuel (FFV) cars.

The criteria are in line with demands highlighted in the ongoing processes being led by organisations like the UN, EU, ILO and a number of NGOs.

The requirements have zero tolerance for child labour, non-organised working conditions (slave labour) and the destruction of rain forests. There are also requirements concerning working conditions, labour laws and wages.

Harvesting is to be at least 30 per cent mechanised today and this will increase to 100 per cent by 2014.

In terms of the climate, the demands will result in a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from farming, production and transport by at least 85 per cent compared with gasoline.

An independent international verification company will audit all production units twice a year to ensure the established criteria are met.

"This initiative is the first of its kind in the world and a major step for speeding up the replacement of gasoline and diesel," says Anders Fredriksson. "The criteria will gradually be developed over the coming years and synchronised with international regulations when these are in place."

SEKAB delivers about 90 per cent of all ethanol in Sweden for E85 and ED95 (ethanol for heavy vehicles).

"The first harvest of sugarcane for verified sustainable ethanol has just begun," explains Anders Fredriksson. "Over 100 000 Swedish owners of E85 cars can begin filling up with verified sustainable ethanol in August."

About SEKAB

SEKAB focuses on developing the market for bioethanol in northern Europe and the construction and operation of ethanol production facilities. SEKAB is also a world leader in development of technology and production processes for ethanol from cellulose, with a pilot plant in operation since 2004. Its main office and pilot plant are in rnskldsvik, Sweden.

Source: SEKAB

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