JCN Newswires back issues from January 2006:
Honda to Begin Producing Next Generation FCX Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle.
Jan 09, 2006 ... Tokyo and Detroit, U.S.A., Jan 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Signaling a rapid advancement in its fuel cell vehicle technology, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced that it will begin production in Japan of its next generation FCX hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in three to four ...
Honda Sweeps 'North American Car and Truck of the Year' Awards; 2006 Honda Civic and 2006 Honda Ridgeline Take the Top Honors.
Jan 09, 2006 ... Tokyo and Detroit, U.S.A., Jan 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The 2006 Honda Civic and Honda Ridgeline have earned the prestigious 2006 "North American Car of the Year" and "North American Truck of the Year" awards respectively, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced. This marks the first ...
Acura Announces New U.S. Design Studio to Kick Off 20th Anniversary.
Jan 09, 2006 ... Torrance, Ca., U.S.A., Jan 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Acura announced plans for a new Acura design studio to be located close to Honda R&D Americas, Inc. headquarters in Torrance, California. This strategic move follows the recent announcement that the Acura brand will be launched in ...
2007 Honda Fit Looks Small on the Outside, Delivers Big on the Inside.
Jan 09, 2006 ... Tokyo and Detroit, U.S.A., Jan 9, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - The all-new 2007 Honda Fit, a subcompact 5-door hatchback set to go on-sale in the U.S. in April, will make its U.S. debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced. Already ...
SDK Develops 'Gentle-to-Hair' New Curling Agent.
Jan 11, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed a "gentle-to-hair" new curling agent that efficiently gives natural curling under weak acidic conditions. SDK today starts sample distribution of the new product, which will be sold under the trade name of ...
Honda to Display Modulo Custom Concept Vehicles at Tokyo Auto Salon 2006.
Jan 11, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will display three concept vehicles under the Modulo1 custom brand name of Honda Access Corporation2, a manufacturer of genuine Honda aftermarket products, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2006 with NAPAC3 to be ...
Fujitsu to Construct New Fab for Logic Chips Employing 65nm Process Technology and 300mm Wafers.
Jan 11, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that it will construct a new fab to mass-produce logic semiconductors employing leading-edge 65-nanometer (nm) process technology and 300 millimeter (mm) wafers. The fab will be constructed at Fujitsu's Mie ...
QRSCIENCES (ASX: QRS) Announce Half Year Revenue Up 247%.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Perth, Australia, Jan 12, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - QRSciences (QRS: ASX) (QRSHY: PK), a developer of advanced sensing technologies today announced the company's half yearly revenue increased from A$ 375,000 to approximately A$ 1,300,000 (up 247%) over the corresponding period last year. ...
Sanix Announces Monthly Consolidated Sales Volume for December 2005.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 12, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Sanix Incorporated (TSE: 4651), a leading provider of sanitation and environmental services, has announced month-on-month consolidated sales for December 2005 (Dec. 1-31, 2005). 1. Sales Volume for December 2005 <Pre> ...
Fujitsu To Expand its Hard Disk Drive Business.
Jan 13, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced strategic measures to expand its hard disk drive (HDD) business. Fujitsu will be expanding its line of 2.5-inch models and also entering the 1.8-inch small form factor HDD market. The company has been focusing ...
Sanix to Issue Unsecured Convertible Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights.
Jan 13, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Sanix Incorporated (Ticker: 4651, TSE/OSE/FSE, President & CEO: Shin-ichi Munemasa) resolved at a meeting of its Board of Directors on January 13, 2006 to issue the Company's first series of unsecured convertible bonds with stock acquisition ...
IB Daiwa Announces Gas Discovery at Lodore's Kami Prospect; Revenue from Kami will Commence in Q2 2006, Adding to the Contribution from Darcy Energy.
Jan 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - IB Daiwa Corporation (JASDAQ:3587), the only pure Japanese natural resources company, has announced the successful discovery of a well-formed and commercially exploitable gas reservoir at the Kami prospect of its recently-acquired wholly-owned ...
IB Daiwa Revises Consolidated Full-year Forecasts.
Jan 14, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 13, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - IB Daiwa Corporation (JASDAQ:3587) has announced a revision of its full year earnings forecasts for fiscal 2005, ending March 31, 2006. The earnings forecast is being revised, from those previously announced on November 24, 2005, due to the ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) to Build New Aluminum Cylinders Plant in Oita.
Jan 16, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 16, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to build, at its Oita Complex, a new plant for producing aluminum cylinders for laser printers. This replaces the earlier plan announced in August last year for expanding the capacity at the existing Nasu ...
Korea's Chohung Bank Issues JCB Brand Smart Card: Chohung 365 BC JCB Card.
Jan 17, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 17, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, the only Asian-based international payment brand, is happy to announce that Chohung Bank, Korea's oldest financial service institution with over 100 years of history has launched the Chohung 365 BC JCB Card smart card compliant with the ...
Fujitsu to Release World's First XFP-type 10 Gbps DWDM Optical Transceiver.
Jan 18, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 18, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the joint development of the world's first commercial 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP)-type optical transceiver for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM). The ...
PaySquare Starts JCB Merchant Acquiring in Benelux.
Jan 18, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 18, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, the only Asia-based international payment brand, is pleased to announce that PaySquare B.V., a major party for issuing and acquiring of international payment products and services based in the Netherlands, will begin JCB merchant ...
Honda Announces 2006 Motorcycle Racing Plans.
Jan 19, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has finalized its Motorcycle Racing Plans for 2006, as outlined below. Honda's spirit of challenge is rooted in its motorsport activities. By constantly striving to fulfill its own dreams and aspirations ...
Honda Achieves Record European Automobile Sales in 2005, Further Growth Predicted in 2006.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda announced that it had achieved record automobile sales in Europe, reaching an all time high of 285,924** units during the calendar year 2005 against an industry downturn of 0.7%*. This is the second successive year that Honda ...
Mazda to Add Second Vehicle Test Track in Japan.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Hiroshima, Japan, Jan 18, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - In early March 2006, Mazda Motor Corporation will establish its second vehicle test track in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to complement its Miyoshi Proving Ground facility. Mazda will acquire the land and buildings from CQ Motors ...
Mazda Exceeds 130,000 Vehicle Sales in China in Calendar Year 2005; Posts a One-month Record 14,000 Unit Sales in December 2005.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Hiroshima, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that it retailed 133,778 Mazda brand vehicles in China in calendar year 2005. This represents an increase of 51 percent over January-December 2004, well above the overall wholesale Chinese passenger ...
Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen Rotary Vehicle Escorts Runners in All-Japan Men's Marathon Relay Race.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda's RX-8 Hydrogen Rotary Engine (RE) car will be used as a support vehicle for runners during the 11th All Japan Prefectural Men's Marathon Relay Race, to be held in Hiroshima on January 22, 2006. The RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle features a ...
ANA Card to Make Hong Kong Debut; Co-brand Visa Platinum Credit Card with Payment in Local Currency and ANA Mileage Accrual.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - ANA will tomorrow launch ANA CARD HONG KONG, a prestigious Visa Platinum credit card aimed at residents of Hong Kong, as part of a tie up with Hong Kong based Dah Sing Bank and Prestige International. "It is my great pleasure to ...
Honda Civic Hybrid Awarded 'Best New Alternative Power' By Automobile Journalists Association of Canada.
Jan 20, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda's advanced technology leadership in the area of fuel efficiency and low-emission vehicles was recognized by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) with the Honda Civic Hybrid being named the "Best New Alternative Power" ...
NEC Itanium(R)2 Based Express5800 Server Achieves World's Best TPC-C Benchmark Performance Among 8-Processor Intel(R) Architecture Server Platforms.
Jan 21, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation today announced that its Intel(R) Itanium(R)2 processor-based server, Express5800/1160Xe*, has achieved the world's best TPC-C benchmark** performance on an 8-processor IA server platform***. The 254,471 transactions per minute ...
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Announces Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2005.
Jan 23, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 23, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Ltd. (TSE: 4967), a leading importer and distributor of medical equipment and pharmaceutical and consumer goods wholesaler, today announced consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2005 ....
IB Daiwa Announces Test Results from Kami Gas Field - Tests Flow Rates Exceed Pre-drilling Expectations.
Jan 23, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 23, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - IB Daiwa Corporation (JASDAQ:3587), the pure-play Japanese natural resources company, today announced results of the preparatory tests conducted at the Kami gas field of its recently-acquired wholly-owned subsidiary, Lodore Resources ...
Eisai Establishes European Strategic Business Hub in the U.K.
Jan 26, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 25, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Europe Ltd. (Headquarter: London, President: Yutaka Tsuchiya), a regional headquarter in Europe and a subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarter: Tokyo, President and CEO: Haruo Naito) concluded the Heads of Terms with Arlington ...
Honda Sets All-Time Annual Records for Overseas and Worldwide Automobile Production.
Jan 26, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 26, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced a summary of its automobile production, domestic sales, and export results for the month of December as well as for the calendar year 2005. Honda set all-time calendar year records for worldwide production, ...
NEC Fielding Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter and Nine Months ended December 31, 2005.
Jan 26, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 26, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Fielding, Ltd. (TSE: 2322), an NEC Group company and leading information technology (IT) support services company in Japan, has announced its consolidated financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2005. ...
DENSO Develops New ECU for Intelligent Adaptive Front Lighting Systems.
Jan 27, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 26, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation has developed a new electronic control unit (ECU) for adaptive front lighting systems (AFS), which is approximately 70 percent smaller in volume compared to DENSO's conventional ECU for the AFS. The new ECU is installed on ...
Mitsubishi Motors to Display MITSUBISHI Concept-EZ MIEV Concept and New Colt CZC Coupe-cabriolet Models at 2006 Geneva Motor Show.
Jan 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 30, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will give the MITSUBISHI Concept-EZ(1) MIEV(2) compact mono-box concept vehicle and the Colt CZC coupe-cabriolet their world premieres at the 76th Geneva International Motor Show. MITSUBISHI Concept-EZ MIEV ...
Fujitsu Reports FY 2005 Third-Quarter Financial Results.
Jan 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 31, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited, a leader in customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, today reported consolidated net sales of 1,121.4 billion yen (approximately US$9,504 million*) for the third quarter of fiscal 2005 ...
Fujitsu Records Valuation Loss on Investment and Revises Fiscal 2005 Full-Year Unconsolidated Financial Results Forecast.
Jan 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 31, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited today announced that, with respect to its unconsolidated financial results, it has recorded a valuation loss on investment in its U.S.-based affiliated company, Spansion Inc. (hereafter, "Spansion"), resulting from its initial ...
MHI Successively Receives European Order for Large-scale FGD Systems from Endesa, Spain, Following Two Separate Italian Orders from Enel and Endesa Italia.
Jan 31, 2006 ... Tokyo, Japan, Jan 31, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Mitsubishi Corporation, and Duro Felguera, S.A., a Spanish heavy machinery manufacturer, have jointly received a full-turnkey order from Endesa, S.A., Spain's largest electricity provider, for ...