JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network back issues from January 2007:
Toyo Engineering, BASF to Market Gas Purification Technology
Jan 10, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 10, 2007 - (JCN) - Toyo Engineering Corporation andBASF announced plans to cooperate in the sales and marketing of a gaspurification technology specifically designed to purify synthesis gasstreams for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) powerplants and chemical ...
Sumitomo Metals Ramps Capacity to Produce Wheels for Railway Use
Jan 10, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 10, 2007 - (JCN) - Sumitomo Metals announced January 9tha it will increase the production capacity of its Osaka Steel Worksin response to growing demand for railway wheels in North America. The decision follows a 600 million yen facility upgrade completedin August 2006, ...
AnGes MG, Vical to Start Phase III Clinical Trial of Allovectin for Gene Therapy
Jan 10, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 10, 2007 - (JCN) - AnGes MG Inc. and the U.S. basedVical Inc. (Vical) today announced the start of phase III of theirclinical trial of Allovectin-7 -a gene therapy treatment drug forprogressive melanoma patients. Allovectin was assigned as an orphandrug, and is aiming to ...
Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation to Release Next Generation ERP Package
Jan 10, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 10, 2007 - (JCN) - Sumisho Computer Systems releasedits new ProActive E2 Lease Asset Management tool on January 9. ProActive E2 Lease Asset Management, Enterprise Resource Package,enables a one-dimensional management system of leased asset andproperties for enterprises ....
Takara Bio Obtains Clinical Trial Approval of Gene Therapy Treatment for Chronic Granulomatosis
Jan 11, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 11, 2007 - (JCN) - Bio affiliate ViroMed Co., Ltd.,based in Korea, announced the Korea Food & Drug Administrationapproval of their clinical trial of VM106, gene therapy treatmentdrug, for chronic granulomatosis. Takara Bio's RetroNectin method was used ...
TIS Solution Business to Offer Email Archiving Solution for Internal Control
Jan 11, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 11, 2007 - (JCN) - TIS Solution Business Co., Ltd.(TSB) today announced its release of ZipLip, an email archivingsolution, which quickly archives large numbers of emails. ZipLip also provides accurate responses for audits, easesadministration and has reduced storage ...
Hitachi, Hakuaikai to Start Retirement Home Service
Jan 11, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 11, 2007 - (JCN) - Hitachi Hakuai Human SupportCompany, a joint venture by Hitachi Ltd.'s urban development systemgroup and Hakuaikai's affiliate Hakuaikai medical, announced theplanning of a retirement home. Retirement home will integrates Hitachi's knowledge of IT ...
Yamaha Motor to Release the 2007 Automatic Sports Bike
Jan 12, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 12, 2007 - (JCN) - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. todayannounced its release of the sporty XP500 TMAX in 2007. The automaticmotorbike features a strong body and even weight distribution betweenthe wheels. XP500 TMAX has a four stroke CVT engine (500cc), fuel injection,double ...
NEC Electronics, Shanghai Jiaotong University Joint Research Towards Microcomputer for Car Systems
Jan 12, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 12, 2007 - (JCN) - NEC Electronics Corporation in Chinatoday announced the opening of a new micro-electronics laboratory,for car systems, at Shanghai Jiaotong University. The facility was established to educate local engineers in thefurther development of the ...
Webroot Offers Free Spyware Monitoring Service to Corporate Japan
Jan 12, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 12, 2007 - (JCN) - Webroot Software Inc. announced afree spyware monitoring service for Japanese corporations. Theservice includes selective monitoring of spyware on the most likelyinfected sections of desktop and laptop computers. An engineer from Webroot will perform ...
Kenwood, Blaupunkt to Partner in Portable Navigation Devices
Jan 12, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 12, 2007 - (JCN) - Kenwood and Bosch group companyBlaupunkt announced plans to form a partnership in the field ofPortable Navigation Devices (PNDs). Blaupunkt and Kenwood are leading suppliers in the field of caraudio and car multimedia systems. By bundling these key ...
Yamaha to Scoop the 2007 Technical Grammy Award
Jan 12, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 12, 2007 - (JCN) - The Recording Academy will presentthe 2007 Technical GRAMMY Award to Yamaha Corporation at a specialceremony prior to the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards, on February 11,2007, at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and are televisedworldwide. The award, ...
Matsushita Electric to Release LED UV Curing System
Jan 15, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 15, 2007 - (JCN) - Matsushita Electric Works Machine &Vision Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Matushita Electric WorksLtd. (Matsushita Electric), announced today it's release of theAicure UJ20 Series-a LED spot type ultraviolet ray curing system.Mastsushita Electric has ...
Kagawa Matsushita Electric Ties Up with Sumitomo Osaka in Recycling Wood Dust
Jan 15, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 15, 2007 - (JCN) - Kagawa Matsushita Electric WorksLtd. announced a tie-up with Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. in thewood dust recycling business. Kagawa Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. announced a tie-up withSumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. in the wood dust recycling ...
Tomy to Release Humanoid Robot
Jan 24, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 24, 2007 - (JCN) - Tomy Company Ltd. announced therelease of Ominibot 2007 i-SOBOT, the smallest multiple-featurehumanoid robot in existence at 165mm. Servo motors, developed by Tomy, are embedded in 17 places of i-SOBOT's body as well as gyro-sensors (for sustaining ...
Sony Develops BD-ROM Authoring Service
Jan 24, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 24, 2007 - (JCN) - Sony PCL Inc. launched the AdvancedVideo Codec (AVC) encoder and the Blu-ray Disc (BD) authoringservice. The AVC encoder and authoring system uses the H.264/MPEG-4format and has twice the compression of conventional MPEG-2 encoding,meaning you can burn more ...
Cad Center, CyberMap Develop Three-Dimensional Digital Map
Jan 24, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 24, 2007 - (JCN) - Cad Center Corporation (Cad Center)announced the start of its feasibility test of Mapion Labs onCyberMap Japan's website. The feasibility test gives users a virtual-walk through GinzaCity. Users can feel the atmosphere of the city and find ...
Nippon Shinyaku, Apogepha Terminate Development of NS-8, for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder
Jan 25, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 25, 2007 - (JCN) - Nippon Shinyaku and ApogephaArzneimittel GmbH announced on January 16 their decision toterminatean agreement for the development and marketing of NS-8, a novelcompound for the treatment of overactive bladder. The decisionfollows the results of a ...
AnGes MG to Market and Distribute BioMarin's Naglazyme in Japan
Jan 29, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 29, 2007 - (JCN) - AnGes MG, Inc. announced on January22 that it has entered into a Marketing and Distribution Agreementwith California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical granting AnGesexclusive rights to market and distribute Naglazyme(TM) (galsulfase)for patients with the genetic ...
Tokyo Electron, Sematech Partner on 3D Interconnect and High- Mobility Channel Materials
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) andTexas-based Sematech announced a multi-year joint development programaimed at improving the prospects for using 3D interconnect technologyand high mobility channel materials in advanced ...
Furukawa Electric Develops PMC Optical Fiber System
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.announced the development of the common electrode PMC optical fibersystem. Optical fiber sensors detect vibration and shocks due to rockfallsand mudslides by using polarized light. The system then remotelymonitors the ...
Toppan Demonstrates Super-sized 3D Poster
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. and Akiba3D Planning Committee, in collaboration with the government,developed a super-sized 3D poster, at 17.24m x 6.96m one of thebiggest in the world. The poster is best viewed ...
Logicool to Release HDMI Audio-Video Cable
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - Logicool, an affiliate company ofthe US based Logitech, announced the release of HDMI Audio VideoCable, (LPAS-10000). The cable is tailored for blue-ray diskrecorders and the Playstation 3 (PS3). The LPAS-10000 can transfer high definition (1080p) ...
Corega Releases New Wireless LAN series
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - Corega K.K. announced the release ofeight GPX series wireless LANs with combined push-button and PIN set-ups. The GPX series utilizes the Wi-Fi Protected Setups introduced bythe Wi-Fi Alliance (date of certification approval pending). An auto-detect ...
Hitachi Introduces Elevator with Earthquake Control Operation System
Jan 25, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 25, 2007 - (JCN) - Hitachi, Ltd. announced the releaseof a new elevator control system with earthquake detection built- in.This sensor detects long-period seismic waves and responds bystopping the elevator safely. Compared with conventional elevators the new system can ...
T-SS to Release Graphics Copyright Protection Solution for Windows Vista
Jan 29, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 29, 2007 - (JCN) - Trinity Security Systems announcedthe release of Pirates Buster for Pictures. The system offers a copyright protection solution for graphicimages (PNG, BMP, JPEG, and GIF) downloaded from the web. If ...
So-net Launches Make-Your-Own Map Directory Service
Jan 26, 2007; ... Tokyo, Jan 26, 2007 - (JCN) - So-net Entertainment Corporation hasannounced its So-net buzzmap service which users can access fromtheir website. So-net's buzzmap utilizes Google Maps API (if accessed on a PC)and Cybermap Japan's Mapion (if accessed via a mobile phone). Thebuzzmap ...