[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTG), a leader in contamination control and materials handling technologies for highly advanced manufacturing environments, announced Protego® Plus HT/HTX with 7 nm rated retention, the most advanced purifier/filter for removing metallic contamination from deionized (DI) water while also removing more fine particles than other purifiers on the market. As the latest addition to Entegris' Protego family of liquid purifiers and purifier/filters, the Protego Plus HT/HTX removes metal ions and other contaminants from DI water, a critical material used i
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]nritsu Company, as part of its commitment to develop innovative test solutions to meet the needs of signal integrity engineers, announces a working cooperation with Wild River Technology. The two companies are collaborating to provide test solutions that meet the rigorous test requirements associated with high-speed serial data interconnects, SERDES testing, cables, and backplanes used in Next Generation Networks (NGNs). As part of the cooperation, Anritsu has introduced the Wild River Technology CMP-28 and CMP-32 Channel Modeling Platforms (CMPs) as complements to the An
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]New York Life Investments announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Dexia Asset Management, a leading international asset manager, with management centers in Brussels, Paris, Luxembourg and its investment boutique, Ausbil, based in Sydney, for EUR 380 million. Dexia Asset Management joins New York Life Investments’ diversified family of investment boutiques, complementing its current capabilities in fixed income, equities and alternative investments and adds $100 billion in assets under management, bringing New York Life Investments’ total assets under mana
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]TECFIDERA® (dimethyl fumarate) has been approved by the European Commission (EC) as a first-line oral treatment for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), the most common form of multiple sclerosis (MS). Biogen Idec(www.biogenidec.com) (NASDAQ: BIIB) will begin to introduce TECFIDERA in initial European Union (EU) countries in the coming weeks. TECFIDERA was first approved in the United States in March 2013 and became the country’s number one prescribed oral therapy for relapsing forms of MS after six months.[1] TECFIDERA was also approved in Canada an
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Ecom instruments, global market leader and full-service provider in the field of portable explosion-protected equipment, presents the new “Desktop Charger DCH” and ensures the continuous use of the new UMTS phones Ex-Handy 08 with this seperate charging-device. The all-purpose charger is designed to reload (outside of hazardous areas) all ecom mobile phones of the last and the latest generation (Ex-Handy 07 and Ex-Handy 08 and their counterparts Zone 2) and their compatible batteries. Furthermore, all non-Ex versions of these devices and batteries can be charged. The char
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yok]Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, announced today that Jimmy (Ji Seon) Yu has joined Celanese as Managing Director for Celanese Korea, Ltd. In this role, Mr. Yu will oversee the company’s commercial, government affairs, industry and administrative activities in Korea. He will be based in Seoul, South Korea. “With a solid leadership team in Korea, Celanese will be able to quickly and appropriately respond to industry conditions and customer requirements,” said Mark Oberle, senior vice president, Celanese Asia. “Additionall
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The first red Nexus 5 device is now available on Google Play™. Nexus 5 is the first Google phone to be offered in three colors: red, white and black. Launched last October in partnership by LG and Google, Nexus 5 received praise as a stylish, high-performance Google phone. Nexus 5 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800 processor, a stunning 5-inch Full HD IPS display and runs Android 4.4, KitKat, the latest version of the Android OS. “The Nexus line has always been about doing things differently and consumers who share this philosophy have been our most loyal fans,”
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The YPO Global Pulse (http://goo.gl/AOM2r9) Confidence Index for Asia climbed for the second consecutive quarter, gaining another 3.5 points to land at 63.6. Business confidence surged in China, Japan and India against a backdrop of stimulative government policy and encouraging economic data. Meanwhile, confidence in Southeast Asia moved in the opposite direction. Sentiment in the fast-growing Asian Tiger Cub economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) has dropped 8.5 points over the past year to 60.1, its lowest level in the five-year history of the index.