JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thursday, April 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Correction...by Asia Pulp & Paper

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Please replace the release dated April 3, 2013, at 11:01 p.m. PT / April 4, 2013, at 2:01 a.m. ET with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

TFT VERIFICATION REPORT SHOWS ASIA PULP & PAPER MORATORIUM INTACT

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has issued a report showing that allegations of its Forest Moratorium being violated are unfounded.

The report has been issued following a complaint received from a consortium of local NGOs (Relawan Pemantau Hutan Kalimantan / RPHK) that two of its suppliers were clearing natural forest in West Kalimantan Province, in direct contradiction to APP’s Forest Conservation Policy announced on February 5th. The cornerstones of this policy are a commitment to zero deforestation throughout APP’s supply chain, and a clear grievance procedure.

O ... Read more »

MONTREAL - Thursday, April 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

ISC WEST 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today the appointment of Mr. Walter B. Wallace as Vice President of their Video Surveillance Applications business unit.

With more than 22 years of combined experience in leading sales, channel management, business development, strategic partnerships, procurement process and joint ventures, Wallace will run the Video Surveillance Application business and report to the Chief Commercial Officer, Alessandro Gasparini.

Walter was previously VP of Business Development for Chinasoft International, where he led a globally distributed team. Before that, he was the EVP of Sales of MCS Fire & Security and Strategic Sales Manager for GE Security. He earned his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business and his BS in Electrical Engineer ... Read more »

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thursday, April 4th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has issued a report showing that allegations of its Forest Moratorium being violated are unfounded.

The report has been issued following a complaint received from a consortium of local NGOs (Relawan Pemantau Hutan Kalimantan / RPHK) that two of its suppliers were clearing natural forest in West Kalimantan Province, in direct contradiction to APP’s Forest Conservation Policy announced on February 5th. The cornerstones of this policy are a commitment to zero deforestation throughout APP’s supply chain, and a clear grievance procedure.

On the day of the complaints, APP stated, "We, and our partner TFT, are investigating these allegations, and in the interests of complete transparency, will publish our findings as soon as they are available.” The company added that it could not draw a conclusion until it had all the facts to hand.

APP has now received The ... Read more »

Quintiles.com & ClinicalResearch.com Honored

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Thursday, April 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles has received further recognition for the company’s market-leading digital communications with two "Internet Advertising Competition” (IAC) awards: one for its corporate website, Quintiles.com and one for its patient education site, ClinicalResearch.com.

The IAC awards provide companies with an opportunity to highlight their best online advertising in 96 industries and nine online formats. The competition is produced by the Web Marketing Association to honor excellence in online advertising, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible and showcase the best in award-winning Internet advertising.

Quintiles.com, the company’s corporate site, won in the category of "Outstanding Website.” The site was recently re-designed to provide an enhanced user experience for the varied audiences which visit the site, ... Read more »

DORTMUND, Germany - Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the leading provider of Integrated Passenger Services, Materna ips is once again at the Passenger Terminal Expo in Geneva this year (9-11 April 2013). Numerous new products relating to convenient, efficient passenger processing will be presented for the specialist public for the first time on the Materna stand (Stand 5100).

This year's visitors can find out not only about the traditional CUSS kiosk check-in but also the new check-in app for tablet PCs. The app is compatible for all smartphones and tablets running Android or the Apple iOS operating system.

The check-in app can be used for a number of airlines. It has the following new functions, among others:

    Saving personal data (e.g. frequent traveller, passport, credit card) on the device if the user wishes. The app can then utilise this data whenever it is required without the need for repeated entry (e.g. ... Read more »

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TOKYO - Wednesday, April 3rd 2013

Toshiba (TOKYO:6502) today announced the latest addition to its TXO3 series of ARM® core-based microcontrollers, the TMPM36BFYFG. The new device improves on basic performance and cuts power consumption to 2/3 that of Toshiba's previous products. Mass production will begin in November, 2013.

Development background:

Toshiba started its first Cortex™-M3 core-based microcontroller, TMPM330FDFG, in 2009. Since then, the company has focused on developing product groups that incorporate specific designs for a variety of applications.

As the functionality and performance of embedded applications has improved, the need for designs offering memory scalability, rich interface functions and lower power consumption has grown.

Features:

In addition to standard peripheral IP enhancements, TMPM36BFYFG consumes only 2/3 of the power requirements of equivalent products, the result of a revi ... Read more »