[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Adam Minoprio and Taylor Canfield have been confirmed as the wildcard entries for the 2012 Monsoon Cup and will join David Gilmour, eight Tour Card Holders and a qualifier from the Malaysian Match Racing Cup (23-26 Nov), at the finale event of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. The 2012 finale event will consist of one of the strongest fields ever, featuring three previous ISAF Match Racing World Champions, including Adam Minoprio (NZL) BlackMatch Racing, who became the youngest ever Tour Champion in 2009. Fellow wildcard Taylor Canfield (USVI) US One was invited to compe
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Adbiotech Co., Ltd.(President Hong Gul Jung, www.adbiotech.com) starts a full-scale production upon completing the production facility for veterinary drugs. The company built the newcorporate headquarter building and factory, which was equipped with the GMP (production of outstanding medical products) facility, in the Chuncheon G-Tech Village of the Gangwon-do biopharmaceutical complex in June last year. And subsequently, it plunged into a full-fledged mass production system upon acquiring the permission for manufacturing veterinary drug products and item permission from t
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The self-monitoring blood glucose meter brand “CareSens” of i-SENS, Inc. (CEO, Geun Sig Cha), Korea’s flagship blood glucose meter manufacturer, was awarded the grand prize for best brand of the “The Best of Consumer, 2012” on October 25, sponsored by the National Brand Committee and researched by Korea Research, in the category of blood glucose meter. This award is to provide sufficient information to consumers through selecting this year’s best brands that have been chosen by consumers, and its selection is based on consumer awareness and preference, brand loyalty, diffe
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Adbiotech Co., Ltd.(President Hong Gul Jung, www.adbiotech.com), a biotechnology company, showcased the livestock products and cosmetics using yolk antibody as participating at “the 7thGangwon Bio Expo”, which was held for two days from October 21 to 23. The yolk antibody program leverages the scientific principle in which the immunity of mother hens is transferred directly to chicks through eggs. With the benefit of using chickens, it is possible to collect raw antibodies in a simple manner; thereby, reducing the production costs. And it is more hygienic and secure than t
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Training Program on Performance of National Health Care System in Asia’ cooperated with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Korea Policy Centre (OECD KOREA) and Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA). Policy makers and experts of the healthcare sectors from 5 countries(China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, and Vietnam) attended the program from 21nd to 27th, October in 2012. The main purpose of the program is to share in
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]GM Korea today has honored its best 89 automotive suppliers in Korea for delivering superior quality at the first annual Quality Excellence Awards ceremony in Phuket, Thailand. The event, held at Hilton Arcadia Resort combined with the Supplier Business Meeting, marks the first time that the global automaker has recognized its Korean suppliers at a special awards ceremony solely for achieving and maintaining the highest quality standards. “We are proud of recognizing 89 Korean suppliers, the 2nd largest number for any country in global GM, after USA.” GM International Oper
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) announced that it has named Avis South Africa as the Avis Licensee of the Year for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in recognition of its ongoing commitment to providing customers with world-class products and services and for responsible corporate citizenship. Operating at nearly 20 airport locations and 130 downtown locations, Avis South Africa provides customers with a wide range of transportation solutions to serve the needs of business and leisure customers. Avis South Africa offers car, van and truck rentals as well as co
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Osiatis provides its customers with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), IT engineering, IT management and consulting - so they can focus on their core competencies and drive IT from a business perspective instead of worrying about technology. With the growing complexity of today's IT environment, including consumerization and cloud computing, the company needed to make sure its customers could take advantage of infrastructure innovation and achieve maximum performance using existing processes and personnel. Osiatis implemented the Business Service Management platform from
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]In one month, the world‘s top match racers will arrive in Malaysia for the final event of the 2012 Alpari World Match Racing Tour season. Whilst Bjorn Hansen and Ian Williams are touted as the most likely winners of this year’s title, the stats suggest that the Monsoon Cup could well provide a twist in the tale of the season. Spurred on after a disappointing regatta at Match Race Germany, Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team has gone on to lead the overall table since the second event of the season. Consistent performances from fellow Tour stalwarts Ian Williams (GBR)
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of medical technology, today announced that the company's AlCath® Gold ablation catheter enables faster, more efficient ablation procedures. Lesions created by a standard catheter in 60 seconds only take 40 seconds to create with these novel devices -- without compromising patient safety. Results of the study, which investigated the ablation time efficiency of gold catheters, are published in the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE)1. Conducted at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary in coope