[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that the companies have signed a 10-year agreement to collaborate on the development and introduction of The Coca-Cola Company’s global brand portfolio for use in GMCR’s forthcoming Keurig Cold™ at-home beverage system. Under the global strategic agreement, GMCR and The Coca-Cola Company will cooperate to bring the Keurig Cold™ beverage system to consumers around the world. In an effort to align long-term interests, the companies also entered into a Common Stock
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTG), a leader in contamination control and materials handling technologies for highly advanced manufacturing, released a new wafer shipping solution for the safe and reliable transport of 200 mm wafers used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, LEDs and MEMS. The new shippers allow silicon suppliers and device manufacturers to ship and store the latest generation of lens/bumped wafers, which are thinner and more sensitive to damage and contamination. “The semiconductor industry is shifting to thin and ultra-thin wafers in order to make smaller, hig
[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