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Alstom to Build First GT26-based Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Tunisia
Levallois Perret, France 01 July 2008  Alstom (Paris:ALO) has been awarded a turnkey contract, worth approximately €335 million, by Society Tunisienne de l’Electricity et du Gaz (STEG) * for the construction of a 400 MW combined-cycle power plant. The power plant will be constructed at Ghannouch, in the Gabes region, in southern Tunisia. An additional contract includes a 12-year operation support and maintenance agreement.
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3M to set up high-tech facility at TechnoPark
Dubai, U.A.E 30 June 2008  TechnoPark, the science and technology facilitator of Economics Zones World has announced that it will be home to a Hi-Tech manufacturing facility for 3M, a global Fortune 500 company. A long-term lease agreement on a 40 thousand square metre property in TechnoPark was signed by Hamad Al Hashemi, Managing Director of TechnoPark and Irfan Malik, Regional Managing Director of 3M in the presence of Salma Hareb, CEO of Jafza and Economic Zones World.
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Beyond Bar Codes; Leading Experts At The Arab Radio Frequency Identification 2008 Conference In October
Dubai , UAE 24 June 24  Today, the business world is on the cusp of an information revolution, which is called Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID. An automatic identification technology, RFID has come a long way from the World War II days when it was used by the Allied forces to detect aircraft as friends or foes. Today, it is used in sectors as diverse as Logistics, Supply Chain, Retail, Manufacturing, Transport, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas and Healthcare. RFID Technology could usurp the ubiquitous bar code's quarter-century of quiet domination. Not only can these tags be read faster than Bar Codes, they also contain more information, so they can recall items more efficiently.
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Nokia to Acquire Social-Activity Service Provider Plazes
Espoo, Finland and Berlin, Germany 23 June 2008  Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Plazes today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given time, whether in the past, present or future.
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Motorola and Kodak Redefine the Mobile Imaging Experience with Motozine ZN5
Beijing, China 23 June 2008  Motorola (NYSE: MOT), a leader in wireless communications, and Kodak (NYSE: EK), the world's foremost imaging innovator, today announced MOTOZINE(TM) ZN5, the first product combining world-class innovation from both companies. The MOTOZINE ZN5 combines a high- quality phone and camera experience to help content-craving consumers seize inspiration and share the content they create and love with the world.
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