Nirma University of Science and Technology Renamed as Nirma University

Nirma University of Science and Technology – a premier educational institute situated on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway – has been renamed as Nirma University. It has been done with an objective to expand its activity in the sphere of higher education beyond merely science and technology. State Education Minister Ramanlal Vora moved the Nirma University of Science and Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2009, in the Assembly on Wednesday, which was later passed by the House. Moving the Bill, Vora said the university was till now imparting education only in science and technology. But, with the passage of time, it now feels the need to expand its activities and introduce new courses and faculties in higher education, particularly in professional education. Therefore, he said, it is proposed to create centres of excellence at the university so as to provide knowledge, education, training and research facilities in the field of medical, dental, paramedical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, management, humanities and other professional education-related courses.

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RBS to grow its own leaders -- People Management Magazine Online - London,UK

Roden said that RBS was bringing in 360-degree feedback for executive managers and six-monthly reviews to make performance management more effective...
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IME Launches 10th Electronic Packaging To Address 3-dimensional packaging and embedded module Technologies

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced the launch of the 10th Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC-10) to address key integration challenges of 3-dimensional (3-D) Packaging and Embedded Module technologies during a signing ceremony. IME is spearheading the consortium with 16 company members that include Asahi Glass Co Ltd, ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, Compass Technology Company Ltd, Disco Hi-Tec Singapore Pte Ltd, EVG Group, Ibiden Singapore Pte Ltd, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Kinergy Ltd, Nepes Pte Ltd, NXP Semiconductors Singapore Pte Ltd, Shanghai Sinyang Semiconductor Materials Co Ltd, Silecs Oy, Sumitomo Bakelite Singapore Pte Ltd and Tango Systems Inc in 2 projects over the next 18-months. The Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC) is a resource and cost sharing platform for electronics packaging research and development in pre-competitive areas of common industry technology needs. Its goal is to inject leading upstream core capability (mainly design and process guidelines) for consortium members to apply these enabling technologies to their products and processes. The consortium consists of members from the electronics companies, and the IC packaging supply chain such as wafer fabs, packaging and testing house, equipment and material. Since the first EPRC in 1996, this platform has injected invaluable R&D capabilities into the operation of many multi-national and local enterprises in the electronics packaging industry through nine consortia. Out of the 16 company members in EPRC-10, 13 companies are returning consortium members. The EPRC platform has successfully achieved new technological breakthroughs in novel chip size packages for wireless applications, laminate packages for high pin count high performance ICs, and optical packages for communication devices. Professor Dim-Lee Kwong, Executive Director of IME, said “Despite the current economic downturn, we are very encouraged by the enthusiasm and number of participating companies in the consortium. This affirms the companies’ commitment to R&D and the value of EPRC to the industry. Over the years, the EPRC platform has been successful in bringing companies together to engage in pre-competitive R&D and develop new capabilities. To date, we have engaged 156 member companies and trained more than 560 engineers from member companies attached to various projects and consortia. In EPRC-10, our focus is on miniaturisation, chip stacking and integration technologies to incorporate more complex and sophisticated functions in a small form factor for next generation mobile phone, handheld devices, and consumer electronics. The know-how developed in consortium will open up new opportunities for companies in emerging products.”The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) is a research institute of the Science and Engineering Research Council of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Positioned to bridge the R&D between academia and industry, IME's mission is to add value to Singapore's semiconductor industry by developing strategic competencies, innovative technologies and intellectual property; enabling enterprises to be technologically competitive; and cultivating a technology talent pool to inject new knowledge to the industry. Its key research areas are in integrated circuits design, advanced packaging, bioelectronics, MEMS, nanoelectronics and photonics. For more information, visit IME on the Internet: http://www.ime.a-star.edu.sg/

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New Electronic Climate Control System from Preh

Preh, a leading supplier of automotive driver controls, sensors and electronic control units, has been awarded contracts to develop and produce the new electronic climate control system for the 2010 MY Ford Taurus and Ford Flex. The Preh system comprises an electronic control unit and dedicated software that will provide a comfortable in-cabin climate for the driver and passengers. The contracts follow another recent award by Ford for the remote climate control module on the 2010 MY Mustang. Nick Lontscharitsch, senior vice president of sales at Preh, Inc. says, "Preh has more than two decades of experience with climate control systems and we now supply about four million climate controls worldwide every year. These are developed either as complete systems with integrated electronics and climate control software, or as control units with electronics hardware but no visible parts in the car's interior," he adds. Lontscharitsch says that a new model that is starting to become more accepted integrates the climate controls with the radio and infotainment functions into a single "center stack" control system. Both systems will be manufactured at Preh's production facility in Monterrey, Mexico, and will be delivered to Ford's Taurus assembly plant in Chicago and to the Flex assembly plant in Oakville, Canada. Preh was founded in Germany in 1919. As a full-service supplier, Preh works directly with major automakers in the development and production of complete driver control systems, sensors and electronic control units. The company maintains in-house capabilities for plastics injection molding, precision mechanics, light-pipe design, electronics hardware, surface finishing, laser etching and software development. With sales of $448.1 million in 2008, Preh employs over 2,000 people located in Germany, Portugal, Romania, France, Mexico, China and the U.S. More than 90 percent of Preh's annual revenue comes from its automotive business. Preh's U.S. customer service center is located in Novi, Mich.

Source :/www.marketwatch.com/story/preh-supplies-electronic-remote-climate-control-module-for-2010-ford-taurus-and-ford-flex
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Miner OZ Minerals : Martabe gold and silver sale project in Indonesia

Miner OZ Minerals says it will focus on expanding its Prominent Hill mine, after announcing it had completed the sale of its Martabe gold and silver project in Indonesia.The sale completion, expected after final approvals were granted last week, leaves OZ Minerals with the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia as its only major asset.Under the deal, China Sci-Tech Holdings Ltd paid $US211 million ($261.3 million) for the Martabe mine.China Sci-Tech also agreed to pay a further $US6.5 million ($8.05 million) to OZ Minerals for on-site spending from April 1, $US1 million ($1.24 million) less than estimated last week.In a statement, OZ Minerals said it was now able to restore normal mining rates at Prominent Hill and recommence studies into expanding the mine. "OZ Minerals has also re-activated exploration programs in the highly prospective wider Prominent Hill area and elsewhere,” the company said.It said recent asset sales had resolved the company's refinancing issued and strengthened its balance sheet.

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Energy Saving Strategy From Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics will introduce an energy saving strategy by cutting the amount of power used in manufacturing goods to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 50 percent by 2013.Samsung signed an agreement to meet new challenges resulting from climate change and cut down on greenhouse gas emission with the Korea Energy Management Corporation at its Suwon office on Tuesday. Once Samsung sets up the system at its plants, KEMCO will verify how much and what types of greenhouse gas the company discharges.

Source : english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/07/01/2009070100573.html
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Luxury Institute Survey

The Luxury Institute reported today the results of the "Best of the Best" luxury brands in Japan based on the 2009 Luxury Brand Status Index (LBSI) survey, which identifies the top brands that deliver true luxury based solely on the unbiased ratings of wealthy Japanese consumers. The following six luxury categories were rated: Women's Fashion (29 brands), Women's Shoes (18 brands), Handbags (30 brands), Men's Fashion (22 brands), Men's Shoes (18 brands) and Automobiles (20 brands).The LBSI asks high net-worth consumers to rate luxury brands by category across four equally weighted components: Consistently Superior Quality, Uniqueness and Exclusivity, Making the Customer Feel Special Across the Entire Experience and Being Consumed by People Who Are Admired and Respected.Which luxury providers deliver the best combination of quality, exclusivity, customer experience and peer prestige in Japan?

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