KONE Chooses Servigistics for Service Parts Management

September 2nd, 2009 UTRECHT, The Netherlands and BEIJING - On September 1st 2009 6th Gear Automotive Solutions became the exclusive agent of SANYCO automotive hydraulic parts for 31 countries in Europe. SANYCO, located in Taiwan, is a worldwide well-known A-quality brand which is also been fitted as Original Equipment Supplier parts.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON and DARMSTADT, Germany - - CA Helps European specialist insurance IT service provider Unify and Simplify IT Management While Increasing Productivity and Reducing Costs - GaVI Chooses CA for Application Management to Enhance Customer Experience Germany's third biggest IT service provider for the insurance industry, GaVI (www.gavi.de/web/html/) (Gesellschaft für angewandte Versicherungs-Informatik mbH), is relying on CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM) software solutions. With more than 10 million customers nationwide, GaVI banks on solutions from CA (www.ca.com/us/) to ensure unified and simplified management of its IT - across both the Mainframe and distributed environments.

July 12th, 2009 DELFT, The Netherlands - - PortingXS Simplifies and Speeds up Changing Between Service Providers Mobile users on the Isle of Man can now keep their existing number when they switch to another mobile phone operator. The three mobile operators on the island have chosen the Dutch company PortingXS to ensure that mobile number portability is handled swiftly, easily and flexibly.

July 6th, 2009 ATLANTA and CHICAGO - - Two industry leaders come together to deliver the broadest and deepest solution specifically designed for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) Servigistics and Click Commerce's Service Network Solutions (SNS) division, both recently acquired by private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners, have been merged to form a new company to solve the planning, optimization, execution and analytics challenges associated with delivering world-class post-sale service. The new company will retain the Servigistics name and deliver a long-awaited total solution specifically designed to manage all aspects of the post-sale service process - what the market is now referring to as Service Lifecycle Management (SLM).

May 13th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) has reached another milestone with the launch of Version 2.0 of its prestigious Best Management Practice (BMP) Guide, the industry standard for the disassembly of aircraft engines and frames. Three AFRA member companies have received first accreditation under BMP Version 2.0 namely Bonus Tech, headquartered in the U.S., Orange Aero from the UK, and Volvo Aero Services Corp, based in Sweden.

May 11th, 2009 PARIS - Leading company in the Telecommunications sector in Asturias, TeleCable, has selected OneAccess, a leader in multi service access routers, to offer new telecommunications services with VoIP technology for business clients in particular. OneAccess will supply TeleCable with its ONE100 router.

April 19th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - ComponentOne DataGrid, Chart, and Maps for SharePoint are Now Available Earlier this year, ComponentOne, a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program, announced the Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of three Web Parts for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The industry's reaction was outstanding and today ComponentOne announced the general availability of these Web Parts, DataGrid, Chart, and Maps for SharePoint, based on the success of the CTP program.

April 19th, 2009 PARIS - Energy efficiency remains on the forefront of government official and policy maker, building owner and business leader dialogue, because it's good for business and responsible to the environment. That is why as the Alliance to Save Energy began planning its 2009 Energy Efficiency Global Forum in Paris, it raised a critical question - "what else can be done to unleash the power of energy efficiency in buildings?" And Trane Global Services President, Larry Wash, offered a critical answer - "make a financially driven business case with clear return on invested capital." Creating a measurable business case makes it difficult for leaders, building owners and policy makers alike to say no to investments in high performance buildings, in any economic environment.

March 24th, 2009 GUANGZHOU, China - The path goods take to reach a buyer is often long. From thousands of raw materials to hundreds of parts, parts to a final product, to a buyer -- it's a road only possible because of the vision of entrepreneurs who see a computer in a piece of silicon, a car in a piece of rubber, a house in a table lamp, or a business in a case of printer's ink.

March 17th, 2009 TUCSON, Arizona - AKT altmarker Kunststoff-Technik GmbH of Gardelegen, Germany has signed a contract with The Offshore Group of Tucson, Arizona for the provision of outsourced manufacturing support, or "shelter" services in Saltillo, Mexico. The company has signed a lease agreement for the rental of 34,822 square feet of industrial space at The Offshore Group's La Angostura Industrial Park.

February 10th, 2009 MADRID - French defender Julien Escude will be out of action for at least three weeks, according to Spanish giants Sevilla. Escude, 29, tore the femoral biceps muscle in his right leg in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at home to crosstown rivals Betis.

July 2nd, 2009 Diplomats: IAEA chooses Japanese as new headVIENNA — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency's governing board has chosen a veteran Japanese diplomat as its new head.

September 30th, 2009 NY GOP chooses Nixon son-in-law Cox as chairmanALBANY, N.Y. — A Manhattan lawyer who is Richard Nixon's son-in-law is the new leader of the New York Republicans.

June 4th, 2009 Obama: Respect women who choose traditional rolesCAIRO — President Barack Obama says women don't have to make the same choices as men to be equal. He says a woman who chooses to cover her hair for religious reasons or chooses traditional roles is no less equal.

June 13th, 2009 Finnish millionaire's daughter freed by kidnapperHELSINKI — Police say they have captured a kidnapper who won a large ransom by taking the daughter of a millionaire hostage. Until the police announcement late Saturday, the public had not been told that 26-year-old Minna Nurminen had been missing since May 27 and kidnapped.

July 2nd, 2009 Rain snarls traffic in Northeast ahead of holidayPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Torrential rains are soaking New England and causing traffic backups and power failures as the holiday weekend approaches.

June 25th, 2009 New chief appointed to Interior agency.WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has appointed Elizabeth Birnbaum, a veteran congressional aide and former Interior Department attorney, to head the department's Minerals Management Service. The agency has been the focus of controversy over its management of offshore leasing programs and ethics violations including a sex and drug scandal involving a number of agency workers.

September 3rd, 2009 US service sector contraction slows in AugustNEW YORK — A trade group's measure of U.S. service sector activity shows last month's decline was the slowest in 11 months.

April 30th, 2009 COIMBATORE - BMW India announced the opening of Kun Exclusive, Coimbatore a satellite facility of Kun Exclusive, Chennai, Dealership Partner for BMW India in Tamil Nadu. The new sales and service outlet brings to Coimbatore world-renowned BMW standards of sales and service and the same international experience as any BMW sales and service centre worldwide.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - BMW India announced the opening of the new showroom and workshop facility by Deutsche Motoren in West Delhi. Located at Shivaji Marg, Moti Nagar, West Delhi, this is the second facility in New Delhi from Deutsche Motoren.