Mainboard-listed R H Energy says it has won contracts worth US$8.7 million ($11.4 million), to provide process engineering design, technical services and commissioning for the upgrading of a caprolactum plant with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tonnes and a special epoxy plant with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes for the Sinopec group companies.
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The Nobel Committee has formally awarded jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo its 2010 Peace Prize in absentia, RFE/RL reports. “Liu has only exercised his civil rights. He has not done anything wrong. He must be released,” Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in a speech before placing the award, embossed with Liu’s initials, on an empty chair on the podium to highlight his absence from the ceremony.
Mainboard-listed Technics Oil and Gas, the leading full service integrator of compression systems and process modules for the global offshore oil and gas sector, today announced that its 51% owned subsidiary, Norr Systems, was awarded the contract for two turnkey construction and a service contract worth $25.6 million for two vessels.
John E. Davies, general manager of Intel’s World Ahead program, has been honored as Technology Leader of the Year by Latin Trade’s Bravo Business Award. The Bravo Business Award recognizes Latin American leaders in government, business, finance, technology, environmental and humanitarian fields. Davies was awarded for his work to increase access to computers and broadband technology in developing countries as well as philanthropic efforts such as bringing telemedicine to a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon.
Apple was awarded 18 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, several relating to multitouch technology and filed before the debut of the iPhone. – Apple scored a major win when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the iPhone maker with 18 patents.
Related to various ways of interacting with mobile devices, the
patents, awarded Oct. 12, were filed for on dates ranging from 2003
through 2008.
The content of the patents ranges from …
HP gets a $26 million contract to deliver IT support for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. – Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services has received a $26 million order to continue its IT support for the Department of Health and Human Services’ CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) division.
Under the contract announced Oct. 13, HP will maintain an IDR (Integrated Data Repository) fo…
Boustead Singapore says wholly-owned subsidiary, Boustead Salcon Water Solutions – a leading global specialist in water and wastewater engineering – has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to design, engineer and construct a water treatment and return condensate plant for TP Utilities, a subsidiary of Tuas Power, the third largest power generation corporation in Singapore.
ST Engineering says its environmental engineering subsidiary in China, ST Environment Services & Technologies (STE&T) has been awarded a RMB113 million ($22.6 million) contract to provide a proprietary loop-based Pneumatic Waste Collection System (PWCS) to collect recyclables, non-recyclables and food waste in Tianjin’s Eco-City’s Eco-Business Park.
The deal is inked with Tianjin Eco-City Sheng Chuang Investment & Development, a wholly-owned company of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co. (SSTEC), the master developer of the 30 sq-km Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City.
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to ST Aerospace, a unit of ST Engineering, to acquire 12 M-346 aircraft and a ground-based training system for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) replacement programme.
The aircraft will be provided by Alenia Aermacchi, while the training system will be supplied by Boeing. ST Aerospace will undertake the overall management of the AJT programme. The 12 M-346 aircraft and the ground-based training system are expected to be delivered from 2012.
The acquisitions of the M-346 aircraft and the ground-based training system mark a significant milestone in the RSAF’s force development, enhancing the capabilities and operational readiness of the Singapore Armed Forces, says Mindef in its press release.
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Mainboard-listed Technics Oil and Gas, the integrator of compression systems and process modules for the offshore oil and gas sector, today announced that it has secured another EPCC contract from JV Vietsovpetro (VSP) for the provisioning of the topside equipments for wellhead satellite platforms named RC-6 and RC-7 for the “Dragon” oilfield in offshore Vietnam, worth an estimated $35 million.
Chip Eng Seng Corporation says wholly-owned subsidiary, Chip Eng Seng Contractors (1988) Pte Ltd, has been awarded a $90 million by the Housing & Development Board for building works at Hougang Neighbourhood 9 Contract 12.
The contract comprises of the construction of six blocks of residential buildings with 699 dwelling units, a multi-storey carpark and community facilities. The construction period is approximately 31 months.
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Biosensors International Group announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for both 33mm and 36mm lengths of its BioMatrix Flex drug-eluting stent (DES) system, further expanding the currently available range of 8mm to 28mm lengths. Both longer lengths of stent are available in diameters ranging from 2.50mm to 3.50mm.
Lum Chang Holdings says its unit Lum Chang Building Contractors has been awarded the main contract6 by FCL Compassvale for the design, construction and maintenance of Esparina Residences, an executive housing development at Sengkang for $119.4 million.
The works comprise the building of nine blocks of 18-storey apartments and a 4-storey carpark with communal facilities. The 19,000 sq-m site is located along Compassvale Bow near Buangkok MRT Station.
Construction works will begin in December and is estimated to take 32 months to complete.
Lum Chang says the latest award brings the total balue of contracts still in progress to $736.8 million.
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TSH Corporation says wholly owned subsidiary, Explomo Technical Services, has been awarded a contract to dispose expired ammunitions from the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan. The value of the contract is US$8.72 million ($11.7 million) and it is scheduled to be completed by 2011.
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The lender is always looking for the best service providers, David Gledhill, the group head of technology and operations at DBS, said in Singapore today.
ST Engineering announced today that a consortium formed by its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) and its Brunei partner QAF Limited, has been awarded a $66.5m contract to design and construct a waste management facility in Sungai Paku, Brunei. The project will comprise an engineered landfill, a transfer station plus three years of operations and maintenance of the facility.
A Swiss scientist claims the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize for the invention of low-cost solar cells that replicate photosynthesis. The nearly $1 million prize is awarded by the Technology Academy Finland. – Solar cell inventor Professor Michael Grätzel of the Lausanne
Federal Technology Institute was awarded the 2010 Millennium Prize, a
Finnish award established to steer the course of technological
development to a “more humane direction” and handed out once every two
years. Grätzels invention, the…
Pteris Global says it has been awarded a baggage handling system project for Chennai International Airport, India. The project is scheduled to complete in June 2011.
The company also says it has received the Letter of Award for the Changsha Huanghua International Airport baggage handling system project announced on March 9.
The aggregate contract value for these two projects is $28 million.
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Hock Lian Seng Holdings, the civil engineering infrastructure builder and a building materials supplier, said it secured a $7.7 million project from Housing & Development Board (HDB) yesterday.
