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Printer-versionGamma Medica-Ideas is the result of a recent merger between Gamma Medica (US) - developer and manufacturer of clinical and pre-clinical imaging systems, and Ideas AS (Norway) - producer of the most advanced solid-state integrated digital detector electronics and imaging detector subsystems. The company shipped six of its FLEX (TM) Pre-Clinical Imaging systems in December to academic and pharmaceutical customers in the US and Canada.
In the fall of 2005, IBM Canada announced that it will create an international product lifecycle management (PLM) center of excellence in Montréal. The mission of the center, which will ultimately employ more than 200 people, is to help manufacturers reduce their time to bring new products to the market.
Megkom AS announced successful testing of the VIP-110 24 radio solution from the Canadian manufacturer Wi-LAN Inc (Calgary) by PGS Marine Geophysical (Lysaker, Norway) for installation in its offshore seismic testing fleet.
A joint management committee comprised of representatives of Blackstone Ventures Inc. and Sulfidmalm AS (a wholly-owned subsidieary of Falconbridge Ltd) has finalised the 2006 exploration budget for the two company's Norway joint venture projects. The total budgeted work program will be $US 4.4 million.
Husky Energy Inc. announced last week that the first shipment of crude oil from the White Rose field, which commenced production on November 12, 2005, is going to be delivered to Irving Oil's Canaport Terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
The "Smart 21" is the first stage in the Intelligent Community Forum's annual Intelligent Community Awards cycle in which the ICF selects 21 finalists with the potential to become one of the Forum's Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year. Six Canadian communities were considered as finalists for the award: Fredericton, Nunavut, Burlington, Ottawa-Gatineau, Sudbury, and Waterloo.
On Friday, November 25th, the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation signed a procurement contract for one wing-set for the Norwegian Air Force's work-horse, the C130 Hercules from L3 Spar Aerospace.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed an agreement to buy the Canadian company Gallium Software Inc. for approximately MNOK 174 on a debt-free basis. The agreement is conditional on Board approval from Kongsberg Gruppen ASA.
Blackstone Ventures Inc. has mobilized a ground geophysical crew to the Vakkerlien project area in southern Norway to complete detailed ground geophysical surveys over two large magnetic features immediately along strike of the Vakkerlien deposit identified from a recent airborne EM and Magnetic survey flown over the project area.
The Australian Commerce and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given unconditional approval of Norske Skog's acquisition of the remaining 50% of the shares in Pan Asia Paper Company from Abitibi-Consolidated.