SINGAPORE - Saturday, December 29th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Adds 2.6 million tonnes per year of new finished product capacity
World-scale facility increases jobs in Singapore
ExxonMobil begins producing specialty grade metallocene polymers in Asia

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobilhas commenced startup operations at one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion dollar expansion project at its Singapore petrochemical complex.

The expansion, powered by a new 220-megawatt cogeneration plant, adds 2.6 million tonnes per year of new finished product capacity. It includes two new polyethylene plants, a polypropylene plant, a metallocene elastomers unit, an oxo-alcohol unit and an aromatics expansion, all of which are completed and beginning operation. Ethylene production is expected to start in the next few months.

"We have doubled the size of our finished product capacity at Singapore, making this the largest chemic ... Read more »

EDINA, Minn - Friday, December 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ReconRoboticsannounced today that its international headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland, has closed the year with strong sales of micro-robot systems to military and police users in Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hungary and France, in addition to an unspecified country in the Middle East.

"Our robot sales were up more than 50% in 2012, and it is our international team that has led the way in the last quarter,” said Alan Bignall, President and CEO of ReconRobotics. "Military and counterterror teams around the world are recognizing that the unique reconnaissance capabilities of our Throwbot XTgive them a big tactical advantage during high-risk operations, and this is driving sales at a fast clip. We expect this trend to continue in 2013.”

Nearly 4,000 of the company’s Recon Scout® and Throwbot® systems have been deployed by the U.S. military and international fr ... Read more »

TOKYO - Friday, December 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

2013 International CES

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) will showcase a reference display of an SDHC memory card with TransferJet™ close proximity wireless transfer technology at the 2013 International CES, to be held from January 8 to 11, 2013, in Las Vegas, U.S.A.

The SDHC memory card on reference display will be a product under development, integrating a TransferJet™ transceiver IC, a coupler, an RF filter, peripheral passive parts, an SD bridge connection circuit, and Toshiba's NAND flash memory.

Data transfer by TransferJet™ communications will be implemented in devices supporting SDHC memory cards, such as digital cameras and PCs, by inserting this card in the card slots.

About TransferJet™

TransferJet™ is a close proximity wireless transfer technology standard promoted by the TransferJet™ Consortium whose membership consists of 45 companies (as of December 28, 2012), incl ... Read more »

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DALLAS & TAIPEI, Taiwan - Friday, December 28th 2012

Xtera Communications Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of Optical and WAN networking solutions, today announced the launch of the XteraLink 300. This new, commercially available product line brings advanced networking solutions to branch offices, home offices, medium size businesses, apartments, hotels, and other multi-tenant buildings. XteraLink is designed to enable businesses to optimize network efficiency by maximizing ROI on existing infrastructure, improving network reliability and enhancing user experience.

XteraLink is an edge server appliance deployed on the border between enterprise intranets (LANs) and the Internet (WAN). It cost-effectively bonds multiple WAN links into virtual pipes to deliver bandwidth aggregation and WAN fault tolerance. With a maximum throughput of 300Mbps, XteraLink has 3 WAN, 1 LAN and 1 DMZ links, and a USB port for 3G cellular data cards. ... Read more »