Research and Markets: Water Market Middle East 2010 – Understand How the Water and Wastewater Markets Work in Each Country

July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a28cb0/water_market_middl) has
announced the addition of the “Water Market Middle East 2010″ report to their
offering.

The breakneck pace of economic development and population growth in the Middle
East and North Africa has exacerbated the regions existing problems of water
scarcity and wastewater disposal. In response, many countries are embracing
reform. Governments are increasingly turning to the private sector to meet their
needs, leading to an abundance of business opportunities.

Water Market Middle East 2010 will help you understand how the water and
wastewater markets work in each country, where the greatest challenges and main
growth areas are, and how to make it work for you. The report profiles local
companies in detail and gives an overview of the main local and international
players so you can identify potential partners and competitors. It also lists
current and upcoming major projects, details recent policy changes, and
anticipates future regulatory developments so that you can easily identify
business opportunities.

Water Market Middle East 2010 provides coverage of the big picture, identifying
trends across the region. But no two countries are alike opportunities are
concentrated where the economic growth is hottest, and where there are
forward-looking public authorities. Thus, Water Market Middle East 2010 also
includes the fine detail about the unique challenges and business opportunities
in each countrys water, wastewater and water reuse sectors.

Excel datasets include:

* Projects and tenders: A listing of water sector projects and tenders,
including information on size, client and estimated completion time
* Companies: A directory of local and international companies involved in the
water business
* Government contacts: A directory of key government contacts and water
utilities in the region
* Country data: Key demographics, economic indicators and water data for each
country
* Market forecast: A country-by-country assessment of current and future
expenditure on water and wastewater services

The Datasets

* Projects and tenders: A listing of water sector projects and tenders,
including information on size, client and estimated completion time.
* Companies: A directory of local and international companies involved in the
water business.
* Government contacts: A directory of key government contacts and water
utilities in the region.
* Country data: Key demographics, economic indicators and water data for each
country.

Market forecast: A country by country assessment of current and future
expenditure on water and wastewater servicesthat includes the following
headlines:

* Contracted desalination Capacity Forecast
* Installed desalination Capacity Forecast
* Annual new contracted capacity
* Annual new completed capacity
* Capital expenditure on desalination
* Other water resources/treatment plants
* Water Distribution Networks (new build and rehabilitation)
* Total Capital Expenditure on Drinking Water
* Advanced water reuse capacity forecast
* Additional water reuse capacity forecast
* Wastewater network investment (new and rehabilitation)
* Wastewater treatment plant investment (new and rehabilitation)
* Total capital expenditure on wastewater
* Total capex on water and wastewater
* Total private investment
* % of capex from private sector
* Total operating expenditure on water
* Total operating expenditure on wastewater
* Total Water and wastewater opex
* Annual value of private sector operations
* % Private sector participation in operations

Data by country

Overview – summary of the current water situation, including:

* Overview of current water resources.
* Overview of challenges.
* Water sector organization and structure.

Current water situation – a detailed picture, including:

* Details of current water resources.
* Details of water production facilities.
* Details of waste water treatment facilities.
* Key performance indicators.

Current policy – a detailed picture of financial and legal matters, including:

* Tariffs.
* Institutional and legal arrangements – especially for private water customers
such as industry and property developers.
* Finance – private / public sector participation, etc.

The future – forecasts and the future direction of the market, including:

* Government strategy – main growth areas.
* Current and future projects – including extent of private sector
participation.
* Summary of agents driving change.
* Predictions and forecast.

Companies mentioned:

* Arabian Company for Water & Power International (ACWA Power International)
* Acciona Agua
* AES Arabia
* Agbar
* Amiantit (AmiWater)
* aqualia
* Befesa Agua
* Besix
* Biwater
* Corodex Industries
* Degrmont
* Doosan Heavy Industries
* Fichtner
* Fisia Italimpianti
* Future Pipe
* GdF Suez Energy International
* GE Water & Process Technologies
* Hyder Consulting
* ILF Consulting Engineers
* Kharafi National
* Kuwait Engineering Office (KEO International)
* Malakoff Corporation
* Marubeni Corporation
* Metito
* Mitsui & Co
* Moya Bushnak
* PB Power
* SETE Energy Saudi for Industrial Projects Ltd. (SETE Energy)
* Sogex Oman
* Suez Environment
* Sumitomo Corporation
* Veolia Water

For more information visit

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a28cb0/water_market_middl

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager,
press@researchandmarkets.com
U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907
Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716

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Atea ASA: Atea reports revenue growth of 11.8%

July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Atea ASA / Atea reports revenue growth of 11.8% processed and transmitted by Hugin AS.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Atea, the number one supplier of IT infrastructure products and services in the Nordic
and Baltic region, today announced second quarter 2010 results with revenue of MNOK
4,042.4, up 11.8% in constant currency compared to Q2 2009. EBITDA ended at MNOK 132.4,
up 13.1% versus last year and operating profit (EBIT) was MNOK 83.5 which is up 17.3%
compared to Q2 2009.

While total revenue in Q2 increased by 11.8% in constant currency, hardware revenue
increased as much as 21.4%, services was up by 8.2% and software was down by 1.1%.

The improvement in results is caused by strong revenue growth combined with continuous
cost focus.

“I am in particular very pleased to see the growth in hardware revenue of 21.4%, in a
hardware market that according to IDC is forecasted to grow by only 2.5% in the full
year 2010. This implies that Atea continues to gain substantial market shares,” says
Claus Hougesen, CEO in Atea.

In Q2 2010 Atea announced three acquisitions: Dropzone in Norway, an e-commerce company
serving SMB customers, Impact Europe’s subsidiaries in Sweden and Norway, which are
leading Tandberg videoconferencing resellers and AV solutions providers, and Portal AB
in Sweden which is one of the strongest and fastest growing IT infrastructure companies
in Sweden.

All acquisitions added new important competencies to our country organizations and all
acquisitions are in line with our initiatives in the Atea 20:11:1 growth plan.

Significant technology trends, such as Unified Communications, Mobile Infrastructure
Solutions, Virtualization, Software Asset Management, Device Lifecycle Management,
Windows 7, print/copy and Green It, areas in which Atea has a strong foothold, will also
be important growth areas going forward.

With continuous high ambitions, the goal is to deliver further growth and profit both
organically and through acquisitions. The attacking approach continues. Atea has the
necessary financial strength and focus to play an important role in the ongoing market
consolidation.

The target is to achieve operating revenues of NOK 20 billion and EBITDA of NOK 1
billion
in 2011.

The quarterly report and presentation is available at www.atea.com/reports

http://www.atea.com/reports

The press conference is available through webcast at www.atea.com/webcast

http://www.atea.com/webcast

The Stock Exchange Announcement is available at www.atea.com/ose

http://www.atea.com/ose

For further information, please contact:
Claus Hougesen, CEO Atea ASA, mobile + 45 3078 1200
Rune Falstad, CFO Atea ASA, mobile + 47 906 14 482

About Atea
Atea is the leading Nordic and Baltic supplier of IT infrastructure with approximately
4700 employees. Atea is present in 73 cities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea delivers IT products from leading vendors and
assists its customers with specialist competencies within IT infrastructure services.
Atea has annual revenue of approximately NOK 15 billion and is listed on Oslo Stock
Exchange. www.atea.com http://www.atea.com/

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Atea Q210 report http://hugin.info/85/R/1431825/378140.pdf

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Atea ASA
PB. 6472 Etterstad Oslo Norway

Listed: Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart,
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Open Market (Freiverkehr) in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
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Implant Sciences Products Selected as Best of Breed; Now on Permanent Display at Secure Strategy Group Washington D.C.

June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

WILMINGTON, MA, Jun 02 (MARKET WIRE) —
Implant Sciences Corporation (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology
supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense
markets, today announced that its products, including the QS-H150
explosives trace detection device, have been selected as ‘Best of Breed
Security Technology’ by Secure Strategy Group (SSG). The company’s
products will be showcased for permanent display and demonstration at the
new SSG Solutions Center in Washington D.C.

Secure Strategy Group is a strategic advisory firm that backs and builds
best of breed growth companies in the security technology field. The firm
identifies technologies that address key growth areas in the homeland
security market. These products and technologies are displayed at Secure
Strategy Group’s newly launched Washington D.C. showroom, the SSG
Solutions Center. Secure Strategy Group has been a consultant to Implant
Sciences since February 2009.

The SSG Solutions Center enables buyers, including government agencies,
prime contractors, and systems integrators, to “touch and feel” Implant’s
products. The SSG Solutions Center is located at the Center for
Innovative Technology (CIT), a world-class office complex located less
than five minutes from Dulles Airport, right in the heart of Washington,
D.C.’s technology corridor.

Scott Greiper, founder and President of SSG, stated, “We’ve selected
Implant Sciences and its products for showcase because Implant’s
portable, highly effective and cost-efficient QS-H150 directly addresses
one of the fastest growing sectors in homeland security.”

Robert Liscouski, Implant Sciences board member and SSG partner and Head
of Business Development and Strategy, added, “Being part of the permanent
display at the SSG Solutions Center will help Implant Sciences reach key
purchasers and opinion leaders in Washington. We hope this visibility
will lead to sales growth while decreasing associated operational
expenses for Implant.”

“We are pleased and honored to be selected by Secure Strategy Group as a
best of breed solutions provider. This is a very efficient way for our
products to gain further traction and continue to enhance our revenue
outlook,” stated Implant Sciences CEO, Glenn Bolduc.

About Implant Sciences

Implant Sciences develops, manufactures and sells sophisticated sensors
and systems for Security, Safety, and Defense (SS&D) markets. The Company
has developed proprietary technologies used in its commercial explosive
trace detection systems which ship to a growing number of locations
domestically and internationally. For further details on the Company and
its products, please visit the Company’s website at
www.implantsciences.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements,” as
that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and
are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks
that our explosives detection products and technologies (including any
new products we may develop) may not be accepted by the U.S. government
or by other law enforcement agencies or commercial consumers of security
products; our business is subject to intense competition and rapid
technological change; and other risks and uncertainties described in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most
recent Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Such statements are based on
management’s current expectations and assumptions which could differ
materially from the forward-looking statements.

Contact:

Implant Sciences Corporation
Company Contact:
Glenn Bolduc, CEO
978-752-1700
gbolduc@implantsciences.com
or

Investor Contact:
Laurel Moody
646-810-0608
lmoody@corporateprofile.com

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Growth areas tax may pass Upper House

May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Victorian Government has hinted its controversial growth areas tax might pass through the Parliament within days.

The Opposition and minor parties had blocked the new tax, which would fund infrastructure in Melbourne’s growth areas.

The legislation was referred to a cross-party parliamentary committee, whose members are prohibited from speaking publicly.

But the treasurer, John Lenders, told Parliament, the committee has negotiated a compromise.

“I’m delighted that the disputes resolution committee is also suggesting a way forward on the GAIC (Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution) legislation,” he said.

“That is a compromise from everyone’s point of view, because that actually lets us deal with the urban growth boundary issues.”

“I think that is a credit to all involved.”

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Philippines’ San Miguel 2009 net profit triples

April 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

MANILA, April 14 (Reuters) – Philippine food-to-infrastructure conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC.PS) (SMCB.PS) posted a net profit of 800 million pesos in the December quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, a Reuters calculation showed on Wednesday.

Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods

San Miguel, which has been investing in high-growth areas ranging from power generation to highways, posted net profit of 57.8 billion pesos ($1.3 billion) in 2009, up sharply from 19.3 billion pesos in 2008, a source with knowledge of the figures told Reuters.

The full-year number was later confirmed in a statement from the company.

San Miguel had previously reported net income of 57 billion pesos for the first nine months of 2009, leaving a fourth quarter profit of 800 million pesos, based on Reuters calculations.

That compared to a loss of 1.6 billion pesos in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Analysts do not give quarterly forecasts for San Miguel. The company, which built its first brewery in 1890, is projected to make a net profit of 12.06 billion pesos this year, according to the mean estimate in Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

San Miguel said revenues rose 4 percent to 174.2 billion pesos in 2009.

Flagship unit San Miguel Brewery (SMB.PS) posted a net profit of 10 billion pesos in 2009, the company said, flat from the prior year.

Profits at San Miguel, which sells nine out of every 10 beers in the Philippines, were boosted in 2009 by one-off sales of substantial stakes in operating units to fund its strategic shift into heavy industry including oil refining, telecommunications, airports and toll roads.

The company said last month it may also acquire more coal mines on southern Mindanao island to support plans for coal-fired power stations and was studying the feasibility of building a bullet train that would run across the main Luzon region [ID:nSGE62P08E]

($1=47.6 pesos) (Reporting by Manolo Serapio Jr; Editing by John Mair.)

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Gympie fights to join growth summit

March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Gympie Regional Council is concerned it will not be represented at the Queensland Government’s Growth Management Summit next week.

The council says it nominated two council representatives at the request of the Government and it was then told it was not eligible to attend the event.

Deputy Mayor Tony Perrett says it is disappointing because the region is just north of the south-east corner and is being affected by population growth.

“The projection for growth in this region is above the state average,” councillor Perrett said.

“Given that statistic, I think it’s most appropriate that we be there.

“More particularly to make certain that our voice is not only heard, but we can also hear from a broad perspective what the state has planned to deal with high growth areas.”

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Poland’s first Starbucks means “end of an

April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Warsaw – Some urbanites may complain of a Starbucks on every corner of their city, but for Warsaw residents the arrival of the world’s biggest coffee shop chain means further prestige and worldliness for Poland.

For Andrzej Bacinski, 34, it means the end of an era of wondering when the next world-known brand will finally arrive in the country.

“I remember Poland’s first McDonald’s, and the lines were so long,” Bacinski said. “And this is the end of that era. We’ve got everything now.”

Seattle-based Starbucks Corporation opened its first cafe in Poland on Wednesday, on Warsaw’s elegant Nowy Swiat street. Poland is now the second country in Central Eastern Europe to open a Starbucks, after the Czech Republic last year.

The southern city of Wroclaw is next, company officials said – their Starbucks will open later this month.

Further plans for Poland aren’t disclosed, but officials say the company looks forward to more openings in the former Soviet bloc and that the region “represents significant growth areas.”

Reports show dynamic growth in Poland’s coffeehouse sector, with a 30 per cent rise in 2007 alone.

And for Starbucks, that booming market could mean added profits and a new focus – amid the closure of some 600 stores in the United States.

“I think they’ll do well here, because it’s a well-known brand,” said student Suzanna Ring, 16.

Young Poles are still interested in all things American, Ring said, and “Made in the USA” still spells for many better quality and prestige.

But Wednesday’s opening was more subdued than the excitement of Poland’s first McDonald’s in 1992.

That grand opening came just three years after the fall of communism. America was then the mythical land of the strong dollar, fashionable Levi’s and John Wayne.

Since then, Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. After years behind the Iron Curtain, Poles say they now feel more European with a growing economy that hasn’t been as hard-hit by the financial crisis as many others in Europe.

With their increased spending power, Poles are now less likely to be in awe of all things American. Others say the war in Iraq and George W. Bush’s unpopular presidency did their part to tarnish America’s image.

“In the 1990s, it was new and there was a rage for American things, but now there’s less excitement just because there’s more [American products,]” Ring said. “I’d say most young people are interested, but fascination is too strong of a word.”

While McDonald’s was for many Poles the first taste of America, at the new Starbucks many young people ordered the drinks they came to love during stays in London, or New York.

For some, the prestige of the brand means just as much as the taste of the coffee.

“We’ve been waiting for a long time … this sets the town apart,” said student Tomasz Swierczewski. “It’s prestige and it means Warsaw as a capital is more worldly.”

Swierczewski expects the cafe will be most popular among young people and those who have been abroad.

Poland’s older generation, however, may still associate the elegant Nowy Swiat street with the quaint cafes that date back to the 1800s.

“Starbucks?” asked an older woman sipping an espresso further down the street. “I haven’t heard of it yet.” (dpa)

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