Retailers take it to the home.
Byline: Gouri Agtey Athale PUNE: From `we have no branches', to `we've come closer to you', sums up the story of the change which has come over Pune's retailing market. The best brands in the city, from jewellery, sarees, food joints to Indian sweets (mithai),...

Johnson Matthey opens catalyst plant in UK.
Johnson Matthey has opened a [pound]10 million automobile catalyst manufacturing plant in Royston, Hertfordshire, UK. The 6000 m2 plant will employ 70 people and has initial capacity to produce 3.5 million catalyst units a year. It is part of a major investment programme Johnson Matthey is carrying...

Kickshaws.
Readers are encouraged to send their favorite linguistic kickshaws to the Kickshaws editor at drABC26@aol.com. Answers can be found in Answers and Solutions at the end of this issue. From 911 to 110 Monte Zerger sent the following eerie set of alphanumerical coincidences related to...

Honda Motor Announces Development of Breakthrough Emission Control System; Reduces Use of Precious Metals by 50 to 70 Percent.
TORRANCE, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Catalytic Solutions, Inc. (CSI), of Oxnard, Calif., have developed a breakthrough emission control system that greatly reduces the use of costly precious metals, Honda announced today. Honda holds a 10 percent stake in CSI....

OM Group Completes Acquisition of dmc2.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- OM Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMG) said today that its previously announced acquisition of dmc2, a subsidiary of Degussa AG, has been completed. OMG is now a leading worldwide provider of precious metal- based functional materials for a wide variety of high-growth end...

A silent cool: thermoelectrics may offer new ways to refrigerate and generate power.
At night, when all is quiet, a sound emerges from the kitchen: the faint, unmistakable hum of the refrigerator, working hard to keep the ice cream frozen and the milk cold. That sound comes from a compressor that repeatedly forces the evaporation and condensation of a fluid, often a...

DATAMARK STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH TWO KEY ADDITIONS.
New marketing and business development managers appointed to accelerate the deployment of dynamic media processing solutions PR Newswire, London, January 15. This press release is transmitted on behalf of Datamark. Digital asset management specialist Datamark (http://www.datamark.co.uk) has bolstered its management team following the appointment of...