With expansion a prime focus for businesses worldwide, many are looking towards rapidly establishing new regions of growth, particularly in Asia, Pacifi c Rim countries.
The latest business developments from across Asia by Heather Hobbs To appear in our next issue, send your Business and Financial News stories to
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This section of International Labmate will especially look at the success of both Asian and European companies with established premises or business partnerships, highlighting the opportunities that exist while realising potential for other companies to move into export markets.
Award for China-UK Partnership
research projects or for professional development training programmes. Many of the biggest businesses in China work with The University of Nottingham, including AVIC in aerospace, CRRC in rail, FAW and Changan in automotive and the China Resource Group in pharmaceuticals.
The University of Nottingham is also supporting local and national businesses in the UK to engage with China, through its Asia Business Centre. Through the Centre, the University helps to organise trade missions to and from China, including the regular ‘On Location’ visits, which enable companies from across the East Midlands to meet with business people and offi cials from China.
British Business Award winners, L-R, Jason Feehily, Director of Knowledge Exchange Asia; Professor Chris Rudd, Provost of University of Nottingham Ningbo China; Min Rose, Senior Executive, Asia Business Centre
The University of Nottingham has been awarded a prestigious British Business Award at a ceremony which took place in Shanghai during November. Nottingham’s campus in Ningbo China (UNNC) was established in 2004 as the fi rst Sino foreign higher education joint venture in China. Partnering with the Ningbo based Wanli Education Group (WEG), the initial enrolment was just 245 students. Today the Ningbo campus is home to over 6000 students. In addition, UNNC has built exceptional commercial links with Chinese businesses which work with the University to undertake
The British Business Awards, which are organised by the British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, showcase outstanding UK companies which work in China. The Awards recognise and promote excellence in innovation and enterprise in the British and Chinese business communities.
The University won the Education Institutional Partnership of the Year Award, in recognition of its work in China and the strength of the partnership it has developed with Wanli Education Group (WEG). It was also a fi nalist in the Company of the Year Award, alongside global businesses such as Jaguar Land Rover and the InterContinental Hotels Group.
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Shanghai Company Signs Signifi cant Contract with Arrayjet proteins involving in economic plant and animal stock traits.
Arrayjet, a Scottish-based microarray instrumentation company, has secured a US$300,000 contract with Shanghai-based Abmart, a biological and life science technology specialist working to industrialise the production of monoclonal antibodies for academic research institutes, biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical laboratories across the globe.
Focusing on development of applications from a library which already numbers 100,000 different monoclonal antibodies against diverse antigens from numerous species, Abmart will use Arrayjet’s Super Marathon Microarrayer to print the antibodies on to two small microarray chips. This will enable just small amounts of protein samples of interest to be screened and analysed for potential as new disease biomarkers, novel drug targets and even new cancer immunotherapy cheaply. This technology will also fi nd broad applications in agricultural sciences for discovering critical
Dr Zhaohui Wang, Senior R&D manager of Abmart said “The reason we chose Arrayjet Super Marathon for production is that we are impressed by its high throughput, superior stability and consistency of printing performance. We have had issues with ‘repeatability’ in and between batches on our previous arrayer, so we are looking forward to a satisfying result from our Super Marathon and applying our competitive technology onto microarrays. This will minimize the reaction and produce easy-to-use screening tools for researchers so that they can do screening on their own.”
The Abmart contract is the fi rst deal concluded with APG- Bio also based in Shanghai who have been appointed Arrayjet’s distributor for the Asia Pacifi c market.
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An advanced radiotherapy education centre announced by Komazawa University and Varian Medical Systems, is offering hands-on educational courses for medical professionals and students on the planning and delivery of advanced radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer. Located on the University’s Tokyo campus, the new centre is equipped with a fully functional Varian TrueBeam™ medical linear accelerator, to enhance the knowledge and skills of health professionals on the delivery of radiotherapy using Varian technology, as well as establish standards for radiotherapy education at Komazawa University. The system is integrated with the company’s suite of oncology and radiotherapy software, including Eclipse™ treatment planning system, and ARIA® oncology information system.
“With the increasing number of cancer cases in Japan, it is critical to increase the number of skilled professionals who
can deliver radiotherapy treatments at a high standard,” said Masao Hoshina, Professor at Faculty of Health Science. “By collaborating with Varian on this radiotherapy education centre, we have the opportunity to expand the pool of qualifi ed professionals and maximise the use of this important technology in the fi ght against cancer.”
“We are honoured to collaborate with Komazawa University on this new advanced radiotherapy education centre,” said Mitchell Silong, Managing Director Oncology Systems Japan at Varian. “The goal of the centre is to help medical professionals enhance patient care with expanded educational programs on the use of radiotherapy and radiosurgery in the treatment of cancer.”
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Gyros Protein Technologies AB, Uppsala-based pioneer in automated nanolitre-scale immunoassays and a leading provider of peptide synthesisers and reagents, has appointed Abacus ALS as exclusive distributor of its immunoassay products in Australia and New Zealand. One of Australia’s and New Zealand’s largest privately owned companies serving customers in the diagnostic pathology, research and healthcare education industries, Abacus ALS will be responsible for sales and technical support for the Swedish Company’s nanolitre-scale immunoassay platform business, including the Gyrolab xP workstation, Gyrolab xPlore, Bioaffy CDs, Gyrolab kits, Rexxip buffers and related reagents and service.
Peter Luk, Vice President Asia-Pacifi c, Gyros Protein Technologies, said: “Abacus ALS has a proven track record with over fi fty years of experience in building successful partnerships and providing excellent service and technical support in the region. This strong market presence and reputation make them an ideal distribution partner for our immunoassay products. We are pleased to be working with Abacus ALS to build our network of customers in Australia and New Zealand.”
Shayne Christensen, Chief Executive Offi cer, Abacus ALS, commented: “Our purpose is to connect our Australasian customers with innovative global suppliers and we are delighted to represent Gyros Protein Technologies in our market.”
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