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Washington State-based online retailer Amazon is to establish a new logistics centre in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Following Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig, the company is now planning to open a logistics centre in Werne/Münsterland in a first step in September 2010. In the next step, Amazon plans to open a new, as yet unbuilt logistics centre in North Rhine-Westphalia, which will be completed in 2011.
Amazon has not yet announced the location of the logistics centre still to be built. The company searched throughout Germany for nearly a year before finally deciding in favour of the location in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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New York-headquartered IT company IBM and the Wroclaw University of Technology have announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing centre in Poland.
As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1,500 students.
"The new cloud centre will provide a common platform for students and professors, industry partners and government agencies to work on real solutions based on cloud computing that will align people and technology effectively, and will generate value for both services providers and clients," said Professor Czeslaw Smutnicki, Director of the Institute of Computer Engineering, Control and Robotics, Wroclaw University of Technology. "We plan to start immediately with a cloud computing practice for over 500 students later this summer. The cooperation will continue in the field of education, PHD programmes and research."
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Ohio-based polymer manufacturer PolyOne Corporation has launched a new business development office in Seoul, South Korea.
The company stated Tim Choi has been named Managing Director of PolyOne Korea Ltd. Choi will focus on gaining specifications with South Korean original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and importing PolyOne's speciality compounds for use by South Korean polymer processors.
In addition, Kurt Schuering, Vice President of Key Account Management, will oversee the market development operations of PolyOne Korea Ltd.
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California-based Micrel Inc, a manufacturer of analogue, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, has announced that it is opening a new branch office in Hong Kong.
The office will have sales, customer service, product development and field applications engineering support and is part of Micrel's network of Asia-based design centres.
"Asia-Pacific continues to be Micrel's most crucial region in terms of revenue growth and customer base expansion," noted Chris Dingley, Vice President of Global Sales, Micrel. "Micrel has therefore increased its focus on Asia-Pacific starting earlier this year by naming Micrel veteran John Lee as the company's Managing Director of Asia-Pacific. The new office in Hong Kong provides Micrel with a central location to drive expansion and to respond to market trends and customer needs throughout Asia."
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Ontario-based Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar energy equipment companies, has announced the launch of its Italian sales office in Rome.
The office will be headed by Marco Di Pietro, Country Manager Italy, who is responsible for the continued success and growth of Canadian Solar's photovoltaic business in Italy.
Marco Di Pietro, Canadian Solar's Country Manager Italy, said, "Italy is one of the world's top alternative energy markets, with impressive demand growth and installations of photovoltaic systems. Canadian Solar has effectively grown its business in Italy with sales, marketing, support and executive focus led from our international offices. Given our significant existing customer base, demand and projected growth, it made strategic sense to expand on a local basis with our new office in Rome. We are very excited about this market."
Dr Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive of Canadian Solar, said, "Italy is currently ranked as the world's third largest PV market. Opening this office underscores our commitment to providing the best support to customers and to developing new business opportunities. Canadian Solar's high quality modules have been very well received in Italy since 2008. We fully expect to build on our momentum in the important Italian market as we move forward with a dedicated local sales platform."
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Washington State-based online retailer Amazon has announced that it will create 6,000 new seasonal jobs in the next two to three months as part of its expansion plans in Germany.
Half of the new jobs will be created in Leipzig, with the other half destined for Bad Hersfeld.
The new staffing levels aim to help the company boost its Christmas business. An Amazon spokesman said that the company plans to hire some of the seasonal workers on a permanent basis.
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Wisconsin-based electronics manufacturer Plexus Corporation has expanded its design centre in Livingston, Scotland, by an additional 25 per cent to meet growing customer demand.
The newly-completed expansion includes new office space to accommodate additional engineers and provide new lab space.
The new lab has a higher level assembly area, and will provide space and equipment for the mechanical team.
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Arizona-based software company Lumension is to create 20 new jobs at its research and development centre in Galway, Ireland.
The company, which set up in Galway in 2009, originally planned to employ 30 people, but has now increased that figure to 50.
Lumension is mainly involved in developing security software to help businesses protect vital information.
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Californian computer company Hewlett-Packard is planning to expand its research and development centre in Taiwan.
"HP has filed an application with the ministry to expand the workforce of its Taiwan R&D center to 1,000 staffers within three years from the current 600," said an official of the MOEA's Department of Industrial Technology who is in charge of the case.
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New York-headquartered IT company IBM has announced the opening of a new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany.
The company said that the centre will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally.
It will provide clients with access to IBM's portfolio of cloud computing services, including the IBM Small Business Desktop Cloud and the IBM Smart Business Desktop on the IBM Cloud.
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