Applied Physics

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) today elected Donald J. Stebbins as president and chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2008. Stebbins, who was president and chief operating officer, succeeds Michael F. Johnston in the CEO role. Johnston will continue as executive chairman of the global automotive supplier. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080514/CLW004 ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Stebbins, 50, has been president and COO since joining Visteon in 2005,…

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic-creative consultancy frog design today announced plans to enhance its presence in Europe with the opening of a new studio in Amsterdam in September. Executive Creative Director Europe Cees van Dok will head up the new studio while continuing to oversee the Digital Media Design, Product Design and Technology teams in frog's additional European locations in Stuttgart and Milan. "Amsterdam is one of the most innovative cities in Europe and offers an extremely diverse and vibrant business hub, which is exactly the kind of fabric that frog thrives…

MILPITAS, California, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) announced that the Company has developed an innovative display controller architecture that serves both the Mobile Display Digital Interface (MDDI) and Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) standards for high speed serial display interfaces for use in today's most advanced mobile handsets. The unique architecture, developed in collaboration with major handset and device manufacturers, will permit advanced handsets that utilize CPUs and application processors with on-chip MDDI compatible hosts to…

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor today announced that Jean Philippe Pommel has been promoted to Vice President of Infor's Channels and Alliances operations in EMEA. Formerly, in his position as Global Account Manager, Pommel was responsible for developing Infor's new business. In his new role, Pommel will assume revenue and management responsibility for Infor's Channel and Alliances program in EMEA, and further leverage the company's substantial footprint across the region. He will report directly into Keith Deane, President EMEA at Infor. Pommel holds an engineering degree in…

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design and engineering company, today announced that the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 7, 2008 has appointed Mr. Maarten Schönfeld to the Company's Supervisory Board, replacing Mr. Thomas Cohn, who was not available for reappointment. The meeting also reappointed Mr. Jan Peelen to the board. Mr. Schönfeld is CFO and Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of Stork BV since 2001. Before that he worked in (financial) management positions throughout the world for…

HONG KONG, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- MHAG, a Brazilian iron ore mining company of which Noble Group (SGX: NOBL) owns 30%, has appointed Luis Carlos Nepomuceno to head the executive board as CEO effective immediately. With 26 years of mining experience, Mr Nepomuceno will lead the expansion and implementation of the company's key initiatives including the pellet feed and pellet plant project, port construction, slurry line and rail system. Prior to joining MHAG, Mr Nepomuceno worked for 22 years for Vale in various positions including responsibility for business units in Brazil, Director General…

OAK PARK, Michigan, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) - ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles today reported its first quarter financial results for the period ending March 31, 2008. The Company also provided an update on corporate and product development activities. First Quarter 2008 Highlights - Finalized supply agreement with Utilimaster for commercial production of its Balance Hybrid Electric (P1) commercial vehicles - Completed a production build of 25…

PLANO, Texas, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Ireland-based acquisition adds to Perot Systems' global applications delivery capabilities Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) announced today that it has acquired Original Solutions Limited (Original Solutions), a professional IT services firm providing applications development and management services to clients in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Original Solutions' competencies include web applications and client server development, enterprise integration and legacy systems re-engineering, as…

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Unified Brand Builds on Acquisition of Tempest Microsystems - New Worldwide Marketing Campaign; Oslo Bourse Ticker Changed to 'NIO' IFSEC 2008 -- DynaPel Systems, Inc. (Oslo, Norway and Bokeelia, FL), (OSE: DYNA), a world leader in smart video solutions for the security market, today announced it will be officially changing the name of the company to Nio(R) Security, Inc. effective immediately. The company's stock will trade on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol of (OSE: NIO) as of 16 May, 2008 - no material impact on the company…

At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and burrow into the earth where they avoid food as if it were poison. Only then can the larvae grow and hatch into flies that will take wing to lay their own eggs. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Georgia has discovered for the first time that the important developmental switch from food attraction to aversion in the fruit fly larva is…