Menicon Co., Ltd. (Menicon) announced the appointment of Chew Hwee Yong as Chief of Special Projects at the company's head office in Nagoya, Japan. Chew, to be based in Nagoya, will be responsible for updating and expanding Menicon's internal processes as well as external relations to support the company's globalization.

Chew started his career with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). During his nine-year tenure with the EDB, Chew was responsible for overseeing significant projects in different high-tech industries (precision engineering, electronics and information/communications & media clusters). Chew also spent three years in Osaka, Japan, as the EDB's Centre Director covering western Japan and attracted investments from diverse fields including electronics, biomedical sciences, precision engineering, chemicals, food and water treatment.

While stationed in Japan from 2006 to 2009, Chew also served as a Consul at the Consulate-General Office of the Republic of Singapore, Osaka. During his term, he was the representative for Singaporeans in western Japan and fostered strong relationships with the western Japan industrial community.

Chew has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Precision Engineering from the University of Tokyo and a Master of Engineering degree in Optics & Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering, from Princeton University. He is proficient in English, Chinese and Japanese.

"I am very excited about joining the Menicon team," said Chew. "Menicon has made several key acquisitions in recent years and is developing new products leveraging on our strength as a technology company. Coming in at a very exciting and crucial point in Menicon's corporate history, I want to do my best to contribute to building Menicon into a global enterprise."

"We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Chew to Menicon as he will be able to bring considerable skill and knowledge necessary to building Menicon's global operations infrastructure," said Toshio Matsushima, Head of Global Strategy at Menicon.  

About Menicon:

Menicon Co. (www.menicon.com), founded by Kyoichi Tanaka in 1951, is Japan's first and largest contact lens manufacturer, and now is represented in over 30 countries. Menicon is a manufacturer dedicated to all areas of soft and GP contact lens-related businesses including material development, lens designing, and manufacturing of contact lenses and care solutions. Menicon is a world leader in the development of hyper-Dk GP (Menicon Z) and soft contact lenses (Menicon PremiO).  

SOURCE Menicon Co., Ltd.

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Canton Fair's Multinationals Sourcing Service (hereinafter referred to as MSS) offers an exclusive sourcing platform for big international buyers. For the last session of Canton Fair, there were 11 multinational sourcing enterprises that were invited to participate in the Fair for directional sourcing, e.g. Auchan (France), PPR Group (France), ARC International (France), Central Purchasing, Inc. (US), AITCO International (US), Lifetime Brands, Inc. (US), Onninen (Finland), Mitre 10 (New Zealand), AIDA (Denmark), Kohnan Shoji Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Trial Company Inc. (Japan). Through the development in the previous 14 sessions, MSS has been praised consistently by the sourcing enterprises by means of quality service, individualized sourcing concept and wonderful organization and operations.

Through various channels such as its official website, Canton Fair News, brochures and leaflets as well as other news media, Canton Fair concentrates on promoting enterprise image and procuring information of buyers, building a convenient purchasing platform for buyers, and providing buyers with services such as badge pre-registration, purchasing platform, publicity and conferences, etc.

By participating in MSS, buyers may not only entertain their clients in a comfortable negotiation environment, but also offer convenience for new suppliers to conduct face-to-face negotiations, thereby helping buyers expand information channels and improving on-site procuring efficiency. In addition, through Canton Fair and its MSS platform, buyers may also rapidly promote their company image and improve their reputation and influence in the industry. With the gradual recovery from the global financial crisis, various buyers have significantly raised their procuring desire with increasing procuring amount, and some have even placed orders with their suppliers for cooperation on the site.

As well, according to the MSS survey report of the Fair, more than 60% of respondents indicated that they were affected by the global financial crisis. The interviewed sourcing enterprises indicated that multinationals sourcing was of great importance. They considered that "Multinationals Sourcing Service helps to expand sourcing channels and find out cost-efficient commodities;" over 50% of respondents said that number of buyers that they sent to the Fair was on the rise. All respondents indicated that they maintained follow-up communications with suppliers.

SOURCE China Foreign Trade Centre

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World renowned hair loss expert, Dr. Larry Shapiro, announced the release of his new book, Fight Hair Loss and Win! and says that Elin Nordegren is not alone when it comes to hair loss as a result of stress. Shapiro says millions of women and men are experiencing the same and that heightened levels of stress, popular nutritional supplements, hormonal imbalances and many other unsuspecting factors are now linked to hair loss.

"Over the last few decades of observing and talking to thousands of patients, I became increasingly suspicious of certain supplements, lifestyle factors and hormones that contributed to their hair loss whether they were pre-genetically disposed to hair loss or not," said Dr. Shapiro, hair transplant surgeon. "I became so convinced that whey protein isolate was part of the problem, that I did my own study comparing different whey protein sources.

In his new book, Dr. Shapiro's addresses why whey protein isolate, a form of whey protein widely used in many weight loss products and meal replacement formulas causes a hormonal imbalance of testosterone. While this might be effective for muscle building, the side effect is hair loss due to the conversion of the spike in testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

"It makes perfect sense. Many of the FDA approved drug treatments for hair loss specifically target and block DHT receptors that cause hair to fall out," Shapiro added.

In addition, the book is chock full of practical tips on how to overcome and reverse hair loss that is caused by stress, which triggers a cascade of hormones that can wreak havoc on your hair follicles as is what most likely happened in Elin's case.  "Here you have a perfectly healthy, young woman who has been under a great deal of stress. Her body reacted by creating a hormonal imbalance that triggered insomnia, weight loss and hair loss. The good news is that anyone experiencing this type of hair loss can reverse their situation rather quickly if they provide the nutrients the body needs to stimulate the follicles to grow new hair and balance the body's hormonal levels out again and we show you how to do that in my book," Shapiro added.

For more information go to www.drshapiroshairinstitute.com

Media Contact: Margie Adelman 916 220 3500   madelman@adelmanpr.com

SOURCE Dr. Larry J. Shapiro

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Scientists at Elan Vital Pharmaceuticals announce anti-aging technology applications to a new product, De-Nouveau. De-Nouveau utilizes the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the enzyme telomerase to change the anti-aging product market.

Telomerase allows cellular DNA to recombine the same way a young person's DNA does. De-Nouveau by Elan Vital re-introduces the telomerase enzyme into the body to dramatically slow down the signs of aging.

De-Nouveau by Elan Vital, a formula created from all natural biological materials, is one of the first products on the market possessing telomerase. Reported results from users show dramatic changes such as increased Collagen production, glowing smooth and shining skin, decreased wrinkles and crows feet, smaller pore size and improved tone and clarity of skin throughout the entire body.

De-Nouveau by Elan Vital is available online at http://www.ElanVitalOnline.com. For a limited time, during this Press Release and Promotion, new customers will receive $100 off the retail price for the six (6) months reset formula De-Nouveau through October 15, 2010. Use Promotion code: 12835.

About Elan Vital

Elan Vital is a privately owned company with headquarters in New Zealand and US offices in Palm Springs, San Diego and Reno, Nevada. Elan Vital Pharmaceuticals researches, develops and produces new technologies in the anti-aging market. Elan Vital products have not been evaluated or approved by the FDA. Elan Vital Pharmaceuticals ships worldwide and their products may only be obtained through ElanVitalOnline.com or through its authorized distributors. For more information on becoming an authorized distributor, please email us at pr@elanvitalonline.com or media@elanvitalonline.com; visit http://www.elanvitalonline.com or call 800-280-9790.

This press release was issued through eReleases(R).  For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE Elan Vital Pharmaceuticals

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