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November 27, 1999, Saturday LENGTH: 222 words HEADLINE: HKE112747 -- PAKISTAN TO BUILD FRANCE-DESIGNED AGOSTA 90-B DATELINE: ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 27 BODY: PAKISTAN WILL BE ABLE TO INDIGENOUSLY BUILD THE AGOSTA 90-B SUBMARINE BY 2003 AS FRANCE TRANSFERS COMPLETE TECHNOLOGY BY THE NEXT YEAR, A NAVY OFFICIAL SAID HERE SATURDAY. "WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE CAMPAIGN TO BOOK ORDERS FOR THE STATE-OF-ART SUBMARINE AND EXPECT TO EARN MUCH WANTED FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR THE NATIONAL EXCHEQUER," THE OFFICIAL WAS QUOTED BY THE NEWS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL (NNI), A LOCAL PRIVATE PRESS AGENCY, AS SAYING. THE FIRST SUCH SUBMARINE PAKISTAN ORDERED, BUILT IN FRANCE, IS ALREADY ON ITS WAY TO PAKISTAN. "THE FIRST AGOSTA 90-B IS HOPEFULLY ARRIVING IN KARACHI BY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER," HE SAID. FRANCE, UNDER AN AGREEMENT SIGNED IN 1991, WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSFER THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE ADVANCED SUBMARINE TO PAKISTAN BY 1999. HOWEVER, THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY WESTERN COUNTRIES FOLLOWING PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS LAST YEAR RESULTED IN A DELAY IN THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. "THE WORK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND AGOSTA 90-B SUBMARINE HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED AT KARACHI DOCKYARD AND IN FRANCE AS WELL," THE OFFICIAL SAID. THE PAKISTAN NAVY IS THE THIRD NAVY IN THE REGION AFTER INDIA AND IRAN TO HAVE THE ADVANCED SUBMARINE. HOWEVER, PAKISTAN WILL BE THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE REGION TO BE ABLE TO MANUFACTURE THE SUBMARINE INDIGENOUSLY, NNI SAID. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: November 28, 1999 PAGE 2 LEVEL 1 - 2 OF 6 STORIES Copyright 1991 The Daily Telegraph plc The Daily Telegraph November 13, 1991, Wednesday SECTION: Pg. 44 LENGTH: 369 words HEADLINE: Company Relocation: 'Cross border' lure for EC money BYLINE: By CHRIS LEWIS BODY: THE FOCUS of Kent's attention has been wrenched dramatically from west to east with the coming of the single European market, Chris Lewis writes. The clearest manifestation is its membership of Transmanche Euroregion, the first officially recognised European zone region to include an English county. Tony Hart, county council leader and the first English Euroregion president, is convinced that more and more EC money will be going the way of organisations like Transmanche. "I think funding will be switched from the 'derelict' regions to the new cross-border areas. We ourselves had just @40,000-worth of European money in 1986. Since joining, the figure's climbed to @34 million." Future cash could include European Regional Development Fund money for road and rail links and other infrastructure, and also funds for language and vocational training schemes which Kent wants to develop on a cross-border basis. Kent students already have the choice of taking a tourism development course in Dover or Arras in northern France. Technology transfer is also an important element. Cross-border planning in matters such as land-use is still in its infancy, and Transmanche will not initially be able to direct development to a particular region or country. But the EC Europe 2000 green paper envisages that more powerful Euroregions will eventually have the power to co-ordinate housing, environmental standards and industrial development across Europe. The next Kent county structure plan review will be the first to include a chapter on developments in Europe. The county council also believes that regions acting as a group stand a far better chance of attracting investment from outside the EC. So far only the Nord Pas de Calais region has pulled in large-scale investments, though Kent are quick to point out that most of it has been heavy industry of a type which would have been unwelcome. Privately, council officials make no secret that they would be glad to see their Continental neighbours take the brunt of the heavy industry and land-hungry distribution developments, leaving Kent free to reduce its manufacturing dependence and develop high-tech business and science parks. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: November 14, 1991 PAGE 3 LEVEL 1 - 3 OF 6 STORIES Copyright 1991 Agence France Presse Agence France Presse October 6, 1991 SECTION: News LENGTH: 227 words HEADLINE: Taiwan to buy ships' arms systems from France DATELINE: TAIPEI BODY: Taiwan is planning to buy weapons and defense systems from France for six frigates it has ordered in a move likely to irritate the Nationalists' rival government in Beijing, a newspaper reported here Sunday. The China Times Express said Taiwan plans to sign separate contracts with French manufacturers for weapons and electronic defensive systems for the Lafayette-class frigates in what would be Taipei's largest ever arms purchase. The semi-official Central News Agency in Taipei reported Sunday that the French Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that Taiwan would be authorized to buy the hulls of the frigates as well as "defensive systems." France had earlier announced the sale of six unarmed frigates to Taiwan. In December last year France dropped a planned sale of ships to Taiwan following threats of diplomatic action from Beijing, which considers the Nationalist-held island to be a renegade province. Quoting unnamed military sources, the Express said the navy here wanted to buy 16 Lafayette class frigates as well as weapons, including the eight MM40 missiles, MM100 canons and Thomson CSF's Tavitac 200 combat system. The deal, worth 4.8 billion U.S. dollars, involves the building of six frigates in France and technology transfer to allow the China Shipbuilding Corp. in Taiwan to complete another 10 vessels. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: October 7, 1991 PAGE 4 LEVEL 1 - 4 OF 6 STORIES Copyright 1989 Financial Post Ltd. The Financial Post (Toronto) October 13, 1989, Friday, DAILY EDITION SECTION: SECTION 1, NEWS; Pg. 17, TECHNOLOGY LENGTH: 880 words HEADLINE: Paris's new opera house struggles with automation BYLINE: Rachel Johnson Financial Times of London BODY: Few acts in the production of the new Opera de la Bastille in Paris, designed by Canadian architect Carlos Ott, have started on time. The 2.5-billion-franc ($450-million) building opened for a gala performance on the eve of the bicentenary only to close again until next spring. The opening date and first production are to be announced this month. What is the snag? Cast your eyes to the scene-changing technology. ''Designed with so many technological firsts from many different fields; so many ultra-modern facilities to help the director . . . this opera house is a precursor to a whole new generation of lyric art theatres,'' says L'Usine Nouvelle, a French construction magazine. IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS The public association for the project, the Etablissement public de l'Opera de la Bastille, is also trumpeting the innovations while admitting the project's ambitious dimensions have caused construction problems. Impressive statistics The opera's vital statistics are impressive: 150,000 square metres of floor space, four auditoriums, six stages and a rehearsal stage which is indentical to the main stage. Within these dimensions, the association has chosen to incorporate technology usually only used by the oil, equipment handling, lifting, computer and telecommunications industries, making the opera house a showpiece for technology transfer. Philippe Bije, project manager at EMH, a company specializing in dam valves which is building the stages, likens the project to ''a large industrial assembly (with its) unique combinations of technologies.'' He adds, ''What is unusual is the amount of automation in the scene-changing and its size. It will take time for the installations - such as the custom-made integrated communications system by Spie Trindel - to operate perfectly.'' Olivier Klementieff, assistant to the opera's technical director, Jean-Michel Dubois, says the opera is waiting for the principal stage elevator. EMH will not discuss the problem, but Klementieff reveals, ''It works but not surely or safely enough.'' The elevator is the linchpin of the project and its failure PAGE 5 The Financial Post (Toronto), October 13, 1989 to work has slowed progress. The elevator, which raises and lowers the podiums for all six stages, was built by De Dietrich, which specializes in machinery to load and unload jumbo jets. It is supposed to manoeuvre the podiums quickly, silently and smoothly so scenery can be changed out of the audience's sight. The main stage is surrounded by the five secondary stages and can revolve on a turntable as well as descend to allow quick scene changes. The automatic controls, which manoeuvre the podiums so that they sit flush with the loading platforms on either side are not working accurately; there is a four-degree tilt and a gap of a metre between stage left and right on the bottom level. The opera house is on the site of an old railway station within storming distance of the old Bastille. Several successful innovations have resolved difficulties caused by the location. Spie Batignolles, the engineering and construction group, made a waterproof tank to separate the foundations from the water table, with 18,000 square metres of molded diaphragm walls. The Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels and Recherche Seismologiques took measurements of noise, especially Metro vibrations, so that contractors could lay down acoustic joints between the molded walls and the main auditoriums. Acoustician Helmut Miller and his team built a computer model to identify the pattern of acoustic vibrations in each part of the main auditorium. They used a scale model of the hall and its materials, pearwood and Lanhelin granite laid like corduroy. The Bastille crew is hoping the acoustics will turn out to be sufficiently clear that no amplification will be necessary for most productions. But they are charting unknown territory. ''With the classic 19th-century opera house made with wood, you can't go wrong,'' Klementieff says. Using the model auditorium, sound engineers pinpointed which areas of the main auditorium were best served for acoustics. The seats in those areas will be the most expensive. But even the cheaper ones will benefit from the auditorium design which, unlike the old Palais Garnier, has not a single blind seat out of 2,700. The Garnier, which the Bastille is replacing, has 400 blind seats out of 2,000. INTELLIGENT OPERA HOUSE Michele Audon, general manager of the association, calls it an intelligent opera house. Spie Trindel, which was responsible for the control system in the Caracas subway network, has installed something similar in the fly tower above the stage. Using computers, technicians can change the scenery by remote control. The lighting for a show can be programmed into the computer during rehearsals. Everything - grids, main and rehearsal stages, curtains, podiums, lighting PAGE 6 The Financial Post (Toronto), October 13, 1989 bridges, even props that move or fly - is run by 225 intelligent control drives and three computers. When the elevator is sorted out, the opera can open officially. Only then will the opera buffs' critical scrutiny of the revolutionary auditorium design and acoustics start in earnest. Audiences at July's galas gave them a mixed reception - ''good'' to ''metallic.'' GRAPHIC: Photo: Paris's Opera de la Bastille, costing $450 million, will open in the spring LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: December 9, 1997 PAGE 7 LEVEL 1 - 5 OF 6 STORIES Copyright 1989 The Washington Post The Washington Post August 4, 1989, Friday, Final Edition SECTION: FINANCIAL; PAGE D2 LENGTH: 425 words HEADLINE: Mosbacher Seeks Sale Safeguards BYLINE: Sandra Sugawara, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: Commerce Secretary Robert A. Mosbacher has raised questions about technology-transfer aspects of Banner Industries Inc.'s plan to sell part of Chantilly-based Fairchild Industries Inc. to a French firm. But while Mosbacher's concerns have triggered an investigation into the proposed sale by an interagency committee, they are not expected to jeopardize the deal. Mosbacher has not opposed the sale of Fairchild's space and defense electronics division to Matra Aerospace, the U.S. subsidiary of French aerospace and telecommunications company Matra S.A., sources said. Rather, he wants to ensure that Matra develops strict controls to prevent technology from being improperly diverted to France and other nations. The defense industry has been watching closely how the Bush administration will enforce a provision in a law that gives the president the authority to investigate and block foreign takeovers of U.S. companies on national security grounds. The review of the Fairchild sale is taking place under the provision, which was passed last year as part of the omnibus trade bill and was named after its sponsors, Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.) and Rep. James Florio (D-N.J.). The administration's interpretation of the Exon-Florio provision is considered crucial because many in the defense industry believe that foreign buyers offer higher prices than domestic suitors for military companies. Reviews under the provision are handled by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an interagency group that includes representatives from the Commerce Department, Defense Department and the Treasury Department. The group has 30 days from the time it was notified that a sale has taken place to decide whether to launch an investigation. Sources said the 30-day period after the announcement of the Banner-Matra deal was about to expire when Mosbacher raised the technology transfer questions, and the committee opened an investigation to gain more time to deal with his concerns. Mosbacher has focused on Matra's plan to put its Fairchild ownership rights in a trust that would be controlled by U.S. citizens, who would have operating control of Fairchild for at least 10 years. Mosbacher does not object to that concept, but wants to be sure it prevents technology-transfer problems, sources said. PAGE 8 The Washington Post, August 4, 1989 Leo Mondale, vice president of Arlington-based Matra Aerospace, the U.S. subsidiary, said the company is cooperating with the investigation. Staff writers Stuart Auerbach and Stephen H. Wyman contributed to this story. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH PAGE 9 LEVEL 1 - 6 OF 6 STORIES Copyright 1983 McGraw-Hill, Inc. Nucleonics Week November 3, 1983 SECTION: Vol. 24, No. 44; Pg. 5 LENGTH: 227 words HEADLINE: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE'S TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DIVISION IS ABOUT TO BE REBORN BODY: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE'S TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DIVISION IS ABOUT TO BE REBORN as a separate company dedicated to seeking foreign technology for French firms and new business opportunities for the big French utility, according to well-placed sources in Paris. They said the innovation & technology transfer division (DITT), created a little over a year ago as the marketing arm of EDF's research & development department, would become a kind of "homing device" for EDF, ferreting out new technology sales prospects as before, but also providing a focus for broader cooperation such as joint ventures with foreign companies. EDF's nuclear expertise is expected to play a large role in such future cooperation agreements, one source said, adding that at least two such accords are in various stages of negotiation. In 14 months of operation, the DITT has sold 42 licenses for EDF patents, six of them in the U.S. Only two were in the nuclear field: a license for a steam generator inspection device known as Scarabee (NW, 10 March, 1) and a license for a high-speed steam separator, both to Babcock & Wilcox (NW, 30 June, 4). Once the new company -- which probably will be called DITT S.A. -- is in place, the source said, DITT will likely be able to sign an unbrella know-how transfer agreement involving PWR technology with a British organization. URL: http://www.mhenergy.com/demos/nuclear/index.html LANGUAGE: ENGLISH