New ownership structure to support Eltel’s future growth. 3i today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Industri Kapital 2000 Fund to purchase Eltel Networks, a leading provider of construction and maintenance services for telecommunications and electricity networks in Europe. The transaction is subject to competition authorities’ approvals.

* designers, printers, publishers and advertisers to benefit from faithful colour reproduction A new service from the paper company M-real enables publishers, printers, and catalogue producers to deliver the absolute consistency of colour reproduction their markets demand.

The cruise industry is continuously addressing new markets, both geographically and in terms of new categories of passengers. This calls for new customer concepts and in addition to the ever more important environmental and safety issues, it has put totally new demands also on ship design and ship building.

• short range radio supports vehicle tracking, traffic light priority, data exchange... • field-proven in The Netherlands, the open platform could benefit other countries The KAR wireless standard developed for the Dutch Ministry of Transport is playing an important role in improving the architecture of control systems used in public transport. It could be of great benefit to other countries, reports radio modem specialist SATEL.

Colour deviations in magazine advertisements can adversely affect the impression that readers form about the product and the brand. Also the design of an advertisement can increase its vulnerability to colour deviations, shows a study conducted by M-real,the University of Helsinki and United Magazines in collaboration with L'Oréal and Marimekko, whose advertisements were used to simulate colour deviations.

* responds before arcs develop fully - minimizing electrical switchgear damage and downtime, and greatly reducing employee safety risks

Salo, Finland, Loglift Jonsered has added a new design of cabin to its J1080 crane for truck-mounted timber handling operations. Providing double slewing cylinders for durability in arduous forestry applications, the cabin-equipped crane provides a safe and comfortable environment for high productivity in adverse weather conditions.

The service offered by a device manufacturer is a decisive criterion for private-practice physicians when selecting a spirometer (lung function measuring device). This is what a study recently commissioned by medical device manufacturer MEDIKRO GmbH has found. As part of this study, conducted by the MIK market research institute, 100 private-practice physicians in Germany were surveyed during telephone interviews regarding, among other things, the factors that would lead them to select a particular spirometer, or to possibly switch to a different manufacturer of such devices.

* Major projects in Paris and Madrid incorporate active measure to limit the impact of tunnel fires There is a growing trend among road tunnel operators to incorporate active fire safety measures in their constructions, instead of relying on traditional passive measures, according to water mist fire protection specialist Marioff. The company has seen a tenfold increase in serious enquiries over the past two years, and the fact that major new projects such as the A86 in Paris and the M30 project in Madrid have already adopted its active measures is a clear sign that attitudes are changing.

Marioff’s HI-FOG system has been selected to provide protection for another major tunnel construction in Europe. In Spain, the Madrid Calle 30 (M30) project is the inner ring road motorway of the city of Madrid. This major project involves several new sections of road and tunnel construction.