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BEAVERTON, OR and HSIN-CHU, TAIWAN (MARKET WIRE) CyberOptics Semiconductor, Inc., a maker of wireless metrology devices for wafer processing equipment, has named Ferris Chen, a veteran of Asia's semiconductor industry, its director of Asian sales to manage growth of the company's WaferSense(R) brand in the region and implementations at fabs in Taiwan, China, Singapore and Malaysia.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Synergex Corporation (TSX: SYX), a premier provider of international logistics and distribution services, announced today that it has refiled its second quarter financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the periods ended June 30, 2008 (the "Statements").

Kaisertech has added the Hios BL series of brushless motor electric screwdrivers to its product range.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Synergex Corporation (TSX: SYX), a premier provider of international logistics and distribution services, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. record sales and gross profit were driven by continuing growth of the Company's customer network, product line expansion, and penetration of new markets in Latin America.

SUNNYVALE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Supertex, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPX), a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that it will be presenting at the UBS Global technology and Services Conference, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY, on november 18-20, 2008.

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) MineCore International, Inc. ("MineCore") (PINKSHEETS: MCIO) will present the key findings from its white paper research report on sapphire in the non-gemstone market at the EQUITIES Magazine's "EQUITIES Magazine Discovery Day XVI Conference" on December 5th, 2008 at the Princeton Club in New York City. MineCore is scheduled to present at 11:30 AM EST.

CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (MARKET WIRE) AZCAR (TSX: AZZ), an international broadcast and multi-media systems integration company, welcomes Randy Hoffner. Randy augments AZCAR's engineering design and technology consulting group. Randy will be based in Los Angeles and reports to Kenneth C. Fuller, North American Director of Engineering.

SANTA CLARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Taking advantage of its award-winning 28,000 sq.ft custom-built facility in Cambridge, UK, Silvaco has announced the completion of the consolidation of its Northern European operation into the British location. Support operations for SILVACO and SIMUCAD product lines that were previously provided by the French office in Grenoble will now be provided by a much larger international team based in the UK. Earlier this year, all sales and support services previously provided by the German office near Munich were also consolidated into the UK operation.

TEMECULA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Channell Commercial Corporation (NASDAQ: CHNL) a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications equipment supplied to operators of communications networks worldwide and water harvesting solutions distributed in markets throughout Australia and North America, today announced that Guy Marge has been appointed president and Chief Operating Officer.

OMAHA, NE (MARKET WIRE) iSECUREtrac Corp. (OTCBB: ISEC), a leader in electronic monitoring solutions within the criminal justice field, announced that it has received $2.5 million in additional financing from an institutional investor. As a result, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Crestpark LP, Inc. in the form of two separate promissory notes -- one for $750,000 through a Revolving Credit Commitment, and a second for $1,750,000 via an Equipment Term Loan. Crestpark LP, Inc. is an affiliate of Mykonos 6420 LP and Sammons Enterprises. With assets approaching $40 billion, Sammons Enterprises is a