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AGILENT SIGNS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEAL

PALO ALTO - Agilent Technologies has awarded the company a contract for the facilities management of its entire global real estate portfolio to Johnson Controls Inc., a Wisconsin-based developer facility management and control systems.

Under the five-year agreement, Johnson Controls will provide more than 70 services across Agilent's 17 million square-feet of owned and leased properties in 30 countries in Latin America, Asia, and Europe.

Services include mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems operations and maintenance, building fabric maintenance and repair, project management and general services including custodial, grounds, reprographics and office services.

In July 2001, Agilent selected Johnson Controls to handle outsourced facility operations and maintenance responsibilities at its Colorado facilities in Loveland, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. Johnson Controls has progressively increased its business with Agilent since that time.

DIGITAL CAMERA SHIPMENTS EXPECTED TO SURGE

NEW YORK - Global shipments of digital cameras, driven by enthusiasm over the film-less devices, are expected to climb some 39% in 2004 and top 100 million units by 2008, according to an industry report.
 
Digital camera shipments are seen rising to 68.6 million units this year from 47.9 million in 2003, research firm IDC said on Thursday in its Worldwide Digital Still Camera Forecast. Shipments rose 71% in 2003 from 2002.
 
The dramatic year-over-year rise in shipments is likely to slow each year as the market becomes more mature and as mobile phone makers increase the picture-taking powers of their handsets, the forecast said.
 
Sony Corp. led the global digital camera market in 2003, with an 18% share of units shipped. Canon Inc. was second at 16% share, followed by Olympus Corp. and Eastman Kodak Co.

Demand for digital cameras, which record images on memory chips instead of film, continues to grow as consumers become more comfortable with capturing, storing and printing their images, the forecast concluded.

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