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Webcast Advisory - The Westaim Corporation investor briefing and iFire Technology update
Webcast Advisory - The Westaim Corporation investor briefing and iFire Technology update.
About this update from Westaim Corporation
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n>\n\nCALGARY, Oct. 6 /CNW/ - The Westaim Corporation will provide a technology\nupdate on its iFire Technology Corp. subsidiary via webcast at 10:00 a.m. EDT\non Wednesday October 18, 2006.\nTo listen to the webcast live on the Internet, please go to\nwww.westaim.com. An online presentation will accompany the briefing.\nBarry Heck, President & CEO, The Westaim Corporation and Nicolas Khoury,\nPresident, iFire Technology will give an update on the company and a progress\nreport on iFire's technology development.\nThe webcast will be archived and posted on the Westaim website.\n\niFire Technology Corp. has developed a flat panel television display with\nlow-cost and high performance potential called thick dielectric\nelectroluminescent technology (TDEL). With superior video performance\ncharacteristics and a cost advantage over other flat panel display\ntechnologies, iFire's proprietary TDEL technology has the potential to become\nan affordable, high performance alternative for the consumer flat panel\ntelevision market. iFire plans to initially target the mid 30- to mid 40-inch\nscreen size segment of the flat panel television market in partnership with\nmajor consumer electronics companies.\n\nIn addition to iFire Technology, The Westaim Corporation's technology\ninvestments include NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: NCSTV; TSX: NCS),\nwhich develops, manufactures and commercializes medical products that fight\ninfection and inflammation using its patented atomically disordered\nnanocrystalline silver technology. Westaim's common shares are listed on\nNASDAQ under the symbol WEDX and on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the\ntrading symbol WED.\n\n%SEDAR: 00002793E\n\n\n","length":1891,"tagName":"div"}]