Akiva

initials

Long Claire L.

Lee Stephen Hyukzae.

Popov Vaseo Stoilov.

Spanfelner Margaret V.

Choe Young Cha.

Dufault Christopher Paul.

Auyang Evan Chichun.

Ho Eric Tszlung.

Leung Terence Wing Ho.

Han Je Hee.

Nickelson Rosemarie Christiane.

Dake Janice Maureen

Day Patricia Ann.

Henneaux Franicoise Maurice.

Epstein Aaron Daniel.

Lamoureux Kathleen.

Turk Akiva.

Van Zeebroek Celia.

Alexander Anastasia.

Van Zeebroek Sarah.

Cha Christina.

Hwang Jisoo.

Hong Jin. Hwa.

Dated: July 7, 2008.

Angie Kaminski,

Manager Team 103, Examinations Operations, Philadelphia Compliance Services.

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The ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch of the "60 Years of Industry of the Negev" Album, which tells the story of the industries and the industrialists of the Negev from Israel's inception until today.

Amongst the 12 honorees was the leading textile industrialist, Gary Heiman, President & CEO of "Standard Textile Co., Inc." and Founder of "Arad Textile Industries". Heiman stated that he considers it a great honor to be included in this prestigious landmark occasion alongside all past generations of industrial pioneers: "Israel's economic independence has always been heavily dependent on "Blue & White" industry in the peripheral areas of the country. This is the reality of the past and it is up to all of us to assure it's continuation in the future." Heiman thanked his employees and management saying that without their devoted work and accomplishments, he could never have achieved the honor that had been bestowed upon him.

Heiman's fellow honorees included: Industrialist Stef Wertheimer, Founder of Iscar Group; Uri Verber, Founder of Netafim; Abraham Seroussi, former CEO of Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC); Eli Hurvitz, Chairman of the Board of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; Avraham (Bondi) Livnat, Founder and CEO of Taavura; Dr. Felix Zandman, Chairman and CEO of Vishay; Meir Dor, Founder of Baran Group; Dan Proper, Chairman of Osem; Akiva Mozes, CEO of ICL Fertilizers; Zvi Zur, one of the founders of Makhteshim; Arie (Lova) Eliav, educator and writer - all of whom share a mutual ongoing involvement and commitment to the industry of the Negev and who made a significant contribution to its development and consolidation.

Standard Textile, which was founded in 1940 by Gary's grandfather, is the world's largest, vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of institutional textiles and apparel. The company has 23 production facilities in 13 countries around the world, customers in over 60 countries and annual revenues of approximately $650 million. "Arad Textile Industries, a division of Standard Textile, is the largest terry towel manufacturer in the Middle East and Europe, providing towels to the healthcare, hospitality, institutional and private sectors. The company produces approximately 70 million towels annually, with sales revenue totaling about $120 million. Ninety-five percent (95%) of its products are exported, mainly to Europe and the United States. Amongst Arad Textile Industries' customers are major U.S. hotel chains such as Marriott, Starwood, Gaylord, high-end Las Vegas casino hotels, the French hotel chain Accor and most of Europe's large industrial laundries, which provide towels for hotels and health care facilities. Over 800 employees are employed in the company's manufacturing plants located across Israel.

Gary, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, came to Israel in early 1973 as a volunteer; at the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, he immediately volunteered for military service in the Golan Heights. Later on, he went on to serve in the elite Special Forces Search and Rescue unit of the Israel Air Force. With a desire to strengthen the economic independence of the state of Israel and his belief in the importance of industry in the periphery of the young state, Heiman established "Arad Textile Industries" in 1975.

"Israel's textile industry is currently facing its most difficult period in its history. Long standing textile plants are closing down, experienced and qualified employees from the industry are finding themselves without work, and, due to the fact that most of the products produced by the domestic factories are earmarked for export, the low dollar/shekel exchange rate is exacerbating the decline of the financial stability of industry," commented Heiman. Despite this, Heiman believes this is the time to strengthen Israeli traditional industry and to strive to realize its inherent relative advantages which are largely based on its creative, experienced, skilled, innovative and diligent human resources. He is a strong advocate of the belief that unwavering determination as well as responsible and wise economic policies is the key to success.

In direct relation to this commitment, Gary will be chairing the 2008 Jewish Agency "Business-to-Business" sub-track at the Globes Business Conference in Tel Aviv in December. The Globes business conference is one of Israel's most prestigious financial events of the year and a magnet for more than 3,000 business leaders. The Jewish Agency gathering is where Israeli and overseas business leaders join forces in order to share their ideas and visions, to debate questions of policy, advocacy, and social venturing and to explore the possibilities to advance the Israeli and global Jewish agenda. Heiman: "We believe that in these particularly precarious times, we, as Jewish leaders, have an even greater role to play in helping secure the economic future of Israel and of our own communities. It is critical that we bring together Israeli and Diaspora business leaders in order to find the most effective ways to work together to ultimately strengthen the Jewish collective - for one common future."

                      For more information, please contact:
                  Shai Alt, T +972-3-5449494 M +972-54-7997356
                             shai@prometheus-cs.com

SOURCE Standard Textile Co. Inc

Results of an additional study that was conducted in a University department at the Asthma and Allergy Center of the Pulmonary Unit in Evgenidio Hospital, in Athens Medical School in Greece will also be presented by Prof. Christina Gratziou at the Congress, on Monday the 6th of October, Europa Room 2, Session 189 (New frontiers in noninvasive assessment of the lungs) at 10:15am. The purpose of this study was to establish whether or not the VRIxp(TM) has a role to play in the early detection of airway obstruction in smokers. The study population consisted of 25 healthy smokers, 23 known COPD patients & 10 healthy non-smokers. The initial findings of the study showed that in 95.7% of known COPD patients showed dynamic disturbances in their VRIxp(TM) image. Furthermore 64% of "healthy smokers" demonstrated abnormalities in their VRIxp(TM) image. Prof. Gratziou declared that "The initial findings of our study on a small population of 58 smoker subjects, is indicative of a potential role of the VRIxp(TM) as a screening tool of early detection of abnormalities due to smoking exposure. Smoker subjects can be monitored unlimitedly with documentable results that can be analyzed and given as a written report. Thus, the VRIxp(TM) can be useful also as an effective tool to educate patients on the harmful effects of smoking and furthermore to enhance motivation for quitting tobacco use".

About VRIxp(TM)

The VRIxp(TM) system is based on Vibration Response generated by the air passing through the lungs. The system records these vibrations and then uses an algorithm to convert the data into images. Changes in tissue composition or alteration in airflow impact how sounds within the lungs vibrate, and subsequently how the VRIxp(TM) images appear on the system's computer screen. The result offers physicians a dynamic functional lung image obtained passively at the bedside, & without radiation. The Quantitative Lung Data (QLD) results provide an immediate regional assessment of right and left function by quantifying vibration distribution. Patient records and results are documented in the systems' database for future use. 6,000 Patients have been recorded by the VRIxp(TM) worldwide during clinical investigations without any single adverse event.

The newly appointed CEO of Deep Breeze, Dr. Miki Nagler had this to say: "The results of our extensive clinical investigations being conducted worldwide, is a small indication of the clinical value that our technology holds for a broad line of pulmonary indications. We are now focusing our efforts not only specific markets, but also to create a valid clinical paradigm in which our technology will be applied in a number of clinical applications."

About Deep Breeze Ltd.

Founded in 2001, Deep Breeze is a privately owned medical device company backed by financial partners: SCP, Vitalife VC, Nisko Arden, Aviv Ventures & Union Investment Enterprise. In joint partnership with GE Healthcare, Deep Breeze introduced its Critical Care device VRIICU(TM) in Europe during October 2007. The VRI(TM) technology was granted the CE mark in September 2005, received the Medical Device and Accessories approval by the Israeli Minister of Health in January 2006, the Korean Food and Drug Administration Approval in January 2007, and the FDA 510K clearance via the pre-market notification process to for Marketing in the USA in August 2007. Deep Breeze Ltd. is led by an international management team, with extensive experience in medical technologies and imaging, international marketing and operations, regulatory affairs and finance. The Company's Headquarters, Research and Development Center, are located in Or-Akiva Israel, with offices in the US, Germany and Asia-Pacific. International distributors include: UST (China), Neoscan (France), Smartintermed (Greece), Medical Resources India PVT Ltd (India), Daiwha Corp Ltd (Korea), Labs Medikal Elektronik (Turkey) and Rosslyn Medical in Russia. Deep Breeze Ltd. is ISO 13485 Medical Devices Quality Management Systems certified.

SOURCE: Deep Breeze Deep Breeze Ltd

Deep Breeze Ltd. 
Annette Navon 
Phone: (00972) 4/626 66 50 ext 129 
Fax: (00972) 4/636 0191 
e-mail: annetten@deepbreeze.com 
or 
Deep Breeze GmbH 
Anita Jencio 
Fon: 49-6431-92120 
Fax: 49-6431-921292 
e-mail: Anita.Jencio@deepbreeze.com

Last name................ First name................Middle name/

....................................................initials

Long......................Claire....................L.

Lee...................... Stephen.................. Hyukzae.

Popov.................... Vaseo.................... Stoilov.

Spanfelner................Margaret..................V.

Choe......................Young.................... Cha.

Dufault.................. Christopher.............. Paul.

Auyang....................Evan......................Chichun.

Ho........................Eric......................Tszlung.

Leung.................... Terence.................. Wing Ho.

Han...................... Je........................Hee.

Nickelson................ Rosemarie................ Christiane.

Dake......................Janice....................Maureen

Day...................... Patricia..................Ann.

Henneaux..................Franicoise................Maurice.

Epstein.................. Aaron.................... Daniel.

Lamoureux................ Kathleen.

Turk......................Akiva.

Van Zeebroek..............Celia.

Alexander................ Anastasia.

Van Zeebroek..............Sarah.

Cha...................... Christina.

Hwang.................... Jisoo.

Hong......................Jin.......................Hwa.

Dated: July 7, 2008.

Angie Kaminski,

Manager Team 103, Examinations Operations, Philadelphia Compliance Services.

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Citation: "73 FR 43285"

Federal Register Page Number: "43285"

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