CDPQ EARNS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK CERTIFICATION IN SINGAPORE FOR 2021

SINGAPORE, June 25 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group based in Canada and active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt, has recently been recognized as one of the best places to work in Singapore for 2021. During the assessment, the group received outstanding scores across several aspects of their workplace, including creating an environment that offers support, hospitality, and sense of pride to all the employees.

Best Places to Work is an international certification program, considered as the ‘Platinum Standard’ in identifying and recognizing top workplaces around the world, providing employers the opportunity to learn more about the engagement and the satisfaction of their employees and honor those who deliver an outstanding work experience with the highest standards in regards to working conditions.

“In our collaborative and high-performing environment, your talent, drive and creativity will contribute to building sustainable businesses – while also having opportunities for stimulating professional development – over the long term,” said Luli Xing, Associate in the Private Equity team.

ABOUT BEST PLACES TO WORK PROGRAM

Best Places To Work is the most definitive ‘Employer of Choice’ certification that organizations aspire to achieve. The program certifies and recognizes leading workplaces in many countries around the world with its proprietary assessment that analyzes a company’s attractiveness through a two-step process focusing on 8 Workplace factors. Join our community on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

For more information, please visit www.bestplacestoworkfor.org.

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LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCES MOKU:PRO - A HIGH PERFORMANCE, SOFTWARE-DEFINED INSTRUMENTATION PLATFORM FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS

New architecture delivers nine instruments with real-time measurement capabilities to the research lab

CANBERRA, Australia and SAN DIEGO, June 24 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquid Instruments, an innovator in precision software-defined instrumentation, today announced Moku:Pro, a high-performance platform for engineering and research labs. 

Moku:Pro accelerates the transition from traditional fixed-function test and measurement hardware to a flexible field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based approach by making high-quality instruments accessible in an integrated, software-upgradeable platform. 

“Researchers in engineering and physics face constantly evolving requirements – with changes occurring on timescales much shorter than the lifespan of test equipment,” said Daniel Shaddock, CEO of Liquid Instruments. “Moku:Pro’s software-enabled-hardware architecture allows it to evolve as your applications evolve, something that is simply not possible with conventional test equipment.” 

Moku:Pro hosts nine powerful instruments, including an oscilloscope, lock-in amplifier, PID controller, phasemeter, arbitrary waveform generator, data logger, spectrum analyzer, frequency response analyzer, and waveform generator to ensure researchers have the instrumentation they need to quickly characterize their set up and scale their experiments. The platform was designed to meet the needs of researchers in a variety of fields, from aerospace to semiconductor. Moku:Pro’s instrument suite is particularly suited to photonics applications, including spectroscopy, microscopy, metrology, gravitational wave detection, active laser stabilization, and quantum computing. 

"Quantum computing pushes the performance limits of electronics, optics, and flexible real-time signal processing. We see software-defined instrumentation as the future of test and measurement systems for quantum computing,” said Andrew Horsley, CEO and Co-founder of Quantum Brilliance, a full-stack quantum computing company working on room temperature diamond technology.  “Moku:Pro is a workhorse of the lab and one of the most versatile photonics tools we’ve seen." 

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NIPPON EXPRESS (CHINA) NEW LOGISTICS LOCATIONS IN JIASHAN, HANGZHOU, CHANGSHU OPENED

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Nippon Express (China) Co Ltd (NE China), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co Ltd has opened and begun operations at new logistics locations in Jiashan, Hangzhou and Changshu in the Yangtze River Delta.

As part of China's national strategy, integrated development has been pursued in the Yangtze River Delta, comprising 16 cities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province.

This has drawn in numerous companies not only from the electric appliance, electronics, automotive, equipment and other industries but also from the domestic demand-oriented retail and apparel industries that serve local consumers.

Taking a holistic approach to the Yangtze River Delta, NE China has set up the three new logistics centres in Jiashan, Hangzhou and Changshu to handle automotive parts and general consumer goods.

This is also to develop high-quality logistics services offering uniform operational quality across all locations with an eye to beginning handling medical equipment, according to a statement.

Moving forward, NE China will be looking to actively introduce automated transport equipment and other cutting-edge technologies to save on labour.

It will also establish a forklift training centre to improve handling techniques and safety, aimed at establishing model warehouses in China that represent an ideal fusion of hardware and software.

More details at http://www.nipponexpress.com/

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EIG-led group secures US$12.4 billion infrastructure deal with Aramco

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 -- EIG, one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, has announced the closing of its previously-announced transaction with Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Aramco), under which a consortium of investors acquired a 49 per cent equity stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company (Aramco Oil Pipelines).

Aramco Oil Pipelines, a newly-formed entity with rights to 25 years of tariff payments for oil transported through Aramco’s stabilised crude oil pipeline network.

The EIG-led co-investment process in Aramco Oil Pipelines attracted a global group of leading institutional investors from China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

They include, amongst others, Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi Sovereign Investor, Silk Road Fund, Hassana and Samsung Asset Management.

In a statement, EIG Chairman and CEO, R. Blair Thomas, said: “We are pleased to have completed this transaction with Aramco, a pre-eminent global energy supplier.

“The calibre of this marquee global infrastructure asset is further evidenced by the leading investors that have invested alongside EIG.”

HSBC Bank plc acted as financial adviser to EIG in connection with the transaction, and Latham & Watkins served as EIG’s legal advisor. 

EIG, headquartered in Washington D.C., is a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector with US$21.7 billion under management as of March 31. (US$1 = RM4.143)

For additional information, visit EIG website at www.eigpartners.com.

-- BERNAMA

MYCOMPLIANCEOFFICE LAUNCHES ROLE MONITORING AND ASSURANCE

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- MyComplianceOffice (MCO) has announced the launch of Role Monitoring and Assurance (RMA), the latest addition to its award-winning Know Your Employee suite.

According to a statement, RMA allows firms to capture relevant employee functions, responsibilities, and activities in compliance with role assurance regimes.

Role assurance regimes and regulatory guidelines on individual accountability are part of a global trend to support a change in culture, and they apply to senior executive management and directors subject to regulatory approval.

RMA supports financial firms by making it easier for them to comply with SMCR (Senior Managers and Certification Regime) in the UK, IAC guidelines (Individual Accountability and Conduct) in Singapore, among other individual accountability regimes and role assurance regulations.

MCO Chief Executive Officer, Brian Fahey said: “We designed the Role Monitoring and Assurance module to work alongside all products the MCO Conduct Risk suite, taking full advantage of the robust MyComplianceOffice platform and its breadth of compliance management functions.

“The integrated nature of our solutions not only cut the cost of compliance processes but also improve effectiveness, to make them quicker and more reliable."

As part of its Know Your Employee (KYE) solution, RMA works with other products to provide compliance managers with data collection and facilitates workflow, communications, alerts, approval, reporting, and record-keeping.

The KYE solution has all the tools to address the many areas of employee compliance, allowing firms to implement modules individually or combined, including Personal Account Dealing, Gifts and Entertainment, Outside Business Activities and Authorisations.

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HISENSE'S EUROPEAN SALES REVENUE SURGES TO 113%, SUCCESSFULLY STRENGTHEN EUROPEAN COMPETITIVE POSITION AND PROFITABILITY

 

QINGDAO, China, June 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hisense, the official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2020, celebrates the official kick-off of EURO 2020 in Italy. Football, as one of the top events in Europe, creates a chance for Hisense to build emotional connections with European consumers. Ever since the sponsorship of UEFA EURO 2016, through supporting sport event and technology innovation, Hisense gains many recognitions and praises from European consumers; its brand awareness increased by 6%. In 2021, Hisense’s sales revenue in the European market grew by 113% year-on-year, with more than 355% and 185% growth in key markets such as Poland and France. Hisense is dedicated to developing and producing cutting-edge technology, adopting localization strategy to ensure different markets' consumer needs and product experience.

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Localization management

Hisense has set up branches and offices in Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, France, and other European countries, actively expanding local sales by cooperating with Amazon, Euronics, ElectonicPartner, local dealer, etc.

Hisense has also increased investment in Europe to improve brand awareness and accelerate the localization process. In 2021, from January to May, ULED TV U7 and ULED TV U8 sales in UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia increased 181% year-on-year, and sales revenue increased 258% year-on-year. To meet local market demands and accelerate products production, Hisense signed an agreement with the Slovenian government and planning to produce 2.5 million TVs for the European market in 2021.

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LeddarTech returns as lead sponsor, exhibitor at Tech.AD 2021 in Berlin next month

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 -- LeddarTech®, a global leader in Level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, announced to be reigniting its physical event calendar as a lead sponsor and keynote speaker of Tech.AD at the Titanic Chaussee Berlin, Germany, on July 1-2.

According to a statement, LeddarTech’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Pierre Olivier will serve on the honorary jury for the 8th Annual Tech.AD Europe Awards.

With focus on environmental sensing that reimagines ADAS and AD solutions, the LeddarTech team will participate in several capacities at this event.

For the keynote presentation on July 1 with Topic: Sensing Modalities, Sensor Fusion, and Perception for Autonomous Driving, the speaker, Olivier, will explore the challenges and exciting opportunities facing the ADAS and AD business community.

Meanwhile for the World Café session on July 2, Topic: Sensor Café – Object Fusion vs. Raw Sensor Fusion – What Is the Superior Solution? will feature moderators: Reza Rashidi Far, PhD, and André Malz, PhD, of LeddarTech’s Strategic Product Management division.

At the exhibition booth, LeddarTech will feature solutions that solve critical sensing and perception challenges across the automotive and mobility value chain, presenting these solutions through an innovative approach of on-site and live-streaming demonstrations.

“Tech.AD provides an excellent opportunity to engage with many leaders in the industry both virtually and in person, and we look forward to demonstrating our latest technology, sharing our vision, and engaging with our customers,” said Vice-President, Global Marketing, Communications, and Product Management at LeddarTech, Daniel Aitken.

More details at www.leddartech.com.

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BLUE ORIGIN ANNOUNCES THAT JEFF BEZOS AND HIS BROTHER MARK WILL JOIN THE AUCTION WINNER ON NEW SHEPARD'S FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT ON JULY 20TH

Auction bidding is already at $2.8 million with nearly 6,000 participants from 143 countries.

KENT, Wash., June 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bidding is underway now at BlueOrigin.com and concludes with a live online auction on June 12^th. Anyone interested in bidding in the live auction must register by June 10^th. Registration details can be found at BlueOrigin.com.

 

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The winning bidder will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight on July 20^th.

Here’s a link to Jeff Bezos’s Instagram post regarding the announcement today.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0MSOqnYEo/

The winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, whose mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and to help invent the future of life in space.

—Gradatim Ferociter

The press kit for the announcement can be found here.

 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210607005442/en/

Contact

Sara Blask
media@blueorigin.com 

Source : Blue Origin

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Sophi.io bags 2 INMA Global Media Awards

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 -- Sophi.io, The Globe and Mail’s artificial intelligence-powered optimisation and prediction platform has won the International News Media Association (INMA) Global Media Awards in two categories.

Based on a statement, the categories are Best Use of Data to Automate or Personalize and Best in Show for North America.

The Globe and Mail Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Crawley said: “I’m particularly pleased that Sophi’s fully dynamic, real-time, personalised paywall won in two categories, and that Sophi’s ground-breaking automated print laydown technology was nominated for its use with Naviga and Agderposten.”

Sophi also took second place in the categories of Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers and Best Use of Data to Drive Subscriptions, Content, or Product Design and was shortlisted as a finalist in Best Initiative to Register Users, and Best Product and Tech Innovation.

“Great use of data with huge impact. Personalising paywalls is key for success in the digital subscription business for news media. This entry presents more evidence why this is true,” one judge said about the paywall technology.

This year’s competition drew 644 entries from 212 news brands in 37 countries. The judges were 44 global media experts focused on breakthrough results, unique concepts, strong creativity, innovative thinking, and winner synergies across platforms.

Sophi’s fully dynamic, personalised, real-time paywall uses natural language processing to analyse both content and user behaviour to determine when to ask a reader for money or an email address, and when to leave them alone.

It can optimise for multiple outcomes simultaneously (such as different bundles or price points) and also works well in cold-start situations.

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NEW PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY LOOKING TO PROGRESS CO2 CAPTURE

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 (Bernama) -- Amplifying the impact of emission reductions through carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the focus of a new pre-feasibility study exploring the potential application of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture on 750-megawatt coal-fired power plants.

This project is part of a broad study examining the viability of a regional commercial-scale geologic CO2 storage hub in the Southeastern US, according to a statement.

The International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre) is collaborating with an international team on the US Department of Energy (DOE)-funded project to develop the conceptual designs and capital cost estimates evaluating the installation of post combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture on a Southern Company electrical generating station.

The project would represent a significant scale-up and is a natural progression in the maturation of carbon capture technology.

By bringing leadership, vision and experience based on its substantive learnings from both the fully integrated Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility and its comprehensive second-generation CCS study (Shand CCS Feasibility Study), the Knowledge Centre is performing the carbon capture pre-feasibility study of the scenario.

This study is being conducted through a cooperative agreement with the project manager, Southern States Energy Board, and a team that includes Southern Company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, and Stantec Consulting Ltd.

The pre-feasibility study will look at carbon capture design and cost. It will include details such as an analysis on steam integration options between the generating unit and the capture plant, as well as the identification of potential impacts of the new processes on existing plant environmental permitting.

The theoretical installation of carbon capture systems at power plants would not only ensure reliable baseload electricity, it would preserve the value of the existing facility, while also actively making significant strides in reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

More details at https://ccsknowledge.com/

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BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: HISENSE AND EMPLOYEES

QINGDAO, China, June 2 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Living under the new-normal, ESG has become one of the world's most trending topics. A positive impact on society and providing sustainable development opportunities for employees have gradually become the new criteria for companies to represent their growth. By putting talent first, Hisense strives to build a global team that includes people from different cultures and unique experiences, and to provide an equal and healthy working environment to drive its success. Together with over 90,000 employees around the world, Hisense is creating a sustainable future and exerting positive social influence constantly.

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Focusing on local talent cultivation and cultural inclusion

Hisense supports local communities to relieve their unemployment pressure and to reduce the indirectly related crime rate. Through its investment in industrial parks worldwide, Hisense creates more than 3,000 job positions in South Africa and over 2,000 in Mexico with an expectation to expand to over 7,000 in the future, which successfully helps the local region expand its economy and boost sustainable development.

Hisense provides equal employment opportunities regardless of race and gender with professional and systematic training when recruiting local employees. For example, Nicalette, a single mother, who joined Hisense South Africa in 2002, was promoted to After-sales Manager through her excellent work performance and rapidly growing ability. Hisense’s talent employment and cultivation system has increased her passion for work and also made her life improved, according to Nicalette.

Caring for employees' career development

To empower employees, Hisense has created the necessary conditions and space for them to maximize their potential and value. Hisense implements a flexible promotion mechanism, allowing employees to choose between career paths of “management” and “R&D” for further development, which ensures a smooth promotion channel for everyone.

Hisense College, the corporate university, aims to help employees achieve better career development. A comprehensive training structure and multiple internal training platforms (including offline lecture, website, APP, etc.) are in place to help employees learn and improve anytime, anywhere.

"What makes working here different from other companies is that Hisense always motivates its employees to accomplish career goals and gives them great supports, allowing them to grow with the company." said Robin Silberbauer, who joined Hisense South Africa in 2015.

Caring for employees' health and wellbeing

During the pandemic, Hisense spares no efforts to assure employees' and their families' health through distributing epidemic prevention materials and supporting working at home.

Hisense also joins hands with professional EAP (“Employee Assistance Program”) organizations to provide mental health care for employees and their families, so that each employee can easily obtain professional psychological counselling services, which efficiently help them improve mental health and take up challenges of work and life.

Hisense will focus on talent development in the long term and actively create an inclusive workplace environment to advance the sustainable development of local communities with its global workforce.

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A NEW CHAPTER POWERED BY A GLOBAL COALITION: SNOMED INTERNATIONAL RELEASES ITS 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

London, UK, June 2 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2020 has been a year like no other in the world’s recent history. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of a global community, and, in doing so, has necessitated shifts in the way the world conducts business, engages with colleagues, and, at a personal level, connects with family and friends. The continued dedication and service of healthcare providers globally, despite the new demands placed on them as a result of the pandemic, cannot be overstated. 

SNOMED International’s 2020 Annual Report, “A new chapter powered by a global coalition,” demonstrates the vast breadth of progress made possible by the will of a growing and committed community. The start of the year was marked by the delivery of necessary COVID-19 terminology to equip healthcare systems globally in their management of the pandemic, an activity which continued steadily throughout the year. Further, 2020 marked the first year of a new five-year strategy, the focus of which tackled many imperatives for the organization’s product and services enhancement and innovation. 

The organization continued to strengthen its connections with Members through refreshed statements of the value SNOMED CT delivers to its complement of stakeholders, further underlining the case for investment in SNOMED CT — a product uniquely positioned to support innovation in medicine with artificial intelligence and personalized medicine playing an increasingly prevalent role in safe and informed care delivery. 

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NIPPON EXPRESS BELGIUM UNVEILS SERVICE USING LIEGE, OSTEND AIRPORTS

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Bernama) -- Nippon Express (Belgium) NV/SA (NE Belgium), has teamed up with Nippon Express Europe GmbH to launch a new service using Liege Airport and Ostend-Bruges International Airport to bolster import/export gateway functions in Europe.

Liege Airport in eastern Belgium serves as one of Europe's dedicated cargo airports, currently offering regular and charter flights to and from China, North America, the Middle East and Africa.

NE Belgium, a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co Ltd is the first Japanese forwarder to set up operations in the Liege area, and has opened an office in the airport cargo zone to provide CFS functions. 

The company is now engaged in air cargo import/export operations using the round-trip charter transport service between Liege and Narita airports launched on April 16, according to a statement.

In response to rising demand for trans-Atlantic air cargo transport, a round-trip charter service between Ostend-Bruges International Airport in western Belgium and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was introduced on May 8.

NE Belgium has signed a weekly charter agreement with Qatar Airways Cargo to utilise its B777-300 ER mini freighter for round-trip cargo services.

All incidental services from departure to arrival are carried out by Nippon Express, which also provides collection/delivery in surrounding areas.

Taking advantage of Belgium's strategic location at the heart of European logistics, cargo from not only Belgium but from neighbouring countries such as the Netherlands and France as well, can be loaded at this gateway. 

More details at http://www.nipponexpress.com/

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