Jan. 08, 2019 10:45

AMPLEXOR Appoints Allison McDougall to SVP of Sales

AMPLEXOR announced localization industry veteran Allison McDougall joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Bringing decades of experience to the sales organization, McDougall’s appointment underscores AMPLEXOR’s commitment to ...

Jan. 08, 2019 10:35

SpotSee’s SpotBot Earns KC Certification in South Korea

SpotSee, the global leader in shock and vibration monitoring through low-cost connectivity and data, has earned the KC certification for its impact-monitoring device SpotBot™ Cellular, allowing it to be sold in South Korea. As a global company, it...

Jan. 08, 2019 09:00

Hyosung Corporation: New Year’s Message 2019

Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon delivers a new year message 2019 to employees and customers. Here is his message in full: Concerns are already being voiced about business environment for this year. Global business slowdown and trade war between the...

Jan. 07, 2019 17:25

ICBC Selects Gemalto Contactless Payment Cards to Accelerate China’s Digital Payment Transformation

Gone are the days where cash was king in China. According to China Tech Insights’ report last year, 74 percent of Chinese consumers said they could live for more than a month with only 100 RMB (which is less than US$15) in cash. To address this gr...

Jan. 07, 2019 17:10

Solasia Initiates Phase III Program for PledOx® in Japan

Solasia Pharma K.K. (TOKYO:4597, Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President & CEO: Yoshihiro Arai, hereinafter “Solasia”) announced the initiation of Phase III clinical trial for PledOx® in Japan. In November 2017, Solasia acquired exclusive developmen...

Jan. 07, 2019 15:10

Toshiba Develops DNN Hardware IP for Image Recognition AI Processor ViscontiTM5 for Automotive Driver Assistance Systems

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announced the development of Deep Neural Network (DNN [1]) hardware IP[2] that will help to realize advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving functions. The ...

Jan. 07, 2019 12:00

Velodyne Lidar to Present Breakthrough Technology for Autonomy and Driver Assistance at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019

In advance of CES, Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today introduced trailblazing technology that will serve as the cornerstone of future advanced driving safety systems. The new products strengthen Velodyne’s position as the industry leader in providing the ...

Jan. 07, 2019 11:00

intoPIX Introduces the New JPEG XS Standard at CES

intoPIX, leading provider of innovative image processing technologies for professional media applications, is introducing the novel JPEG XS standard with preliminary demonstration of the TICO-XS FPGA and ASIC IP-cores, as well as CPU and GPU SDKs ...

Jan. 07, 2019 10:45

pmdtechnologies ag Opens Offices in Seoul and Shanghai

pmdtechnologies ag is constantly growing with their customers around the world, and to better understand and respond faster to customer needs they have expanded their presence in Asia. The company announced today new subsidiaries opening in Shangh...

Jan. 07, 2019 10:15

GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Partner for Safer, More Precise Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment

GE Healthcare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced a five-year partnership to enable safer and more precise cancer immunotherapies. Multiple diagnostic tools will be developed to help predict both the efficacy of an immu...

Jan. 07, 2019 10:10

Boehringer Ingelheim Exercises Option on Second Hepatic Disease Target From Research Collaboration with Dicerna

Boehringer Ingelheim and Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: DRNA), a leading developer of investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim has exercised an option to receive exclusive rights to a second...

Jan. 07, 2019 10:05

Takeda Notes Court Sanction of the Scheme of Arrangement with Respect to the Acquisition of Shire plc

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) notes Shire plc’s (“Shire”) announcement that the Royal Court of Jersey (the “Jersey Court”) has today sanctioned the scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) pursuant to which the p...

Jan. 04, 2019 18:00

Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt University Announce Partnership to Develop Novel Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders

Boehringer Ingelheim and Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD) today announced two new global agreements to investigate, develop and commercialize novel small molecules targeting two distinct G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)...

Jan. 04, 2019 17:50

CES 2019 Pitch Competition Featuring Shark Tank’s Daymond John Presented by CTA Foundation, AARP

The first annual CES Pitch Competition to highlight technology creating social connection was announced today by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation and AARP. Kicking off the inaugural event will be special guest emcee Daymond Joh...

Jan. 04, 2019 17:30

Velodyne Lidar Showcases a Wide Array of Never-Before-Seen Products at CES

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. will introduce and demonstrate its breakthrough new lidar sensor technology at CES 2019 in the Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall, booth #9010. Velodyne will present product demonstrations showing how lidar is advancing ve...

Jan. 04, 2019 17:05

Takeda Announces Multiple Cell Therapy Collaborations to Advance the Company’s Novel Immuno-Oncology Portfolio

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) (TSE: 4502) today announced new research collaborations in immuno-oncology (I-O), an area of key strategic focus for the company. Through these collaborations, Takeda seeks to accelerate the discove...

Jan. 04, 2019 14:25

ExaGrid, Provider of Intelligent Hyperconverged Storage for Backup, Reports Record Annual Revenue for 2018

ExaGrid®, a leading provider of intelligent hyperconverged storage for backup, today announced record revenue for the full year of 2018. ExaGrid’s revenue grew 20% in 2018 over 2017. The company is growing faster than the overall market and contin...

Jan. 04, 2019 13:30

KidKraft Appoints Geoff Walker as New President and Chief Executive Officer

KidKraft, Inc. (“KidKraft”) announced today Geoff Walker, a veteran toy industry leader with more than 20 years of experience, has been appointed president and chief executive officer and will serve as a member of the company’s board of directors ...

Jan. 04, 2019 11:40

Hong Kong Airlines, Osaka Airport and Tokyo Haneda Airport Lead the Way in Asia Pacific for Punctuality in 2018

Hong Kong Airlines once again claims the title as the most punctual airline in Asia Pacific, and the third most punctual worldwide, according to the OAG Punctuality League 2019, which is the most comprehensive annual ranking of on-time performance...

Jan. 04, 2019 10:35

The Coca-Cola Company Completes Acquisition of Costa from Whitbread PLC

The Coca-Cola Company today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Costa Limited from Whitbread PLC. The $4.9 billion transaction follows approval from regulatory authorities in the European Union and China. The acquisition was first a...

Jan. 04, 2019 10:15

Boehringer Ingelheim Initiates a Collaborative Partnership with Science 37 to Accelerate Patient Centricity in the Development of Novel Therapies

Science 37, an industry leader in virtual clinical trials, and Boehringer Ingelheim announced today a technology enterprise collaboration agreement that will support Boehringer Ingelheim in running remote clinical trials. Science 37 is licensing a...

Jan. 04, 2019 09:00

Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon Rewards Employees for Outstanding Results

Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon marked the end of 2018 with an award ceremony for “the Proud Hyosung Person of the Year for 2018” at the headquarters of Hyosung in Mapo, Seoul. The annual award is given to an employee who made the most outstanding ...

Jan. 03, 2019 22:05

New Better Dispensing Videos from Nordson EFD Explain How Pistons Improve Process Control

Nordson EFD, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN) and the world’s leading manufacturer of precision fluid dispensing systems, introduces a new Better Dispensing™ How-To Video series. These four highly-educational videos, presented by EFD Application S...

Jan. 03, 2019 13:50

XY - The Persistent Company Announces Major New Additions to Advisory Board from National Geographic, World Economic Forum

XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, continues to augment its Board of Advisors and cement its leadership position by today announcing that parent company XY - The Persistent Company has made new additions to the alre...

Jan. 03, 2019 11:10

USB-IF Launches USB Type-C™ Authentication Program

USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, today announced the launch of its USB Type-C™ Authentication Program, marking an important milestone for the optional USB security protoc...