Global industry leaders will reveal the future of manufacturing industry

OSAKA, Japan. - Friday, September 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Manufacturing World Osaka 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. will be organising Manufacturing World Osaka 2014 - Western Japan’s largest trade show for the manufacturing industry, known as the “must-attend-show” for all people working in the manufacturing industry. (980 exhibitors and 43,000 visitors are expected to participate.) As a concurrent event, 16 valuable conferences are held together with Manufacturing World Osaka 2014 and are sure to be the latest topics for the manufacturing industry.

Special Conference (M-S1): “Next-Generation Manufacturing” by Siemens and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (10:30am – 12:00pm Wed. 24 September, 2014)

Michael Thomas, Senior Executive Operation Officer, Industry Sector Lead, Siemens Japan K.K. will make a presentation on “Ch ... Read more »

INGELHEIM & TÜBINGEN, Germany - Friday, September 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

    Boehringer Ingelheim obtains exclusive global rights for development and commercialisation of CureVac’s investigational therapeutic cancer vaccine CV9202
    CV9202 is based on CureVac’s mRNA technology (RNActive®)
    Clinical investigation of CV9202 will be initiated in at least two different lung cancer treatment settings, in combination with Boehringer Ingelheim’s afatinib* and in the chemo-radiation setting
    The in-licensing of this investigational cancer compound adds a highly innovative new approach to Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung cancer development portfolio

(BUSINESS WIRE) For Ex-US and Ex-UK Media Only

Boehringer Ingelheim and CureVac, leader in mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid)-based drug development, today jointly announce an exclusive global license and develo ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, September 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Energy Intelligence releases “World Energy Opinion,” the latest addition to its portfolio of award-winning publications and information services on global energy and geopolitics. Energy Intelligence is drawing on the deep and specialist knowledge of its experienced journalists, analysts and its broad network of key industry sources to provide this new service. World Energy Opinion brings together a unique combination of wide-ranging, compelling views, thought-provoking opinions and insights that challenge conventional thinking and tackle the issues that affect the global energy sector.

Tom Wallin, Editor-in-Chief at Energy Intelligence said, "Over the past 60 years, we have focused on the key developments that matter most and delivered energy market context which our clients have found on point and invaluable. We are now extending our coverage with World Energy Opinion by bringin ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, September 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

IBC2014

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IBC today announces that IBC2014 was the most successful show ever. It attracted a total of 55,092 attendees, which is an increase on 2013 of 4%. Attendees from more than 170 countries visited over 1,500 exhibitors occupying more than 50,000 square metres of display space through fourteen halls of the IBC Exhibition. The IBC Conference welcomed 280 speakers across a full programme of sessions in a new, more thematically aligned programme. These Sessions included keynotes from personalities as diverse as Professor Brian Cox and movie special effects guru Douglas Trumbull.

“IBC’s goal is to deliver an event that is relevant to the community,” said Michael Crimp, CEO of IBC. “Getting the right attendance is more important than big numbers, but it is encouraging when we get both quality and quantity.”

The opening keynote presentation of IBC2014 set ... Read more »

COLOGNE, Germany - Friday, September 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Photokina 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) The world's leading biannual imaging fair, "Photokina 2014," is being held September 16 - 21, 2014, at the Cologne Messe in Germany. Panasonic is exhibiting a wide-range of digital imaging products in 3 areas at its booth - "4K," "Photo," and "Communication."

An extensive range of 4K products and technologies

In center of the 4K area, there is a stage on which talk shows with photographers, who highlight the benefits of LUMIX's 4K technologies, is taking place. There is also a touch & try corner where visitors can come and test the features of the digital cameras and camcorders for themselves. Panasonic is introducing unique 4K technologies and features including its broad portfolio of 4K products, for example 4K video editing equipment, "Varicam 35" professional camcorders, the wearable camera " ... Read more »

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Friday, September 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa (PMMAF) – the regional headquarters based in Dubai, UAE for Panasonic Corporation, Japan and a leading player in the environmentally friendly eco solutions category is looking to expand in the potential Tanzania market, as part of its thrust in the East African markets. Having crossed milestone achievements with its “Eco Solutions” product category in the Middle East, the company aims to achieve accelerated growth in the fast growing African markets.

The launch marks the beginning of a new phase where new innovative, highly efficient, durable and a broad spectrum of wiring accessories, protection devices like circuit breakers, distribution panels and air moving solutions like ventilation fans, ceiling fans, electric fans, stand fans etc will all be made available under a common platform.

The new category launch ann ... Read more »

HELSINKI - Wednesday, September 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digia Plc. announced that it has formed «The Qt Company», a wholly owned subsidiary, to drive forth Qt development and market expansion. Under The Qt Company, a brand new Qt product site, www.qt.io is launched unifying the commercial business and open source community under one online channel. A new €20 Indie Mobile monthly subscription plan is also unleashed targeting mobile app developers with a commercially-licensed flexible and affordable package for mobile app development and deployment to the most popular stores.

“Qt has been a driving force in Digia’s international product business and in the past few years we have seen tremendous growth in the number of new customers where industry leaders have standardized their technology vision on Qt, but most notably in the number of worldwide downloads. With The Qt Company as a separate organizational entity, we feel th ... Read more »

Smartphone Connections to Reach Six Billion by 2020, Fuelled by Growth in the Developing World and Supported by Mobile Broadband Rollout

LONDON. - Friday, September 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Smartphones will account for two out of every three mobile connections globally by 2020, according to a major new report by GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of the GSMA. The new study, “Smartphone forecasts and assumptions, 2007-2020”, finds that smartphones account for one in three mobile connections1 today, representing more than two billion mobile connections. It forecasts that the number of smartphone connections2 will grow three-fold over the next six years, reaching six billion by 2020, accounting for two-thirds of the nine billion mobile connections by that time. Basic phones, feature phones and data terminals such as tablets, dongles and routers will account for the remaining connections. The study excludes M2M from the connections totals.

Omarigliptin significantly reduced HbA1c levels compared to placebo

VIENNA - Thursday, September 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) in the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of the first data from the Phase 3 clinical development program for omarigliptin, MSD’s investigational once-weekly DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In a study in Japanese patients, omarigliptin provided comparable efficacy and tolerability to MSD’s once-daily DPP-4 inhibitor, JANUVIA® (sitagliptin) 50 mg, which is the standard starting dose for sitagliptin in Japan.1 MSD presented these data on omarigliptin, which has been shown to produce sustained DPP-4 inhibition, at an oral session at the 50th European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting.

“Despite advances in diabetes care in recent years, many people living with type 2 diabetes are not at r ... Read more »

Expanding line-up of the high-efficient transistor arrays by adopting DMOS FET [1] for the output driver

TOKYO - Thursday, September 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced it is developing the BiCD[2] transistor array TB62xxxA series as the successor to its bipolar transistor array TD62xxx series, which has found use in a wide range of applications, including motor, relay and LED drives. The new generation series has a DMOS FET type output driver developed with the latest BiCD process technology. Sample shipments and mass-production are scheduled for June 2015.

The new products will offer faster switching and reduction of input current than current bipolar transistor arrays and contribute to improved power efficiency.

Toshiba has supplied bipolar transistor arrays for over 40 years, and the medium-voltage (around 50V) TD62xxx series currently offers a line-up of over 100 devices. With the recent ris ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, September 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RTV Co., Ltd. has begun offering SHAREBOOK, which is a new advertising platform that makes use of Facebook.

The impetus behind SHAREBOOK's offering Most recently, the method of collecting "Likes" is no longer an effective means of marketing. The method now gathering attention for spreading awareness among social outlets is through "Shares." PR managers are taking great pains in an attempt to entice users to "Share" articles about their companies' products and services, but to no avail. SHAREBOOK is the answer to solving these dilemmas.

SHAREBOOK features SHAREBOOK pays rewards to sharers(*1) who share articles at the request of companies. A system(*2) has been put in place in which sharers can receive additional rewards when the article that they shared is shared by their friends, and then by the friends of their friends. Users can therefore increase th ... Read more »

Unified Brand Reflects Success Integrating Corporate, Financial, Public Affairs and Crisis Management Capabilities on a Global Scale

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NEW YORK - Wednesday, September 17th 2014

Roland Rudd, Chairman, and Michael Gross, CEO, announced today that RLM Finsbury is rebranding as Finsbury, underscoring the company’s transformation over the past three years into a global company that provides sophisticated, on-the-ground strategic communications counseling wherever its clients or their challenges may be. The company has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, Singapore, China, Belgium and the United Arab Emirates, and recently announced it has expanded to Moscow, Beijing, and San Francisco.

Since the merger in 2011 of Robinson Lerer & Montgomery and Finsbury, the company has continued to develop its global influence in corporate reputation, financial and transaction communications, public affairs and crisis ... Read more »