HD-Energy® Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles honored in three categories

IRVINE, Calif. -Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enevate Corporation, a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology company, has been named a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree in three categories—Vehicle Intelligence & Self-Driving Technology, Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies, and Tech for a Better World—for its groundbreaking silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology. This technology allows Electric Vehicles (EVs) to extreme fast charge in 5 minutes with uncompromised range and safety.

Enevate’s HD-Energy® Technology for EVs allows batteries to be charged in 5 minutes to 75% capacity. They can also safely charge and discharge down to -40°C and capture more energy during regenerative braking, extending their range in cold climates. With this technology, batteries are inh ... Read more »

 Facial Recognition Used for Entry and Re-entry Authentication of Cruise-line Passengers

BILLERICA, Mass.-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world and the country’s preeminent identity-related service provider, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) jointly announced today they have completed a trial with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using facial recognition to validate passengers’ identities for entry and re-entry of cruise ships to further secure and expedite passenger processing at U.S. sea-ports of entry.

A “Sea Re-entry” trial, conducted at Cape Liberty Cruise Port in New Jersey, utilized IDEMIA’s facial capture and recognition solution to confirm the facial identities of individuals disembarking Royal Caribbean ships with the facial identities of ticketed passengers who boarded the ship at ... Read more »

 – Opinion based on positive Phase 3 ALCANZA study results which demonstrated a highly statistically significant improvement in rate of objective response lasting at least four months, median progression-free survival and overall response rate, and decrease in symptom burden in ADCETRIS arm –

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan -Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for the extension of the marketing authorization of ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) and recommended its approval for the treatment of adult patients with CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) after at least one prior systemic therapy. ADCETRIS is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) directed at CD30 which is expressed on skin lesions in approximately 5 ... Read more »

Expands mobile printing so users can print photos, text, web pages and more with the Share option from their favorite apps

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Mopria® Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization chartered to drive industry-wide standards for mobile printing, today released Mopria Print Service 2.3, expanding mobile printing support by allowing users to print using the Share feature from many of their favorite apps. The Mopria Print Service 2.3 is also compatible with Android 8.0 Oreo™ whose default printing solution utilizes core Mopria technology allowing printing to more than 100 million Mopria certified printers. The update is available on the Google Play™ Store for all Android devices.

The Mopria Print Service 2.3 utilizes the Share feature already available in many popular apps including Facebook, Flipboard, LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest, giving users the ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

Bahrain named host country for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in 2019 at a high-profile event at the UN HQ in NY, confirming the country’s position as a business-friendly nation and an international leader in the field of entrepreneurship and business innovation.

The annual global event, hosted by countries including the US, UK, China, Italy, Brazil and Russia, brings thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and policymakers from more than 170 countries to identify new ways of helping founders start and scale new ventures around the world.

“We are perfectly placed to host this event. With our history of proactively developing and enacting programs designed to empower Bahrainis and new enterprises. The event will bring together Bahrain’s best and brightest business minds, to provide a platform for thought leadership and greater cooperation between Bahrain and its internati ... Read more »

 ProSiebenSat.1 renews distribution agreement with SES for all its channels and relies on MX1 for technical services

LUXEMBOURG-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- German viewers will continue to have access to all ProSiebenSat.1 free-to-air channels in SD quality via SES’s prime orbital slot at 19.2 degrees East.

Under the multi-year renewal agreement, SES will provide satellite capacity for the unencrypted transmission of the channels ProSieben, Sat.1, kabel eins, sixx, Sat.1 GOLD, ProSieben MAXX and kabel eins Doku, as well as the regional programmes of Sat.1 in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. The contract also includes additional technical services from the SES’s subsidiary MX1, a global solution provider of media services.

“In Germany, 46% of TV viewers receive our programmes via satellite – and increasingly also in the best HD quality via the SES platform HD+. With this n ... Read more »

 Digital Transformation Barometer research identifies positive impact of digitally literate leaders and examines hype vs. reality of emerging technologies 

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Only half (53 percent) of surveyed business technology professionals believe their organization’s leadership is digitally literate, according to ISACA’s new Digital Transformation Barometer research. The other 47 percent either don’t think their business leaders have a solid understanding of technology and its impacts, or are unsure. In addition, the global research study tempers the hype surrounding some emerging technologies, as respondents reality checked which technologies will be rapidly adopted, cautiously tested or parked for future consideration in the digital transformation crusade.

The findings were released today and paint a concerning portrait for the progress to date, and future of ... Read more »

The SET initiative invites start-ups around the world to apply

BONN, Germany & BERLIN & LONDON -Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SET, an initiative by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur – the German Energy Agency (dena) – in cooperation with strategic partner, the World Energy Council, has launched the second round of the international award ‘Start Up Energy Transition’ (SET) during the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany. Young companies and innovation projects around the world are invited to apply. The goal is to identify the most promising start-ups working on the energy transition and climate protection. Applications are welcome until 31 January 2018 at www.startup-energy-transition.com.

The award forms part of the SET initiative, which also comprises the annual SET Tech Festival and a rapidly growing network. In the current round, the initiative is supported by the Governme ... Read more »

ATLANTA -Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a leading global producer of specialty performance ingredients for industrial and consumer products and a division of the J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber), announces that Dan Krawczyk has been appointed HEM President, effective Nov. 1, 2017. Krawczyk remains a member of the HEM Board of Directors and Huber Management Council.

Before becoming the President of HEM, Krawczyk served as Huber’s Executive Vice President (EVP) of Strategy & Corporate Development since 2013. He brings more than 20 years of experience in industrial and consumer products, including expertise in financial management, strategy, corporate development, marketing and operations to his new leadership role. A native of the Detroit area, Krawczyk earned an MBA as well as an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Prior to joining Huber, K ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany-Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

    Dual therapy with dabigatran consistently favourable across key sub-groups in atrial fibrillation patients following PCI with stent placement
    Benefits shown in sub-group analyses were consistent with overall results of the trial
    Data presented at AHA Scientific Sessions 2017 reinforce safety benefits of dabigatran

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim has shared sub-analyses from the RE-DUAL PCI™ clinical trial at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2017 in Anaheim, California. RE-DUAL PCI™ investigated different treatment approaches in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement. Anticoagulation using dual therapy with dabigatran etexilate (marketed as Pradaxa®) and a single antiplatelet without aspirin was compared to triple therapy ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France -Wednesday, November 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, provides a complete passenger processing biometric system at Changi Airport Terminal 4 in Singapore. The terminal was opened on October 31, 2017.

IDEMIA (formerly known as OT-Morpho) strives to enable people to communicate, connect, vote, move around and travel safely, while also giving end-users unparalleled convenience.

In September 2015, Changi Airport – ranked world top airport for the fifth year in a row1 - selected IDEMIA to provide biometric identification and authentication services as passengers pass through the airport’s most innovative terminal.

The chosen solution based on IDEMIA’s MorphoPass Airport Solution provides automated passenger ID checks using facial recognition at all departure control points. The system includes a centralized platform ... Read more »