Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 26 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) hosted the 3rd Port City Universities Summit to promote cooperation between higher-education institutions in ports and the maritime industry.

AURAK President, Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim, opened the proceedings with an address, welcoming the delegates and telling them it was a pleasure to have them at the event. He said AURAK was delighted to hold this event for the first time in the region and added that it was a great opportunity to build links between universities and between the maritime industry and higher education institutions.

The international participants included guests from Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, and South Korea.

Dr. Peter de Langen, the owner and principal consultant of Ports & Logistics Advisory, based in Malaga, Spain, delivered the keynote address. From 2007 to 2013, he ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Pantheon Development, on Wednesday announced its sponsorship of the ‘Fit On Click Corporate Carnival,’ to be held from December 6-13, at Dubai Stars Sportsplex in Mirdiff, Dubai.

The event, a sports based carnival will witness participation from over 120 corporate teams. These corporations, some being leading names within their respective industries will come together to fulfill a common goal of encouraging fitness, sports and wellness amongst employees.

 “As the Associate Sponsor of the Fit On Click Corporate Carnival, Pantheon Development is excited to join hands with some of the leading corporations in encouraging fitness and well-being amongst employees. We believe that fitness forms an integral part of everyone’s life, and this event gives an opportunity to all our employees to participate in a variety of sporting events whilst interacting with employees acros ... Read more »

 Popular Mobile Game Partners with Entertainer, Innovator and Icon Garth Brooks for Special Season of Good Cheer and Giveaways

SAN FRANCISCO-Monday 25 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, announced a new, holiday-themed activity in its ongoing collaboration with Garth Brooks and the flagship mobile game, Words With Friends. Starting today and running through December 8th, players of the game will be treated to special in-game and real-world giveaways as part of this two week event from country music artist, entertainer and long-time Words With Friends player, Garth Brooks.

In celebration of the holidays and season of giving, Garth and Words With Friends are releasing the first-ever collaboratively designed tile style, featuring a vinyl record. Representing his record-toppling career and the release of his career-spanning, comprehensive box set ... Read more »

• Ferring launches new company FerGene, with a focus on the global development and US commercialization of nadofaragene firadenovec, for high-grade, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin unresponsive, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients

• Blackstone Life Sciences will invest $400 million USD and their expertise to accelerate the future development and commercialization of nadofaragene firadenovec, an investigational gene therapy

• The FDA has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for filing and granted Priority Review for nadofaragene firadenovec

• Phase 3 results to be presented at Society of Urologic Oncology 20th Annual Meeting in Washington DC on December 5, 2019

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Monday 25 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Blackstone Life Sciences today announced the joint investment of over $570 million USD in nadofaragene firadenovec ... Read more »

Partnership aims at powering ZEE5’s advertising business in the region

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

DMS - the digital arm of Choueiri Group – has recently announced their latest appointment as the Exclusive Media Representative for ZEE5, the largest and most comprehensive OTT platform for Indian content globally.

ZEE5’s content caters perfectly to not only the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East but also the local population that loves Bollywood movies. The platform offers over 100,000 hours of content including 2000+ movies including latest blockbusters, exclusive Originals, TV shows and more across 17 languages (including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi). ZEE5 also packs in 60+ Live TV channels, making it a completely integrated entertainment offering. The platform follows a freemium pricing model.

Elaborating on the development, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZE ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Large and mobile glass sliding wall systems are ideal for designing high -quality shop and office spaces. The new GEZE MSW Comfort locking mechanism makes building and disassembling shop and system fronts particularly simple and safe. The particular design advantage for you is that the control units are hidden on the front side. Nothing disrupts the overall architectural impression. The new GEZE Comfort locking mechanism for mobile, all-glass sliding wall systems is available from now on.

Moving the panel activates the automatic panel locking mechanism

This innovative GEZE solution makes operating manual sliding wall systems faster, safer and much more convenient. GEZE MSW Comfort is a mechanical, automatic panel locking mechanism for mobile shop fronts. When the system is opened and closed, the glass panels are moved mechanically and automatically lock into the floor as well as to each other ... Read more »

Next-Generation Line of UAS Payloads Delivers High-Performance, Multi-Sensor Capabilities for ISR, Event Overwatch, Search and Rescue, and Force Protection Missions

ARLINGTON, Va.-Thursday 21 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the FLIR StormCaster™ family of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) payloads for its SkyRanger® R70 and R80D SkyRaider® airframes. The new line launches with two multi-sensor products –StormCaster-T, which delivers continuous zoom and longwave infrared (LWIR) imaging; and StormCaster-L, which provides ultra-low-light imaging, tracking, and mapping.

StormCaster represents FLIR Systems’ next generation payload family for the company’s own UAS airframes gained through the acquisition of Aeryon Labs in February 2019. The new line reflects a leap forward in scalable performance, offering a 7X improvement in line-of-sight stabilization, enhanced range of mo ... Read more »