CHICAGO -Thursday 20 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eyekandy, one of the world's leading Augmented Reality (AR) Providers for Commerce, today announced its MetaStore service for retailers and brands.

The service will enable retailers and brands to easily deploy custom stores and sales campaigns into the metaverse to promote or sell digital goods, such as NFT’s. Metaverse projects can be a major cost and distraction for a marketing world that is still figuring out what the metaverse is and how it can be of most benefit. Eyekandy represents a one-stop-shop for retailers and brands to test and learn all things metaverse, without having to get into the detail of how to do it successfully.

Richard Clarke, Head of Metaverse & NFT’s at Eyekandy added: “Launching successfully in the Metaverse is a complex, multilayered project. It is a very new, cutting edge technology and sales and marketing channel - we are doing the learnin ... Read more »

TTI, Molex and KYOCERA AVX Join Global Distributor to Support Next-Gen Technology 

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, is excited to partner with the DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT team for the  ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 27 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Dulsco, an integrated solutions provider and the Official Waste Management Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, recently commissioned its state-of-the-art Material Recovery Facility in Dubai. Located at Ras Al Khor, the new recycling processing plant has a capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year and is a key component of the company’s comprehensive environmental solutions offering.

Dulsco’s first manual sorting plant, with a capacity of 40 tonnes per day, was built in 2013 in support of the UAE’s mandate to reduce waste to landfills. However, the plant started exceeding capacity within a few years, necessitating the need for a new facility. 

David Stockton, Dulsco CEO, said: “As our first plant started reaching capacity, we commissioned a new state-of-the-art material recycling facility. This facility is not only enabling us to reinvent, reimagine, repurpose, and reuse our cust ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced that it has been included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the second year running, when the threshold for inclusion—based on both disclosure and data performance—has grown. This is in recognition of the significant progress PMI has made in increasing gender equality globally. Currently, 39.2% of management positions are held by women, an increase of more than 10% since 2014 and still growing.

Silke Muenster, Chief Diversity Officer at PMI, noted: “I am delighted that PMI has made the GEI for the second year running, particularly given that the threshold for inclusion within this index has grown since last year. While we still have a long way to go, I am very proud of the progress we have mad ... Read more »

Partners with Precision Technic Defence Group to Provide Land, Maritime and Airborne Imaging Solutions and Support for Danish Mobile Sensor Systems Program; Contract Value Expected to Top $100 Million

BOSTON-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), together with its Denmark-based partner Precision Technic Defence Group, announced that they have signed a seven-year framework agreement with the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) to provide a variety of medium- and long-range surveillance systems for land, maritime and airborne applications. DALO also has awarded the companies a service and maintenance contract.

The potential contract value is estimated to exceed $100 million over the period of performance.

Teledyne FLIR has offered its SeaFLIR®/TacFLIR® 280-HDEP and SeaFLIR/TacFLIR 380 HLD-X advanced day/night, all-wea ... Read more »

A yearly initiative and month-long campaign for Friends of Cancer Patients witnessed enthusiastic students, parents, and school staff donating their hair for a noble cause

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Reiterating its commitment towards bringing a meaningful change in the lives of cancer patients, Dabur Amla, the No. 1 Hair Oil brand in the Middle East recently culminated its month-long hair donation campaign with five leading schools in the UAE. Launched in October 2020 encouraging women to donate hair in support of cancer patients, the campaign returned this year with an aim to raise awareness and inspire the younger generation in the region.

Dabur Amla extended its hair donation initiative to motivate young hair donors, generate awareness and inspire women across UAE. Dabur Amla roped in a total of 5 schools including The Grammar School, New Indian Model in Garhoud, Gems Winchester, Jebel Ali, Dubai Modern Education ... Read more »

TOKYO-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2022 Japan prize today. Prof. Katalin Karikó (Hungary/USA) and Prof. Drew Weissman (USA) are co-winners of the Japan Prize in the fields of Materials and Production, and Prof. Christopher Field (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the fields of Biological Production, Ecology/Environment.

With this year’s prize, Karikó and Weissman are being recognized for their pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines, and Field is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to the estimation of global biospheric productivity and climate change science using advanced formulas based on observation.

This year, the Foundation asked approximately 15,500 prominent scientists and engineers from around the world to nominate researchers working in this year’s fields, and we received 208 nominations in the field of ... Read more »

Innovation Adds a New Dimension to Sustainable Lightweight Warmth for Cold Weather Apparel and Gear

WILMINGTON, Del.-Wednesday 26 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative fiber and technology solutions for the textile and apparel industry, announced today it has launched THERMOLITE® EcoMade fiber made from 100% textile waste, now for insulation applications. The new fiber for battings is the latest sustainable offering from one of the most recognized warming technology brands among consumers worldwide.

This new warming technology involves recycling textile waste from cutting room floors that would have been sent to a landfill or incinerated, and transforming it into high performance fibers for insulation. Once fabric scraps are collected from garment makers, they go through a four-step process before becoming a finished product: 1) depolymerization and refining 2) chip manufacture 3) ... Read more »

TAMPERE, Finland-Tuesday 25 January 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Children and young people are exposed to a wide range of gendered violence. However, the phenomenon is poorly understood, which makes helping the victims difficult. The international Education and Raising Awareness in Schools to Prevent and Encounter Gender-Based Violence (EraseGBV) project, coordinated by Tampere University, produced an online course to help identify, prevent and address gender-based violence.

How do you approach young people who experience discrimination based on their gender expression? How do you deal with offensive images of your student, for example, on social media? And how do you address sexual violence faced by children or young people? Violence against children and youths is often referred to as bullying, even when it is considered assault by the Criminal Code.

“Gender-based violence against children and youths is a little-known phenomenon. A better unde ... Read more »