AUSTIN, Texas & KIGALI, Rwanda & LONDON - Friday, 02. December 2022 AETOSWire 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Babyl, a subsidiary of Babylon (NYSE: BBLN), and Novo Nordisk announced today that they have entered an innovative partnership to contribute to the expansion of diabetes awareness and care in Rwanda. Drawing on Novo Nordisk’s expertise and mission to drive change to defeat diabetes and Babyl’s existing infrastructure and experience in delivering digital health services at scale in Rwanda, this new joint initiative aims to improve awareness, care and management of diabetes through community engagement, skills building and use of Babyl’s advanced digital technology.

By offering digital consultations to patients across Rwanda, Babyl’s service will support people in better understanding the symptoms that they are experiencing as well as supporting patients with a confirmed diabetes diagnosis to manage their chronic condition from the ease ... Read more »

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Friday, 02. December 2022

Company is investigating advanced therapies for the treatment of cancer, degenerative diseases, and immune and infectious diseases

Participation in FII reflects Celularity’s focus on global expansion and the importance of the Saudi Arabia market

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Celularity, Inc. (Nasdaq: CELU) (“Celularity” or “the Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing placental-derived allogenic cell therapies and biomaterial products, shared today that Chairperson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D. addressed the Future Investment Initiative 6th Edition in Riyadh conference sponsored by the Future Investment Initiative (FII) at the plenary session: The Science and Technology for Extending Healthy Human Lifespan.

Participation in FII is reflective of the Company’s focus on global expansion and the importance ... Read more »

TORONTO & GENEVA - Thursday, 01. December 2022

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- GlobalTrade Corporation (GTC) has announced today that it has been acquired by Swiss headquartered Komgo. Jointly Komgo and GTC provide trade finance digitalisation solutions to over 120 multinational clients and their 11,000+ subsidiaries, connecting them to their financial institutions and trade service providers on a global basis.

“Together Komgo and GTC will provide the widest coverage, and biggest volumes, for our corporate and bank users. We are combining Komgo’s commodity expertise with GTC’s industry expertise, consolidating the market for digital trade services. Trade finance is moving to a digital framework, and we’re proud to be at the forefront of this transition," said Souleïma Baddi, CEO of Komgo.

"The industry has been waiting for this consolidation,” said GTC's Chairman of the Board, Jacob Katsman. “Toge ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, 01. December 2022 AETOSWire

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wallet Factory, a FinTech services and customer loyalty programs provider that delivers its digital wallet and customer rewards applications to leading brands worldwide, has managed to garner a good raft of industry awards, achievements, and acknowledgments from many world-famous financial organizations and technology journals. This year’s record results were made possible thanks to the high-quality product and service line that Wallet Factory tailored to meet the growing needs of its clients and their end customers.

Despite unprecedented times, Wallet Factory has successfully addressed all the technological challenges the clients had to face during 2022 and before. Taking a deep dive into understanding end customers, their buying preferences and shopping behaviors, helped the company deliver the solutions like mobile eWallet applications with personalized built-in rewards that resonate well with ... Read more »

HAMILTON, Bermuda - Friday, 02. December 2022 

Family-owned spirits company cuts almost 275 tons of single-use plastic annually with pioneering packaging materials and innovative designs

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family-owned Bacardi has extra reason to celebrate this holiday season as it reaches a milestone in its mission to remove 100% of the single-use plastic from its gifting range by the end of 2023.

From this month, ready for the busy festive period, all new gift packs in the Bacardi portfolio – including BACARDÍ® Reserva Ocho rum, GREY GOOSE® vodka, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Premier Cru, MARTINI® vermouth, PATRÓN® tequila and DEWAR’S® 12 Year Old Blended Scotch whisky – are now 100% plastic-free.

This significant step will see Bacardi remove almost 275 tons of single-use plastic used annually and has been achieved through innovative new designs that r ... Read more »

AUSTIN, Texas - Thursday, 01. December 2022

Planview teams up with AWS to accelerate innovation while enhancing customer experience

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Planview, a global leader in Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions, announced today that it selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) as its preferred public cloud provider. Planview is using AWS’s broad portfolio of cloud technologies and solutions to drive the efficiency, security, and reliability needed to scale Planview’s connected platform of solutions and accelerate innovation for Planview’s customers.

Further leveraging the breadth and innova ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan - Thursday, 01. December 2022 AETOSWire

World’s First Research into Relationship between Rich-in-Biodiversity Garden Greenery and Health/Wellbeing

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences (GSALS) at the University of Tokyo and Sekisui House, Ltd. will launch a joint research project on biodiversity and human health on December 1, 2022. The project will investigate the benefits that biodiversity and urban natural environments have on human health and wellbeing. This will be the world’s first initiative to comprehensively investigate the effects of interacting with the nearby nature of a garden rich in biodiversity on the health of residents and their attitudes and behavior toward nature.

The Laboratory of Conservation Ecology1, Department of Ecosystem Studies, GSALS at the University of Tokyo conducts research on the conservation of urban biodiversity and the management of ecosystem services (the benefit ... Read more »

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Thursday, 01. December 2022

C103 material parameter specification to enable full alloy adoption across Defense & Space applications

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sintavia, LLC, a designer and additive manufacturer of complex mechanical systems for the Aerospace, Defense, & Space industry, announced today that it has developed proprietary material parameters for alloy C103, a high-performance niobium alloy well suited for rocket, jet, and satellite propulsion applications. The refractory metal, which is difficult to print without extensive parameter development, was developed on an EOS GmbH M290 printer and represents the 29th proprietary material parameter developed by Sintavia for use by its Aerospace, Defense, & Space OEM customers.

The mechanical properties of Sintavia’s C103 include an as-printed density of 99.94% and a Z-direction elongation of 32% after a standard stress relief cycle. Full performance data fo ... Read more »

ABUJA, Nigeria & LONDON & BRISBANE, Australia

African Carbon Trade Ambassador Agreement sets targets to activate the African continent’s opportunities under the Paris Agreement.

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon Trade Exchange Limited (CTX) and Global Environment Markets (GEM) have signed a pan-African Ambassador Agreement with Ecologistics Integrated Services Limited (Ecologistics).

This Agreement was forged at COP27 in Egypt to meet an overwhelming demand for Africa to engage in supporting the Carbon Markets.

CTX, GEM and Ecologistics will work together to expand GEM’s National Carbon Meta Registries aimed at supporting the development of Carbon Markets, ITMO, Voluntary Markets in Africa, and to produce Carbon Credits to be available for global trading via an electronic interface with CTX.

Leveraging GEM’s “Technology Infrastructure for the Future of our Planet” provides the opportunity for govern ... Read more »

UK public sector organizations can achieve immediate savings on annual support fees for Oracle and SAP products and up to 90% savings on total support costs, enabling the optimization, evolution and transformation of citizen services

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner, today announced that it has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 13 framework. Using G-Cloud 13, UK public sector organizations will be able to leverage Rimini Street’s range of application, database, managed and professional services to better run, support, protect, connect and monitor their enterprise application software while achieving significant savings that can help enhance citizen services.

Crown Commercial Service supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial v ... Read more »