HOUSTON
Additional investments in round led by the OPG Pension Plan, and joined by ArcelorMittal XCarb® Innovation Fund, Ara Partners and other existing investors

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Utility Global, the off-gas-to-value company pioneering its proprietary eXERO™ gas production technology optimized for hard-to-abate industries, today announced that it has raised $53 million of an ongoing Series C financing led by the OPG Pension Plan and joined by multinational steel company, ArcelorMittal S.A. (NYSE: MT), via its XCarb® Innovation Fund, alongside current investors Ara Partners and Aramco Ventures. This investment is part of Utility Global’s current growth equity funding round. ArcelorMittal and Utility Global also entered into a Collaboration Agreement to develop a commercial facility at one or more of ArcelorMittal’s integrated steel plants. These key strategic investments and commercialization steps further demonstrate the unique technological a ... Read more »

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany - Thursday, 26. September 2024
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sports company PUMA has appointed Markus Neubrand (48) as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of the Management Board, effective October 1, 2024. The contract of the current CFO Hubert Hinterseher will end by mutual agreement on December 31, 2024.

Markus Neubrand most recently held the position of Chief Financial Officer at GUESS? Inc. Previously, he served as Group Chief Financial Officer for the luxury fashion brand MCM Worldwide. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer at premium fashion company HUGO BOSS for its key region Americas.

At PUMA, Markus will oversee Finance, Investor Relations, Legal, IT and Business Solutions.

“We are excited to welcome Markus to PUMA. He is an experienced finance executive with significant operational, financial planning and capital markets expertise. With his strong knowledge of the industry and people-fi ... Read more »

• IQM will deliver a “Radiance Star 24-qubit" full stack quantum computer to the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
• Owned by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), the LUMI-Q consortium system will be connected to the EuroHPC petascale supercomputer Karolina
• The system runs on IQM’s next generation superconducting chip, which implements IQM’s proprietary star topology QPU designed to run quantum error correction and other complex algorithms more effectively.

(BUSINESS WIRE)--IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in designing, building, and selling superconducting quantum computers, today announced the company has won a contract to deliver the ... Read more »

SAN MATEO, Calif. - 
(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global oncology company, today announced the appointment of Shalini Sharp to its Board of Directors and as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee, effective September 27, 2024.

“We are fortunate to welcome Shalini to the Board of Directors at this pivotal moment of growth,” said John V. Oyler, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of BeiGene. “The Board is looking forward to collaborating with Shalini, whose extensive experience in leading innovative global pharmaceutical companies will be invaluable as we enter new markets, advance our pipeline of groundbreaking cancer therapies, and embark on a transformative growth phase. Her financial expertise and proven success in guiding global enterprises will be instrumental in driving our path to profitability while continuing to deliver impactful medicines to more patients worldwide.”

Ms. Sharp i ... Read more »

Urbacon Holding, a leader in energy, concessions, and construction, announced its ranking as the 42nd top international contractor for 2024, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR). The company celebrated this achievement during the ConteQ Expo 2024 in Qatar, where it participated as the event's official sponsor.

The event brought together UCC Holding’s Board of Directors and senior management, who emphasized the company’s ongoing efforts to integrate advanced construction technologies into its operations. During the expo, UCC Holding introduced three innovative construction methods: 3D construction printing, concrete modular construction, and steel structure modular construction.

These technologies are already being incorporated into UCC’s future projects, including a series of schools set for construction in 2025. Using COBOD’s third-generation 3D construction printers, the two-story schools will span a 100 x 100-meter area. The BOD X ... Read more »

ST. GEORGE, Utah - Thursday, 26. September 2024 AETOSWire 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vasion, a leading innovator in orchestrated automation, is proud to announce that their serverless cloud print solution PrinterLogic is now Vasion Print. This strategic transformation reflects the company’s expanded vision and commitment to delivering comprehensive automation solutions beyond traditional print management.

Founded as PrinterLogic, Vasion continues to innovate in print automation and beyond. Earlier this year, they launched Vasion Automate, a cloud-native platform that integrates print automation, output management, document management automation, and business process automation into one advanced orchestrated automation platform. With this new platform, the company introduced a new product name to represent its expanded capabilities.

“Renaming this part of our platform from PrinterLogic to Vasion Print aligns with our evolution into a comprehensive auto ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO 
New monetization resources and APIs support developers in building apps & integrations that bolster Canva’s AI platform and workplace offering

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today unveiled updates for its growing Canva Developers community, as part of its vision to build the world’s most pluggable design platform.

At the company’s second annual Canva Extend conference in San Francisco, Canva introduced several new APIs, monetization through a premium apps program and added tools to help builders scale their businesses.

In one year, Canva’s developer community has expanded to include members from 122 countries, contributing to a marketplace of 300 apps and counting. These apps have been used 1 billion times since the start of the Canva Developer Program in June 2023. Building on the Canva platform gives developers a simple way to put their app in the ... Read more »