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TOKYO-Thursday 26 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that on March 20, 2020, it completed the acquisition of all shares in Denmark-based Grazper Technologies ApS (Grazper), as mutually agreed. Grazper has developed advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing images, and Yokogawa aims to leverage these technologies within its various existing businesses and to develop new industrial AI solutions.

Recent advances in deep learning and related technologies have enabled the practical application of AI in industry, and it is expected that as image identification and data forecasting accuracy continue to improve, the use of AI will only expand further. In particular, by improving the recognition accuracy for moving imagery, it becomes possible to observe the overall environment and context of the whole image, opening up new applications in the security field and for image analysis and robot ... Read more »

 rainbow® Can Help Masimo Customers Better Manage Blood Supplies with SpHb® and Monitor Patients Receiving iNO Therapy with SpMet® 

IRVINE, Calif.-Thursday 26 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that, in response to current worldwide blood shortages driven by the coronavirus pandemic, it is making rainbow® licenses available for no additional charge to hospitals where rainbow®-ready devices are already in use. The Masimo rainbow® platform allows for the noninvasive and continuous monitoring of 12 parameters, including hemoglobin (SpHb®), oxyhemoglobin (SpO2), and methemoglobin (SpMet®). Once rainbow® is enabled, hospitals can purchase RD rainbow® sensors at discounted prices during this pandemic. The program is available globally and is planned to continue until the pandemic subsides.

SpHb provides real-time visibility to changes, or lack of changes, in hemoglobin ... Read more »

– Payout of dividend approved

– Re-election of Chairman and all Board members

– Board and EC compensation approved 

ZURICH-Thursday 26 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The shareholders of ABB have approved all the proposals by the company’s Board of Directors at its 2020 Annual General Meeting held in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The event took place under extraordinary conditions, and in line with the COVID-19 Ordinance 2 of the Swiss Federal Council shareholders were not allowed to attend in person. On March 9, 2020, ABB had already recommended shareholders to give voting instructions to the independent proxy in order to protect themselves and others. The independent proxy represented 80.05 percent of the share capital with a right to vote.

The shareholders supported the proposed distribution of a dividend of CHF 0.80 per share with 99.81 percent of the votes. The dividend payment in Switzerland is planned ... Read more »

 Students Can Continue Their STEM Education Online Amid COVID-19 School Closures

BOSTON-Thursday 26 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) is offering its Onshape® product development software free of charge to high school and college students around the world amid school closures caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

Many teachers and parents today are turning to remote learning in an effort to reduce the academic disruption, especially in subject areas such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). With the new offering from PTC, teachers and students can access this computer-aided design (CAD) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology over the Internet to collaborate on design and other engineering projects.

“This is an unprecedented time, and we hope to do our part in helping the many teachers and parents looking for resources to continue STEM learning during this crisis,” said Jim Heppelmann, preside ... Read more »

Industry-leading Walkie Talkie App Fosters Communication Among First Responder Teams AUSTIN, Texas-Thursday 26 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zello, a push-to-talk voice messaging service that enables collaboration for workers and communities, today announces that its enterprise-grade solution is now available at no cost to first responders, anywhere in the world. Through its Zello for First Responder program, U.S.-based first responders were previously able to use the professional version of Zello for free. The Zello app is already localized in 22 languages and the program benefits now extend to any first responder organization in the world. Zello has often emerged as a critical tool in times of crisis for coordinating preparedness and rescue efforts. The current Coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Zello has also mobilized staff to quickly handle the surging demand for the program. The company has in fact been receiving multiple applications per hour, an all-time hig ... Read more »