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The ION-X® technology platform enables IC manufacturers to meet increasingly demanding performance requirements

● Drives participation in profitable growth market critical for semiconductor manufacturing process
● Leverages Versum Materials’ global infrastructure and franchise
● Creates value for customers by enabling new and differentiated technology

TEMPE, Ariz.-Tuesday, August 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Versum Materials, Inc. (NYSE: VSM), a leading global materials supplier to the semiconductor industry, and NuMat Technologies, a pioneer in the design and integration of atomically-engineered materials into gas delivery, separation and purification systems, today announced a global, commercial agreement to offer a new line of products for the safe storage and delivery of dopant gases such as arsine, phosphine and boron trifluoride. The new product line is called ION-X® and is based on revolutionary Me ... Read more »

Appointed as Exclusive Media Representatives for “StepFeed”, “YallaFeed” and upcoming STEP Group platforms

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, August 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

DMS - which serves as the official digital arm of Choueiri Group – has partnered with STEP Group – a leading digital and new media company in the Middle East, with offices in Dubai, Beirut and Cairo. The tie-up with DMS will focus on harnessing the full potential of STEP Group’s modern digital news and entertainment platforms to benefit the communication needs of regional advertisers. DMS will have the exclusive representation rights to sell advertising space for STEP Group’s current platforms (StepFeed and YallaFeed), as well as its upcoming offerings in the region.

Founded in 2012 with a vision to “build the modern Arab World”, STEP Group owns modern news and entertainment brands (websites, digital video platforms and events ... Read more »

 New Features and Enhancements Streamline Motion Graphics, VFX and VR Content Creation Workflows; First Peeks at Next-Gen Development. 

FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany -Monday, July 31st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ahead of the SIGGRAPH 2017 conference, MAXON today announced Cinema 4D Release 19 (R19). This next generation of MAXON’s professional 3D application delivers both great tools and enhancements artists can put to use immediately and provides a peek into the foundations for the future.

Powerful developments have been made to viewport performance, a new Sound Effector and additional features for Voronoi Fracturing have been added to the MoGraph toolset, a new Spherical Camera introduced, the integration of AMD’s ProRender technology and more. Designed to serve individual artists as well as large studio environments, Release 19 offers a fast, easy, stable and streamlined workflow to meet today’s challenges in the content c ... Read more »

MILWAUKEE -Sunday, July 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., also known as Foxconn, and Rockwell Automation announced today that they are collaborating to implement Connected Enterprise and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) concepts for smart manufacturing in Foxconn's new U.S. facilities.

The companies will also collaborate to develop and apply Smart Manufacturing solutions at Foxconn's global electronics assembly operations and within the related industry eco-system. Technologies and extensive domain expertise of both companies will be combined to deliver a state of the art manufacturing system with unparalleled levels of operational efficiency.

Terry Guo, Foxconn Chairman and CEO, said, "I am very excited about the opportunity for Foxconn and Rockwell Automation to work together. Foxconn is the global leader in electronics design manufacturing, and Rockwell Automation is the world& ... Read more »

Proven efficacy and durability of darunavir combined with the improved renal laboratory and bone mineral density profile of emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide as compared to emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate into one single tablet

BEERSE, Belgium -Friday, July 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a Positive Opinion recommending marketing authorisation for SYMTUZA™ (darunavir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide [D/C/F/TAF]), a once-daily darunavir-based single tablet regimen (STR).

If approved, it will be the only darunavir-based STR indicated for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with body weight of at least 40 kg, with genotypic testing guiding use. This STR combin ... Read more »

Choueiri Group’s digital media arm secures regional-first exclusive launch partner agreement with PHD UAE for Unilever

Dubai ,United Arab Emirates-Monday, July 31st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
Digital Media Services (DMS), which serves as the official digital media arm of Choueiri Group recently announced that it has entered into an exclusive launch partner agreement with PHD UAE (The digital media planning and buying agency for Unilever North Africa & Middle East) for their new DMS Video Product.
The pioneering partnership is aimed at safeguarding Unilever’s investments as an advertiser and secures an online video inventory that adheres to the marketer’s stringent viewability guidelines, at a time when brand safety is becoming a growing concern.
Under the scope of the agreement, Unilever will receive privileged access to DMS’ vast portfolio of premium video properties. These include the region’s foremost video-on-demand service S ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Sunday, July 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has received clearance under the EU Merger Regulation from the European Commission to acquire Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information. Moody’s announced that it had agreed to acquire Bureau van Dijk on May 15, 2017.

In accordance with the terms of the transaction, Moody’s expects the acquisition to be completed in August 2017.

Bureau van Dijk aggregates, standardizes and distributes one of the world’s most extensive private company datasets, with coverage exceeding 220 million companies. It has partnerships with more than 160 independent information providers, creating a platform that connects customers with data that addresses a wide range of business challenges. Bureau van Dijk’s solutions support the credit analysis, investment research, tax risk, transfer pricing ... Read more »

HONG KONG -Sunday, July 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, has signed an agreement, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, to acquire a 100 percent interest in Hutchison Global Communications Investment Holding Limited (HGC) from Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH) for approximately HKD14.5 billion. The transaction is expected to close by October 2017.

HGC is a leading fixed-line service provider to fixed and mobile carriers, OTT service providers, corporate and business, residential and data centers in Hong Kong and around the world. Its over 1.4-million-kilometer fiber network connects to over 14,200 buildings and it is also one of Hong Kong’s largest-scale Wi-Fi service providers with over 25,000 Wi-Fi hot spots. The company’s extensive international network has four highly prized land routes into mainland China. The company extends ... Read more »

 Winners of King Faisal International Prize for Science 2017 offer insights into major developments in quantum physics 

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.-Sunday, July 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

The world is expected to enter the era of quantum computing in the next 20 years as new breakthroughs in quantum physics offer the possibility of creating computers with unbelievable speed and power that can surpass the capabilities of today’s traditional computers, stated Professor Daniel Loss, co-winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Science 2017.

Professor Loss was honoured with the prestigious award this year for his pioneering work on the study of spin dynamics and spin coherence of very small semiconductor particles called quantum dots, that promises to open up significant new opportunities in practical applications based on quantum computing.

Loss, who is the Professor of the Department of Physics at the University of Basel, shared t ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Sunday, July 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has received clearance under the EU Merger Regulation from the European Commission to acquire Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information. Moody’s announced that it had agreed to acquire Bureau van Dijk on May 15, 2017.

In accordance with the terms of the transaction, Moody’s expects the acquisition to be completed in August 2017.

Bureau van Dijk aggregates, standardizes and distributes one of the world’s most extensive private company datasets, with coverage exceeding 220 million companies. It has partnerships with more than 160 independent information providers, creating a platform that connects customers with data that addresses a wide range of business challenges. Bureau van Dijk’s solutions support the credit analysis, investment research, tax risk, t ... Read more »