SAN FRANCISCO. - Tuesday, August 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global is proud to announce a new presence in São Paulo and Campinas, Brazil with the addition of INOVV Consultores Associados. After joining the Andersen Family, INOVV will be known as Andersen Tax in Brazil. INOVV is the third member firm to adopt the name and the first to join Andersen Global in South America.

“I am confident that INOVV will be a great addition to Andersen Global,” shared Mark Vorsatz, CEO of Andersen Tax. “Their specialization in corporate international taxation will perfectly complement our international business development efforts and support our model of best in class service. Brazil is an important market and will have increasing global importance.”

Joining Andersen Global will be a total of 10 highly skilled professionals including partners Bernardo Oliveira and Leonardo Mesquita. Before starting INOVV, both Oliveira and Mesqu ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

During the 11th Knowledge Forum, the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters (GHQ) emphasized the need to utilize the experiences of the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, in the application and development of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Police. The forum was held at the Police Headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, stressed that the GCC Police aim to support and strengthen security coordination operations and information exchange among police authorities in member states. He said that the objective was to enhance security and fight crime under one unified vision.

“The role of the GCC Police is to provide the required security-related information based on the results of the analysis of the shared data,” said Maj. Gen. Dr. Al Nuaimi.  &ld ... Read more »

Nextreme-3 permet la connectivité de haute bande passante câblée et évolutive avec SATA-Express en utilisant PCIe Gen3.1

SANTA CLARA, Californie - Mercredi 12 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--eASIC® Corporation, une société de semi-conducteurs sans usine fournissant une plateforme de circuit intégré personnalisée (IC) (plateforme eASIC) a annoncé aujourd'hui la disponibilité immédiate d'émetteurs-récepteurs en silicone éprouvé optimisés pour la spécification électrique PCIe 3.1.

La famille de produits eASIC Nextreme-3 intègre des émetteurs-récepteurs qui comprennent notamment des circuits avancés de récupération des données d'horloge de récepteurs (CDR), leur permettant de fonctionner avec des horloges de référence distinctes entre les extrémités des liaisons et la modulation indépendante de spectres étalés, conformément au modèle d'utilisation SRIS (avec étalement indépendant d'horloges de référence distinctes). Bénéficiant de ... Read more »

Le financement soutient les efforts mondiaux destinés à renforcer les communautés, à promouvoir le bien-être et à protéger notre environnement

ATLANTA - Mercredi 12 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Foundation a versé 26,2 millions USD à 74 organisations communautaires au cours du premier semestre 2015. Ces subventions seront mises à profit par plus de 90 millions de personnes dans 76 pays et sont axées sur les priorités clés en matière de durabilité de The Coca-Cola Company : les femmes, l'eau et le bien-être.

« En tant que multinationale présente dans plus de 200 pays, Coca-Cola fait partie d'une vaste communauté variée. Nous sommes fiers de soutenir le bien-être des communautés au sein desquelles nous vivons et travaillons », a déclaré Lisa M. Borders, présidente de The Coca-Cola Foundation et vice-présidente des affaires de la communauté mondiale. « Grâce à notre travail avec les organisations locales, nous a ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harithi, Director General of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters (GHQ), recently decorated a number of officers with their new ranks as per the Ministerial Decree No. 396 of 2015.  

Brigadier Al Harithi congratulated the newly promoted officers stressing that this honor of promotion serves as a tribute to the dedicated and unwavering efforts they have made in carrying out their duties in accordance with best practices and standards. Moreover, he urged the officers to remain worthy of trust by maintaining loyalty to the beloved country.  

Adding further, the Director General of Central Operations encouraged the promoted officers to continue to endeavor towards professional excellence and to achieve overall quality. He also called upon them to work together as one team and with high professionalism in order to achieve the ... Read more »

Nextreme-3 enables scalable, high bandwidth, cabled connectivity with SATA-Express using PCIe Gen3.1

SANTA CLARA, Calif - Wednesday, August 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- eASIC® Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company that delivers a custom integrated circuit (IC) platform (eASIC Platform) today announced immediate availability of silicon-proven transceivers optimized for the PCIe 3.1 electrical specification.

The eASIC Nextreme-3 family incorporates transceivers that feature advanced receiver clock-data recovery (CDR) circuits, enabling them to operate with separate reference clocks between link ends with independent spread-spectrum modulation, in keeping with the SRIS (separate refClks independent spread) usage model. Coupled with advanced equalization capabilities and low power consumption, the transceivers are ideal for use in a wide variety of high performance storage and networking systems.

eASIC support for SRIS allows data ... Read more »

RICHMOND, Virginie (États-Unis) - Mercredi 12 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

·         Afton Chemical a obtenu les certifications RC14001MD et ISO 14001 du BSI

·         Cette certification reconnaît qu’Afton Chemical a la volonté d’améliorer le rendement de l’entreprise dans plusieurs domaines-clés : connaissance de la communauté et intervention en cas d'urgence, sécurité, distribution, santé et sécurité des employés, gestion des ressources, et sûreté des processus et des produits

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afton Chemical Corporation, un leader mondial dans le domaine des additifs pétroliers, a obtenu les certifications RC14001 et ISO 14001 pour l'ensemble de ses activités aux États-Unis de la part du British Standards Institute (BSI).

La Gestion responsableMD permet aux grands fabricants de produits chimiques de respecter des normes de rendement en ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Grandweld Shipyards has signed 4 new contracts to design, build and deliver four 42m Crew Boats for Global Marine.

The contract was signed in July 2015 between Mr.Jamal Abki, Grandweld General Manager, and Mr.Shahram Nazemi, Global Marine Managing Director.

The vessel features a crew seating capacity of 69 persons, 104 sqm loading area for over 85 Tons of deck cargo, and achieves a speed in excess of 25 knots. The vessel will be additionally equipped with high end Navigational equipment according to the customer requirements.

Grandweld is pleased to receive repeat orders from Global Marine for these classes of vessels.

About Grandweld Shipyards:

Grandweld is a fully integrated shipyard providing ship building, ship repair, and engineering solutions to serve the offshore and marine industry around the world. Established in 1984, Grandweld has developed as one of the r ... Read more »

RICHMOND, Va - Tuesday, August 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

    Afton Chemical achieved RC14001® and ISO 14001 certification from BSI
    Certification recognizes Afton Chemical’s readiness to improve company performance in key areas: community awareness and emergency response; security; distribution; employee health and safety; resource management; and process and product safety

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Afton Chemical Corporation, a global leader in petroleum additives, has earned RC14001 and ISO 14001 certification for all US operations from British Standards Institute (BSI).

Responsible Care® was created to enable leading chemical companies to achieve even higher standards of performance and generate greater value for their businesses. Afton Chemical, as a member of the American Chemistry Council and founding member of the Responsible Care initiative, made a commitment to achieve RC14001 certification.

”W ... Read more »

BBC paper reports theoretical and practical investigations

LONDON - Tuesday, August 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The IBC2015 Conference Prize is to be awarded to Andrew Cotton and Tim Borer of BBC Research & Development for their paper 'A display independent high dynamic range television system’. The paper will be given in the IBC Conference in a session starting at 14:00 on Friday 11 September.

Drawn from the technical papers section, the IBC Conference Prize is awarded by the team of peer reviewers to the contribution which both advances the industry’s knowledge and does so in the most clear and informative way. The BBC paper looks at how high dynamic range (HDR) video can be delivered and displayed while remaining compatible with conventional systems.

“This year’s winner describes a novel solution that could fundamentally influence how we perceive tomorrow’s ultra-high definition video,” sai ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO. - Mercredi 12 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le cabinet Andersen Global est fier d'annoncer une nouvelle présence à São Paulo et à Campinas, au Brésil avec l'ajout d'INOVV Consultores Associados. Après son intégration à la famille Andersen, INOVV sera connu sous le nom d'Andersen Tax au Brésil. INOVV est le troisième cabinet membre à adopter le nom et le premier à rejoindre Andersen Global en Amérique du sud.

 « J'ai la conviction qu'INOVV sera un excellent atout pour Andersen Global », a commenté Mark Vorsatz, directeur général d'Andersen Tax. « Leur spécialisation en fiscalité internationale des entreprises viendra parfaitement complémenter nos efforts de développement d'activité à l'international et soutenir notre modèle de service de premier ordre. Le Brésil représente un marché important qui sera amené à gagner de l'importance au plan mondial. »

Au total, ce son ... Read more »

MCLEAN, Virginie - Mercredi 12 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton Worldwide (NYSE : HLT) a annoncé aujourd’hui que William Margaritis deviendra vice-président directeur des affaires générales de l’entreprise à compter de la fin du mois d’août et sera basé au siège mondial de la société à McLean, en Virginie. Auparavant, Margaritis a été pendant 15 ans vice-président directeur des communications mondiales et des relations avec les investisseurs chez FedEx Corporation.

Chez Hilton, Margaritis encadrera les communications internes et externes, les relations gouvernementales et la responsabilité organisationnelle à l’échelle mondiale. Il relèvera du président-directeur général de Hilton Worldwide, Christopher J. Nassetta sera membre du comité de direction de la société.

« À la suite de recherches approfondies, Bill s’est démarqué comme étant un leader chevronné et hautement respecté qui a fait ses preuves et possèd ... Read more »