TOKYO-Samedi 11 Novembre 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- La Sony Music Foundation accueillera « Le 12ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE HAUTBOIS DU JAPON 2018 à Tokyo » en septembre et en octobre l’année prochaine. Le concours a lieu tous les trois ans depuis 1985, et, à ce jour, les lauréats des prix sont très actifs et connaissent un grand succès, certains étant devenus hautboïstes solo dans des orchestres de renommée mondiale. Les sept premiers concours ont eu lieu à Tokyo. L’emplacement du concours a été transféré à Karuizawa, Nagano, pour les quatre concours suivants, le 11ème concours étant le plus récent. Le 12ème concours aura lieu à Tokyo pendant neuf jours, du 29 septembre au 7 octobre 2018. Site Web officiel : http://oboec.jp/index_e [Dates] Inscription : Du 15 février (jeudi) au 13 mars (mardi) 2018 (elles doivent arriver à cette date, heure du Japon) Examen éliminatoire (fermé au public) : Avril 2018 Accueil des participants : 26 septembre (mercredi) ... Read more »

TOKYO-Monday, November 6th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) --Sony Music Foundation will be hosting “THE 12th INTERNATIONAL OBOE COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2018 in Tokyo” in September and October next year. The Competition is being held triennially since 1985, and to date, the prize winners are very active and successful including having taken the position of the principal oboists of world famous orchestra. The first seven competitions were held in Tokyo. The venue was changed to Karuizawa, Nagano for the next four competitions, the 11th competition being the most recent. The 12th competition will be held in Tokyo for nine days from September 29 through October 7, 2018. Official website: http://oboec.jp/index_e [Dates] Period for application: February 15 (Thu) through March 13 (Tue), 2018 (must arrive by this date, Japan time) Preliminary Screening with recorded materials (closed to the public): April, 2018 Registration: September 26 (Wed), 2018 (Following rounds are ... Read more »

TROY, Mich.-Friday, November 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Inteva Products, a leading global Tier One automotive supplier of engineered components and systems, was named to the Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE®) Hall of Fame for the thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) skin first used on the 2000 Pontiac Bonneville. Inteva accepted the recognition along with its customer, General Motors, at the SPE’s 47th annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition & Gala last evening. The Interior Systems engineering team that developed the revolutionary new material for the Bonneville instrument panel is now part of the team at Inteva, which was formed in 2008. The team was part of Delphi Automotive when the skin was initially developed. Inteva continues to further develop the TPO skin under the Inteather™ brand. Inteather provides a leather-like feel that is scratch and mar resistant, does not fade or degrade in ultraviolet light, and is 100 percent recycla ... Read more »

Partnership with Victory Link enables major app stores to offer carrier billing in Egypt CAMBRIDGE, England -Friday, November 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bango (AIM: BGO), the leading mobile payments company, announces expansion of its operations in Africa through a partnership with Victory Link in Egypt. As a result of the relationship, Bango app store and merchant partners can launch carrier billing across all three Egyptian mobile operators. Egypt has 90 million plus connected mobile devices and a SIM penetration of over 100%, of which 89% are pre-paid users (GSMA Intelligence, 2017). Android is the Operating System (OS) of choice, claiming over 85% of the mobile base (StatCounter, 2017). This sizeable market is now available for Bango app store partners to further expand their carrier billing coverage into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Bango now offers one-click carrier billing in compliance with local market regulations, enabling millions of consum ... Read more »

PARIS & TOKYO -Samedi 11 Novembre 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Dimension Data, fournisseur mondial de solutions et services technologiques, et NTT Communications, la société en charge des solutions TIC et des communications internationales dans le groupe NTT, s'apprêtent à créer un "Cloud Powerhouse" unique en rassemblant leurs capacités d'infrastructure cloud sous forme de service (IaaS) sous la direction de NTT Communications, afin de fournir des solutions cloud transformatrices et de proposer de l'innovation aux clients des deux entreprises à l'échelle mondiale. Dimension Data et NTT Communications emploient des experts parmi les plus compétents et convoités du marché. Regrouper ces spécialistes sous la direction de NTT Communications signifie que les capacités combinées permettront de stimuler l'innovation sur le marché et de fournir les services dont les entreprises d'aujourd'hui ont besoin. Les deux sociétés conserveront leurs partenariats stratégiques existants dans l ... Read more »

ZURICH -Friday, November 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--ABB announced today that Jessica Mitchell has been appointed Head of Investor Relations effective November 15, 2017, reporting to the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Timo J. Ihamuotila. She succeeds Alanna Abrahamson, who has been appointed CFO of ABB’s Industrial Automation division. Abrahamson will assume her new role as of March 1, 2018, after a smooth transition in Investor Relations. Mitchell joins ABB from BP, where she had been Head of Group Investor Relations since August 2011. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector in Britain and South Africa, having held positions of increasing responsibility in supply and logistics and in strategic marketing at Castrol, before moving into Investor Relations at BP 15 years ago. “First, I would like to thank Alanna for the outstanding work she has done in the past six years in building up strong relationships with key stakeholders and in contribu ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.-Thursday, November 9th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] European bulk logistics provider RB Logistics (RB) has appointed GAC Abu Dhabi for a second time to provide a complete logistics service package. The two-year contract covers freight services, transportation, warehousing and handling of talcum powder from Italy to Ruwais for a client of IMI FABI. GAC will arrange for collection of talc from IMI FABI’s mine in Italy and send it by sea to Abu Dhabi, where it will handle the customs clearance before transporting to GAC’s Mina Zayed warehouse. There, the talc will be loaded into RB’s 40-foot silo containers using a specialised RB Transloading machine for the road trip to the production plant in Ruwais. After unloading, empty containers will return to the warehouse. The GAC team will carry out at least 12 load out operations a month. GAC staff have been trained in the operation and maintenance of the RB machine, and the GACWare Warehouse Management System has bee ... Read more »

LONDON & TOKYO.-Friday, November 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dimension Data, the global technology solutions and services provider, and NTT Communications, the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT Group, will create a single ‘cloud powerhouse’ by bringing together their cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) capabilities under the management of NTT Communications to deliver transformative, cloud-based solutions and innovation to clients of both organizations around the world. Dimension Data and NTT Communications employ some of the most highly-skilled, sought-after cloud experts in the market. Bringing together these experts under the management of NTT Communications means the combined capabilities will have the power to drive innovation into the market and deliver the services that today’s organizations demand. Both companies will retain their existing strategic partnerships under the new structure. “Enterprises have an increasing nee ... Read more »