SEOUL, South Korea -Tuesday 21 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- LG Chem (KRX:051910), supplier of the full line of NanoH2OTM reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, announced that it has been recently awarded three contracts to supply Brackish Water (BW) RO membranes to major utilities in the U.S. In August 2018, LG Chem was awarded a contract to supply replacement membranes to the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, the largest plant of its kind in northern California and the focal point of the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s recycled water expansion. LG Chem will supply energy saving BW ES membranes to the 8 MGD (30,280 m3/day) facility. In addition following more than 18 months of trial, in June, LG Chem was awarded a contract to supply 3,170 energy saving BW ES elements to the Ground Water Replenishment System in the Orange County Water District. GWRS is the world’s largest indirect potable reuse facility with a total capacity of 100 MGD (378.5 MLD). In Ap ... Read more »

NOIDA, India & MANCHESTER, England -Friday 17 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) has today announced a major milestone on its digital transformation journey with HCL Technologies, with the successful launch of the Manchester United Official app powered by HCL’s digital experience platform. The launch is part of the ongoing digital transformation of the club to provide a real-time, engaging, personalized, and unified experience to Manchester United’s 659 million global followers, which supports the club’s strategy to become a Digital Sports Enterprise. At the heart of this transformation is the digital platform developed by HCL, providing the club with a single view of fans across web and app touchpoints, offering fans a one-stop shop for everything Manchester United. Manchester United’s Group Managing Director Richard Arnold comments: “This app will allow our 659 million Manchester United followers to easily connect to the club they love, wher ... Read more »

‘Canon Day of Giving’ to raise funds to support two educational programmes in the Middle East and Africa Dubai, United Arab Emirates.-Sunday 19 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, will be hosting a fundraising event at Zaabeel Park on 28 September 2018 in partnership with Dubai Cares to raise AED 250,000 to support two educational programmes, one in the Middle East and a second in Africa. The ‘Canon Day of Giving’ fundraising event will be hosted as a fun and entertaining carnival and is open to everyone across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join and contribute to raising funds for two primary education programmes. Anurag Agrawal, Managing Director, Canon Middle East, said: “Access to education is recognised as a global fundamental right in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, and I therefore cordially invite UAE residents and visitors to join the Canon Day of Giving to support the cause. T ... Read more »

Event at 2017 IBC Show raised more than $39,000 US for non-profits supporting increased diversity and inclusion; nine sponsors already signed on for 2018 run LONDON -Friday 17 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) company, today announced that the fifth annual 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show will take place at 7:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Amstelpark in Amsterdam. Registration is open at https://4k4charity.com/ibc. Among the non-profits supported by the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show is Amsterdam-based StichtingNewTechKids, which provides computer science education for girls, minorities, and economically challenged youth in the Netherlands. The organization supports a computer science teacher training program for primary school teachers with proceeds from 4K 4Charity. Also supported is Iridescent, a global education non-profit that empowers underrepresented young people to become innovators and leaders through eng ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -Friday 17 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Investors in the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund (“AGHF” or “the Fund”) have today underlined their strong commitment to AGHF by announcing the appointment of global consulting firm, AlixPartners, to oversee the separation of AGHF from the Abraaj Group to ensure the long term success of the Fund in delivering accessible, affordable and quality healthcare in developing countries. AGHF is a US$1 billion investment fund with a mandate to provide affordable, high-quality healthcare to under-served low and middle-income patients throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with performance measured by both financial returns and development impact metrics. The Fund is now in the process of separating from the Abraaj Group to ensure continuity and build a stable platform for the future. The recently announced appointment of provisional liquidators over Abraaj Holdings and Abraaj Investment Management Lim ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Sunday 12 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] Water, environment and sustainability professionals from all over the world will have the opportunity to learn more about the future of water solutions, as leading pump manufacturer Grundfos opens up its global customer forum to the world. A first for the event, the Grundfos Forum 2018 will be broadcasting from Suzhou, China through a virtual conference. This will give professionals from all over the world the opportunity to hear from world-class engineers, government leaders, consultants, academics and other key decision-makers about ways to move and manage the world’s water better, under this year’s theme of ‘Intelligent Connectivity’. The virtual conference will broadcast live on 15 and 16 August, and OnDemand from 17 August to 14 October. In addition to the access to talks, events and breakout sessions, participants will also get to have their voice heard – they will get to take part in the Forum’s Interactive Spac ... Read more »

SAN DIEGO-Thursday 16 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quake Global, Inc. (QUAKE), a leading provider of solutions to the global IoT market, announced the launch of their advanced telematics device, QConnect™. The Ultra-compact QConnect integrates with fixed and mobile assets for real-time tracking, monitoring and control anywhere, anytime. The device provides a variety of advanced, wireless communication options, including LTE/2G/3G, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, V2X, and satellite. The device is designed to meet the demands of a wide variety of requirements from simple low-cost tracking applications to high-performance, multi-channel, video streaming applications. QConnect is flexible with unique apps and software options on an open source Linux platform. Control your vision with standard built-in security. Users can provision QConnect with a variety of standard configurable apps for specific applications. QConnect also provides advanced users the flexibility to creat ... Read more »

Witness the next wave of digital transformation in Asia TAIPEI, Taiwan-Wednesday 15 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- From November 29th to December 2nd 2018, global-leading biomedical and technology institutes will gather in Taipei for the top healthcare and technology event in Asia - The Healthcare+ Expo - Taiwan. In line with the theme “Med X Tech”, a lineup of global leaders in technology will share the latest technology advancements and how technology create better solutions for future medical applications. This year, the expo gathers 400 + world-class medical institutes and multi-national IT/ICT/electronic giants. The IT giants will showcase medical innovations of AI, IoT and robotic technologies. The medical institutes will demonstrate advanced medical technologies, smart hospital designs, products, and services while bio-pharmaceutical, medical device, and genetic enterprises will provide the most current updates in precision medicine. In all, more than 1,400 b ... Read more »

Combined firm creates premier global forensic accounting practice specializing in insurance, legal, and corporate clients. CHICAGO & DENVER-Saturday 11 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) and RGL Forensics (RGL), a leading global financial investigations firm, announce the merger of the two firms with an effective date expected by the end of the year. RGL will continue to operate under its current brand as the firms work through their integration strategy. “We are excited to join forces with RGL to create a premier global forensic accounting practice,” Baker Tilly Managing Partner of Consulting Ethan Bach said. “For many years, RGL has been a valued business advisor to large insurance, legal and corporate clients and has a strong global reputation for specializing in forensic accounting services. In merging with RGL, we are adding a well-established, global player that will enhance the ability of bo ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Wednesday 15 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency and a WPP company, today announced it has acquired HZ, one of the largest independent, digitally driven, integrated creative agencies in the U.S. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland with offices in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., the acquisition will add the capability of HZ’s nearly 200 creative and digital professionals to BCW’s deep expertise in integrated communications across all industry sectors. HZ’s wide-ranging offerings include a full spectrum of multichannel digital design and development, mobile activation, social media, brand and identity creation, content, film and video production, search marketing (SEO/SEM), data and analytics as well as integrated media solutions. HZ’s broad client base spans the consumer, hospitality, food & beverage, education, B2B, real estate, sports & entertainment, healthcare and technology ... Read more »