INGELHEIM, Germany. - Wednesday, January 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that it has established a research alliance with Vanderbilt University and the cancer drug discovery laboratory of Professor Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D., the Orrin H. Ingram, II Chair in Cancer Research and Professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Chemistry. The aim of the new collaboration is the research and development of small molecule inhibitors of oncogenic Ras for the treatment of cancer. Ras is the most frequently mutated oncogene known in cancer with K-Ras being the most commonly mutated form occurring in pancreas, colon, biliary tract and lung adenocarcinomas. Mutations in the Ras family (comprised of H-Ras, N-Ras and K-Ras) are very common, and found in 20 to 30 percent of all human tumors. Ras has been a particularly difficult protein to target since its discovery in human cancers more than 30 years ago.
Under the terms of the agreement, the r ... Read more »

À mesure que les technologies émergentes de l’IdO favorisent l’innovation et l’INP, les clients ont besoin d’un choix de composants, de services à valeur ajoutée et d’un traitement rapide

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota - Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le distributeur international de composants électroniques Digi-Key Corporation, leader de l’industrie en choix, disponibilité et livraison de composants électroniques, a annoncé aujourd’hui une augmentation de plus de 11 pour cent de son chiffre d’affaires nord-américain pour 2014, par rapport à l’exercice précédent. Par opposition à des concurrents du secteur enregistrant des rapports de vente à un seul chiffre, Digi-Key attribue sa réussite à un pic d’innovation fondé sur des technologies émergentes ainsi que sur une demande croissante à l’égard de son modèle de distribution de produits centré sur l’ingénierie, rapide et effica ... Read more »

LONDON. - Wednesday, January 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

    Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract scope includes supply of an external, bow mounted, cantilever turret mooring system with swivel stack
    Libra is one of Brazil's biggest oil fields to date

(BUSINESS WIRE) London Marine Consultants (LMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra” or “the Group”), a leading contractor and provider of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Turret Designs to the oil and gas industry, today announced that they have been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, to supply an external turret mooring system for the Libra field’s Extended Well Test (EWT) FPSO vessel.

The Libra oil field is a large, ultra-deepwater (up to 2,500 metres) oil prospect located in the Santos Basin, about 230 kilometres off the coast o ... Read more »

Strengthening the Ministry’s Leadership in Police Work

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, January 13th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, recently reviewed the Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA), which was obtained by the Ministry of Interior from the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO).

The task force chaired by Major General Dr. Abdul Quddous Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for the Quality and Excellence Affairs and Head of the Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Awards Teams at the MoI, officially presented HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed with the award at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters (GHQ) on Tuesday. His Highness praised the efforts of the work team for this accomplishment that is to be added to the myriad of achievements gained by the Ministry of Interior and for its contribution to further elevating its re ... Read more »

SUWANEE, Georgie - Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meggitt Training Systems a remporté un contrat de 31,7 millions d'USD, conclu avec le responsable du programme des US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS), visant à développer et à livrer le système de formation à la simulation de tir d'intérieur (ISMT) destiné aux US Marine Corps. Ce système fournit une formation virtuelle réaliste dernier cri aux armes de petit calibre pour des scenarii d'adresse au tir, collectifs et subjectifs.

Le Prix fournit un contrat de livraison indéfinie/quantité indéfinie (IDIQ), d'une durée de cinq ans, incluant le développement d'un simulateur de système et d'arme, ainsi que l'installation et le support de plus de 670 systèmes présents dans les installations nationales et internationales des US Marine Corps. Les systèmes ISMT satisfont aux exigences de formation actuelles des US Marin ... Read more »

As Emerging IoT Technologies Drive Innovation and NPI, Customers Demand Component Selection, Value-Add Services & Rapid Fulfillment

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. - Wednesday, January 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today reported increase of over 11-percent in 2014 North American sales revenue, as compared to the prior year. Amid single digit sales reports across the industry, Digi-Key attributes its success to a spike in innovation driven by emerging technologies and increasing demand for its engineer-centric, fast and efficient product distribution model.

In 2014, Digi-Key noted an especially healthy demand for Internet of Things (IoT) or device-to-device connectivity driven by advances in wireless, embedded, single board computers, sensors and motion control along with demand for cloud-enabled application ... Read more »

SUWANEE, Ga. - Tuesday, January 13th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $31.7 million contract from the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) to develop and deliver the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainers (ISMT) system for the US Marine Corps. The ISMT system provides realistic, state-of-the-art virtual small arms training for marksmanship, collective and judgmental scenarios.

The award provides a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract that includes system and weapon simulator development, as well as the installation and support of more than 670 systems at US Marine Corps facilities both domestically and worldwide. The ISMT systems meet the US Marine Corps current training requirements, but have been designed to incorporate Meggitt’s FATS® M100 flexible system architecture to ensure the systems can meet future growth and evol ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, January 15th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

On behalf of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE and Minister of Finance, H.E. Engineer Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor, the Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), inaugurated the 5th Emirates Rhinology & Otology Conference. The Conference is organized by the Otolaryngology Division at the Emirates Medical Association in collaboration with European Federation and the Arab Otorhinolaryngology Society. The inauguration took place Tuesday morning at the InterContinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City. The event will be attended by 1,300 physicians and specialists from around the world.

In his speech at the opening event, H.E. Engineer Essa Al Haj Al Maidoor welcomed the physicians who had travelled in order to participate in the Congress and said: “Today’s world is currently witnessing a lot of changes and international developments in various fie ... Read more »

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Dealertrack Technologies (Nasdaq : TRAK) a annoncé aujourd’hui que toutes les conditions d’acceptation de son offre d’achat en numéraire du 18 décembre 2014 portant sur l'intégralité du capital en actions d’incadea plc (LSE AIM : INCA) émis et à émettre ont été satisfaites et que toutes les autres conditions ont été remplies ou levées. Par conséquent, cette offre devient inconditionnelle à tous égards.

Avec une majorité de contrôle de plus de 98 % du capital en actions d’incadea, Dealertrack entend mettre un terme à la négociation des actions d'incadea sur le marché AIM de la bourse de Londres et lancer les procédures en vue de l’acquisition forcée des titres incadea restants qui n’ont pas été proposés en réponse à son offre. À l’issue du retrait du titre de la cotation boursière, Dealertrack a également l’intention de procéder à la r ... Read more »

SUWANEE, Ga. - Tuesday, January 13th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $31.7 million contract from the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) to develop and deliver the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainers (ISMT) system for the US Marine Corps. The ISMT system provides realistic, state-of-the-art virtual small arms training for marksmanship, collective and judgmental scenarios.

The award provides a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract that includes system and weapon simulator development, as well as the installation and support of more than 670 systems at US Marine Corps facilities both domestically and worldwide. The ISMT systems meet the US Marine Corps current training requirements, but have been designed to incorporate Meggitt’s FATS® M100 flexible system architecture to ensure the systems can meet future growth and evol ... Read more »

 New Brand Strategy and Identity Represent Milestone in Multi-year Company Transformation 

STAMFORD, Conn. - Wednesday, January 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions that power commerce, today unveiled a new brand strategy and identity that is more closely aligned to the company’s business transformation strategy and vision first detailed back in May 2013.

“We are not the same company we were several years ago,” said Marc Lautenbach, President and CEO, Pitney Bowes. “We have expanded our business into high growth markets, including digital commerce and software, while at the same time continuing to innovate in our core mailing and shipping businesses. Our new brand strategy and identity not only reflect who we are today, but also where we are going in the future.”

Mr. Lautenbach will formally unveil the ... Read more »

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Tuesday, January 13th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Dealertrack Technologies (Nasdaq: TRAK) today announced that the acceptance conditions have been satisfied and all other conditions to the December 18, 2014, cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of incadea plc (LSE AIM: INCA) have been satisfied or waived. Accordingly, the offer is unconditional in all respects.

With control of more than 98% of the issued share capital of incadea, Dealertrack intends to commence the cancellation of trading of incadea’s shares on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and to initiate procedures to compulsorily acquire the remaining incadea shares that were not tendered into the offer. Following such cancellation, Dealertrack also intends to procure that incadea re-register from a public limited company to a private limited company.

The offer for acceptance will remain open to those incadea shareholders who have n ... Read more »

Les nouvelles stratégie et image de marque représentent un jalon dans la transformation pluriannuelle de la société 

STAMFORD, Connecticut - Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE : PBI), une société technologique internationale fournissant des produits et des solutions d'avant-garde qui stimulent le commerce, a dévoilé aujourd'hui de nouvelles stratégie et image de marque qui correspondent davantage à la stratégie de transformation commerciale et vision de la société, dont des détails avaient initialement été publiés en mai 2013.

 « Nous ne sommes plus la société que nous étions il y a quelques années », a déclaré Marc Lautenbach, président et directeur général de Pitney Bowes. « Nous avons étendu nos activités sur des marchés à forte croissance, y compris le commerce numérique et les logiciels, tout en continuant à innover dans nos principales activités d'expédition et de livraiso ... Read more »