Global Eagle to expand high-speed broadband and wide range of inflight communications and operational applications to commercial airline flights with SES Networks LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: ENT) is aiming to provide airline passengers travelling across North America with a connected inflight experience far more like the one passengers enjoy on the ground, tripling the amount of high throughput satellite (HTS) capacity secured with SES Networks aboard the SES-15 satellite. SES announced today that Global Eagle has secured a major increase of Ku-band capacity on its new hybrid SES-15 HTS satellite to enable the delivery of high-speed broadband and a wide range of inflight communications and operational applications aboard commercial airline flights throughout the US, including the increasingly important US mainland to Hawaii routes. The multi-year agreement is the latest contract to be signed by Glo ... Read more »

Contributing to Capture Precious Moments in Harsh Cold Climates TOKYO-Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Panasonic Corporation supported Polar explorer Yasunaga Ogita, the first Japanese explorer to successfully reach the South Pole in a sole expedition on foot and without resupplies, by providing a LUMIX GH5 Camera, an equipment to record the journey in still and video images. Mr. Ogita is participating as a LUMIX ambassador. Mr. Ogita began the expedition on November 17, 2017, local time, and hiked for 1,126 kilometers to reach the South Pole 50 days later, on January 5, 2018. He was the first Japanese ever to reach the South Pole on foot and without receiving any backup supplies. In addition to high-quality still image features such as the high-resolution 6K PHOTO function, the LUMIX GH5 offers professional-level 4K videos in a single, compact body. It is the flagship model of LUMIX's Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Cameras. In order to record the exped ... Read more »

Hilton Looks Forward to another Landmark Year with the Implementation of Connected Room, Expansion of Digital Key, and Record-Setting Unit Growth MCLEAN, Va.-Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In 2017, Hilton (NYSE: HLT) achieved record-setting growth, unveiled industry-leading innovations, and introduced new benefits for guests and Team Members. 2017 was a year of industry firsts, including the launch of Five Feet To Fitness, Hilton Honors loyalty program partnership with Amazon, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, and workplace innovations that received international recognition. It was also the year that Hilton introduced a ground-breaking concept – Connected Room – the first truly mobile-centric hotel room that will let guests personalize and control their stays from the award-winning Hilton Honors smartphone app. “Last year was another pioneering year for our team around the world, with the launch of new technologies, brands, and partnerships that redef ... Read more »

MUNICH-Friday, January 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- E-mobility is much more than just the clean mobility solution of the future. When electric vehicles are fueled by solar power, it also drives the deployment of photovoltaics forward. Intersolar Europe, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, and Power2Drive Europe, the new exhibition for e-mobility and charging infrastructure, held June 20–22, 2018 in Munich, Germany under the umbrella of The smarter E Europe, will thus showcase the diverse prospects created for the environment by the combination of PV and e-mobility. Electric vehicles can be driven and charging stations can be fed with electricity from PV systems, making e-mobility a driver of the PV market. Ideally, electric vehicles are charged with solar power directly from the owner’s roof. For example, a PV system with a capacity of 3 kilowatts peak in a single-family home in Germany can provide enough power annually for electric vehicle owners to ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.-Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] The big boys and their bigger toys were back in action in Abu Dhabi last week, battling in their earthmovers to outmanoeuvre one another and win the coveted Komatsu Excavator Operator Contest 2017. The contest was organised by Komatsu’s exclusive UAE dealer Galadari Trucks and Heavy Equipment Co. (GTHE), a flagship company of the Galadari Brothers Group. Thirty of the country’s top excavator operators from as many companies across the UAE rose to the challenge and put on quite a show at the second annual Komatsu Excavator Operator Contest, leaving the audience spellbound with their moves and countermoves in a closely fought competition. Komatsu is a leading Japanese multinational and manufacturer of construction and earthmoving equipment. Ashraf Hasish, Senior General Manager – Marketing, Komatsu Middle East, said while the competition was aimed at consolidating the brand’s “relation with the machine’s operat ... Read more »

Event will focus on building agile alliances and forging collaboration to solve critical challenges PHILADELPHIA-Sunday, January 21st 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Brightline™ Initiative, a non-commercial coalition dedicated to helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy design and strategy delivery, along with Project Management Institute (PMI) and The Boston Consulting Group are hosting The Economist Events on the panel discussion, “The Business Case for Openness: Implementing Strategy in a Drawbridge up World.” This event marks Brightline’s debut at Davos. Dovetailing with the World Economic Forum’s overarching theme, “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” the discussion will address how business leaders can better adapt and implement strategies to promote openness and collaboration. PMI, a founding coalition member of Brightline, is particularly passionate about this topic, given the fact that they focus on collaborating with world-leading orga ... Read more »

LACHEN, Switzerland-Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Octapharma is delighted to announce the publication of final data from a Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trial in PUPs in the internationally renowned medical journal Haemophilia. The study assessed the immunogenicity, efficacy, safety and tolerability of octanate® in PUPs with severe haemophilia A. PUPs with haemophilia A are at greatest risk of inhibitor development. Approximately 35% develop inhibitors, which are associated with detrimental health and economic consequences. In this prospective, multinational study, 51 PUPs with severe haemophilia A received octanate® exclusively as replacement therapy, either prophylactically or for on-demand treatment of bleeds, for a total of 100 exposure days (EDs) or 5 years. Five (9.8%) of the 51 patients developed inhibitors, 4 (7.8%) of which were high titre (≥5 BU/mL) and 1 low titre (<5 BU/mL). All inhibitors developed during on-demand treatment and all 4 high ... Read more »