CyrusOne´s third Frankfurt data centre begins breaking ground

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- CyrusOne Inc, a leading global real estate investment trust has broken ground on the first phase of its newest data centre location in Frankfurt, Germany.

The new data centre will offer cloud providers, systems integrators and multinational corporations customised, secure and resilient data centre solutions within a key business hub.

“This will mark our third expansion facility in Frankfurt and I expect it will effectively be pre-leased by the time we complete construction next year,” said CyrusOne president (Europe), Tesh Durvasula.

Upon completion, expected in Q2 2020, the site will comprise two adjoining, four-story buildings delivering 22 MW of IT power to 11,500 sq. m of world-class technical space.

The indirect adiabatic air cooling in each data hall will ensure an extremely low Power Usage Efficiency, according to a statement.

The rapid construction timeline for the Frankfurt III data centre is made possible by CyrusOne’s extensive experience building more than 45 data centres worldwide. It uses a modular construction method and will work closely with valued partners.

For more information, contact https://cyrusone.com.

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New CEO onboard Australia´s largest health brand Blackmores

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- Alastair Symington is Blackmores Limited’s new chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director, effective Oct 1, as announced by chairman, Brent Wallace.

According to a statement by Australia's largest natural health company, Symington is a global business leader and brand builder who brings over 23 years of consumer goods experience in beauty, health and grooming.

Currently based in Dubai, he is a senior vice-president of Consumer Beauty leading the ALMEA region (including Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Australia) for Coty – a large manufacturer and retailer of consumer products.

Wallace said: “Alastair has an extensive sales and marketing background in the fast moving consumer goods category and importantly, he has significant in-country Asia and China experience including cross-border e-commerce and retail.

“His deep understanding of China and proven track record in product innovation would enable the company to continue growing.”

Meanwhile, Symington said: “I am committed to delivering on the company's strategy to drive substantial top-line growth via a greater presence of Blackmores throughout the region, and ensuring that we are more efficient as a business, delivering superior results for shareholders.”

The newly-appointed CEO has a Bachelor of Economics and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (Asian Studies) from the Monash University.

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TAKEDA COMPLETES SALE OF XIIDRA® TO NOVARTIS

OSAKA, Japan, July 2 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced the completion of its sale of its Xiidra® (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5% product to Novartis for $3.4 billion upfront in cash and up to an additional $1.9 billion in potential milestone payments.
 
“The completion of this transaction marks an important step in executing Takeda’s strategy, which is focused on optimizing our portfolio around the key business areas that are core to our long-term growth and creating the most value for our patients and shareholders,” said Christophe Weber, President and Chief Executive Officer of Takeda. “We are making solid progress on our commitment to simplify our portfolio and meet our deleveraging targets, while continuing to deliver highly-innovative medicines and transformative care to patients around the world and enhance long-term shareholder value. We are proud of the benefits Xiidra® has created for patients as part of Takeda, and confident that Novartis will be a strong steward of this innovative therapeutic.”
 
Takeda intends to use the proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt and accelerate deleveraging toward its target of 2x net debt/adjusted EBITDA in the medium term following closing of the Shire acquisition. As of March 31, 2019, Takeda has 5,048.9 billion yen in net debt outstanding and its net debt/adjusted EBITDA ratio is 4.7x. Takeda continues to target a net debt/adjusted EBITDA ratio of 2x within 3 to 5 years.
 
Xiidra® is the first and only prescription treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for both signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, with a mechanism of action that targets inflammation.
 
About Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) is a global, values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical leader headquartered in Japan, committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to patients by translating science into highly-innovative medicines. Takeda focuses its R&D efforts on four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Gastroenterology (GI), Rare Diseases, and Neuroscience. We also make targeted R&D investments in Plasma-Derived Therapies and Vaccines. We are focusing on developing highly innovative medicines that contribute to making a difference in people's lives by advancing the frontier of new treatment options and leveraging our enhanced collaborative R&D engine and capabilities to create a robust, modality-diverse pipeline. Our employees are committed to improving quality of life for patients and to working with our partners in health care in approximately 80 countries and regions.
 
For more information, visit https://www.takeda.com
 
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Contact

Investor Relations: 
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+81-(0)3-3278-2306 
takeda.ir.contact@takeda.com 

Media Inquiries: 
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Kazumi Kobayashi (Japan) 
+81 (0)3-3278-2095 
kazumi.kobayashi@takeda.com

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NTT COM DEVELOPS THE LARGEST DATA CENTER IN INDONESIA

New Campus, with up to 45MW IT load, will be in Indonesia at the end of 2020

TOKYO, June 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO: 9432), announced today it would develop a new data center campus at Bekasi, Indonesia. The new campus will be known as “Indonesia Jakarta 3 Data Center” (JKT3) and is capable of up to 18,000 sqm (7,800 racks) IT space and 45MW IT load once fully developed. This is the first project of NTT Global Data Centers (GDC), established to strengthen data center business.

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In Indonesia, demand has been booming, triggered by the use of Data centers by financial institutions based on the Indonesian government order ^(*1). In addition, there is a strong demand from OTTs ^(*2) which targeting the largest population in Southeast Asia (the fourth largest in the world). Thanks to these market trends, the annual growth rate of the data center market is above 21%.

This four-story data center campus will be in a large industrial area located 30km east of central Jakarta. Since JKT3 enables customers to customize its server room as well as providing colocation space by the rack, JKT3 will meet various customer’s requirements, in particular, from OTTs and financial institutions who require flexible facility design.

• Highly reliable and scalable facility 
  JKT3 meets NTT Com’s globally consistent “Nexcenter™” ^(*3) Data Center Standards which consist of more than 300 or more items, and by adopting the industry's highest level of highly reliable and highly efficient facilities. JKT3 has two power plants to supply electricity by two different routes. Power facilities in data centers, power supplies for air conditioning and security, and communication facilities are all redundant, so JKT3 meets customers’ demand in terms of reliability. In addition, modular building systems fit customers’ preferences, which using data center spaces flexibly in line with its business expansion.

• Strict operation and security measures 
  In JKT3, NTT Com provides standardized operation processes, including monitoring IT infrastructure in 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to ensure the stable operation regarding a customer’s IT system.

• Excellent network environment 
  In the data center building, NTT Com designs to install major careers' cables by different routes. Customer will also receive benefits from various network services, such as connection with major IX ^(*4) provided from JKT2 through data center connection, high-speed, large-capacity IP communication service "Global IP Network," and high-quality, high-reliability VPN service "Arcstar Universal One." This excellent network environment enables a customer to design its IT system with carrier neutrality and to create a vertical ICT environment that combines multiple cloud services, including NTT Com data centers and other companies' services around the world.

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AgroSavfe empowers leadership team with new CEO appointment

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- AgroSavfe NV, a rapidly growing and transformative AgTech company has taken Patrice Sellès on board as new chief executive officer (CEO) to strengthen its leadership team.

“We are very pleased that Patrice is joining us as new CEO to bring AgroSavfe to the next level in the international markets. His expertise will be invaluable as we enter an important new phase and are starting to prepare for the launch of our first product, expected in 2022,” said chairman of the board of directors, Lieven De Smedt.

Sellès joins AgroSavfe from Syngenta, a leading agriculture company, where he spent more than 17 years in various international executive leadership and scientific positions as Global Head R&D Strategic Portfolio and Performance and venture investment manager.

Also appointed is Luc Maertens as chief operations officer, according to a statement,

Maertens heads the full development of the rapidly expanding proprietary product pipeline and leads the coordination and execution of the company’s programmes from product design to development and regulatory submissions, as well as the commercial scale manufacturing.

For more information, contact http://agrosavfe.be.

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World leaders wrestle global issues in Japan's G20 Summit

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) -- Japan recently hosted the G20 Summit in Osaka, the country’s second largest city, attended by 20 member parties and 17 invited guests to discuss important topics on the global agenda.

One of the prominent issues was marine plastic litter, a problem recognised as affecting the marine ecosystem on a global scale.

To demonstrate a commitment to this issue, the G20 Osaka Summit promoted the Ministry of Environment’s Plastics Smart Campaign, along with the concept of the ‘3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and Renewable’ with actions such as using no plastic bottles and straws and introducing renewable materials on site.

Throughout the summit period, no single-use plastic products, including bottles, cups, straws and dishes were available. Attendees were provided with alternative, reusable products and services.

Other items on the summit agenda included economy, trade and investment, innovation, employment, women’s empowerment, development, and health, all of which were a focus for productive discussions.

The G20 Summit members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of South Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union.

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Digital Reasoning opens Singapore office, supports APAC business

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) -- Digital Reasoning, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning has opened its APAC Business office in Singapore to support accelerating customer growth in the region.

Driven by new customer deployments and growing demand for its market leading communication analytics capabilities in Asia, the new office provides seamless technical and sales support to existing customers and expands its work to new clients.

“Our expansion into Asia is a strategic investment to expand our global reach, continue serving the world’s largest banks and lead AI innovation for future customers in this market,” said Digital Reasoning senior vice-president (EMEA and APAC), John Holland.

With the opening of the Singapore office, Digital Reasoning currently has a presence in five cities across the globe, including New York City, Washington, D.C., London and its headquarters in Nashville, TN.

For more information, contact https://digitalreasoning.com.

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