Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Jabil launches largest healthcare manufacturing solutions provider

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 -- Jabil Inc has announced the consolidation of its entire healthcare organisation under Jabil Healthcare, led by chief executive officer and executive vice-president, Steve Borges.

Jabil Healthcare combines, under a single umbrella, Nypro with its Orthopedics, Spine, Trauma and associated medical instruments operations.

“As a united team with a clear mission, we are powerfully positioned to help our customers deliver high-quality, innovative products and services that improve patient outcomes,” said Borges.

With more than 35 global sites and nearly 20,000 employees serving the leading brands in healthcare, this powerful combination makes Jabil the largest healthcare manufacturing solutions provider.

Jabil Healthcare serves five key sectors in the healthcare market namely, medical devices, orthopedics, diagnostics, pharmaceutical delivery systems and consumer health, according to a statement.

The integrated line of capabilities across Jabil is brought to bear for its base of healthcare customers, from emerging start-ups to global enterprises.

Jabil Healthcare unifies the company’s medical industry know-how with deep cross-sector experience in injection molding, electronics, sensor integration and additive manufacturing to help healthcare brands accelerate and scale technology advancements.

More details at https://www.jabil.com.

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Friday, 7 February 2020

JAPAN'S FRIENDSHIP TIES PROGRAMS JENESYS 2019 ASEAN INBOUND PROGRAM 23RD BATCH

Theme; Japan-ASEAN Student Conference

Country: ASEAN Countries and Timor-Leste


TOKYO, Feb 7 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- 131 university students who will be a future leader from ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and Timor-Leste, are scheduled to visit Japan from February 9th to 18th, 2020 as part of the Japan’s Friendship Ties Programs, “JENESYS 2019” promoted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA).

In the Program, the participants are divided into 5 groups based on the theme of common issues in Japan and Asia, such as “Over tourism and sustainable tourism development” “Foreign Workers” “Quality education” “Food loss” “Awareness of disaster mitigation”. They will visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Aichi, Osaka, Miyagi prefecture respectively, under the common theme of “What the Youths in Southeast Asia countries can do for the peace and stability”, and have lectures, fours of theme related facilities, opinion exchange related to each themes. They will also exchange opinions to find solutions and improvement plans of the issues, as well as to think how they can contribute to Asia and Japanese society and deepen the mutual understanding among students. On an equal footing, the participants aim to create, sustain, and realize the collaborativeness network to slave social challenges. Furthermore, by visiting local areas, they will experience traditional cultures to deepen the understanding of culture, traditions, and life styles of Japan.

Through the program, we hope the friendly relationship among Japan, ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste will be strengthened, and the participants proactively share the attractiveness of Japan which they experienced in Japan after returning to their home country.

[For reference] Japan's Friendship Ties Programs JENESYS 2019
People with the ability and future mission to deliver messages between Japan and the countries and regions of Asia and Oceania are invited and dispatched in order to promote an understanding of Japan with regard to politics, economics, society, culture, history, foreign policy, and the like, and pro-Japanese people and experts on Japan are discovered in order to strengthen Japan’s message to other countries and expand Japan’s diplomatic foundation by having the guests and dispatches take the initiative to spread information about the diplomatic stance, appeals, and other facets of Japan.

JENESYS 2019 Japan-ASEAN Students Conference Itinerary 
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Inquiries about the program
JENESYS 2019 ASEAN + Timor-Leste Project Implementing Agency
JTB Kasumigaseki Operations Department
Contact personnel: Junji Mise (Mr.), Yutaka Shintani (Mr.), Emi Sendoda (Ms.)
TEL: +81 3-6737-9447 Weekdays: 9:00-18:00 (Closed on weekends and holidays)
Email: jenesys2019asean@jtb.com

Source : JTB Corp.

Willis Lease to manage phase-out of Scandinavian Airline Systems' 737NG installed engine fleet

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation has entered into an agreement with Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) to manage the phase-out of SAS’ Boeing 737NG installed engine fleet over the next four years.

According to senior vice-president (Corporate Development), Austin C. Willis in a statement, the Willis orchestrated phase-out may allow SAS to realise superior returns from the monetisation of its assets over time relative to an outright sale today.

“Willis Lease is uniquely positioned to manage such a programme due to its industry leading lease remarketing and part out capabilities, Part 145 repair stations, power plant engineering capabilities and its successful history of profitably managing third party assets.”

Willis Lease Finance Corporation leases large and regional spare commercial aircraft engines, auxiliary power units and aircraft to airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers and maintenance, repair and overhaul providers in 120 countries.

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LEUCADIA ASSET MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DYMON ASIA CAPITAL

NEW YORK & SINGAPORE & HONG KONG, Feb 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Leucadia Asset Management, a division of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced a strategic relationship with Dymon Asia Capital and an investment in the Dymon Asia Multi-Strategy Investment Fund. In connection with the transaction, Leucadia Asset Management will acquire an economic interest in certain of Dymon Asia Capital’s strategies. Dymon Asia Capital is a leading Asia-focused alternative investment management firm managing strategies across public and private markets globally.

The new fund will invest in Asian equities, currencies and bonds through 26 of Dymon Asia Capital’s portfolio managers. In addition to being a cornerstone investor in this new fund, Leucadia Asset Management will provide certain services to Dymon Asia Capital. Dymon Asia Capital is led by Danny Yong, Chief Investment Officer and a founding partner of Dymon Asia Capital. Mr. Yong has over 24 years of experience trading FX, fixed income, and index futures in Asia. This strategic relationship with Dymon Asia Capital will allow Leucadia Asset Management to further tap into the growth of the Asian market and deepen its foothold in Asia.

“We are extremely excited to be joining forces with one of the best asset managers in all of Asia to help build-out this unique product. In particular, Dymon Asia Capital’s ability to recruit talent in the macro and equity spaces will add to their already robust roster of close to 30 portfolio managers for the new fund’s launch,” commented Nick Daraviras and Sol Kumin, Co-Presidents of Leucadia Asset Management. “Dymon Asia Capital will be an integral part of the continued growth and evolution of Leucadia Asset Management and allows us to enter a new geography with a high-caliber partner and add to our existing diversified platform, including our multi-strategy relationships with Schonfeld, Weiss and Topwater.”

Dymon Asia Capital’s Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Mr. Danny Yong, said, "Dymon Asia Capital's strong Asian presence, combined with Leucadia Asset Management's wide distribution network in North America and Europe, make for a perfect match in this strategic relationship for the two firms from the East and the West.”

About Leucadia Asset Management

Leucadia Asset Management offers institutional clients an innovative offering range of investment strategies through its affiliated asset managers. Leucadia Asset Management is a division of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF).

About Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a diversified financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets, asset management and direct investing. Jefferies Group LLC, our principal subsidiary, is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S.

About Dymon Asia Capital

Founded in 2008, Dymon Asia Capital is a leading Asia-focused alternative investment management firm based in Singapore. The Singapore-headquartered firm has a core office in Hong Kong, managing strategies across public and private markets in Asia and globally.

 
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For media inquiries contact:
Richard Khaleel, 1-212-284-2556, rkhaleel@jefferies.com

Source : Leucadia Asset Management

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Thursday, 6 February 2020

Zynga records highest annual revenue, bookings in history

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 -- Zynga Inc, a global leader in interactive entertainment has achieved the highest quarterly and annual revenue and bookings in its history.

This follows the company’s newly-released financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec 31, 2019 by posting management’s Q4 2019 Quarterly Earnings Letter to its Investor Relations website.

According to a statement, the company also reported the best annual operating cash flow since 2011 of US$263 million, up 56 per cent year-over-year. (US$1 = RM4.12)

“Live services are the foundation of our multi-year growth strategy and were the primary driver of our highest-ever annual revenue and bookings,” said Zynga chief executive officer, Frank Gibeau.

“We expect to increase our live services portfolio from five to six forever franchises and have the potential to launch new titles in the second half of this year.”

View the Quarterly Earnings Letter at http://investor.zynga.com/financial-information/quarterly-results

-- BERNAMA

WELL HITS MAJOR GLOBAL MILESTONE SUPPORTING HEALTHIER PEOPLE AND BETTER BUILDINGS

More than a half-billion square feet of projects use WELL in nearly 60 countries


NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced today that it has passed the 500-million-square-foot mark of buildings registered and certified under the WELL Building Standard (WELL). The milestone quickly follows this month’s earlier announcement that the number of WELL Accredited Professionals (APs) and registrants has exceeded 10,000, further evidence of the accelerating growth of the global movement to help people thrive through better buildings and communities and stronger organizations.

“With more than 4,000 projects in nearly 60 countries and spanning all space types – offices, schools, hotels, residences and more – it’s clear that this second wave of sustainability has gathered powerful momentum,” said IWBI Chairman and CEO Rick Fedrizzi. “To reach a half-billion square feet of spaces applying WELL is to positively impact the health and well-being of more people in more places and to begin to truly change the narrative around how we design and operate the spaces where we spend our time.

“So much of WELL’s success is due to our WELL APs and WELL Faculty, an active and growing community that brings education about WELL to colleagues and clients around the world,” he continued. “Together with the market reach of our 130+ organizational members, this combined leadership has played a critical role in IWBI’s journey towards market transformation, one that puts the people we care about squarely in the center of every decision we make.”

Over the course of 2019, nearly four times as many new projects registered to pursue WELL as throughout all of 2018.

“Halfway to a billion is one thing, but what’s truly remarkable is the pace of adoption,” said Rachel Gutter, President of IWBI. “WELL entered the market in 2014, and it took roughly four years to reach 250 million square feet, but it’s only taken a year to double that to a half-billion. While that’s a potent market signal, it really reflects an unbelievable rise of a dedicated community around the world that is committed to investing in health.”

To build upon this growth and momentum, IWBI also has leveraged new partnership opportunities to reach priority markets and scale the benefits of delivering better buildings.

“We are fostering a global movement to radically transform how we deliver on the promise of better buildings that help all people thrive,” said Gutter. “We know we can’t do it alone. That’s why last year we announced a partnership with Enterprise Community Partners to bridge sustainability and health by integrating WELL with the Enterprise 2020 Green Communities Criteria, which is the leading building standard for green affordable housing construction nationwide.” Currently 27 states and Washington D.C. require or incentivize Enterprise Green Communities certification for affordable housing developments that receive public funds. Beginning in October projects meeting these requirements will also be certified to WELL.

“As we continue to scale across every dimension, it becomes more important than ever that we find a place and time for our community to experience the power of this movement,” said Fedrizzi. “That’s why in two short months, we’ll convene in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the launch of The WELL Conference, a gathering designed to inspire, energize and celebrate the people and organizations who are helping us change the world.”

In collaboration with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and Emerald Expositions (Emerald), The WELL Conference will bring together architectural, design and engineering communities, along with real estate developers, corporate officials, public health practitioners, and technology companies. Centered on the idea that our buildings and communities are fundamental to our health and well-being, the event will unite a diverse representation of industries and sectors around a shared mission.

“Given these enormous accomplishments in just the five years since WELL first launched, we’re beyond excited to see what this new decade will bring,” said Fedrizzi. “Every new project, WELL AP, WELL Faculty and IWBI member helps us take more steps forward in this journey. And when the mission is to improve the health of people, every milestone is worth celebrating.”

About the International WELL Building Institute

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is leading the global movement to transform our buildings, communities and organizations in ways that help people thrive. WELL v2 is the latest version of its popular WELL Building Standard, and the WELL Community Standard pilot is a district scale rating system that sets a new global benchmark for healthy communities. WELL is focused exclusively on the ways that buildings and communities, and everything in them, can improve our comfort, drive better choices, and generally enhance, not compromise, our health and wellness. IWBI mobilizes the wellness community through management of the WELL AP credential, the pursuit of applicable research, the development of educational resources, and advocacy for policies that promote health and wellness everywhere. IWBI is a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate citizenship initiative, and helps companies advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the use of WELL. More information on WELL can be found here.

International WELL Building Institute, IWBI, the WELL Building Standard, WELL v2, WELL Certified, WELL AP, WELL, WELL Portfolio, The WELL Conference, the WELL Community Standard and others, and their related logos are trademarks or certification marks of International WELL Building Institute pbc in the United States and other countries.

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Yan Tai
646.827.2955
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PPG TO SHOWCASE INNOVATIVE AEROSPACE PRODUCTS, SERVICES AT SINGAPORE AIRSHOW

New industry offerings include lightweight, sustainable aircraft products

SINGAPORE, Feb 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it will highlight its full range of aerospace products and services at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, Feb. 11-16, 2020.

The PPG booth (D79) will showcase an array of innovative industry offerings, including coatings, sealants, transparencies, packaging and application systems, engineered materials and transparent armor, as well as chemical management and other services.

In addition to its broad range of lightweight and sustainable products, the company will feature its PPG SOLARON BLUE PROTECTION™ UV+ blocking technology for aircraft windows. This recent technology helps protect aircrews, passengers and aircraft interiors from solar radiation.

Held biannually at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, the Singapore Airshow is Asia’s largest aerospace and defense event.

PPG is investing in a new 38,750-square-foot (3,600-square-meter) application support center (ASC) at Seletar Aerospace Park near the Seletar Airport in Singapore. The project is the company’s largest investment to date in Southeast Asia, at approximately $15 million.

Scheduled for completion in mid-2020, the ASC will accommodate increased demand for aerospace sealants, adhesives, coatings, transparencies, chemical management services and the packaging of third-party products.

For more information on PPG’s aerospace products and services, visit www.ppgaerospace.com. For more information on the Singapore Airshow, visit www.singaporeairshow.com.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and specialty materials that our customers have trusted for more than 135 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $15.1 billion in 2019. We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.

We protect and beautify the world and Solaron Blue Protection are trademarks and the PPG Logo is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

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PPG Media Contacts:
Lynne Evosevich
Aerospace
878-208-2804
evosevich@ppg.com
www.ppg.com

Source : PPG

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