Omdia: Near-eye displays for XR applications expected to grow to 139 million units in 2028

LONDON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Display shipments for applications featuring near-eye displays are expected to reach 25.3 million units in 2022, up 73.8% year-over-year (YoY), before reaching 139 million units in 2028, based on Omdia's latest Near Eye Display for XR Application Report - 2022. Near-eye display market unit forecast, 2020-28 Omdia sees three main influencers behind this growth. Firstly, sales of XR (including AR, VR and MR) end devices are growing due to incre

July 26, 2022

Consumer finance veteran joins Tonik's management team as Group COO

SINGAPORE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonik announced today that Tomasz Borowski is joining the leadership team as Group Chief Operations Officer (COO). Most recently the Co-Founder and CEO of Asian fintech credit management leader FLOW, Tomasz was instrumental in overseeing FLOW's rollout across three markets in Southeast Asia, as well as its achievement of profitability prior to Series B, the first such feat by any fintech in the region. With operations in Vietnam, Indonesia, and India

July 26, 2022

utu further Revolutionizes Global Tax-Free Shopping and reveals World's First Tax-Free Shopping Rewards in Reward Points with Accor

SINGAPORE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- utu, the global travel-tech company headquartered in Singapore has crossed another milestone, partnering with one of the world-leading hospitality group, Accor, to further revolutionize tax-free shopping internationally with the world's first tax rewards in the form of reward points. utu's partnership with Accor, one of the world's leading Hospitality Group, fully integrates the utu platform with ALL - Accor Live Limitless – a daily l

July 26, 2022

LG Display highlights ESG initiatives in 2022 sustainability report

SEOUL, South Korea, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it has published its 2021-2022 Sustainability Report. 2021-2022 LG Display Sustainability Report The company's eleventh sustainability report outlines its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activities and achievements within the last year as well as its short and long-term goals in pursuit of a greener planet. In the environmental sec

July 26, 2022

Molecular Diagnostics Developer INEX Innovate Announces Funding for New Research with The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Singapore-based diagnostics developer INEX Innovate brings The Chinese University of Hong Kong together to further research work on LEXI®, INEX's fetal cell based non-invasive pre-natal diagnostics technology. SINGAPORE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-based diagnostics developer and medical laboratory operator, INEX Innovate has contributed an undisclosed sum to leading Hong Kong university – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), to collaborate and further research in the

July 26, 2022

Dubber Launches on NUWAVE's iPILOT Platform for Global Integration with Microsoft Teams

NUWAVE to deploy Dubber as a standard optional feature on the NUWAVE iPILOT Platform for Microsoft Teams Calling Provides easy Dubber provisioning for selectable and valuable functionality available for all NUWAVE partners and customers MELBOURNE, Australia, LONDON and DALLAS, Texas, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dubber Corporation Limited (ASX: DUB) (Dubber) announced that it has signed a Foundation Partner agreement with Nuwave Communications, Inc. (NUWAVE). NUWAVE, based in Las Vega

July 26, 2022

Discover Malaysia: Trip.com and Tourism Malaysia offer Australian travellers return flights to Malaysia from $488

SYDNEY, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com, the global travel services provider, has partnered with Tourism Malaysia to offer Australian travellers deals on their next trip to Malaysia, including return flights from $488. The Discover Malaysia campaign has been launched as Australian travellers look to travel further afield and Malaysia emerges as a rising destination in the region. Trip.com and Tourism Malaysia staff, including HE Dato' Roslan Tan Sri Abdul Rahman, The High

July 26, 2022

HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announces designs for THE LINE, the city of the future in NEOM

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Chairman of the NEOM Board of Directors, today announced the designs of THE LINE, a civilizational revolution that puts humans first, providing an unprecedented urban living experience while preserving the surrounding nature. In January last year, His Royal Highness launched the initial idea and vision of the city that redefines the concept of urban development and what cities of the

July 26, 2022

CSafe Global Continues Investment in Cell and Gene Therapy Solutions with Addition of New Portfolio President

Amy DuRoss joins CSafe Global as President, Cell & Gene Therapy to drive innovation and solution development MONROE, Ohio, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CSafe Global, the innovation leader in temperature-controlled shipping solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, announced today that Amy DuRoss has joined the company as President, Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT). Amy DuRoss, President, CSafe Cell & Gene Solutions In her new role, DuRoss w

July 26, 2022

Angel Yeast Partners with PhaBuilder to Open PHA Factory

YICHANG, China, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel Yeast (SH600298), a globally listed yeast and yeast extract manufacturer, has inked an agreement with Bejing PhaBuilder Biotechnology Co., Ltd (PhaBuilder) in Yichang, Hubei province to build a large manufacturing base for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the city. The pair will set up a joint venture company to drive the application of synthetic biology in the biotechnology industry. PHA is a polyester produced naturally by microor

July 26, 2022

Huawei Launches the SOCC Solution, Safeguarding Stable Transactions in the Financial Industry

SINGAPORE, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2022, Huawei released the industry's first Storage-Optical Connection Coordination (SOCC) solution. This solution leverages the advantages of storage devices and optical transmission products to prevent financial transaction failures caused by network jitter, ensuring stable and reliable financial transactions. Dr. Margaret Hu, President of Marketing and Solution Sales, Global Digital Finance, Huawe

July 25, 2022

Intl power battery event in Yibin pursues low-carbon future

YIBIN, China, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An international power battery industry event was held in Yibin in Southwest China's Sichuan province from July 21 to 23, to seek better ways for the development of power battery industry and help realize carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. Institutions and enterprises jointly sign the “2022 World EV & ES Battery Conference (Yibin) Declaration” in Yibin, Sichuan province, promising to help build a cleaner and more beautiful world.

July 25, 2022

10GW capacity, $450 million output value! Antaisolar expands its industrial park in Fujian, China

XIAMEN, China, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 4th, Antaisolar successfully held a groundbreaking ceremony in Changtai District, which aims to announce the construction in the second phase of its industrial park officially begins. Many government officials attended the ceremony. Star Huang, chairman of Antaisolar, made a report on the project. The second phase of the project plans to be completed by the end of 2024, by then the whole industrial park is about to achieve over $450 million

July 25, 2022

HR automation platform Omni HR raises USD 2.4mn pre-seed funding from Alpha JWC Ventures & Picus Capital to digitize employee management in SE Asia

SINGAPORE, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HR automation platform, Omni HR today announced it has recently closed USD 2.4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by Alpha JWC Ventures and Picus Capital, with participation from FEBE Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Ratio Ventures, and Frances Kang at Horizons Ventures. This round was also supported by a number of prominent angel investors including former executives at Namely and Ultimate Software. Omni HR Team

July 25, 2022