Day: July 20, 2022

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Surforma Globally Launches Ballistic Plate

To Protect Lives in Urban Environments with Civil Risks

Ballistic Plate

Surforma CompactShield

PORTO, Portugal, July 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Surforma has launched on the world market CompactShield, a ballistic plate for use in urban environments with civil risks, aimed at more demanding markets for the protection of people, especially in countries in regional blocks such as America, Africa, and the Middle East.

The Efanor group company – which owns the Sonae group – affirms that the new solution is the result of 3 years of research and development in partnership with Beyondcomposite, gaining a great advantage over existing ones, essentially in its applicability as a decorative solution, thereby not needing two components: ballistic protection and surface design, in addition to weight, durability, price.

With level IIIA, III, and IV protection, according to the NIJ standard 0108:01, the new ballistic CompactShield is mainly intended for the sectors of construction (public buildings, police stations, banks, etc.) and transport (armoured vehicles, bus driver barriers, shipping containers, etc.).

“It is a technological revolution where, in addition to protecting human lives, we incorporate the decorative factor in a single solution, allowing its application to have different uses, namely in the transport and construction sectors,” says Miguel Nogueira, Surforma CEO.

The company has, this way, started a process of globally repositioning its Laminates and Compacts business, both structurally, with the introduction of new raw materials, and technically, by investing in new ranges with improved performance.

“With our new innovation strategy and product pipeline, sales can grow by 10% in the next 5 years, essentially through exports, and resulting in a forecasted increase of €7M in business by 2025,” he states.

ABOUT SURFORMA

Set up in 1959, the company is the origin of the Sonae Group, a Portuguese multinational that is present in 62 countries and which manages a diversified portfolio of businesses in the areas of industry, retail, financial services, technology, shopping centres, and telecommunications. In 2021, the group’s turnover exceeded €8 billion.

With over 60 years of innovation and leadership in the sector, and with the aim of creating its own identity and holding a prominent position in the production and distribution of Laminates and Compacts, SURFORMA® was set up in 2018: a global brand focused essentially on the Furniture, Construction, and Decoration industries. The company operates in over 30 countries, in 5 continents.

CONTACTS

Ricardo Rodrigues, Chief Executive Officer & Founder
+351 22 532 3550
rr@pressmediaonline.com

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‫SURFORMA تطلق الرقائق الواقية من المقذوفات لتوزيعها على المستوى العالمي

لحماية حياة من يعيشون في أوساط حضرية تنطوي على مخاطر مدنية

بورتو، البرتغال، 20 يوليو 2022 أطلقت Surforma في السوق العالمية منتجها CompactShield، وهو رقيقة مضادة للمقذوفات تُستخدم داخل الأوساط الحضرية التي تنطوي على مخاطر مدنية، مستهدفة بها الأسواق الأكثر احتياجًا لذلك المنتج لحماية الناس، ولاسيما في البلدان الواقعة في كتل إقليمية مثل أمريكا وأفريقيا والشرق الأوسط.

تؤكد شركة مجموعة Efanor، التي تمتلك مجموعة Sonae، أن الحل الجديد هو ثمرة 3 سنوات من البحوث والتطوير بالتعاون مع شركة Beyondcomposite، إذ يكتسب ذلك الحل ميزة كبيرة مقابل ما عداه من حلول قائمة، وبصفة أساسية فيما يتعلقبقابليته للتطبيق بوصفه حلاً زخرفيًا بحيث لا يحتاج سوى عنصرين: الحماية من المقذوفات والتصميم السطحي، فضلاً عن الميزات المتعلقة بالوزن والمتانة والسعر.

وفقًا لمواصفة المعهد الوطني للعدالة، رقم NJI 0108:01، تم تصنيع اللوح الجديد الواقي من المقذوفات CompactShield بصفة أساسية كمنتج مخصص لقطاع الإنشاءات (الأبنية العمومية ومراكز الشرطة والبنوك، … إلخ) وقطاع النقل (العربات المدرعة وحواجز سائقي الحافلات وحاويات الشحن، … إلخ)، وذلك بفضل خاصية الحماية التي يتمتع بها من المستويات الثالث (أ) IIIA، والثالث III، والرابع IV.

وفي هذا الصدد صرح ميغيل نوغيريا، رئيس Surforma التنفيذي قائلاً: “إنها ثورة تقنية تمكننا، بخلاف حماية حياة البشر، من إدخال العنصر الزخرفي ضمن حل واحد، ما يتيح تطبيقه بحيث تصبح له استخدامات مختلفة، أي في قطاعي النقل والإنشاءات.”

وأردف: “وعلى هذا النحو، شرعت الشركة في تنفيذ عملية تعديل مسار أعمالها على المستوى العالمي فيما يتعلق بمنتجاتها من الرقائق المصفحة ولبادات الحماية المضغوطة، على المستوى الهيكلي، بإدخال مواد خام جديدة، وعلى المستوى الفني، عن طريق الاستثمار في فئات جديدة مع تحسين الأداء.

ونستطيع، بفضل الاستراتيجية المبتكرة الجديدة التي تتبعها شركتنا ومخزوننا من المنتجات، تنمية المبيعات بنسبة 10% على مدى السنوات الخمس القادمة، ولاسيما عن طريق الصادرات، ما يثمر زيادة متوقعة في العمل قوامها 7 مليون يورو بحلول عام 2025.”

نبذة عن SURFORMA

تأسست الشركة في عام 1959 وأصبحت الشركة الأم لمجموعة Sonae، وهي شركة برتغالية متعددة الجنسيات تعمل في 62 دولة وتدير محفظة متنوعة من الأنشطة في مجالات الصناعة وأعمال التجزئة والخدمات المالية والتقنية ومراكز التسوق والاتصالات. وفي عام 2021، تجاوزت أرباح المجموعة من حركة المبيعات 8 مليار يورو.

انطلقت العلامة التجارية SURFORMA® في عام 2018، بفضل ما يربو على 60 عامًا من الابتكار والريادة في هذا القطاع، وبهدف تشكيل هويتها واحتلال مكانة مرموقة في إنتاج وتوزيع الرقائق المصفحة ولبادات الحماية المضغوطة وذلك بوصفها علامة تجارية تركز بصفة أساسية على قطاعات الأثاث والإنشاءات والديكور. تعمل الشركة في أكثر من 30 دولة على أراضي 5 قارات.

جهات الاتصال
ريكاردو رودريغز، الرئيس التنفيذي والمؤسس
00351 22 532 3550
rr@pressmediaonline.com

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Hitachi Energy and H2 Green Steel partner to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen for green steel production

Memorandum of Understanding outlines collaboration to support the decarbonization of the steel industry by using disruptive technology and reduce carbon emissions

Zurich, Switzerland, July 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Energy today announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H2 Green Steel to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen to support the decarbonization of the steel industry.

H2 Green Steel, a Swedish industrial start-up, is on a mission to accelerate the global steel industry’s greatest technological shift by eliminating almost all of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the steel production process. It is planning to build its first fossil-free steel plant in Boden, Sweden, alongside a giga scale electrolyzer plant for the production of green hydrogen.

The MoU outlines a collaboration which is built on three (3) pillars: 1) Hitachi Energy’s equity investment in H2 Green Steel; 2) products and services from Hitachi Energy that are needed to construct and improve the electrical infrastructure to power steel production and giga scale electrolyzer plants; 3) green steel to be used in the manufacturing of Hitachi Energy’s products, once H2 Green Steel starts production.

Over the past decade, expanding steel production has increased total energy demand and CO2 emissions1, which contributes to about eight percent of the world’s global industrial carbon emissions2.

Starting with the plant in Boden, H2 Green Steel will leverage Hitachi Energy’s capabilities to optimize customers’ value chain to plan, build, operate, and maintain the power infrastructure that includes IT and operational technology (OT). The steel production in Boden will use green hydrogen instead of coal in a fully integrated process using end-to-end digitalization, which reduces up to 95 percent CO2 emissions compared to traditional steelmaking. This will be equivalent to removing 3 million passenger cars per year from road3.

“Achieving carbon-neutrality globally requires efforts from all industries to speed up the energy transition through collaborations,” says Johan Söderström, Head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Hitachi Energy. “This collaboration with H2 Green Steel is a pioneering example of how we are working together and creating additional benefits for our customers. We are supporting H2 Green Steel’s electrification project and at the same time, we are able to secure green steel for our products, which is in line with our Purpose: Advancing a sustainable energy future for all,” he added.

“The partnership we have entered into with Hitachi Energy is further reinforced by an equity investment in H2 Green Steel. The partners we choose to work with need to share our values, to make a real commitment to live up to the Paris Agreement, and to work tightly together to leverage each other’s strengths. With Hitachi Energy we have that, as well as their long history, broad experience, and innovative offerings,” says Henrik Henriksson, CEO of H2 Green Steel.

1 IEA, Iron and Steel

2 McKinsey, Decarbonization challenge for steel (World Steel Organization)

3 Based on average 160 g CO2/km and average distance of 15,000 km

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About Hitachi Energy Ltd.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible, and secure whilst balancing social, environmental, and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD.

https://www.hitachienergy.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachienergy

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About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society with data and technology. We will solve customers’ and society’s challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, under the business structure of Digital Systems & Services, Green Energy & Mobility, Connective Industries and Automotive Systems. Driven by green, digital, and innovation, we aim for growth through collaboration with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2021 (ended March 31, 2022) totaled 10,264.6 billion yen ($84,136 million USD), with 853 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 370,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at https://www.hitachi.com.

About H2 Green Steel

H2 Green Steel (H2GS AB) was founded in 2020 with the ambition to accelerate the decarbonization of the steel industry, using green hydrogen. Steel, which is one of the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitters, is the company’s first business vertical. The founder and largest shareholder of H2 Green Steel is Vargas, which is also co-founder and one of the larger shareholders in Swedish battery maker Northvolt. H2 Green Steel is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with its first green steel plant under development in Boden, northern Sweden. www.h2greensteel.com

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Jocelyn Chang
Hitachi Energy Ltd.
+41 79384 7775
jocelyn.chang@hitachienergy.com
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Nyxoah to Release Second Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results on August 8, 2022

Nyxoah to Release Second Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results on August 8, 2022

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium – July 19, 2022, 10:30pm CET / 4:30pm ET – Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels/Nasdaq: NYXH) (“Nyxoah” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative solutions to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), today announced that the Company will release financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2022 on Monday, August 8, 2022, after market close. Company management will host a conference call to discuss financial results that day beginning at 10:30pm CET / 4:30pm ET.

Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so by registering for a unique personal PIN at the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIfc3a52c9352e4e42958e9d816245b3b9. A live and archived webcast of the event will be available on the Company’s investor relations website at https://investors.nyxoah.com/events.

About Nyxoah
Nyxoah is a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative solutions to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Nyxoah’s lead solution is the Genio® system, a patient-centered, leadless and battery-free hypoglossal neurostimulation therapy for OSA, the world’s most common sleep disordered breathing condition that is associated with increased mortality risk and cardiovascular comorbidities. Nyxoah is driven by the vision that OSA patients should enjoy restful nights and feel enabled to live their life to its fullest.

Following the successful completion of the BLAST OSA study, the Genio® system received its European CE Mark in 2019. Nyxoah completed two successful IPOs: on Euronext Brussels in September 2020 and NASDAQ in July 2021. Following the positive outcomes of the BETTER SLEEP study, Nyxoah received CE mark approval for the expansion of its therapeutic indications to Complete Concentric Collapse (CCC) patients, currently contraindicated in competitors’ therapy. Additionally, the Company is currently conducting the DREAM IDE pivotal study for FDA and US commercialization approval.

For more information, please visit http://www.nyxoah.com/.

Caution – CE marked since 2019. Investigational device in the United States. Limited by U.S. federal law to investigational use in the United States.

Contacts:
Nyxoah
Loïc Moreau, Chief Financial Officer
corporate@nyxoah.com
+32 473 33 19 80

Jeremy Feffer, VP IR and Corporate Communications
jeremy.feffer@nyxoah.com
+1 917 749 1494

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Global Times: Xinjiang no longer a remote corner, but a core area, hub in BRI: Xi

BEIJING, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Eight years after his visit to China’s Xinjiang region in 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a second trip to the northwest region and stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal and the region’s significant role in building the Belt and Road Initiative.

Analysts said Xi’s visit to Xinjiang signals that after achieving fundamental changes from disturbance to stability, the Xinjiang region is entering a new phase of being built into the bridgehead of China’s westward opening-up.

While staying in the Xinjiang region from Tuesday to Friday, President Xi visited many places in Urumqi. He also went to Shihezi and Turpan and inspected villages and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and had communications with local residents.

During the visit, President Xi also called for developing Xinjiang into a region that is united, harmonious, prosperous, and culturally advanced, with healthy ecosystems and people living and working in contentment.

Xi’s visit to the Xinjiang region is a strong and significant indication that while maintaining prolonged stability and achieving economic development, Xinjiang region is stepping into a new phase of economic development and has been built as a core hub for the building of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the bridgehead for westward opening-up, Wang Yuting, associate professor of the Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.

Xinjiang and the whole western region of China have realized stability, laying the foundation for China to further boost its western region and deepen cooperation with Central and West Asian countries, said Wang, noting that Xinjiang’s role as a core hub of the Silk Road Economic Belt has significant strategic value and meaning.

On Tuesday, Xi visited the Urumqi International Land Port. “The Belt and Road Initiative has yielded fruitful results since it was initiated. As the joint building of BRI continues to advance, Xinjiang is no longer a remote corner but a core area and a hub. What you have done is of historic significance,” Xi said.

Wang also pointed out that Xi’s visit in Xinjiang also showcased China’s enriched policy for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, including maintaining stability in the region through ethnic unity, nurturing the cultures of Xinjiang, promoting prosperity among the local residents, and developing Xinjiang from a long-term perspective.

China’s products can be exported to the US and the West from coastal areas and also to other regions via the land hub of Xinjiang, which can not only meet the increasingly strong demand from neighboring countries but also help speed up the region’s opening-up to find new ways out, Wang said.

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Tour Guide and Accomplices Gang Rape American Vlogger at Fort Munro

A ‘tour guide’ and his two accomplices reportedly gang-raped a female American tourist at Fort Munro, a hill station, located in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) district on 16 July.

The victim, who is a vlogger and a social media activist, was on a tour of Fort Munro when the incident occurred, after which she registered a complaint with the Border Military Police (BMP).

The BMP has apprehended the key suspect, 21, who is purportedly also an American citizen.

District Police Officer (DPO) DG Khan, Ali Waseem, stated that the accused confessed to his crime. He was also produced in a local court, and the BMP was granted permission for his physical remand.

Meanwhile, the woman was sent to the hospital for a medical examination.

She had stated in the FIR that the tour guide had threatened her life on the phone for reporting the matter to the police. The complainant claimed that the suspects also filmed the incident.

The Fort Munro BMP has registered an FIR against the three suspects under sections 376 and 292 b of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). They have also been charged with gang rape under sections 292b and 376 of the PPC.

Case Details

The DPO stated that the vlogger had contacted the prime suspect on a tourist guides group on a social media platform and had planned a trip to Fort Munro on his invitation. She had traveled to Pakistan and had been residing with a man called Basil Khan in Lahore, who told the police that he is her fiancé.

As per the inquiry reports, Khan and the woman had met the tour guide via a social media app.

The woman told the police that he had invited her to Rajanpur, where she had gone alone on public transport and had stayed with his family for a couple of days. They both left for Fort Munro on 16 July and stayed in a hotel room.

The woman claimed that the tour guide and his accomplices then gang raped her.

Deputy Commissioner DG Khan, Anwar Baryar, who is also a senior commandant of BMP, said that raids are being carried out for the arrest of the remaining suspects.

The Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, Hamza Shahbaz, has also asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab for a report on the incident. He has ordered indiscriminate action against the accused and promised that they will be awarded exemplary punishment in accordance with the law, to serve justice to the victim.

Source: Pro Pakistan

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KP Trains Thousands of Clerics to Teach Men the Importance of Family Planning

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Population Welfare Department (PWD) has trained thousands of clerics from all schools of thought to spread awareness about the importance of family planning.

It was revealed by Special Assistant to CM (SACM) on Population Welfare, Syed Ahmad Hussain Shah, during a recent seminar held in connection with World Population Day.

Addressing the event, the SACM said that more than 4,000 clerics have been trained to create awareness among men about the exponentially rising population of the country.

He added that there are over 750 PWD training centers all over the province where men and women receive training about different family planning programs.

Last week, the UN released a report titled ‘World Population Prospects 2022’ on the occasion of World Population Day which is observed on 11 July every year.

The report revealed that Pakistan’s population is increasing at an alarmingly high rate. If it continues rising at the same rate, Pakistan’s population can jump 56% from the current 220 million to 366 million by 2050.

Source: Pro Pakistan

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‘Believe’: Picture of Pakistan’s Gameplan for Record Chase Against SL Goes Viral

Believe, live in the present moment and positive intent were the three instructions shared in the Pakistani dressing room as they headed out to achieve an improbable task of chasing down a mammoth target in the fourth innings at Galle Cricket Stadium.

The Men in Green stood tall at the end of the match as they created history by chasing down 342 runs in the final innings, the highest ever run-chase at the venue.

Abdullah Shafique was the star of the show as he struck a magnificent century to steer the run-chase. Shafique’s masterclass innings of 160* off 408 balls earned him the player of the match award and also plaudits from the cricketing community all over the world.

Shafique was ably supported by captain Babar Azam, who scored yet another half-century, and vice-captain, Mohammad Rizwan, who played a gritty innings of 40 runs.

After achieving the feat, Mohammad Rizwan took to Twitter to explain Pakistan’s strategy as they took the field.

Rizwan thanked the Pakistan team management including head coach, Saqlain Mushtaq, assistant coach, Shahid Aslam, and batting coach, Mohammad Yousuf, for providing the whole squad with the motivation and belief to carry out a historic feat.

Rizwan’s tweet gathered a positive response from the cricketing fraternity on Twitter as they congratulated the team on a magnificent achievement. His tweet gathered 5,000 likes and 450 retweets. The picture is also being widely shared by social media users.

Source: Pro Pakistan