Entegris Receives Preferred Quality Supplier Award From Intel

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Entegris, Inc., has been awarded Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) recognition for its performance in 2014.

The PQS award is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) program that encourages suppliers achieve excellence and continue with improvements.

To qualify for the PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, technology, environmental, social and governance goals, said Entegris in a statement issued in Billerica, Massachusetts, the United States.

Suppliers must also achieve 80 percent or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business systems.

"This distinction is the result of the on-going commitment and dedication of the Entegris teams around the world to relentlessly advance our quality systems and our technology.

"We are committed to helping the world's technology leaders grow in an environmentally and socially responsible manner and we look forward to new opportunities to enable Intel's technology roadmap," explained Bertrand Loy, President and CEO at Entegris in the same statement.

A celebration to honor PQS award winners was held in Santa Clara, California with the theme "Innovating to Deliver Smart and Connected Devices", which illustrates the contributions the suppliers have made in 2014.

For further information on SCQI program and announcement, please visit: http://intel.com/go/quality http://intel.com

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Antuit Introduces Antuit-simtech Supply Chain Analytics Lab

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Bernama) -- Antuit, a global Big Data solutions company, and A*STAR's Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) have established the Antuit-SIMTech Supply Chain Analytics Lab.

The Antuit-SIMTech Supply Chain Analytics Lab is a two-year research collaboration to develop analytics-based solutions for emerging supply chain problems.

With an investment of US$1.8 million from the two organizations, the Lab will develop new tools and technologies to help companies manage their supply chains more efficiently and enable supply chain leaders to make data-led decisions.

Housed at SIMTech, the Lab will focus on areas among others the application of data sciences in supply chain planning, supply chain risk mitigation, and the use of Internet and communication tools to improve supply chain visibility.

It will provide collaborative workspace for research, experimentation and innovation, leveraging Antuit's analytics services expertise and SIMTech's capabilities in research and development.

The Lab will be managed and supervised by co-directors Orkan Akcan and Dr. Zhang Nengsheng Allan, from Antuit and SIMTech, respectively.

"A*STAR research institutes such as SIMTech are avenues for SMEs to effectively use technology to improve productivity and capture business opportunities," explained Dr. Lim Ser Yong, Executive Director of SIMTech in the same statement.

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Nasdaq Introduces TT As Nfx's Proffesional Trading Software

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Bernama) -- Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, is to introduce connectivity to Nasdaq Futures (NFX) through both its TT and X_TRADER® platforms.

Through NFX, Nasdaq will expand its commodities business with futures and options on key energy benchmarks including oil, natural gas and U.S. power, which will launch in 2015.

The TT connection would provide trading community with more choices for investing in energy derivatives, improving price discovery and providing deeper liquidity, said Nasdaq in a statement issued today in Boca Raton, Florida, the United States.

With the NFX, TT continues to expand its offering to provide access to 42 markets including Nasdaq's European commodities markets, Nasdaq NLX and Nasdaq eSpeed.

"Our connection to TT will provide global energy market participants not only tools to execute their strategies but also the ability to hedge in a more cost efficient manner with access to our suite of energy benchmark products.

"TT's relationship with Nasdaq spans our markets across the globe, and we will now offer the trading community additional choices and trading opportunities for strategies across key assets," explained Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President of Nasdaq in the same statement.

Nasdaq's Global Commodities business offers trading and clearing solutions for various related assets including power, natural gas and carbon emission markets, tanker and dry cargo freight, fuel oil, seafood derivatives, iron ore, electricity certificates and clearing services.

With market makers, liquidity providers and competitive fees, Nasdaq provides a liquid, transparent and efficient marketplace, which appeals to all types of trading entities.

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Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Ratings Remain Unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- The financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of "aa-" for Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., remains unchanged.

The result was due to the plan of investing in SCOR SE (SCOR) in France, commented A.M. Best in a statement issued today in Hong Kong.

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc (SJNK) (Japan) had announced on March 6, 2015 that Sompo Japan Nipponkoa, its main operating subsidiary would acquire a 7.8 percent stake in SCOR and has intentions to further increase that stake to 15 percent.

Overall investment risk to equities is expected to remain within an acceptable level, as the company has reduced its exposure to the domestic equity market over the years.

More recently, the company has made an effort to expand its earnings profile and diversify the risk profile both in investment and underwriting.

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa is a wholly owned subsidiary of SJNK, which is one of the major non-life insurance holding companies in Japan. SJNK Holdings was established as a joint holding company following the merger of Sompo Japan and NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. (NIPPONKOA) in 2010.

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AirAsia Berhad Flies you direct to Kuala Lumpur from Visakhapatnam

BENGALURU, India, March 10 (BERNAMA) -- AirAsia Berhad is launching its new direct route to the capital of Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur from the city of Visakhapatnam with an initial frequency of 3x weekly commencing from 7 May 2015, connecting the third largest city in East Coast India to one of the fastest growing metropolis in South East Asia. To celebrate the launch of this new route, AirAsia Berhad is offering fare from as low as INR 1,699* one way including taxes for the booking period of 10 to 22 March 2015, and the travel period will be from 7 May 2015 to 26 March 2016. This promotional fare is now available on airasia.com, as well as AirAsia’s mobile app on iPhone and Android devices, as well as its mobile site mobile.airasia.com. Spencer Lee, Head of Commercial for AirAsia Berhad said, “We are ecstatic to announce the first new route out of India for AirAsia Berhad this year, making Vizag the seventh city with direct flights to Kuala Lumpur from India after Kolkata, Chennai, Trichy, Bangalore, Kochi and Hyderabad. Now the people of Vizag can enjoy greater connectivity to Asia and Australia with just one stop away through Kuala Lumpur!” “Guests can now connect to other Malaysian cities like Penang, Kuching or Kota Kinabalu, or even to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and many more exciting cities we offer in our extensive flight network with the Fly-Thru service via Kuala Lumpur. Together with our affiliate AirAsia India, we are poised to provide an enhanced flight network in India at amazing low fares!” added Spencer. Kuala Lumpur has a lot to offer as a travel destination, the colourful cultures from the racial diversity and the vast variety of cuisines available continues to be a draw for people to visit Kuala Lumpur. It is home to the world-famous Twin Towers at the city-centre filled with skyscrapers which will leave you in awe; or climb the stairs at the mesmerizing Batu Caves, a Hindu religious site rising above 100m above the ground, with temples and shrines housed in this beautiful limestone cave. The city of Kuala Lumpur is also the gateway to UNESCO Heritage Site of Melaka, just an hour’s drive away from the airport. Apart from that, other interesting attractions nearby Kuala Lumpur include Genting Highlands, the city of entertainment on the peak of a mountain, as well as the scenic and cooling Cameron Highlands. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Name : Neha Mohanty Communications Tel : +9190 2511 5559 E-mail : nehamohanty@airasia.com SOURCE : AirAsia Berhad

Hakuho Invites Researchers To 10th Hakuho Foundation Fellowship

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation, has invited 14 researchers to participate in the 10th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship.

They have been selected from 11 countries - Australia, Bulgaria, Czeh Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Thailand, U.K., USA and Vietnam - said Hakuho in a statement issued today in Tokyo, Japan.

Among the 14 researchers, seven of them were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese language education research category and the rest in the Japanese literature and culture research category.

The fellowship period begins on Sept 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2016 (long term 1-year or short-term 6 months).

Hakuho Foundation invites leading international researchers to Japan, with the goals of further strengthening the fundamentals of international research and deepening of Japan through researchers' activities.

Leading international researchers of the Japanese language, Japanese language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture are also invited to conduct residential research.

Receiving Organizations are; International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto University, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Ochanomizu University, Ritsumeikan University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Waseda University.

For more details on Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship and lists of invited researches, please visit: http://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/foundation/english/program/index.html http://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/foundation/english/program/new.html

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SOCIAL DRINKING ARKAY PLACEBO EFFECT

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- Arkay Beverages announces that consumers
drink Arkay for the placebo effect.

Ever come home from work and plain needed a good stiff drink? It seems a fairly
common sentiment, but according to Arkay Beverages, the notion that alcohol can
curb stress may be an axiom. Of course, alcohol itself might not be the
notorious intoxicant that we think it is. It could all be a ruse created by
advertising gone awry.

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