TurbineAero announces new building in Thailand, new CEO

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- TurbineAero Inc announced a new building in the Free Zone of the AMATA CITY Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand and appointed new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Robert Wilson.

“This new building highlights the growth TurbineAero has witnessed over the last two years and confirms the development of the aerospace industry in Thailand,” said Vice President and General Manager of TurbineAero Repair-Asia, Peter Gille.

The new facility will include three brand-new full digital auxiliary power unit test cells as well as the most modern Non-Destructive Testing, inspection, repair and overhaul equipment, a statement said.

It will house up to 250 employees and will handle high technological testing, maintenance, repair and overhaul activities for aircraft components and systems for our worldwide customers, including APU MRO, LRUs and APU part repair.

Also announced is the appointment of Robert Wilson as the company’s new CEO. Prior to the appointment, Wilson founded Aerospace Advisory Group, LLC in 2014 and served leading aerospace companies in consulting and board roles.

“I am honored and excited to be leading TurbineAero’s global team of APU specialists, as we enter an exciting phase of our continued growth. We are pleased to take this key step in building a world-class facility for our experienced TurbineAero Thailand team to provide superior APU MRO services to current and future customers in the region,” said Wilson.

TurbineAero, headquartered in Arizona, USA is an independent aerospace component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider. The company repairs, sells, leases, tests and certifies auxiliary power unit (APU) and related parts accessories. More details on www.turbineaero.com.

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Fiorano Software delivers business productivity solutions to Sri Lanka

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Fiorano Software, an enterprise integration middleware provider has partnered with Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a leading Sri Lanka IT company to deliver business productivity solutions for the enterprise segment in Sri Lanka.

Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka value the partnership as strategic and timely to support its current initiatives of helping banks achieve Digital Transformation in Sri Lanka and provide customers an advantage in terms of speed and reliability, a statement said.

With its innovative features to communicate and integrate heterogeneous business applications and multi-vendor technology infrastructures, Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka is confident that Fiorano has all the necessary capabilities to address today's business productivity and integration challenges.

Director Business Development at Fiorano Software, Rajesh Rao said Sri Lanka is a key market for company’s growth in the Asia Pacific region and Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka has become one of the progressive IT companies to bring necessary edge to penetrate the market.

Fiorano’s innovative integration and middleware technology has added end-to-end solutions range to Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka as the company aimed to deliver higher value and best-in-class products & services to increase competitive advantage for customers.

Benefits of using Fiorano Middleware Stack include ease of use, ability to create new workflows with no programming efforts, scalability and lower TCO. More details on http://www.fiorano.com.

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First motor sports convention in Wuhan development zone, China

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- The first motor sports convention was held recently at the development zone in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province – jointly hosted by the Federation of Automobile and Motorcycle Sports (FAMS) and the Wuhan government.

According to the Publicity Department of Wuhan Development Zone Working Committee (Hannan District Committee), the convention consisted of seven competitions, three performances, one show and interaction activities for the public.

FAMS chairman, Zhan Guojun said that it was the largest comprehensive game for automobiles and motorcycles so far in China.

The convention has a strategic meaning for the city's development zone – to build a sound auto consumption and service system and exploration of the running of an automobile aftermarket based on the Internet, a statement said.

Wuhan development zone is home to 54 Fortune 500 companies, seven vehicle enterprises and over 500 auto parts companies. Dongfeng Automobile Group is also headquartered in the city.

The zone has strong capacity in automobile manufacturing, research and development, and its new energy and intelligent auto base is under construction.

Aiming at Hubei's first trillion-yuan industry, the development zone's world-class automobile industry cluster is in full swing.

The competitions included the World Touring Car Race (WTCR), China Touring Car Championship (CTCC), FIA F4 China Championship, China GT, China Truck Racing Championship, Car Endurance Championship (CEC) and Car Drifting Championship (CDC), with several of them authorized by the FIA.

There were over 360 top racers from more than 80 teams from 30 plus countries including US, UK, France, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Czech and Switzerland with 697 judges and 37 special purpose vehicles to provide all kinds of professional services.

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STARBUCKS NAMES PATRICK GRISMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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Fast, integration-ready mobile robot to be launch in Germany

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- The newest TUG robot by Aethon, the T4, will be launched at MOTEK 2018 on Oct 8-11 in Stuttgart, Germany – the answer for industrial, manufacturing and logistics customers who need a smaller, faster and integration-ready mobile robot.

“The T4 is a big step forward for Aethon in the industrial segment. The needs of our manufacturing customers, integrators and distributors drove this innovation and we are thankful for the insight they provided,” said chief executive officer of Aethon, Aldo Zini.

As Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with the T4,  system integrators and distributors will value it as an improved mobility platform due to its ease of deployment, cost-effectiveness and open connectivity options.

Aethon said in a statement, it will be encouraging third parties to develop solutions to pair with the T4 platform. The T4 will pair with existing automation equipment even in tight spaces due to its center-pivot 17 inch / 44 cm turning radius.

It will haul loads up to 250 lbs / 113 kg and is capable of traveling on sloped areas up to 5 degrees –  thanks to its unique independent suspension system.

According to the statement, the T4 can also travel at speeds up to 2 m/s. It will automatically pick up and drop off carts, avoiding the labor costs of cart-tending required by competing AMRs.

Like all of Aethon’s AMRs, the T4 will autonomously navigate a facility using require complex or fixed infrastructure and can be installed easily in a facility with existing Wi-Fi coverage. More details on  www.aethon.com

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Agrobank holds 'agenda agro' in Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- Agrobank will be holding the seventh Agenda Agro in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on Oct 9 to continue its mission to spread the latest news on the agriculture industry.

The emphasis this time will be opportunities and prospects in the agriculture sector in hopes of attracting new agropreneurs and helping existing ones expand their empire.

In a statement today, Agrobank said the programme complements initiatives by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, as well as seals the financial institution’s commitment to the sector.

Agenda Agro events were previously held in Perlis, Pahang, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Johor and Sarawak.

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Healint appoints seniors to meet healthcare predictive analytics demand

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- Healint -- the developer of the world’s largest digital patient hub -- has appointed a series of seniors to meet the strongly growing demand for its healthcare predictive analytics including Maryline Marquet as Chief Commercial Officer.

Also appointed are Anna Nayoung Park, who joins Healint’s product management team from Asia’s leading chat platform ‘Line’ and Bo Zhang who previously a Program Manager at Human Care Systems and a nurse at Changi General Hospital, Singapore.

Marquet who has held senior positions at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Becton Dickinson and International SOS in Europe and Singapore joined Healint’s leadership to oversee its sales, marketing and business development, a statement said.

Healint’s Chief Executive Officer, Francois Cadiou on the appointment said: ‘Maryline is a fantastic global digital health leader with an in-depth knowledge of numerous conditions, and the commercialisation of digital services around them.

Marquet said that the appointment was a testament to the company’s ability to engage patients on continuous basis and to transform insights solutions to include predictives.

“I commend the Healint team for their remarkable accomplishments with migraine and look forward to replicating these successes in many other disease areas with unmet needs,” added Marquet.

With the strongly growing team, Healint recently relocated its head office to 100 Pasir Panjang, Singapore. More details on www.healint.com.

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