Lindell to serve as Chairman of the Board MALMÖ, Sweden, Aug 24 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bona, a global, sustainably-driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining, and restoring premium floors, announced today that it has appointed Pontus Cornelius as president and CEO of the company effective January 11, 2021. Kerstin…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) — PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) and LG Chem recently inked an agreement to build a Nitrile Butadiene Latex (NBL) manufacturing plant at Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Johor to target the growing nitrile glove market, further strengthening Malaysia’s position as the largest exporter of gloves…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) — PETRONAS launched its latest National & Malaysia Day Webfilm today titled “Operasi Koperasi”, an animation story inspired by the Malaysian childhood game, Lawan Pemadam. “Operasi Koperasi” takes place in a school co-operative, starring 14 diverse characters in the form of state flag erasers. The plot begins…

Stripes leads Series D as Tiger Global Management joins existing investors Battery Ventures, CapitalG, Dawn Capital, FirstMark Capital and ICONIQ NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Dataiku, a leading global Enterprise AI and machine learning platform, announced a $100 million Series D investment round led by Stripes, with major investment…

CHICAGO, Aug 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — ADM (NYSE: ADM) today announced that it has completed its previously announced secondary block trade of approximately $550M in Wilmar ordinary shares. “We are exceptionally pleased with our longstanding relationship with Wilmar,” said ADM Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano. “This transaction provides ADM with additional…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) — AmBank has launched PayG, Malaysia’s first term loan where its size is linked to the volume of business processed through a merchant POS terminal. This will enable clients to access working capital that is aligned to the size of their business and offers greater flexibility…

· Survey of  life insurance customers shows move to healthier living for better physical and mental well-being· COVID-19 fuels Malaysians’ appetite for insurance, aided by easy access using digital tools KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) — Concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among life insurance policyholders in Malaysia are prompting many…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 24 (Bernama) — Finterra Global Plantations has announced its joint venture with United Paulownia Plantation Sdn Bhd (“UPP”), a subsidiary company of Green Afforestation International Network (Gain Green). The focus of the joint venture is on the sustainable afforestation sector and will see more than a 150,000 Paulownia…

Organised in conjunction with the forthcoming Selangor International Business Summit 2020 SHAH ALAM, Aug 24 (Bernama) — The Virtual Selangor ASEAN Business Conference (SABC) 2020 will kick-off its live webinar series on ASEAN Rebound to Recovery this coming Tuesday, August 25, 2020, from 11.00 am – 12.15 pm.With the theme of…

TOKYO, Aug 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On 20 August 2020, the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) together with the ASEAN Committee in Tokyo (ACT), which consists of the ASEAN Ambassadors to Japan, organized the ASEAN 53rd Anniversary Symposium online under the theme of “Beyond Covid-19: Moving into the New Normal” where participants joined from…