Refinishing Hardwood and Resilient Flooring Surfaces Offers More Than 75% Reduced Carbon Footprint Compared to Floor Replacement

MALMO, Sweden, June 30 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A recent report from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute confirms that refinishing hardwood and resilient floors is more sustainable for the environment than replacing the flooring surfaces. Available today, the report, which was conducted with input from Bona, states a 78 percent carbon footprint reduction when refinishing…

ENGIE Impact Expands Its Global Efforts To Asia-Pacific

NEW YORK, June 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — ENGIE Impact, the solutions and services company that’s accelerating sustainability transformation worldwide, has expanded its offerings to the Asia-Pacific region, where the company will help businesses, cities and governments develop sustainability strategies and implement solutions to drive economic and environmental benefits. There is an…

Kioxia Demonstrates Next Generation NVMe™ SSD Form Factor for Cloud and Enterprise Data Centers

TOKYO, June 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Kioxia Corporation has developed and started shipment of engineering samples of next generation Enterprise & Datacenter SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S which is being standardized by the SNIA SFF TA Technical Work Group. E3.S is a new form factor standard for NVMe™ SSDs in Cloud and…

Hong Kong Tourism Board Hosts World’s First Global Online Forum On Post-pandemic Travel For Hong Kong, Mainland And International Markets

Chairman Announces ‘Open House Hong Kong’ to Prepare for the Return of Visitors HONG KONG, June 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) hosted on 24 June an online forum titled “Beyond COVID-19: Global Tourism’s New Normal” – the first event of its kind focusing on the post-pandemic…

Tourism Malaysia And Industry Players Feature “The Best Of Malaysia” Deals At Dream To Travel Festival

PUTRAJAYA, June 30 (Bernama) — Tourism Malaysia is proud to host a virtual Malaysian experience in conjunction with the Dream to Travel Festival organised by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) from 22 June until 17 July 2020. Malaysia is one of the four countries that have been nominated by the…

Toshiba Releases Industry’s First Photocouplers for High-Speed Communications That Can Operate from 2.2V

―Support low-voltage peripheral circuits and enable parts reductions ―TOKYO, June 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has released the industry’s first[1] photocouplers for high-speed communications that can operate with a power supply as low as 2.2V. The two devices are the “TLP2312,” which delivers at typical data transfer…

Thought Machine’s Vault Now Proven and Available on All Infrastructure Options: SaaS, Private or Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and on Premises

Core banking firm expands product compatibility, now runs on Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, as well as on premise or as Hybrid Cloud using OpenShift from Red Hat LONDON, June 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Thought Machine, the cloud native core banking technology firm, has today announced that…

AmBank Group achieved net profit of RM1,341 million for FY20.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) — AMMB Holdings Berhad (AmBank Group or the Group) today announced its financial results for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 (FY20). Summary of FY20 Results¹ • Total income rose 7.8% to RM4,227.2 million, as a result of net interest income (NII) growth of 7.5%…

MPC Launches Public Consultation On Proposed Recommendation For Employment Issues

PETALING JAYA, June 29 (Bernama) — The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted Malaysia’s economic growth and employment rates, with Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) statistic indicating that the unemployment rate had spiked by 5 percent with 778,800 persons unemployed as at April 2020. The challenging economic conditions have directly led to…

Calgon Carbon Expands Mississippi Activated Carbon Plant

PITTSBURGH, PA, June 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — • New production line will increase capacity by 50 million pounds of granular activated carbon per year  ​• Expansion estimated for completion in late-2022  • Creates 38 new jobs  Calgon Carbon Corporation today announced that it intends to expand capacity at its Pearlington,…