Andersen Global Enters Qatar

SAN FRANCISCO-Thursday 28 March 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global today announced a collaborating agreement in Qatar with Al-Khalifa Law, a leading Doha-based law firm. The collaboration is Andersen Global’s first in Qatar and is part of the organization’s continued growth in the Middle East.

Al-Khalifa Law was founded 20 years ago and established itself as a premier firm in the region. The team at Al-Khalifa Law has diversified, deep experience providing services in a wide variety of business sectors, such as commercial contracts, taxation, employment, real estate and retail, intellectual property, dispute resolution and litigation and arbitration.

“A collaboration with Andersen Global, which brings with it a culture of stewardship, transparency, and providing best-in-class services, was an obvious decision for us,” said Hamzeh Abdelhady, Office Managing Director of Al-Khalifa Law. “We will be able to continue providing quality services in the market and bring a premier, seamless association of experts throughout the world directly to our clients.”

“Hamzeh and his team have an impressive record of experience providing specialized services to international firms for the last 20 years,” said Mark Vorsatz, Andersen Global Chairman and Andersen Tax LLC CEO. “Qatar is becoming an increasingly important location in the Middle East and will continue to grow even more in significance as a market for legal and tax services. The region continues to diversify the economy and there is increasing cross-border investment, and collaborating with Al-Khalifa will allow us to further deliver best-in-class services in the Middle East.”

Andersen Global is an international association of legally separate, independent member firms comprised of tax and legal professionals around the world. Established in 2013 by U.S. member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global now has more than 4,000 professionals worldwide and a presence in over 134 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms.

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Contacts

Megan Tsuei
Andersen Tax
415-764-2700


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The World's Largest Gifts & Premium Fair Opens in April

World of Beauty, Fitness & Well-being makes its debut


HONG KONG-Thursday 28 March 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and co-organised by The Hong Kong Exporters’ Association (HKEA), the 34th Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 27-30 April. The fair will gather over 4,360 exhibitors from some 30 countries and regions, forming the largest marketplace for gifts sector in the world.

The fair attracted over 48,000 buyers from 139 countries and regions in 2018 edition. This year, the fair will present an all-new World of Beauty, Fitness & Well-being, housing a multitude of cosmetics, skincare, fitness and SPA products from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, India and New Zealand. The Aromatherapy Company from New Zealand will introduce homemade fragrance, candles and lotions. Bespoke fragrances are also on offer.

Highly-acclaimed Hall of Fine Designs will return with over 130 reputed brands from worldwide including B.Duck from Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s Team Green specialising in 3D eco-puzzle, Japan’s Kokuyo with its signature washi-paper notebook, Germany’s classic notebook brand Leuchtturm and Italy’s creative stationery brand Pininfarina.

Startup zone will continue to gather over 30 entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and the Netherlands, who will present their innovative and unique gifts ideas. Muher, a start-up from Taiwan, will present the world’s first portable laser engraver Cubiio.

Group pavilions representing Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, India and the United Kingdom will be established to present gifts ideas across the globe. The HKEA is again organising pavilion at three major zones: Isle of Originality, Brand Oasis and Smart Design HK, to showcase the originality and competitive edge of Hong Kong’s enterprises.

Other product zones include World of Gift Ideas, World of Camping & Outdoor Goods, Figurines & Decorations, Toys & Baby Products, Advertising Gifts & Premium, Tech Gifts and Party & Festive Items and so forth.

A broad range of product demonstrations and events will offer golden chance to network and exchange ideas. Seminars and forums will cover such hot topics as the latest retail trends in the United States and Mainland China markets, brand-building strategies and business opportunities in emerging markets.

The Fair is now open for pre-registration for free admission.

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Contacts

Media
Sum Luk Tel: (852) 2240 4048 Email: cs.luk@hktdc.org

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ABB Shows the Factory of the Future to German Chancellor and PM of Sweden

 Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven were given a glimpse into the factory of the future by ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer

HANOVER, Germany-Monday 1 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer explained how a production cell would work in the factory of the future, where robots will collaborate with humans. They were shown how iconic, two-armed YuMi® robots together with single-armed YuMi® put together wristwatches individually with unparalleled precision, using the revolutionary versatile transport system from ABB’s newly formed Robotics & Discrete Automation business. Federal Chancellor Merkel and Swedish Prime Minister Löfven showed high interest in the factory of the future.

“The future of production will be smarter, more flexible and closer to the customer,” said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. “We bring together electrification, automation, robotics and digitalization to create solutions for tomorrow. Even today, ABB is uniquely combining human and machine with its robotic and automation solutions to open up new opportunities.”

At this year’s Hannover Messe, ABB is showing how increasingly smart digital technologies are coming together to transform the way we power, produce, work, live and move. As the official Hannover Messe partner country of 2019, Sweden is the focus of the world’s most important industrial fair, and ABB - established in 1988 from the merger of Sweden’s ASEA and Switzerland’s BBC - also looks with pride on its Swedish heritage.

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader with a comprehensive offering for digital industries. With a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB is today a leader in digital industries with four customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete Automation, supported by its common ABB Ability™ digital platform. ABB’s market-leading Power Grids business will be divested to Hitachi in 2020. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees. www.abb.com

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Contacts

ABB Ltd
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zurich
Switzerland
Media Relations ABB
+41 43 317 71 11
media.relations@ch.abb.com

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Notice of ABB’s Annual General Meeting on May 2, 2019

ZURICH-Monday 1 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABB today published the invitation to its Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The invitation can be found on ABB’s investor relations website at www.abb.com/agm.

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader with a comprehensive offering for digital industries. With a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB is today a leader in digital industries with four customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete Automation, supported by its common ABB Ability™ digital platform. ABB’s market-leading Power Grids business will be divested to Hitachi in 2020. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees.

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Contacts

Media Relations
Phone: +41 43 317 71 11
Email: media.relations@ch.abb.com

Investor Relations
Phone: +41 43 317 71 11
Email: investor.relations@ch.abb.com

ABB Ltd                      
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zurich
Switzerland

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ABB and Ericsson Join Forces to Accelerate Wireless Automation for Flexible Factories

HANNOVER, Germany-Monday 1 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABB and Ericsson today strengthened their long-standing relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Hannover Messe 2019. The collaboration enhances their joint vision for the future of flexible production with advanced automation and wireless communication

Complementary technologies and experiences will accelerate the industrial ecosystem to realize the benefits of Industry 4.0 and 5G, unlocking new business opportunities
Intelligent automation system deployed at Ericsson’s manufacturing facilities in Tallinn, Estonia uses fully automated flexible robotics cell solution from ABB
ABB and Ericsson have strengthened their commitment to accelerate the industrial ecosystem for flexible wireless automation, which will enable enhanced connected services, industrial IoT and artificial intelligence technologies in the future.

The partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Hannover Messe 2019, establishing their joint vision for future flexible production with automation and wireless communication. The collaboration comes during the Industry 4.0 era and 5G connectivity which allow businesses to realize increased productivity, with the help of automation and digitalization.

The MoU confirms the partners’ agreement to continue their strong research collaboration, explore improvements in manufacturing processes and automation, and discover new business opportunities for the industrial ecosystem.

“We are very excited to extend our partnership with Ericsson as the world moves closer to the era of 5G technology,” said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. “ABB’s leadership in digital industries combined with Ericsson’s pioneering work in connectivity will open up new opportunities for customers to enhance productivity and competitiveness by digitalizing their businesses.”

“Ericsson and ABB already have a strong collaboration in research for 5G and Industrial IoT technologies,” Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, Ericsson said. “With this MoU, we strengthen our partnership to accelerate the industrial ecosystem and realize the full potential of flexible automation, unlocking new business opportunities enabled by combining 5G and Industry 4.0.”

The two partners are already fast-tracking the introduction of a new generation of intelligent factory technologies, with Ericsson deploying an intelligent automation system at its manufacturing facilities in Tallinn, Estonia. ABB has provided a fully automated flexible robotics cell solution that assembles 5G radios for Ericsson.

At the Hannover Messe 2019, ABB and Ericsson are exhibiting their latest and most innovative technologies and showcasing how they are enabling the “factory of the future” with the latest flexible robotics, wireless technologies, 5G, Industrial IoT and motion control technology.

To watch the video, click here.

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader with a comprehensive offering for digital industries. With a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB is today a leader in digital industries with four customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete Automation, supported by its common ABB Ability™ digital platform. ABB’s market-leading Power Grids business will be divested to Hitachi in 2020. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees. www.abb.com

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Contacts
ABB Ltd
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zurich
Switzerland

Media Relations ABB
+41 43 317 71 11
E-mail: media.relations@ch.abb.com

Investor Relations                           
Phone: +41 43 317 71 11
Email: investor.relations@ch.abb.com



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The International Society for Quality in Health Care Partners with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths in Hospitals

IRVINE, Calif. & DUBLIN -Wednesday 27 March 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) is pleased to announce their support of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and their mission to eliminate preventable deaths in hospitals, with a signed cooperation agreement.

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With this agreement, ISQua and PSMF agree to work together to further their aims to improve quality and safety in healthcare and eliminate preventable patient deaths. The partnership will provide synergy so that our missions can be amplified.

ISQua and PSMF will work together to identify common projects in the field of patient safety and promote each other’s activities on an ongoing basis. ISQua and PSMF will hold joint sessions at their respective conferences, at ISQua’s 36th International Conference (20th – 23rd October 2019) in Cape Town, South Africa; and PSMF’s 8th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in 2020.

“ISQua has been a global leader in elevating safe, high quality healthcare for many years. We are excited to partner with them in working towards our common goals,” stated David Mayer, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Patient Safety Movement Foundation. “We feel strong collaborations like this one will help us accelerate the progress we are making towards zero preventable deaths in hospitals and save lives around the world.”

For over 30 years, ISQua has worked to improve the quality and safety of health care worldwide. ISQua’s networks connect health professionals across all six continents. The organization aims to achieve their goal through education, knowledge sharing, external evaluation, supporting health systems worldwide and connecting like-minded people through their health care networks.

“Patient Safety is at the core of our work at ISQua. We believe that by working together we can reach the zero target quicker. We are pleased to join with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation to spread the interventions that are key for reaching Zero. The energy we can bring together will make a difference. We should all aim for Zero,” says Peter Lachman, MD, MPH, MBCh, FRCPCH, FCP (SA), FRCPI, Chief Executive Officer of ISQua.

About the Patient Safety Movement Foundation

More than 200,000 people die every year in U.S. hospitals and 4.8 million worldwide in ways that could have been prevented. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is a global non-profit which creates free tools for patients and hospitals. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation was established through the support of the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation, and Competition in Healthcare to reduce that number of preventable deaths to ZERO. Improving patient safety will require a collaborative effort from all stakeholders, including patients, healthcare providers, medical technology companies, government, employers, and private payers. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation works with all stakeholders to address the problems with actionable solutions for patient safety. The Foundation also convenes the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit. The Summit brings together some of the world’s best minds for thought-provoking discussions and new ideas to challenge the status quo. By presenting specific, high-impact solutions to meet patient safety challenges, called Actionable Patient Safety Solutions, encouraging medical technology companies to share the data their products are purchased for, and asking hospitals to make commitments to implement Actionable Patient Safety Solutions, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation is working toward ZERO preventable deaths. Visit patientsafetymovement.org.

About the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)

ISQua is a member-based, not-for-profit organisation, which has been working to improve the quality and safety of health care worldwide for over 30 years.

ISQua’s mission is to inspire and drive improvement in the quality and safety of health care worldwide through education and knowledge sharing, external evaluation, supporting health systems and connecting people through global networks. Our vision is to be the global leader of transformation in healthcare quality and safety.

Our extensive network of health care professionals spans over 70 countries and 6 continents. ISQua's members are continually working towards quality improvement in health care around the world.

ISQua is committed to the improvement of patient safety, and the imperative to place patient safety at the core of health care delivery. https://www.isqua.org/.

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Contacts

Irene Mulonni
Patient Safety Movement Foundation
irene@prfordolphins.com
858-859-7001

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Mount Elbert Closes Upsized First Fund at $382 Million

DENVER -Thursday 28 March 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mount Elbert Capital Partners (“Mount Elbert”), a real-assets private equity firm with specialized capabilities in internet infrastructure, today announced that it has completed the final closing of its first fund, Mount Elbert Capital Partners Fund 1 (”Fund 1”). The Fund closed on equity commitments totaling $382 million, surpassing the initial target of $290 million. In raising Fund 1, Mount Elbert attracted a range of global investors, including pension funds, endowments, and family offices.

Fund 1 was 22% invested at December 31, 2018, investing alongside global institutional investors GIC and OPTrust in EdgeCore Internet Real Estate (“EdgeCore”). EdgeCore is an investment vehicle developing, acquiring, and operating data centers and related infrastructure, and has been initially capitalized with over $900 million of equity targeted to support approximately $2.0 billion in data center development. In addition to Mount Elbert’s investment through Fund 1, Mount Elbert affiliates serve as General Partner of and provide asset-management, development, and leasing services to EdgeCore.

“We appreciate the support of our investors and the trust they place in us. We are pleased to have been oversubscribed in Fund 1, and we believe the investment environment for the Fund is attractive,” said Tom Ray, Chairman, and CEO of Mount Elbert. “We are also pleased to have established the operating capabilities inherent in Mount Elbert’s service affiliates; we view these capabilities as invaluable and have positioned them to scale and support further investment. Experienced as both investors and operators, we work to leverage our industry relationships, investment vision, and operational insight and resources to discern a deeper layer of opportunities and risks in an investing environment featuring an abundance of both. We remain focused upon generating attractive risk-adjusted returns by sourcing attractive investment opportunities and catalyzing elevated execution through our highly driven operational capability and ethos.”

Jefferies LLC served as exclusive global placement agent and financial advisor for Mount Elbert.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities.

About Mount Elbert

Mount Elbert Capital Partners is a real-assets private equity firm with specialized capabilities in internet infrastructure, including data centers, colocation and interconnection assets and operating companies, and related assets. Our founders and investment professionals have experience evaluating, making and managing investments in real assets with an aggregate value exceeding $20 billion across the US, Europe, and Asia, with more than $15.0 billion in internet infrastructure. For more information, visit www.mountelbert.com.

About EdgeCore Internet Real Estate

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate is a preeminent U.S. developer, owner and operator of highly scalable, cloud-connected, wholesale data center campuses, providing solutions to the Global 2000, including hyperscale cloud and internet companies. EdgeCore is currently developing data center campuses in Dallas, Phoenix, Northern Virginia, Reno, and Silicon Valley with plans to develop campuses in additional markets. Each of the Company’s five initial campuses is designed to support between 80 and 225 MW of critical load, representing total capacity exceeding 800 MW across the Company’s current platform. EdgeCore is committed to enabling the growth and supporting the rigorous performance requirements of its customers leveraging ready-for-service capacity and bespoke build-to-suit solutions across the U.S. For more information, visit www.edgecore.com or follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn.

About GIC

GIC is a leading global investment firm with well over US$100 billion in assets under management. Established in 1981 to secure the financial future of Singapore, the firm manages Singapore’s foreign reserves. A disciplined long-term value investor, GIC is uniquely positioned for investments across a wide range of asset classes, including real estate, private equity, equities and fixed income. GIC has investments in over 40 countries and has been investing in emerging markets for more than two decades. Headquartered in Singapore, GIC employs close to 1,500 people across 10 offices in key financial cities worldwide. For more information about GIC, please visit www.gic.com.sg.

About OPTrust

A fully funded plan with net assets of over $20 billion, OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada’s largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan, a defined benefit plan with over 92,000 members and retirees.

OPTrust is a global investor in a broad range of asset classes including Canadian and foreign equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure and private markets, and has a team of highly experienced investment professionals located in Toronto, London and Sydney. As a pension management organization, OPTrust’s mission is to pay pensions today, preserve pensions for tomorrow. For more information, please visit www.optrust.com.

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Contacts

Mount Elbert Capital Partners
Claire Rowberry
claire@clearcommsc.com
+1 617 785 5571


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