Author: Marie Jones

TOKYO, Feb 8, 2021 – Showa Denko (SDK; TOKYO:4004) has acquired 50% ownership in AMI Automation, headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, effective on 5th February 2021. AMI Automation provides fully integrated automation and control solutions to a wide range of industries. Showa Denko has an option to acquire the remaining 50% of AMI within 5 years. AMI, through its Meltshop Solutions division, provides electrode regulation systems and EAF optimization services to improve operating efficiencies, while its Industrial Systems division is an automation and control solution provider for a wide range of industries around the world. AMI’s electrode regulation systems are utilized…

HONG KONG, Feb 8, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Central China New Life Limited (Stock Code: 9983.HK) issued earlier a positive profit alert on its 2020 annual results in which it forecast the company’s net profit to increase by no less than 80%. The Company’s strong performance, which exceeded market expectations, subsequently earned “Buy” or “Overweight” ratings from different securities houses. The price targets issued by securities houses ranged from HKD11.2 to HKD16.47, indicating potential upside of between 47% and 88% compared to the stock’s closing price of HKD7.6 last Friday. Everbright Securities was the most upbeat among different securities houses as it significantly…

Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is excited to announce its latest partner, Modefi, in what is another step towards providing security and trust for Oracle solutions and blockchain technology. In this new partnership, Blockpass will be providing its revolutionary KYC services to the company as Modefi seeks to create truly decentralized, secure and precise oracle solutions. This integration comes just as Modefi prepares for its token offering on the 10th of February 2021, which will take place on the TrustSwap Launchpad. As a Decentralized Aggregated Oracle, Modefi facilitates fully trustless and decentralized off-chain data, on chain, in its mission…

JBM (Healthcare) Limited (HKG:2161), a Hong Kong-based company that markets and distributes branded healthcare products across Greater China, Southeast Asia and certain other countries, started trading today on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”) under stock code 2161. As a subsidiary of Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited (HKG:2633), JBM Healthcare is a unique field player with drug expertise and ethical heritage that prioritises product efficacy and quality to meet consumers’ healthcare needs. As a leading healthcare brand operator in Hong Kong, the Group carried a total of 20 principal brands, including 11 third-party brands and 9…

On February 1, China Medical System (0867.HK) announced that its subsidiary had acquired Luqa Ventures Co., Limited (“Luqa”), a dermatology specialty company. This acquisition expanded its product portfolio to include Luqa’s dermatology products and marked the first foray into the medical aesthetic industry for China Medical System. Why medical aesthetics? What is the significance of this acquisition? 1. Consolidating the Skin Management Business and Entering the Medical Aesthetic Market: Acquiring Luqa to Explore a New Growth Engine According to its official website, established in 2010, Luqa is an innovative enterprise with skin treatment and medical aesthetic solutions as its core business. Its founder,…

Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:PGTK)) announces the appointment of Peter Rossbach as Non-Executive and Independent Director, effective February 1st, 2021. Peter Rossbach has worked in the renewable power sector since 1985 starting with Standard & Poor rating renewable projects bonds in California. Peter moved to Catalyst Energy, a developer of hydro and cogeneration projects before becoming VP of Project Finance for Mitsui Bank, specializing in structured debt for US based wind and cogeneration projects. Peter has made dozens of investments in hydro, wind and solar projects in over twelve countries creating a portfolio of in excess of 1GW. Currently Peter…

Tiger Brokers introduced two new services on their online trading platform – Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) and selected US-listed over the counter (OTC) stocks Tiger Brokers currently offers multi-currency trading such as USD, CNH, HKD, SGD, NZD and AUD – New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, Shanghai/Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Xiaomi-backed online trading platform Tiger Brokers Singapore today announced the launch of two new services on their platform – Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), and US-listed over the counter (OTC) stocks, designed to help seasoned investors…

Do Day Dream PCL (SET:DDD) Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Piyawat Ratchapolsitte discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: What is the current business model and outlook? Apart from the beauty products business that has been growing continuously, we have added new businesses to enhance product variety and diversify risks. In 2018, a subsidiary; Dream Dermatology Co., Ltd. was established to engage in distributing a cosmetic dermatology brand Oxe’Cure that was acquired from Well Grow Med Co., Ltd. We have executed marketing activities and rebranded the product to improve the business gradually. Meanwhile, we…

West Palm Beach, FL – (ACN Newswire) – via NewMediaWire – Global Digital Solutions, Inc. (GDSI) (OTC:GDSI), a company that is positioning itself as a leader in Automotive and Aviation Technology Solutions, has received the decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida regarding the case against Grupo Rontan Electro Metalurgica, S.A., Joao Alberto Bolzan and Jose Carlos Bolzan. The decision awards Global Digital Solutions Specific Performance (Rights to Rontan Metalurgica) and incidental damages of $192,448,000. William Delgado, CEO and Chairman of GDSI, said, “We are very pleased to announce that our ongoing legal complaint against Rontan…

China is emerging as a pioneer market that leads the global economic recovery in the post-COVID era due to the strong epidemic prevention and control. According to data from Bain & Company, Chinese consumers will make up about half of the world’s luxury purchases by 2025, becoming the key engine that drives a rebounding global luxury industry. With the constant upgrade and development of digital technologies, Chinese consumers have been leading the world in both the adaptability to digitalization and the capacity of digital shopping. Chengdu International Finance Square (Chengdu IFS), the mega integrated shopping complex in Southwest China, has…

Redsun Properties Group Limited (HKG:1996) a leading comprehensive property developer in Mainland China has been given an “Outperform” initiate research report by Haitong International, with a target price of HK$3.39 backed by its dual-driven synergic in residential and commercial properties. Redsun Properties is a comprehensive property enterprise with an established presence in the Yangtze River Delta region and keenness on national expansion. It has experience in both of commercial property development/operation and residential property development, thus it geared up its strategic cooperation in acquiring land with proven efficacy, coupled with the dual-driven strategy, commercial/residential linkage, and improved quality and efficacy…

Strategic Public Relations Group (“SPRG”), one of the largest public relations networks in Asia-Pacific, and Montieth & Company (“M&Co”), a global communications consultancy, have joined forces to launch a new agency in Hong Kong: Montieth SPRG. Montieth SPRG is the result of a collaboration between the two agencies that dates back to 2006 and represents the next evolution of global communications. The new company will provide fully integrated, cross-border communications strategies that move seamlessly and nimbly across media markets and achieve high-impact results and influence. Montieth SPRG will deliver key corporate initiatives that encourage audience engagement, raise/build brand awareness and…

This is the story of how the scientific careers of an intrapreneur (Redkar) and an entrepreneur (Yu) came together to cofound and colead Apollomics. By Rob Wright, Chief Editor, Life Science Leader HONG KONG – (ACN Newswire) – The American Dream is why the United States is considered the “land of opportunity,” and why for centuries immigrants have flocked to our shores seeking their fortunes. Guo-Liang Yu, Ph.D., (China), and Sanjeev Redkar, Ph.D., (India), came to the U.S. in the 1980s. By anyone’s reasonable measure, both have achieved the American Dream. However, their dream as scientists remained at arm’s length. Their desire?…

SINGAPORE, Feb 2, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Moonstake has entered into a partnership with Cocoricos, a provider of a DeFi platform that enables passive income through staking and liquidity mining. Cocoricos is a DeFi platform that simplifies Token Explorers through liquidity pooling and staking. Through this partnership, Cocoricos’ end users will have access to Moonstake’s Cardano (ADA) and Tezos (XTZ) staking pools. Moonstake started in the staking business last year with the aim to create the largest staking network in Asia. Since then, Moonstake has developed the most user-friendly wallets for both Web Wallet and Mobile Wallet (iOS/Android) that are compatible with over…

BitDeer.com, the world’s leading all-in-one mining service platform, is launching a series of promotional offers to ring in the celebration of the Year of the Bull for this year’s Spring Festival. Limited stocks of mining plans for the highly-sought after S19 mining machines will be available, alongside the mining plans for S17 and T17 models. Other coupons and other prizes are also on offer during the event. With the fast-approaching Spring Festival of 2021 around the corner, the world’s leading all-in-one computing power service, BitDeer.com, is rolling out a promotional event to celebrate the festivities. From February 3rd, 2021 to…

Recently, a famous Korean BBQ restaurant on Elizabeth Street in the CBD of Melbourne, Australia, took in a new member to deliver food in the store. That is PuduBot, the iconic delivery robot from Pudu Robotics. PuduBot has been well received by the locals since its introduction in the restaurant. While waiting for the food to be served, many customers use their mobile phones to take photos or videos of PuduBot hustling and bustling around. Robot waiters are nothing new in the modern world, but people may wonder “How does the robot deliver food to the designated location? How does…

Honghua Group Limited (HKG:196), a leading onshore oil rig supplier is pleased to announce that the Company has recently successfully developed the first electric coiled tubing in China and the first “one-key linkage” automated machine tool system in China, named Rapid Tripping System (RTSTM). In addition, Honghua has recently signed an order for two sets of electric coiled tubing, realizing achievements in both scientific research and commercialization. Recently, based on the successful promotion of electric fracturing complete sets of equipment and the R&D advantages of power motors and electronic control systems, and adhering to the design concept of “fully electrically…

An Ethanol Sanitizer containing Bamboo Extract Effective 99.99% of virus inactivation even after 15 days Osaka, Japan, Jan 27, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Takex Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture / President and CEO: Kumi Okada), engaged in the research and development of bamboo extract in sanitizer for 34 years since 1987. A lab test was conducted with TAKEX CLEAN EXTRA SANITIZER against Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Positive result shown 99.99% of the virus inactivation even after 15 days. TAKEX CLEAN EXTRA is a food grade ethanol sanitizer containing Bamboo extract. It provides assurance for users as TAKEX CLEAN EXTRA is Halal certified…

SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Moonstake has entered into a strategic partnership with Stake Technologies, which develops the Plasma Network, the world’s first successful connection to Polkadot’s testnet parachain. Through this partnership, Moonstake and Stake Technologies will work together to expand the Polkadot ecosystem. Also, both pirates will proactively discuss potential implementation of the staking of Plasm Network Token, PLM, onto Moonstake’s staking platform and possibility of collaboration in the DeFi space. Moonstake started in the staking business last year with the aim to create the largest staking network in Asia. Since then, Moonstake has developed the most user-friendly wallets for…

HKVAX, an Asian startup focused on developing a compliant virtual asset exchange, has been nominated for KPMG’s “2020 China Leading Fintech 50”, alongside other notable fintech companies such as Futu, Ping An and CCB Fintech. HKVAX is focused on developing a compliant trading environment for virtual assets and is expecting to be licensed in 2021 subject to regulatory approval. The approved licenses would allow HKVAX to legally operate a regulated virtual asset exchange and to deal in securities. The platform will provide a curated venue for professionals and institutions to trade virtual assets and offer catered listing rules and guidance…