Paymentology Raises $175 Million co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners to Support Next Phase of Growth

 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announced a $175 million investment co-led by Apis Partners (”Apis”), a private equity firm specialising in financial infrastructure and services, and Aspirity Partners (“Aspirity”), a pan-European Private Equity firm focused on Financial Technology & Services and Enterprise Technology & Connectivity Services.

The investment will support Paymentology’s continued global expansion, product development and strengthening of its team, as the company builds on strong demand for modern issuer processing on a global scale.

The transaction brings together two investors with deep experience in the payments industry and a shared focus on advancing payments infrastructure, united by the view that issuer processing represents one of the most significant opportunities in the sector. For Apis, the investment, made by Apis Growth Fund III1, marks the firm’s 16th payments investment. Both Apis and Aspirity will draw on their deep sector and global network of payments experts to support the next phase of Paymentology’s growth.

Joe O’Mara, Founder and Managing Partner at Aspirity Partners commented: “Payments is a core pillar of our investment strategy, and Paymentology represents the kind of category-leading platform we look to back: modern technology, global relevance and strong exposure to long-term growth in digital payments. As Aspirity's first investment from our inaugural fund, this partnership reflects our sector-specialist approach and was the downstream outcome of our proactive thematic origination model, including the valuable contribution of our Innovator & Leader network. We have been particularly impressed by the execution and ambition shown by Jeff and the team, and look forward to supporting the company through its next phase of international growth.”

Matteo Stefanel, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Apis commented: “We are thrilled to partner with Paymentology – a company that operates at the centre of an attractive and fast‑growing segment in the global payments ecosystem – and build on our decade plus relationship with the executive team. Leveraging our global connectivity and sector expertise across the payments value chain, we look forward to supporting management as they continue to scale, extend their capabilities and deliver meaningful, lasting impact by improving access to modern financial services worldwide.”

Despite the global payments market being estimated at $49 trillion by 2026, much of the issuing layer remains constrained by legacy infrastructure, limiting innovation, speed and the quality of end-user payment experiences. Paymentology is addressing this gap through its highly configurable, cloud-native platform, enabling real-time processing at scale for clients across 68 countries and giving issuers the flexibility to launch, adapt and manage card and digital payment experiences more efficiently across markets.

Jeff Parker, CEO at Paymentology, commented: “The future of finance is already here, but legacy infrastructure continues to hold back innovation. At Paymentology, we see a significant opportunity to remove that friction and enable our clients to move at the pace the market demands. We’ve built an issuing platform designed for growth, helping digital banks, fintechs and financial institutions launch, scale and expand their card programmes with confidence. By combining global capability with the flexibility to adapt locally, we enable our clients to compete more effectively with speed, control and efficiency, in an increasingly dynamic landscape.

This investment and the strength of our partnership with Apis and Aspirity is a strong endorsement of our platform and strategy. It positions us to accelerate our growth, expand our capabilities, and continue supporting our clients as they build momentum, and unlock truly unstoppable progress.”

This momentum is reflected in Paymentology’s performance, with new sales rising 117% year-on-year in FY25 and transaction volumes increasing 65%. Growth has been driven by strong demand from digital banks, embedded finance providers, digital asset-linked card programmes and expense management platforms, alongside established banks modernising legacy systems. The business also benefits from a highly diversified international client base and significant exposure to high‑growth regions including the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and APAC.

Paymentology’s strong customer relationships, ability to operate across diverse regulatory environments and continuity of management further strengthen its position as a trusted global infrastructure partner. The company will use the capital to support the growth and innovation ambitions of its current and future clients, while expanding beyond core issuer processing into adjacent areas including credit, stablecoin, tokenisation and AI-driven services. Paymentology supports clients in close to 70 countries, including leading FinTechs (for example: M-Pesa by Safaricom, RedotPay, Rain, TrueMoney, ARQ, and many others), and some of the world’s fastest growing neobanks (such as GoTyme, Snappi, Wio Bank, D360, Albo, among others).

Udayan Goyal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Apis added: "As the 16th investment Apis has made in the global payments sector, this deal reinforces our strong conviction in the opportunity within issuer processing. This partnership represents a shared vision to accelerate the democratisation of card issuance, broaden access to digital financial infrastructure and expand into new geographies and adjacent capabilities. This further exemplifies our approach of backing proven mission-critical infrastructure providers, capital‑light business models that generate attractive returns while driving measurable positive impact demonstrating that long‑term value creation and impact go hand in hand."

1 Apis growth Fund III denotes Apis Global Growth Fund III and Apis Growth Markets Fund III

About Paymentology

Paymentology is the leading next-generation issuer processor, empowering fintechs, digital banks and retail banks to effortlessly launch and manage innovative payment solutions on a global scale. The company drives greater customer choice and value through easy-to-use, integrated platforms and services that help clients to disrupt the status quo, accelerate time to market, and achieve growth.

With a superior multi-cloud platform offering a vast global footprint, and enhanced real-time data, Paymentology distinguishes itself as a leader in the payments industry. Its team of payments experts, with deep local market knowledge, operates across 68 countries and 14 time zones, providing 24/7 support. Paymentology is deeply committed to expanding financial inclusion globally, changing lives and positively impacting the communities in which it operates.

For more information visit www.paymentology.com.

About Apis Partners

Headquartered in London, the Apis Group (“the Firm”) is a leading global private equity firm specialising in financial infrastructure and technology. Managing or advising on US$2.3 billion in AUM, the Firm invests in profitable, proven business models, partnering with management teams to drive transformative growth and deliver exceptional returns.

With a team of over 40 professionals across three global hubs, the Firm leverages decades of sector expertise and deep international connectivity. Dedicated to creating value, the Firm employs a hands-on, partnership-driven approach, supporting portfolio companies with strategic advice, M&A opportunities, and operational improvements. The Firm is highly conscious of the impact that the provision of growth capital can achieve; as such, financial inclusion and financial wellness are core tenets of its impact investment approach.

For more information visit www.apis.pe.

About Aspirity Partners

Aspirity Partners is a pan-European private equity firm focused on growth buyouts and strategic minority investments in Financial Technology & Services and Enterprise Technology & Connectivity Services. The firm partners with businesses providing mission-critical, technology-enabled services in sub-sectors benefiting from long-term secular growth trends.

Aspirity combines deep sector experience with a proactive, insight-driven investment approach, working closely with management teams to deliver high-impact initiatives that drive operational excellence, internationalisation, and strategic expansion.

The firm’s model is supported by a network of founders and senior executives (Innovators and Leaders), providing specialist insight, and partnering with businesses to help unlock step-function growth.

For more information visit www.aspiritypartners.com.

 

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Aspirity Media Contact

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Elliptic Secures $120 Million Investment From Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, One Peak and the British Business Bank

NEW YORK - Tuesday, 12. May 2026

The institutions building the future of finance are choosing Elliptic as the standard on-chain analytics for digital assets

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elliptic, the global leader in digital asset decisioning, today announced the closing of a $120 million Series D fundraise led by One Peak, with participation from Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank. The round values Elliptic at $670 million.

These investors are among the most consequential institutions in global finance, together responsible for trillions in daily market activity, and they have placed their confidence in Elliptic. It is a signal about where the financial system is heading and who is trusted to underpin it, with Elliptic screening more of the global on-chain economy than any other private sector provider.

The fundraise will accelerate Elliptic's mission to deliver the enterprise-grade on-chain analytics for the world's largest and most demanding banks, fintechs, government agencies and crypto and payments companies in the world.

“As digital assets become more embedded in the global financial system, institutions need trusted infrastructure to manage compliance and risk at scale. Elliptic’s platform plays an important role in providing that infrastructure, helping firms navigate digital asset adoption with confidence and integrity,” said Gary Offner, Senior Vice President, Head of Nasdaq Ventures.

“The sustainable growth of digital assets depends on strong, institutional-grade risk and compliance foundations. For Deutsche Bank, these frameworks are critical to supporting the responsible development of the digital asset ecosystem and reinforcing trust as the market evolves. Our investment in Elliptic reflects our focus on strengthening these foundations,” said Sabih Behzad, Global Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank.

Over a decade of proprietary data, built for the AI-native age

Elliptic was first to bring AI-native compliance to enterprise scale in 2025, not as a feature, but as a fundamentally different way to run compliance operations. Today's Series D funding will extend that lead. Elliptic has a structural advantage because of its data: founded in 2013, the company has spent over a decade building the deepest, most comprehensive proprietary dataset in the industry, spanning 65+ blockchains and refined through continuous collection and labelling of assets and entities.

Built on that foundation, Elliptic’s data and intelligence platform processes more contextual information per transaction than any competitor, enabling automated triage, faster decisions and significantly lower cost per investigation. The result is a compliance operation that can do more with less: alerts resolved in minutes not hours, human judgement reserved for where it genuinely matters, and the cost of compliance that falls as volume grows. This is what compliance teams at the world's largest exchanges and financial institutions are up against. The promise of AI only holds if the data underneath it does too. Elliptic has spent thirteen years making sure it does.

Charlotte Lawrence, Managing Director of Direct Equity, British Business Bank said, “As institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, the demand for scalable compliance solutions has never been higher. Elliptic pioneered the use of blockchain analytics to meet this challenge and has cemented its status as a global leader, screening over 1 billion transactions a week for 700+ customers in 30 countries. This investment also proves the British Growth Partnership is doing exactly what it was built to do: unlocking the explosive growth of UK technology scale-ups to deliver long term value for our pension funds.”

Stablecoins and tokenized assets are becoming foundational to global finance

Stablecoins and tokenized assets are no longer at the periphery of financial innovation. They are becoming the infrastructure through which value moves globally. In 2025, stablecoins processed $33 trillion in transactions1, for the exchanges and crypto-native businesses that process the majority of this volume, real-time compliance at scale is not a future requirement, it is an operational necessity today.

Now we are seeing structural adoption driven by institutions, payments firms and corporate treasury operations building directly on digital asset rails. Elliptic provides the intelligence infrastructure to do so safely, at speed and ahead of regulatory expectations.

"One Peak invests in category leaders and the signal we trust most is what customers say. We spoke to leading institutions from across all segments of the market, and they spoke with one voice: Elliptic is the leader in digital asset compliance, built on the industry’s most robust proprietary data, and it’s that data advantage that makes their AI genuinely market leading. Elliptic is the essential infrastructure for how stablecoins and tokenized assets move through the global financial system. That customer verdict is what drove our investment," commented Humbert de Liedekerke Beaufort, Founding Partner, One Peak.

Real-time compliance for the future of on-chain finance

Two thirds of global crypto volume is transacted on exchanges that already rely on Elliptic, a foundation that now serves as the compliance backbone as those same assets move into traditional finance. Compliance at enterprise scale is an infrastructure problem for the exchanges handling billions in daily crypto volume and the financial institutions moving on chain alike. Elliptic is built to address this at every point of that journey. By powering Elliptic’s data and intelligence platform and AI-native compliance solutions with the industry's deepest data layer, Elliptic enables institutions to monitor continuously and in real time, catching risk before it crystallises and directs human judgement only where it is genuinely needed. Elliptic is the compliance layer that scales without scaling cost, built to grow with the on-chain financial system itself.

​​"Financial systems are being rebuilt on-chain," said Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic. "The institutions leading that transition need an on-chain analytics partner that matches their scale, their sophistication, and their ambition. The participation of Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, One Peak and the British Business Bank, and the continued confidence of AlbionVC, Evolution Equity Partners and J.P. Morgan is a clear signal of their belief in us as market leaders. We built Elliptic for exactly this moment, and this funding lets us move faster to meet it."

About Elliptic

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting cryptoasset data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy.

Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs.

Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

1https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/stablecoin-transactions-rose-to-record-33-trillion-led-by-usdc

 

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Space42 appoints Skylo to power standards-based Direct-to-Device connectivity through its geostationary satellite, Thuraya-4

 

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Monday, 11. May 2026

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, today announced a strategic partnership with Skylo Technologies, a leading global non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, to deliver standards-based direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity through its geostationary satellite, Thuraya-4.

The companies have already demonstrated what this means in practice: a bi-directional, real-time voice call completed over Thuraya-4, no modified SIM and no changes to existing operator core infrastructure. Technology integration between Skylo's 3GPP-compliant NTN platform and Thuraya-4 is complete, confirming the service is ready for commercial deployment.

For carriers, the partnership delivers an integrated extension of their existing network architecture rather than an overlay or experimental add-on. Devices authenticate through the same SIM and identity framework, preserving the operator relationship while expanding coverage into rural, maritime, and remote regions. For end users, it means staying connected in places that previously had no coverage at all.

Ali Al Hashemi, CEO of Space Services at Space42, said, "This partnership advances Space42's strategy to become a global NTN leader, extending Thuraya-4's reach through an interoperable connectivity layer that enables satellite and terrestrial networks to function as one unified system. The impact is immediately meaningful for the people and communities who depend on reliable connectivity, delivering resilient, carrier-grade coverage to enterprises, governments, and mobile operators across remote and underserved regions, on infrastructure built on 3GPP standards and designed for long-term scale."

Parthsarathi Trivedi, Co-Founder and CEO at Skylo, said, "The integration work is complete, and the service is ready to go live. Space42’s decision to select Skylo’s standards-based architecture for Thuraya-4 validates what we have built: a carrier-grade connectivity layer where satellites function as a natural extension of mobile networks, not a parallel system. This is what the Standardized Sky looks like in practice."

Commercial deployment will begin across Thuraya-4’s coverage footprint, further expanding Skylo’s NTN presence across more than 37 countries. The companies are currently working to secure the requisite regulatory approvals and operator agreements across target markets, with deployment expected to follow on a rolling basis as clearances are obtained.

ABOUT SPACE42

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42) is a UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company that integrates satellite communications, geospatial analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to enlighten the Earth fr0m space. Formed in 2024 by the successful merger of Bayanat and Yahsat, Space42’s global reach allows it to address the rapidly evolving needs of its customers in governments, enterprises, and communities. Space42 comprises two business units: Space Services and Smart Solutions. Space Services focuses on upstream satellite operations for both fixed and mobility satellite services. Smart Solutions integrates geospatial data acquisition and processing with AI to inform decision-making, enhance situational awareness, and improve operational efficiency. Major shareholders include G42, Mubadala, and IHC.

ABOUT SKYLO TECHNOLOGIES

Skylo Technologies is the architect of the Standardized Sky, a global approach to satellite connectivity built on shared standards rather than proprietary systems. As a global non-terrestrial network service provider, Skylo enables mobile networks to extend seamlessly beyond terrestrial coverage by orchestrating connectivity between satellites, mobile operators, and device makers using 3GPP standards. Skylo’s platform creates a single, interoperable connectivity layer that works across networks, devices, and geographies, allowing satellite to function as a natural extension of mobile networks. Skylo’s commercially deployed NTN service supports millions of devices across consumer, enterprise, and IoT use cases, helping ensure connectivity is reliable, efficient, and available wherever it’s needed. Skylo is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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Hytera Advances AI-Powered Critical Communications at Global Partner Summit 2026

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(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hytera Communications, a leading global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions, successfully concluded its annual Global Partner Summit (HGPS) 2026 on May 8 in Shanghai. Held under the theme “Advancing Together,” the summit brought together more than 500 attendees from over 60 countries to strengthen collaboration, share strategic insights, and explore future opportunities in AI-powered critical communications.

Reflecting on Hytera’s development from 2025 to 2026, Yelin Jiang, CEO of Hytera Group, shared his outlook on the company’s future growth and innovation strategy. “Looking back on 2025, we grew in business and market, grew in technology, and grew together with our partners,” said Jiang. “Building on that momentum, we are now advancing together into 2026 – with innovation in our genes, and AI taking us even higher. This dual-wheel drive of technology and market advancement is how we will achieve sustainable success together.”

“We are moving beyond communications to create greater operational value,” said Stanley Song, Vice President of Sales at Hytera. “As AI reshapes the critical communications industry, Hytera is evolving from a communications provider into a partner for industry solutions and workflow enablement. Together with our ecosystem partners, we are driving long-term growth and accelerating industry transformation.”

Following the strategic sessions, Hytera’s R&D and product teams shared the company’s latest technology roadmap, highlighting how AI-powered and converged communications technologies are evolving into integrated operational platforms embedded across customer workflows.

Another major highlight of HGPS 2026 was the immersive exhibition zone, spanning more than 400 square meters and showcasing Hytera’s latest AI-powered innovations and integrated solutions. Covering sectors including public safety, airports, utilities, oil & gas, and enterprise, the exhibition demonstrated how communications, video, AI applications, and command systems are working together to improve operational safety, efficiency, and coordination in real-world scenarios.

Interactive technology zones further highlighted Hytera’s continued investment in AI-enabled innovation, featuring an AI-powered interactive avatar, glasses-free 3D displays, and a full portfolio of broadband, narrowband, and multi-mode smart terminals.

The summit concluded with a dinner cruise on Shanghai’s Huangpu River, where partners from around the world gathered against the city’s iconic skyline – reflecting the openness, connectivity, and shared momentum that continue to drive Hytera and its global partners forward as they move toward the future together.

About Hytera

Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (SZSE: 002583) is a leading global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions. Hytera has been serving worldwide users over three decades with its innovative portfolio of two-way radios, PMRhttps://www.hytera.com/en/

 

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Boomi Celebrates FY26 Global Partner Award Winners

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Boomi™, the data activation company, announced today the winners of its FY26 Global Partner Awards, recognized at the 2026 Boomi Partner Summit held in Chicago, Illinois. The awards honor partners that are driving innovation and delivering measurable business outcomes for customers.

The winners were selected for their ability to leverage the full breadth of the Boomi Enterprise Platform to manage complexity, activate data, and accelerate agentic transformation.

“As organizations advance their adoption of AI, our partners play a critical role in turning strategy into measurable outcomes,” said Dan McAllister, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels at Boomi. “These award winners are not only advancing innovation but also helping customers activate data, integrate systems, and operationalize AI to unlock new levels of efficiency, agility, and growth.”

This year’s winners by category include:

Global Partner of the Year: Infosys

AMER Partner of the Year: RSM

EMEA Partner of the Year: Cognizant

APJ Partner of the Year: Atturra

AMER Growth Partner of the Year: Accenture

EMEA Growth Partner of the Year: Capgemini

APJ Growth Partner of the Year: EasyStepIn

OEM Partner of the Year: UKG

ISV Partner of the Year: ServiceNow

Cloud Service Provider Partner of the Year: Amazon Web Services

AI Innovation Partner of the Year: Jade Global

Technology Partner of the Year: Solace

Marketplace Partner of the Year: Jade Global

Growth Technology Partner of the Year: Atturra

Solution Partner of the Year: OSI Digital

To learn more about Boomi’s partner program, or to find a partner from Boomi’s global ecosystem, visit boomi.com/partners.

Additional Resources

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About Boomi

Boomi, the data activation company for AI, powers the agentic enterprise by bringing data to life across the business. The Boomi Enterprise Platform is the active data foundation that delivers essential agentic infrastructure to drive agentic transformation. By unifying agent design and governance, API and MCP management, integration and automation, and data management into a single platform, Boomi enables organizations to harness the power of AI with secure, scalable connectivity. Trusted by over 30,000 customers and supported by a network of 800+ partners, Boomi helps organizations of all sizes achieve agility, efficiency, and innovation at scale. Discover more at boomi.com.

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Nikkiso Signs Agreement With Maran Tankers Management to Provide Aftermarket Service Support

 TEMECULA, Calif. - Tuesday, 12. May 2026

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Nikkiso CE&IG) has announced today that it has signed a long-term service agreement with oil tanker shipping firm Maran Tankers Management Inc.

Under the five-year agreement, Nikkiso CE&IG will deliver comprehensive global aftermarket support for Maran Tankers’ high pressure pumps, including scheduled cold end valve repairs at defined intervals. To guarantee minimal turnaround time, Nikkiso CE&IG will maintain critical inventory across its Marine Hubs worldwide, enabling cold ends to be received by vessels within days rather than the industry’s average of months. Nikkiso CE&IG will also provide technical guidance to Maran Tankers and carry out extended overhauls during scheduled dry-docking periods.

Sean Fanniff, President of Nikkiso CE&IG’s Cryogenic Services Business Unit, said: “With Marine Hubs across Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the US, and China, we can provide our clients with a coordinated global approach and seamless port-to-port servicing.

“Maran Tankers is a leading operator in the tanker industry, and this agreement is another step in our growth in the marine market. We are looking forward to working together for years to come in support of Maran Tankers’ fleet.”

The agreement follows the signing of a strategic service partnership with Exion Asia Pte Ltd as Nikkiso CE&IG continues to strengthen its position as a trusted partner in the marine market.

About Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group

The Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group is a leading provider of cryogenic equipment, solutions and services around the world, meeting the changing market demand for lower-carbon energy and industrial gases with innovative products and collaborative solutions. We fuel the future of the energy, transportation, marine, aerospace and industrial gas markets.

The Group is headed by Cryogenic Industries, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6376).

To learn more about Nikkiso CE&IG visit NikkisoCEIG.com.

 

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Rigaku Accelerates Next-generation Semiconductor Metrology Development Leveraging World-Class Research Infrastructure

 

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical systems and a group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; “Rigaku”), announced the expansion of its development of metrology technologies for next-generation semiconductors, leveraging global research environments.

As part of this initiative, Rigaku is working with imec, a world-leading semiconductor research and innovation hub headquartered in Belgium, under a three-year development program. Through this effort, Rigaku will advance its core X-ray technologies, including 3D device metrology, high-sensitivity detection of ultrathin films and trace elements, and non-destructive inspection of microscopic defects.

As semiconductor devices evolve toward advanced architectures such as Gate-All-Around (GAA) and Complementary FET (CFET)1, along with increasing memory density, manufacturing processes are becoming more complex. These drives growing demand for highly accurate, non-destructive measurement and inspection technologies to support stable mass production. Rigaku addresses these needs by delivering high-value, differentiated metrology and inspection solutions.

Key focus areas

Advanced logic: Metrology and inspection technologies for CFET devices

Reticle metrology: Evaluation of photomask degradation used in EUV2 lithography

Advanced wiring and packaging3: Non-destructive inspection technologies

Advanced memory: Evaluation of nanostructures in 3D DRAM (a next generation memory device)

Markus Kuhn, Executive Officer and General Manager of Semiconductor Metrology Division of Rigaku, commented, “The serviceable available market (SAM) for Rigaku’s metrology and inspection products in the advanced AI semiconductors is expected to reach approximately US$1 billion by 2030. To address this market growth, Rigaku will continue introducing high‑value, differentiated products, with the goal of achieving a 50% share of this SAM. Strengthening our collaboration with imec will further enhance our competitiveness in high value-added measurement and inspection, supporting medium- to long-term growth.”

1 GAA/CFET: Gate-All-Around / Complementary Field-Effect Transistors. A next-generation device architecture in which n-type and p-type transistors are vertically stacked to increase device density beyond nanosheet (GAA) technology.

2 EUV exposure: A core technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing that enables the formation of ultrafine circuit patterns.

3 Advanced packaging: Packaging technologies that integrate multiple semiconductor chips to enhance performance and reduce power consumption

About the Rigaku Group

Since its establishment in 1951, the engineering professionals of the Rigaku group have been dedicated to benefiting society with leading-edge technologies, notably including its core fields of X-ray and thermal analysis. With a market presence in 136 countries and regions and some 2,000 employees from 9 global operations, Rigaku is a solution partner in industry and research analysis institutes. Our overseas sales ratio has reached approximately 70% while sustaining an exceptionally high market share in Japan. Together with our customers, we continue to develop and grow. As applications expand from semiconductors, electronic materials, batteries, environment, resources, energy, life science to other high-tech fields, Rigaku realizes innovations “To Improve Our World by Powering New Perspectives.”

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Sawa Himeno

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GenNx360 Capital Partners Completes Sale of Precision Aviation Group to VSE Corporation for Approximately $2.025 Billion in Cash and Equity.

  NEW YORK - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire  

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York-based private equity firm, has announced the sale of its portfolio company, Precision Aviation Group, Inc. (“PAG” or the “Company”), to VSE Corporation (“VSE”) for a total upfront consideration of approximately $2.025 billion in cash and equity.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, PAG is a best-in-class global provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) services, distribution and supply chain solutions serving commercial, business and general aviation, rotorcraft and defense end markets. PAG currently operates 29 locations worldwide, employs more than 1,000 people, serves over 10,000 customers globally and completes more than 175,000 repairs annually. The acquisition increases VSE revenue by approximately 50% on a pro forma 2025 basis and is expected to be immediately accretive to VSE’s consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin.

During GenNx360's ownership, PAG scaled into a high-margin global aviation aftermarket platform focused on engines, avionics, components and proprietary solutions. PAG grew from nine repair stations to 29 locations, expanded its North American footprint and extended its international presence into Europe, Australia and Brazil. The Company expanded its repair capabilities across engines and avionics while strengthening its position on next-generation aircraft platforms.

During its ownership, GenNx360 executed a disciplined buy-and-build strategy, completing 11 add-on acquisitions, expanding geographic reach and deepening technical capabilities. These inorganic initiatives were complemented by robust organic growth driven by consistent new customer wins and expanding strategic partnerships.

“Our partnership with PAG was a result of GenNx360’s proactive strategy and deep sector expertise in aerospace and defense. Our ability to scale PAG to a diversified global MRO platform is a testament to PAG’s exceptional management team,” said Pratik Rajeevan, Principal at GenNx360 Capital Partners who sourced and led the investment.

“Our ongoing equity ownership in VSE reflects our conviction in PAG's momentum and in VSE's ability to accelerate its next stage of growth, enhance capabilities and deliver even greater value for customers,” said Ron Blaylock, Founder and Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners.

“We have built a reputation for customer responsiveness, expansive technical capabilities and dependable support for operators worldwide. Joining VSE represents an important next chapter for PAG,” said David Mast, Chief Executive Officer of Precision Aviation Group.

“PAG is a highly complementary addition to VSE that expands our aviation aftermarket capabilities, technical depth and global reach across commercial, business and general aviation and rotorcraft markets. PAG has built an exceptional reputation for customer responsiveness, proprietary repair capabilities and operational excellence, and we are excited to welcome David Mast and the PAG team to VSE. Together, we are creating a more scaled aviation aftermarket platform with enhanced repair and distribution capabilities that position VSE for long-term growth and value creation,” said John Cuomo, President and Chief Executive Officer of VSE Corporation.

Transaction Details: The $2.025 billion purchase price includes $1.75 billion in cash and approximately $275 million in equity issued to GenNx360; and up to an additional $125 million in contingent earnout payment based on 2026 performance.

GenNx360’s most recent equity investment in PAG was backed by GenNx360 Capital Partners Fund IV, LP, and a GenNx360 managed single-asset continuation fund led by Neuberger and Blackstone Strategic Partners, with participation from Dextra Partners and Churchill Asset Management. In addition to Mr. Blaylock and Mr. Rajeevan, the GenNx360 PAG investment team included Lloyd Trotter, GenNx360 Founder and Senior Advisor; Reece Zakarin, Vice President; Anil Nagpal, Assistant Vice President; and Jon Langenfeld, Associate.

J.P. Morgan and Jefferies served as sell-side financial advisors to GenNx360 and PAG, with Winston & Strawn LLP acting as legal counsel. Perella Weinberg Partners served as exclusive financial and debt capital markets advisor to VSE, with Jones Day acting as legal counsel.

ABOUT GENNX360 CAPITAL PARTNERS

GenNx360 Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle market business-to-business services companies. GenNx360 partners with companies having proven and sustainable business models in expanding industries with the objective of implementing and supporting value-enhancing organic and inorganic initiatives to accelerate growth, deliver cost efficiencies, and generate strong financial returns. GenNx360 was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York City. For more information on GenNx360, please visit www.gennx360.com.

ABOUT PRECISION AVIATION GROUP

Precision Aviation Group (“PAG”) is a leading global provider of aviation aftermarket MRO, distribution, and supply chain services supporting B&GA, rotorcraft, and defense markets. PAG serves a broad global customer base and delivers technical expertise across engines, components, avionics, and proprietary repair solutions. For more information on PAG, please visit www.precisionaviationgroup.com.

ABOUT VSE CORPORATION

VSE is a leading provider of Aviation distribution and repair services for the commercial and business and general aviation (B&GA) aftermarkets. Headquartered in Miramar, Florida, VSE is focused on significantly enhancing the productivity and longevity of its customers' high-value, business-critical assets. VSE’s aftermarket parts distribution and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services support engine component and engine and airframe accessory part distribution and repair services for commercial and B&GA operators. For more detailed information, please visit VSE's website at www.vsecorp.com.

 

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Venture Global Announces LNG Purchase Agreements with TotalEnergies and Vitol

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) announced the execution of two binding agreements with TotalEnergies and Vitol for the purchase of additional U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global.

Venture Global announced a new, binding agreement with TotalEnergies for the purchase of approximately 0.85 MTPA of LNG from Venture Global for approximately five years commencing in 2026. Separately, Venture Global and Vitol agreed to increase their existing five-year binding LNG agreement to 1.7 MTPA, up from 1.5 MTPA previously agreed and announced in March 2026. Both agreements will be supplied from Venture Global’s portfolio.

“Venture Global is proud to deepen our partnerships with premier global energy companies like Vitol and TotalEnergies,” said Venture Global CEO Mike Sabel. “These agreements reflect the continued confidence and trust in our ability to deliver reliable, low-cost U.S. LNG to global markets quickly and at scale as demand for energy security continues to grow. By offering customers short-, medium-, and long-term supply options, we are providing the flexibility and certainty they need to deliver LNG where it is needed most.”

About Venture Global

Venture Global is an American producer and exporter of low-cost U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) with over 100 MTPA of capacity in production, construction, or development. Venture Global began producing LNG from its first facility in 2022 and is now one of the largest LNG exporters in the United States. The company’s vertically integrated business includes assets across the LNG supply chain including LNG production, natural gas transport, shipping and regasification. The company’s first three projects, Calcasieu Pass, Plaquemines LNG, and CP2 LNG, are located in Louisiana along the Gulf of America. Venture Global is developing Carbon Capture and Sequestration projects at each of its LNG facilities.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations.

About Vitol

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities, including metals, to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business, trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $13+billion invested in long-term assets. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. In 2025 Vitol delivered over 600mTOE of energy and had revenues of $340bn.

Vitol is a long-established participant in LNG markets, having commenced LNG trading in the mid-2000s. It has a diversified global LNG portfolio of contracts and equity positions, enabling it to provide customers with tailor-made supply solutions on a short and long-term basis. In 2025 Vitol delivered 23mMT of LNG and delivered 1,800TWh of natural gas.

Forward-looking Statements

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These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include statements about our future performance, our contracts, our anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends impacting our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Those factors include our need for significant additional capital to construct and complete future projects and related assets, and our potential inability to secure such financing on acceptable terms, or at all; our potential inability to accurately estimate costs for our projects, and the risk that the construction and operations of natural gas pipelines and pipeline connections for our projects suffer cost overruns and delays related to obtaining regulatory approvals, development risks, labor costs, unavailability of skilled workers, operational hazards and other risks; the uncertainty regarding the future of global trade dynamics, international trade agreements and the United States’ position on international trade, including the effects of tariffs; our dependence on our EPC and other contractors for the successful completion of our projects, including the potential inability of our contractors to perform their obligations under their contracts; various economic and political factors, including opposition by environmental or other public interest groups, or the lack of local government and community support required for our projects, which could negatively affect the permitting status, timing or overall development, construction and operation of our projects; and risks related to other factors discussed under “Item 1A.—Risk Factors” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. We undertake no obligation to update these statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as may be required by law.

 

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MetLife and Global Citizen Launch “Footwork for Futures” Social Media Challenge to Help Expand Access to Education and Sports

 NEW YORK - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire Print 

All donations will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, building on MetLife Foundation’s $9 million commitment

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MetLife and Global Citizen announced Footwork for Futures, a global soccer-themed social media challenge that supports children’s access to quality education and sports to foster more confident and resilient communities.

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Footwork for Futures invites people to share a short video of themselves juggling – or attempting to juggle – a soccer ball on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, or Facebook and include the hashtag #FootworkForFutures, or by submitting a video through the Global Citizen app. For each eligible video submission, MetLife will donate $5 to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, up to $100,000, to help support access to quality education and sports for children through grants to community-based organizations around the world.

This social campaign builds upon MetLife Foundation’s $9 million contribution as a founding donor of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. The fund gives grants to organizations in communities around the world that offer educational and sports programs. Footwork for Futures uses the excitement of this summer’s FIFA World Cup 2026™ to help organizations grow their initiatives, aiming to boost children’s confidence and strengthen communities.

“The FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund is proof of what’s possible when we unite the world’s love of football with the power of education to strengthen our communities,” said Nuria Garcia, Head of Global Sustainability, MetLife, and Chair, MetLife Foundation. “Footwork for Futures helps make that mission fun, real and accessible. Every video submitted is a meaningful step toward building more confident futures for young people around the world.”

Participation in Footwork for Futures is open to all individuals, regardless of skill, ability or experience, allowing each person to showcase their own approach to keeping a soccer ball in motion. The initiative runs from May 12 to July 19, 2026, or until donations reach $100,000. Submissions received after this period will be shared; however, they will not contribute to additional donations. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to nominate friends and family to join in.

All videos must follow the rules of the respective social media platforms and the campaign’s Terms & Conditions. To be eligible, each video must clearly display a real person safely and responsibly juggling (or attempting to juggle) a soccer ball. Global Citizen reserves the right to disqualify any entry that fails to meet these standards. For more information on how to participate visit: Footwork for Futures.

About MetLife

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help individual and institutional customers build a more confident future. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and holds leading positions in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.metlife.com.

About MetLife Foundation

At MetLife Foundation, we are committed to driving inclusive economic mobility. We collaborate with nonprofit organizations and provide grants aligned to three strategic focus areas – economic empowerment, financial health and resilient communities – while engaging MetLife employee volunteers to help drive impact. MetLife Foundation was established in 1976 and for 50 years has continued MetLife’s long tradition of community engagement and involvement. Since its inception, MetLife Foundation has contributed over $1 billion to strengthen communities where MetLife has a presence. To learn more about MetLife Foundation, visit www.metlife.org.

About Global Citizen

Global Citizen is the world’s largest movement to end extreme poverty. Powered by a worldwide community of everyday advocates raising their voices and taking action, the movement is amplified by campaigns and events that convene leaders in music, entertainment, public policy, media, philanthropy and the private sector. Since the movement began, more than $50 billion in commitments announced on Global Citizen platforms has been deployed, impacting 1.3 billion lives. Established in Australia in 2008, Global Citizen operates in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, the UAE, and across Asia. Join the movement at globalcitizen.org, download the Global Citizen app, and follow Global Citizen on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X and LinkedIn.

 

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NetApp Collaborates with Red Hat to Help Advance Data Protection and Scale for Red Hat OpenShift Deployments

 SAN JOSE, Calif. - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire 

New block-level change tracking capabilities enable faster backup and recovery for virtualized environments

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced new NetApp data management capabilities optimized for Red Hat OpenShift that enable advanced levels of resilience and scale for virtualized environments, on-premises and in the cloud. The updates improve the speed and predictability of backup, recovery, and day-to-day operations so customers can migrate, scale, and manage virtual machine (VM) and container environments to enable innovation and agility with greater confidence.

According to The state of virtualization report from Red Hat, 90 percent of organizations agree that virtualization supports innovation. Combined with the report’s finding that 71 percent of organizations have over half of their IT infrastructure virtualized, enterprises are expanding their virtualized environments to help them manage the increasing volumes of data that fuel the AI-era. As Red Hat OpenShift virtualized environments grow, backup methods that rely on scanning full VM disks can lead to longer backup windows, unpredictable recovery timelines, and increased operational risk. When migrating to and scaling Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, enterprises need predictable and efficient backup and recovery with block-level change tracking to help them meet backup and recovery windows and avoid overspending on storage as environments scale. Furthermore, many IT organizations are seeking simplified disaster recovery at scale and flexible deployment options.

“When IT teams are faced with slow scanning and backup processes, they’re unable to meet recovery point and recovery time objectives,” said Dallas Olson, Chief Commercial Officer at NetApp. “NetApp’s latest innovations with Red Hat enable predictable backup and recovery behavior even as the VM environment grows. Customers can now migrate, operate, and protect large‑scale VM and container environments on Red Hat OpenShift with greater speed, predictability, and operational confidence.”

The NetApp and Red Hat collaboration provides enhanced hybrid and multicloud consistency, enabling customers to run and move applications and data across on‑premises and public cloud environments. Together, NetApp and Red Hat seek to deliver a mature, enterprise-ready Kubernetes stack. This collaboration continues with new capabilities that help customers build more resilient and scalable virtualized environments, including:

NetApp Backup and Recovery for Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization: NetApp Backup and Recovery is a simple, secure, and cost-effective data protection service for OpenShift applications on NetApp ONTAP® storage. It accelerates backups and restores with incremental-forever backups providing Change Block Tracking (CBT), storage efficiency preservation, and compute offload. These features avoid data rehydration during backups and reduce compute overhead for backup operations. With this update, NetApp Backup and Recovery now enhances support for protecting VMs on OpenShift with comprehensive automation enabling VM-granular protection and recovery workflows along with resource transformations to accelerate recovery times.

NetApp Disaster Recovery support for Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization: Customers can now use NetApp Disaster Recovery in public preview for their Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environments, expanding from backup into orchestrated disaster recovery for Kubernetes‑based VMs. This DR-as-a-service offering delivers simple, low-cost disaster protection for virtualized workloads on NetApp ONTAP storage with intuitive, guided disaster recovery failover and fallback workflows.

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Red Hat OpenShift on Google Cloud: Google Cloud NetApp Volumes and Trident CSI driver for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization are now generally available on Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated on Google Cloud environments with certified support. This solution enables organizations to run both VMs and containers in the cloud with simplified operations and seamless scalability.

NetApp Trident Parallelism: NetApp Trident now supports improved scalability through parallel execution of operations in the Trident controller for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes environments. The Trident Parallelism feature removes storage bottlenecks by enabling Trident to execute storage operations concurrently rather than serially.

“Legacy disaster recovery models were not built for the scale and pace of today’s virtualized environments,” said Steve Gordon, Senior Director, Product Management, Hybrid Cloud Platforms at Red Hat. “Our collaboration with NetApp directly addresses the most pressing challenges customers face as enterprise virtualized environments continue to grow in scale and complexity. Together with NetApp, we’re helping customers modernize data protection and disaster recovery for Red Hat OpenShift delivering more predictable outcomes and a stronger foundation for hybrid cloud.”

To learn more about NetApp's collaboration with Red Hat, visit the NetApp booth #538 at Red Hat Summit 2026, May 11-14 in Atlanta, GA.

Additional Resources

Red Hat Innovates at the Speed of AI and Scale of the Hybrid Cloud with NetApp

NetApp and Red Hat Strengthen Collaboration to Drive IT Modernization with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

NetApp Trident: Provision and Protect Stateful Kubernetes Applications

About NetApp

For more than three decades, NetApp has helped the world’s leading organizations navigate change – from the rise of enterprise storage to the intelligent era defined by data and AI. Today, NetApp is the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, helping customers turn data into a catalyst for innovation, resilience, and growth.

At the heart of that infrastructure is the NetApp data platform – the unified, enterprise-grade, intelligent foundation that connects, protects, and activates data across every cloud, workload, and environment. Built on the proven power of NetApp ONTAP, our leading data management software and OS, and enhanced by automation through the AI Data Engine and AFX, it delivers observability, resilience, and intelligence at scale.

Disaggregated by design, the NetApp data platform separates storage, services, and control so enterprises can modernize faster, scale efficiently, and innovate without lock-in. As the only enterprise storage platform natively embedded in the world’s largest clouds, it gives organizations the freedom to run any workload anywhere with consistent performance, governance, and protection.

With NetApp, data is always ready – ready to defend against threats, ready to power AI, and ready to drive the next breakthrough. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking enterprises trust NetApp to turn intelligence into advantage.

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Medisca and dsm–firmenich Partner to Expand Access to Pharmaceutical-Grade Vitamin APIs for U.S. Compounding Market

  MONTREAL - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medisca, a global leader in personalized pharmaceutical medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with dsm–firmenich, a leading ingredient manufacturer serving regulated pharmaceutical markets worldwide.

Through this partnership, Medisca will make a portfolio of pharmaceutical-grade vitamin active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) available to U.S. compounding professionals, expanding access to ingredients manufactured within European cGMP environments and supported by established quality systems and documentation standards.

Strengthening the foundation of compounding

As compounding continues to support increasingly complex and regulated care settings, expectations around ingredient sourcing, consistency, and documentation continue to rise. Pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities are seeking partners that enable them to operate with confidence at scale.

This partnership reflects a long-term commitment to expanding access to high-quality ingredient solutions while preserving the workflows, relationships, and operational models customers rely on today.

“We are grateful to partner with dsm–firmenich, a global organization recognized for its manufacturing standards and commitment to quality,” said Peng Li, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Medisca. “Ingredient sourcing is foundational to trust and long-term success in compounding. By bringing dsm–firmenich pharmaceutical-grade API portfolio into the Medisca ecosystem, we are expanding what our customers can rely on today and supporting how the industry continues to evolve.”

The partnership introduces pharmaceutical-grade vitamin APIs through an established commercial and technical model designed to support regulated use and long-term continuity across compounding practice.

“Partnering with Medisca is a meaningful step in expanding access to high-quality, pharmaceutical-grade vitamin APIs for the U.S. compounding market. By combining our global manufacturing expertise and commitment to cGMP standards with Medisca’s deep understanding of compounding professionals, we are strengthening supply reliability and enabling pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities to operate with greater confidence, consistency, and quality in patient care.” ~Jennifer McManus, Senior Sales Director, dsm-firmenich

The dsm–firmenich vitamin API portfolio is available through Medisca in the United States, with additional products expected to be introduced over time. Customers can contact their Medisca sales representative for ordering information, pricing, and lead times.

About dsm–firmenich

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm–firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With its comprehensive range of solutions, natural and renewable ingredients, and renowned science and technology capabilities, the company creates what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for people and the planet. dsm–firmenich is a Swiss company with dual headquarters in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland and Maastricht, Netherlands, listed on Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, dsm–firmenich brings progress to life every day, everywhere, for billions of people. www.dsm-firmenich.com

About Medisca

Founded in 1989, Medisca is a leader in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical supply chain solutions, with a vast portfolio of over 2,000 products complemented by a library of 10,000+ proprietary and customized medication formulas, expertise and services in pharmaceutical compounding, continuing healthcare education, and analytical testing. Providing finely-tuned solutions to diverse wellness sectors in numerous markets globally, Medisca is bridging the gaps in healthcare and empowering personalized wellness for all. For more information, visit www.medisca.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.

 

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GIGABYTE Unveils “Future Landing” at COMPUTEX 2026 as Implementation Becomes Critical to Scaling AI

TAIPEI - Tuesday, 12. May 2026

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- GIGABYTE Technology, a global leader in high-performance computing, is taking its most comprehensive end-to-end portfolio for AI infrastructure to COMPUTEX 2026 under the theme "Future Landing." As AI transitions from training into large-scale inference and real-world operation, GIGABYTE addresses the industry's most pressing challenge: not whether AI can be built, but how quickly and reliably it can be deployed, operated, and sustained at scale.

At COMPUTEX, GIGABYTE organizes its showcase around three states that define the lifecycle of production AI infrastructure.

Ready: integrated systems that have been fully built, simulated, validated, and prepared for deployment.

Deployable: modular clusters engineered for rapid implementation across diverse environments.

Happening: AI systems actively running, delivering outcomes, and sustaining operations in the real world.

“AI-ready” in the Infrastructure Era

AI workloads now span centralized training clusters, distributed inference deployments, and physical environments where machines must act on real-time data. Each stage demands infrastructure that functions as a coordinated system, not a collection of individual components. Deployment speed, operational stability, and long-term efficiency have become the defining measures of AI infrastructure maturity.

GIGABYTE anchors this capability in GAIFA (GIGABYTE AI Factory Accelerator), a purpose-built AI factory in Taiwan that integrates latest compute platforms, high-speed networking, and GIGABYTE's own management software into a fully validated, end-to-end architecture. More than a testing environment, GAIFA represents how an AI factory can be built, validated, and prepared for deployment at scale.

Built for Deployment

Deploying AI infrastructure quickly is becoming a critical differentiator. It requires systems designed to be built, delivered, and operational from day one.

GIGABYTE addresses this with a modular, prefabricated infrastructure approach that integrates compute, cooling, and power into deployable units. These systems are designed to shorten deployment timelines while enabling organizations to scale AI capacity without the delays of traditional data center construction.

GIGABYTE's portfolio supports AI workloads across every stage of operation and is unified through GPM (GIGABYTE POD Manager). This software platform provides visibility and control across AI data center infrastructure, enabling operators to manage resources, optimize workloads, and maintain stability as systems scale.

AI Happening: From Physical Automation to Clinical Decision Support

The most compelling measure of AI infrastructure is what it enables in the real world. GIGABYTE demonstrates this across physical AI automation and healthcare.

In physical AI automation, GIGABYTE presents a real-to-sim-to-real pipeline showing how AI models move from simulation into robotic systems performing precise tasks in real time—a working example of Physical AI in operation, not a research demonstration.

In healthcare, GIGABYTE brings AI inference to the point of care, supporting applications including real-time polyp detection, bone marrow analysis, and pulmonary imaging. All inference runs locally, ensuring data privacy and faster clinical decision-making.

Across both domains, AI is moving closer to where data is generated and decisions are made, delivering faster response, improved accuracy, and more efficient workflows.

GIGABYTE invites all visitors around the world to engage with AI infrastructure that has moved beyond the planning stage. With "Future Landing," GIGABYTE is not only presenting a vision of what AI could become, but also demonstrating what it looks like when ready, deployed, and already operating in the real world. In addition of its 1st floor exhibit, GIGABYTE will also present a dedicated exhibit on the 4th floor, featuring AI solutions for edge and end-user applications, including systems from its AI TOP series, demonstrating how its AI capabilities extend from infrastructure to deskside scenarios.

GIGABYTE@COMPUTEX 2026

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Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award Announces Top 10 Finalists for 2026

 On the occasion of International Nurses Day, Aster DM Healthcare has announced the Top 10 finalists for the fifth edition of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026, selected from over 134,000 registrations across 214* countries and economies. One of the Top 10 finalists will be honoured with the grand title and a prize of USD 250,000. Aster has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as the 'Process Advisors' of the award. EY has defined a three-stage evaluation process to determine the finalists and the winner.

The top 10 finalists for 2026 includes: Dr. Agimol Pradeep (United Kingdom), Dr. Aidah Alkaissi (Sweden), Dinah Sevilla (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Dr. Hammoda Abu-Odah (Hong Kong SAR, China), Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada (India), Johana Patricia Galvan Barrios (Colombia), Josephine Nelago Angula (Namibia), Oluchi Angel Okoi (Nigeria), Peter Fore (Papua New Guinea), Ronald Mario Cañas Rojas (Colombia). To know more about the top 10 finalists, please visit: https://www.asterguardians.com/

Dr Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman, Aster DM Healthcare, said “The role of nurses extends far beyond bedside care. Their commitment, dedication, and compassion make them the backbone of healthcare systems across the world. They are often the first to identify gaps in the system, drive innovation, and mentor the generation of healthcare professionals. This is what makes their contribution both indispensable and transformative.

The overwhelming response this year in the fifth edition, with over 134,000 registrations from 214 countries and economies, reflects the scale and significance of their impact. It is truly an honour to recognise these Top 10 finalists, whose work is driving meaningful change at scale, often in some of the most challenging healthcare environments.

The final round will feature interviews with a distinguished Grand Jury comprising global healthcare leaders, with the winner set to be announced at a gala event in India.

*As per data.worldbank.org/country

About Aster DM Healthcare

Founded in 1987 by Dr. Azad Moopen, Aster DM Healthcare is a leading integrated healthcare provider, with a strong presence across 5 countries in the GCC and Jordan. Aster is committed to the vision of providing accessible and high-quality healthcare, from primary to quaternary services, with its promise of “We will treat you well”.

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Telehouse Canada Undergoes Major Infrastructure Upgrade to Scale AI-Driven Organizations

 

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With the introduction of direct liquid cooling, this first‑of‑its‑kind deployment within urban, interconnection‑rich data centre campuses in Canada establishes a new standard for enabling AI workloads.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Telehouse Canada, a leading data centre service provider and subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, has announced the completion of a major infrastructure upgrade designed to support the next generation of AI‑driven workloads. By introducing direct liquid‑to‑chip technology, Telehouse enables high‑density AI inference deployments within its interconnection‑rich downtown Toronto data centre environments—reinforcing the company’s leadership in delivering resilient, future‑ready facilities that power Canada’s digital transformation and support the next wave of innovation.

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, organizations are increasingly seeking data centre environments capable of supporting performance‑intensive workloads at scale. These requirements are driving demand for higher‑density infrastructure and advanced cooling solutions, particularly in environments where reliability, efficiency, and proximity to end users are critical for AI inference.

Building on this investment, Telehouse Canada has deployed direct liquid cooling across its metro data centre campus, alongside infrastructure enhancements designed to enable high‑density deployments and improved connectivity for AI workloads. The deployment supports organizations colocating AI infrastructure within Telehouse facilities, with cabinet densities of up to 120 kW per rack.

This marks a first-of-its-kind deployment of direct liquid cooling within an interconnection hub in Canada, underscoring its significance within the Canadian data centre and interconnection landscape. The upgrade positions Telehouse Canada to support organizations with strict cooling and power requirements while continuing to deliver low-latency connectivity and proximity to end users.

“As demand for AI continues to grow, organizations need data centre infrastructure that can support increasingly complex workloads at scale,” said Atsushi Kubo, President and CEO of Telehouse Canada. “This upgrade strengthens our ability to meet those needs while continuing to deliver the performance and reliability our customers expect.”

Advancing energy efficiency through heat recovery and reuse

Liquid cooling is more thermally conductive than air, allowing Telehouse Canada to remove up to 80 per cent of heat directly from high-power server components. As a result, reliance on power-intensive computer room air conditioners and server fans is reduced, lowering overall energy consumption while delivering a more sustainable and efficient cooling model. The direct liquid cooling system transfers heat from the server components to a cooling distribution unit, where it is carried away via a dedicated coolant loop. This heat is then transferred to Enwave’s closed-loop district energy system, where it is captured and repurposed through a fully isolated process to help heat Toronto’s municipal drinking water rather than being released into the atmosphere, which improves Telehouse Canada’s Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). In addition, the system removes reliance on chillers during normal operations, which reduces the need for evaporative cooling and reduces water usage, further improving the facility’s Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE).

The project reflects Telehouse Canada’s continued focus on building resilient, high‑performance digital infrastructure while also delivering tangible sustainability and economic benefits, including local job creation and the engagement of approximately 80 skilled professionals across construction and engineering disciplines throughout the project lifecycle.

Aligned with Canada’s focus on digital infrastructure, AI, and innovation, investments such as this play an important role in strengthening the country’s digital foundation—supporting long‑term growth, accelerating innovation, and ensuring infrastructure readiness as organizations scale AI‑driven operations. By continuing to invest in high‑performance, interconnection‑rich environments, Telehouse Canada is committed to enabling the next phase of digital transformation while supporting the evolving needs of Canada’s digital economy and helping businesses scale and compete globally.

About Telehouse

Telehouse is a leading global data centre service provider under KDDI Group, bringing together a diverse range of business partners including carriers, mobile and content providers, enterprises, cloud providers and financial services companies. Established in 1989, Telehouse provides reliable, secure, and flexible colocation services, enabling organizations to accelerate speed to market and create business opportunities through fast, efficient and secure interconnections. For more information visit: www.telehouse.ca

 

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CORRECTING and REPLACING Samsung Epis Holdings Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

 ·         Samsung Bioepis recorded Q1’26 revenue of KRW 454.9 billion and operating profit of KRW 144.0 billion

CORRECTION...by Samsung Epis Holdings

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Business Updates section, the first bullet of release dated April 23, 2026, at 10:04 p.m. PT/April 24, 2026, at 1:04 a.m. ET should read: In October 2025, Samsung Bioepis entered into a private label partnership with Cordavis for OSPOMYV™ (denosumab-dssb), a biosimilar to Prolia¹.

The updated release reads:

SAMSUNG EPIS HOLDINGS REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Samsung Epis Holdings (KRX: 0126Z0), an investment company dedicated to innovations in biopharmaceuticals and biotechnology, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026.

“Samsung Bioepis delivered solid growth this quarter driven by continued momentum across our biosimilar portfolio," said Kyung-Ah Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Samsung Epis Holdings. “We are further strengthening our position through new global partnerships and continued portfolio expansion. As we mark the 10^th anniversary of the launch of our first biosimilar in Europe, we remain focused on building on our legacy while investing strategically to support long-term growth. We remain committed to delivering sustainable value for our shareholders.”

First Quarter 2026 Results

On a standalone basis, in the first quarter of 2026, Samsung Bioepis posted a revenue of KRW 454.9 billion with an operating profit of KRW 144.0 billion. Revenue and operating profit in the first quarter increased by 14% (KRW 54.3 billion) and 13% (KRW 16.1 billion) in year-over-year (YoY), respectively.

First quarter growth surpassed the January 2025 guidance by more than 10%, reflecting stronger-than-expected performance across the business.

Samsung Epis Holdings posted a consolidated revenue of KRW 453.9 billion and operating profit of KRW 90.5 billion. Non-cash accounting adjustments, including amortization of purchase price allocation (PPA)-related development costs, are reflected in consolidated revenue and operating profit, following a consolidated revenue of KRW 251.7 billion and operating loss of KRW 63.6 billion in November and December 2025.

[Samsung Bioepis Earnings, KRW billion]
	Q1’24	Q1’25		Q1’26	YoY Change
Revenue	280.1	400.6		454.9	+54.3 (+14%)
Operating Profit	38.1	127.9		144.0	+16.1 (+13%)

Business Updates

·         In October 2025, Samsung Bioepis entered into a private label partnership with Cordavis for OSPOMYV™ (denosumab-dssb), a biosimilar to Prolia¹.

·         BENEPALI™ (etanercept), Samsung Bioepis’ first biosimilar in Europe, continues to maintain its leadership position in the market as it celebrates its 10^th anniversary in Europe.

·         In March, Samsung Bioepis expanded its development and commercialization partnership with Sandoz, on up to five biosimilar candidates including SB36, a biosimilar candidate referencing Entyvio (vedolizumab), in multiple markets.

·         Also in March, a Phase 1 first-in-human clinical trial for Samsung Bioepis’s first novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate, SBE303, has begun. Following the announcement, the company also presented a poster presentation of its nonclinical data at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2026 on April 20^th which demonstrates its encouraging efficacy, safety, tolerability and a promising ability to work in combination with existing immuno-oncology therapies.

·         Samsung Bioepis’s second novel ADC candidate, SBE313, is currently in nonclinical development in collaboration with Phrontline Biopharma.

Disclaimer

This document contains ‘forward-looking statements’ regarding future expectations, projections, plans, and anticipation. ‘Forward-looking statements’ are matters that pertain to the Company’s future business and financial performance, and are subject to uncertainties such as trends in domestic and international financial markets, including but not limited to fluctuations in exchange rates and/or interest rates.

‘Forward-looking statements,’ by their nature, addresses matters that may be uncertain; actual results may be materially different from those expressed in this document.

About Samsung Epis Holdings Co., Ltd.

As an investment holdings company dedicated to biopharmaceuticals and biotechnology, Samsung Epis Holdings aims to maximize corporate and shareholder value through proactive R&D and investment and optimize business strategies for its subsidiaries, Samsung Bioepis and Epis NexLab. Samsung Epis Holdings continues to embrace future challenges and drive innovation by identifying new growth drivers and strengthening global collaboration platforms, thereby laying a solid foundation for the continued growth of its subsidiaries. For more information about Samsung Epis Holdings, please visit: www.samsungepisholdings.com.

About Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.

Established in 2012, Samsung Bioepis is a biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing healthcare that is accessible to everyone. Through innovations in product development and a firm commitment to quality, Samsung Bioepis aims to become the world's leading biopharmaceutical company. Samsung Bioepis continues to advance a broad pipeline of biologic candidates that cover a spectrum of therapeutic areas, including immunology, oncology, ophthalmology, hematology, nephrology, neurology, and endocrinology. For more information, please visit www.samsungbioepis.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

About Epis NexLab Co., Ltd.

Established in 2025 as a 100% owned subsidiary of Samsung Epis Holdings, Epis NexLab is committed to driving innovation through the development of next-generation biotechnology platforms. By transforming highly scalable peptide-related technologies into development platforms, Epis NexLab is focused on the discovery of innovative treatment modalities for the development of multiple therapeutic candidates targeting a wide range of diseases. For more information about Epis NexLab, please visit: www.samsungepisholdings.com.

Reference
¹ Prolia is a registered trademark of Amgen Inc.

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