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August 10, 2022

Ville Parpala nommé directeur des ventes régionales, Scandinavie, pour Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group Europe de Nikkiso Co. Ltd

TEMECULA, Californie, 09 août 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (le « Groupe ») de Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries, qui fait partie du groupe de sociétés Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japon), est heureux d’annoncer que Ville Parpala est nommé directeur des ventes régionales pour la Scandinavie.

Ville apporte une solide expérience européenne en matière de ventes et de développement commercial, en mettant l’accent sur les segments des marchés maritimes et industriels internationaux. Son expérience de la technologie d’automatisation et des affaires internationales s’est révélée inestimable pour sa capacité à trouver de nouvelles solutions, y compris l’utilisation des technologies hybrides. Il possède plus de 20 ans d’expérience en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Asie, et a récemment occupé le poste de directeur du marketing des produits maritimes pour The Switch, ainsi que des postes de gestion des ventes chez Grundfos, ABB, Marioff et Emerson.

Basé en Finlande, il gérera et développera les opportunités commerciales là-bas et dans la région scandinave, notamment la Suède, le Danemark et la Norvège sous la responsabilité d’Ole Jensen, vice-président de NCEIG Europe.

« Nous sommes impatients de pouvoir développer et étendre notre soutien à ce marché important avec la connaissance de l’industrie et du marché de Ville, et de poursuivre le développement des opportunités dans cette région », a déclaré Ole Jensen.

Avec cette nomination, Nikkiso poursuit son engagement : avoir une présence à la fois locale et mondiale pour ses clients.

À PROPOS DE CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (aujourd’hui membre de Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) et ses entreprises membres fabriquent et entretiennent des équipements de traitement du gaz cryogénique (pompes, turbodétendeurs, échangeurs thermiques, etc.), et des usines de traitement pour les gaz industriels, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel (GNL), la liquéfaction de l’hydrogène (LH2) et le cycle organique de Rankine pour la récupération de la chaleur perdue. Fondée il y a plus de 50 ans, Cryogenic Industries est la société-mère d’ACD, de Nikkiso Cryo, de Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, de Cosmodyne et de Cryoquip, et d’un groupe administré en commun comptant une vingtaine d’entités opérationnelles.

Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez consulter les sites www.nikkisoCEIG.com et www.nikkiso.com.

Contact auprès des médias :
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

August 10, 2022

Stefan Kuijs nommé chef de produit pour le GNL et l’hydrogène – Pays-Bas – pour Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group Europe

TEMECULA, Californie, 09 août 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (le « Groupe ») de Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries, qui fait partie du groupe de sociétés Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japon), est heureux d’annoncer que Stefan Kuijs a été nommé directeur des produits de GNL et d’hydrogène pour Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, servant les Pays-Bas.

Ingénieur mécanique, Stefan possède une formation spécialisée en ingénierie des procédés et compte plus de dix ans d’expérience dans la conception, l’installation, la mise en service et le démarrage de stations GNL/GNC et d’installations de biogaz. Ses responsabilités ont également inclus des projets d’hydrogène axés sur la transition énergétique et les carburants propres. Il sera responsable de la gamme complète des produits, des ventes et des solutions liées au GNL et à l’hydrogène.

« L’expérience de l’industrie et du marché de Stefan sera d’un grand avantage pour le Groupe, alors que nous développons les opportunités dans cette région », a déclaré Ole Jensen, vice-président de Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Europe.

Avec cette nomination, Nikkiso poursuit son engagement : avoir une présence à la fois locale et mondiale pour ses clients.

Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez consulter les sites www.nikkisoCEIG.com et www.nikkiso.com.

Contact auprès des médias :
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

August 10, 2022

Stefan Kuijs é nomeado Gerente de produto para GNL e Hidrogênio – Países Baixos – para o Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group Europe

TEMECULA, Califórnia, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O Grupo Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Grupo”), uma parte do grupo de empresas Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japão), tem o prazer de anunciar que Stefan Kuijs foi nomeado Gerente de produto de GNL e Hidrogênio para a Nikkiso Soluções Criogênicas Integradas que atendem os Países Baixos.

Engenheiro mecânico, Stefan tem formação e treinamento especializados em engenharia de processos e conta com mais de dez anos de experiência na criação, montagem, comissionamento e start-up de estações de GNL/ GNV e instalações de exploração de biogás. Suas responsabilidades também incluíram projetos no campo de hidrogênio com foco na transição de energia e combustíveis limpos. Ele será responsável por toda a linha de produtos, vendas e soluções relacionadas a GNL e Hidrogênio

“A experiência de Stefan no setor e no mercado será de grande benefício para o Grupo, pois trabalhamos para desenvolver as oportunidades nesta região”, disse Ole Jensen, Vice-presidente da Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Europe.

Com esta adição, a Nikkiso reitera o seu compromisso de ser uma presença tanto global quanto local para seus clientes.

SOBRE A CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
As empresas associadas à Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (agora membro da Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) fabricam e prestam serviços de engenharia de equipamentos de processamento de gás criogênico (bombas, turboexpansores, trocadores de calor etc.), plantas de processamento de gases industriais, liquefação de gás natural (GNL), liquefação de hidrogênio (LH2) e ciclo de Rankine orgânico para recuperação de calor residual. Fundada há mais de 50 anos, a Cryogenic Industries é a empresa matriz da ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne e Cryoquip e um grupo comumente controlado por cerca de 20 entidades operacionais.

Para mais informações, visite www.nikkisoCEIG.com e www.nikkiso.com.

CONTATO DE MÍDIA:
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

August 10, 2022

La Fondation Internet Society annonce une deuxième série de subventions à l’innovation pour combler le déficit de connectivité

200 000 dollars américains de subventions disponibles pour améliorer l’accès et la connectivité Internet dans le monde entier

RESTON, Virginie, 10 août 2022 /PRNewswire/ — La Fondation Internet Society a lancé une deuxième série de subventions pour développer l’accès et la connectivité Internet dans le monde. Le programme de subventions Building Opportunities/Leveraging Technologies (BOLT), qui existe depuis deux ans, soutient des équipes de créateurs, de technologues et de chercheurs dans l’élaboration de solutions pour la connectivité Internet, en particulier dans les communautés où les technologies actuelles ne sont pas disponibles ou sont inaccessibles. Des subventions de 200 000 dollars américains seront accordées à des entreprises pour des projets d’une durée maximale de 12 mois.

« La Fondation Internet Society s’engage à consacrer son financement à la résolution des problèmes qui empêchent les gens d’accéder à Internet, conformément à notre vision selon laquelle Internet est destiné à tous. Alors que près de la moitié de la population mondiale n’est toujours pas connectée, ces subventions visent à soutenir le développement de solutions imaginatives et durables qui favoriseront un meilleur accès à Internet et une meilleure connectivité pour les communautés du monde entier », a déclaré Sarah Armstrong, directrice exécutive de la Fondation Internet Society.

Le programme BOLT s’appuie sur l’engagement de la Fondation Internet Society à soutenir des solutions innovantes en matière de connectivité Internet. Plusieurs organisations mettent actuellement en œuvre des projets dans le monde entier grâce à ce programme, notamment : La Fondation Digital Empowerment, la Fondation Digital Harbor Inc., la Fondation Sole Colombia et Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU).

Les candidatures pour le programme BOLT sont ouvertes du 8 août au 2 septembre et les bénéficiaires seront dévoilés en octobre. Les équipes candidates doivent s’assurer que leur structure principale est une organisation 501(c)(3) ou équivalente légalement enregistrée.

Voir les détails de la subvention et la procédure de candidature.

À propos de la Fondation Internet Society :

La Fondation Internet Society a été créée en 2019 pour promouvoir l’impact positif d’Internet sur les citoyens du monde entier. Animée par notre vision d’un Internet pour tous, la Fondation défend nos idées et permet aux communautés de libérer le potentiel d’Internet pour relever les défis mondiaux en constante évolution. En mettant l’accent sur cinq domaines de programme, la Fondation accorde des subventions aux chapitres de l’Internet Society ainsi qu’aux organisations à but non lucratif et aux personnes qui se consacrent à fournir à tous un accès Internet ouvert, connecté au niveau mondial, sécurisé et digne de confiance.

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August 10, 2022

ONESIGHT ESSILORLUXOTTICA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF NEW ARTICLE

Article addresses role of advocacy in advancing healthy vision to meet Sustainable Development Goals

DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation (Foundation) is pleased to announce the publication of a peer-reviewed article, The Power of Advocacy: Advancing Vision for Everyone to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals in the International Journal of Public Health, an independent society journal of the Swiss School of Public Health.

The article was written by members of the Vision Impact Institute, which recently joined the Foundation. It explores the case for advocacy in advancing good vision globally, while making a clear connection to many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It builds on a critical review of bibliography and proposes new perspectives for vision advocacy to achieve significant policy change.

“Evidence-based advocacy is essential to make good vision a global priority,” says Eva Lazuka-Nicoulaud, the article’s lead author and Head, Advocacy & Partnerships, Europe/Africa, at the Foundation. “In this article, we develop the connection between good vision and more than half of the SDGs.”

“With 1 in 3 people unable to see clearly, we must collectively advocate for solutions to address this issue,” says Prof. Kovin Naidoo, Global Head, Advocacy and Partnerships, OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation. “Aligning with the UN Resolution on Vision: Vision for Everyone: accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we define a new outlook for the framework and key pillars of advocacy to scale up success by 2030. We propose that addressing poor vision globally can improve poverty, hunger, education, gender equity, economic growth, climate action and more.”

The article’s complete author list includes: Prof. Kovin Naidoo, Eva Lazuka-Nicoulaud, Kristan Gross, Judith Marcano Williams and Andrea Kirsten-Coleman, all recently having joined the Foundation.

About the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation

The OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation (formerly Essilor Social Impact) is a French registered charitable organization (endowment fund) reflecting the commitment and values of EssilorLuxottica to eliminate uncorrected poor vision in a generation. It was rebranded in 2022 to bring together EssilorLuxottica’s philanthropic, advocacy actions and investments including: Vision for Life, Essilor Vision Foundations in North America, India, Southeast Asia and China, Fondazione Salmoiraghi & Viganò in Italy as well as the Company’s long term global partners OneSight and the Vision Impact Institute. It is headquartered at 147 rue de Paris, 94220 Charenton-Le-Pont, France. https://onesight.essilorluxottica.com/

Contact:

Jeff Wallace
Senior Director, Communications and Awareness
JWallace@OneSight.org

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August 10, 2022

COVID-19 Experts Urge Australians to Wear Masks Even as Latest Omicron Wave Passes

Australian health officials say there are encouraging signs that a wave of COVID-19 omicron variant infections is in decline. However, more than 4,000 Australians are hospitalized with the virus and an unknown number of others are suffering the effects of long COVID.

COVID-19 no longer makes the headlines as it once did in Australia. Strict public health measures, including lockdowns, curfews, mask mandates and international border closures that were imposed during the pandemic have come to an end.

The country is doing its best to live with the virus.

More than 95% of Australians older than 16 have received two doses of a coronavirus vaccination, according to government data. More than 70% of the eligible population — 14 million have had three or more doses.

But the virus persists. Officials have said omicron variants have fueled a recent wave of infections that has coincided with winter in the southern hemisphere. It appears to be weakening. Still, dozens of deaths and thousands of infections are being reported every day.

Leading epidemiologists at the Burnet Institute, a Melbourne-based medical facility, have released new research showing how many lives could be saved if more Australians wore masks.

The institute’s chief executive Brendan Crabb said face coverings continue to be an important defense against the disease.

“We have to change from a high COVID strategy to a low COVID one. We have done modeling with mask use and increasing mask use to say that if that happened even from July that many cases, up to 20% of cases, 20% of hospitalizations, and 14 percent of deaths between July and October could be averted,” said Crabb.

Australia had some of the world’s toughest disease-control measures. Most foreign nationals were banned from Australia for more than two years after March 2020. Australian citizens needed government permission to leave the country. The military was deployed to enforce lockdowns and vaccine mandates were imposed on some key workers.

The country’s coronavirus strategy now relies on individuals making their own decisions about vaccines, masks, hygiene and distancing. However, experts say that the return of personal freedoms has come at a cost.

Australia has recorded 12,400 deaths from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. More than half of the fatalities occurred in 2022 when restrictions were scrapped.

Government data Wednesday has shown that 9.6 million COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in Australia during the pandemic. 270,000 active cases are reported across the country.

Source: Voice of America

August 10, 2022

Polio Spreading in London, Booster Campaign Launched for Kids Under 10

Britain is launching a polio vaccine booster campaign for children in London aged below 10, after confirming that the virus is spreading in the capital for the first time since the 1980s.

The UK Health Security Agency has identified 116 polioviruses from 19 sewage samples this year in London. It first raised the alert on finding the virus in sewage samples in June.

The levels of poliovirus found since and the genetic diversity indicated that transmission was taking place in a number of London boroughs, the agency said on Wednesday.

No cases have yet been identified but, in a bid to get ahead of a potential outbreak, GPs will now invite children aged 1-9 for booster vaccines, alongside a wider catch-up campaign already announced. Immunization rates across London vary, but are on average below the 95% coverage rate the World Health Organization suggests is needed to keep polio under control.

Polio, spread mainly through contamination by faecal matter, used to kill and paralyse thousands of children annually worldwide. There is no cure, but vaccination brought the world close to ending the wild, or naturally occurring, form of the disease. It paralyses less than 1% of children who are infected.

The virus found in London sewage is mainly the vaccine-like virus, which is found when children vaccinated with a particular kind of live vaccine — now only used overseas — shed the virus in their feces. This harmless virus can transmit between unvaccinated children, and while doing so, can mutate back into a more dangerous version of the virus, and cause illness.

Last month, the United States found a case of paralytic polio outside New York in an unvaccinated individual, its first for a decade. The UKHSA said the case was genetically linked to the virus seen in London.

Britain is also expanding surveillance for polio to other sites outside London to see if the virus has spread further. The risk to the wider population is assessed as low because most people are vaccinated even if rates are below the optimal levels to prevent spread.

Source: Voice of America