WHR Global Announces New President, Chris Lagerman

WHR also Promotes Tenured Employees to Director of Global Operations and Client Services Manager

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHR Global, Inc. (WHR), a leader in the global employee relocation industry, announced that Chris Lagerman will be its new President, effective immediately. This promotion reflects Chris’ dedication to WHR and the global mobility industry. Over his 20-year tenure at WHR, Chris previously served as a Relocation Counselor, Client Services Manager and most recently, as Director of Global Operations (DO).

As DO, Chris guided a team of Client Services Managers throughout WHR’s offices in the US, Switzerland and Singapore. WHR helps some of the largest global organizations and has relocated tens of thousands of employees to over 100 countries worldwide. WHR specializes in providing each expatriate with a dedicated relocation team, white-glove service and 24/7 availability for their entire relocation journey. As a testament to Chris’ DO success, WHR only lost one corporate client in its 27-year history, which is a direct result of Chris’ passion for best-in-class service.

WHR CEO Roger Thrun believes Chris will continue to drive the success of WHR’s services and technology. “Chris has been instrumental to our growth in the last 20 years and will continue the velocity of our global expansion. I am very proud that he is part of WHR,” said Thrun.

“I’m honored and grateful for this opportunity and I look forward to driving WHR’s further growth,” said Lagerman.

Effective immediately, WHR also announced that Heather Hess has been promoted to Director of Global Operations, leading all Client Services Managers in the US, Switzerland and Singapore. WHR also announced that Peter Janotta has been promoted to Client Services Manager, effective immediately. Heather and Peter have been at WHR for 14 years each, embodying WHR’s service-oriented approach to global mobility and successfully managing relocation programs for Fortune 500 companies.

About WHR Global
WHR Global (WHR) is a private, client-driven global relocation management company distinguished by its best-in-class service delivery and cutting-edge, proprietary technology. WHR has offices in the US, Switzerland and Singapore. With its 100% client retention rate for the past decade, WHR continues to position itself as the trusted leader in global employee relocation. WHR lives by its vision of Advancing Lives Forward®.

To learn more about WHR, visit https://www.whrg.com, or follow on LinkedInTwitter and Facebook.

Media Contact: Mindy Stroiman, Corporate Writer
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WHR Global Anuncia Novo Presidente, Chris Lagerman

WHR Anuncia Também a Promoção de Funcionários Titulares para Diretor de Operações Globais e Gerente de Serviços ao Cliente

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A WHR Global, Inc. (WHR), líder na indústria global de realocação de funcionários, anunciou que Chris Lagerman será seu novo presidente, com efeito imediato. Esta promoção reflete a dedicação de Chris à WHR e à indústria de mobilidade global. Durante seu mandato de 20 anos na WHR Chris atuou como Consultor de Realocação, Gerente de Serviços ao Cliente e, mais recentemente, como Diretor de Operações Globais (DO).

Na sua função de DO, Chris orientou uma equipe de Gerentes de Atendimento ao Cliente em todos os escritórios da WHR nos EUA, Suíça e Cingapura. A WHR ajuda algumas das maiores empresas globais e já relocou dezenas de milhares de funcionários para mais de 100 países em todo o mundo. A WHR é especializada em fornecer a cada expatriado uma equipe de relocação dedicada, um serviço esmerado e disponibilidade 24/7 durante toda a jornada de relocação. Como prova do sucesso de Chris como DO, a WHR perdeu apenas um cliente corporativo durante sua história de 27 anos, refletindo diretamente a dedicação de Chris pelo melhor serviço da categoria.

O CEO da WHR, Roger Thrun, acredita que Chris continuará a impulsionar o sucesso dos serviços e da tecnologia da WHR. “Chris tem sido fundamental para o nosso crescimento nos últimos 20 anos e dará continuidade ao ritmo da nossa expansão global. Estou muito orgulhoso dele fazer parte da WHR”, disse Thrun.

“Estou honrado e grato por esta oportunidade e preparado para impulsionar o crescimento da WHR”, disse Lagerman.

Com efeito imediato, a WHR também anunciou que Heather Hess foi promovida a Diretora de Operações Globais, liderando todos os Gerentes de Atendimento ao Cliente nos EUA, Suíça e Cingapura. A WHR também anunciou que Peter Janotta foi promovido a Gerente de Serviços ao Cliente, com efeito imediato. Heather e Peter estão na WHR há 14 anos cada, representando a abordagem orientada a serviços da WHR para a mobilidade global e tendo gerenciado com sucesso programas de realocação para empresas Fortune 500.

Sobre a WHR Global
A WHR Global (WHR) é uma empresa global de gestão de relocação privada, orientada para o cliente, distinguida pela sua melhor prestação de serviços e tecnologia proprietária de ponta. A WHR tem escritórios nos EUA, Suíça e Cingapura. Com sua taxa de retenção de clientes de 100% na última década, o WHR continua a se posicionar como líder confiável na relocação global de funcionários. A WHR é um exemplo vivo da sua visão de Advancing Lives Forward®.

Para mais informação sobre a WHR, visite https://www.whrg.com, ou siga LinkedIn, Twitter e Facebook.

Contato com a Mídia: Mindy Stroiman, Redatora Corporativa
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WHR Global annonce la nomination d’un nouveau président, Chris Lagerman

WHR promeut également des employés de longue date aux postes de directeur des opérations mondiales et de responsable des services à la clientèle

MILWAUKEE, 16 août 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHR Global, Inc. (WHR), un leader mondial du secteur de la relocalisation des employés, a annoncé que Chris Lagerman sera son nouveau président, avec effet immédiat. Cette promotion reflète l’engagement de M. Lagerman envers WHR et l’industrie mondiale de la mobilité. Au cours de ses 20 ans de mandat chez WHR, il a occupé le poste de conseiller en relocalisation, de responsable des services à la clientèle et, plus récemment, celui de directeur des opérations mondiales.

À ce poste, M. Lagerman a dirigé une équipe de gestionnaires des services à la clientèle dans l’ensemble des bureaux de WHR aux États-Unis, en Suisse et à Singapour. WHR aide certaines des plus grandes entreprises au monde et a déplacé des dizaines de milliers d’employés dans plus de 100 pays à travers le monde. WHR se spécialise dans la fourniture à chaque expatrié d’une équipe de relocalisation dédiée, d’un service haut de gamme et d’une disponibilité 24 h/24 et 7 j/7 pour l’ensemble de son parcours de relocalisation. Illustrant la réussite de Chris en tant que directeur des opérations mondiales, WHR n’a perdu qu’un seul client d’entreprise au cours de ses 27 années d’existence, ce qui est le résultat direct de sa passion pour offrir le meilleur service de sa catégorie.

Roger Thrun, PDG de WHR, est convaincu que M. Lagerman continuera à favoriser le succès des services et de la technologie de WHR. « Chris a joué un rôle déterminant dans notre croissance au cours des 20 dernières années et contribuera à maintenir la vitesse de notre expansion mondiale. Je suis très fier qu’il fasse partie de WHR », a déclaré M. Thrun.

« Je suis honoré et reconnaissant pour cette opportunité, et je suis impatient de stimuler la croissance future de WHR », a déclaré M. Lagerman.

Avec effet immédiat, WHR a également annoncé la promotion de Heather Hess au poste de directrice des opérations mondiales, chargée de diriger l’ensemble des gestionnaires de services à la clientèle aux États-Unis, en Suisse et à Singapour. M. WHR a également annoncé que Peter Janotta a été promu directeur des services à la clientèle, avec effet immédiat. Mme Hess et M. Janotta travaillent tous les deux pour WHR depuis 14 ans, incarnant l’approche orientée sur le service de l’entreprise vis-à-vis de la mobilité mondiale et gérant avec succès les programmes de relocalisation d’entreprises figurant dans le palmarès Fortune 500.

À propos de WHR Global
WHR Global (WHR) est une société de gestion des mutations mondiale privée, axée sur le client, qui se distingue par une prestation de services meilleure de sa catégorie et par une technologie de pointe dont elle est propriétaire. WHR possède des bureaux aux États-Unis, en Suisse et à Singapour. Avec son taux de rétention de la clientèle de 100 % au cours des dix dernières années, WHR continue de se positionner en tant que fournisseur de confiance dans le domaine de la mutation des employés à l’échelle mondiale. WHR incarne sa vision « Advancing Lives Forward® » (Faire avancer les vies).

Pour en savoir plus sur WHR, rendez-vous sur https://www.whrg.com, ou suivez WHR sur LinkedInTwitter et Facebook.

Contact auprès des médias : Mindy Stroiman, rédactrice d’entreprise
Mindy.Stroiman@whrg.com
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Hisense High-Performance 2022 ULED TVs Now Available in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Hisense, a provider of high-performance TV and home appliances, has made three series of its high-performance ULED display products available in the South African market this August. With the series of U8H, U7H, and U6H, Hisense aims to elevate home entertainment for South Africans.

With Hisense’s Hi-View Engine, the models across the three series provide a better viewing experience for any content and in all TV usage conditions such as a bright, dark, noisy, or quiet room. With all the smartness aggregated in one place, the Hi-View Engine powers to enhance the picture quality scene-by-scene. The algorithm simulates the neural network, intelligently optimizing the picture through deep learning for an adaptive and brilliant viewing.

All three series support Quantum Dot Colour, allowing users to enter a new world of colours with over one billion shades available. Meanwhile, the Dolby Atmos® speaker system enables the TVs to deliver unparalleled realism and rich soundscape, creating a fully immersive audio-visual experience that immerses the viewer into the scene.

The U8H and the U7H also feature room-fitting sound technology, which intelligently generates the best sound curve for the size and materials in the space. Furthermore, Dolby Vision IQ and HDR 10+ Adaptive, which are supported in the two series, improve HDR performance in all lighting conditions. Both series are powered by Hisense’s updated VIDAA U6 OS, which supports more apps and a wider range of content. For even more streamlined viewing, users can control the TV via the hands-free voice remote or issue voice commands up to a distance of three meters.

With 2.1.2 Multi-Channel Surround bringing a vivid immersive surround sound experience that transports viewers into the moment without distractions, IMAX Enhanced is also supported in the U8H series.

Available in all three series, the feature of Game Mode Pro enables gamers to enjoy instant responses with automatic low-latency mode and continual VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) to minimize input lag, screen jitter and tearing. In the U7H and U8H models, with HDMI 2.1 support and AMD FreeSync Premium certification, the display automatically activates advanced HDMI features to give gamers a competitive edge.

Now for any new orders of the 2022 ULED TV, Hisense will provide vouchers to South African consumers:

  • R3,000 for the U80H  20 August- 31 October
  • R2,000 for the U8H   10 July-31 August
  • R1,500 for the U7H   10 July-31 August
  • R1,000 for the U6H   10 July-31 August

Additionally, from 10 July to 31 October, if you share a picture of your new 2022 ULED TV, detail your experience on social media, and tag @HisenseSA, you stand a chance to win a Hisense HS212F soundbar that will complement your TV and is valued at R2,200.

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Cody Patrick Named OEM Direct Sales Manager for Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group

TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan) group of companies, is pleased to announce that Cody Patrick has been named OEM Direct Sales Manager for Nikkiso ACD, a part of the Cryogenic Pumps unit of Nikkiso’s Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group.

Cody is a graduate of Texas A&M College of Engineering’s Industrial Distribution program. The combination of his education and experience with Cryogenic pumps for the industrial gases market, make him well suited to assist with growing the U.S. market. He will manage and develop business strategies and opportunities as well as assist with the development of training and educational programs for the Group’s clients. Cody will be based in Houston and report to Ian Guthrie, Business Line Manager for the Group’s Cryogenic Pumps unit.

“Given Cody’s enthusiasm and understanding of the cryogenic pumps market we are excited to have him join the Group,” according to Daryl Lamy, President and CEO of the Group’s Pump Unit. “We’re looking forward to his support in further developing the opportunities in this market.”

With this addition, Nikkiso continues their commitment to be both a global and local presence for their customers.

ABOUT CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (now a member of Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) member companies manufacture and service engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment (pumps, turboexpanders, heat exchangers, etc.), and process plants for Industrial Gases, Natural gas Liquefaction (LNG), Hydrogen Liquefaction (LH2) and Organic Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery. Founded over 50 years ago, Cryogenic Industries is the parent company of ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne and Cryoquip and a commonly controlled group of approximately 20 operating entities.

For more information, please visit www.nikkisoCEIG.com and www.nikkiso.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

Stevie® Awards Anuncia Vencedores do 19th Annual International Business Awards® de Todo o Mundo

3.700 Indicações Foram Enviadas de Empresas de 67 Países

Vencedores do International Business Awards

Empresas e executivos de sucesso de todo o mundo foram reconhecidos com os prêmios Stevie® Award Ouro, Prata e Bronze na The 19th Annual International Business Awards®.

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Empresas e executivos de sucesso de todo o mundo foram reconhecidos com os prêmios Stevie® Award Ouro, Prata e Bronze na The 19th Annual International Business Awards®, o único programa de premiação mundial para empresas.

Os vencedores foram selecionados dentre mais de 3.700 nomeações enviadas por organizações de 67 países.

Uma lista completa de todos os vencedores do Stevie Award Ouro, Prata e Bronze de 2022 por categoria pode ser encontrada em www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Mais de 300 executivos de todo o mundo participaram nos 11 corpos de jurados para a escolha dos vencedores dos Stevies.

O principal vencedor dos Stevies Ouro, Prata e Bronze no Prêmio foi Yapı Kredi Bank da, Turquia, com 32. Outros vencedores de vários Prêmios Stevie incluem IBM Corporation (21), LLYC (20), Deutsche Post DHL (19), Abu Dhabi Ports Group (17), Viettel Group (17), OPET (15), Telkom Indonesia (13), ZER (13), Ayala Land Inc. (12), Ooredoo (12), Globe Telecom (10), PJ Lhuillier, Inc (PJLI) (10), Enerjisa Enerji (9), Wolters Kluwer (9), Strategic Public Relations Group (8), pH7 Communications (8), Tata Consultancy Services Inc. (8), Adfactors PR (8), Jeunesse Global (7), Bank of Montreal, (6), Canadian Tire Corporation (6), HeyMo The Experience Design Company (6), Octopus Energy (6), Sleepm Global Inc. (6), VUMI Group (6) e VNPT Vinahone Corporation (6).

A IBM, empresa multinacional de tecnologia com sede em Armonk, NY, EUA, recebeu nove Stevie Awards Ouro, mais do que qualquer outra empresa da competição.

Todas as empresas do mundo são elegíveis para competir nas IBAs e podem enviar inscrições para uma ampla gama de categorias de realizações em gestão, marketing, relações públicas, atendimento ao cliente, recursos humanos, novos produtos e serviços, tecnologia, sites, aplicativos, eventos e muito mais.

Os prêmios serão entregues durante um evento de gala em Londres, Inglaterra, no dia 15 de outubro de 2022.

Sobre os Stevie® Awards
Stevie Awards são concedidos em oito programas: Stevie Awards Ásia-Pacífico, Stevie Awards Alemão, Stevie Awards Oriente Médio e África do Norte, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, Stevie Awards para Grandes Empregadoras, Stevie Awards para Mulheres Empresariais e Stevie Awards para Vendas e Serviço ao Cliente. Os concursos Stevie Awards recebem mais de 12.000 nomeações todos os anos de empresas de mais de 70 países. Honrando empresas de todos os tipos e tamanhos, e as pessoas por trás delas, os Stevies reconhecem excelente desempenho no local de trabalho em todo o mundo. Saiba mais sobre os Stevie Awards em http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Contato de Marketing
Nina Moore
Nina@StevieAwards.com
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Les Prix Stevie® annoncent les lauréats de la 19e édition des International Business Awards® du monde entier

3 700 candidatures ont été présentées par des organisations de 67 pays

Gagnants des International Business Awards

Des entreprises et dirigeants de haut niveau du monde entier ont été élus lauréats des Prix Stevie® d’or, d’argent et de bronze dans le cadre des 19e International Business Awards® annuels.

FAIRFAX, Virginie, 16 août 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Des entreprises et dirigeants de haut niveau du monde entier ont été élus lauréats des Prix Stevie® d’or, d’argent et de bronze dans le cadre des 19e International Business Awards® annuels, le seul programme international de récompenses pour les entreprises.

Les lauréats ont été sélectionnés parmi plus de 3 700 candidatures soumises par des organisations établies dans 67 pays.

Une liste complète de tous les lauréats des Prix Stevie d’or, d’argent et de bronze 2022 par catégorie est disponible à l’adresse www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Cette année, plus de 300 cadres à travers le monde ont été membres de 11 jurys de sélection des gagnants des Stevies.

Le plus grand vainqueur des Stevies d’or, d’argent et de bronze est HALKBANK d’Istanbul, en Turquie, avec 32 prix. Les autres lauréats des nombreux Prix Stevie incluent IBM Corporation (21), LLYC (20), Deutsche Post DHL (19), Abu Dhabi Ports Group (17), Viettel Group (17), OPET (15), Telkom Indonesia (13), ZER (13), Ayala Land Inc. (12), Ooredoo (12), Globe Telecom (10), PJ Lhuillier, Inc (PJLI) (10), Enerjisa Enerji (9), Wolters Kluwer (9), Strategic Public Relations Group (8), pH7 Communications (8), Tata Consultancy Services Inc. (8), Adfactors PR (8), Jeunesse Global (7), Bank of Montreal, (6), Canadian Tire Corporation (6), HeyMo The Experience Design Company (6), Octopus Energy (6), Sleepm Global Inc. (6), VUMI Group (6) et VNPT VinaPhone Corporation (6).

IBM, une société technologique multinationale basée à Armonk, NY, aux États-Unis, a remporté neuf Prix Stevie d’or, plus que toute autre organisation du concours.

Toutes les entreprises du monde peuvent participer aux IBA et peuvent soumettre leurs candidatures dans un large éventail de catégories récompensant les réussites dans des domaines tels que la gestion, le marketing, les relations publiques, le service à la clientèle, les ressources humaines, les nouveaux produits et services, les technologies, les sites Web, les applications, les événements, et bien plus.

Les prix seront remis lors d’un gala organisé à Londres, en Angleterre, le 15 octobre 2022.

À propos des Prix Stevie
Les Prix Stevie sont décernés dans huit programmes : les Prix Stevie en Asie-Pacifique, les Prix Stevie en Allemagne, les Prix Stevie au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, les American Business Awards®, les International Business Awards®, les Prix Stevie pour les grands employeurs, les Prix Stevie pour les femmes entrepreneurs et les Prix Stevie pour les ventes et le service à la clientèle. Les concours des Prix Stevie reçoivent chaque année plus de 12 000 nominations émanant d’entreprises de plus de 70 pays. En récompensant les entreprises de tous types et de toutes tailles, ainsi que leurs collaborateurs, les Stevies reconnaissent les performances exceptionnelles sur le lieu de travail dans le monde entier. Pour en savoir plus sur les Prix Stevie, veuillez consulter le site http://www.StevieAwards.com.

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Century-Old TB Vaccine Boosts Babies’ Front-Line Immune Defenses

The widely used tuberculosis vaccine also fends off a slew of unrelated infectious diseases, and its immune boost can protect newborns for more than a year, researchers in Australia have found.

The bacillus calmette-guérin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis causes front-line immune cells to make long-lasting biological “marks” on their DNA, changing how they read genetic instructions for fighting off viruses, the researchers say.

“The DNA is like the manual for the cell. It tells you what it can and can’t do,” study author and molecular immunologist Boris Novakovic of the University of Melbourne told VOA. “You might have a sentence that says, ‘If you see a virus, turn the following genes on.’ And what we’ve done with the BCG vaccine [is] sort of [change] that full stop at the end of that sentence to an exclamation mark.”

The findings were published in the Science Advances journal.

“What is new here is the durability, the long-lasting imprinting effects of BCG vaccine at birth in these Australian babies, and also [that] they can show [in detail] how that takes place,” vaccine epidemiologist Christine Stabell Benn, of the University of Southern Denmark, said in an interview with VOA. She was not involved in the study.

Developed more than a century ago, the BCG vaccine contains live, weakened bacteria. It is one of the oldest vaccines still used and is the most frequently administered vaccine in the world.

Decades ago, Benn and her colleagues noticed that children in Guinea-Bissau who received the tuberculosis shot were less likely to die from other, unrelated diseases. They later confirmed this in a randomized trial, showing that low-birthweight babies who got BCG at birth were about a third less likely to die in their first month of life than those who got BCG later on the normal schedule. Later trials in Guinea-Bissau and Uganda corroborated these findings.

Today, this “non-specific effect” of BCG vaccination has been observed in babies, healthy adults and elderly people. The vaccine’s immune boost is used to treat bladder cancer. Clinical trials are ongoing to see if it could help protect against COVID-19.

There is growing evidence that BCG trains the innate immune system — the non-specific, fast-acting response that activates to fight a wide range of threats.

But it wasn’t until recently that scientists started to figure out how this “trained immunity” that the BCG vaccine generates actually works.

Previous studies found marks of trained immunity a month to three months after BCG vaccination in adults. But the vaccine is typically administered to young babies, and scientists had not tested whether training could last for a long time.

Novakovic and his colleagues compared the immune cells of 63 newborns who received the BCG vaccine right after birth to those of 67 babies who didn’t get the vaccine. They found that exposure to BCG left marks on virus-fighting regions of the genome that tell cells to activate specific genes more or less often. Immune cells passed down these marks, generation to generation, as they divided to make new cells. The marks of trained immunity persisted for more than a year.

In lab tests using cultured human immune cells, the scientists were able to piece together the cellular machinery involved in making these marks more precisely than before.

“We were able to look at all these different levels to see, in a really comprehensive way, what happens to these cells when they directly get exposed to BCG,” said Novakovic.

In the future, Novakovic — who also works at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute — said he’d like to see if the study’s findings hold in different populations — especially in places where infectious disease is more common than in Australia. And in the long term, he thinks scientists should design vaccines that specifically target the immune-boosting pathways BCG incidentally activates.

“The BCG vaccine is great — it’s safe, and it works. But it’s a bit of a dirty method because we don’t really know what it does. We just know it works,” he said. “Imagine you can just make a purely trained-immunity vaccine.”

Benn said future studies should consider factors such as sex and mother’s vaccination status, which epidemiologists have noticed can affect the immune boost from BCG. For instance, boys seem to benefit from the vaccine’s extra protection more than girls during the first weeks of life, she said.

But beyond more research, Benn hopes the new study will give public health officials more confidence in off-target immunity from BCG, a vaccine she says should be recommended as protection against death from infectious disease — not just as a tuberculosis vaccine.

“I feel that we’re sitting on our hands,” she said, “waiting for biological mechanisms while children could be saved.”

Source: Voice Of America