KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) — PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) reported profit after tax of RM493 million for 1Q 2020 despite operating in an unprecedented environment. The Group maintained strong operational performance with high plant utilisation rate and sales volume. The Group’s earnings were impacted by the sharp decline in…

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia, May 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In March 2020, Country Garden Real Estate (CGRE) successfully issued three tranches of Islamic Sukuk for a total of MYR495 million, with the longest tenure among them being seven years. Following the recent crisis of global financial markets due to the COVID-19 outbreak.…

HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has recently begun to collaborate with Facebook and Harvard University in using big data to study the potential spread of coronavirus in Taiwan. This international collaboration is being led by Assistant Professor Hsiao-Han Chang of the Institute of…

WATERLOO, Canada, May 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE:TDY] company and global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to announce its first short-wave infrared (SWIR) line scan camera for machine vision. The new Linea SWIR features a cutting-edge InGaAs sensor in a compact package suitable for a variety…

— Demand Surges for Advance Class Gas Turbines — YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) ranks first in market share by megawatts for gas turbine orders in 2020 according to data obtained from McCoy Power Reports. First quarter global orders of 2,638 MW brought MHPS’…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) — PETRONAS through its subsidiary, PETRONAS LNG Ltd. (PLL), recently concluded a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Tiger Clean Energy Limited (TCEL) for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to TCEL’s LNG ISO Tank Filling Facility located at Bintulu, Sarawak. As part of the…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) — FWD Takaful Berhad (“FWD Takaful”) today launched FWD 4 A Cause, a digital social initiative to donate 10% from total contribution, which will be taken from the wakalah* fees to selected social enterprises or non-profit organisations (NGOs) with every participation of its online Takaful plan. Salim Majid…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) — PETRONAS, through its corporate social responsibility arm Yayasan PETRONAS, is reaching out to 757 residents from eight old folks’ homes with the contribution of hand sanitisers and dispensers to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, particularly amongst the elderly. Yayasan PETRONAS will be distributing the…

CHELMSFORD, United Kingdom, May 19 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teledyne is supplying high performance charged coupled devices (CCDs) for COVID-19 diagnostic scientific instruments. These highly sensitive image sensors are used for low-light imaging applications such as microscopy and other scientific imaging techniques deployed for research and diagnostic testing of COVID-19. In the…

JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 19 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Social Affairs Minister of Republic of Indonesia Juliari P. Batubara has urged PT Pos Indonesia CEO Gilarsi Wahyu Setijono to open more counters at post offices and prolong the distribution period of Cash Social Assistance (CSA) following President Joko Widodo’s instruction to speed up…