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Essense of Australia Celebrates ‘That First Look’ in New Collection
LENEXA, Kan., April 24, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Classic yet modern bridal style takes center stage in the newest collection from globally renowned wedding dress designer Essense of Australia. Designed for every bridal vision and love story, the new collection delivers beautiful wedding gowns for a dream-worthy wedding day.
“Brides are dreaming of celebrating their next chapter in a stunning wedding dress with the most unforgettable details,” says Martine Harris, Chief Creative Officer, Essense of Australia. “The latest collection offers eye-catching wedding gowns that evoke ‘that first look’ kind of feeling.”
Effortless beauty comes to life in the newest collection. Elevated necklines, like square, sweetheart and halters, let brides make a statement on and off the aisle. Strapless and off-the-shoulder silhouettes offer a chic update to traditional bridal styles, while detachable accessories, like long sleeves and bows, add a touch of elegance and glamour. Romantic design details, from intricate beading and gorgeous pearls to 3D floral lace and hints of sparkle and shine, add head-turning style to any bridal silhouette. A striking new color, French Blue, gives brides a chance to showcase their captivating aisle style.
With so many breathtaking gowns to choose from, brides can find a dress that lets them celebrate their most special moment on and off the aisle. The new Essense of Australia collection is now available at a retailer near you, featuring over 27 new gowns. Gowns are available in U.S. sizes 2 to 20, with many styles available in the EveryBody/EveryBride collection for U.S. sizes 22 to 34. To view the entire collection or find a store, visit www.essensedesigns.com.
About Essense of Australia
Essense of Australia is a leading international bridal design house and wholesaler that creates and manufactures award-winning gowns for independent bridal retailers throughout the world under labels Stella York, Essense of Australia, Martina Liana, Martina Liana Luxe and All Who Wander, as well as private label collection Oxford Street and bridesmaid label Sorella Vita. The Essense of Australia family of brands can be found at more than 1,200 retailers worldwide including the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe.
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ELECOM Transforms Charging in the U.S. with Japan’s Leading Wall Chargers
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 24, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Renowned for creating the best-selling mobile and tablet accessories in Japan, ELECOM is now poised to transform the American charging solutions landscape with its cutting-edge, high-efficiency wall chargers. These chargers not only promise exceptional performance but also prioritize energy efficiency, thanks to their versatile, groundbreaking technology.
Since 2014, ELECOM has dominated the Japanese market as the top choice for wall chargers, alongside its diverse range of phone and tablet accessories. The brand has consistently been honored with the prestigious BCN Award for 10 years running, affirming its status as the premier choice for mobile charging solutions. With over 27 million chargers sold globally, ELECOM's expansion into the U.S. market marks a significant milestone. This introduction features a suite of advanced GaN II chargers, showcasing the latest advancements in wall charging technology.
Kazuya Hamaguchi, U.S. President and COO of ELECOM, expressed enthusiasm about the wall chargers’ U.S. debut, emphasizing the company's commitment to providing high-quality, customer-focused solutions. "Our design philosophy is deeply rooted in understanding and meeting consumer needs, positioning us as leaders in the charging market," Hamaguchi stated. "We are thrilled to offer our innovative charging solutions to American consumers."
The new ELECOM charger line-up includes eight models with power outputs ranging from 65W to 150W. These chargers feature one to four ports, allowing for simultaneous charging of multiple devices, from smartphones to laptops, ensuring compatibility and convenience.
Employing cutting-edge GaN II technology, these chargers are designed for maximum efficiency and compactness. They include smart Power Delivery (PD) and Programmable Power Supply (PPS) mechanisms, which intelligently optimize power distribution to the connected device, enabling rapid, efficient charging. The PD feature allows the charger to negotiate the optimal power draw with devices, ensuring quick and safe charging, while PPS adjusts power levels to precisely meet the device's charging needs, promoting optimal charging conditions.
Safety and durability are paramount in ELECOM's charger designs, which meet stringent safety standards and include features such as temperature detection and overcurrent protection. The chargers' durable, scratch-resistant, and smudge-proof exterior, coupled with GaN II technology, facilitates rapid charging in a travel-friendly form factor.
ELECOM has garnered over 200 design awards, reflecting its commitment to excellence in electronics and computer accessories. The brand has expanded its offerings to include products for home, kitchen, pets, and beauty, all while advancing its sustainability strategy to promote environmental and public safety through reduction, reuse, and recycling initiatives.
The new chargers retail for $49.99 to $99.99 and are now available for purchase on the ELECOM website and Amazon store.
About ELECOM USA
Since 1986, ELECOM has been at the forefront of innovation in consumer electronics, earning a global reputation for its modern design and exceptional quality. The brand boasts over 150 Good Design Awards and 66 IF Design Awards, underscoring its dedication to excellence and innovation in the tech accessories market.
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Lexion Launches Stand-Alone Version of ‘AI Contract Assist,’ Expanding Gen-AI Powered Contract Review to a Broader Audience
SEATTLE, February 15, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Today Lexion, the AI-powered contract management and operations workflow platform, introduced a new stand-alone suite of tools to transform the way businesses manage contracts. AI Contract Assist substantially reduces the time legal professionals spend on repetitive contract review and management tasks, and accelerates redlining and drafting with a GPT-powered legal copilot that puts the power of generative AI inside Microsoft Word.
Initially launched in 2022, Lexion’s AI Contract Assist was the first GenAI-driven legal tech software available in the market. While these features were previously available to users of Lexion's end-to-end CLM platform, they are now available to anybody who deals with contracts.
AI Contract Assist offers four distinct contracting features:
- Review: Accelerates contract review by checking your contracts against predefined rules and playbooks. AI Contract Assist comes pre-loaded with five industry standard playbooks for common contract types, which can be easily edited, or new rules can be added from scratch. AI Contract Assist flags contract language that needs your attention and suggests redlines to bring it back into compliance.
- Ask: AI Contract Assist allows you to ask questions – in colloquial language – and get detailed, customized answers specifically relating to your contracts.
- Modify: AI Contract Assist generates redline recommendations based on your requests, to any language you select.
- Add: AI Contract Assist generates new clauses from scratch, so you never have to start from a blank page again.
AI Contract Assist was specifically designed to address the most prominent pain points identified by hundreds of legal professionals in Lexion’s recent ‘The Current State of Legal Tech’ survey. Half or more of respondents indicated that ‘removing repetitive tasks,’ ‘completing work more quickly and efficiently,’ and ‘improving work product consistency’ are specific benefits that legal departments expect from using AI software going forward. AI Contract Assist’s features deliver against all three areas.
“Our team of attorneys and contract managers used to spend too much time on trivial tasks,” said Vi Duong, Vice President of Legal at Adswerve, Inc. “Lexion’s AI Contract Assist is leading the curve in terms of cutting-edge AI innovation; it’s head-and-shoulders above other platforms because it meets our attorneys and contract managers where they are today, using tools that they’re already familiar with. By integrating seamlessly into Microsoft Word, the learning curve is negligible while the time it saves us on tasks related to contract review is substantial.”
“We regularly engage with thousands of attorneys who work in dozens of different industries, from retail to healthcare to biotech,” said Emad Elwany, CTO and co-founder, Lexion. “Yet they all share common complaints when it comes to contract review. AI Contract Assist alleviates these pain points by handling many of the tasks typically assigned to junior legal professionals. Leveraging Lexion’s award-winning AI, AI Contract Assist is a significant advancement that frees up legal professionals to focus on higher-level tasks while still negotiating the best contracts in a fraction of the time – and we’re thrilled to make it available as a stand-alone.”
In addition to making AI-powered contract review available to more legal professionals, Lexion’s stand-alone AI Contract Assist also offers an easy path to incorporate the full power of Lexion’s CLM later, should they need a platform to handle end-to-end contracting.
To learn more about AI Contract Assist, please visit this URL.
About Lexion:
Lexion is a powerfully simple operations workflow platform that helps every team do more faster, by streamlining and centralizing the contracting process in a system that works the way you do. We built Lexion at Paul Allen’s artificial intelligence research institute, with an experienced team from Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Top AI investors (including A16Z, Sequoia, and Goldman Sachs) voted Lexion as one of the top 40 Intelligent Applications to watch in 2022. Most importantly, fantastic brands trust Lexion to help them close deals faster, such as Outreach, OfferUp, FOX Factory, and many more. Visit https://lexion.ai for more information.
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EMD Electronics Celebrates Opening of New Arizona Factory, Contributing to the State’s Growing Semiconductor Industry
EMD Electronics Chandler Grand Opening, Governor Hobbs & CEO Electronics, Kai Beckmann
Arizona Governor Hobbs and Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, CEO Electronics, Kai Beckmann.
CHANDLER, Ariz., October 11, 2023 (Newswire.com) - EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona, today. The opening of the site is part of the "Level Up" growth program announced in late 2021. The factory features a 75,000-square-foot building that doubles the company’s manufacturing capacity in the U.S. to produce equipment for its Delivery Systems & Services (DS&S) business, which provides high-quality delivery and storage of specialty chemicals and gases. The $39-million investment in the new site is the largest investment the company has made in its semiconductor equipment and services business, which has become a key growth driver thanks to a strong business pipeline. With this investment, EMD Electronics will further support the growing presence of key semiconductor players in the thriving semiconductor ecosystem in the state of Arizona.
“The global semiconductor market’s long-term outlook is strong and so is our commitment to purposefully expand our capacities and services in the immediate vicinity of our customers,” said Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and CEO Electronics. “We’re excited about the growth trajectory of our Delivery Systems & Services business, and proud to open a new site in Arizona and strengthen our presence in this premier destination for semiconductor production. Today’s opening symbolizes our confidence in the future of our industry and our promise to take our business and our people to new heights.”
Katherine Dei Cas, Head of the Delivery Systems & Services business unit within the Electronics business sector of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, added: “Our equipment, delivery services, and technical expertise are fundamental to enabling the operational excellence required in semiconductor manufacturing. By increasing our manufacturing capacities and advancing our workforce strategy, we’re keeping up with our customers as the semiconductor ecosystem continues to expand. It’s an honor to be part of the collaborative effort by leaders and advocates from the public and private sectors to contribute to the momentum of our industry.”
The grand opening celebration was attended by the Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, and the Mayor of Chandler, Kevin Hartke. Senator Mark Kelly delivered a video speech. Industry leaders and representatives from the City of Chandler, the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Arizona Commerce Authority, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), convened at the event that took place at the new facility’s production area. “The grand opening of EMD Electronics is yet another example of Arizona’s new era as a hub for innovation and technology,” said the Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs. “I’m happy to welcome another great company that will further grow our state’s semiconductor ecosystem. Historic semiconductor investments are rippling across our state, supporting the establishment and growth of new businesses, like EMD Electronics here today.”
"We are excited to welcome EMD Electronics to our business community," said Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke. "It is industry leaders like EMD Electronics that have made Chandler a community of innovation and thriving hub for the semiconductor industry."
“EMD Electronics’ new facility bolsters Arizona’s reputation as an epicenter for advanced semiconductor operations,” said Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “EMD Electronics is a valued addition to Chandler’s rapidly-growing semiconductor ecosystem, expanding the state’s semiconductor supply chain while contributing to the continued growth of Arizona’s semiconductor industry.”
“Since starting operations in June, EMD Electronics has made an immediate impact on the burgeoning Chandler semiconductor ecosystem,” said Greater Phoenix Economic Council President & CEO Chris Camacho. “The company joins a deep industry around the region, and as Greater Phoenix has become semiconductor central in the United States, it has also grown into a home for a number of international companies taking advantage of the business environment and workforce.”
Expansion activities highlight the company’s commitment to strengthening supply chain resilience and supporting talent pipeline
As the industry ramps up semiconductor production to keep pace with forecasted demand, the investment in the new site will supplement the company’s ability to support customers’ expansion plans and secure supply resilience and reliability.
With an efficient manufacturing design for optimal product throughput, the new factory doubles EMD Electronics' manufacturing capacity to produce its GASGUARD® and CHEMGUARD® systems in the U.S. The site also features a 75,000-square-foot building, a 6,000-square-foot clean room, and a 2,000-square-foot training center. The training center is designed to support manufacturing and services onboarding.
Manufacturing operations in the new site started in June 2023. Since then, staffing levels have grown to greater than 100 total employees. As part of its workforce strategy, EMD Electronics has robust university relations and a veterans program in place to nurture the industry’s and its own talent pipeline. The company continues to actively engage in a concerted effort to advance emerging talent in collaboration with key stakeholders – such as the SEMI Foundation, Arizona State University (ASU), the Maricopa County Community College District, the Tempe Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee, among others.
In April 2023, the company announced a roughly $300 million investment in its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown, Pennsylvania, now the world's largest integrated Specialty Gases facility.
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About EMD Electronics
EMD Electronics is the North American electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. EMD Electronics’ portfolio covers a broad range of products and solutions, including high-tech materials and solutions for the semiconductor industry as well as liquid crystals and OLED materials for displays and effect pigments for coatings and cosmetics. Today, EMD Electronics has approximately 2,000 employees around the country, with regional offices in Tempe (AZ) and Philadelphia (PA). For more information, please visit www.emd-electronics.com.
About Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across life science, healthcare and electronics. More than 64,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From providing products and services that accelerate drug development and manufacturing as well as discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2022, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of € 22.2 billion in 66 countries. The company holds the global rights to the name and trademark “Merck” internationally. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operate as MilliporeSigma in life science, EMD Serono in healthcare and EMD Electronics in electronics. Since its founding in 1668, scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to the company’s technological and scientific advances. To this day, the founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed company.
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EMD Electronics Chandler Grand Opening, Governor Hobbs & CEO Electronics, Kai Beckmann
Arizona Governor Hobbs and Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, CEO Electronics, Kai Beckmann.
EMD Electronics Chandler Grand Opening, Kate Dei Cas, Governor Hobbs, Kai Beckmann, & Mayor Harke
Head of EMD Electronics Delivery Systems & Services, Kate Dei Cas, poses with Governor Hobbs, CEO Electronics Kai Beckmann, and Chandler, Arizona, Mayor Harke.
EMD Electronics Chandler Grand Opening, Chris Camacho, Sandra Watson, Gov. Hobbs, Mayor Harke
CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Chris Camacho; Head of EMD's Delivery Systems & Services, Katherine Dei Cas; Arizona Governor Hobbs; CEO Electronics Kai Beckmann; Mayor of Chandler, Kevin Harke; and Pres. & CEO of the ACA.
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