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SV Labs | January 17, 2022

San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP) announced the acquisition of Diversified Manufacturing Corporation (DMC) by its portfolio company SV Labs, a leading contract manufacturer of beauty and personal care products. SV Labs CEO Graham Orriss will lead the combined companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.DMC is a full-service contract manufacturer that develops, formulates and manufactures beauty and personal care products for well-known consumer brands. The company owns more than 2,000 pro...

Fujitsu | September 24, 2020

Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has received an order for a new supercomputer system from Canon Inc. The system consists of a Fujitsu Supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX1000(1) unit, which harnesses top-class technology from the world's fastest supercomputer, Fugaku, which was jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu. The new supercomputer will achieve an expected theoretical computational performance of 648.8 teraflops. Upon completion, the supercomputer will play a key role in c...

McKinsey | April 17, 2020

Dating back to the mid-1950s, the concept of artificial intelligence was ahead of its time for many years, being shelved as an interesting idea. Today, the concept of AI has become commonplace in the business world, even manufacturers with heavy assets are launching projects to determine if and how AI can benefit their operations. However, McKinsey highlights that while AI technologies have made tangible improvements to supply chains and administrative functions, they have so far had scant prese...

Cornerstone | February 05, 2020

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSOD), a global leader in people development solutions, today announced its Strategic Leadership position in the Fosway 9-Grid™for Learning Systems for the 6th year in a row.Cornerstonehas also been positioned as a Core Challenger for the first time on the 2020 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning. This recognition reinforces Cornerstone’s commitment to also disrupting the digital content marketplace with a strong content solution for its...