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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group Anuncia a Criação de Instalações de Manufatura de Vaporizadores em Houston, Texas

TEMECULA, Califórnia, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Grupo), parte da Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japão), tem o orgulho de anunciar outra expansão da sua capacidade de manufatura. Esta expansão é um exemplo do compromisso e do apoio da empresa para com seus clientes de gás industrial e de energia limpa do país.

As novas instalações em Houston, Texas, estão equipadas para fabricar e fornecer vaporizadores ambientais, aproximar seus produtos e dar apoio aos mercados da Costa Leste e do México, permitindo tempos de resposta mais curtos e custos de envio reduzidos para esses mercados em crescimento.

A Nikkiso Cryoquip Houston já está operacional e aumentando a produção total da linha de produtos de vaporizador de ar ambiente, com as entregas para clientes já em andamento.

“Estamos entusiasmados em poder aumentar o nosso apoio a esta importante região e proporcionar benefícios significativos aos nossos clientes”, disse Chris Colizzi, Presidente da Nikkiso Cryoquip. “Esta expansão proporciona uma forte estrutura de suporte para o crescimento futuro.”

A adição da instalação de Houston também permite que as instalações do Grupo em Murrieta, Califórnia, possam ser expandidas em apoio ainda maior da sua crescente base de clientes dos segmentos de mercado de Gases Industriais e Energia.

SOBRE A CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
A Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (agora parte da Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) fabrica e presta serviços para equipamentos de processamento de gás criogênico projetados (bombas, turboexpansores, trocadores de calor, etc.) e plantas de processamento de Gases Industriais, Liquefação de Gás Natural (GNL), Liquefação de Hidrogênio (LH2) e Ciclo Rankine Orgânico para Recuperação de Calor de Resíduos. Fundada há mais de 50 anos, a Cryogenic Industries é a empresa controladora da ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne e Cryoquip, e de um grupo comumente controlado de aproximadamente 20 entidades operacionais.

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

CONTATO COM A MÍDIA:

Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
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The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute and the Pasteur Network Partner to Strengthen Global Disease Surveillance

WASHINGTON and PARIS, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI) and the Pasteur Network have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance early detection and reporting for emerging and reemerging diseases and build a robust decentralized global surveillance network that strengthens local capacity for sharing high-quality data across countries. The collaboration aims to enhance the effectiveness of the Pandemic Prevention Institute and the Pasteur Network’s 33 member institutions in both addressing infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and monkeypox, and informing interventions against them.

“Our work with the Pasteur Network will undoubtedly make a transformational impact on global health security, leveraging the ability to advance equitable data-sharing practices that will provide key stakeholders and decision-makers with timely, more accurate and relevant information to make critical health and policy decisions,” said Dr. Rick Bright, CEO of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute. “Our collective aim is to advance access to pathogen surveillance, genomic sequencing, analytics, and data sharing tools in low- and middle-income countries and to foster sentinel laboratory networks for early disease detection.”

“This MoU is a major milestone in our collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation and the PPI that could lead to significant impact in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. Together, the Pasteur Network and PPI are an effective combination of complementary talents and capacity to address global health threats said Dr. Amadou Sall, President of the Pasteur Network.

“We are proud to support this initiative. This important, historic partnership will provide much-needed support to capacity building and epidemic intelligence,” said Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Pasteur Network foundation that contributes to the Pasteur Network’s development.

Over the coming years, the partnership will focus primarily on the following areas:

  • Advancing global equitable data sharing to provide key stakeholders and decision-makers with an analytical toolset that leverages timely, more accurate and relevant data and information
  • Bolstering epidemiological and genomic surveillance in low- and middle-income countries to track emerging pathogen variants and transmission for real-time analyses, as well as advancing access to pathogen surveillance and analytical tools, such as digital apps
  • Enhancing discovery of emerging and reemerging high consequence pathogens, generating a diversity of essential disease surveillance data streams in areas such as zoonosis, anti-microbial resistance and water borne diseases
  • Building fit for purpose data analytics and disease discovery and forecasting systems, informed by the organizations’ partner networks, that are relevant, sustainable, and equitable at the local, state, and pan-regional level

The partnership will also focus on interdisciplinary research projects addressing the causes of outbreaks and epidemics. The combined networks will maintain local and regional structures to foster a permanent operational force and share technologies, systems, practices, and techniques with their networks.

About the Pasteur Network

Pasteur Network, previously known as the Institut Pasteur International Network, is a worldwide network of members which contribute to global health. This unique model of cooperation brings together, beyond the independent public or private structures that form the Network, a human and scientific community collectively mobilized for both local, regional and global health priorities. The members of Pasteur Network share the same mission to improve health through biomedical research, public health activities, training, and innovation. For more information, visit: https://pasteur-network.org/en/about/who-we-are/ and follow-on Linkedin: Pasteur Network and Twitter:@InstitutPasteur

About the Pandemic Prevention Institute

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI) is mission-driven to contribute to the crucial work of building systems that detect, prevent, and mitigate pandemic threats, leading to rapid, effective containment. The PPI is pursuing its mission through the integration of cutting-edge technology and analytic approaches that turn data into action that drives life-saving decisions; a federated network of data users and holders with global representation; and collaborative leadership at the global level. For more information on partners, data solutions and more visit www.ppi.org and follow us on Twitter: @PPI_Insights and LinkedIn: The Pandemic Prevention Institute..

About The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation to enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal. Our focus is on scaling renewable energy for all, stimulating economic mobility, and ensuring equitable access to healthy and nutritious food.  For more information, sign up for our newsletter at rockefellerfoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @RockefellerFdn.

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Western Cape Education on vandalising of schools over winter holidays

42 Western Cape schools vandalised over winter holiday

417 schools received holiday security from the Western Cape Education Department over the June/July school holidays. We thank our school communities for keeping a close eye on our schools and reporting suspicious activity in their areas.

Despite this, 42 schools have reported incidents of vandalism and burglary during this period. This is a small increase compared to the same holidays last year, when 38 schools reported incidents.

Fortunately, almost all of the incidents were minor in nature. Items stolen or damaged included bathroom fixtures, fencing, solar panels, consumables such as stationery and cleaning materials, tablets and ICT equipment, security and electrical equipment, and bicycles. Criminals event looted packs of sanitary pads and first aid kits!

However, one major incident involved damages estimated at over R121 000. The total cost of all the incidents is currently estimated at R808 600, with the estimates for some of the incidents still outstanding. That means that nearly a million rand that could have been spend on educating our learners now must be spent on fixing wanton damage.

Of particular concern is that some of the schools which fell victim to crime over the holidays had security guards, cameras, and other security features in place. We need to better understand what our schools need to ensure that they are safe from criminal attacks.

Community participation plays a pivotal role in keeping our schools safe. One of our World’s Best Schools finalists, West End Primary School, has not been vandalised in 10 years – despite its location in a community battling with various socio-economic issues. I intend to visit the school and others like it that have mobilised the surrounding community to take ownership of and protect the schools of the Western Cape.

Our schools have reported the cases to SAPS, and I will seek a meeting with the provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile, to discuss progress on these and the cases reported by our schools and the Department previously.

Source: Government of South Africa

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Help Virginia Police find missing man

VIRGINIA – Police request community assistance in locating a 22-year-old man who went missing on Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at about 17:00.

Fankasi Seturumane who is reportedly mentally challenged, has disappeared. He was last seen while at Virginia taxi rank.

At the time of his disappearance, he was seen wearing a black jacket and a white hoody sweater, blue jean and white sneakers. He is dark in complexion, slender build, medium height and has a brush haircut.

Virginia police are pleading to anyone who may have information on Fankasi’s whereabouts to please contact Detective Sergeant Zwai Matshaya of Virginia Detective Services on telephone number 057-910 8285 during office hours or cellphone 083 206 9287. Alternatively members of the public can also call Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or submit information through the MySAPS App.

Source: South African Police Service

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Four nabbed for tampering with infrastructure in Petrusville

KIMBERLEY – Four suspects are expected to appear in the Petrusville Magistrate’s Court soon on a charge of Criminal Matters Amendment Act following their arrest on Tuesday, 26 July 2022.

The suspects were caught red-handed while they were busy loading railway tracks in a trailer near Kraankuil train station in Petrusville. Two tractors and a trailer including tools which were instrumental in the commission of crime were confiscated.

The police received a report about suspicious activities which were taking place at Kraankuil train station and upon arrival the suspects failed to give reasonable explanation for being in possession of the railway tracks.

Members of Petrusville Visible and Transnet Security collaborated to execute the arrest of the suspects.

The investigation continues.

Source: South African Police Service

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Limpopo Government: July Post-Executive Council Meeting

The Limpopo Executive Council (EXCO) met in its regular monthly meeting in July 2022 to consider various items and take decisions on the following:

1. Provincial Infrastructure Planning and Delivery Report

EXCO noted that an amount of R6,2 billion has been allocated towards infrastructure development in the province in the 2022/23 financial year. It also noted that the projects are at various stages of implementation, with some at feasibility and design stages and others at pre-construction stage with expenditure recorded at 9% in the first two months of the financial year.

In order to expedite delivery on infrastructure, the Executive Council has directed that departments and entities in the Infrastructure Cluster Management Committee (ITMC) meetings, namely; Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Independent Development Trust (IDT) and MVULA Trust, as well as the Infrastructure Cluster Champions from the departments of Social Development, Sport, Arts and Culture and Transport and Community Safety should convene regularly to ensure that the allocated budget is spent.

2. Provision of Sanitation Facilities in Schools Update

After receiving an update on the provision of sanitation facilities in schools, especially the abolition of pit latrines, EXCO noted that there is still need to tighten management of contracts to ensure that all projects are completed by end of the 2022/23 financial year.

So far 139 schools have been completed and handed over to end-users; 23 schools are still under construction; more schools are anticipated to reach practical completion in the 2nd quarter of 2022/23 financial year; 43 of the 47 re-advertised projects were awarded and sites handed over to contractors in January 2022. The remaining 4 projects are yet to be re-advertised as there were no successful bidders; and the case of 7 school projects where the contractor refused to proceed with the works after award is being handled by Legal Services.

The Executive Council directed that non-performing contractors should be managed in line with the signed service Level Agreement (SLA); and that those disrupting the implementation of projects demanding a percentage stake, local employment or any other form of demand should be reported to the police and appropriate measures may be taken by the law enforcement agencies.

3. Limpopo Integrated Cooperative Development and Promotion Strategy 2022-2027

EXCO noted with concern the fragmented implementation of the cooperative development and support programme amongst government spheres. It also noted an array of challenges impeding the growth and development of co-operatives in the province, and subsequently directed the Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) to develop a comprehensive Cooperative Development and Support Strategy incorporating a 5-year Plan.

The Strategy and Implementation Plan seek to enhance performance, sustainable growth, and development of the cooperative movement in Limpopo Province; and a brief outline of the Limpopo Integrated Cooperative Development and Promotion Strategy 2022-2027 was presented.

EXCO approved the Limpopo Integrated Cooperative Development and Promotion Strategy 2022-2027 including the implementation plan thereof.

4. Resumption of Convening Face-to-Face Meetings, Other Gatherings and Activities

Since the inception of COVID-19 Regulations in 2020 the convening of meetings and other activities used the virtual platforms (Zoom and MS Teams). The virtual platforms have made it possible to realise that meetings can be held without necessarily being in one locality. Since then, the regulations have been scrapped and a new environment settling back to normality has prevailed.

The Executive Council approved the resumption of convening of face-to-face meetings, gatherings and other activities with the understanding that virtual and hybrid meetings will be convened as and when it is deemed appropriate for such forums.

Considering these developments, an opportunity exists for the Executive Council meetings, Cluster Committee meetings, Provincial HoDs Forum, EXCO Imbizo, the Premier’s Councils (PEGAC, LHRDC, LPAC and P-IGF), EXCO Lekgotla, Government events and other activities to be convened face-to-face.

5. Payment of Invoices within 30 Days

Whilst Limpopo rates among the top provinces that pay invoices to service providers within 30 days, EXCO wanted to see a 100% compliance with this requirement.

The Executive Council directed that the Provincial Treasury report on the monitoring of compliance to 30-days invoice payments should in future highlight the interventions that are being made to assist departments that are not able to meet the 30-days’ deadline to pay their invoices, as well as those departments that continue to struggle to settle invoices that are older than 60 days.

6. Appointment of the Deputy Director General: Shared Internal Audit Services: Provincial Treasury

The Executive Council concurred with the appointment of Mr. Moses Tshi?angano as Deputy Director-General: Shared Internal Audit Services in the Provincial Treasury with effect from 01 August 2022.

7. Other reports noted

The Executive Council noted various other reports related to revenue and expenditure, disaster grant funding, foot and mouth control, revitalisation of Agriculture and agro-processing value chain plan, Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone, Great North Transport Turnaround, and Provincial State Theatre.

Source: Government of South Africa