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Italian producer Nearchimica taps chemicals research to boost sustainability

Italian producer Nearchimica taps chemicals research to boost sustainability

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Jun 7, 2024 The latest innovative solution developed by Nearchimica is ambient-temperature garment dyeing. The aim is to “cut energy costs while also saving a huge quantity of water, since our reactive dye for cotton garments makes cold-water dyeing possible,” said Roberto Camera Magni, boss of Nearchimica, an Italian producer [...]read moreItalian producer Nearchimica taps chemicals research to boost sustainability

Better taps Chad Smith as new president and COO

Better taps Chad Smith as new president and COO

Holding company Better Home & Finance hired Chad Smith to be the president and chief operating officer of its mortgage business, it announced on Friday. Kevin Ryan, who previously held the position of president, will continue serving the company as chief financial officer. Before joining Better, industry veteran Smith was the CEO of Mission Loans from December 2020 to May [...]read moreBetter taps Chad Smith as new president and COO

LVMH-backed L Catterton taps barclays, UniCredit for Kiko deal

LVMH-backed L Catterton taps barclays UniCredit for Kiko deal

By Bloomberg Published May 4, 2024 Banks including Barclays Plc and UniCredit SpA are lining up €500 million ($538 million) in debt financing to back L Catterton’s purchase of a majority stake in Italian beauty brand Kiko, according to people familiar with the matter. kikocosmetics.com/ru-ru/ Private equity fund L Catterton is backed by luxury giant [...]read moreLVMH-backed L Catterton taps barclays, UniCredit for Kiko deal

Airbnb releases group booking features as it taps into AI for customer service

Airbnb releases group booking features as it taps into AI for customer service

Airbnb’s summer release is usually a grand affair with tons of updates for guests and a few for hosts. This time, however, the company is introducing just a few updates for group booking along with a new category called icons, which are experiences hosted by celebrated names in music, film, TV and sports. Group booking [...]read moreAirbnb releases group booking features as it taps into AI for customer service

Microsoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research

Microsoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research

Microsoft, it seems, is hedging its bets when it comes to general-purpose robotics AI. At the end of February, the Windows maker spearheaded a massive $675 million Series B in Bay Area-based Figure. Today, the tech giant announced a collaboration with Figure competitor Sanctuary AI, best known for its humanoid robot, Phoenix. The Sanctuary partnership [...]read moreMicrosoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research

EXp Realty Taps Wendy Forsythe As New Chief Marketing Officer

EXp Realty Taps Wendy Forsythe As New Chief Marketing Officer

Four months after taking the helm at coaching firm Chirag Shah Coaching, Wendy Forsythe has re-entered the brokerage world as the chief marketing officer for eXp Realty. As CMO, Forsythe will spearhead eXp’s marketing strategy, which includes brand management, advertising, digital marketing and public relations. At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1 2024, the noise [...]read moreEXp Realty Taps Wendy Forsythe As New Chief Marketing Officer

Tines taps $50M to expand its workflow automation beyond security teams

Tines taps $50M to expand its workflow automation beyond security teams

Automation continues to be a major theme in the enterprise — underscored not least by the rise of AI as a tool to help fix some of the more routine, resource-intensive and fragmented aspects of how security and other IT functions operate. To capitalize on that trend, one of the bigger startups in the space, [...]read moreTines taps $50M to expand its workflow automation beyond security teams

Meta opens Quest OS to third-party headset makers, taps Lenovo and Xbox as partners

Meta opens Quest OS to third-party headset makers taps Lenovo and Xbox as partners

The mixed reality operating system that powers Meta Quest headsets can officially be used by third-party device makers, the company announced on Monday. Now called “Meta Horizon OS,” the open system allows developers to access technologies like eye, face, hand, and body tracking, high-resolution passthrough, and more. Three major tech players—Asus, Lenovo and Microsoft’s Xbox—are [...]read moreMeta opens Quest OS to third-party headset makers, taps Lenovo and Xbox as partners

BMW taps Rimac for EV batteries

BMW taps Rimac for EV batteries

BMW Group will rely on Rimac for the supply of batteries for its next-generation electric vehicles under a new partnership announced on Tuesday. Full details will be announced at a later date, but the two companies in a joint statement said the long-term partnership will see Rimac deliver high-voltage batteries to BMW Group for EVs [...]read moreBMW taps Rimac for EV batteries

Gold Star Wholesale Taps Loanscape To Streamline Onboarding

Counterparty risk and oversight platform provider Loanscape says customizable questionnaires and document requests allow lenders to automate up to 80 percent of the workflow when onboarding mortgage brokers and correspondents. Join the movement at Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30 – Aug. 1! Seize the moment to take charge of the next era in real [...]read moreGold Star Wholesale Taps Loanscape To Streamline Onboarding