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Tate & Lyle launches pioneering new automated lab in Singapore for mouthfeel solutions

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New robotics systems, to be used for the first time in the Food & Beverage industry, will redefine new product development and boost speed-to-market for Tate & Lyle’s customers

LONDON, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle or the Company), a world leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, is pleased to announce the launch of its new ‘Automated Laboratory for Ingredient Experimentation’, known as ‘ALFIE’, at its Customer Collaboration and Innovation Centre in Singapore. Through the pioneering use of automated robotics, ALFIE represents a revolution in the delivery of mouthfeel solutions for customers, providing faster and more accurate ingredient design and accelerating speed-to-market for new products

ALFIE, which represents a multi-million pound investment in innovation by Tate & Lyle, has the ability to run characterisation tests at around 10 times the current rate, and provides enhanced predictive modelling. It comprises two robotic systems with complete connectivity and seamless data flow for fast ingredient and solution design. By accelerating sample production, characterisation and modelling, the company will be able to trial new ingredients more efficiently and create new solutions for customers at greater pace.

This major investment by Tate & Lyle, with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), makes the Singapore lab Tate & Lyle’s Asia Pacific hub for mouthfeel R&D and customer solutions. While ALFIE will be operated by Tate & Lyle’s on-site scientists in Singapore, it is also connected to Tate & Lyle’s Customer Collaboration and Innovation Centre in Hoffman Estates, near Chicago, US, where scientists will be able to operate ALFIE virtually.

Nick Hampton, Chief Executive, Tate & Lyle said:

“With this multi-million pound investment we are transforming the new product development process for our mouthfeel solutions, empowering our scientists to accelerate experiment design, analysis, and delivery of innovative solutions for customers.

“Our goal was to create a revolutionary tool that will better predict product performance in food manufacturing, allowing us to create faster and improved solutions to customer challenges. ALFIE’s cutting-edge technology will enable us to push the boundaries of food innovation, speed up our customers’ innovation cycles, improve consumer choice for healthier food and beverages, and help shape the future of the food industry.”

Andrew Taylor, President, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, Tate & Lyle said:  

“ALFIE is a groundbreaking lab which we believe will redefine research and development in our industry. With automation and advanced data analytics at its core, ALFIE will accelerate innovation, enabling us to provide tailored solutions for our customers’ most complex needs.  ALFIE’s unique system will offer our customers access to technology and insights they didn’t have before.

“The launch of ALFIE positions our Singapore Customer Innovation and Collaboration Centre as a leading food innovation hub globally. It also aligns with Singapore’s Food Manufacturing Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 which charts the development of Singapore into a leading food and nutrition hub in Asia.

“If you consider that about 60% of the world’s population lives within a five-hour flight of Singapore, the location for ALFIE places Tate & Lyle very much at the centre of the future of food globally.”

Marcus Dass, Senior Vice President, Global Enterprises, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said:  

“The opening of Tate & Lyle’s new Automated Laboratory for Ingredient Experimentation (ALFIE) reflects Singapore’s position as a trusted hub for the region and for cutting-edge innovation in the food and nutrition space. We look forward to the lab accelerating ingredient solution discoveries and enriching Asia’s food innovation ecosystem.”

About Tate & Lyle PLC: 

Supported by our 160-year history of ingredient innovation, we partner with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. We are proud that millions of people around the world consume products containing our ingredients every day. 

Through our expertise in sweetening, fortification, and texture, we develop ingredient solutions which reduce sugar, calories, and fat, add fibre and protein, and provide texture and stability in categories including beverages, dairy, bakery, snacks, soups, sauces, and dressings. 

We have more than 3,300 employees working in around 58 locations in 39 countries, serving customers across 121 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives Through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet. 

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to 31 March 2024, Tate & Lyle revenue from continuing operations totaled £1.65 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedInX (Twitter)Facebook or YouTube 

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ExpertusONE Launches Fully Integrated Skills Platform to Enhance Award-Winning Learning Management System

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ExpertusONE, a global leader in enterprise learning, today announced a milestone in learning management with the launch of a new integrated skills platform.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — ExpertusONE, a global leader in enterprise learning, today announced a milestone in learning management with the launch of a new integrated skills platform. The platform, which integrates seamlessly with the award-winning ExpertusONE LMS, adds intelligent skill-to-job and course-mapping capabilities supported by a proprietary library of more than 25,000 skills spanning multiple industries.

“We’ve designed this integrated skills platform to empower organizations to take a proactive, strategic approach to their workforce development,” said Ramesh Ramani, CEO of ExpertusONE.

This launch marks the next stage in the company’s mission to bring fully integrated, organization-led learning to enterprises, allowing them to intentionally shape their workforce by identifying training needs and delivering on those needs with targeted learning modules and courses. The World Economic Forum states that, between 2024 and 2027, more than 44% of workers’ core skills will be heavily disrupted because technology is advancing faster than companies can design and scale-up their training programs. The combined power of the ExpertusONE LMS and Skills Platform will enable businesses to proactively assign training to learners based on the specific skills gaps that are emerging within the organization.

News of the launch comes just months after the company released the latest version of the ExpertusONE learning platform, combining decades of industry expertise with advanced AI technology to offer a comprehensive solution for development-focused HR officers, talent leaders, and heads of enterprise learning.

Summary of new features:

New holistic skills platform that allows organizations to strategically upskill their employees and shape their future workforceA library of more than 25,000 skills that span industries with the ability to tag courses and training modules using AIAutomatic generation of skills assessments for leaders to verify skills in actionThe ability to create skill cohorts using profile data or manual lists (or a combination) to help organizations manage the upskilling or reskilling of identified learnersSkills based learning recommendations, and learning-paths

“There’s an emerging gap between training and the needs of organizations, particularly when it comes to the last-mile delivery and acquisition of key skills,” said Ramesh Ramani, CEO of ExpertusONE. “We’ve designed this integrated skills platform to empower organizations to take a proactive, strategic approach to their workforce development. By combining our exhaustive skills library with the power of AI, we’re enabling companies to identify and address skill gaps in real-time so that they can shape the future of their workforce with precision and purpose.”

The ExpertusONE platform offers a responsive UI for mobile access, including an adaptive content player and AI-driven recommendations tailored to individual needs. Learners can discover a personalized learning experience with integrations into popular tools like Slack and Salesforce, while managers benefit from one-click access to team learning, streamlined recommendations, approvals, and verifications. For administrators, the platform provides smart shortcuts for efficiency, and granular control to support complex requirements. AI analytics also offer up-to-date training insights, and the platform can also leverage AI to turn videos from any source into engaging, interactive courses.

For more information about ExpertusONE, including the newly integrated skills platform, visit www.expertusone.com.

About ExpertusONE

ExpertusONE is a leading unified learning platform provider, revolutionizing corporate training with its award-winning solution. Blending elegant design, intuitive functionality, and mobile-ready solutions, ExpertusONE caters to employees, customers, and partners for a diverse range of training needs including product, sales, compliance, and skills development. Its cloud-based system combines LMS, LXP, and Skills Management into a single platform, supporting various training formats from SCORM to virtual reality. The platform interoperates seamlessly with applications like Salesforce, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, while AI enhances the learning experience with personalized content, interactive modules, and actionable insights for performance management. For more info, visit expertusone.com, call 877-827-8160, or email info@expertusone.com.

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Chevaan Seresinhe, ExpertusONE, 1 (415) 996-0384, chevaan.seresinhe@sonuspr.com

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Macon, GA the best small city in the US for online dating, survey shows

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ATLANTA, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Georgia city of Macon is the best small city in the United States for finding a compatible partner online, according to exclusive data given to TravelMag.com by online dating app Tinder.

The data recorded the Match Right Rate (MRR) – the number of people who both swiped right on each other’s Tinder profiles – in over 650 cities across the country. For the purpose of compiling the data, only cities with populations of between 50,000 and 200,000 were taken into account.

According to the data, Macon emerged top of the rankings, with an impressive 13.73% of Tinder users in the city sufficiently liking each other’s digital profiles to both swipe right.

The city with the second highest MRR is Casper in Wyoming at 11.15% based on the recorded data., while completing the podium is Billings in Montana, with an MMR of 10.03%.

The smallest city to feature in the top 10 is Muncie in Indiana. With a population of just over 56,000 and an MRR of 8.44%, anyone planning to dip their toe in the city’s online dating scene can do so with high hopes. The largest city to feature is Shreveport, Louisiana, which has a population of over 187,000 and an MRR of 9.64%. Other cities to appear in the top ten include Flagstaff, Arizona; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Rapid City, South Dakoka.

Below are the top 10 small cities in the U.S. for online dating, based on their respective MRRs, which are shown in brackets. The list was compiled by online dating App Tinder and is based on data recorded in over 650 small U.S. cities. Only cities with populations of between 50,000 and 200,000 were considered.

Macon, Georgia (13.73% MMR)Casper, Wyoming (11.15% MMR)Billings, Montana (10.03% MMR)Shreveport, Louisiana (9.64% MMR)Flagstaff, Arizona (9.07% MMR)Jonesboro, Arkansas (8.87% MMR)Rapid City, South Dakota (8.45% MMR)Muncie, Indiana (8.44% MMR)Grand Junction, Colorado (8.43% MMR)Jackson, Mississippi (8.35% MMR)

For the full results of the survey, please visit:
https://www.travelmag.com/articles/best-small-cities-usa-dating/

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Paul Joseph, pauljoseph@travelmag.com +1-805-308-9660
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LG RECOGNIZED WITH 2025 AHR INNOVATION AWARD

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Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Delivers Efficiency in Cold Climate Regions

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics, a leading global player in air conditioning technologies, has been awarded the 2025 AHR Innovation Award in the Sustainable Solutions category for its advanced LG Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump. LG was chosen by an independent panel of ASHRAE member judges, who assessed entries based on their innovative design, creativity, application, value, and market impact potential.

The LG Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump, which will be featured at booth #6643 at AHR Expo 2025 in Orlando next February, offers opportunities to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions while improving inhabitants’ comfort.

Designed specifically for cold regions, it retains full heating capacity at -13°F (-25°C) and functions at 70 percent capacity even at -31°F (-35°C). The heat pump incorporates a refrigerant cycle to prevent frost accumulation on the outdoor heat exchanger, enhancing its heating performance. It uses a high-capacity, high-efficiency twin rotary inverter compressor with low Global Warming Potential (GWP) R32 (GWP 675) refrigerant, available with HSPF2 13.4 Btu/Wh and 13.6 kBtu/h.

“The recognition from ASHRAE and AHR reflects LG’s ongoing dedication to technological innovation and electrification in the HVAC industry,” said Steve Scarbrough, Senior Vice President and General Manager for LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA. “The Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump represents a reliable and efficient choice when faced with the difficulties posed by cold weather conditions. Our focus remains on creating more environmentally responsible solutions that align with consumer needs.”

LG’s comprehensive suite of heating and cooling solutions, catering to commercial, light-commercial, and residential applications, continues to receive industry recognition. This is largely due to LG’s consistent efforts in expanding its HVAC solution offerings, with a focus on innovation decarbonization and advancing electrification.

LG prioritizes heat pump advancement as a key component of the US’s climate improvement efforts. Several states have committed to improving decarbonization, setting a goal for heat pumps to constitute at least 65 percent of all new HVAC and hot water heating systems by the end of the decade.

LG’s commitment to these broader goals is further demonstrated by LG’s leadership in the Consortium for Advanced Heat Pump Research, founded in collaboration with the University of Alaska to establish an Advanced Cold Climate Heat Pump Laboratory in Alaska. Its goal is to drive HVAC innovation through specialized R&D and confront the complex issue of enhancing heat pump performance in regions subjected to severe cold, where low temperatures can result in reduced refrigerant circulation.

Understanding the necessity to develop and validate products under cold conditions, LG’s technology incorporated into the award-winning Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump is a testament to these ongoing research and development efforts, according to Scarbrough. “By minimizing reliance on fossil fuel-driven heating systems and reducing the need for supplementary back-up heating, the heat pump can contribute to more environmentally friendly solutions that support the larger decarbonization and electrification movements,” he said.

“To be recognized as an award winner is a true honor within our industry,” said AHR Expo Show Manager, Mark Stevens. “We are thrilled to highlight the dedication of manufacturers and team members as they work to create real solutions. The Innovation Awards aim to highlight companies, professionals and their innovation trajectory and to celebrate those that are pushing the bar.”

For more information about LG’s air conditioning business, visit www.lghvac.com.

About LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA
LG Electronics USA’s Air Conditioning Technologies business is based in Alpharetta, Ga. LG is a leading player in the global air conditioning market, manufacturing both commercial and residential air conditioners and building management solutions. From consumer and individual units to industrial and specialized air conditioning systems, LG provides a wide range of products for heating, ventilating, air conditioning, water heating, and building controls. Eleven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, LG Electronics USA (based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., a $60-billion-plus global technology and manufacturing. For more information, please visit lghvac.com

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