BARCELONA, May 9, 2025 - (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - OMP, a leading provider of supply chain planning solutions, invites attendees of the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 to attend Nestlé's solution provider session on May 19. The presentation will highlight how the company is transforming its supply chain across brands and regions using OMP's Unison Planning™.In this session, Shannon Novack, Supply Chain Excellence Expert at Nestlé, will share how the global food and beverage leader is reimagining its supply chain planning to meet increasing customer expectations in a fast-changing business environment. By leveraging advanced planning technology like Unison Planning, managing organizational change, and scalingfuture-fit capabilities, Nestlé is delivering real results.Attendees will gain valuable insights into how the company is driving adoption, overcoming transformation challenges, and aligning technology speed with organizational agility.The Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2025, held May 19-21 in Barcelona, gathers supply chain leaders to explore strategies for navigating supply chain volatility and driving future readiness. This year's focus is on managing risk and responding to disruptions to ensure business continuity and operational excellence despite ongoing uncertainty.As a platinum sponsor, OMP invites attendees to visit booth 307 to learn more about Unison Planning. OMP's industry experts and leadership will be available to discuss today's complex supply chain challenges and how their solutions are helping leading companies deliver real results.Don't miss the opportunity to hear from Nestlé and explore how smart supply chain planning solutions like Unison Planning can help future-proof your supply chain.Session at a glanceTitle: OMP: How Nestlé is turning AI and agility into real results across its end-to-end supply chainSpeaker: Shannon Novack, Supply Chain Excellence Expert at NestléWhen: Monday, May 19, 2025, at 11:45 AM CETWhere: Spain, Barcelona, International Barcelona Convention Centre (CCIB), Room 112To see where you can meet OMP next, visit their events calendar here.About OMPOMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries - spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper, plastics and packaging - benefit from using OMP's unique Unison Planning™ platform.Contact InformationPhilip VervloesemChief Commercial & Markets Officerpvervloesem@omp.com+1-770-956-2723SOURCE: OMP Copyright 2025 ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 9, 2025 - (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - The UK's Military Aviation Authority has issued a Military Type Certificate to the Royal Air Force's Protector RG Mk1 uncrewed aircraft, also designated the MQ-9B, certifying that it has passed a rigorous airworthiness assessment and verifying it's safe to operate without geographic restrictions, including over populous areas. This April 29 decision was a first-of-its-kind milestone for a large, unmanned aircraft system. It's a huge accomplishment for the UK and a technological watershed in the history of unmanned aircraft systems. GA-ASI is the first manufacturer of large, unmanned aircraft to receive an MTC based on rigorous compliance with STANAG 4671, the NATO standard for unmanned aircraft system airworthiness.Obtaining the MTC has been a goal of GA-ASI since the inception of the MQ-9B in January 2014. The company took its proven UAS platform, the MQ-9A, and added performance enhancing features while ensuring that the design was capable of meeting NATO's STANAG 4671 Edition 2 airworthiness requirements. To meet those rigorous requirements, the aircraft incorporates numerous enhancements not found on other large UAS. These include lightning protection, fire protection, anti-icing systems and a fatigue-and-damage-tolerant building block design approach. All flight critical software was designed in compliance with the rigor of Do-178/254. Mission software is rigidly separated from flight critical software. These features not only address the aircraft's airworthiness but also enhance its reliability and operational flexibility to levels unmatched by other UAS."Earning an MTC for MQ-9B was a herculean effort and a seminal achievement for our company," said GA-ASI CEO Linden Blue. "We invested over $500 million as part of an 11-year effort to develop an unmanned aircraft that meets NATO's rigorous airworthiness standards. This included three flight test aircraft, full component and system-level environmental testing to Do-160 and Mil-Standards (system level environmental testing at Elgin and Pax River), full scale static test airframe test to ultimate ground and flight loads, bird strike, hail protection and full-scale fatigue testing to three lifetimes (3x 40,000 notional aircraft flight hours = 120,000 hours total). Our engineers developed over 140,000 pages of detailed technical data verifying that the MQ-9B met those demanding requirements. I congratulate our team for this outstanding accomplishment, and I know our customers need this type certification, which will open civil airspace for their flight operations."The Royal Air Force continues to take delivery of new Protector aircraft at their home in the North of England at RAF Waddington. The UK has 10 aircraft of the 16 it has ordered."Achieving the award of a first in class Military Type Certificate has required years of dedication and perseverance and is a testament to the hard work of all involved. It is a privilege to be the first to be awarded an MTC for the Protector Air System," said Gp. Capt. Neil Venables, Type Airworthiness Authority and holder of the Protector Type Certificate.MQ-9B is the world's most advanced medium altitude, long endurance UAS. MQ-9B includes the SkyGuardian® and SeaGuardian® models as well as the Protector operated by the RAF.In addition to the UK, GA-ASI has MQ-9B orders from Belgium, Canada, Poland, Japan Coast Guard, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Taiwan, India, and the U.S. Air Force in support of the Special Operations Command. MQ-9B has also supported various U.S. Navy exercises, including Northern Edge, Integrated Battle Problem, RIMPAC, and Group Sail.About GA-ASIGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., is the world's foremost builder of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Logging more than 8 million flight hours, the Predator® line of UAS has flown for over 30 years and includes MQ-9A Reaper®, MQ-1C Gray Eagle® 25M, MQ-20 Avenger®, and MQ-9B SkyGuardian®/SeaGuardian®. The company is dedicated to providing long-endurance, multi-mission solutions that deliver persistent situational awareness and rapid strike.For more information, visit www.ga-asi.com.Avenger, EagleEye, Gray Eagle, Lynx, Predator, Reaper, SeaGuardian, and SkyGuardian are trademarks of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries.Contact InformationGA-ASI Media Relationsasi-mediarelations@ga-asi.com(858) 524-8101SOURCE: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Copyright 2025 ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.
- Order intake grew YoY in all segments, with largest gains in GTCC in Energy Systems and Metals Machinery in Plants & Infrastructure Systems.- Revenue increased YoY in Energy Systems, Plants & Infrastructure Systems, and Aircraft, Defense & Space, with largest contributions from Defense & Space.- Business profit rose YoY in Energy Systems, Plants & Infrastructure Systems, and Aircraft, Defense & Space due to higher revenue, improved margins, positive impact from yen depreciation, as well as gains on fixed asset sales.- Net income increased YoY due to strong business profit results.- Free cash flow grew YoY due to large advances received accompanying new project orders.- Announced a ¥3/share YoY increase in full-year dividends to ¥23/share.- Issued FY2025 guidance aiming for ¥5.4 trillion in revenue, ¥420 billion in business profit, and ¥24/share in full-year dividends.TOKYO, May 9, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI, TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake increased 5.8% year-on-year to ¥7,071.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. Revenue rose 7.9% to ¥5,027.1 billion year-on-year, resulting in profit from business activities (business profit) of ¥383.1 billion, a 35.6% increase over the previous fiscal year, which represents a profit margin of 7.6%. Profit attributable to owners of parent (net income) was ¥245.4 billion, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year, with a profit margin of 4.9%. EBITDA was ¥541.3 billion, a 25.1% increase over FY2023, with an EBITDA margin of 10.8%, up 1.5 percentage points year-on-year.In Energy, order intake increased by ¥210.2 billion YoY, which reflected continued strong demand in Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) and Aero Engines. Contracts for 25 large frame gas turbine units were concluded during FY2024, the majority of which were from customers in the Americas. Revenue increased by ¥92.1 billion YoY. The largest gains were seen in GTCC, which worked to execute its sizeable backlog, and Aero Engines. Segment business profit increased by ¥55.4 billion YoY due to increased revenue and higher margins in GTCC, as well as increased revenue and the rebound from one-time expenses incurred in FY2023 in Aero Engines, together with stable performance in Nuclear Power.In P&I, order intake and revenue increased by ¥117.0 billion YoY and ¥18.8 billion YoY, respectively, due to favorable performance in Metals Machinery and Machinery Systems. Higher revenue and margins in Metals Machinery and increased revenue in Machinery Systems helped to raise segment business profit by ¥14.8 billion YoY.In LT&D, revenue decreased by ¥7.4 billion YoY due to a contraction in units sold in Logistics Systems despite increased sales in Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC). The decrease in units sold in Logistics System combined with additional costs from supply chain disruption in Turbochargers resulted in a ¥23.4 billion YoY decrease in segment business profit.In ADS, order intake increased by ¥31.4 billion YoY due to slightly higher order intake for Naval Ships and Space Systems within Defense & Space. Revenue increased by ¥239.0 billion YoY, mainly in Defense & Space. Increased revenue and higher margins in Defense & Space served to increase segment business profit by ¥27.2 billion YoY.FY2025 Earnings ForecastMHI issued guidance for the period ending March 31, 2026. The forecast targets further increases in revenue, business profit, and net income over FY2024 actual. The main driver of revenue growth is expected to be Defense & Space in ADS, which is working to execute on a large order backlog accumulated since FY2023. Higher revenue and improved project margins will contribute to an increase in business profit. A full-year dividend of ¥24/share is planned.CFO Message"FY2024 was truly a remarkable year, with many of our businesses performing beyond expectations, which allowed us to report record figures in terms of order intake, revenue, net income, and free cash flow - this following what was by all accounts an extremely robust FY2023," said Hisato Kozawa, MHI's Chief Financial Officer. He continued: "Regarding order intake, GTCC and Aero Engines in Energy, and Metals Machinery in P&I were star performers, and Defense & Space nearly matched the large order intake booked in FY2023. As a result, total orders in FY2024 exceeded the high bar set in the previous fiscal year. Revenue increased in Energy, P&I, and ADS, which were executing on substantial order backlogs. Increased revenue, improved margins, the positive impact from yen depreciation, as well as gains on fixed asset sales drove the large profit growth seen during this period."Today, we have also announced our earnings forecast for FY2025, which projects another record year for revenue and net income," Kozawa went on. "Strong progress in project execution in GTCC and Defense, together with continued high demand in Aero Engines and HVAC, as well as a certain amount of recovery in Logistics Systems and Commercial Aviation will drive this revenue growth. Higher revenue combined with better margins will allow us to achieve ¥420 billion in business profit at a margin of 7.8%. In closing, please note that our earnings forecast does not reflect potential impact from the recent increase in global economic uncertainty, including that associated with tariffs. That said, we will aim to minimize any negative impact with a variety of countermeasures, such as negotiating cost passthroughs with our customers."About MHI GroupMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on spectra.mhi.com. Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.
KYOTO, Japan, May 9, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Valuufy, a pioneering value measurement startup, has been selected by a global tech powerhouse and member of the 'Magnificent Seven’ to carry out a comprehensive environmental impact assessment. The engagement, which began in March 2025, represents a significant milestone for the young Kyoto-based value creation specialist.The project is based on the ValuuCompass™, an evolutionary system that transparently assesses impact and value creation for nature, one of the system's seven stakeholders, and benchmarks the results against other leaders in the market. The client will receive the assessment and analysis later this month, with actionable insights on environmental performance across multiple dimensions.Directing Sustainabiliy towards Value CreationKyle Barnes, CEO of Valuufy, said, "For a startup, especially from Japan, securing a major American tech giant as a client is extraordinary. This speaks clearly on how our approach resonates with forward-thinking organizations. We've built ValuuCompass on a solid foundation of academic rigour and practical business value -- and that company responded to this combination."Addressing Critical Gaps in Sustainability MeasurementThe tech heavy selected Valuufy after evaluating multiple sustainability assessment solutions. "Gaps and discrepancies exist in current sustainability benchmarking when factoring environmental and social considerations. We appreciate how Valuufy systematically evaluates all relevant topic areas using best in class industry standards coupled with a data-driven, quantifiable approach to derive actionable insights," noted a company representative.Breaking New Ground in Precision and Performance BenchmarkingDr Philip Sugai, Director of Research at Valuufy, said, "What sets ValuuCompass apart is its unparalleled level of detail and methodological rigor. Unlike current frameworks that offer broad sustainability disclosure topics, we've developed specific, measurable subgoals for each objective. This granular approach enables something that's been largely unattainable with existing frameworks – genuine benchmarking across companies and industries.""Traditional ESG frameworks mainly look back on what companies have already reported," Sugai continued. "Our work focuses on the future and what matters most to business leaders -- identifying specific opportunities to create value and reduce risk across their entire stakeholder ecosystem. For technology companies with complex global value chains, this perspective is particularly valuable."Directing Sustainabiliy toward Value CreationThis client relationship underscores a growing shift in how leading companies approach sustainability -- moving beyond compliance reporting toward strategic value creation. Technology companies in particular face increasing pressure to demonstrate meaningful environmental improvements while maintaining competitive advantage.Stated Barnes, "Future market leaders understand that sustainability isn't separate from business strategy -- it's central to it. When organizations can quantify their impact and benchmark against competitors, sustainability becomes a concrete business advantage rather than a vague aspiration. It's a fundamental shift from sustainability as compliance to sustainability as value creation."About ValuufyValuufy, Inc. transforms how organizations measure and create sustainable value. Founded in 2024, Valuufy is a registered startup in Kyoto, Japan, emerging from the Value Research Center at Doshisha University and more than ten years academic value research. The groundbreaking ValuuCompass™ provides a comprehensive system for assessing impact and value creation across seven stakeholder dimensions, transforming sustainability from regulatory compliance into strategic competitive advantage. Led by an international team from Japan, Germany, Sweden & USA, Valuufy helps businesses identify hidden risks, uncover growth opportunities, and create measurable value through sustainability. Visit https://valuufy.com and follow us at https://linkedin.com/company/valuufy/Contact Information:Kyle BarnesCEO, Valuufynews@valuufy.com Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.
HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 9, 2025 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) today announced an agreement was reached with Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for charging ports on the company’s battery electric vehicles (BEV) launched in Japan from 2027 onward.Mazda adopted NACS to provide customers with greater convenience by a broader range of charging options. This will provide Mazda BEV customers with access to Tesla Superchargers across Japan. Mazda BEVs will be compatible with other charging standards besides NACS with the use of adapters.Mazda will continue to pursue the 'Joy of Driving' under its core value, “Human Centric”, and aim to deliver 'Joy of Living' by creating moving experiences in customers' daily lives. Copyright 2025 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.
