10/01/2026 00:00
Umios and Wah Kong Complete Strategic Pet Food Joint Venture in Southeast Asia; Japan Corporate Advisory Institute Advised on the Transaction

Umios Corporation (TOKYO Prime: 1333; formerly Maruha Nichiro) and Wah Kong Corporation have completed the establishment of a strategic joint venture centered on Pet World International Sdn. Bhd. (“PWI”), one of Malaysia’s leading pet food companies. Under the transaction, Umios invested approximately JPY 11.4 billion to acquire a 51% interest in PWI through a newly established holding company. PWI holds the No. 2 share of Malaysia’s pet food market — No. 1 among local companies (NielsenIQ)...

10/01/2026 02:00
Toshiba Launches Dual-Channel Standard Digital Isolators that Contribute to Lower Power Consumption in Industrial Equipment

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has launched four dual-channel standard digital isolators for industrial equipment, the “DCL32xx00 Series.” The new products achieve low current consumption of 0.2mA per channel[1] (typ.), support mid-speed communications[2], and feature an SOIC8-N package. Volume shipments start today. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260930980943/en/Toshiba: DCL32xx00 S...

Tangent Robotics Raises 4.5M in Pre-seed Funding to Advance Fine Motor Skills for Robot Dexterity

In humans, fine motor skills can take two decades to fully develop.Tangent Robotics, which today announced its pre-seed funding round, aims to speed up the timeline for robots. The company will use the funds to develop skilled robotic manipulation capabilities at the intersection of hand hardware, touch sensing...
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