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Takeover bid for Pushpay in the offing – RNZ

Posted: May 25, 2022 at 4:52 am

Mobile donations company Pushpay has confirmed it has been told that its biggest shareholder, US investment firm Sixth Street, has joined Australian private equity firm, BGH Capital, ahead of a possible bid.

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"Pushpay has not entered an agreement with any party, including either or both of BGH Capital and Sixth Street, to implement a transaction," it said in a statement to the NZX.

"Pushpay notes that the agreement is not a definitive transaction agreement and can be terminated immediately by either party on notice to the other."

Between them the two foreign investors own 20.3 percent of Pushpay.

Pushpay shares were put on a trading halt pending details of the approaches, but leapt 21 percent to a six-month high when trading resumed.

Last month, Pushpay disclosed it had received unsolicited, non-binding, and conditional expressions of interest or approaches from third parties looking to acquire the company, but had declined to give any details.

"Pushpay is continuing with a process that is already underway and is in an early stage with multiple parties, to explore the potential for a transaction which is in the best interests of shareholders as a whole," it said, adding there was no certainty any transaction would be done.

BGH said a subsidiary, Oceania Trust, had bought more than 3 percent of Pushpay $47.1m in the past couple of weeks and struck a pact with Sixth Street.

"Under the cooperation agreement, the parties have agreed to work together to consider, negotiate and implement the potential acquisition by Oceania and the Sixth Street Entities ... of all or a substantial part of the shares or PPH's assets and business by way of a scheme of arrangement," it said in a statement.

Pushpay, once a hot tech stock on the New Zealand stock exchange, has a market value of about $1.4 billion, although its core business, church donations in the US, has been affected by Covid and the emergence of rivals.

Investment analysts have speculated a price tag of up to $2b for the company.

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Third Commonwealth Games medal in sights for new mum Andrea Hansen – RNZ

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Nappies and baby bibs will go in alongside bike helmets and running shoes when triathlete Andrea Hansen packs her bags for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

Andrea Hansen finishes second in the 2022 Oceania Triathlon Cup race in Mount Maunganui. Photo: Photosport

Just 15 months after giving birth to daughter Flossie, Hansen (nee Hewitt) was one of six selected in New Zealand's triathlon team for Birmingham on Wednesday.

And it was easy to believe the 40-year-old when she said thoughts of competing again never slipped from her mind.

Just two weeks after the arrival of her daughter early last year, the three-time Olympian was back in the water swimming.

Runs with the pram soon followed, while young Flossie was also happy to nod off to the noise of mum's bike whirring away on the indoor wind trainer.

Fast-forward 15 months and Hansen has been named for her fourth Commonwealth Games.

"After having a baby I knew I wanted to get fit again, that was just the goal at the beginning.

"Not knowing how that was going to go, it worked out really well and I got pretty fit, pretty fast.

"I went for it and went to the qualifying races and here I am."

Two seconds and a third in those Oceania Cup qualifying races in New Plymouth, Mt Maunganui and Taupo proved Hansen remained more than competitive.

But she admitted there was more to do ahead of the Games in July.

"Definitely still improving, so the form is coming back.

"I was surprised with my races up North, so definitely still doing pretty well.

"I'm racing in two-and-a-half weeks in Leeds (on the World Series). I'll show on the world stage there what I can do.

Someone who knew all about doing that was Triathlon NZ general manager of performance Hamish Carter.

Andrea Hansen, left, on the bike during the 2022 Oceania Triathlon Cup event in Mount Maunganui. Photo: Photosport

The 2004 Olympic gold medallist said knowing how determined Hansen was, he was not surprised at her selection.

"A number of athletes when they come back from having a baby seem to be stronger and triathlon is an endurance sport.

"But also, she had to come back and really perform to make the team and she did.

"That's her experience of being able to produce good performances when it matters."

A quality increasingly being shown by Hayden Wilde, the headline name in the six-strong New Zealand triathlon Commonwealth Games team.

Since heading back overseas, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist had won the Arena Games in Singapore and finished a close second at the World Series event in Yokohama.

Both have included good battles with the silver medallist from Tokyo, Alex Yee.

Wilde said he was looking forward to another big match-up with his British rival in Birmingham.

"Alex and I would normally come out of the water pretty close to each other and we'll probably work together pretty hard on the bike to bridge the gap up to the front guys.

"We're both same age, still young and learning lots, so it's going to be exciting to have another individual shootout."

Hansen also planned to be standing on the podium.

Already a two-time Commonwealth medallist, the self-described mum of the New Zealand team said being a mum for real hadn't changed her competitive aspirations.

"I'm a different now.

"I definitely still want to be in that mixed relay team and go for a medal.

"My goal is to get a medal [in the relay] and do the best I can in the individual race."

Tokyo Olympians Tayler Reid, Ainsley Thorpe and Nicole van der Kaay, and Commonwealth Games debutant Dylan McCullough rounded out the six-strong New Zealand team for Birmingham.

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Heading to Oceania | WORLD – WORLD News Group

Posted: May 20, 2022 at 2:17 am

I swung by ONeills for two containers of sour cream and a bottom round roast, which rang up to exactly $19.84. The freckle-faced cashier seemed of high school age, so I asked if she had read Nineteen Eighty-Four. She had not, which isnt her fault.

But it might make no difference anyway. Orwell himself knew his warning to the future was probably doomed, hinting his pessimism through protagonist Winstons secret alcove jottings:

How could you communicate with the future? It was of its nature impossible. Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him; or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless.

It is the first scenario that materialized: The future turned out to resemble the present (that is, a brainwashed citizenry) so that Winstons warning has no power to appall. America, once the home of free speech, now has a new federal bureau of speech censorshipand it will produce a big yawn.

ONeills freckle-faced cashier, even if she were to read Nineteen-Eighty-Four at this point, would think it a nothingburger. She has been well marinated in cancel culture, the forbidding of offensive opinions in class, the forbidding of nonmainstream medical views, and the commonplace specter of social network suspensions for violating community standards. Cancellable speech is now how she thinks.

My first thought when Biden announced the Disinformation Governance Board was: Has the man no self-awareness? No sense of irony? Wouldnt you want to conceal this dead ringer for the Ministry of Truth in Orwells dystopian 1949 novel? I myself can hardly pronounce Disinformation Governance Board without an exaggerated Russian accent. And administered under the DHS? You mean the federal department that, only second to the military, is armed to the teeth?

Who, pray tell, will decide what is disinformation? The people who suppressed discussion of Bidens foreign business dealings, berated those who suggested Chinese origins of the pandemic, claimed that all is well at our southern border, and called inflation temporary?

The freckle-faced cashier was driven to work today past yard signs with slogans: Love is love, Science is real, and Hate has no home here. She has no idea of the dark meanings assigned them, or historical or literary context to make a connection with fictional Oceanias War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.

For those who do see whats happening in our land, how should we live? A good thing is that the worse things get, the more simplified, brass tacks, and less academically pretty our communications may become. Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Siberian Gulag prisoner, offers this advice to the individual who feels helpless, in words hurriedly penned the day of his arrest on Feb. 12, 1974:

The simplest and most accessible key to our self-neglected liberation lies right here: Personal non-participation in lies. It is the easiest thing to do for us, but the most devastating for the lies. Because when people renounce lies it simply cuts short their existence. Let us refuse to say that which we do not think.

What follows is a partial list of things Solzhenitsyn suggests for the honest man:

Will not henceforth write, sign, or print in any way a single phrase which in his opinion distorts the truth.

Will utter such a phrase neither in private conversation nor in the presence of many people, neither on his own behalf nor at the prompting of someone else, either in the role of agitator, teacher, educator, nor in a theatrical role.

Will not allow himself to be dragged to a meeting where there can be expected a forced or distorted discussion of a question. Will immediately walk out of a meeting, session, lecture, performance, or film if he hears a speaker tell lies or purvey ideological nonsense or shameless propaganda (Live Not by Lies).

Sounds like something we already heard two thousand years ago: You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:32).

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April 2022 tied as Earth’s fifth-warmest | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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April was very warm throughout the globe, with the month tying 2010 as the fifth-warmest April in 143-year climate record, according to scientists from NOAAsNational Centers for Environmental Information.

Last month also contributed to a very warm start to 2022, as sea ice coverage at both poles ran well below average.

Climate by the numbers

April 2022

The average global temperature in April was 1.53 degrees F (0.85 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 56.7 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), tying with April 2010 as the fifth-warmest April on record.

Asia had its warmest April on record dating back to 1910 with the month running 4.72 degrees F (2.62 degrees C) above average. This surpassed the now second-warmest April in 2016 by 0.09 of a degree F (0.05 of a degree C).Unusually high temperatures across India and Pakistan contributed to the record heat in Asia, with several locations setting new April temperature records.

Oceania had its fifth-warmest April on record, while Africa and South America saw their ninth and 12th-warmest April on record, respectively. North America was the only continent with a cooler-than-average April, seeing its coolest April since 2018.

The worlds 10 warmest Aprils have all occurred since 2010, with 2014-2022 all ranking among the 10 warmest Aprils on record.

Year to date

The global temperature for the year to date (YTD, January through April 2022) was 1.57 degrees F (0.87 of a degree C) above average, making it the fifth-warmest such YTD on record.

Asia had its fourth-warmest YTD on record, Oceania had its seventh warmest and Europe saw its 11th warmest. South America had its ninth-warmest January-through-April YTD on record, while North America saw its coolest such YTD since 2014.

According to NCEIs Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, it is virtually certain (> 99.0%) that 2022 will rank among the 10 warmest years on record.

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Extrusion Technology Likely to Provide High Profit Margins to the Manufacturers Operating in Molded Plastics Market, Evaluates Fact.MR – GlobeNewswire

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United States, Rockville MD, May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a recently published Fact.MR report, the global Molded Plastics market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 4.7% between 2022 and 2032. The market is expected to reach US$ 260.5 Billion by the end of 2032.

The demand for Molded Plastics Market is expected to rise over the forecast period and the market is projected to gain a global market size worth of US$ 165.8 Billion by the end of 2022.

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The demand for molded plastics has increased significantly in the last few years from different end-use industries. To fulfil the demand, manufacturers have taken advantage of advanced technologies to provide robust products, due to which margins on the products have been decreased.

Furthermore, there are various technologies which have been used in molded plastics such as blow molding, injection molding, thermoforming, extrusion and others. The extrusion process is widely deployed in big manufacturing units of cans and bottles owing to its low-cost implementation the other counterparts.

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Moreover, companies have registered growth of 2.5X by using above technologies in the last few years. This is projected to remain the same in the coming years and the overall market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7% and touch the valuation of USD 260.5 Billion in 2032 from USD 165.8 Billion in 2022.In addition, the North American market is the largest consumer as well as manufacturer of molded plastics which has acquired a significant market share in the global market. From the high opportunity perspective, South Asia and Oceania market is the most lucrative market as different regional governments are encouraging manufacturers by offering numerous tax benefits, land and transport benefits etc.

On the basis segmental study, polypropylene is the leading material which is holding more than 1/5th market share of the global market. It is expected to add 273 BPS at a CAGR of 6.0%. It is largely used in manufacturing drainage pipes, gas pipes, flooring tiles, windows, electrical conduits, doors, etc.

Which South Asia and Oceania Countries Account for Significant Molded Plastic Demand?

Hassle-free labor availability, favorable regulations, and numerous projects run by governments are supporting leading companies to place their manufacturing units in developing South Asian countries such as India, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Abundant availability of agricultural fields and automotive industry growth in these countries are expected to drive demand for molded plastics. Moreover, the rising population is generating significant need for medical infrastructure, owing to which, governments are planning to invest a large portion of their budgets in the same. This is projected to create tremendous revenue-generating opportunities for market players going ahead.

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The global molded plastics market is largely fragmented, and North American companies are dominating the overall market due to their worldwide presence. Industry players are focusing on improving their R&D capabilities and developing new products.

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Oceania to revamp two more of its ships before the arrival of the new Vista – Cruise Passenger

Posted: April 22, 2022 at 4:40 am

Oceania Cruises will refurbish two of its flagship vessels the Riviera and Marina.

The upgraded Rivieria and Marina will debut in December 2022 and November 2023 respectively.

All suites and staterooms will be revamped and the ships public spaces will undergo massive transformations everything from the fabrics, the furnishings, the light fixtures and the ship will showcase new nautical artwork.

The new refurbishments will be completed in time for the arrival of the new Vista, the first new ship in six years from the culinary focused line.

President and CEO of Oceania Cruises Howard Sherman said in a statement: At Oceania Cruises, we continue to raise the bar and elevate the guest experience at every opportunity.

Whether its innovative new culinary concepts, immersive new destination experiences or presenting our guests with ships that are not just better, but better than new, Oceania Cruises sets the standard by which others are judged.

All public areas on the ship, such as the library, the Grand Dining Room and the Lalique crystal-laced Grand Staircase will be refreshed and be as welcoming as always.

Lighter and brighter tones will be used, with custom furnishings, exotic polished wood finishes and designer accessories that will completely transform the guest experience.

The restyled Grand Dining Room will feature soft leather armchairs offering comfort and the chance to relax as you enjoy the culinary delights aboard your Oceania Cruises voyage.

Guests will have the opportunity to savour wood-fired pizza, divine Italian specialities, tantalising salads and sweet desserts every night in a relaxed atmosphere surrounded by ocean breezes and the moonlight in Trattoria.

Staterooms have been designed to glow with the warmth and joie de vivre of a Parisian apartment, with the living and sleeping areas featuring Italian marble and bespoke fabrics, while the tables and chairs will be carefully crafted.

Each stateroom will be upgraded to reflect the modern travellers needs, with an abundance of power outlets and USB ports always within reach.

Concierge-level veranda staterooms and veranda staterooms are the largest standard staterooms at 27 square metres.

Bathrooms will have glittering fixtures and spacious storage and showers will be more spacious than ever before.

Mr Sherman added: Our people remain at the heart of what we do, and the officers and crew of Oceania Cruises are the finest at sea. While the onboard experience continues to surprise and delight, the way our staff approaches the art of service remains delightfully familiar, warm and gracious.

Riviera will debut on 7 December 2022 on a 16-day Mediterranean, Atlantic and Caribbean cruise from Rome to Miami.

Marina will set sail on 13 November 2023 on a seven-day cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon.

Oceanias 656 guest ships, Regatta, Insignia, Nautica and Sirena have recently been re-inspired. Insignia debuted in 2019 on an around the world voyage, followed shortly after by Regatta and Sirena the same year. Nautica recently started cruising again on April 1, 2022.

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TCS expands multi-year partnership deal with The IRONMAN Group Oceania for Sun-Herald City2Surf – BusinessLine

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday said that the company has expanded its partnership with The IRONMAN Group Oceania in a multi-year deal, for Sun-Herald City2Surf, the worlds largest fun run.

TCS will continue to power the official event app, enhancing the fun run experience with live results tracking and leader board data. It will also include custom City2Surf selfie frames and a personalised race-ready checklist along with a new feature to highlight Indigenous points of significance along or near to the course.

By marking places of Indigenous historical significance, TCS hopes participants Running on Country will experience a connection with the land and will find the sites of interest. The event is expected to happen on August 14, 2022 with a crowd of 80,000 plus runners, the City2Surf will be the held in-person for the first time since 2019.

Vikram Singh, Country Head, TCS ANZ, said, We are thrilled to extend our partnership with The Sun-Herald City2Surf, the largest fun run in the world. We sponsor running events across Australia and globally because we want to inspire local communities to live healthy and active lifestyles. This year, as part of our ongoing commitment to recognising and celebrating Indigenous culture, we have a new feature in the app to raise awareness of local Indigenous history, drive Connection to Country amongst runners and all Australians, and remind us that this land we tread is steeped in rich Indigenous history and culture.

Globally, TCS currently also sponsors The Canberra Times Marathon Festival and is the title sponsor for several running events, including the TCS NYC and TCS London marathons.

Geoff Meyer, Managing Director, The IRONMAN Group Oceania, added, We are delighted TCS has chosen to expand their partnership as a Major Partner of The Sun-Herald City2Surf. Technology already has a central role to play in physical activity and partners like TCS are crucial in making our vision of inspiring activity a reality. We look forward to continuing to work with the TCS to enhance the City2Surf runners experience with technology.

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From "Friendship" to Bases: China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific – The Maritime Executive

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The establishment of military installations in Oceania could substantially alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. PLA Navy file image

PublishedApr 21, 2022 10:10 PM by The Strategist

[By Anne-Marie Brady]

In the Xi Jinping era, the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (commonly known as the Friendship Association, or Youxie) promotes the Belt and Road Initiative, a strategic, political and economic vehicle driving towards a China-centred global order.

The Friendship Association isa hybrid partystate organisation with three mothers-in-law(to use the argot of the Chinese Communist Party system): the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the CCP united front organization, the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference; and the CCPs International Liaison Department, which the party uses to conduct foreign policy discussions with foreign political parties.

The Pacific China Friendship Association is Chinas main point of contact for rolling out the Belt and Road Initiative in the Southwest Pacific.

The Pacific branch has been busy.

In 2018, at a meeting of friendship associations from the Americas and Oceania in Hainan, China, Tongas Princess Royal Salote Mafileo Pilolevu Tuita proposed establishing aPearl Maritime Road Initiative, extending the BRI into the Southwest Pacific.

Soon after that, all of Beijings Pacific island diplomatic partners signed agreements on the BRI, with infrastructure development the main theme. Some have already started BRI projects.

In 2019, Siamelie Latu, secretary-general of the Tonga China Friendship Association and a former Tongan ambassador to China, announced that the Pacific China Friendship Association wasworking on a feasibility studyfor a regional airline to connect all Pacific Islands Forum countries with China.

FromKiribati, toVanuatu, toFrench Polynesia, China has repeatedly tried to gain access to militarily significant airfields and ports, all in the name of BRI. Beijing has established military cooperation relations with Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga, and provided police support to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands,frequentlyin combination withhumanitarian aid activities. Just this week, China and Solomon Islands signed a security agreement, despite the protestations of the Australian and US governments.

China is rolling out the Digital Silk Road in the Pacific, using its Pacific embassies to set up ground stations for itsBeidou satellite navigation system. Meanwhile, China makes use of commercial operations for Beidou-equippedreference stationsin the Pacific. Ground stations and reference stations work together to provide centimeter-level accuracy for satellites. Beidou is Chinas GPS equivalent, and it is now on a par with, if not better than, GPS. Like GPS, its a military technology, crucial for missile targeting and timing.

The CCPs political interference and grey-zone activities aim to co-opt Oceanian political and economic elites and to access strategic information, sites and resources in the Southwest Pacific. The establishment of military installations in Oceania could substantially alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. It could cut off the Pacific island nations, Australia and New Zealand from the US and other partners, turning the region into a China-dominated vassal zone.

South Pacific leaders meet regularly to discusscollective securityandgeostrategicmattersin other words, joint concerns about China. However, their worries about this relationship are usually onlyhintedat and rarely madepublic, and their overriding priority tends to be development. China offers assistance with development projects but, unlike most donors, the loan must be paid back, with interest. The Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu all have crippling levels of debt to China.

Pacific island leaders tend to have a strong sense of history. Few would welcome dependency on China, or the Pacific turning into a Sinocentric order. Yet a degree of reactivity towards calls for vigilance about the CCPs malign activities is usually couched in anti-European, anti-colonial rhetoric.

Given the continued presence of historic colonial powers in the region, its been easy for some to conflate concern about the real dangers of CCP political interference and grey-zone activitieswhen expressed by Western actorswith neo-colonialism and calls ofwhataboutism.

This conflation plays into CCP narratives seeking to equate the party with the Chinese people, recasting any critique that its inherently racist. But imperial power and racism are by no means a monopoly of Western powers.

Theres real a danger that in their kneejerk response against Western colonialism, Pacific elites will embrace external domination in a new and more dangerous form. The air of schadenfreude that some segments of the Pacific elite display towards traditional Pacific powers will be a short-lived pleasure if they cant transcend this reactionism and recognize the need to plan a way forward in an era of dangerous strategic competition.

Perhaps surprisingly to some, the return of a more active role of the US, UK, Japan, India and the EU in the Pacific, and a resurgence of Australian, New Zealand and French presence and assistance, has beenappreciatedandwelcomedby many Pacific governments. But Pacific leaders want to be treated as equals, not pawns in an international power play, and not as somenameless group of islandsin a strategically important region. The US, EU and other partners need to take the time to better understand the individual countries of the Pacific, their histories and their concerns.

Its especially important that Pacific nations not just be the subject of analysis about CCP political interference in the region. They should be drawn into the international conversation. Pacific civil society must be engaged in this work too, not just governments. In many of the Pacific states, elements within the government are already compromised, and they will not welcome discussions on CCP political interference. Further, CCP united front work is often comingled into corruption and organized crime, which has entangled many political and policy actors, making raising the issues even more difficult.

Pacific journalists also needmore supportso they can do the due diligence that will enable a factual, informed, depoliticized and public conversation about the CCPs foreign interference activities in their respective states and territories.

Anne-Marie Bradyis a professor of Chinese domestic and foreign policy, New Zealand foreign policy, and Antarctic and Pacific politics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. This article appears courtesy of The Strategist and may be found in its original form here.

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Application for Aerospace Industry to Hold Nearly 33% of the Thermal Spray Coatings Market; Demand to Grow by 6.5% CAGR Through 2030 – Fact.MR -…

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United States, Rockville, MD, April 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The surge in manufacturing of paints, automotive, aerospace, medical, and packaging is set to boost the demand for thermal spray coatings. Features such as anti-corrosion coupled with enhanced coating consistency are working in favor of thermal spray coatings. The global thermal spray coatings market will grow at an impressive 6.5% CAGR during the forecast period (2019-2029). Increasing penetration of coating applications in niche end-use industries such as gas turbines, locomotives, and modern helicopters will continue to bolster demand for thermal spray coatings. Rampant space exploration by companies such as SpaceX is encouraging the application of thermal spray carbide coating in advanced landing gears.

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Industrial Gas Turbines to Grow 4.2X through Forecast PeriodUptake in aerospace projects in developing regions is driving demand for thermal spray coatings from the application segment. Aerospace is poised to hold a majority share of over of the total market value.

The segment exhibits a healthy growth trajectory through 2029. Industrial gas turbines account for the second largest market share with of the total market value.

Manufacturing trends such as higher firing temperatures and increased levels of oxidation and corrosion resistance in hard environments are favorable developments for thermal spray coatings.

Industrial gas turbine segment exhibits highest growth among various applications such as automotive, medical, steel, pulp, and paper.

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Global Thermal Spray Coatings Market: In-Depth Assessment on Key SegmentsThe global thermal spray coatings market is segmented on the basis of product, technology, application and region.

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The Prominent manufacturers covered:Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., Hgans AB, H.C. Starck Inc., Castolin Eutectic, Wall Colmonoy Corporation, Powder Alloy Corporation, Saint-Gobain S.A., Carpenter Technology Corporation

South Asia & Oceania to Remain Key Revenue PocketsNorth America and Europe collectively account for a lions share of more than 61% of the total market value. The US, Canada, and the UK are catapulting the demand for advanced coating of equipment used in aerospace, industrial gas turbines, and oil & gas applications.

South Asia & Oceania offers high-growth opportunities on the back of stupendous 9.5% CAGR during the forecast period.

Countries in the region such as Indonesia are investing in development of modern aircrafts and aerospace inventories which employ thermal spray coating.

Increasing penetration of thermal spray coatings in medical, steel, pulp, and paper also stimulates the demand for the product in developing countries.

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Global Billhook Market Geographical Outlook The demand for billhook has been studied for seven prominent regions including North America, Latin America, Europe, East-Asia, South-Asia, Oceania and Middle-East & Africa. Among these, the Asia Pacific owns the maximum share which is responsible for bringing in most of the revenue for the market. The increasing activities in the agricultural sector, particularly in India has provided necessary thrust to the rise in sales of billhook. The agricultural sector is the dominant sector in the country which contributes to potential share of GDP

Covid-19 Impact on Global Bar Clamp Market - Since the beginning of 2020 manufactures have had to shut down their factories owing to the pandemic. The disruption in the supply chain kept manufacturers from procuring raw materials for the production of these clamps which affected the supply of the product.

North America Cordless Impact Wrench Market Geographical Outlook - North America is anticipated to encounter striking development due to the generous commitment of the U.S., inferable from the profound established avionic business around here. Moreover, the rising population of multiple cars owners, real estate business boom, escalating residual income and execution of the cutting-edge innovations are a portion of the striking variables that can support the utilization in the forecast period 2021-31.

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Pokemon's European International Championships kick off on Apr. 22.

Pokemon is hosting its European International Championships this weekend, and everyone who tunes in to the stream will get a free Pokemon for Pokemon Sword and Shield.

The Pokemon Company has announced it will distribute a special Dracovish during this weekend's competition. The company will share a Mystery Gift code for the free Pokemon during the stream. Once the code has been revealed, you can redeem it in the Nintendo Switch games to claim the Pokemon.

The Dracovish being given away is based on the one used by competitor Marco Silva during the 2020 Pokemon Oceania International Championships.

The European International Championships kick off on Friday, Apr. 22, and run through Sunday, Apr. 24, with dedicated tournaments for Pokemon Sword and Shield, Pokken Tournament DX, Pokemon Go and the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Each competition will be streamed on its own Twitch channel. You can learn more about when each stream will begin and how to watch them on the official Pokemon website.

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