By Sonya Hook
| 08 February, 2021
Rioja Wine UK has launched its new marketing campaign for 2021, with a clear focus on the “exceptional quality” of the top end wines of the region.
With the value of Rioja in the UK up 17.9% in 2020, according to latest Nielsen statistics (MAT 26.12.20), the new campaign will bolster the region’s fine wine credentials and consolidate its position as Spain’s premier wine producing region.
New for 2021 will be an increased emphasis on the top wines from Rioja with the launch of Ultimate Rioja – a blind tasting by a panel of leading industry experts to establish the very best wines from the region. Winning wines will be presented to a select trade audience at a live event in the autumn.
 Wilson Sporting Goods Co. announced today that Chris Brickley, renowned basketball Skills Coach, has joined its Wilson Advisory Staff. As a Wilson Advisory Staff member, Brickley will provide insights and test future Wilson basketball products, including collaborating on a line of high-performance training basketballs made for ball-handling and shooting, set to release in February 2021. Brickley will further support the brand with playtesting and feedback on upcoming NBA, WNBA and NCAA basketball products.
Brickley is one of the gameâs most well-versed skills coaches, working year-round with NBA All-Stars. In conjunction with the high-performance training balls, Wilson and Chris will produce unique, digital content focused on Chris’ training knowledge and motivational tactics, available exclusively to members of the Wilson Live Evo Club.
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Pacific Prime Dubai Receives Aetna’s “Best Producer Individual Sales” Award in 2020
January 28, 2021 GMT
DUBAI (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 28, 2021
Global health insurance brokerage Pacific Prime Dubai is extremely proud to receive the “Best Producer Individual Sales” award in 2020 from their insurance partner Al Ain Ahlia and Aetna International (“Aetna”). The award was presented to the team at Pacific Prime Dubai on January 20th, 2021.
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Marco Bannerman, Executive Director for the MEA region at Aetna, said: “Our partnership with Pacific Prime is one that we genuinely value and truly appreciate. The level of professionalism shown from all the team members - be it Retention or New Business - is one that we greatly admire and commend. We look forward with real optimism to developing and enhancing our relationship in 2021.”
Blancco s Fredrik Forslund Named New Director of International Data Sanitization Consortium
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Forslund will guide IDSC’s mission to shape and clarify standardized data sanitization best practices for organizations worldwide
AUSTIN, TEXAS – January 28, 2021 – Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, today announced that Fredrik Forslund, vice president of enterprise cloud and data center erasure solutions at Blancco, has been appointed director of the International Data Sanitization Consortium (IDSC). Forslund will lead the Consortium in its mission to educate organizations and standards bodies about the permanent eradication of data, clarifying industry terminology and guidelines to ensure compliance with data security, protection and privacy laws.
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Momentive Performance Materials Names Ravago Chemicals Authorized Distributor for Polymer Additives in US and Canada
January 28, 2021 GMT
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WATERFORD, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (“Momentive”), a global leader in silicones and advanced materials, announced today that Ravago Chemicals will serve as its authorized distributor of Momentive products into the plastics industry in the United States and Canada.
Ravago Chemicals, a global industry-leading specialty chemical and ingredient producer and distributor, will distribute Momentive’s high performance PEarlene™ silicone gum master batches, Silquest™ silanes, XL-PEarl™ silane crosslinking systems and SFR™ silicone fluid flame retardants for plastic applications in the U.S. and Canada, effective immediately. Momentive’s silic