Sentences with phrase «becomes first company»

The new company, Cambridge Blockchain SAS, is based at the Partech Shaker startup campus in Paris and becomes the first company outside of Luxembourg to join the Infrachain Blockchain initiative.

Progressive becomes the first company to base its shareholder cash dividend on company performance, paying shareholders a once - a-year dividend calculated using the same profit / growth methodology as its internal «Gainshare» variable pay program.

The Alphabet - backed Silicon Valley startup, valued at $ 1.1 billion, became the first company allowed to sell genetic tests (and accompanying health - risk reports) for 10 different diseases directly to consumers without a prescription.

To that end, Digium's Asterisk open source technology is currently being used in business, government, and educations settings in 140 countries and we most recently signed a partnership with NTT to become the first company to bring open source telephony to Japan.

Along with the estimates, its stock price has also slid this year, weakening the chances of Apple becoming the first company to top $ 1 trillion in value by market capitalization.

Or rather he was not - driving more safely, while demonstrating the handiwork of his company, Cruise Automation, which in early 2015 will become the first company to sell technology that enables cars to drive themselves.

And those tactics may be paying off: Despite the retail crisis in America, Amazon could become the first company with a $ 1 trillion market cap, NYU professor Scott Galloway said on Recode's podcast on Monday.

In the process, Audi became the first company to use a hashtag in a Super Bowl ad.

The race to become the first company with a chimeric antigen receptor T - cell (CAR - T) cancer therapy on the market has entered its final leg, and Kite Pharma now appears to have a big advantage.

Earlier this year, it became the first company to successfully test a prototype of a lunar lander at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

On July 20, 2016, Moon Express became the first company to receive U.S. government approval to send a robotic spacecraft beyond traditional Earth orbit and to the Moon.

Due to its impressive ascent this year, Apple is well on its way to becoming the first company to be valued at $ 1 trillion — a truly impressive and well - deserved feat, given the domination of the iPhone over the past decade.

More recently, Red Diamond became the first company to use valves in fractional packs that are supplied to restaurants.

Santiago, Chile — Global wine business, Accolade Wines, has become the first company to have a footprint in all major New World wine regions, with the acquisition of Chilean, Viña Anakena, cementing its position as the leading New World supplier of premium, commercial and value wines.

The Colombian - based DAABON Group, an early pioneer in organic palm, banana and coffee farming and production, has become the first company in the world to become certified under the RSPO NEXT scheme operated by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

The same year, Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Powder was added to the product line.In 1998, Nielsen - Massey became the first company to introduce Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Paste, combining the essence of Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla with distinctive vanilla bean seeds in an all - natural base to create a new product with intense, delicious flavor that retains the full bouquet of pure vanilla.

In 1997, Stonyfield became the first company in the country to offset 100 percent of its CO2 emissions from its facility energy use, and has been carbon neutral since.

General Motors plans to become the first company to test self - driving cars in New York City, in some of the world's worst traffic, as traditional automakers battle technology titans to take the lead in the development of autonomous vehicles.

In 2000, they became the first company to produce active noise - cancelling headphones with QuietComfort technology.

In 2000, Houston - based Family Tree DNA became the first company to market DNA - based reports about an individual's ancestry.

Suddenly it was no longer clear whether Nautilus Minerals would become the first company ever to tap the fantastic mineral resources of the deep sea — or just the latest in a long line of dreams dashed on the rocks of economic reality.

If successful, ArborGen would likely revolutionize the timber industry and the Southern landscape by becoming the first company to roll out bioengineered trees on a massive scale, observers say.

Geron became the first company to start clinical trials of embryonic stem cells in humans, starting with a patient who had spinal cord injuries.

R&D Systems entered the field of biotechnology early, becoming the first company to commercially market the multifunctional cytokine TGF - beta 1.

In 1938, Kellogg's became the first company to add vitamins and minerals to cereal when it debuted Kellogg's Pep.

Audi will become the first company to test autonomous vehicles in New York when its demonstration car hits the streets of Albany in mid-June.

Buick scored another first in 1939 when it became the first company to introduce turn signals, which did not appear on other car brands until almost a decade later.

If the application for Waymo is accepted, then it will become the first company and vehicle to put autonomous cars without safety drivers onto the streets of California — maybe anywhere.

GM became the first company to assemble self - driving test vehicles in a mass - production facility when its next generation of self - driving Chevrolet Bolt EV test vehicles began rolling off of the line at Orion Township in January.

Last year, XL became the first company to be recognized as an Electrification Qualified Vehicle Modifier (eQVM) in the new Ford certification program.

[102] On January 16, 2013, Ecutek also became the first company to construct and offer Flex Fuel hardware and software capability for all Nissan GT - Rs.

Several years ago Chrysler became the first company to create a real test track within the exhibit hall at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.

Image Comics has just become the first company to reach an official agreement with cloud storage service Dropbox.

Sony may become the first company to be hit with class - action lawsuit for detrimental reliance over committing, then retracting, promised Android 4.0 upgrade.

In 2007, Amazon became the first company to offer a significant selection of e-books to consumers when it launched its Kindle e-reader device.

A few weeks back, Asus was in talks with Microsoft about building its own Hololens headset and becoming the first company outside of Microsoft to do so.

In 1990, ONCOR became the first company to receive FDA approval to market a gene - based cancer testing system for the diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma.

But as of this morning, Scribd may have evolved into the proverbial killer app of the digital book industry, by becoming the first company to offer audiobooks for cheap.

ONYX became the first company in Russia who presented in the market an electronic book with an HD screen and illumination (ONYX BOOX i62ML Aurora model).

Domtar revolutionized the industry when it became the first company in North America to offer Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC ®) certified copy paper in 2005.

Soon after, Carnegie became the first company in its industry to go completely vinyl - free.

Australia - based Sundrop Farms became the first company to grow crops in the desert using only seawater and sunlight with the official launch of its Port Augusta farm, after a six - year pilot.

We solved this issue by becoming the first company to get licensed as an RV manufacturer and turned our Ready - made Tiny Houses into licensed RVs.

Shanghai - headquartered energy storage system maker Pylontech has become the first company to receive certification from TUV Rheinland that its lithium battery storage devices are suitable for use in Germany.

In 1997, BP became the first company to leave the Global Climate Coalition; Shell Oil (U.S.) left the following year.

Six months ago, we became the first company to officially partner with Barclays to offer their Digital Eagles mentoring programme.

On June 15, 2012, Metron pleaded guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing death and became the first company convicted under the Criminal Code as amended by Bill C - 45.

In 1922, Great Southern Life became the first company in the United States to insure the lives of children.

To Wall Street, the next iPhone cycle will determine whether Apple can become the first company valued at $ 1 trillion.

Taiwanese PC maker Acer has become the first company to launch its Windows Mixed Reality (MR) headset in the Indian market.