On Friday, Shares of Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT), gained 0.85 % to $73.69.
Medtronic, declared that it will become a founding donor to the Smithsonian`s National Museum of African American History and Culture, committing $2 million over five years from Medtronic Philanthropy.
The new museum, the Smithsonian`s 19th, will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history and culture. Planned to open in 2016, the museum is under construction on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. on a five-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument.
“This museum will surely be a great national institution and asset - one that will give us all better insight on how the dreams, relentless tenacity and contributions of American people of African descent have assisted shape this great country, and thereby, the world” said Dr. Jacob A. Gayle, Vice President, Medtronic Philanthropy. “It is with tremendous pleasure that we as a company are able to contribute to this project, which will bring the story of African American contributions to national and global progress for generations to come.”
Medtronic plc (Medtronic) is a medical technology and services company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets its medical devices and technologies to hospitals, physicians, clinicians and patients in about 160 countries. The Company operates in four segments: Cardiac and Vascular Group, Minimally Invasive Technologies Group, Restorative Therapies Group and Diabetes Group.
Shares of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP), declined -0.61% to $102.45, during its last trading session.
Frito-Lay and other PepsiCo employees from offices throughout the Dallas/Fort-Worth Metroplex recently will take part in the sixth annual PepsiCo United Way Day of Caring. In what stands as the largest corporate United Way Day of Caring event in North Texas, an estimated 1,250 Frito-Lay and PepsiCo volunteers will contribute about 5,000 hours of their time to 20 United Way service providers to assist North Texans in need.
Volunteers will blanket the area, working to paint and repair facilities, sort donations, and host fall festivals for children. All projects align with United Way’s key focus areas of Education, Financial Stability, and Health. Over the past six years, Frito-Lay and other PepsiCo associates have contributed an estimated 29,000 volunteer hours to area non-profits through PepsiCo Day of Caring events .
“The PepsiCo United Way Day of Caring is a great opportunity for our associates to get out and volunteer in the community,” said Chris Kuechenmeister, vice president communications, PepsiCo. “The wide range of projects and volunteer opportunities allow our associates to truly make an impact and experience firsthand life-changing connections with the clients who benefit from United Way programs.”
PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global food and beverage company. The Company operates through six segments: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), Quaker Foods North America (QFNA), Latin America Foods (LAF), which comprises its food and snack businesses in Latin America; PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), which comprises its North American and Latin American beverage businesses; PepsiCo Europe (Europe), which comprises beverage, food and snack businesses in Europe and South Africa, and PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), which comprises beverage, food and snack businesses in AMEA, not taking into account South Africa.
Finally, Shares of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), ended its last trade with 0.88% gain, and closed at $100.67.
United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Limited (UTRC Ireland), the European research hub of United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), declared its lead in the MISSION project under the European Union’s Clean Sky 2 program. The declarement was made at the Aerodays2015 conference, an event that is highlighting the success of European aerospace research and development funding.
UTRC serves as the research and innovation arm of United Technologies Corp. (UTX).
MISSION, an 11.2 million euro program, funds the development of new, integrated modelling, simulation and optimization tools to incorporate Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in all stages of aircraft design and development. The project’s results will lead to a common modelling and simulation framework for applications in various technology developments within the Clean Sky 2 Systems Integrated Technology Demonstrator (ITD), and will support the integration and demonstration of such technologies through virtual tests. The Systems ITD, led by Liebherr and Thales, is developing and building highly integrated, high TRL demonstrators across major aircraft systems.
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides high technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries across the world. The Company operates through five segments: Otis; UTC Climate, Controls & Security; Pratt & Whitney; UTC Aerospace Systems and Sikorsky. Otis designs, manufactures, sells and installs a range of passenger and freight elevators for low-, medium- and high-speed applications, in addition to a line of escalators and moving walkways. UTC Climate, Controls & Security is a provider of heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration solutions.
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