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COMPANY
NEWS

ACQUISITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
KPA, a leading provider of environment,
health and safety (EHS), and workforce
compliance software, announced the
acquisition of Multimedia Training
Systems (MTS), a safety training
company specializing in life-saving
video programs for the manufacturing
industry. The addition of MTS to the
KPA team will enhance their ability
to provide clients with an integrated
portfolio of EHS software, consulting
services and comprehensive training.
SendBird, the leading interactions API
service for mobile and web applications,
announced that it has acquired Roundee.io
- a core technology and key engineering
talent from enterprise video conferencing
platform. The acquisition comes at a
time when people across the globe are
searching for new ways to connect, and it
further solidifies SendBird's position as the
market leader in in-app communications.

Therapeutic Research Center (TRC®)
Healthcare, a leading provider of
medication advisory and learning
solutions and the author of Pharmacist's
Letter, announced that it has acquired
CriticalPoint, LLC - a premier provider
of educational offerings focused on
sterile and non-sterile compounding.
With the acquisition, TRC® Healthcare
expands its network of end-users and
retail pharmacy clients.

The Mom Project, the leader in helping
enterprises attract and retain female
talent, announced its acquisition of
Werk, a people analytics platform
that puts flexibility insights and data
into the hands of companies to help
them work smarter. The Mom Project's
existing insights division will expand its
employee experience and workplace
productivity analytics offering under
"WerkLabs."

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS)
announced its acquisition of the
assets of Lodestone Partners, a global
consulting firm recognized for helping
companies in the resource industry
achieve sustainable improvements in
operating performance. The acquisition
deepens DSS' knowledge and capability
in the area of operations excellence,
particularly in the natural resource and
mining industry.

Learning Technologies Group (LTG),
a global leader in the high-growth
workplace learning and talent industry,
has entered into an agreement to
acquire all intellectual property and
assets relating to Blackboard's open
learning management system platform.
The addition provides significant
synergies across the Group's portfolio
of businesses, enhancing LTG's
current offerings.

INDUSTRY NEWS
FREE ASSESSMENT TO MAP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

OutMatch, a talent intelligence platform,
announced the launch of its free
development assessment to help
organizations understand how effectively
their leaders can navigate through a
crisis. The assessment analyzes how
leaders display certain behaviors during
a crisis and helps identify potential
performance gaps.
INTEGRATING MARKET-LEADING
DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE AND
UPSKILLING PLATFORMS

Inkling and EdCast announced that
they are partnering to improve how
enterprises create and distribute missioncritical learning to their employees. The
integrated offering combines the bestin-class AI-powered learning experience

platform (LXP) from EdCast with Inkling's
mobile-first operational learning platform
to enhance onboarding, training and
upskilling efforts across the enterprise.
EXPANSION OF SAFETY, WELL-BEING,
AND SOFT SKILLS COURSE LIBRARY

OpenSesame, the elearning innovator,
announced iAM Learning was added to its
popular OpenSesame Plus subscription
to expand its curated library of safety,
well-being and soft skills courses.
Companies leverage the OpenSesame
Plus subscription to keep employees
safe, motivated and happy while keeping
the organization compliant.
TRAINING COMPANIES OFFERING FREE
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

created by the coronavirus pandemic,
Training Industry, Inc. has curated a list
of free training products and services
companies in our industry are now
offering. Organizations can leverage
these resources to remain agile and
adaptive in the face of unprecedented
challenges presented by COVID-19.

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