Coalition seeks an effective and fair EU approach for responsible biometric travel to protect passenger choice, privacy and fundamental rights.

COURBEVOIE, France, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACI EUROPE, Amadeus, IATA, IDEMIA Public Security and SITA today announced the formation of the Responsible Biometrics Travel Industry Coalition, calling on EU policymakers to ensure the Digital Omnibus actively supports the voluntary and secure use of biometrics in travel while protecting passenger choice and privacy. 

The coalition is seeking a balanced regulatory approach that enables a more efficient and convenient experience for air travelers and maintains strong safeguards around the responsible use of biometric technologies.

The Digital Omnibus is intended to simplify Europe's digital rulebook, support innovation and strengthen competitiveness. It also preserves high standards of data protection and cybersecurity. Yet the legislative proposal could place unintended restrictions on the voluntary use of biometrics by passengers across Europe.

The coalition is urging policymakers to ensure the Digital Omnibus preserves passenger choice and allows citizens to benefit from the opportunities that biometrics can offer.

Why Biometrics Matter

Biometrics make travel more seamless for passengers and deliver significant operational benefits for airports and airlines. By reducing repeated manual document checks, biometric verification increases throughput, improves passenger flows and helps airports use existing terminal infrastructure more efficiently. It also helps airports better manage peak periods and traffic growth, allowing staff to focus on passengers who need assistance or additional attention.

Combined, these benefits boost Europe's competitiveness by promoting efficient, well-connected airports and innovation across the travel and technology sectors. A clear regulatory framework can encourage continued investment and enable European technology companies to innovate and scale trusted solutions in their home market.

To unlock the full potential of biometrics in European air travel, the coalition calls for the Digital Omnibus to adopt technology-neutral rules that allow the voluntary use of biometric data (where appropriate safeguards are in place) and offer passengers non-biometric alternatives.

Protecting Privacy and Passenger Choice

The coalition firmly believes the benefits of biometrics should go hand in hand with strong protections for passenger privacy and passengers' ability to choose whether to share or request to delete their data at any time. The use of biometric solutions should be voluntary, secure and limited to a defined journey.

Research cited by the coalition found that 74% of travelers surveyed were willing to share biometric data in place of showing a passport or boarding pass, according to IATA's Global Passenger Survey.

Manifesto

"EU policymakers have the opportunity to put Europe in the global lead on biometric regulation. The benefits of the latest technologies are clear: they can protect passenger data privacy and open a more seamless and efficient travel process. This will enhance the region's overall competitiveness. At the same time, biometric journeys should always be based on passenger choice and voluntary participation.

Today we are publishing a manifesto that cements industry commitments to responsible use of biometrics and sets out a regulatory call for action to adopt rules that facilitate a secure and seamless future for more than a billion European air travelers each year," the Coalition said.

The Coalition includes senior representatives from each member organization: Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE; Fernando Cuesta, Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs Global Development, Amadeus; Thomas Reynaert, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, IATA; Lisa Shoemaker, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, IDEMIA Public Security; Pedro Alves, Senior Vice President, Borders, SITA.

The 'Advancing Responsible Biometrics in Europe' Manifesto outlines a balanced, evidence-based approach to biometric technologies with the aim of:

Supporting public-private dialog on biometrics to help Europe respond to growing passenger volumes and limited airport capacity, while strengthening the competitiveness of its transport and tourism sectors.1

Promoting greater legal clarity around the use of biometric data to facilitate the responsible deployment of technologies that can bring tangible benefits to travelers.

The coalition brings together expertise from across the travel ecosystem to provide practical insights and engage with policymakers and regulators. Coalition members believe that continued collaboration between industry and public authorities will be essential to maintaining Europe's high standards of privacy and fundamental rights while enabling future innovation in travel.

About ACI EUROPE

ACI EUROPE is the European region of Airports Council International, the only global trade association for airports. We represent over 600 airports in 55 countries. Our members facilitate over 95% of commercial air traffic in Europe. Air transport supports 14 million jobs, generating ?851 billion in European economic activity (5% of GDP). In response to the Climate Emergency, in June 2019 our members committed to achieving Net Zero carbon emissions for operations under their control by 2050, without offsetting. Based in Brussels, we lead and serve the European airport industry and maintain strong links with other ACI regions throughout the world.

About Amadeus

Amadeus makes the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet.

As the system of record in travel, its technology powers the travel and tourism industry, enabling airlines, airports, hotels, travel sellers and partners to operate at global scale. Built on decades of industry expertise, its open platform connects hundreds of systems and workflows across the end-to-end journey, helping the industry respond to evolving traveler expectations and transforming how travel works.

Amadeus is an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC, and has been recognized by the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index for 14 consecutive years.

Amadeus. It's how travel works better.

About IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world's airlines, representing over 370 airlines accounting for some 85% of global air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.

IATA's mission is to represent, lead, and serve the airline industry.

www.iata.org

About IDEMIA Group

IDEMIA Group is a global technology leader with more than 12,500 employees worldwide. Its two market-leading divisions deliver mission-critical solutions that simplify and secure interactions in the physical and digital realms:

IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) is the leading technology provider making it safer and easier to pay and connect. With unmatched expertise in cryptography and credential issuance, IST is trusted by over 2000 financial institutions, mobile operators, automotive manufacturers, and IoT providers worldwide. Every day, IST secures billions of essential transactions, ensuring the highest levels of data protection and convenience.

IDEMIA Public Security (IPS) is a trusted provider of government-grade and secure biometric-based solutions for 600 government, state and federal agencies. With decades of experience in biometric technologies, IPS enables safer, frictionless and fairer ways to secure travel, access and citizen protection.

About SITA

SITA is the air transport industry's tech engine, making travel safer, easier, and more sustainable for everyone. From the earliest days of commercial aviation to today's digital frontiers, SITA has been there, connecting the industry and helping it evolve through every leap forward.

With around 2,500 customers, SITA technology supports over 1,000 airports and more than 19,600 aircraft worldwide. It also helps over 70 governments strike the balance between secure borders and seamless journeys. Behind the scenes, SITA bridges 45?50% of the industry's data exchange, enabling a highly complex global network to operate smoothly and reliably, every step of the way.

Owned by the industry and driven by its needs, SITA operates in more than 200 countries and territories.

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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 1 October 2026 - Aolani, a Singapore-founded neocloud powering AI growth, today announced a partnership with Karman (formerly known as Utilidata) to fully utilize available power of Aolani's AI infrastructure through advanced power orchestration capabilities.

As global demand for AI compute intensifies, intelligent energy management has become crucial in maximising AI infrastructure performance and scalability. Being at the forefront of providing AI compute access in Asia, Aolani is continuously investing in technologies that optimise the use of available power resources to drive greater efficiency and value from their AI deployments.

Through this partnership, Aolani will integrate the Karman platform, a dynamic power orchestration platform that combines high-resolution metrology with local processing and AI, into its infrastructure stack.

Karman is built on a custom NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and designed to measure and dynamically allocate available power capacity across high-density GPU workloads to actively manage rack-level energy consumption in real time. In doing so, the platform, increases infrastructure utilisation within the facility's existing power envelope and lowers the cost per unit of compute.

The joint proof of concept project will be deployed on the NVIDIA Blackwell Platform. The Karman platform has already unlocked 33% more compute capacity from existing power infrastructure at its first commercial deployment in North America, potentially translating into a $20M increase in revenue per 1 MW.

"We are excited to be partnering with Karman to leverage their innovative technology and deliver greater value from existing energy resources. For Aolani, this represents an opportunity to further improve the economics of AI workloads and reflects our commitment to continuously enhancing our AI infrastructure platform. By optimising how power is allocated and used, we can help customers scale their AI ambitions and strengthen our ability to deliver the compute capacity quickly without waiting on the grid," said Nicholas Chia, Chief Executive Officer at Aolani.

"Access to power is one of the defining factors in supporting AI adoption and the growth of increasingly demanding AI workloads. As we continue to advance alongside the latest generation of GPU systems, we look forward to working with Aolani to demonstrate how our Karman platform can fully utilize the power already available to data center operators and cloud providers," said Karman CEO, Josh Brumberger.

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About Aolani

Where AI gets built in Asia. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2023, Aolani is backed by compliant and purpose-built infrastructure to deliver the performance capabilities for next-generation AI. Aolani's AI factories enable organisations to build with confidence, scale ambitiously, and move at hyper-speed in the world's fastest-growing AI market.

For more information, visit www.aolani.com and follow @AolaniCloud on LinkedIn.

About Karman

Karman is an AI company providing dynamic power orchestration for AI data centers, enabling operators to better utilize the power already available to them. By embedding real-time visibility and millisecond control directly into power distribution equipment, Karman increases tokens per watt by 50% by unlocking stranded power. The Karman platform is built on a custom NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, and was previously embedded into smart meters to bring real-time visibility and power-flow control to the electric grid.

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In the SYNCHRONIZE-2 trial, which met its co-primary endpoints, participants achieved significant body weight reduction of up to 13.1% versus 3.1% in the placebo arm, after 76 weeks of treatment with survodutide in people with type 2 diabetes, a population in which weight loss is typically more challenging.1

Detailed results from the Phase III trial indicate survodutide improves key markers of cardiometabolic health, including a reduction of up to 1.21% in HbA1c from a baseline of 7.4%, alongside improvements in waist circumference and insulin sensitivity, building on evidence of its potential to address the underlying metabolic drivers of obesity and type 2 diabetes.1

These results were presented today at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine, with new findings from a body composition sub study of SYNCHRONIZE-1 also being presented.1,2,3

Ingelheim, Germany - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced positive results from the Phase III SYNCHRONIZE-2 trial, which investigates the glucagon/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist survodutide (BI 456906) in adults living with obesity or overweight and type 2 diabetes (T2D).1 The trial met its co-primary endpoints, which were % change in body weight from baseline and body weight reduction of ≥5% from baseline, using both the treatment-regimen* and efficacy estimands?.1 After 76 weeks of treatment with survodutide, sustained weight loss of up to an average of 13.1% was seen using the efficacy estimand, a statistically significant decrease versus 3.1% in the placebo arm (p<0.0001)?.1 The trial also met its other co-primary endpoint, with up to 79.3% of adults treated with survodutide achieving a body weight reduction of ≥5%, using the efficacy estimand, versus 32.7% in the placebo arm (p<0.0001).1 Full SYNCHRONIZE-2 results were presented today at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.1,2

Beyond weight loss, key secondary endpoint results showed that adults treated with survodutide experienced improvements in important cardiometabolic health markers. This included a significant improvement in blood sugar control, with participants experiencing a reduction of up to 1.21% in HbA1c using the efficacy estimand, compared with a 0.03% reduction in the placebo arm (p<0.0001) from 7.4% HbA1c at baseline.1 Additionally, those receiving survodutide showed significant reductions in waist circumference ? a clinical marker closely linked to visceral fat and cardiometabolic risk, of 11.1 cm using the efficacy estimand versus a reduction of 3.5 cm in the placebo arm (p<0.0001).1,4 Insulin sensitivity was also seen to improve, evidenced by reduction in fasting glucose and favorable changes in insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and insulin secretion (HOMA-β) versus placebo. More people on survodutide reverted to normoglycemia (HbA1c<5.7%) during their treatment period than on placebo (up to 29.5% vs 4.0% on placebo, efficacy estimand).1 Together, these findings demonstrate the potential of glucagon/GLP-1 dual agonism to improve metabolic health, including glycemic control, in people living with obesity and T2D.1

"Obesity and type 2 diabetes are deeply intertwined, with excess weight increasing the risk of T2D. For people living with these conditions, sustained weight loss is often a biological struggle rather than a lack of willpower," said Dr. Sean Wharton, M.D., PharmD, Coordinating Investigator of the SYNCHRONIZE-2 trial. "These results are encouraging because, in obesity medicine, clinicians increasingly recognize the opportunity to address multiple interconnected health conditions together. Seeing improvements in glycemic control and insulin sensitivity alongside weight loss provides evidence that tackling obesity can positively influence broader metabolic health. This brings new optimism to people seeking more effective ways to improve their overall health."

T2D and obesity are interrelated metabolic conditions, with the liver playing a central role in disease progression.5,6 Survodutide, an investigational glucagon/ GLP-1 receptor (GCGR) dual agonist, is designed to target multiple underlying metabolic drivers by improving glycemic control, reducing appetite, and supporting reductions in liver fat.7,8,9 Notably, while glucagon is traditionally associated with raising blood glucose, survodutide's dual mechanism may help improve insulin sensitivity and glucose management through its effects on liver fat reduction.7,10 This novel approach challenges conventional understanding of glucagon biology, suggesting that the specific balance of GCGR and GLP-1R agonism may help preserve glycemic control. Survodutide has not been approved for use, and its efficacy and safety have not been established.

"The growing body of evidence from our SYNCHRONIZE Phase III program continues to strengthen our understanding of survodutide's potential in people living with obesity, including those with type 2 diabetes. The SYNCHRONIZE-2 results demonstrate meaningful weight loss alongside improvements in glycemic control and other key markers of metabolic health, reinforcing our belief that obesity should be addressed as a complex chronic disease with interconnected health consequences," said Shashank Deshpande, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors and Head of Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim. "We remain committed to advancing innovative treatment approaches that address the diverse needs of people living with obesity across different stages of disease and risk profiles."

As expected with GLP-1 based therapies and in line with previously reported survodutide trials, in SYNCHRONIZE-2 the most commonly reported adverse events for survodutide were gastrointestinal (GI) events, which were mostly mild to moderate in severity.1 The more frequent events included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation.1 The treatment discontinuation rates due to GI adverse events were 18% in people treated with survodutide compared to 1.2% in the placebo arm.1

Discontinuations usually occurred during the dose escalation phase, as the study protocol allowed limited flexibility to manage adverse events.1 Current and upcoming trials allow for more flexible, patient‑centered titration strategies to support tolerability.11,12

Additional analyses from a sub study in the SYNCHRONIZE-1 trial in people living with obesity without T2D (n=75) were presented alongside the SYNCHRONIZE-2 results.3 MRI-based body composition assessments further reinforced the fat-targeting profile of survodutide, demonstrating preferential reductions in metabolically active visceral and liver fat.3 The overall pattern of body composition change suggests a favorable shift away from excessive accumulation of fat around the abdomen.3 Building on previously reported lean mass findings,13 a new muscle-specific analysis showed that muscle accounted for no more than 10% of total tissue lost.3 Importantly, reductions in visceral and liver fat appear largely independent of the degree of weight reduction achieved, suggesting that these benefits may extend beyond weight reduction alone.3

Together, the SYNCHRONIZE findings suggest survodutide may help address multiple dimensions of metabolic dysfunction, delivering weight loss and glycemic improvements while reducing harmful visceral and liver fat. Furthermore, adipose tissue reduction was shown to be greater than the loss of lean body mass, indicating that the majority of body weight reduction was attributable to the loss of adipose tissue.13

Boehringer Ingelheim has a broad survodutide development program, which spans obesity and related metabolic conditions, MASH and T2D.11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 Boehringer Ingelheim expects to present results from its cardiovascular outcomes trial (SYNCHRONIZE-CVOT) later this year, which will further elucidate survodutide's cardiovascular safety profile and strengthen understanding of its role within the broader cardiometabolic disease continuum.17 Additionally, Boehringer launched the Phase III SYNCHRONIZE-T2D (NCT07754461) trial to further investigate the effect of survodutide on improving glycemic control in adults with T2D who are managing their condition with diet and exercise alone or in combination with diabetes medications, including insulin.20

* The treatment-regimen estimand is the estimated treatment effect, regardless of whether the patient adheres to the treatment, discontinues, or initiates other therapies.

?The efficacy estimand is the estimated treatment effect assuming patients remained on treatment for the entire study duration.

?P-values for efficacy estimand are nominal.

Notes to editors

About obesity and overweight

More than one billion people around the world are living with obesity today (1 in 8 of us) - and by 2030, that number could be more than double what it was in 2010.21 Overweight and obesity are complex chronic conditions involving abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that present a risk to a person's overall health.22

About survodutide (BI 456906)

Survodutide is a glucagon/GLP-1 receptor dual agonist that activates both the glucagon and GLP-1 receptors, which play a role in controlling metabolic functions.7,9,23 Survodutide is an investigational agent and has not been approved for use; its efficacy and safety has not been established. It is being evaluated in a robust Phase III clinical development program, including the SYNCHRONIZE studies for people living with overweight or obesity,14,15,16,17,18,19 the LIVERAGE studies for people living with MASH and fibrosis,11,12 and SYNCHRONIZE T2D for adults with T2D.20

Survodutide has potential to treat adults with non-cirrhotic MASH and moderate or advanced fibrosis (stages 2 or 3) and has been recognized by the U.S. FDA, which granted it:

Fast Track designation in May 2021 and;24

Breakthrough Therapy designation in September 2024.25

Survodutide's potential to treat adults with MASH and fibrosis has also been recognized by:

the European Medicines Agency (EMA), through acceptance to its PRIME scheme in November 2023 and;26

the Center for Drug Evaluation of China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) which granted it Breakthrough Therapy designation in June 2024 and;

the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration which granted it Breakthrough Designation in September 2024.

Survodutide is licensed to Boehringer Ingelheim from Zealand Pharma, with Boehringer solely responsible for development and commercialization globally. Survodutide is part of Boehringer Ingelheim's research and development portfolio in the cardiovascular, renal and metabolic disease areas.

About the SYNCHRONIZE-2 trial (NCT06066528)

This is a Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled 76-week efficacy and safety trial of survodutide among 755 adults living with obesity or overweight and type 2 diabetes.15 Participants received a weekly injection of survodutide at either a 3.6 mg or 6.0 mg dose, or placebo.15 The co-primary endpoints of the trial are the percentage change in body weight from baseline to Week 76, and an achievement of body weight reduction ≥5% from baseline to Week 76.15

There are 22 secondary endpoints, including, achievement of ≥10, ≥15%, and ≥20% body weight reduction, and absolute changes from baseline to Week 76 in:15

Body weight

Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

Waist circumference

Blood pressure

Eating Behavior PRO

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)

About the SYNCHRONIZE program

Survodutide has been evaluated in three other global Phase III studies for people living with overweight or obesity.

SYNCHRONIZE-1 enrolled adults without type 2 diabetes.14

SYNCHRONIZE-MASLD enrolled adults with a confirmed or presumed diagnosis of MASH.16

SYNCHRONIZE-CVOT enrolled adults with cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, or with risk factors for cardiovascular disease.17

Survodutide has also been explored in two Phase III in-market trials:

SYNCHRONIZE-JP in Japan and SYNCHRONIZE-CN in China are exploring survodutide for sub-populations of people living with obesity.18,19 SYNCHRONIZE-JP explores the relative change in liver fat and body composition parameters from baseline to Week 76 when treated with survodutide versus placebo, as a secondary endpoint.18

As part of the broader evidence program, a set of Phase IIIb studies are being advanced to address key unmet needs in people living with obesity and real-world care, including:

SYNCHRONIZE-HERA will evaluate survodutide in women's health.

ELEVATE-LIVER will assess the impact of survodutide in the preservation of cardiac function and structure in people living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) or early metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

SYNCHRONIZE-START will examine real-world titration approaches, including treatment initiation and switching from GLP-1 RAs, with a focus on tolerability.

About SYNCHRONIZE-T2D

SYNCHRONIZE-T2D will investigate the effect of survodutide on improving glycemic control in adults with T2D who are managing their condition with diet and exercise alone or in combination with diabetes medications, including insulin.20

About LIVERAGE and LIVERAGE-Cirrhosis

LIVERAGE and LIVERAGE-Cirrhosis are global Phase III clinical trials investigating the efficacy and safety of survodutide in adults with MASH and fibrosis stages 2 or 3 and in those with compensated MASH cirrhosis (fibrosis stage 4), respectively.11,12

LIVERAGE will enroll approximately 1,800 adults, and LIVERAGE-Cirrhosis will enroll approximately 1,590 adults. In each trial, participants are randomized to receive weekly injections of either survodutide, reaching a maximum dose, or placebo.11,12

About Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,300 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.

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Transaction adds more than 3,500 customers and over 250 employees while expanding products, leadership, and expertise to accelerate global growth

SALT LAKE CITY and ATLANTA, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CallTower, a global leader in cloud communications, customer experience, and managed services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of assets associated with Momentum Telecom's ("Momentum") cloud voice and collaboration business, including its customer relationships.

The transaction brings more than 3,500 Momentum customers and over 250 employees to CallTower, expanding its customer base to more than 8,500 organizations and significantly increasing its depth of executive talent, technical expertise, operational scale, and ability to serve customers worldwide. 

The acquisition represents a major step forward in CallTower's global growth strategy, creating a larger and more capable platform for continued expansion. The addition of complementary voice communications products, deep industry expertise, and established customer relationships positions CallTower to accelerate innovation, broaden its product portfolio, extend its market reach, and create greater value for customers, partners, and employees. 

The transaction substantially increases CallTower's scale across managed communications services in the UC and CX technology stack, enabling CallTower to reinvest in new products, technology, talent, and customer capabilities while pursuing additional organic growth and strategic acquisitions. 

The more than 250 experienced Momentum employees joining CallTower are central to the strategic value of the acquisition. CallTower's executive leadership team will also be expanded through the addition of four senior leaders from Momentum: Mark Marquez, Chief Technology Officer; Jennifer Jacobs, Chief Operating Officer; Heather Levenberg, Senior Vice President of Human Resources; and Joe Coomes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel. 

"This acquisition marks a defining moment in CallTower's growth," said Bret England, President and Chief Executive Officer of CallTower. "With expanded voice expertise, a broader portfolio of communications products, and greater technical and operational capacity, CallTower is better positioned to help enterprises modernize legacy communications, navigate complex UC, CX, and AI technology environments, and deliver connected experiences for employees and customers worldwide." 

Momentum will continue operating independently after the transaction, keeping its global network connectivity and managed services businesses under the Momentum name. CallTower has acquired the employees, technology, capabilities, and customer relationships associated with Momentum's cloud voice and collaboration business. The companies are working closely to maintain business continuity and support a smooth transition for employees, customers, and partners. 

"This transaction creates an exciting opportunity for the employees joining CallTower as part of Momentum's voice and collaboration business," said Todd Zittrouer, CEO of Momentum. "They are becoming part of an organization focused on advancing global communications, and we're confident they will continue delivering great value to customers. For Momentum, this is a pivotal moment. It allows us to focus fully on global network connectivity and on building the secure, resilient infrastructure businesses need to be AI-ready. We look forward to working alongside our partners and customers to help them connect, protect, and prepare their networks for what comes next." 

Q Advisors served as exclusive financial adviser to Momentum, and Dechert LLP served as legal counsel. 

About CallTower 

CallTower is a global managed services provider specializing in cloud communications, customer experience, and professional services. The company empowers businesses to connect, collaborate, and serve their customers worldwide. Since 2002, CallTower has delivered integrated communications, collaboration, contact center, customer experience, and artificial intelligence solutions across leading platforms, including Microsoft Teams, Webex by Cisco, Zoom, Five9, and Genesys. 

About Momentum 

Momentum provides global managed connectivity, network, security, and business technology solutions including SD-WAN and SASE that help organizations connect, protect, and prepare their networks for what comes next.  

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EMGA Arranges EUR 100 Million Financing for BTG Pactual from COFIDES

LONDON, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP ("EMGA") is pleased to announce the successful arrangement of a EUR 100 million debt financing facility for its long-standing Brazil-based client, BTG Pactual.

The facility has been provided by Compa??a Espa?ola de Financiaci?n del Desarrollo (COFIDES), S.A., S.M.E., Spain's development finance institution, and will support BTG Pactual's continued expansion of sustainable and impact-oriented financing initiatives in Brazil.

Sajeev Chakkalakal, Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at EMGA, commented: "We are delighted to have once again delivered a competitively priced funding solution for BTG Pactual. This facility will support the continued growth of BTG's sustainable finance activities, reinforcing its position as one of Brazil's leading financial institutions in the ESG and climate finance sectors. The successful completion of this transaction also demonstrates EMGA's ability to originate and execute high-quality financing solutions in Brazil despite a challenging global macroeconomic backdrop, ongoing market volatility, and periods of heightened uncertainty across emerging markets. We are particularly pleased to have partnered with COFIDES, a highly respected development finance institution, on a transaction that supports both commercial objectives and positive environmental and social outcomes."

Jeremy Dobson, Managing Director and Head of Operations at EMGA, added: "This new facility provides BTG Pactual with an additional source of long-term funding diversification while further strengthening its ability to support sustainable economic development in Brazil. It has been a pleasure to work with both BTG and COFIDES on this transaction, and we look forward to further opportunities to collaborate in the future. To date, EMGA has facilitated nearly USD 2 billion of investment into Brazil, a market where we have developed deep expertise and longstanding relationships across the financial sector. Despite ongoing global uncertainty, Brazil remains one of our most important markets, and we continue to see significant opportunities to mobilize international capital in support of sustainable growth and development."

BTG Pactual is the largest investment bank in Latin America, the sixth-largest bank in Brazil by shareholders' equity, and a leading provider of loans and guarantees to a broad range of clients, from SMEs to large corporations. BTG is a pioneer in promoting climate finance in Brazil and plays a pivotal role in directing capital toward projects that generate positive environmental and social impact while supporting economic development.

COFIDES is Spain's state-owned development finance institution. It provides medium- and long-term financing for private-sector investment projects, particularly those involving Spanish companies operating internationally. COFIDES also manages a range of public investment funds focused on sustainability, international growth, and broader economic policy objectives. Through its activities, COFIDES supports business expansion while promoting sustainable development and long-term economic impact.

Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP (EMGA), with offices in London and New York, advises financial institutions and corporates seeking debt and equity capital solutions. EMGA's multinational team brings decades of experience and has successfully closed more than USD 11 billion of debt and private equity transactions across emerging and frontier markets.

Brazil remains one of EMGA's core markets, where the firm has established a strong track record of mobilizing international capital across multiple economic cycles. Through its capital formation and strategic advisory capabilities, EMGA continues to provide clients with global investor access, innovative financing solutions, and deep emerging-market expertise, reinforcing its position as a leading specialist investment banking advisory firm focused on emerging and frontier economies.

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New Client Studio Just Steps from Tower Bridge Enables Issuers to Design, Test, Sample & Refine Metal Card Programs Real Time and in Person

LONDON, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CompoSecure, a leader in metal payment cards, security and authentication solutions, today opened a Design Centre and office in central London.

At the new facility, banks, fintechs and card program partners across Europe, the Middle East and Asia can design premium metal cards alongside CompoSecure's specialists, see finished materials and techniques up close, and move from concept to specification faster. Sessions will include strategic counsel on the five elements that contribute to an effective metal card program.

Premium metal cards have become a key differentiating tool for issuers competing for new customer acquisition, revenue growth, elevated customer experience and retention. For many international issuers, designing a successful metal card program has meant working remotely with partners often an ocean away. The London Design Centre brings that process closer.

Visitors can explore first-hand an extensive range of card designs and finishes, from colours and textures to laser engraving and embedded features. They can also work directly with CompoSecure's design, metal and engineering teams at every stage, from concept and visualisation through to specification and implementation.

"The most successful card programs come from building a vision together with our clients, and that's much easier when you're in the same room," said Ian Snadden, Chief Commercial Officer, International, at CompoSecure. "Cards are used by consumers every day; they have become the primary embodiment of the bank's brand, so issuers need to see and feel the possibilities. In London, clients can do exactly that, with our experts beside them from the first sketch to the final product. We look forward to welcoming clients and partners from around the world."

"Monavate has collaborated closely with CompoSecure on several projects, including the iconic MetaMask metal card. We participated in design sessions in the U.S. headquarters and are looking forward to working with their experts in the London Design Centre, as we look to launch several new programs in Europe and the Middle East region," stated Scott Lucas, Co-Founder and President, Monavate.

The Design Centre sits in a restored industrial building beside the Thames, a setting that reflects the craft and engineering behind every CompoSecure card. The opening builds on 25 years of co-creating card programs globally and marks the next step in the company's international growth.

About CompoSecure

CompoSecure, a GPGI business (NYSE: GPGI), is the leading manufacturer of Premium Metal Payment Cards and offers best-in-class Authentication and Digital Asset solutions. The Company's offerings combine elegance, simplicity, and security to deliver exceptional experiences and peace of mind, enabling trust for millions of people around the globe. For more information, please visit www.CompoSecure.com and www.GetArculus.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but are statements about plans, expectations, targets, goals, and future performance, including with respect to metal cards, potential future partnerships, and the London Design Centre.

Although we believe that our plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including but not limited to, risks associated with our plans and strategies, including international expansion and the operation of the London Design Centre, demand from issuers and partners, anticipated benefits of metal cards, and those additional risks disclosed in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in sections entitled "Risk Factors". 

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WUHU, China, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2026 Chery International User Summit will be held from October 18 to 24 at Chery Auto's global headquarters in Wuhu, China.

Focusing on three core areas - artificial intelligence, intelligent vehicles and new energy - Chery Auto will present its full-stack technological capabilities, from foundational architectures to global mass-production deployment, as it accelerates its transformation into a global high-tech green ecosystem enterprise.

Rooftop solar panels at Chery Auto's green factory in Wuhu generate electricity for production.

R&D Spending Rises 28.3% Year-on-Year as Chery Accelerates Smart Tech Deployment

In the first half of 2026, Chery Auto's R&D expenditure reached RMB 6.672 billion, up 28.3% year-on-year, with a focus on electrification platforms, advanced driver assistance systems, and intelligent cockpits. Following an expanded collaboration with Qualcomm on cockpit-driving integration in April, Chery Auto will demonstrate its deployment of smart technologies at the Summit.

Ultra-Long-Range Performance Sets a Guinness World Records Title, Showcasing New Energy Technologies

The JAECOO 7 SHS covered 828 miles (approximately 1,333 kilometres) on a single tank of fuel and a single charge at the UTAC Millbrook test facility in the UK, exceeding its official WLTP range by 11.14%. Meanwhile, the JAECOO 8 SHS-P set a new global benchmark for hybrid driving range, earning a Guinness World Records title in Indonesia for its 1,660-kilometer combined driving range. OMODA & JAECOO's SHS Super Hybrid technology and JETOUR's C-DM Super Hybrid technology have been deployed across markets on all five continents. The all-new CHERY Q, a pure-electric model, will also make its global debut at the Summit.

Chery Auto Develops Zero-Carbon Factories, Accelerating a Green Ecosystem Across the Full Vehicle Lifecycle

Renewable energy currently accounts for 52.77% of electricity consumption across Chery Auto's vehicle manufacturing facilities. Chery Auto currently operates 5 national-level green and 2 zero-carbon factories. Its "100% recycled aluminium + heat treatment-free + integrated die casting" technology can reduce carbon emissions by 80% compared with primary aluminium. The low-carbon aluminium utilisation rate of the JAECOO 7 SHS has reached approximately 75%. Chery Auto is advancing low-carbon innovation across the full value chain through recycling and processing capacity for scrap steel, scrap aluminium and waste plastics.

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Source: Hung Yen Provincial People's Committee

A corner of Daikin's air-conditioning plant, a Japanese-invested facility at Thang Long II Industrial Park in Hung Yen Province. Photo: VNA

HUNG YEN, VIETNAM - Media OutReach Newswire - 1 October 2026 - With an increasingly attractive investment climate, improving industrial infrastructure and strong growth prospects, Hung Yen Province in northern Vietnam is emerging as a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), with investors from Northeast Asia accounting for roughly 75% of the province's total registered FDI capital.

The province is rapidly expanding its industrial base to accommodate new investment, helping sustain strong economic growth and support its goal of achieving double-digit growth.

Strong industrial growth bolsters FDI momentum

According to Hung Yen Provincial Statistics, the province's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose 15.78% year on year in the first eight months of 2026, with manufacturing and processing industries remaining the main engine of growth, expanding 16.45% over the same period.

Several industrial sectors posted particularly strong growth. Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment surged 90.49%, while pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and medicinal materials rose 40.56%. Paper and paper products grew 31.62%, apparel manufacturing increased 28.50%, and the production of electronic, computer and optical products rose 21.85%.

Strong growth was also recorded across a range of key industrial products. Output of integrated electronic circuits increased 47.62%, insulated copper wire 42.52%, motorcycles and motorbikes with engine capacities below 50cc 32.32%, plastic bags and sacks 27.56%, flat-rolled non-alloy steel products in coils 21.51%, and garments 19.45%.

FDI inflows also remained strong. By the end of August 2026, Hung Yen had attracted 40 newly registered FDI projects with total registered capital of $645.67 million. The province had a cumulative 1,006 valid FDI projects with total registered capital of $20.23 billion.

Investors from Northeast Asia account for a particularly significant share of Hung Yen's FDI. Japan ranks first, with 204 projects and more than $8.19 billion in registered capital, representing 40.49% of the province's total FDI. China follows with 389 projects and more than $4.64 billion, or 22.94%, while South Korea has 217 projects with more than $2.33 billion, accounting for 11.53%.

Combined, Japan, China and South Korea account for roughly 75% of total registered FDI capital in Hung Yen. The figures underscore the province's strong appeal to Northeast Asian investors and reflect a broader trend of businesses seeking locations with well-developed industrial infrastructure, strong connectivity and room for long-term expansion.

Expanding industrial space to attract new investment

To create additional space for new investment, Hung Yen is accelerating the development of industrial parks and clusters. To mark the 81st anniversary of National Day, the province simultaneously broke ground on or inaugurated 10 industrial parks and clusters, including six projects launched on September 12.

The projects represent a combined investment of VND18.222 trillion and $288 million. They are expected to serve as key drivers of industrial development by creating new production space and expanding the province's capacity to attract both domestic and foreign investment.

Among them, Tho Hoang Industrial Park covers 250 hectares, while Lac Dao Industrial Cluster spans approximately 42.5 hectares, with combined investment of nearly VND6 trillion. The two projects are expected to attract a further VND10 trillion in domestic investment in supporting industries and logistics.

Hung Yen has also broken ground on Industrial Park No. 10 in An Thi Commune, covering 199.62 hectares with investment of nearly VND3 trillion; Industrial Park No. 15 in Nguyen Trai Commune, spanning 199 hectares with investment of more than VND2.8 trillion; and Van Giang Industrial Park in Nghia Tru Commune, covering 203.55 hectares with investment of VND3.32 trillion.

Notably, Lien Ha Thai Industrial Park (Green iP-3) in Thai Ninh Commune covers 234 hectares and has total investment of VND2.4 trillion. Meanwhile, Nitto Vietnam's project at Thang Long II Industrial Park has been inaugurated with an investment of $160 million, further highlighting Hung Yen's appeal to Japanese and other Northeast Asian investors.

According to the Hung Yen Provincial People's Committee, the new industrial parks and clusters will focus on attracting light industry, diversified industrial projects and environmentally friendly investments, as well as businesses operating in fields such as cybersecurity, big data, cloud computing and AI applications.

Laying the groundwork for double-digit growth

FDI is not the only driver of Hung Yen's economic momentum. The province's domestic business sector is also expanding rapidly. Since the beginning of the year, 3,775 new businesses have been registered, with total registered capital of VND41.535 trillion, while 610 businesses have resumed operations.

Real estate accounted for the largest share of newly registered capital, at VND19.872 trillion or 47.84%, followed by manufacturing and processing at 19.40% and wholesale and retail at 14.72%. New investment is generating greater synergies across industrial development, infrastructure, logistics, trade and supporting services.

Commercial activity has also maintained strong growth. Total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue in the first eight months of the year were estimated at VND197.106 trillion, up 17.57% year on year. State budget revenue was estimated at VND50.374 trillion, while realized investment capital from locally managed state budget funds reached VND24.098 trillion, up 15.88%.

Chairman of the Hung Yen Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen said the province benefits from well-developed infrastructure, major modern industrial hubs and a young, dynamic workforce. These advantages provide a strong foundation for rapid industrial development, contributing significantly to socioeconomic growth and strengthening Hung Yen's position as it enters a new era.

The province is currently reviewing and updating its 2021-2030 Master Plan, with a vision to 2050, with a focus on expanding its development space. In the industrial sector alone, Hung Yen has planned 66 industrial parks covering more than 23,000 hectares, along with 126 industrial clusters spanning nearly 8,000 hectares.

With industrial infrastructure continuing to improve, development space expanding and the investment climate becoming increasingly attractive, Hung Yen is well positioned to attract more high-quality foreign investment, particularly from Northeast Asia. These inflows will provide an important source of momentum for the province's industrialization, raise the value of industrial production and help sustain double-digit economic growth in the years ahead./.

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StoneX Group Inc. ("StoneX"; NASDAQ: SNEX) today announced the launch of its Singapore FX booking center and SG1 connectivity, marking a significant expansion of its foreign exchange capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.

StoneX FX, the institutional FX division of StoneX, offers OTC trading solutions for institutional and corporate hedging. Its award-winning FX market access model enables clients to trade spot, forwards, NDFs, swaps, and options with efficiency and transparency.

The new booking center enables StoneX FX to provide local pricing and execution from Singapore, improving response times, enhancing regional expertise, and aligning client support with APAC market hours. The development builds on the firm's established global FX infrastructure, including its NY4 and LD4 hubs, and reflects continued investment in delivering global market access with localized service.

By bringing pricing, support, and decision-making closer to clients in Asia, StoneX aims to improve execution quality and operational efficiency for both institutional and corporate clients. The Singapore booking center is designed to support a broad range of trading and hedging needs, from low-touch, high-frequency institutional flows to high-touch corporate treasury operations.

The launch also strengthens StoneX FX's offering for deliverable FX in Asia, helping clients better manage settlement timelines, regional currency workflows, and intraday liquidity requirements. Local booking reduces reliance on overnight handovers, allowing for faster execution adjustments, improved cash flow management, and more precise risk controls.

In parallel with the SG1 launch, StoneX FX has expanded its APAC currency coverage, adding seven new CNH pairs and enhancing liquidity across key regional currencies including JPY, SGD, HKD, KRW, TWD, INR, IDR, PHP, THB, and AED. This broader coverage supports clients trading, hedging, and managing exposure across Asian markets.

Gerard Melia, Global Head of FX Sales, StoneX, commented:

"The launch of our Singapore booking center is a meaningful step in strengthening our FX offering in Asia-Pacific. By aligning pricing and execution with regional market hours, we are able to deliver faster, more relevant support and help our clients navigate increasingly dynamic FX markets with greater precision."

Greg Kallinikos, CEO of APAC, StoneX, stated:

"Singapore is a key global FX hub, and establishing SG1 connectivity for our new, local booking center allows us to bring our liquidity, technology, and expertise closer to clients in the region. This enhances not only execution quality, but also the overall client experience across trading, hedging, and settlement."

About StoneX:

StoneX Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a global financial services network that connects companies, organisations, traders, and investors to the global market ecosystem through a unique blend of digital platforms, end-to-end clearing and execution services, high-touch service, and deep expertise. The company strives to be its clients' trusted partner, providing its network, products, and services to help them pursue business opportunities, manage market risks, make informed investment decisions, and improve their business performance. 

A Fortune 50 company headquartered in New York City and listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ: SNEX), StoneX Group Inc. and its more than 5,400+ employees serve over 80,000+ commercial, institutional, and payments clients, as well as more than 260,000 retail accounts, across more than 80 offices on six continents. Further information is available at www.stonex.com/en/ 

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAPI (Technology & API Services) today announced the appointment of Serge Rogasik as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rogasik will lead a global business that combines a broad API portfolio, deep scientific and technical capabilities, and an extensive global operations network serving customers worldwide.

"I am honored to join TAPI at such an important moment in its evolution," said Mr. Rogasik. "TAPI combines a unique set of capabilities, assets and talented people with a well-earned reputation as a trusted partner to customers worldwide. As the pharmaceutical industry increasingly focuses on supply chain resilience and geographic diversification, TAPI is uniquely positioned to support its customers. Few companies can match one of the industry's broadest technology platforms and an integrated manufacturing and R&D network spanning India, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. I am excited by the momentum in the business and see significant opportunities ahead to further strengthen TAPI's position as a leading integrated API and CDMO partner."

Founded in 1935, TAPI is one of the world's largest producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients and a leading CDMO partner with more than 4,000 employees, 13 manufacturing sites and six R&D facilities, supplying more than 350 active ingredients to customers around the world. Through its API and CDMO businesses, TAPI helps customers bring effective medicines to patients around the world.

Mr. Rogasik and the TAPI team will be at CPHI Milan, October 6?8, 2026, in Hall 3, Booth A73. Customers and partners are invited to stop by to meet him and the teams behind TAPI's catalog and CDMO businesses.

About Serge Rogasik

Mr. Rogasik is a transformation-focused global executive with more than 25 years of experience building, scaling and repositioning businesses across specialty ingredients, active ingredients, specialty chemicals and life sciences. He has spent a significant part of his career leading private equity-backed companies through complex carve-outs, accelerated growth, portfolio transformation, M&A and operational improvement in highly regulated markets - building stronger, more focused businesses that deliver sustainable long-term value.

Most recently, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kensing, a specialty ingredients company owned by One Rock Capital Partners, he helped transform a single-site carve-out from BASF into a global platform serving the personal care, nutrition, pharmaceutical and agrochemical markets. Under his leadership, Kensing integrated four acquisitions, expanded its global footprint and became the world leader in natural vitamin E and sterols.

Prior to Kensing, Mr. Rogasik led growth and transformation initiatives at Vantage Specialty Chemicals and Addivant, where he helped turn carve-outs and underperforming businesses into stronger, more focused global platforms through commercial expansion, operational improvement and strategic acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he held senior strategy, commercial, marketing and research roles with BASF, General Electric, Eastman Chemical Company, Rh?ne-Poulenc and Colgate-Palmolive, building deep international experience across specialty chemicals, life sciences and consumer markets.

Mr. Rogasik holds a Master of Science in Industrial Pharmacy and a postgraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Industry Management from the Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Lyon. Since 2023, he has served as Chairman of the International Association of Sterol and Stanol Producers and previously served on the Board of Directors of World Child Cancer USA.

About TAPI

TAPI is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), building blocks and key starting materials (KSMs) providing one of the industry's most comprehensive API portfolios. TAPI also offers customized CDMO services, utilizing their extensive expertise in a wide range of technologies to meet the diverse needs of partners, ensuring flexibility and excellence in every project.

With 4,100 employees, a global footprint in 100+ countries, 13 sites worldwide, and a robust portfolio of 350+ high-quality products, TAPI's operations are integral to the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective medications to patients worldwide, supported by a sophisticated supply chain, focused innovative manufacturing, regulatory and quality excellence and a commitment to sustainability. For more information about how TAPI is advancing health from the core, visit www.tapi.com.

Teva Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "may," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe" and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance.

Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to successfully execute TAPI's next phase of growth and anticipated business performance; our ability to successfully execute on our Pivot to Growth strategy, including to expand our innovative and biosimilar medicines pipeline and profitably commercialize the innovative medicines and biosimilar portfolio, whether organically or through business development; our significant indebtedness; our business and operations in general; compliance, regulatory and litigation matters; other financial and economic risks; and other factors discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2026 and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including in the sections captioned "Risk Factors" and "Forward-looking statements."

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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JINAN, Tiongkok, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bodor Laser telah mencapai tonggak baru dalam lini produksinya dengan secara resmi menyelesaikan mesin ke-10.000-nya pada tahun 2026.

Pencapaian ini mencerminkan peningkatan berkelanjutan dalam kapasitas manufaktur Bodor. Hal ini sekaligus menunjukkan kemampuannya dalam mengoordinasikan produksi, pengendalian mutu, pengiriman, dan dukungan pelanggan seiring dengan bertambahnya jumlah unit yang terpasang secara global.

Meningkatkan skala manufaktur membutuhkan lebih dari sekadar peningkatan output. Volume produksi lebih tinggi menimbulkan tuntutan lebih besar terhadap penyiapan material, penjadwalan, perakitan, pengujian, dan pemeriksaan. Di Bodor Laser, setiap mesin menjalani prosedur produksi dan pemeriksaan yang telah ditetapkan sebelum dikirim. Langkah ini menjaga konsistensi seiring peningkatan skala produksinya.

Pencapaian ini juga memiliki arti penting bagi pelanggan secara langsung. Setiap mesin akan menjadi bagian dari lingkungan manufaktur sehingga kinerjanya dapat memengaruhi efisiensi produksi, kapasitas pemrosesan, dan kelangsungan operasional. Seiring meningkatnya pengiriman mesin ke berbagai penjuru dunia, menjaga keandalan standar manufaktur menjadi semakin penting.

Bersamaan dengan pertumbuhan produksi, Bodor Laser terus memperkuat kemampuan layanannya secara global. Sistem layanannya mendukung pelanggan di berbagai tahap pengoperasian mesin, mulai dari instalasi, dukungan teknis, pemecahan masalah, hingga layanan berkelanjutan.

Bertambahnya jumlah unit yang terpasang di berbagai negara juga menimbulkan kebutuhan layanan yang semakin beragam. Perbedaan pasar, konfigurasi mesin, dan aplikasi membutuhkan koordinasi tim layanan, proses yang dibakukan, serta akses ke keahlian teknis dan aplikasi. Oleh karena itu, bagi Bodor, peningkatan kapasitas layanan bersamaan dengan manufaktur menjadi bagian penting dalam mendukung pelanggan di sepanjang masa pakai mesin.

Pencapaian produksi 10.000 mesin ini menunjukkan keterkaitan antara manufaktur dan layanan: manufaktur menentukan bagaimana mesin diproduksi dan dikirim, sedangkan layanan mendukung pelanggan setelah mesin mulai dioperasikan. Keduanya menjadi landasan untuk menjalin hubungan jangka panjang dengan pelanggan.

Ke depannya, Bodor Laser akan terus memperkuat kemampuan manufaktur dan layanannya di tengah ekspansi bisnisnya secara global.

Bagi Bodor Laser, pencapaian ini mencerminkan hasil terukur dari perkembangan manufakturnya di sepanjang 2026 serta komitmen berkelanjutan untuk memastikan peralatannya terus mendukung produksi harian pelanggan.

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MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CAPHRA reminds everyone that the Asia Forum on Nicotine (AFN26) will convene in Manila on 16 and 17 October 2026.

No more policy made in silos: Asia's nicotine forum brings scientists, doctors, consumers, law enforcement specialists and policymakers to one table from across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region for two days of evidence-based discussion on tobacco harm reduction (THR) at a moment when the region's approach to nicotine policy stands sharply divided.

The timing is pointed. Eight of 11 ASEAN member states now ban e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products, with Myanmar the latest in February. Vietnam is writing its ban into law. India has ordered a crackdown on nicotine pouches. Meanwhile, the United States regulator is moving to speed up approvals for the same products.

"Asia is home to millions of adults who smoke, yet most of our region bans the products that help them quit," said Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). "AFN26 asks one question. What does the evidence say, and why are so many governments ignoring it?"

AFN26 will be held in person at the Astoria Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City, with the full programme simulcast live and free on the conference website for virtual attendees worldwide. The forum is organised and hosted by the Harm Reduction Alliance of the Philippines (HARAP), The Vapers Philippines, the Malaysia Society for Harm Reduction, and the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).

A Region at a Turning Point

The forum opens with a scene-setting keynote, The State of THR in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, charting the progress made, the challenges ahead, and the urgency of the moment across APMEA.

The keynote lands against a backdrop of accelerating, and increasingly divergent, regional policy activity. Eight of eleven ASEAN member states have now banned e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products outright, with Myanmar the most recent in February 2026. Against this, the organisers have launched the Asia-Pacific Declaration, a formal call on health ministers across the region to legalise safer nicotine alternatives for adults who smoke.

Sessions cover real-world outcomes, consumers and the WHO tobacco treaty, and illicit trade. A press conference and media briefings will be held on the morning of Day Two.

The Asia-Pacific Declaration

A centrepiece of the forum is the Asia-Pacific Declaration. Launched in September, it calls on health ministers across the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions to legalise safer nicotine alternatives for adults who smoke. It will be tabled on Day One, setting out a regional roadmap for reform.

Speakers

Eighteen speakers from 12 countries are confirmed, including Professor Marewa Glover (New Zealand), Dr Alex Wodak (Australia), Dr Hiroya Kumamaru (Japan), Professor Tikki Pangestu (Indonesia), Michael Ellis (UK), Professor Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh (Malaysia), Professor Dr Rohan Savio Sequeira (India), Asa Saligupta (Thailand), Ron Christian Sison (Philippines), Professor Young-Bum Park (South Korea), Professor Jay Jazul (Philippines), Dr Lorenzo Mata (Philippines), Jagannath (Jaggi) Sarangapani (India), Heneage Mitchell (Thailand), Sairah Salim-Sartoni (UK/Pakistan), Clarisse Virgino Adriatico (Philippines), and Nancy Loucas (New Zealand), with Gabriel Oke (Nigeria/UK) as the Master of Ceremonies.

"AFN26 puts our own data, case studies and experiences in front of the people who set the rules," said Clarisse Virgino, CAPHRA's Philippines representative. "The Declaration gives that a formal regional voice. A forum only matters if it changes what happens next in policy rooms."

How to Attend

AFN26 is free to attend, in person or virtually. Seating on site in Manila is capped at 60 and registration closes 10 October 2026. Registered in-person attendees receive a QR code for on-site check-in. Those unable to travel can register as virtual attendees to receive the livestream link, with recordings available afterward on the CAPHRA Youtube channel.

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BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 30 September 2026 - A new fusion of technology and traditional craftsmanship is taking shape in Jingdezhen, China's renowned porcelain capital.

American artist Michael May from Oklahoma City has joined forces with local ceramic artist Master Xie to create a one-of-a-kind ceramic vessel combining 3D printing with traditional Chinese ceramic craftsmanship.

The process brings together modern technology and the centuries-old art of blue-and-white porcelain. The vessel is shaped through a combination of handcraft and 3D printing, decorated with traditional qinghua patterns, then glazed and fired in a kiln.

From shaping and painting to glazing and firing, follow the camera to see how a new ceramic artwork comes to life through cross-cultural collaboration.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 30 September 2026 - During HUAWEI CONNECT on September 17, 2026, Eric Xu (Huawei's Rotating Chairman) and Dr. Liao Heng (Chief Scientist of HiSilicon) had a Q&A session with journalists of media outlets to discuss Huawei's Peerium Computing Architecture for the AI era as well as UnifiedBus (UB).

At last year's HUAWEI CONNECT, Eric Xu gave a keynote speech and released Ascend chips and their roadmap (including the 950, 960, 970, and SuperPoDs and SuperClusters). He also announced the open release of the UnifiedBus protocol.

At this year's HUAWEI CONNECT, Huawei announced the Ascend 950 and the Atlas 950 SuperPoD. While the industry is talking about SuperPoDs or supernodes, the ways of making these products differ hugely. The key of SuperPoDs is about allowing several thousand or even tens of thousands of processors to work as one computer.

Today, Huawei announced a SuperPoD based on the Ascend 950 chip. The SuperPoD is powered by a new computing architecture that Huawei has pioneered. This architecture now can make one million processors work as one computer. This architecture is called Peerium, and it can achieve strong scaling to the million-processor level through nested parallelism, unified memory addressing, and peer-to-peer interconnect. It extends the parallelism paradigm of Turing with the introduction of Nested BSP (Nested Bulk Synchronous Parallel).

This architecture also extends the von Neumann single-machine architecture and overruns the master-slave design paradigm that has prevailed for decades. Given that the available technologies in the industry could not support this architecture, Huawei invented a key interconnect technology - UnifiedBus. Ultimately, one million processors can truly work as one larger computer.

UnifiedBus is a high-speed bus that uses an open protocol to scale without a limit to connect CPUs, NPUs, memory, SSDs, interface cards, and switches. With UnifiedBus, peer-to-peer interconnect is achieved across compute, storage, and networking. This fundamentally overruns the traditional master-slave architecture.

The Atlas 950 SuperPoD is a product built upon the Peerium Computing Architecture. A SuperCluster with 256,000 computing cards is currently being deployed and tested.

Q: Dr. Liao, your paper mentioned a SuperPoD that's made up of 256,000 cards. Is that the upper limit of your technology? Can you tell us more about market demand for your products?

Liao Heng: 256,000 or roughly 200k, this number is not an arbitrary number.

First of all, the purpose of these large clusters is for training. It has a hardware infrastructure that can support the training of foundation models, which today are already in the 5T parameter range.

Over the next two years, there will be roughly 6 or 7 frontier AI labs in China, and all will aim at training foundation language models of sizes ranging from 10 to 40 trillion parameters. These numbers kind of match up to the memory capacity and the size of the SuperPoD. So you need such a scale of infrastructure to train these models.

The second thing is that in China, most data centers have a national plan on this power grid. So 200,000 is a relatively conservative number, given the design of the power delivery system in a single autonomous zone and single data center campus.

As I said, everybody must be quite familiar with the AI model race that's happening across the globe. And in China, there are at least 3 or 4 tier-1 players that are already well recognized and have achieved tier-1 status.

Q: What are your plans to encourage Chinese model providers to use Ascend chips for training?

Eric Xu: For the Ascend 950, we first launched the 950PR to the market. It's primarily used for AI inference, and currently the total volume of supply available in the market is not very big. The SuperPoDs based upon the Ascend 950DT are mainly used for AI training. Right now, they are under testing, and their large-scale supply will start at the end of this year or early next year. We are having extensive dialogues and discussions with AI model providers. The testing result of using the Ascend 950DT for training is pretty good. I believe that starting from next year, a lot of AI model training will be based upon SuperPoDs that use the Ascend 950DT. I think at the end of the day, it's not about how hard we are going to push model providers, but about how much supply capacity we will have. We can only supply based on how much that's produced. And we hope the value chain will expand its capacity faster to increase supply.

Q: What is Huawei's take on recent calls by leading AI model providers in the US to slow down AI development?

Eric Xu: We need to look at the level and cadence of AI development in China and the US. AI models in China are largely open-source models and their progress is relatively transparent. If we look at the mainstream model providers in the US, they have more computing power, so maybe only they themselves know where they are in terms of the level of sophistication of their models. The market feeling about AI risks might be weaker in China than in the US. Model providers in China need to speed up their pace to reach a level where they could also feel the risks from AI development. And then, maybe they will feel the same as the leading US model providers. But I always believe that we need to strike a balance between driving AI development and managing AI risks. At the very least, the bottom line is we need to ensure AI for good, not AI for evil.

Q: Does Huawei have plans to bring the Atlas 950 SuperPoD to other markets outside China? If yes, which markets are you going to target? Can you share with us data about your market share in China? What is your take on China's push for chip self-sufficiency?

Eric Xu: Since we don't have enough capacity to even satisfy the demand in China, we don't have plans to expand to the international market in a fully-fledged way. But indeed, there are several countries that have very strong demand. We are doing some testing, and we are providing some supply to those countries, but the volume is quite limited.

Right now, it's pretty hard to collect data about the market share of NVIDIA in China. But based on the data we have collected, Ascend has surpassed NVIDIA.

China's push for chip self-sufficiency is an inevitable path forward. China is a country of 1.4 billion people and it's an industrial powerhouse, so the way people work and live is closely tied to chips. Chinese people have a keen sense of urgency, and will not accept a future in which others decide whether or not we can have access to certain products.

Even though our chips may be less advanced, at least their supply is assured, so that you don't have to worry about chip supply day in and day out. I think that's certainly the path forward. For the Chinese government, for the domestic industry, and for Huawei, the path forward is undoubtedly to push for full self-sufficiency in terms of chips and the entire semiconductor value chain. We also believe this will become a reality sooner or later.

To read the full Q&A session: https://www.apmultimedianewsroom.com/multimedia-newsroom/huawei-pioneers-a-new-computing-architecture-for-the-ai-era-making-one-million-processors-work-as-one-computer-2

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AI platform scores every server, storage and network device from 0 to 100, giving IT teams OEM-level data to decide whether to refresh, repair or retire equipment.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ParkView Asset Intelligence, an AI-powered platform that shows IT managers the health of their infrastructure and insights to act on it, launched today from Park Place Technologies.

Called ParkView Asset IntelligenceTM, the new proprietary platform provides a detailed view into the condition of hardware devices, including servers, storage, network, security appliances and hyperconverged infrastructure, at a level previously only accessible to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

"ParkView Asset Intelligence is able to provide the insights, previously only visible to OEMs, to our customers and business partners - empowering them to make the most informed asset and financial decisions for their enterprises," said Chris Adams, CEO, Park Place Technologies. "Significant resources have been dedicated to its development."

Each lifecycle health score, expressed as a 0 to 100 rating, is built from three streams of data - Park Place's own hardware maintenance records, spanning more than 35 years and a million serviced assets across every major manufacturer; regional spare-parts availability; and customers' own asset performance and service history.

A score of 66 means something very different once a team can see that comparable devices in the same model family average 92, Adams gave as an example. The result is designed to help experienced IT teams decide whether to refresh, repair or retire a specific piece of hardware.

Paul Bevan, Research Director, IT Infrastructure for independent industry analyst firm Bloor Research said "In reality, it is at the same time both prosaic but, potentially, hugely impactful. What Park Place Technologies has done is to build an intelligence system on top of the huge amount of data that ParkView holds about the health, performance, and lifecycle of every asset in a customer's environment, helping make maintenance and refresh decisions planned, not reactive."

What ParkView Asset Intelligence Does

The platform combines hardware telemetry, Park Place's service history and live supply-chain data into a single view of fleet health:

Scores every asset, 0 to 100 - Hardware-level data is collected out-of-band from enrolled assets, independent of the operating system, so scoring continues even when the OS is unreachable. Each score is paired with a confidence indicator.

Reads failure patterns no single customer can see - Park Place service records across nearly one million of hardware assets reveal how specific models fail, and at what age. No individual enterprise runs a fleet large enough to detect those patterns on its own.

Factors in whether parts actually exist - data on spare-part stock by geography feeds directly into the score, so an asset's supportability in its own region is part of the reading rather than a separate calculation.

Surfaces risk before it becomes a failure - Configuration problems, firmware gaps and deteriorating component trends move the score before they generate a support ticket.

Benchmarks against the peer group - Every score is set against aggregated data from comparable devices across Park Place's global customer base, showing whether an asset is performing above or below the expected range for its model.

Rolls up to the whole fleet - A portfolio dashboard breaks health scores out by OEM, product family and location, making it possible to spot trends across thousands of assets and concentrate attention where it matters most.

For organizations running hardware past OEM support on a third-party maintenance contract, the scores supply the documented evidence needed to justify that decision internally - or the early warning needed to act before a failure forces the issue.

"IT managers using ParkView Asset Intelligence gain visibility not just into their own assets' data, but into how those assets compare to thousands of similar devices at every stage of the lifecycle," said Daniel Nelson, Chief Product Officer, Park Place Technologies. "We can now give users an objective, data-driven picture of where their infrastructure stands, and help them anticipate what to do next.

"For example, data across hundreds of thousands of device health assessments from multiple tier-1 OEMs reveals that about 1 in 50 devices today have been identified as high risk, indicating a change is needed. The insights gathered from those devices help ParkView Asset Intelligence customers to take action on their lifecycle decisions faster and avoid a break that causes prolonged downtime."

Availability

The beta version of ParkView Asset Intelligence is available now to all existing Park Place customers and will close on October 31. New customers of Park Place can receive the full version of ParkView Asset Intelligence immediately.

For more information about ParkView Asset Intelligence, visit https://www.parkplacetechnologies.com/parkview-asset-intelligence/.

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About Park Place Technologies

Park Place Technologies is a leading global IT infrastructure services firm with $1.2 billion in annual revenue and 3,000+ employees. We help 25,000+ organizations in 180 countries - including half the Fortune 500 - fuel innovation by dramatically reducing time and money spent on IT infrastructure management, while boosting performance and uptime.

Powered by the world's largest on-the-ground engineering team, a robust group of advanced engineers, and our global Enterprise Operations Centers, Park Place delivers significant cost savings on hardware maintenance, software technical support, hardware procurement, and more. We also streamline IT infrastructure management, freeing internal teams from day-to-day tasks, enabling them to focus on strategic initiatives.

For more information, visit ParkPlaceTechnologies.com.

ParkView Asset Intelligence is a trademark of Park Place Technologies. All other product names are the property of their respective owners.

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Trump Towers Hyderabad Will Feature Two 65-Storey Towers Rising Approximately 800 Feet, Connected by a State-of-the-Art Suspended Sky Bridge

The 2.2 Million-Square-Foot Development is Being Jointly Developed by IRA Realty and Tribeca Developers

MIAMI, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SKYX Platforms Corp. (NASDAQ: SKYX) (d/b/a SKYX Technologies) (the "Company" or "SKYX"), an award-winning advanced, safe, smart home and AI platform technology company with over 100 U.S. and global pending and issued patents, today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its patented safe advanced and smart home technologies to Trump Towers Hyderabad, a landmark luxury residential development on Golden Mile Road in Kokapet, Hyderabad, India.

Trump Towers Hyderabad will feature two 65-storey towers rising approximately 800 feet and connected by a suspended sky bridge at the 28th floor. The development will include more than 450 residences, including 3.5- and 4.5-bedroom units and a collection of double-height simplex residences. Each residence is expected to include a private lift lobby and floor-to-ceiling glazing, with additional amenities located across a landscaped podium. The Trump Club will be located above the sky bridge, connecting the two towers with open views across the city.

During the course of the development, SKYX is expected to supply tens of thousands of units of its patented safe advanced and smart home plug & play technologies.

Hyderabad has developed into a major technology and innovation center in India, with a significant concentration of global technology companies and IT professionals. The project's location in Kokapet places it within one of the city's rapidly developing technology and residential corridors.

Trump Towers Hyderabad India

The 2.2 million-square-foot development is being jointly developed by IRA Realty and Tribeca Developers, prominent Indian real estate developers, and is expected to bring the Trump standard of luxury, design and service to one of Hyderabad's most prestigious locations.

Dr. Rama Raju Kanumuri, President of Brane Cognitive and President of Trump Towers Hyderabad, said: "Trump Towers Hyderabad stands as the definitive monument to this city's spectacular evolution as a global superpower of AI, disruptive technologies, and next-gen automation. This development holds the prestigious designation as The Trump Organization's largest luxury residential project in India. Perfectly situated in the premium Golden Mile in Kokapet, just across the newly unveiled Donald Trump Avenue which adjoins the US Consulate at Gachibowli, this project commands the absolute epicenter of what has indisputably become the Silicon Valley of the East with a workforce of over 1.3 million IT professionals operating within a few-mile radius. This corridor is the chosen home for the largest global campuses of tech titans like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Apple, establishing a massive live blueprint for intelligent cities. By fusing the unmatched prestige of the Trump brand with SKYX's pioneering engineering, we are delivering the future of smart homes to an intensely tech-addicted, forward-thinking populace. This flagship development proves that Hyderabad possesses the cutting-edge infrastructure and digital maturity to seamlessly blend architectural grandeur with cognitive, fully automated living."

Narsi Reddy, Founder and Managing Director of IRA Realty, said: "Our partnership with SKYX Platforms is a defining milestone in IRA Realty's development group targeted quest to dominate the branded residences sector. When you build under a legendary global flag like Trump Towers, the brand equity mandates that your underlying engineering matches the world-class reputation on the door. We chose the branded residences path because modern luxury buyers aren't just buying square footage; they are investing in an uncompromised ecosystem of safety, global prestige, and lifestyle perfection. SKYX Platforms is a leading technology partner capable of honoring that premium brand promise. They deliver highly decorated infrastructure that has captured seven prestigious CES awards from the Consumer Technology Association and elite global tech publications.

SKYX's patented smart and safety system has secured historic inclusion in the U.S. National Electrical Code, NEC-NFPA, ANSI-NEMA and premier global Underwriters Laboratories (UL), which is critical for our domestic operations, as we align our execution with India's National Building Code (NBC) and ensure strict compliance under RERA. SKYX's systems provide an unprecedented baseline for electrical fire prevention. By embedding SKYX's weight-bearing, plug-and-play ceiling and wall receptacle systems directly into the structural skeleton during core construction, we are delivering the effortless operational excellence that global branded residence buyers expect. This collaboration establishes the definitive blueprint for our future. Moving forward, IRA Realty intends to lead with SKYX's advanced technology as a mandatory building standard across our entire upcoming pipeline of premium branded townships and commercial portfolios."

Rani Kohen, Founder and Executive Chairman of SKYX Platforms, said: "Our collaboration on this premier development marks a historic milestone in our mission to establish SKYX Platforms as the new global standard for safe, intelligent infrastructure. For years, the international real estate market has treated smart home features as a fragmented collection of aftermarket gadgets. Through this partnership, we are proving that true digital living begins at the architectural level, anchored by foundational electrical safety.

Our patented weight-bearing plug-and-play ceiling and wall receptacle systems are built to meet the most rigorous regulatory and building safety codes. By embedding our U.S.-certified innovations directly into the building's infrastructure, we are mitigating traditional electrical and fire hazards while creating an open, adaptable gateway for thousands of units of next-generation smart technology, ceiling lighting, climate fixtures, and environmental automation. We view this project as an ideal international stage to demonstrate how unified, code-compliant technology can elevate high-end residential real estate. By standardizing SKYX technology across a property of this caliber, we are providing residents with total flexibility, absolute peace of mind, and a truly seamless lifestyle-ultimately shaping the blueprint for how premium connected communities will be built worldwide."

About SKYX Platforms Corp.

As electricity is a standard in every home and building, our mission is to make homes and buildings become safe-advanced and smart as the new standard. SKYX has a series of highly disruptive advanced, safe, smart and AI platform technologies, with over 100 U.S. and global patents and patent-pending applications.

Additionally, the Company owns 60 lighting and home decor websites for both retail and commercial segments. Our technologies place an emphasis on high quality and ease of use, while significantly enhancing both safety and lifestyle in homes and buildings. We believe that our products are a necessity in every room in both homes and other buildings in the U.S. and globally. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.skyx.com/ or follow us on LinkedIn.

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These statements reflect the Company's reasonable judgment with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which have outcomes difficult to predict and may be outside our control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

Such risks and uncertainties include statements relating to the Company's ability to successfully launch, commercialize, develop additional features and achieve market acceptance of its products and technologies and integrate its products and technologies with third-party platforms or technologies; the Company's ability to achieve positive cash flows; the Company's efforts and ability to drive the adoption of its products and technologies as a standard feature, including their use in homes, hotels, offices and cruise ships; the Company's ability to capture market share; the Company's estimates of its potential addressable market and demand for its products and technologies; the Company's ability to raise additional capital to support its operations as needed, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; the Company's ability to execute on any sales and licensing or other strategic opportunities; the possibility that any of the Company's products will become National Electrical Code (NEC)-code or otherwise code mandatory in any jurisdiction, or that any of the Company's current or future products or technologies will be adopted by any state, country, or municipality, within any specific timeframe or at all; risks arising from mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other collaborations; the Company's ability to attract and retain key executives and qualified personnel; guidance provided by management, which may differ from the Company's actual operating results; the potential impact of unstable market and economic conditions on the Company's business, financial condition, and stock price; and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

There can be no assurance as to any of the foregoing matters. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by U.S. federal securities laws. 

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After more than 425,000 autonomous investigations in Early Access, Elevate turns alerts into audit-ready verdicts that analysts can inspect, challenge and govern.

PARIS, France, September 30, 2026. Sekoia, the European agentic cybersecurity company, today announced the general availability of Sekoia Elevate, the agentic AI layer of its autonomous SOC platform.

Elevate's AI agents investigate alerts end to end, directly from customers' security data, and deliver an audit-ready verdict in 99 seconds on average, backed by a traceable record of every query and piece of evidence. With Elevate, the alert is no longer a request for human work. Machines perform the investigative work at speed, while security teams retain governance and control over final decisions.

Security tools have spent twenty years producing better alerts, and SOC teams have grown to process them. As telemetry expands and attackers adopt AI, that model no longer scales. For each case, Elevate's agents gather and correlate raw logs, detections, threat intelligence, runbooks and response context - the manual groundwork that absorbs analyst time - so security teams can apply their expertise where it protects the business, without giving up control.

From early access to general availability

Elevate reaches general availability after an Early Access program conducted in real production environments. During this phase, it was deployed to more than 2,000 customers and hundreds of SOC analysts, and completed more than 425,000 autonomous investigations, correlating evidence across all connected data sources. Leading managed security service providers (MSSPs) in Europe and the US report up to a fivefold reduction in overall investigation time, alongside deeper and more consistent threat analysis.

Investigations analysts can inspect and challenge

Transparency is built into every investigation. Elevate records the queries its agents run and the evidence behind each finding, so analysts see how a verdict was reached and where further review may be needed. They can review, correct or override any conclusion, and every change is logged for incident review and audit. Each validated or corrected investigation also enriches the context available to the next one.

Autonomous cyber defense requires a system, not just a model

Elevate draws on assets Sekoia has built for years: proprietary threat intelligence, security data infrastructure, deep integrations and investigation workflows across thousands of production environments. The platform is model-agnostic, choosing the right model for each task, and open by design, working across the customer's existing security stack.

"The alert economy is ending," said Freddy Milesi, CEO of Sekoia. "The model alone is not the moat. What makes an agent effective in the SOC is the system around it: threat intelligence, customer context, memory and the ability to act. Elevate is that system in production, delivering autonomous cyber defense independent of any single stack or model."

"Elevate shifts the analyst's role from data miner to decision-maker," said Georges Bossert, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Sekoia. "Our agents do the exhaustive groundwork from raw data and explain every step, so security teams can focus on the decisions that protect the business, without giving up control."

About Sekoia

Sekoia is the European agentic cybersecurity company building autonomous cyber defense in the AI era. Its security platform connects threat intelligence, customer context, investigation memory, AI models, security capabilities and response actions, so machines investigate and act at scale while security teams set intent, policy and control.

Open and independent by design, it works across any security stack, any model and any deployment environment. From small and midsize businesses supported by MSSPs to Fortune 2000 enterprises, Sekoia makes advanced defense accessible to all. www.sekoia.com

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Ireland Launch Demonstrates a Scalable Approach to Branded Calling Across Vodafone Markets

Key Takeaways

*First Orion and Vodafone are expanding INFORM Branded Calling to Ireland, building on launches in the United Kingdom and Germany.

*Ireland is supported through the same Vodafone CAMARA-based API integration already incorporated into First Orion's platform, with no additional integration or development work required from First Orion.

*The launch advances First Orion and Vodafone's efforts to expand trusted business communications across Europe and globally.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Orion, a leader in Transparency in Communications and Branded Communications solutions, today announced the continued expansion of its partnership with Vodafone, bringing network-based INFORM Branded Calling capabilities to enterprise customers in Ireland.

The launch marks the latest step in First Orion's efforts to expand trusted and recognizable business communications across Europe and globally.

The Ireland launch builds on First Orion and Vodafone's growing branded calling footprint in Europe, including the recent launch in the United Kingdom and an earlier deployment in Germany. Together, these markets demonstrate a scalable approach to extending branded calling across Vodafone networks and helping enterprises establish a recognizable identity when reaching customers across borders.

The expansion comes as fraudulent communications remain widespread and continue to increase in Ireland. Recent FraudSMART research found that 78% of Irish adults receive scam communications at least monthly, and 45% reported experiencing more scam activity than during the same period in the previous year. As consumers grow more cautious of unfamiliar calls, legitimate businesses face a growing challenge in reaching customers with important information.

The Ireland launch is enabled through the same Vodafone CAMARA-based network API integration already incorporated into First Orion's branded calling platform. As Vodafone enables additional markets through its unified approach, First Orion can support those markets through the existing integration without additional integration or development work. INFORM Branded Calling enables enterprises to present a recognizable identity when calling customers, giving consumers greater context around who is trying to reach them.

"People are understandably cautious about answering calls from numbers they don't recognize. By expanding branded calling to Ireland with First Orion, we're helping trusted businesses identify themselves more clearly and giving customers greater confidence in the calls they receive. Just as importantly, our CAMARA-based approach gives partners a simpler way to extend the service across Vodafone markets," said Johanna Wood, Director of Network APIs at Vodafone."

Businesses operate across borders, and their ability to identify themselves to customers should, too," said Temim Adwan, EMEA Managing Director at First Orion. "Expanding branded calling to Ireland with Vodafone brings us closer to delivering that consistency across Europe. It's an important part of our broader mission to make trusted business calling available globally."

The continued rollout also advances First Orion's broader international strategy. Through its Global Exchange, First Orion is expanding carrier connectivity and supporting more standardized branded calling deployments across Europe and other international markets. Vodafone's CAMARA-based approach supports that strategy by providing a more efficient path for extending branded calling as additional Vodafone markets are enabled.

About First Orion

First Orion is a global leader in Transparency in Communications, helping businesses, carriers, and consumers make every connection more transparent, trusted, and secure. As the pioneer of branded calling, First Orion delivers branded communication solutions that improve engagement, strengthen brand trust, and help combat fraud, spoofing, and unwanted communications. Headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas, First Orion serves leading enterprises and mobile operators worldwide.

About Vodafone (everyone.connected)

Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms company.

Vodafone serves over 360 million mobile and broadband customers, operating networks in 15 countries with investments in a further five and partners in over 40 more. We have capacity on more than 70 subsea cable systems - the backbone of the internet - and we are developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite communications service to connect areas without coverage.

Vodafone runs one of the largest IoT platforms, with over 230 million connections globally, and we provide financial services to around 94 million customers across seven African countries  managing more transactions than any other provider.

From the seabed to the stars, Vodafone's purpose is to keep everyone connected.

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ATLANTA and LONDON, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, will showcase its artificial intelligence (AI) and logistics technology innovations at its 2026 Innovation Forum, which takes place October 6-8 in Chicago.

The innovations address time-consuming work across supply chain operations, including chasing shipment updates, rekeying trade documents and investigating delivery exceptions. Combining the connectivity and operationally ready data of the Descartes Global Logistics Network (Descartes GLN) with logistics expertise and embedded AI, these capabilities help customers act faster, increase capacity and keep customer commitments on track.

"Too much of a logistics professional's day can still be consumed by tracking down information, reconciling data and following up on routine tasks," said Ken Wood, Executive Vice President, Product Management at Descartes. "Our AI innovations take on more of that operational legwork, giving people more time for the decisions, exceptions and customer relationships that require their expertise. At this year's Innovation Forum, we're showing how trusted data, logistics expertise and intelligent automation come together to help customers put AI to work with measurable results and appropriate human oversight."

Some of the technology highlights at the event include:

Transportation Management

AI agents that take on freight visibility follow-up. Descartes MacroPoint OpsForce automates driver engagement, restores interrupted tracking, confirms shipment milestones and collects missing proof-of-delivery documents. Previously reported customer results include an average 30% increase in no-touch tracking automation and 1.5x productivity gains for tracking teams, helping transportation providers manage more freight with less manual follow-up.

Fleet Performance Management

Machine learning that increases delivery capacity. The Descartes Fleet Data Intelligence platform learns from actual delivery durations and route conditions to improve service time predictions. Early deployments increased route density by up to 30%, enabling fleets to schedule more stops within existing driver hours.

Predictive AI to help reduce accidents. Descartes Fleet Safety draws on more than 40 billion miles of telemetry and 500,000 accident records to identify driver risk and guide targeted coaching. By combining predictive insights with training and monitoring workflows, the solution helps fleets intervene earlier to improve driver behavior and reduce preventable accidents.

Global Trade Intelligence

AI-powered free trade qualification to uncover duty savings. Descartes Free Trade Intelligence combines AI-enabled analysis with rules of origin covering more than 250 regimes globally to help assess eligibility for preferential tariffs. Explainable recommendations and documented calculations support faster qualification, more informed sourcing decisions and audit readiness.

AI-assisted screening that reduces false positives. Descartes Visual Compliance AI Assist uses machine learning to filter low-risk screening results and reduce unnecessary reviews. Configurable risk settings, human oversight and audit trails help compliance teams focus on potential threats while maintaining control over screening decisions.

Conversational AI that accelerates global trade research. The Descartes Datamyne AI Agent answers natural-language questions with insights linked to supporting shipment records, helping teams evaluate suppliers, monitor competitors and identify market opportunities. It helps reduce research and analysis time, depending on user experience and query complexity.

Logistics Service Providers

AI that turns shipment documents into operationally ready data. Descartes' AI-powered Image Document Management interprets related commercial invoices, bills of lading and packing lists to prepare data for customs entries and shipment creation. Embedded AI agents reduce repetitive rekeying and manual corrections within the applications customers already use.

Faster quoting to capture new business. Descartes Spot combines live carrier rates, fees and surcharges with quotation management, helping forwarders return 90% of customer quotes in under 30 seconds while evaluating shipping options and protecting margins.

Ecommerce Operations

AI-driven purchasing and inventory planning. Descartes ForecastMine uses sales data to generate SKU-level demand forecasts and purchasing recommendations, including for bundles, kits and product variants. It flags slow-moving products and helps merchants reduce stockouts and excess inventory.

Descartes' innovations will be showcased at a unique and interactive Technology Fair on October 6 from 6:00 PM-9:00 PM CT, offering attendees hands-on experience with its latest capabilities and solutions. After the Technology Fair, the company plans to donate monitors and flat screen televisions used at the event to Compudot, a national non-profit organization with a local office in Chicago that provides free computers, low-cost or free internet solutions, and technology education to schools for underserved youth and families to help them support educational goals for students.  

Through sessions, peer discussions and hands-on demonstrations, the Innovation Forum brings customers, partners and Descartes teams together to explore how technology can reduce operational friction across the shipment journey from order to delivery.

To learn more about event speakers, sessions and sponsors, visit 2026 Innovation Forum.

About Descartes

Descartes powers more responsive, efficient, secure and sustainable international and domestic supply chains by uniting logistics-intensive businesses on its Global Logistics Network (GLN). Shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers connect and collaborate on the GLN leveraging technology, data and AI to manage last mile deliveries, domestic and international shipments, transportation rating and payment, global trade research, customs compliance and a variety of regulatory processes. Learn more about Descartes at www.descartes.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and X.

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This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements") that relate to Descartes' logistics and supply chain solution offerings and potential benefits derived therefrom; the innovations Descartes intends to present at its Innovation Forum in Chicago; and other matters.

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AREZZO, Italy, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Italpreziosi S.p.A. will attend the Global Precious Metals Conference 2026, taking place from 4 to 6 October at the Hilton Sorrento Palace in Sorrento, marking the 25th edition of the international event dedicated to the precious metals industry.

The company will also be the sponsor of the Gala Dinner and Entertainment, to be held on the evening of 5 October.

Organised by the LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) and the LPPM (London Platinum and Palladium Market), the conference represents an important meeting point for the international precious metals community, bringing together refineries, banks, traders, institutions and industry professionals from around the world.

A delegation from Italpreziosi, including CEO and Founder Ivana Ciabatti and members of the company's management team, will be present in Sorrento to meet with partners, clients and industry professionals and to take part in the conference's discussions and networking opportunities.

The relationship between Italpreziosi and LBMA dates back many years: the company has been an Associate Member since 2008, joined the LBMA Gold Good Delivery List in 2018 and, as of 20 May 2026, is also included in the Silver Good Delivery List.

"We are proud to support the gala dinner of a conference that celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and has chosen Italy as its host country. It is an opportunity to welcome the international precious metals community to Italy, in a year that holds particular significance for us, with our inclusion in the Silver Good Delivery List alongside gold. In a market built on trust, meeting in person still matters greatly," said Ivana Ciabatti, CEO and Founder of Italpreziosi S.p.A.

With more than 40 years of experience in the precious metals industry, Italpreziosi is today one of Italy's leading industrial companies operating in international markets across precious metals refining, recovery and trading, as well as the production and sale of investment gold.

In 2024, Italpreziosi obtained B Corp certification, joining the international community of companies meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. The company's ESG achievements also include UNI/PdR 125:2022 gender equality certification and ISO 14064-1 certification for the measurement and management of its carbon footprint.

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