Day: May 24, 2022

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AMAZFIT SIGNED THE OFFICIAL OUTDOOR SMARTWATCH OF THE 2022 ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ TRIATHLON

Super-tough and Rugged Outdoor GPS Smartwatch Ready to Challenge the Impossible with Triathlon Enthusiasts

LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), is proud to be named the official outdoor smartwatch sponsor of the 2022 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon (EFAT). Inspired by the brand essence of “Up Your Game”, Amazfit’s super-tough and rugged outdoor T-Rex smartwatch series is ready to provide triathletes with the comprehensive features they need to take on the thrilling challenge.

As a brand focused on health and fitness, Amazfit is dedicated to providing advanced wearable devices that inspire a healthy and active lifestyle, such as the high-performance, functional and durable Amazfit T-Rex Series, which contributes to the brand’s comprehensive outdoor portfolio. Representing an evolution of this rugged outdoor collection, the new Amazfit T-Rex 2 has been launched, with even more exciting upgrades, including:

  • A rugged and bold, trend-setting style
  • High-precision dual-band & five satellite positioning, and 24-day battery life powerful enough to endure any adventure
  • Military-grade toughness complemented by ultra-low temperature operation in environments as cold as -30℃
  • 10 ATM water-resistance, 150+ sports modes (including Triathlon) & all-round health tracking to keep triathletes covered through their swims, cycles and runs
  • Brand-new Route-import and Real-time Navigation[1] that allows triathletes of all levels to track their movements directly on the watch

Speaking about this new partnership, Jennifer Lau, Vice President of IMG’s Action Sports Events, said, “We are thrilled to bring Amazfit, a leader in sports wearables design and performance, on board as our Official Outdoor Smartwatch Sponsor. Amazfit’s dedication to providing athletes with the technology to achieve their best performance aligns with the lifestyles of the Escape From Alcatraz participants.”

Amazfit, in collaboration with the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, will provide selected EFAT triathletes with brand-new Amazfit T-Rex 2 outdoor smartwatches to track their individual training performance and personal health metrics, through the race and beyond. An official Amazfit booth will be on site on June 4th and 5th to cheer on the participants while educating the Escape community on products that connect health with technology.

Amazfit’s Vice President, Bin Fan, commented, “We are proud to sponsor one of the most anticipated competitions in America. Amazfit is dedicated to developing reliable and multi-functional outdoor smartwatches that enhance quality of life. We are deeply rooted in our brand essence of ‘Up Your Game’, and we encourage our users to live their passions and express their active spirits freely. By partnering up with EFAT, we hope to deliver a better user-experience to a wider range of audiences, and support not only amateur sports enthusiasts but also professional athletes with the brand’s most advanced products.”

For more information, visit the official websites of Amazfit and EFAT.

[1] These features will be added via OTA update

About Amazfit

Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand focused on health and fitness, is part of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), a health technology company. Offering a wide selection of smartwatches and bands, Amazfit’s brand essence is “Up Your Game”, encouraging users to live their passions and express their active spirits freely. Amazfit is powered by Zepp Health’s proprietary health management platform that delivers cloud-based 24/7 actionable insights and guidance to help users attain their wellness goals.

Launched in 2015, Amazfit is today embraced by millions of users. Its products are available in more than 90 countries across the Americas, and EMEA and APAC regions. For more information about Amazfit, visit www.amazfit.com. For more information about Zepp Health, visit www.zepphealth.com.

Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon

From Olympians and world champions to enthusiastic age groupers and challenged athletes, triathletes from all over the world will take over the streets and waters of San Francisco for the 41st annual Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on Sunday, June 5, 2022. The infamous history of the island as an inescapable federal prison illuminates a mysterious challenge to athletes worldwide, the chance to “escape from Alcatraz.” For additional information visit www.EscapeAlcatrazTri.com.

For Media Inquiry:

Amazfit USA PR contacts:
angela.tang@zepp.com
napr@zepp.com

Amazfit Global PR contact:
tangjingjing@zepp.com

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CGTN: The key Xi Jinping learned from his father

BEIJING, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — “There are many noble characters I wish to inherit from my father,” Xi Jinping, then governor of east China’s Fujian Province, said in a letter of felicitation to his father Xi Zhongxun on his birthday in 2001.

Xi Zhongxun was among the first generation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central leaders. Xi Jinping often recalls the wisdom imparted to him by the elder Xi.

The term “the people” is at the heart of all the treasures Xi Jinping got from his father.

The man of the people

“My grandfather was a farmer, my father joined the revolution as a farmer, and I myself worked as a farmer for seven years,” Xi Jinping once said.

During the period of the agrarian revolution, Xi Zhongxun, less than 20 years old, devoted himself to the establishment of Shaanxi-Gansu revolutionary border area. He used to say that “without the support of the masses, there would be nothing for us.”

Xi Jinping visited Liangjiahe, a small village in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, in mid-February to celebrate the Spring Festival in 2015. It was a homecoming for the urban-born Chinese president.

Fifty-three years back, Xi, just shy of turning 16, was sent to live in Liangjiahe as an “educated youth.”

He would spend the next seven of his most formative years living in that rural hamlet. That area, part of the Loess Plateau, was where the communist revolutionaries, including his father, rose to found New China.

“At that time, I did all kinds of work – reclaiming wasteland, farming, hoeing, herding, hauling coal, mounding and carrying manure,” Xi recalled.

“As a servant of the people, I have my roots deep in the northern Shaanxi plateau because it cultivated my unchanging mission: to do practical things for the people,” Xi wrote in an autobiographical work. “Wherever I go, I will always be a son of the loess lands,” he wrote.

The man for the people

Xi Zhongxun once told his boy: “No matter what your job title is, serve the people diligently, consider the interests of the people with all your heart, maintain close ties with the people, and always stay approachable to the people.”

From his early years, Xi Jinping seemed uninterested in the trappings of offices. He would travel for days, sometimes into the mountains, to talk with people at the grassroots, learn about their difficulties, and help solve their problems.

In the 1980s, when many of his contemporaries were going into business or leaving to study abroad, Xi gave up his comfortable office job in Beijing and chose to work as the deputy Party chief of a small county in north China’s Hebei Province. Later, he became the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, one of the poorest regions in east China’s Fujian Province at the time.

While in Ningde, Xi visited almost all its townships, including three of the four without access to paved roads. Xiadang, a township nestled deep in the mountainous area of Shouning County, was one of them. Back then, the average annual per capita net income of farmers in Xiadang was less than 200 yuan (about $40). It was one of the poorest townships in Fujian.

In November 2013, during an inspection tour to the central province of Hunan, Xi visited Shibadong, an ethnic Miao village labeled “poor” at the time.

“What should I call you?” asked villager Shi Basan as she welcomed Xi into her home. “I am a servant of the people,” Xi introduced himself.

During his about five decades in politics, Xi rose from a grassroots Party chief to the leader of the CPC, from an ordinary citizen to the country’s president, from an average military officer to the Central Military Commission chairman, all the while remaining committed to a better life for Chinese citizens.

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‫ RobotPlusPlus، الشركة الرائدة في روبوتات العمل الجوية، تربح 15 مليون دولار أمريكي في السلسلة B لتسريع البحث والتطوير وتوسيع التواجد العالمي

بكين، 24 مايو، 2022 / PRNewswire / — أعلنت شركة RobotPlusPlus ، الشركة الرائدة في مجال روبوتات العمل الجوية، اليوم عن جولة تمويل من السلسلة B بقيمة 15 مليون دولار أمريكي، ليصل إجمالي استثماراتها إلى ما يقرب من 35 مليون دولار أمريكي منذ تأسيسها في عام 2017. تمت قيادة هذا التمويل الأخير من قبل Meituan ، الشركة الصينية الرائدة في مجال التكنولوجيا والتجزئة عبر الإنترنت، و Fosun ، وهي مجموعة مستهلكين عالمية مدفوعة بالابتكار.

تخطط RobotPlusPlus لاستخدام العاصمة الجديدة لتسريع الجدول الزمني للبحث والتطوير وتوسيع وجودها العالمي. سيتم إطلاق عروض روبوتية جديدة لتنظيف البضائع، وطلاء الخزانات، وتنظيف الواجهة، بالإضافة إلى ترقية المنتجات الحالية من خلال دمج المزيد من التقنيات المستقلة.

Ship hull hydroblasting robot | Image credit: RobotPlusPlus

 “تساهم جولتنا الأخيرة من التمويل في الزخم الإيجابي الذي بنيناه خلال العام الماضي. مع تزايد حصتنا في السوق عبر مناطقنا الرئيسية، نتطلع إلى مواصلة تقديم المزيد من النتائج التحويلية لعملائنا الحاليين والمستقبليين”، هذا ما قاله مؤسس RobotPlusPlus ومديرها التنفيذي هوا يانج شو.

مع مهمة “تمكين البشر بالروبوتات”، تمتلك RobotPlusPlus مجموعة من الحلول الروبوتية للصناعات الحيوية مثل النقل البحري وإصلاح السفن والبتروكيماويات وتوليد الطاقة. تركز الشركة على تلبية الحاجة إلى تحسين سلامة العمل الجوي للمشغلين مع تحسين كفاءة حلول الفحص والصيانة والإصلاح ( IMR ) وخفض تكاليف التشغيل لمالكي الأصول.

تركيز الشركة على تحسين كفاءة العمل للمشغلين وتحسين تكاليف التشغيل لمالكي الأصول. مع وجود فريق كبير من المهندسين والمشغلين المهرة، توفر RobotPlusPlus أيضًا خدمات الروبوت كخدمة ( RaaS ) للعملاء، مما يمكنهم ليس فقط من تقديم خدمات فعالة من حيث التكلفة وفي الوقت المناسب ولكن أيضًا لاكتساب نظرة ثاقبة لسيناريوهات التطبيقات الصناعية.

A storage tank hydroblasting robot | Image credit: RobotPlusPlus

“بينما ركزنا سابقًا على السوق الصينية، حقق لنا عام 2021 المزيد من النجاح خارج الصين. نحن نتطلع إلى إتاحة حلولنا لجمهور أوسع وتعزيز مكانتنا كلاعب رئيسي على مستوى العالم”.

ومن الأمثلة على هذا الطموح افتتاح مكتب قادم في سنغافورة لتوسيع قدرة الشركة على خدمة أسواق آسيا والشرق الأوسط.

علق بو شياو، مدير الاستثمار في Fosun : “لقد كان لقوة العمل المسنة، وارتفاع تكاليف العمالة، والحوادث الجوية المتكررة المتعلقة بالعمل، ووباء COVID-19 تأثيرًا متسارعًا على قطاع روبوتات العمل الجوي”. تتمثل مهمة RobotPlusPlus في تمكين البشر باستخدام الروبوتات مع المساعدة في زيادة السلامة التشغيلية والإنتاجية. نحن متحمسون لدعم RobotPlusPlus في الاستفادة من AI و RaaS لتحسين بيئات العمل الجوية وتمكين التطبيقات الروبوتية”.

Boiler inspection robot | Image credit: RobotPlusPlus
نبذة عن RobotPlusPlus : 

يقع المقر الرئيسي لشركة RobotPlusPlus في بكين، وهي شركة تقنية تصنع روبوتات العمل الجوية. إنه يوفر حلولًا روبوتية فعالة من حيث التكلفة وصديقة للبيئة مع ضمان مكان عمل أكثر أمانًا.

للتواصل الإعلامي مع RobotPlusPlus :
 فيفيان هاو
 vivien.hao@robotplusplus.cn

روابط ذات صلة:
 http://en.robotplusplus.com/

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Crocus Technology Enhances Accuracy of Energy Metering Solutions

TMR Sensor Reference Design with Digital Output Simplifies Implementation

Crocus’ Reference Design Kit Enables High Accuracy Performance for Energy Metering Solutions

Crocus Reference Design Kit for Power Measurement

MILPITAS, Calif., May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crocus Technology Inc., developer of XtremeSense® TMR sensors, today announced the release of a high accuracy energy metering solution with isolated current sensing and a digital output. The solution is capable of measuring power, voltage and current while providing 1,820 VPK isolation in AC or DC applications. The result is a smaller and more efficient design without the use of large current transformers. The solution is ideal for a range of smart devices such as power supply monitors, electric vehicle chargers, household appliances, motor control and smart lighting.

The solution consists of the Crocus’ CT430 TMR isolated current sensor, Microchip’s ATtiny426 microcontroller, Printed Circuit Board (PCB), design files, microcontroller firmware, Bill of Materials (BoM) list, user guide and relevant support for designing a fully functional power monitoring solution. The design solution has been verified to accurately read and quantize the voltage and current values prior to calculating the instantaneous and Root Mean Square (RMS) power components, active and reactive power, as well as power factor. These power values are stored in registers which can be accessed by an external microcontroller via the SPI interface. By offloading the design effort of measuring and calculating power, the Crocus metering solution simplifies the addition of metering capabilities to any smart device.

The key to precise power measurements is the CT430 current sensor which provides better than 1% current measurement accuracy over the -40°C to +125°C operating range. It is available in a small 16-lead SOIC-Wide package, eliminating the need for bulky current transformers and allowing for more compact designs. The CT430 solution can also be customized with different bus interfaces such as I2C, SENT and CAN. By leveraging the solution, manufacturers and designers can quickly develop accurate and compact power monitoring capabilities for their products. See the figure below for the system diagram of the Crocus reference design kit for power measurements.

“Being able to accurately measure power and communicate this data within a system continues to be a challenge for designers,” said Tim Kaske Crocus Vice President, Sales & Marketing. “The Crocus solution with the CT430 current sensor provides improved accuracy over existing magnetic sensor based designs. With a validated design solution and a 12-week lead-time, OEM design customers are able to quickly integrate the energy metering solution into their end products.”

Design files required for manufacturing or customizing this power meter PCB are available for download. https://crocus-technology.com/powermeter/.

Also available for download is the AN136 CT430 Power Measurement Module user guide, https://www.crocus-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AN136-CT430-Power-Measurement-Module-Rev0.0.pdf.

About Crocus Technology

Crocus Technology develops and manufactures state-of-the-art magnetic sensors based on its patented XtremeSense® TMR sensor technology. Crocus’ disruptive magnetic sensor technology brings significant advancements to IoT and smart devices, industrial, consumer, medical, and automotive electronics applications demanding high accuracy, high resolution, stable temperature performance, and low power consumption. Crocus is headquartered in Milpitas, California. To learn more about Crocus Technology and its leading-edge TMR technology, please visit www.crocus-technology.com.

For more information, please contact:

Crocus Technology
Email: info@crocus-technology.com

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Quectel’s 5G modules enable next-generation connectivity powered by the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin

SHANGHAI, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, announced today that the company is working with NVIDIA to integrate its 5G IoT modules with the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, the world’s most powerful, compact and energy-efficient AI computing platform at the edge. This effort aims to provide global NVIDIA Jetson platform-based devices with an easy, frictionless pathway to high-speed, reliable and low-latency 5G communications capability.

In recent testing based on an edge AI gateway from TZTEK, the integration of Quectel’s RM500Q series 5G Sub-6GHz module with the Jetson AGX Orin was successful, an outcome which will allow developers to significantly reduce development time and cost. Additionally, the ready-to-use “Quectel 5G module + Jetson AGX Orin platform” combination will help simplify the device development, improve product stability and accelerate time-to-market of customer terminals.

Artificial Intelligence IoT (AIoT) is becoming a new trend in IoT development, and demand for superior wireless connections as well as high compute power continues to surge in many essential sectors of the economy. Quectel 5G modules and the Jetson AGX Orin platform, enable compute-intensive AIoT applications such as advanced robotics, unmanned ground vehicles, low-speed automated driving systems, and intelligent transportation to achieve multi-Gbps data rates as well as unprecedented edge computing performance of up to 275 trillion operations per second.

As a next step in deepening this collaboration in the AIoT era, Quectel is planning to also integrate its latest 5G Release 16 (R16) modules with the Jetson AGX Orin platform, providing new 5G R16 features of ultra-low latency, network slicing and 5G LAN which enable even higher performance. As such, OEM device makers adopting Quectel 5G and NVIDIA Jetson platform products will benefit from more secure, efficient and stable mobile communication connections.

About Quectel:
Quectel’s passion for a smarter world drives us to accelerate IoT innovation. A highly customer-centric organization, we are a global IoT solutions provider backed by outstanding support and services. Our growing global team of over 4,000 professionals sets the pace for innovation in cellular, GNSS and WiFi/BT modules, antennas and IoT connectivity. Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603236.SS), our international leadership is devoted to advancing IoT across the globe.

For more information: http://www.quectel.com, LinkedIn, https://www.facebook.com/quectelwireless, and Twitter.

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AMAZFIT LAUNCHES THE T-REX 2: A NEW RUGGED OUTDOOR GPS SMARTWATCH BUILT TO BRAVE THE OUTDOORS

Featuring dual-band & 5 satellite positioning and powerful battery life up to 24 days[1], this new wearable can endure any adventure with ease.

LONDON, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Global smart wearables brand Amazfit, owned by Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP) has created its toughest and most advanced watch to date with the launch of the T-Rex 2. Having passed 15 military-grade toughness tests[2], the new rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch can accompany users in extremely challenging environments, combining dual-band and 5 satellites and 10 ATM water resistance[3], making it the perfect companion for outdoor adventurers and sports enthusiasts.

The Amazfit T-Rex 2 is a rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch with dual-band and 5 satellites positioning, and 10 ATM water resistance that can accompany users in extremely challenging environments.

With additional sports modes, new navigation functions and comprehensive health monitoring, the T-Rex 2 supports adventure lovers and outdoor fitness enthusiasts to push their limits no matter how or where they explore.

The T-Rex 2 is the third edition of the Amazfit T-Rex series. The enhanced functions of the T-Rex 2 aim to further allow outdoor loving adventurers, such as surfers and hikers, to record their personalised health data wherever they get their fitness fix.

Never miss an adventure

No adventure is out of reach with the T-Rex 2. The new device supports hikers, climbers, trail runners and adventurers to explore unfamiliar terrain through its route trajectory navigation, real-time navigation, and journey tracking functions[4]. It also uses direct-return navigation to show the shortest straight line[5] back to the start of a journey. The built-in barometric altimeter and compass are perfect for those who want to conquer new heights and discover untrodden paths. With the new route import function, users can import pre-selected routes and follow them using the watch.

With dual-band positioning and support for five satellite navigation systems, it can more effectively reduce environmental interference, and achieve faster search speed and more precise positioning[6].

Ultra-long battery life and added sports modes that reach new depths

As with all Amazfit devices, the battery life is ultra-long lasting and powerful enough to run for 24 days – meaning no adrenaline fuelled wilderness retreat will need to be cut short.

The T-Rex 2 also features 150+ sports modes – now including triathlon, hunting, fishing, golf swing and surfing mode[7] –  and with a 10 ATM grade can resist water-pressure equivalent to a depth of up to 100m, to accompany wearers as they surf or swim.

24-hour health management at the touch of a button

The watch also has built-in 24-hour health management[8] functions through its self-developed 6PD (six photodiodes) BioTracker™, so users can get data that matters quickly and effectively. This includes the monitoring of heart rate, blood-oxygen saturation and stress levels all at the same time to get a personalised evaluation. With Amazfit’s easy one-tap measuring[9], users can also measure four different health metrics[10] – heart rate, blood-oxygen saturation, stress level and breathing rate – in as little as 45 seconds.

Tough from the inside out

The watch is tough enough to be operated[11] in temperatures as low as -30°C and resist temperatures as low as -40°C and high as +70°C, proving that it is a trusted companion even under extreme conditions. The Amazfit T-Rex 2 is capable of functioning through heat waves, humid rainforests and polar glaciers.

Design inspired by nature

The four colour palettes are the perfect match for outdoor adventurers and bring style, texture and durability together as one. The clarity of the 1.39″ HD AMOLED colour screen, high resolution and always-on display also means the wearer will never have to stop their activity to track progress or any important information. With a larger screen, it’s never been easier to monitor your data whilst on the move.

The Amazfit T-Rex 2 launches globally on 24th May, 2022 (GTM+1) with pricing starting from €229.9 in Europe. It will be available for pre-sale on the Amazfit Amazon stores in Italy and France on 1st June, 2022, and also on the Italy, France and Germany  Amazfit stores on 1st June, 2022. The Amazfit T-Rex 2 will be made available in more countries throughout June 2022.

For more information, please visit www.amamzfit.com/en/

Footnotes:
1, The battery life may vary according to the settings, operation conditions and other factors.
2, The relevant data on this topic comes from the following report: H202203154768-01EN. Prolonged exposure is not recommended as it may damage the watch and its components.
3, According to the ISO 22810:2010 standard, the Amazfit T-Rex 2 achieves a rating of 10 ATM, for a water-resistance of up to 100 meters, and is therefore suitable for splashes, snow, showering, swimming, or some high-speed water sports.
4, These features will be added via OTA update.
5, The shown straight line back to the start of a journey may not be a practical route to follow due to environmental factors; this is only intended to help you keep track of your position in relation to the start point of the journey. This feature will be added via OTA update.
6, Indoor positioning services are not supported. Positioning speed and accuracy may be affected by the surrounding environment. The watch can automatically connect to up to two satellite systems at a time, and specific satellite connections may depend on your location.
7, The Surfing sport mode will be added via OTA update.
8, 24-hour monitoring of heart rate and blood-oxygen saturation (SpO2) need to be enabled in the Zepp App.
9, To process the one-tap measurement and other manual metric measurements, please wear the watch tightly at one finger-width from the wrist, and keep your arm still for best results. Movement, and environmental and physical characteristics can affect speed and accuracy of monitoring and measurement.
10, This product and the Zepp App are not medical devices and cannot be used for medical purposes, or as basis for diagnosis of any medical condition. 
11, The low temperature mode needs to be installed via OTA update. It is turned off by default and needs to be enabled in the watch settings.

About Amazfit

Amazfit, a leading global smart wearables brand focused on health and fitness, is part of Zepp Health (NYSE: ZEPP), a health technology company. Offering a wide selection of smartwatches and bands, Amazfit’s brand essence is “Up Your Game”, encouraging users to live their passions and express their active spirits freely. Amazfit is powered by Zepp Health’s proprietary health management platform that delivers cloud-based 24/7 actionable insights and guidance to help users attain their wellness goals. With outstanding craftsmanship, Amazfit smartwatches have won many design awards, including the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award.

Launched in 2015, Amazfit is today embraced by millions of users. Its products are available in more than 90 countries across the Americas, and EMEA and APAC regions. For more information about Amazfit, visit www.amazfit.com. For more information about Zepp Health, visit www.zepphealth.com.

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J&T Express Launches Network in Brazil to Continue its Expansion in Latin America

SAO PAULO, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — J&T Express (“J&T”), an international express logistics company, announced today that it has officially launched its network in Brazil. This is another major step in J&T’s expansion in the Latin American market, following the Company’s launch of the network in Mexico. With the market entry in Brazil, J&T Express has successfully established its presence in two of the largest economies in Latin America and expanded its global delivery network to 12 countries in Asia and Latin America.

Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by land area. It is also the largest economy in Latin America with the biggest and most developed e-commerce market in the region. According to The Brazilian Electronic Commerce Association (ABComm), in 2021, e-commerce sales in Brazil grew 74% compared to 2019. The rapidly growing e-commerce market presents significant opportunities for the express logistics industry. J&T Express has established its distribution network across Brazil, covering all 26 states and one federal district.

J&T Express Brazil launched operation officially

Charles Hou, Group Vice President of J&T Express, said “Being part of a new generation of express logistics companies with an increased focus on internationalization, J&T Express is committed to providing users with more efficient and convenient services through our growing global operation network. J&T Express attaches great importance to expanding in the Latin American market and the launch in Brazil is an integral step in having a presence in the region. The success of the networks launched in Mexico and Brazil within a short time frame further demonstrates the benefits of the regional sponsorship model in our global expansion. It is also an important step for the company to continue to further cultivate emerging markets and expand its strategic global footprint.”

Andy Wang, Head of J&T Express Brazil, said “Compared to countries and regions with well-established e-commerce and logistics businesses, the Brazilian market is developing rapidly with a great potential for further growth. We believe J&T Express is well positioned to leverage its determination and capabilities in building local operations to establish a refined service network in Brazil and provide local customers with an efficient, convenient and quality logistics experience. Meanwhile, we also partnered with J&T International to provide one-stop cross-border services to our onshore e-commerce merchants, which primarily include custom clearance, overseas warehousing and last-mile delivery. ”

J&T Express

J&T Express’ network now spans twelve countries including China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Brazil, and serves over 2 billion people.

About J&T Express

J&T Express is a global logistics service provider with leading express delivery businesses in Southeast Asia and China, the largest and fastest-growing market in the world. Founded in 2015, J&T Express’ network spans twelve countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Mexico and Brazil. Adhering to its “customer-oriented and efficiency-based” mission, J&T Express is committed to providing customers with integrated logistics solutions through intelligent infrastructure and digital logistics network, as part of its global strategy to connect the world with greater efficiency and bring logistical benefits to all.

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Now on Store Shelves: Breakthrough Journal Releases 2022 Spring Issue “Climate Geopolitics”

Berkeley, CA, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For the first time in its decade-long history, the Breakthrough Journal has received a makeover and is now on US and global shelves, including in Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. The new issue, “Climate Geopolitics,” focuses on how global climate action efforts often divorce geopolitical problems from their historical contexts in order to make them fit within the framework of climate change.

The Breakthrough Journal is the Breakthrough Institute‘s quarterly magazine delivering pragmatic opinion and analysis, grounded in the belief that even our most wicked environmental problems have technological solutions.

Now on shelves in the US, Canada, Europe, and Middle East.
Look for it at Barnes & Noble and other magazine retailers.

Click here for the online edition.

The issue includes 7 essays, 3 responses, and one board game review. Authors include:

  • Ted Nordhaus, Breakthrough’s Founder, and Executive Director;
  • Nils Gilman, VP of Programs at the Berggruen Institute;
  • Vijaya Ramachandran, Director for Energy and Development at Breakthrough;
  • Arthur Baker Associate Director at the University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab;
  • Yaqiu Wang, Senior China Researcher at Human Rights Watch;
  • And more!

Sneak peak at this issue’s incisive commentary:

Breakthrough executive director Ted Nordhaus opens the issue with “Am I the Mass Murderer?” a searing look at efforts to discredit all but the most apocalyptic visions of the planet’s future. It is far better, he urges, to understand the possible consequences of climate change as a race between two trends: The planet is warming, yes, but greater societal wealth is also increasing our resilience against the very changes warming will bring. The choice, he concludes, is not between survival and extinction, but “rather between marginally better and worse futures—futures that will be shaped by a kaleidoscope of forces, most of them having not so much to do with climate change.”

In “The Guns of Warming,” Berggruen Institute’s Nils Gilman explores the genesis of the idea that climate change will have serious national security implications—an effort, he writes, led by security analysts looking to get the government to take warming seriously. “As time has gone by,” though, “that strategy has become more and more dubious.” Rather than “motivating a Great War on Climate Change,” he argues, “the defense establishment’s focus on climate-related security challenges has instead served as little more than a justification for enriching the military-industrial complex” in support of the same old goals it always had.

In “Beijing’s Green Fist,” Human Rights Watch’s Yaiqu Wang notes that because of the scale of Chinese emissions, many are desperate for China’s cooperation and have applauded its bold commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2060. Before people “get giddy about working with Chinese authorities on climate change,” Wang warns, “they should have a better understanding of the work Chinese authorities actually intend to do, and the human rights abuses built into it.” From recording devices in trash can lids to forced labor in Xinjiang, “it is increasingly clear that the Chinese government has been exploiting environmental causes to consolidate political control and expand its power at the expense of human rights.”

In “Let Them Eat Carbon,” BTI’s Vijaya Ramachandran and University of Chicago’s Arthur Baker find that the World Bank and others are increasingly bowing to pressure to ban loans to the least developed countries for fossil fuels. That makes little sense, though, as either a development strategy or a way to combat climate change, they write in “Let Them Eat Carbon.” “Pressuring low- and lower-middle-income countries to replace plans for gas power with solar or wind energy will have limited climate benefits,” since “those countries’ emissions are drops in the bucket.” Meanwhile, “reducing poverty is not feasible without access to cheap and reliable energy,” and that energy won’t come without investment in existing energy infrastructure.

From the executive editor, Kathryn Salam:

Before I came on as editor of the Breakthrough Journal, I spent years in foreign policy journalism. From that perch, covering the climate always presented a challenge. It was clear that it was important to do, but how to do so both responsibly and in a way that would attract eyeballs was less straightforward.

The stories that did the best were routinely the ones that flouted my sense of best practices. They catastrophized, they decontextualized, they treated climate change as divorced from the big international relations concepts—sovereignty, realpolitik, self-interest—that were more rigorously applied to other topics in global affairs.

In turn, climate became less a subject to examine through existing frameworks and more a framework into which every other topic might be jammed. Coverage looked to the implications of global warming for conflict, democracy, development, international cooperation, and the like, rather than what geopolitics, for example, might mean for dealing with the climate.

I think that’s unhelpful—or at the very least, inadequate. And I hope the pieces collected in this issue offer a corrective.

From security, to development, to human rights, and beyond, these essays show how a big issue in geopolitics came to be wrapped in a climate coating, why that’s harmful to international progress and the climate, and what a more serious approach to both might look like.

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Sweegen Wins Stevia Reb M Patent Lawsuit Against PureCircle

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sweegen, the global pioneer in wellness ingredient technologies and innovations, announced its victory against PureCircle in a stevia Rebaudioside M (Reb M) patent lawsuit.

“Today’s judgment vindicates Sweegen and affirms the company’s position as an industry leader in innovative sweetener solutions,” said Steven Chen, CEO of Sweegen.

PureCircle, acquired by Ingredion in 2020, had filed the 2018 lawsuit against Sweegen in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accusing Sweegen of infringing two PureCircle patents covering the manufacture of Reb M.

The legal tide turned on PureCircle when Sweegen obtained a summary judgment that both of PureCircle’s asserted patents are invalid. Since it is impossible to infringe an invalid patent, the court’s invalidation of the asserted patents ends the infringement case against Sweegen at the U.S. District Court.

“As a holder of core proprietary technologies of wellness ingredients, Sweegen vigorously guards its intellectual property rights and respects those of others,” said Chen. “We have always maintained that PureCircle’s patents were invalid and its case against Sweegen spurious.”

Sweegen is the primary producer of the highly sought-after non-GMO Reb M originating from the stevia leaf, made with a proprietary clean bioconversion method.

The case is PureCircle USA Inc., et al. v. Sweegen, Inc., et al., case number 8:18-CV-01679-JVS-JDE, in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division.

About Sweegen
Sweegen provides sweet taste solutions for food and beverage manufacturers around the world.

We are on a mission to reduce the sugar and artificial sweeteners in our global diet. Partnering with customers, we create delicious zero-sugar products that consumers love. With the best modern sweeteners in our portfolio, such as Bestevia® Rebs B, D, E, I, M, and N, and brazzein, along with our deep knowledge of flavor modulators and texturants, Sweegen delivers market-leading solutions that customers want, and consumers prefer. Well. Into the Future.

For more information, please contact info@sweegen.com and visit Sweegen’s website, www.sweegen.com.

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European Post-production House Selects Infortrend Scale-out NAS for Performance, Efficient Management, and Storage Flexibility

TAIPEI, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —  Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495), an industry-leading enterprise storage provider, helped optimize the post-production NAS storage capability of a creative production company in Europe with EonStor CS scale-out NAS. The Infortrend NAS solution maximizes storage capacity, provides ease of management, and offers flexible storage expansion to boost its post-production productivity.

A creative post-production house in Europe that specializes in creative commercials, post-production editing, and animation as their unique touch, have storage matters that need to be resolved. They have been the winner of the world’s most recognizable international advertising awards, the Clio Awards, and have a client list that includes world-renowned brands such as Coca-Cola, Nike, Riot Games, etc. However, the exploding data volume have left them with issues of storage performance and capacity.

The studio has been utilizing three NAS storage systems for special effects and non-linear editing, as well as file sharing, backup, and archive. Their major challenge is that the data is stored in three independent volumes, making them difficult to efficiently utilize the storage capacities and required manual maintenance to organize data to corresponding NAS systems. Therefore, the customer wishes to replace their storage system with a single volume solution to save management effort while offering dynamic expandability.

To meet their requirements, Infortrend offered five of their EonStor CS3024 scale-out NAS solutions. The multi-node scale-out NAS architecture provides a single volume for ease of management and expansion. The system can be further expanded by scaling out up to 144 nodes, and scaling up to 84 hard drives per node, reaching approximately 100PB of storage capacity to keep the ever-increasing projects.

The standout performance of EonStor CS3024 is HDD-based and cost-effective for 4K video editing, the 5-node cluster can support up to 34 layers of simultaneous playback without stuttering. With four SSDs integrated into each node as cache, it offers lower latency and boosts read/ write performances. Additionally, the solution provides a complete data protection design including RAID and Erasure Code to avoid data loss caused by disk or node failures.

“EonStor CS has all the prerequisites a post-production house needs with its performance, flexible expandability, and a variety of data protection mechanisms for that extra peace of mind to create and edit with ease,” said Frank Lee, Senior Director of Product Planning at Infortrend.

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About Infortrend

Infortrend (TWSE: 2495) has been developing and manufacturing storage solutions since 1993. With a strong emphasis on in-house design, testing, and manufacturing, Infortrend storage delivers performance and scalability with the latest standards, user friendly data services, personal after-sales support, and unrivaled value. For more information, please visit www.infortrend.com

Infortrend® and EonStor® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Infortrend Technology, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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‫تختار دار مرحلة ما بعد الإنتاج الأوروبية وحدات التخزين المتصلة بالشبكة (NAS) لمقياس Infortrend للأداء والإدارة الفعالة ومرونة التخزين

تايبيه، 24 مايو 2022 / PRNewswire / —    Infortrend® Technology, Inc.   (TWSE: 2495) ، وهي شركة رائدة في مجال تخزين الشركات، ساعدت في تحسين قدرة التخزين بعد إنتاج NAS لشركة إنتاج إبداعية في أوروبا مع EonStor CS خارج NAS . يعمل حل Infortrend NAS على تعظيم سعة التخزين، ويوفر سهولة الإدارة، ويوفر توسعة تخزين مرنة لتعزيز إنتاجية ما بعد الإنتاج.

يوجد دار إبداعية لمرحلة ما بعد الإنتاج في أوروبا متخصصة في الإعلانات الإبداعية، وتحرير ما بعد الإنتاج، والرسوم المتحركة باعتبارها لمسة فريدة من نوعها، ولديها أمور تخزين تحتاج إلى حل. كفائزة بجوائز الإعلانات العالمية الأكثر شهرة في العالم، وجوائز كليو، وبقائمة العملاء التي تشمل العلامات التجارية ذات الشهرة العالمية مثل كوكا كولا ونايك و Riot Games ، وما إلى ذلك، فإن حجم بياناتها المتفجر قد تركها مع مشاكل في أداء التخزين والسعة.

يستخدم الاستوديو ثلاثة أنظمة تخزين NAS للمؤثرات الخاصة والتحرير غير الخطي، بالإضافة إلى مشاركة الملفات والنسخ الاحتياطي والأرشيف. ويتمثل التحدي الرئيسي الذي يواجههم في تخزين البيانات في ثلاثة مجلدات مستقلة، مما يجعلها صعبة الاستخدام الفعال لقدرات التخزين والصيانة اليدوية المطلوبة لتنظيم البيانات إلى أنظمة ناس المقابلة. لذلك، يرغب العميل في استبدال نظام التخزين الخاص به بحل وحدة تخزين واحدة لتوفير جهد الإدارة مع توفير إمكانية التوسع الديناميكي.

 لتلبية متطلباتهم، قدمت Infortrend خمسة من حلول EonStor CS 3024 الخاصة بهم. توفر بنية NAS متعددة العقد حجمًا واحدًا لتسهيل الإدارة والتوسع. يمكن أيضًا توسيع النظام من خلال توسيع ما يصل إلى 144 عقدة، وتوسيع ما يصل إلى 84 محرك أقراص ثابت لكل عقدة، لتصل إلى حوالي 100 رطل من سعة التخزين للحفاظ على المشاريع المتزايدة باستمرار.

 يعتمد الأداء المتميز لـ EonStor CS 3024 على محرك الأقراص الصلبة وفعالية التكلفة لتحرير الفيديو بدقة 4K ، ويمكن أن تدعم المجموعة المكونة من 5 عقد ما يصل إلى 34 طبقة من التشغيل المتزامن دون التأتأة. مع أربعة محركات أقراص صلبة الحالة مدمجة في كل عقدة كذاكرة تخزين مؤقت، فإنه يوفر زمن وصول أقل ويعزز أداء القراءة/ الكتابة. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يوفر الحل تصميمًا كاملاً لحماية البيانات بما في ذلك RAID و Erasure Code لتجنب فقدان البيانات الناتج عن فشل القرص أو العقدة.

قال فرانك لي، المدير الأول لتخطيط المنتجات في Infortrend : “لدى EonStor CS جميع المتطلبات الأساسية ما بعد الإنتاج التي يحتاجها أداء البيت، وقابليته للتوسع المرن، ومجموعة متنوعة من آليات حماية البيانات لراحة البال الإضافية لإنشاءها وتحريرها بسهولة “.

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عن شركة Infortrend

شركة Infortrend (رمز التداول في بورصة تايوان: 2495) هي شركة متخصّصة في تطوير حلول تخزين البيانات وتصنيع أجهزتها منذ عام 1993. وبفضل اهتمامها الكبير بتطوير عملياتها الداخلية للتصميم والاختبار والتصنيع، تمكّنت الشركة من توفير حلول تخزين متميّزة ومطابقة لأحدث المعايير وتتمتع بأداء قوي وقابلية للتوسع، إضافة إلى ذلك توفر الشركة لعملائها خدمات لتسهيل استخدام البيانات، وخدمات دعم مخصّصة في مرحلة ما بعد البيع. لمزيد من المعلومات عن شركة Infortrend ؛ يُرجى زيارة موقعها الإلكتروني:   www.infortrend.com

® Infortrend و® EonStor هما علامتان تجاريتان أو علامتان تجاريتان مسجلتان لشركة Infortrend Technology ؛ أمّا العلامات التجارية الأخرى فهي علامات تجارية مملوكة لأصحابها.

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LeddarTech Announces the Sensor Fusion and Perception Development Center Grand Opening in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 9, 2022

QUEBEC and TEL AVIV, Israel, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce the official grand opening of LeddarTech’s Sensor Fusion and Perception Development Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 9 at 3:00 p.m. (IST).

The event will be hosted by Charles Boulanger, CEO of LeddarTech and Ronny Cohen, Vice-President and General Manager of ADAS and AD Sensor Fusion and Perception. In addition to welcoming guests and dignitaries to the center, this event is also a celebration of our highly skilled and professional engineers and their contributions to our technology development.

The event will be operated in a casual mixer style with food, drinks and giveaways. There will also be a guest speaker presentation from Dr. Ami Appelbaum, Chairman of the Innovation Authority and Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economy and Industry in Israel, who will discuss “Smart Mobility – Israel’s Potential, Opportunities and Risks.” In addition, guests will have the opportunity to meet the team, network and view demonstrations of the LeddarVision™ sensor fusion and perception platform. This platform enables Level 2-5 ADAS and AD on-road and off-road vehicles. LeddarVision combines AI and computer vision technologies and deep neural networks with computational efficiency to scale up the performance of ADAS/AD sensors and hardware essential for planning the driving path while providing safer autonomous driving with better detection.

“I am very proud to host this event in Israel,” stated Mr. Charles Boulanger, CEO of LeddarTech. “Our team in Israel, supported by our R&D facilities in Quebec and Ontario, has done an extraordinary job developing groundbreaking raw data fusion and perception technology.” Mr. Boulanger continued: “The Sensor Fusion and Perception Development Center in Tel Aviv marks a real achievement for LeddarTech as we continue to expand and engage with some of the best talent in the world,” Mr. Boulanger concluded.

About LeddarTech

Founded in 2007, LeddarTech is a comprehensive end-to-end environmental sensing company that enables customers to solve critical sensing, fusion and perception challenges across the entire value chain. LeddarTech provides cost-effective perception solutions scalable from Level 2 ADAS to Level 5 full autonomy with LeddarVision™, a raw-data sensor fusion and perception platform that generates a comprehensive 3D environmental model from a variety of sensor types and configurations. LeddarTech also supports LiDAR manufacturers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers with key technology building blocks such as LeddarSteer™ digital beam steering and the LeddarEngine™, which is built on LeddarTech’s Leddar™ technology employing patented signal acquisition and processing techniques to generate a richer and cleaner return signal at a lower cost. The LeddarEngine comprises a highly integrated, scalable LiDAR SoC and software combination that enables LiDAR developers and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers to design their LiDAR solutions. The company is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge automotive and mobility remote-sensing applications, with over 120 patented technologies (granted or pending) enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities.

Additional information about LeddarTech is accessible at www.leddartech.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Contact:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-President, Global Marketing, Communications and Investor Relations, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ext. 232 daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Investor relations contact: InvestorRelations@leddartech.com
https://investors.leddartech.com/

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