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TUV Rheinland Certifies Taiwan’s First Outdoor e-Parking System at Nantou Service Area

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TAIPEI, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Whenever there is a surge in weekend or holiday traffic, it means heavy demand for parking at highway rest areas. People can often be seen circling endlessly in the parking lots for a parking space, wasting time and money. Sometimes, individuals will stop to rest at a service area but then forget where they have parked their car. The Central Region Branch Office of the Freeway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereafter referred to as “CRBO”) has taken the lead in installing an e-parking system to help people with their parking needs. The system will alleviate parking stress at rest areas during public holidays and improve the turnover rate for service area parking.

Certificate handover by CRBO Director Huan-Ju Peng (right 4) and Kevin Wu (left 3), Vice General Manager of Mobility Service, TUV Rheinland
Certificate handover by CRBO Director Huan-Ju Peng (right 4) and Kevin Wu (left 3), Vice General Manager of Mobility Service, TUV Rheinland

The smart parking directions system at the Nantou Service Area was certified after 1.5 months of system verification and testing. TUV Rheinland conducted 42 actual vehicle testing and verification tasks covering license plate recognition for streams of traffic, eTag detection, parking capacity monitoring, software and hardware functionality, and vehicle search functions. The system was validated against the project specifications and a certificate of conformity was subsequently issued on May 14. At the certification ceremony the two parties were represented by CRBO Director Huan-Ju Peng and Kevin Wu, Vice General Manager of Mobility Service, TUV Rheinland.

The purpose of the e-parking system is to help drivers find open parking spaces and to find their cars at rest areas more quickly. What distinguishes the e-parking system at the Nantou Service Area from traditional service areas is its ability to not only monitor traffic volumes but also to dynamically divert and balance traffic based on parking capacity. Vehicles can be directed to suitable sectors so they don’t all crowd near the retail area, stop in non-parking areas, or cause traffic jams at intersections while drivers try to find parking.

An outdoor e-parking system is more challenging to design than indoor systems (e.g., the parking lots at department stores or high-rises). Outdoor e-parking must take into account weather, environment, signal transmission, and whether monitoring may be affected by the glare from license plates. The introduction of e-parking at the Nantou Service Area will not only maximize the benefits of eTag but also set a precedent for outdoor e-parking in Taiwan.

The Central Region Branch Office, Freeway Bureau has transformed the Nantou service area into a large outdoor smart parking guidance field on the highway. To ensure that the e-parking system will continue to function correctly once it is formally launched, an international third-party certification body was introduced by the CRBO to verify the system before it is commissioned. The independent verification and validation (IV&V) plan developed by TUV Rheinland helped to ensure that the system will be more suitable for real-world conditions. The system integrates parking directions and management, traffic statistics, and vehicle search functions to get drivers from entrance to exit quicker and safer. If they happen to forget where they have parked their vehicle, they can simply enter their license plate at the traffic condition kiosk in the service area and it will display the vehicle’s location.

Local cultural motifs such as purple crow butterflies and owls have also been incorporated into the design of the Nantou Service Area. The CRBO will continue to monitor and refine the e-parking system’s functionality, safety, and accuracy in order to improve traffic flow and user satisfaction within the service area.

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Coc Coc Shares Its Contribution in Fighting Against COVID-19 Epidemic

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HANOI, Vietnam, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vietnam has made efforts to implement measures of the COVID-19 prevention and achieved positive results. To contribute to this success, businesses, especially technology companies, have taken numerous practical actions. As a leading Vietnamese technology company, Coc Coc has made timely contributions to the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam. 

Despite having a wide border with China, Vietnam is currently one of the very few countries that has controlled the COVID-19 epidemic effectively with prompt and drastic policies of social distancing. The country is worldwide known with many creative communication campaigns which government, companies & people join hands to make it go viral, such as “Ghen Co-Vy” song & dance, rice ATM, 0 dong supermarket.

COVID-19 Search Page on Coc Coc Browser with 250,000 queries daily

As the progress of the COVID-19 epidemic was getting more complicated in some countries, the amount of traffic in searching for COVID-19 related keywords increased dramatically. However, that facilitated the dissemination of false information, which mainly mentioned the number of COVID-19 positive patients, as well as the methods to prevent the disease. Before the situation of fake news quickly spread on the Internet, Coc Coc launched an updated information page of COVID-19 based on official sources on the Coc Coc search engine on February 10 to provide exact information for users to follow. Coc Coc is one of the first Vietnamese technology companies to develop a COVID-19 information page with such fast access speed and updated information. Users only need to type keywords related to Covid-19 such as “corona virus”, “coronavirus”, “nCoV”, “corona virus”, “2019-nCoV”, ” COVID-19″, “sars-cov-2” on Coc Coc browser (with 24M users) or accessing to the link, a complete news page of the COVID-19 pandemic developments will appear immediately. All necessary information of the disease such as symptoms, prevention methods, recommendations of the Ministry of Health are continually updated in the most concise and intuitive way. Users can look for information from both desktop and mobile, and easily share it with friends and relatives. After launching the news page, Coc Coc has recorded 250 thousand visits daily. And, Coc Coc has become the most popular COVID-19  news one in Vietnam and received a lot of requests from the overseas Vietnamese community to publish it in English version.

COVID-19 search page on Coc Coc receives 250,000 queries/day
COVID-19 search page on Coc Coc receives 250,000 queries/day

Communication to promote social distancing

Besides, Coc Coc also applies the chatbot of COVID-19 on their fanpage. When users directly send questions to Coc Coc’s fanpage, Coc Coc will have access to the information and give back the most accurate answers.

For users on Coc Coc’s mobile platform, Coc Coc immediately updates daily news about COVID-19, epidemic prevention information and government announcements via push notification.

After the social distancing instruction of the government, Coc Coc rapidly changed its Doodle so as to enthusiastically respond to the campaign “Staying at home is happy”. Especially, Coc Coc actively spread the message on the browser’s new tab page with more than 20 million views per day, in order to raise public awareness of the importance of keeping themselves and society safe.

Support package for COVID-19 affected clients

During a period of social distancing, Vietnam also encouraged businesses to offer assistance programs for people such as online payment, online work, and other online forms.With several suitable features for users working or learning online, Coc Coc tried their best to optimize those features to users for a better experience. In addition to the existing features, Coc Coc also released new features to meet entertainment demands such as Coc Coc Music, Coc Coc Game. 

At this time, Coc Coc is also implementing plans to provide advertising support packages so as to accompany businesses that are badly affected by the disease.

About Coc Coc:

Coc Coc is a Vietnamese browser, which was developed on Chromium open-source platform – a platform popularly used by other well-known web browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera. Overtaking IE, Firefox, Safari, Coc Coc has grown to be the second most popular web browser in Vietnam with nearly 18.4% market share of browsers by access and 5.8% that of search engines. In 2019, Coc Coc cooperated with Yandex, one of Europe’s largest internet companies, to launch the personalize newsfeed on Coc Coc Newtab that delivered remarkable growth in users and revenue.

Website: https://coccoc.com/

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Supermicro Expands Portfolio with Fully Integrated NVIDIA A100 GPU-Powered Systems Delivering 5 PetaFLOPS of AI Performance in a Single 4U Server

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SAN JOSE, California, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today announced two new systems designed for artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning applications that fully leverage the third-generation NVIDIA HGX™ technology with the new NVIDIA A100™ Tensor Core GPUs as well as full support for the new NVIDIA A100 GPUs across the company’s broad portfolio of 1U, 2U, 4U and 10U GPU servers. NVIDIA A100 is the first elastic, multi-instance GPU that unifies training, inference, HPC, and analytics.

“Expanding upon our industry-leading portfolio of GPU systems and NVIDIA HGX-2 system technology, Supermicro is introducing a new 2U system implementing the new NVIDIA HGX™ A100 4 GPU board (formerly codenamed Redstone) and a new 4U system based on the new NVIDIA HGX A100 8 GPU board (formerly codenamed Delta) delivering 5 PetaFLOPS of AI performance,” said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. “As GPU accelerated computing evolves and continues to transform data centers, Supermicro will provide customers the very latest system advancements to help them achieve maximum acceleration at every scale while optimizing GPU utilization. These new systems will significantly boost performance on all accelerated workloads for HPC, data analytics, deep learning training and deep learning inference.”

As a balanced data center platform for HPC and AI applications, Supermicro’s new 2U system leverages the NVIDIA HGX A100 4 GPU board with four direct-attached NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs using PCI-E 4.0 for maximum performance and NVIDIA NVLink™ for high-speed GPU-to-GPU interconnects. This advanced GPU system accelerates compute, networking and storage performance with support for one PCI-E 4.0 x8 and up to four PCI-E 4.0 x16 expansion slots for GPUDirect RDMA high-speed network cards and storage such as InfiniBand™ HDR™, which supports up to 200Gb per second bandwidth.

“AI models are exploding in complexity as they take on next-level challenges such as accurate conversational AI, deep recommender systems and personalized medicine,” said Ian Buck, general manager and VP of accelerated computing at NVIDIA. “By implementing the NVIDIA HGX A100 platform into their new servers, Supermicro provides customers the powerful performance and massive scalability that enable researchers to train the most complex AI networks at unprecedented speed.”

Optimized for AI and machine learning, Supermicro’s new 4U system supports eight A100 Tensor Core GPUs. The 4U form factor with eight GPUs is ideal for customers that want to scale their deployment as their processing requirements expand. The new 4U system will have one NVIDIA HGX A100 8 GPU board with eight A100 GPUs all-to-all connected with NVIDIA NVSwitch™ for up to 600GB per second GPU-to-GPU bandwidth and eight expansion slots for GPUDirect RDMA high-speed network cards. Ideal for deep learning training, data centers can use this scale-up platform to create next-gen AI and maximize data scientists’ productivity with support for ten x16 expansion slots.

Customers can expect a significant performance boost across Supermicro’s extensive portfolio of 1U, 2U, 4U and 10U multi-GPU servers when they are equipped with the new NVIDIA A100 GPUs.  For maximum acceleration, Supermicro’s new A+ GPU system supports up to eight full-height double-wide (or single-wide) GPUs via direct-attach PCI-E 4.0 x16 CPU-to-GPU lanes without any PCI-E switch for the lowest latency and highest bandwidth. The system also supports up to three additional high-performance PCI-E 4.0 expansion slots for a variety of uses, including high-performance networking connectivity up to 100G. An additional AIOM slot supports a Supermicro AIOM card or an OCP 3.0 mezzanine card.

As the leader in AI system technology, Supermicro offers multi-GPU optimized thermal designs that provide the highest performance and reliability for AI, Deep Learning, and HPC applications. With 1U, 2U, 4U, and 10U rackmount GPU systems; Utra, BigTwin™, and embedded systems supporting GPUs; as well as GPU blade modules for our 8U SuperBlade® , Supermicro offers the industry’s widest and deepest selection of GPU systems to power applications from Edge to Cloud.

To deliver enhanced security and unprecedented performance at the edge, Supermicro plans to add the new NVIDIA EGX™ A100 configuration to its edge server portfolio. The EGX A100 converged accelerator combines an NVIDIA Mellanox SmartNIC with GPUs powered by the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture, so enterprises can run AI at the edge more securely.

For more on Supermicro’s new GPU systems, please visit www.supermicro.com/A100.

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About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced Server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its “We Keep IT Green®” initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, BigTwin, SuperBlade, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

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4DReplay to provide 4DLive to Softbank’s 5G Service

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SEOUL, South Korea, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 4DReplay, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, will be providing its 4DLive solution for Japanese multinational company Softbank’s 5G mobile communications service. 4DReplay has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2017.

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4DReplay CI

4DLive is a media technology that enables immersive viewing of sports events on a mobile device. In early March this year, Softbank announced the details of its 5G services, highlighting one that utilizes 4DLive. Softbank has converged 5G with baseball games and other sports events. 5G supports high speed transmission of large-scale data, and will be utilized to relay a new type of sports videos in real time, including time-slicing at any angle.

4DReplay specializes in solutions creating 4-dimensional realistic videos. It is a technology that creates videos that leap beyond the boundaries of time and space using multiple 4K cameras. The essence is a function that allows viewers to watch a video at any given point in time. When applied to sports, movies, and television, it offers exhilarating scenes in real time. Unlike previous filming methods that are more focused on space, this technology showcases the movement of a subject from a 360° angle at any given moment.

Since first entering the US market in 2016, 4DReplay’s technology has become recognized globally. Its realistic media technology has been used in the broadcast of major sports events, including those involving the NBA, NHL, MLB and PGA Championships, and UFC matches. The 4DReplay solution was utilized in the MLB World Series in 2019 and garnered great interest among baseball fans around the world. It is also being utilized for Korea’s professional baseball league, which opened this year on May 5, and videos are being aired of all games taking place in Jamsil Stadium using 4DReplay technology.

In step with the increasing trend in “untact” (no-contact) media relay, 4DReplay plans to expand its reach globally, and is currently pursuing contracts with global telecommunications companies in North America and China.

Hongsu Jung, CEO of 4DReplay, said, “With the spread of an ‘untact’ culture, i.e., the social distancing that is prevalent due to the proliferation of COVD-19, we are seeing a rapid increase in inquiries not only from global media outlets and telecommunications companies wishing to relay videos using 4DReplay’s time-slicing realistic media technology but also countries that have launched or are planning to launch 5G services.”

For more detailed information on 4DReplay, visit https://www.4dreplay.com/.

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FP Markets Rated by Investment Trends as the Best for Quality of Trade Execution 2019

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SYDNEY, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — FP Markets has been rated as the forex & CFD broker with the “Best for Quality of Trade Execution 2019” in the recently published Investment Trends 2019 Australia Leverage Trading Report. 

FP Markets rated as Best for Quality of Trade Execution
FP Markets rated as Best for Quality of Trade Execution

The prestigious accolade came from the Investment Trends 2019 Australia Leverage Trading Report which was based on a broad survey of more than 10,000 investors and traders conducted in November and December 2019. The respondents came from the Investment Trends panel, media houses, online brokers and clients of leverage trading providers.

Investment Trends is a privately owned financial services industry research company based in Sydney, Australia that develops and delivers independent, deep insights research on the behaviours, buying preferences and future needs of investors and intermediaries for the financial services companies that serve them across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the USA.

As a well-renowned company in the industry and the winner of over 40 awards since it was founded in 2005, FP Markets has learnt that the combination of consistently tight spreads and fast execution, coupled with  cutting-edge platforms, a wide product range and first-rate customer support are the key ingredients that give serious traders the confidence to trade.

Matt Murphie, Managing Director of FP Markets commented: “We are delighted  to be rated as the Best for Quality of Trade Execution 2019 by Investment Trends.  The dedicated team at FP Markets work tirelessly to offer clients an unparalleled trading experience by providing consistently tighter spreads and the best in trade execution and it is pleasing to see the hard work recognised by industry experts.”

FP Markets offers over 10,000 trading instruments offering traders access to CFDs across across Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks and Cryptocurrencies, making it one of the largest offerings in the industry and the convenience of being able to trade CFDs from one account is why so many traders are opting to trade with FP Markets. 

Notes to Editors

About FP Markets:

  • FP Markets is an Australian Regulated global CFD and Forex provider with more than 15 years of industry experience.
  • The company’s vision has always been to deliver the ultimate trading destination for clients by combining the best trading conditions, technology, product range, pricing and client services available to those wanting to trade the markets.
  • FP Markets offers the tightest interbank Forex spreads available from 0.0 pips and leverage up to 500:1.
  • Clients can also trade on-the-go from their mobile devices across several powerful online platforms like MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, WebTrader and IRESS.
  • The company’s outstanding 24/5 multilingual service has been recognised by Investment Trends as home to some of the most content clients in the industry, having been awarded ‘The Highest Overall Client Satisfaction Award,’ five years running.

For full details of our wide-ranging offering,  please visit  https://www.fpmarkets.com

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Plastics and Composites Maintain Growth Trajectory through 2020 Uncertainties

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SANTA CLARA, California, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Outlook for Chemicals in the Plastics and Composites, CASE, and Construction Industries, 2020, finds that the market of coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), plastics and composites, and construction chemicals will be driven by new supply chain optimization concepts, digital transformation, and circularity in products, processes, and packaging. Under the conditions of COVID-19, the global chemicals and materials market is expected to reach $3,716.5 billion by the end of 2020.  

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Frost & Sullivan – Plastics and Composites

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“Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across industries, the demand for modular building materials and advanced admixtures will propel the construction chemicals segment,” said Christeena Thomas, Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “Additionally, increasing demand for lightweighting of parts, especially in the automotive and transportation industry, will trigger growth in the plastics and composites segment, whereas sustainability and bio-based chemicals and materials will strongly boost the need for research and development in the CASE industry.”

Thomas added: “Regionally, with increasing urbanization, large population, and a drive for local production by governments—Asia Pacific is likely to become a growth engine for the global chemicals and materials industry. Further, India will register the highest growth due to rising investments in building and construction, infrastructure, and healthcare sector.”

In China, the chemicals and materials industry is in a state of rapid transition. Manufacturers are expected to focus more on products and services that reflect consumer demand trends. For North America and Europe, a host of uncertainties related to international trade, downturns in manufacturing and economic stability will result in slower growth. 

To tap into opportunities exposed by the global chemicals and materials industry in this COVID-19 era, here are some growth prospects:

  • Manufacturers and suppliers in the plastics and composites, CASE, and construction chemicals industries should invest in Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language processing as this will lower costs and enhance productivity, ensuring quality.
  • Building materials will witness a rise in the development and commercialization of bio-based or sustainable products due to which market participants in the chemicals and materials industry should focus on producing recyclable materials.
  • Digital transformation will allow chemicals-as-a-service offerings to customers.
  • The trade war between the U.S and China is encouraging companies to strengthen their footprint in India and ASEAN countries as this will help them hedge their risks associated with trade involving China.

Global Outlook for Chemicals in the Plastics and Composites, CASE, and Construction Industries, 2020 is part of Frost & Sullivan’s global   Visionary Science Growth Partnership Service program.

About Frost & Sullivan

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iQIYI Launches Virtual Tour of Mt. Everest via QIYU All-in-one VR Headset

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BEIJING, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) (“iQIYI” or the “Company”), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced that it has launched a virtual tour (the “Tour”) of  Mt. Everest via its QIYU all-in-one VR headset in partnership with Xinhua News Agency, one of the most influential media organizations in China.

iQIYI Launches Virtual Tour of Mt. Everest via QIYU All-in-one VR Headset
iQIYI Launches Virtual Tour of Mt. Everest via QIYU All-in-one VR Headset

iQIYI, as the official VR partner of Xinhua News Agency in its live coverage of the 2020 Mt. Everest Elevation Survey, will live stream the event in 4K high definition through VR using 5G technology on the QIYU all-in-one VR headset. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first successful summit of the world’s tallest mountain from the north face and the 45th anniversary of China’s first survey of Mt. Everest’s elevation and publication of its new height reading. In terms of elevation, the Tour represents China’s highest VR livestream to date.

Through its partnership with Xinhua News Agency, iQIYI has leveraged its innovative technology to live stream the 2020 Mt. Everest Elevation Survey in 5G+VR+4K format, enabling iQIYI users to witness this significant event in human history through the iQIYI App and QIYU all-in-one VR headset. The QIYU all-in-one VR headset supports 4K resolution and 360-degree free conversion of viewing angles, giving users a more immersive VR viewing experience.

iQIYI also ensures the smoothness and quality of livestreams through its leading EPASS360 panoramic video streaming media system based on AI technology, which optimizes the bit rate according to different user experience settings and better allocates the bit rate based on the accurate monitoring and analysis of the streaming process. On March 2020, iQIYI together with Peking University and Microsoft Research, jointly published a paper titled EPASS360: QoE-aware 360-degree Video Streaming over Mobile Devices. The paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), a top international journal in the field of Mobile Computing. 

Since 2017, iQIYI has been developing its VR and AR capabilities in the areas of hardware, technology, and content. Chongqing iQIYI Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. (“iQIYI Intelligence”), which is incubated and operated by iQIYI, has released QIYU all-in-one VR headsets, and completed a RMB100 million Series A financing in November 2019. iQIYI Intelligence has also developed iQIYI Ultimate Theater (iQUT) and VR 8K panoramic live streaming solutions. According to the latest available data from the Chinese spring festival period in 2020, the average daily viewing time of iQIYI QIYU VR users increased by more than 50% compared with the same period last year. 

iQIYI has also explored various opportunities to commercialize its VR capabilities and expand the ecosystem. For example, the Company has worked with hotels on the placement of iQIYI VR products in hotel rooms, while also having been featured in events including Beijing International Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival and curating the LANVIN VR runway show.

About iQIYI, Inc.

iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and the production of blockbuster content. iQIYI’s platform features highly popular original content, as well as a comprehensive library of other professionally-produced content, partner-generated content and user generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model including membership services, online advertising services, content distribution, live broadcasting, online games, IP licensing, online literature and e-commerce.

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Goodbaby Group launches new products at 60th trade show

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KUNSHAN, China, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On May 11, 2020, Goodbaby Group, a leading brand company of the global durable juvenile product industry, held the 60th trade show in Kunshan, where it was founded in 1989.

Adhering to the innovative spirit and indigenous research and development, Goodbaby Group successfully transformed from manufacturing Chinese products into building a global parenting life-style brand, establishing itself in three major markets, China, America and Germany, with thousands of users. Goodbaby currently has established a mature end-end operation platform with multiple brands, abundant categories and omni channels. Its brand influence was estimated to reach 14.535 billion yuan at China Brand Day 2020.

Goodbaby has implemented its digital transformation since 2019. The management of Goodbaby China has swiftly responded to the global pandemic and built a new e-commerce operational system based on universal online platforms with dealers to cope with this situation. This helped the company with many new achievements, increasing the number of its digitalized offline stores from 78 to 1,005 during the last three months, sharing operating elements including but not limited to products, user information and delivery service.

After thirty-one years of growth, Goodbaby is devoted to integrating its resources to provide total parenting solutions for customers. According to the company’s digital strategy, Goodbaby aims to build a thorough digital and socialized operation system oriented by users requirement to do precision marketing and improve business performance.

Goodbaby’s brand-new exhibition hall was designed by a leading French landscape designer, the space was opened after the trade show. The hall adopts a number of technological elements, such as AI and VR, to create a fashionable and futuristic atmosphere. One of its most important functions is to make a paradigm of an eco and experiential digitalized retailing system.

Goodbaby Eco Exhibition Hall, designed by a leading French interior designer
Goodbaby Eco Exhibition Hall, designed by a leading French interior designer

Goodbaby also launched a number of new products at the event:

  • The new stroller, FYN FeiYu (which translates to flying feather), is extremely light, weighing only 3.9kg and is made with carbon fiber.
  • A variety of fast-moving consumer goods, such as sunscreen, disinfection products as well as wipes, that have been designed specifically for infants

Goodbbay's new stroller, FYN, is extremely light, weighing only 3.9kg
Goodbbay’s new stroller, FYN, is extremely light, weighing only 3.9kg

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Kezzler Delivers Farm-to-fork Authenticate and Traceability System to Chinese National Agricultural Park

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Kezzler enables RunHui Agriculture to secure its supply chain and protect well-known Chinese food products from counterfeits

OSLO, Norway, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Kezzler was selected by RunHui Agricultural Comprehensive Development Co. Ltd (referred to as RunHui) to provide a traceability and authentication solution to The National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park in Hanting District, Weifang, Shandon Provence China. Kezzler’s serialization technology is initially being utilized for the production of the renowned Weixian radish, which is specific to the region. With full traceability across the entire supply chain, RunHui is able to ensure food safety and quality for their consumers.

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Image (C) RunHui

The project involves the application of unique, secure, and traceable QR codes to every pack of radishes. In addition, there is a four-digit hidden pin code for authentication. 

Chen Hailin, Senior Project Manager at RunHui Agriculture commented,

“We were impressed with Kezzler’s technology and the speed and ease at which it could be integrated with our existing digital infrastructure. This enabled us to create a connected and visible supply chain to support the objectives of the Industrial Park. The solution helps ensure that our supply chain has the responsiveness to maximize productivity based on data collected and deliver high-quality and safe products. A quick and easy authentication process reassures consumers that they have purchased genuine Weixian radishes, protecting the reputation of the Weixian brand and the economic growth of the region. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Kezzler in the future.”

Kezzler’s state of the art traceability platform is integrated with the Industrial Park’s existing big data platform provided by Beijing Aokemei Tech & Service Ltd. Upstream information such as batch, picking dates and inspection can be associated with the unique codes, allowing all data to be stored in one central platform for full traceability. 

Christine C. Akselsen, CEO of Kezzler

“Kezzler is at the forefront of unit-level traceability, with the ability to change the global food industry forever by making every single product digitally unique and interactive. Our extremely agile and scalable suite of cloud-based solutions provides visibility from creation to consumption. Traceability supports food safety and opens up new channels for brands to engage directly with consumers who are demanding more information beyond that displayed on the product label. Food fraud poses a serious risk to public health and threatens the economic development of agricultural regions, therefore the ability for consumers to verify their purchases directly is of increasing importance. Kezzler is proud to support the efforts of RunHui to promote sustainable and efficient farming that benefits all parties.”

The solution is integrated with China’s popular WeChat platform allowing consumers to scan the product directly from within the app on their phone. By entering the four-digit pin code, consumers can receive instant verification that the product is genuine and experience the farm-to-fork journey of the exact product in hand.

In 2020 the serialization will be extended to cover Hanting watermelons. 

To learn more: visit kezzler.com/solutions/runhui

CONTACT: Cecilie Bergenstjerna, Phone: +47 90 211 200, Email: office@kezzler.com 

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VisIC Partners With ZF for Next Generation EV Inverters

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– Joint R&D effort to develop an EV inverter based on gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology

– VisIC’s D3GaN technology, with lowest losses per Rdson combined with ZF’s highly efficient EV driveline systems extend the range of electric cars and reduce its system cost

NES ZIONA, Israel and FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a global leading automotive supplier, and VisIC Technologies Ltd., a global leader in gallium nitride (GaN) devices for automotive high-voltage applications, announce today a partnership to create the next generation of high-performance and high-efficiency electric drivelines for vehicles.

VisIC partners with ZF for next generation EV inverters
VisIC partners with ZF for next generation EV inverters

The partnership will see the two companies deepen their development efforts, based on VisIC D3GaN semiconductors technology. The focus of the joint efforts will be on 400-Volt driveline applications, covering the largest segment of the electric vehicle market.

“Our partnership with ZF for the development of gallium nitride-based power inverters in electric vehicles illustrates the break-through of gallium nitride technology in the automotive industry,” said Tamara Baksht, CEO of VisIC. “VisIC’s D3GaN technology was developed for the high reliability standards of the automotive industry and offers the lowest losses per Rdson. It also simplifies the system solution and enables high-efficiency and affordable power train solutions. It is definitely the next step for the automotive electrical driveline.”

ZF’s fast adoption of wide band gap semiconductor technology, such as silicon-carbide and gallium nitride, makes it a leader in the development of the most cost-effective and highly efficient electric drivelines. Through their extended R&D partnership, ZF and VisIC deepens their existing joint efforts in the application of gallium nitride semiconductors for inverters.

Gallium nitride semiconductors are key to further improve efficiency and performance of electrified vehicles, from hybrid up to full electric applications. This technology offers significantly better switching speed, range improvements as well as smaller and lighter package size, thereby reducing total system cost. “We are pleased about the cooperation with VisIC and are convinced that together we can further improve future electric drive systems based on gallium nitride technology,” says Dr. Dirk Walliser, Senior Vice President Corporate Research and Development at ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

This press release and further information can be found at www.visic-tech.com and www.press.zf.com.

VisIC Technologies Ltd.

VisIC Technologies is a world leader in GaN electronics for xEV applications, focused on high-power automotive solutions. Its efficient and scalable products are based on deep technological knowledge of gallium-nitride and decades of experience. VisIC is committed to provide a step function improvement in terms of size and cost of energy conversion systems and dedicated to high-quality customer support at all development phases. VisIC offers high power transistor products based upon compound semiconductor Gallium Nitride (GaN) material aiming to provide products for cost effective and high-performance automotive inverter systems.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG

ZF is a global technology company and supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. With its comprehensive technology portfolio, the company offers integrated solutions for established vehicle manufacturers, mobility providers and start-up companies in the fields of transportation and mobility. ZF continually enhances its systems in the areas of digital connectivity and automation in order to allow vehicles to see, think and act.

In 2019, ZF achieved sales of €36.5 billion. The company has a global workforce of 148,000 with approximately 240 locations in 41 countries. ZF invested seven percent of its sales in research and development.

Press Contact: 

VisIC Technologies LTD
Golda Meir 7
Nes Ziona
7403650 Israel
info@visic-tech.com

ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Robert Buchmeier
Head of Technology and Product Communications, Heritage Communications,
+49-7541-77-2488
robert.buchmeier@zf.com