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Masdar-led consortium strengthens partnership to advance landmark 4 GW green hydrogen program in Egypt

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  • UAE’s Masdar, Hassan Allam Utilities, and Infinity Power sign framework agreement with Egyptian state-backed entities for the development of green hydrogen and derivatives’ production facilities
  • First plant scheduled to be operational by 2026; consortium targeting capacity of 4 GW by 2030, and an output of up to 480,000 tons of green hydrogen per year
  • Agreement highlights UAE’s support for Egypt’s clean energy objectives; follows Masdar’s historic announcement of 10 GW wind project in country

ABU DHABI, UAE, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Masdar, the UAE’s flagship clean energy company, and its consortium partners, Infinity Power Holding and Hassan Allam Utilities, announced that they have signed a framework agreement with leading Egyptian state-backed organizations on the development of a 2 gigawatt (GW) green hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE).

The Masdar-led consortium signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in April with Egyptian entities, related to the development of two green hydrogen production plants in the country, one in the SCZONE and the other on the Mediterranean. The consortium is targeting an electrolyzer capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, and an output of up to 480,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.

Yesterday’s agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in the presence of HE Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate, and Chairman of Masdar, HE Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy and HE Hala Al-Said, Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development.  HE Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and HE Mariam Al Kaabi, UAE Ambassador to Egypt were also present.

The signatories were Mohammad Abdelqader El-Ramahi, Director for Asset Management, Technology and Green Hydrogen, at Masdar, Amr Allam, Chief Executive Officer of Hassan Allam Utilities, and Mohamed Ismail Mansour, Chairman of Infinity Power Holding. CEOs from the state-backed organizations also attended the event.

H.E. Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE Special Envoy for Climate, and Chairman of Masdar, said, “Today’s announcement serves to strengthen the ties between the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Egypt and highlights our two nations’ commitment to delivering zero-carbon energy solutions. This 4 GW green hydrogen program follows Masdar’s announcement last week of a 10-gigawatt wind project in Egypt, also with our partners Hassan Allam Utilities and Infinity Power Holding – both will support Egypt’s decarbonization objectives. Through Egypt’s hosting of COP27, our two countries have also been able to exchange expertise and share insights that we will take forward and build on in the UAE when we host COP28 next year.”

Mohamed Ismail Mansour, Chairman, Infinity Power, said, “We are honored to be working on our first ever Green Hydrogen project, as a part of the consortium with Masdar and Hassan Allam Utilities. The project is expected to facilitate economic growth for the country as well as help position Egypt as a Green Fuel Hub, propelling the country forward on its journey in becoming a green economy. We look forward to being a part of many such projects in the future.”

Amr Allam, CEO of Hassan Allam Holding, said, “Such strategic partnerships between Hassan Allam Utilities, Masdar, and Infinity Power provide more opportunities that support Egypt’s transition towards a green economy and promote sustainable development across the country. We are proud to contribute to the development of green hydrogen production facilities in Egypt while leveraging the country’s abundant natural resources.”

Nayer Fouad, CEO, Infinity Power, said, “We are always working towards expanding our portfolio of services across all technologies of sustainable energy production. This is a milestone event for us at Infinity Power, and we look forward to continuing to build upon our efforts with more Green Hydrogen projects as we move forward towards making the vision of a sustainable Africa a reality.”

Mohammed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO, Masdar, said: “Today’s announcement takes us a vital step closer to advancing this massive collaborative project, which stands to bolster Egypt’s energy independence and enable the production of high-value green hydrogen derivatives for export, like green ammonia. With the first green hydrogen molecule set to be produced by 2026, it is imperative we continue to maintain momentum to ensure timely completion of this groundbreaking undertaking.”

As per the agreement, the consortium will enter into a binding framework agreement with the SCZONE, the Egyptian New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE). The agreement sets out the key terms and conditions for the green hydrogen development program with a focus on the first phase of the program.

In the first phase of the project, the consortium will establish a green hydrogen manufacturing facility in the SCZONE, scheduled to begin operations by 2026. The electrolyzer facilities in the SCZONE and on the Mediterranean could be extended to up to 4 GW by 2030 to produce 2.3 million tonnes of green ammonia for export as well as supply green hydrogen for local industries.

Egypt enjoys abundant solar and wind resources that can allow for the generation of renewable power at a highly competitive cost, a key enabler for green hydrogen production and is located within proximity to markets where demand for green hydrogen is expected to grow the most, providing a robust opportunity for export.

Masdar, Infinity Power and Hassan Allan Utilities last week announced they had signed an agreement to develop a 10 GW onshore wind project in Egypt – one of the largest wind farms in the world. Once completed, the wind farm will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 23.8 million tonnes a year – equivalent to 9 percent of Egypt’s current output

Egypt is targeting renewables to make up 42 percent of its energy mix by 2035, while Egyptian authorities are reportedly working to revise the country’s renewable energy strategy to include green hydrogen.

Africa could capture as much as 10 percent of the global green hydrogen market, helping to create up to 3.7 million jobs and adding as much as US$120 billion to the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report issued jointly by Masdar and its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) platform at COP27 last week.

Active in more than 40 countries across the world, Masdar is invested in a portfolio of renewable energy assets with a combined value of more than US$20 billion and a total capacity of more than 15 GW. In December, it was announced that Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), Mubadala Investment Company, and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will partner under the Masdar brand to create a truly global, clean-energy powerhouse intended to spearhead the drive to net-zero carbon by 2050 while cementing the UAE’s leading role in green hydrogen. 

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IFN Neurologic and MetaCell Partner to Launch the IFN Neurologic Affiliate Program

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and PERTH, Australia, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —

Summary

The Institute of Functional Neuroscience, a world leading treatment and rehabilitation centre utilising the latest technologies in neuroplasticity research, and MetaCell, an innovative life science software company specialised in cutting-edge research software for major pharma, biotech, and academic institutions, have partnered to launch IFN Neurologic. This application will help clinicians to better serve patients with neurological disorders and provide treatments in the functional neuroscience domain. The application has been piloted with a limited number of clinics in 2021/2022, and now is made available to clinics and patients worldwide.

IFN Neurologic is an innovative application to help clinicians better serve patients with neurological disorders and provide treatments in the functional neuroscience domain
IFN Neurologic is an innovative application to help clinicians better serve patients with neurological disorders and provide treatments in the functional neuroscience domain

Affiliate Program 

Affiliate clinics will use for the first time IFN Neurologic to perform restorative neuroplasticity interventions on their patients at their own clinic. The affiliate program includes a comprehensive education program accredited by IFN (Institute of Functional Neuroscience) and AICN (Australian Institute of Clinical Neuroscience), all the necessary hardware/software, and access to the IFN Neurologic platform.

The team

Dr. Randy Beck, PhD, Director of the IFN, said: “We’re excited to be launching this new application in partnership with MetaCell. With this new software that requires no installation and can be reached from any web browser in the world, we now have the ability to rapidly scale up our diagnostic processes and reach more patients around the world at the click of a button.”

Giovanni Idili, COO of MetaCell, added: “We are very proud to work with Dr. Beck and provide IFN with a solution that ultimately allows the organisation to help a much greater number of patients at the same outstanding level of service, and we look forward to partnering with many more clinical innovators using our unique approach to custom software development in concert with our clinical neuroscience platforms.”

About IFN

The Institute of Functional Neuroscience (IFN) utilises the latest in neuroplasticity and neuroscience research to develop treatment approaches aimed at improving brain and nervous system performance of patients with a wide range of conditions including migraines, seizure disorders, strokes, attention deficit disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, developmental coordination delay, vertigo, depression, learning and developmental disorders, concussion syndromes and autism.

About MetaCell

MetaCell is a life science-focused software company composed of scientists and software engineers, with deep domain expertise in computational neuroscience, molecular biology, data science, and enterprise-grade online software development. Their solutions have been trusted for over a decade by some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and leading research institutions in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and Europe, including Biogen, Pfizer, Eisai, Salk, UCL, Mount Sinai, UCSD, Yale, Princeton, and many more.

Contact details

IFN Neurologic: https://ifnneurologic.com/ | +61 (08) 6254 2282 | affiliateprogram@ifnneurologic.com
IFN: https://ifn.net.au | +61 (08) 6254 2282 | info@ifn.net.au 
MetaCell: https://metacell.us/ | US +1 617-286-4832 | UK +44 1865 648684 | info@metacell.us

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Aiken Digital – SG / MY Join Forces with Onyx Island

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SINGAPORE, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Aiken Digital, a global growth agency that specialises in growth consulting, experience design, system development, creative & content, XB ecommerce and SaaS products, and Onyx Island, a leading digital experience agency in APAC, announced today on the completion of the merger between Aiken Digital and Onyx Island with a total workforce strength of 80 based in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

In connection with the merger, Onyx Island will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Aiken Digital. This merger will see a synergistic collaboration between the both agencies and evolve its offerings to serve the combined customer base of Aiken Digital & Onyx Island. Currently, the combined clientele includes Mastercard, L’Oréal, Luxottica, LVMH, Sotheby, L.D. Waxson, Beam Suntory, Cortina Watch, Philip Morris SG/MY, Salesforce APAC, NTUC and more.

From this merger, Aiken Digital will be known as Aiken Group, which will streamline its core businesses into 4 key business units as follows:

  1. Aiken Digital – Digital Consulting & Services
  2. Fixx Labs – Web 3.0 & Blockchain Solutions
  3. Social Commerce Cloud
  4. Esports & Gaming

Joseph Chua, CEO of Aiken Group, said, “Building upon our proven track record of successful M&A, this merger combines our expertise in consulting and digital experiences as we reimagine what we can deliver to customers as a leading global growth agency. We look forward to Onyx Island’s team joining Aiken Digital, further cultivating a shared culture of innovation and driving even greater value for Aiken Group’s stakeholders and partners.”

Danny Murong, Managing Director of Onyx Island, said, “Onyx Island has been reshaping the digital experience landscape for the past 10 years, helping our clients to improve the user’s experience through digital platforms/products. We stand for innovation and unwavering support of our clients and their business operations and now we are extending our commitment to exceptional service and innovation. Combining our assets and talented team with Aiken Digital’s experience in this field creates a remarkable growth agency to serve the needs of all our existing and future clients. Collectively, we will deliver even more value and innovation to customers, enabling them to thrive in this increasingly complex multi-cloud era.”

Danny Murong (pictured 5th from left), Zhi Wei Koh (pictured 3rd from left), Joshua Ooi (pictured 1st from right) & Wei Liang Lee (pictured 4th from right)
Danny Murong (pictured 5th from left), Zhi Wei Koh (pictured 3rd from left), Joshua Ooi (pictured 1st from right) & Wei Liang Lee (pictured 4th from right)

Following the closing of the merger, Aiken Digital will strengthen their ranks with a few key leadership positions within Singapore & Malaysia operations. The agency will appoint Danny Murong as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Aiken Group, Zhi Wei Koh as the Creative Director, Joshua Ooi as the Project Management Office Lead (PMO) and Wei Liang Lee as the Technical Lead.

About Aiken Digital

Aiken Digital is an established growth agency that focuses on developing technology solutions powered by AI to ignite a new generation of growth for companies.

Aiken has a global footprint with 7 offices worldwide in Malaysia, Singapore, China and UK. Founded in 2006 and head-quartered in China, Aiken serves multiple large clients such as Mastercard, Sotheby, L’Oréal, and more.

About Onyx Island

Onyx Island’s expertise in Digital Marketing, Social Media, UI/UX Design, Web Development, CRM Implementation & System Integration, Marketing & Sales Automation has helped key clients such as Beam Suntory, Cortina Watch, Luxottica, Philip Morris and Salesforce APAC build a positive user experience for their brands, fostering lasting and valuable relationships with their customers.

Founded in 2010, Onyx Island is headquartered in Singapore with regional operations in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia.

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AP Memory Joins the UCIe Industry Consortium to Promote AP Memory’s VHM(TM) and Contribute to Global Chiplet Ecosystem

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HSINCHU, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The global leading customized memory solution provider AP Memory (TSE: 6531) announces today to officially join the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) industry consortium. As the first among Taiwan’s IC design houses to join the consortium, AP Memory will actively participate in UCIe in collaboration with other members to contribute to the research and application of the UCIe 1.0 standard specification, helping to build a more robust chiplet ecosystem.

The Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) consortium is comprised of leading vendors of the semiconductor industry, including international companies such as Google Cloud, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, AMD, Qualcomm, Samsung and Taiwanese companies including TSMC and ASE. These 10 companies established the UCIe in March 2022, aiming to standardize the technology of chiplet interconnection. UCIe has already released UCIe 1.0 standard, which specifies the basic structure for the interconnect of chiplets, and which is expected to foster the standardization of the chiplet interface. As an open standard for interconnection, UCIe is expected to facilitate the establishment of the chiplet ecosystem at the packaging level, aiming to break the limit of the Moore’s law.

In recent years, 5G communication, high-performance computing (HPC) and Internet of Things (IOT) are driving the needs for new technology of the semiconductor industry. More specifically, the fast-growing applications like artificial intelligence (AI) and HPC require more advanced packaging technology. The semiconductor industry is gradually paying more attention on new technology such as heterogeneous integration and chiplet. AP Memory’s VHMTM (Very High-Bandwidth Memory) has successfully gone into mass production in 2021. With the heterogeneous integration technology for 3D packaging, AP Memory’s VHMTM can support chiplet-based designs. AP Memory’s VHMTM offering includes customized DRAM design and the VHMLInKTM IP which provides the interface for DRAM-logic integration. By pioneering wafer-on-wafer (WoW) stacking, AP Memory is leading the industry in logic-memory integration technology.

 “AP Memory has been very active in exploring new end applications and markets and enabling the ecosystem for 3D packaging. Applications such as edge computing, HPC, AI can all benefit from wide adoption of chiplet technology. As the leading company providing customized memory solutions, AP Memory plays a unique role. We have successfully realized the mass production of the Wafer-on-wafer (WoW) technology. We look forward to collaborating with other industry leaders to build a brand new chiplet ecosystem,” says Chris Liu, Vice President and General Manager of AI Business Unit of AP Memory.

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Source: AP Memory Technology Corp.

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GSMA AND FC BARCELONA FORM THE PERFECT MATCH AT MWC23

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GSMA and FC Barcelona to Co-locate Sports Tomorrow Congress at MWC Barcelona 2023

LONDON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — GSMA and FC Barcelona have signed a collaboration agreement to co-locate Sports Tomorrow Congress at MWC Barcelona 2023. FC Barcelona’s President, Mr Joan Laporta and GSMA Ltd.’s CEO, Mr John Hoffman met today at Camp Nou Stadium, the home of FC Barcelona, to shake hands on the deal.

GSMA and FC Barcelona have signed a collaboration agreement to co-locate Sports Tomorrow Congress at MWC Barcelona 2023. FC Barcelona’s President, Mr Joan Laporta and GSMA Ltd.’s CEO, Mr John Hoffman met today at Camp Nou Stadium, the home of FC Barcelona, to shake hands on the deal.
GSMA and FC Barcelona have signed a collaboration agreement to co-locate Sports Tomorrow Congress at MWC Barcelona 2023. FC Barcelona’s President, Mr Joan Laporta and GSMA Ltd.’s CEO, Mr John Hoffman met today at Camp Nou Stadium, the home of FC Barcelona, to shake hands on the deal.

“We are beyond excited to collaborate with FC Barcelona. Co-locating Sports Tomorrow Congress at MWC Barcelona 2023 brings together two world-leading events and creates space to identify and create new business opportunities across the mobile and sports ecosystems,” said Mr Hoffman.

The GSMA’s collaboration with FC Barcelona unites MWC Barcelona, the largest and most influential mobile technology convening event with Barcelona’s sporting excellence and heritage including football, tennis, sailing and motorcycling. It is a new platform opportunity for businesses and stakeholders in the sports and technology ecosystem to convene, make deals and launch products.

Mr Hoffman continued, “The move shows the strategic importance and power of mobile connectivity and follows the launch of Industry City at MWC22, featuring the fintech, manufacturing, and automotive sectors.” 

As data-powered, innovative sports technology continues to deliver insights with a profound impact on athletes’ performance and fan engagement, the relationship between sports and technology has expanded the sports industry market.

“We are very proud and happy about this agreement with MWC Barcelona, the leading platform in the mobile technology sector; it will convert the Sports Tomorrow Congress, already a leader in the field of sports innovation events, into a global point of reference in the field of linking technology and sport, while also helping project the city of Barcelona as a worldwide capital in this sector,” said FC Barcelona’s President, Mr Joan Laporta.

At Sports Tomorrow Congress, experts and attendees from the sports world have the opportunity to explore in-depth key topics and themes in the sports industry. It is a showcase of the decades of knowledge that FC Barcelona has accumulated on topics such as health, nutrition, high athletic performance, the digital sphere and all topics related to sports and its impact on society. 

FC Barcelona set up Sports Tomorrow Congress and the Barça Innovation Hub to help change the world through athletic excellence using knowledge and innovation. The sports ecosystem promotes a culture of excellence and collaboration with prestige brands, universities, research centres, startups, entrepreneurs, students, athletes, investors and visionaries from all over the world.

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Sharing Economy International in joint venture with naked-eye 3D high-tech company Su Xin Rui Shi to lay out the underlying architecture of Metaverse technology

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HONG KONG, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SHARING ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL INC (stock code: SEI”, hereinafter referred to as “SEII”) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary 3D Discovery Co., Ltd (“3D Discovery”) has entered into a strategic partnership with Suzhou Su Xin Rui Shi Technology Co., Ltd. (“Su Xin Rui Shi“) to jointly expand the international naked-eye 3D ecosystem and industry chain business, build a “Metaverse” underlying hardware support ecosystem, create a global leading platform for naked eye 3D technology, and develop and optimize the metaverse experience technology platform.

SEII aims to promote the development of the global sharing economy through the development of online platforms and cooperation in leasing business around technology and the global sharing economy market. SEII already has a number of technology and service platforms in key markets such as Asia, Europe and the US.

Su Xin Rui Shi is a leading global naked-eye 3D display technology research and development company, dedicated to the development and industrialisation of international top 3D light field real-time rendering engine technology. The team has three core innovative technologies: a light field reconstruction algorithm based on backlight matching technology, a programmable real-time 3D Light Field rendering engine based on human eye bio-stereoscopic vision, and a fusion algorithm between stereoscopic image source and virtual scene, making Su Xin Rui Shi a leading company in the industry to achieve real-time light field rendering. It is also one of the very few teams in China that can provide customised naked eye 3D solutions, and has successfully transformed ordinary 2D sources to 3D light field sources in real time, solving the current situation of content scarcity in the industry.

It is reported that 3D Discovery and Su Xin Rui Shi will jointly establish a joint venture in Hong Kong, in which 3D Discovery and Su Xin Rui Shi will hold 60% and 40% of the joint venture respectively (the “Joint Venture”). Through the joint venture, 3D Discovery and Su Xin Rui Shi plan to focus on developing and promoting naked eye 3D applications and services in key areas such as 8K/16K resolution real-time rendering, screenless suspended 3D displays and other technologies, expanding hardware sales around key regions such as Southeast Asia and Europe, represented by Hong Kong and Singapore, and providing high-definition digital modelling and hardware facilities upgrades to key customers.

The metaverse technology application platform, which is deeply laid out by the Joint Venture, will become a strategic engine and a new growth point for SEII’s sharing economy business. On the one hand, it will help the technical iteration of the public ECrent sharing and leasing business platform, providing a more realistic interactive experience of leasing scenarios for global users and enhancing transaction efficiency and service profits; on the other hand, it can provide more advanced technical services and marketing solutions for the company’s customers, effectively expanding and adding new customers’ scale and revenue.

With SEII’s extensive global presence and business resources in the sharing economy, as well as its international leadership in clarity, customizability, observer points, real-time rendering and other technical parameters, and its complete patent layout internationally, SEII will be able to “surge” in the capital market and further promote the development and transformation of new economic forms in the metaverse era.

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Source: Sharing Economy International Inc.

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Horwin Brasil and CBMM team up to apply ultra-fast charging Niobium batteries in electric motorcycles

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Vehicle will be a pioneer in using a battery with Niobium. The model will be presented in the first half of the year, and is expected to hit the market in 2024

SÃO PAULO, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Aiming to expand access to clean energy and contribute to the popularization of electromobility in the country, Horwin Brasil, an electric motorcycle company, has partnered with the Brazilian CBMM, the world’s leading specialist in Niobium technologies. The objective of the agreement is to apply a lithium-ion battery with Niobium in electric two-wheel vehicles.

Horwin - CR6 (Credit: Horwin Brasil)
Horwin – CR6 (Credit: Horwin Brasil)

“The partnership with Horwin Brasil is important, as it accelerates the application of ultra-fast recharge batteries with Niobium in motorcycles as well”, says Rogério Marques Ribas, manager of the CBMM Battery Program.

According to Horwin Brasil’s CEO, Pricilla Favero, this project prototype will be presented in the first half of 2022. Horwin’s CR6 model motorcycle will be used, which has 6,200W of engine power and up to 150 km of autonomy. “With CBMM’s expertise and pioneering spirit, added to our highly skilled team in developing new solutions, the expectation is that the motorcycle with a Niobium battery will be available in the Brazilian market as early as 2024.

“We work so that, soon, anyone will be able to use an electric motorcycle with ultra-fast charge of up to ten minutes. In addition to this recharge differential, Niobium batteries bring significant benefits in terms of safety and battery life, as they allow up to 20,000 charges under a relatively wide range, which alone is the greatest advance for this sector in recent times”, complements Pricilla.

Ribas adds that the technology to be used in the electric motorcycle’s battery is the result of more than three years of research and development by collaborating CBMM and Japanese company Toshiba Corporation.

The CBMM manager explains that “the use of Niobium oxide in the anode of lithium-ion batteries provides special features for this component. Being a very stable element, it allows safer and more efficient operations. Furthermore, due to its more open crystal structure, which facilitates lithium intercalation, it allows a full recharge in less than ten minutes, without damaging the battery”. He adds that, due to these unique characteristics, batteries with Niobium are safer and have a much longer useful life than traditional batteries.”

Toshiba Corporation explains that “Toshiba has been focusing our attention on the possibility of Niobium Titanium Oxide (NTO) as a next-generation anode material that will help increase the battery capacity while maintaining the excellent characteristics of lithium titanium oxide (LTO), the conventional anode material of SCiB™. NTO has roughly three times higher theoretical volume capacity density than LTO while providing the advantages of LTO such as long life and rapid charging.”

INNOVATION

Ribas reinforces that “CBMM already works with several companies in the automotive industry, whether in vehicular structures or in developing Niobium applications for electric mobility”. An example is the partnership with Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus – VWCO. Announced in 2021, it provides for the application of Niobium batteries in large electric vehicles, which will begin to be tested in 2023, at the VWCO factory, in the city of Resende, state of Rio de Janeiro, and later at CBMM’s industrial plant in Araxá, in the state of Minas Gerais, both in Brazil.

About Horwin Brasil

Horwin Brasil is part of the Horwin Global group, today with more than 700 distributors worldwide, and exporting to more than 60 countries. Horwin’s focus has always been on developing a high-powered electric motorcycle with superior design, quality, and technology. All Horwin products reflect this. In Brazil, we already have a distribution center in Manaus and, by the end of 2022, each region of the country will have a Horwin distributor / dealer. We at Horwin Brasil, from the second half of 2024, will use this new Niobium battery technology on all our motorcycles, charging in less than ten minutes.

About CBMM

CBMM is the world leader in the production and commercialization of Niobium products and has been in the market for over 60 years. CBMM is headquartered in Brazil, with subsidiaries in the United States, the Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland and representative offices in China. CBMM manufactures and supplies niobium products and develops applications for the infrastructure, mobility, aerospace, health and energy sectors. The company has more than 400 clients in 50 countries. Its business model is guided by solid corporate governance and is based on guaranteed supply and development of new technologies in partnership with the most renowned research centers worldwide.

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ASC Technologies and ADDCOM enter Alliance

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Recording & analytics for the public and financial sector in Australia and New Zealand

HÖSBACH, Germany, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ASC Technologies and ADDCOM announce their partnership to provide innovative recording, quality management and analytics products and cloud services to customers in Australia and New Zealand markets. The partnership addresses the on-premise government sector as well as the fast-growing market of cloud compliance recording for Microsoft Teams.

ASC is one of the worldwide leading providers of software and cloud solutions for omni-channel recording, quality management and analytics. ADDCOM Contact Solutions is an expert integration partner for delivering quality recording, analytics, and cloud conferencing solutions, trusted by Australian and New Zealand customers.

Capturing and storing all communications data in a compliant and reliable manner is the fundamental requirement of all recording customers; however, both ASC and ADDCOM believe that the true value-add is in turning this data into business insights. Therefore, ASC focusses on providing leading analytics technologies, and ADDCOM puts strong emphasis on applying these technologies to unlock the value of every interaction.

For customer intimacy, ASC has always relied on strong local partners around the globe. ADDCOM brings a customer centric approach, starting with Australian and New Zealand customers’ business requirements and turning those into customer solutions.

Based on this strong alignment in terms of technology strategy and customer approach, ASC Technologies and ADDCOM forge this partnership. ADDCOM will become ASC’s preferred partner for delivering on-premise recording, quality management and analytics solutions to Australian and New Zealand customers, with a focus on government and financial services organisations. In addition, ADDCOM will leverage ASC’s Recording Insights native cloud service to support customers in their migration to Microsoft Teams.

“I am excited about this partnership. ADDCOM brings a wealth of experience and a strong customer base in Australia and New Zealand to this partnership. In combination with our leading technology, from on-premise PBX recording to cloud services for Microsoft Teams, we have a strong joint proposition for the Australian and New Zealand market”, Gerald Kromer, CEO of ASC Technologies.

“We’re excited to introduce ASC’s leading recording, transcription, translation, and analytics platform to our solution portfolio. ASC has a very strong solution for clients with a Teams environment. Some of Australia’s largest businesses and government organisations that ADDCOM serves in a critical capacity will benefit from this alliance. We look forward to working with ASC Technologies and enhancing their footprint in the region”, Craig Alvarez, CEO ADDCOM.

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ECA Group and iXblue enter exclusive negotiations period to create new European high-tech champion.

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SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France and TOULON, France, March 15, 2022 — ECA Group and iXblue have entered an exclusive negotiations period to bring the two French companies together. Carried out by Group Gorgé, this operation will lead to the rise of a European high-tech industrial champion in the fields of maritime, inertial navigation, space and photonics.

iXblue DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle
iXblue DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle

Long-standing partners, ECA Group and iXblue benefit from strong technological and commercial synergies. Bringing those two companies together will create a world-class player in the civil and defense sectors. With a unique offer ranging from components to complex systems, the group will provide high performance solutions for critical missions in harsh environments.

"Our two companies share the same culture of innovation, agility and entrepreneurship that are at the heart of each of our DNAs and for which we are both recognized and valued," explains Fabien Napolitano, President & CEO of iXblue. "The new synergies created will not only ensure we keep this DNA but will also strengthen our capacity for innovation by leveraging our complementary expertise. This will allow us to continue to push the technological frontiers and support our customers in their most demanding challenges."

"The joining of our two companies, which will employ over 1,500 people, offers great growth opportunities," rejoices Dominique Giannoni, CEO of ECA Group. "Once combined, our various technological expertise will greatly help strengthen our leadership positions in our markets, while our complementary geographical footprint will enable us to better serve our customers by being closer to them."

About ECA Group

ECA Group is a subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé since 1992, owned at 100%. The company is one of the world leaders in the field of autonomous robotics and integrated systems, particularly in the naval sector. The company provides its customers with the most efficient and technologically advanced solutions in the field of naval, land and air drones. ECA Group also offers innovative technological solutions for the Aeronautics and Space sectors.

About iXblue

iXblue is a global high-tech company recognized worldwide for delivering advanced navigation, photonics and maritime autonomy solutions. From components to systems and comprehensive solutions, iXblue critical technologies are at work in both the civil and defense markets. They meet customers demanding requirements for successful missions in the most challenging environments, from the deep sea to outer space.

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ECA Group A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
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National Arts Group Announces Joint Venture with National Treasury and First Bullion to Create Metaverse Studio

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HONG KONG, March 4, 2022 — Asian leading film production and distribution company National Arts Entertainment Group Holdings Limited ("National Arts" or the "Company"; with its subsidiaries referred as the "Group"; Stock Code: 8228.HK) announce the establishment of a joint venture (JV) company with the National Treasure Management Limited ("National Treasure"), a renowned artist management and entertainment programme production company, and First Bullion Holdings Inc. ("First Bullion") holding company of a digital exchange in the Philippines, to develop a virtual reality, a "dreams come true" experience.

The joint venture company will build a metaverse studio simulating National Arts’s Xiqiao Shan filmmaking studio, which is famous for the unique panoramic film shooting scenes such as National Palace Museum, Kowloon Walled City, the Hong Kong Street and Shanghai Street. Music concerts & contexts, talent quests, movie clips production are available at the metaverse studio, providing immersive online entertainment experiences to players.

Players would also enjoy online shopping at the virtual Shanghai Street malls backed by non-fungible token (NFT) via an e-commerce platform including on/off share payment gateways and goods delivery. For offline operation, the JV company will organize singing, acting, movie making and martial arts training for players to actualize the virtual experiences in reality.

Mr Chow Kai Weng, the Associate Chairman of the National Arts Group said, "Metaverse is the future of entertainment. As the first PRC film production company tapping into the metaverse, I am optimistic about the opportunity. We are open to expanding the virtual reality and even Metaverse businesses in the future. Our artist management will go hand in hand with the metaverse development. "

Mr Dennis Yu, the Executive Director of the National Treasure commented, "Bringing into blockchain and metaverse elements, we hope to redefine the entertainment industry with innovation. Metaverse studio will be a good chance to enhance the movies and music presentation, as well as the online-offline entertainment lifestyle to another level."

Mr Philip Tam Pak Yin, the Founder of First Bullion said, "To create the Metaverse Studio, we will bring together a critical mass of interconnected technologies, including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain, brain-computer interfaces, web 3.0, etc and the entertainment industry in the decentralized world. Our leading digital assets and STO exchange CryptoSX will fully support the Metaverse Studio to make it accessible and fun to all participants and users."

Under the Letter of Cooperation, the Group, First Bullion, and National Treasure will own 40%, 30% and 30% equity interest respectively in the JV company. Each of the party has right to appoint one director to the JV company. National Arts hopes to promote the GBA entertainment, online games and sales to the mass market through the metaverse studio. National Treasure will provide the design and arts direction for the virtual reality environment and virtual artists creation. First Bullion will support the blockchain technology related to the NFT e-commerce.