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500.com Limited to Report Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results on November 20, 2020

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 16, 2020 — 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), an online sports lottery service provider in China, today announced that it plans to release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 after the close of U.S. markets on Friday, November 20, 2020.

About 500.com Limited

500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) is an online sports lottery service provider in China. The Company offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of online lottery services, information, user tools and virtual community venues to its users. 500.com was among the first companies to provide online lottery services in China, and is one of two entities that have been approved by the Ministry of Finance to provide online lottery sales services on behalf of the China Sports Lottery Administration Center, which is the government authority that is in charge of the issuance and sale of sports lottery products in China.

Safe Harbor Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target," "going forward," "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management’s current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.

For more information, please contact:

500.com Limited
ir@500wan.com

Christensen

In China
Mr. Eric Yuan
Phone: +86-10-5900-1548
E-mail: Eyuan@christensenir.com

In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1-480-614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com

Related Links :

http://ir.500.com/

Megvii accelerates international roll-out of Koala smart access solution

BEIJING, Nov. 16, 2020 — Megvii Technology Limited announced the deployment of its facial recognition-based smart access solution, Koala, in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to help international enterprise customers enhance safety and strengthen security in commercial and office settings. This represents another milestone in the Company’s efforts to help businesses across the globe accelerate their digital transformation with AI.

The Koala solution is designed to support enterprise customers in authenticating and controlling access to private and restricted locations, such as office buildings, school campuses, and residential compounds. Powered by Megvii’s proprietary algorithm, the solution enables swift authentication and registration of authorized personnel and supports functions such as attendance tracking and visitor registration and management.

Overseas locations that have recently installed Koala include:

  • Hug Gym, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Megvii customized and deployed a comprehensive smart access solution that allows gym managers to monitor and supervise the reception area with ease, including enabling one-to-one facial authentication for employees and registered gym members. The solution also encompasses real-time alerts to flag unauthorized access into the premises.
  • SEB High School, Brazil: Megvii deployed the Koala solution to improve campus safety and security, allowing for one-to-one facial authentication and identity verification of students, teachers, administrators, and other school staff. The system can also swiftly detect and flag access by unauthorized persons.
  • One of the Largest Oil Rig Builders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): The Koala solution was deployed to enable the efficient verification of over 20,000 employees and registered visitors. This also removes the need for employees to use access cards or fingerprint verification, which can take considerably longer than one-to-one facial authentication, especially in the challenging environment of field operation.

About Megvii

Established in 2011, Megvii is a world-class AI company with a core competency in deep learning. Leveraging its proprietary AI productivity platform Brain++, Megvii focuses on three key verticals: Personal IoT, City IoT, and Supply Chain IoT. Megvii provides full-stack solutions to customers, integrating algorithms, software, hardware, and AI-empowered IoT devices.

Related Links :

https://www.megvii.com/

Infosys Positioned as a Leader in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for Cloud-native Application Development Service Providers 2020


BENGALURU, India, Nov. 13, 2020 — Infosys (NYSE: INFY), the global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® for Cloud-native Application Development Service Providers 2020. Infosys was recognized for its ability to help organizations augment their digital capabilities, modernize their core systems, and deliver design-led experiences in an agile manner. Backed by deep domain expertise and experience, Infosys leverages platforms such as Infosys PolyCloud Platform and Infosys Cloud Native Development Platform, part of Infosys Cobalt, to simplify and accelerate cloud native journey for its clients.

Everest Group assessed 21 leading service providers through a multi-phased research and analysis process for their vision and capabilities in the cloud-native applications development space. Infosys’ cloud-native application development services include API, microservices, PaaS, observability, security, and DevSecOps.

The key highlights of the report include:

  • Design thinking approach and joint workshops with clients that have helped build and demonstrate POCs, thus, fostering client confidence
  • Mature set of tools and accelerators that enable predictability and consistency in its cloud-native engagements
  • Strong pool of domain experts across industry verticals, which enables it to contextualize cloud-native solutions with a better understanding of clients’ businesses
  • Infosys’ upskilling initiatives that help provide consistent and quality delivery teams in cloud-native engagements
  • Extensive partnership with ISVs and cloud service providers to develop joint solutions and enhanced service offerings for clients

"Rapidly evolving market conditions have put unprecedented pressure on enterprises to differentiate themselves and find more agile, scalable, and cost-effective means to develop applications. In response, they are increasingly relying on cloud-native development," said Alisha Mittal, Practice Director, Everest Group. "Infosys is enabling its clients to develop resilient cloud-native applications leveraging Infosys Cobalt, a set of services, solutions, and platforms for enterprises to accelerate their cloud journey. Infosys’ clients also appreciate its talent initiatives, design thinking approach, and domain expertise across industry verticals."

"Cloud native applications and technologies are the way forward to drive innovation, resilience and deliver well-recognized business value to customers. It is an ideal approach for enterprises that are looking to build and run responsive, scalable, and fault-agnostic apps across public, private, or hybrid clouds," said Shaji Mathew, Executive Vice President, Infosys. "Our positioning as a Leader in the report validates our deep domain knowledge backed by offerings from Infosys Cobalt to contextualize cloud-native solutions specific to our clients’ businesses across industry verticals."

A complimentary custom copy of Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for Cloud-native Application Development Service Providers 2020 can be accessed here.

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the ‘safe harbor’ under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.

Egis and Cylus Partner to launch a Center of Excellence, for Rail Cybersecurity Services

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 13, 2020 — Egis and Cylus, the leading rail cybersecurity company, announced today that they are joining forces to form a Center of Excellence for advanced, rail-focused, cybersecurity services. The Center of Excellence will support rail companies around the world in building cyber resiliency and securing critical networks.

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for the railway industry. Egis and Cylus bring their combined expertise in offering end-to-end cybersecurity services, encompassing all aspects of the rail operational network’s life-cycle. Designed by the world’s foremost experts, based on methodologies, technologies, and standards (IEC 62443), the Center of Excellence delivers a wide array of advanced security solutions and services to customers worldwide. From development of strategy, through identification of cyber risks, to detection and response to incidents, railway companies will be supported in all aspects of cybersecurity.

"We are excited to collaborate with Cylus, the leading rail cybersecurity company. Joining forces enables us to provide our customers, unique domain expertise as well as cutting-edge cybersecurity know-how and best practices." Says Olivier Bouvart, Executive Director Rail of Egis and adds "We decided to take action and be proactive in supporting our customers by preparing them for the growing risk of cyber threats."

"We’re excited to work with Egis Rail, which has decades of experience in providing mobility services around the globe." Says Amir Levintal, CEO of Cylus, "This partnership strengthens our capabilities to provide end-to-end support to rail organizations in meeting the specter of cyber threats. Our joint services are designed specifically for the railway industry and will enable our customer to focus on their day-to-day operations, business, and growth, leaving their cyber-defense management to our security experts. We are certain that this partnership will drive the rail industry towards a cyber-safe future."

For more information, visit the Center of Excellence.

About Cylus

Cylus leads rail transport towards a cyber-safe future by protecting railway systems against cyber threats.

With a 100% focus on rail-cybersecurity, Cylus is the first software company to address the railway industry’s unique, complex and divergent needs. Cylus rail cybersecurity solutions are trusted by top-tier railway companies globally and the rail ecosystem as a whole. For more information please visit – https://www.cylus.com

Press contacts:
Ben Kapon – Tel.: +972-52-6100006
kapon@cylus.com 

About the Egis group

Egis is a major international group in the construction engineering and mobility services sectors whose unique global service range encompasses infrastructure consulting, engineering and operation. Through our capacity for innovation, we respond to the climate emergency and to the greatest challenges of our time by offering solutions and acknowledged know-how in the areas of transportation and mobility, sustainable city construction, buildings, water, the environment and energy.

A 75%-owned subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts, with the remaining 25% held by partner executives and employees, Egis Imagine a sustainable future, working for populations and social progress.

€1.22 bn managed turnover in 2019
15,800 employees

 

Press contacts

Isabelle Bourguet Mayrand
Strategy, Marketing and Communications Director
Tel.: +33 (0)1 39 41 44 17 / +33 (0)6 17 10 29 70
isabelle.bourguet@egis.fr

Sabine Mendy

Deputy Communications Director

Tel.: +33 (0)1 39 41 43 05 / +33 (0)6 25 33 02 64
sabine.mendy@egis.fr

 

Related Links :

http://www.egis.fr

Hollysys Automation Technologies Reports Unaudited Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights

  • Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys was $20.8 million, a decrease of 30.2% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Total revenues were $129.5 million, an increase of 5.1% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was at 33.7%, compared to 37.7% for the comparable prior year period.
  • Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.34, a decrease of 30.6% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Net cash provided by operating activities was $21.6 million for the current quarter.
  • DSO of 185 days, compared to 204 days for the comparable prior year period.
  • Inventory turnover days of 58 days, compared to 56 days for the comparable prior year period.

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2020 — Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 ended September 30, 2020 (see attached tables). The management of Hollysys, stated:

Industrial Automation ("IA") business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $81.9 million and $107.8 million, representing 26.8% and 28.4% YOY growth, respectively.

  • In power sector, we continued our effort in strengthening our market position in high-end coal fire market (600MW and plus power unit). Meanwhile, with respect to our current client base in this sector, we are actively responding to various regular and value-added service demand covering old system replacement, system upgrade, part component sales and annual maintenance, etc.
  • In chemical and petro-chemical sector, contract growth remains healthy. We continued our effort in key projects winning, key client cooperation, key marketing events and development and demonstration of solution capability to penetrate the market and build our reputation.

    Sector highlights of the past quarter include:

–  Winning the bidding of DCS+ESD (emergency shutdown device) + AMS (asset management system) +F&G (fire and gas) integrated solution for two offshore oil platforms. It is the 8th oil platform solution that the Company has won since the beginning of the calendar year, marking a remarkable progress for our exploration in the oil and gas industry.

–  Signing a CCS (Coordination Control System) contract with a client on its 400,000 tons/year tert-butyl alcohol and 200,000 tons/year MMA (methyl methacrylate) projects, marking a breakthrough as it is the Company’s first contract in MMA.

–  Signing a DCS + SIS + GDS + MES + OTS + AMS + information security integrated solution contract with a client on its 100,000 tons polycarbonate project. The DCS control points for the project amount to approximately 20,000, making it the largest project ever for the Company in similar craft.

  • In food & beverage and pharmaceutical sector, we continue to see healthy growth in contract. With our core control solution capability and inclusion of engineering design capability, we are building our EPC (engineering design + procurement + construction) capability so as to provide more comprehensive solution to our clients. Periodic progress was made in such model as we signed our first workshop-level EPC contract with a client for its 7-ACA (7-aminocephalosporanic acid) refining project, which is expected to lay foundation for our further pursuit of larger scale EPC project in the future.
  • In smart factory business, we continue to actively engage the potential clients through various marketing events, to stay close for in-depth grasp of market demand, and to develop and improve our solution for real value creation in economic benefit and operation safety. Highlights of the past quarter include:

–  Signing a contract with a new client from the thermal-power sector to provide a total solution with control-level and management-level data integration that covers comprehensive function modules including   control optimization, smart diagnosis, equipment management, decision making and operation management, etc. We expect such project to become a key demonstration of solution for the thermal-power sector.

–  Signing a contract with a client from the coal-fire sector for its new 2*660MW power plant. Contract covers a similar total solution at control and management level, and marks a significant breakthrough in our smart factory solution for high-end coal-fire market.

–  Signing a contract with an existing client from the petro-chemical sector to provide management-level solution based on our industrial internet platform.

  • Aftersales business of IA is keeping the healthy pace. We continued to engage our valuable client base and respond with both regular and value-adding initiatives covering old system upgrade and replacement, part component sales, annual maintenance, control optimization, data integration and energy management, etc.
  • Under our big automation initiatives, we continued to improve our capability for wider range of solution covering entire life cycle. By end of September, we have put into operation our in-house instrument production line, with which we will be capable of manufacturing certain types of instruments contained in our total control solution. Such is expected to be a valuable addition to our project delivery, market opportunities and operation.

Rail business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $28.7 million and $24.2 million, recording 35.6% YOY decrease and 15.0% YOY growth, respectively.

  • In high-speed rail ("HSR") sector, we continued our delivery of on-ground solution along with the rail-road construction progress. Periodic progress was achieved for the smart solution initiatives for the sector, and we have completed our top-level design of the smart maintenance solution. Meanwhile, bidding from the client was seeing its gradual recovery in the post-pandemic period, both for on-ground and on-board equipment. Highlights of the quarter include:

–  Winning the bidding of 140 sets (out of the total package of 274 sets) of ATP for C2 (250km) China Standard High-speed train in August.

  • In subway sector, our cloud-based SCADA project for Shenzhen Subway Line 6 was fully delivered, which was the second cloud-based SCADA project of the Company and represents our constant effort in innovation for continued value creation for our clients. In delivery, our enhancement in supply chain management and engineering standardization has contributed to improved quality and efficiency of project execution.
  • In aftersales business, we continued to strengthen local service network, to expand service solution and to develop technology-and-service-centered service for better differentiation. In HSR sector, we continued to respond to regular services including advanced maintenance, system and software upgrade and part component sales, as well as total replacement. We continued to act as the service provider to Hong KongShenzhen high-speed rail, with our service quality being highly recognized. In subway sector, we continued to explore potentials from the current client base and signed contracts covering system upgrade, maintenance and product sales.
  • Under our big transportation initiatives, the Company has established the smart highway solution and was actively involved in marketing events for new contracts breakthrough in new business. Highlight for the quarter includes:

–  Signing a breakthrough contract of smart traffic meteorology solution for a section of the highway connecting Sichuan and Yunnan province. The data-driven solution targets highway administration as the intended clients and through collection and processing of meteorological, geographical and traffic data, advices the highway administration on more effective decision making in highway management, in particular under extreme weather condition.

Mechanical and Electrical Solutions ("M&E") business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $18.8 million and $12.3 million, recording 34.4% increase and 63.4% YOY decrease respectively.

COVID-19 remains a challenge to M&E and overseas business. We will keep monitoring the impact on this sector and risk control remains to be the key focus.

Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 Unaudited Financial Results Summary

 (In USD thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30, 2020

 Sep 30, 2019

%
Change

Revenues

$

129,468

123,230

5.1%

    Integrated solutions contracts revenue

$

105,706

104,466

1.2%

    Products sales

$

6,569

6,123

7.3%

    Service rendered

$

17,193

12,641

36.0%

Cost of revenues

$

85,891

76,771

11.9%

Gross profit

$

43,577

46,459

(6.2)%

Total operating expenses

$

22,558

23,291

(3.1)%

    Selling

$

8,176

7,277

12.4%

    General and administrative

$

10,179

10,592

(3.9)%

    Research and development

$

9,981

8,942

11.6%

    VAT refunds and government subsidies

$

(5,778)

(3,520)

64.1%

Income from operations

$

21,019

23,168

(9.3)%

Other income, net

$

1,229

2,025

(39.3)%

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

$

(2,323)

604

(484.6)%

Gains on disposal of an investment in an equity investee

$

5,763

(100.0)%

Share of net income of equity investees

$

1,891

1,541

22.7%

Interest income

$

3,798

3,029

25.4%

Interest expenses

$

(137)

(113)

21.2%

Income tax expenses

$

4,760

6,209

(23.3)%

Net (losses) income attributable to non-controlling interests

$

(80)

26

(407.7)%

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation 
    Technologies Ltd.

$

20,797

29,782

(30.2)%

Non-GAAP basic EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

Non-GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

$

Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

573.1%

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

$

76

75

1.3%

GAAP Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies
    Ltd.

$

20,546

29,681

(30.8)%

GAAP basic EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

60,552,099

60,470,611

0.1%

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

60,552,099

60,483,884

0.1%

Operational Results Analysis for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

Comparing to the first quarter of the prior fiscal year, the total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased from $123.2 million to $129.5 million, representing an increase of 5.1%. Broken down by the revenue types, integrated contracts revenue increased by 1.2% to $105.7 million, products sales revenue increased by 7.3% to $6.6 million, and services revenue increased by 36.0% to $17.2 million.

The Company’s total revenues can also be presented in segments as shown in the following chart:

(In USD thousands)

Three months ended Sep 30,

2020

2019

$

% to Total
Revenue

$

% to Total
Revenue

Industrial Automation

81,931

63.2%

64,637

52.4%

Rail Transportation Automation

28,696

22.2%

44,576

36.2%

Mechanical and Electrical Solution

18,841

14.6%

14,017

11.4%

Total

129,468

100.0%

123,230

100.0%

Overall gross margin excluding non-cash amortization of acquired intangibles (non-GAAP gross margin) was 33.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 37.7% for the same period of the prior year. The non-GAAP gross margin for integrated contracts, product sales, and services rendered were 25.3%, 73.7% and 70.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 32.6%, 79.9% and 59.5% for the same period of the prior year, respectively. The gross margin fluctuation was mainly due to the different revenue mix with different margins. The GAAP overall gross margin which includes non-cash amortization of acquired intangibles was 33.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 37.6% for the same period of the prior year. The GAAP gross margin for integrated contracts, product sales, and service rendered was 25.2%, 73.7% and 70.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 32.5%, 79.9% and 59.5% for the same period of the prior year, respectively.

Selling expenses were $8.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, representing an increase of $0.9 million or 12.4% compared to $7.3 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, selling expenses were 6.3% and 5.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

General and administrative expenses, excluding non-cash share-based compensation expenses (non-GAAP G&A expenses), were $10.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, representing a decrease of $0.4 million or 3.9% compared to $10.6 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, non-GAAP G&A expenses were 7.9% and 8.6% for quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The GAAP G&A expenses which include the non-cash share-based compensation expenses were $10.4 million and $10.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Research and development expenses were $10.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, representing an increase of $1.0 million or 11.6% compared to $8.9 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, R&D expenses were 7.7% and 7.3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The VAT refunds and government subsidies were $5.8 million for three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $3.5 million for the same period in the prior year, representing a $2.3 million or 64.1% increase, which was primarily due to increase of the VAT refunds.

The income tax expenses and the effective tax rate were $4.8 million and 18.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $6.2 million and 17.3% for comparable prior year period. The effective tax rate fluctuation was mainly due to the different pre-tax income mix with different tax rates, as the Company’s subsidiaries are subject to different tax rates in various jurisdictions.

The non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys, which excludes the non-cash share-based compensation expenses calculated based on the grant-date fair value of shares or options granted, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and fair value adjustments of a bifurcated derivative, was $20.8 million or $0.34 per diluted share based on 60.6 million diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2020. This represents a 30.2% decrease over $29.8 million or $0.49 per share based on 60.5 million diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding reported in the comparable prior year period. On a GAAP basis, net income attributable to Hollysys was $20.5 million or $0.34 per diluted share representing a decrease of 30.8% over $29.7 million or $0.49 per diluted share reported in the comparable prior year period.

Contracts and Backlog Highlights

Hollysys achieved $144.3 million of new contracts for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The backlog as of September 30, 2020 was $596.1 million. The detailed breakdown of new contracts and backlog by segments is shown below:

(In USD thousands)

New contracts achieved

Backlog

for the three months

 ended Sep 30, 2020

as of Sep 30, 2020

$

% to Total
Contract

$

% to Total
Backlog

Industrial Automation

107,806

74.7%

252,299

42.3%

Rail Transportation

24,167

16.8%

254,833

42.7%

Mechanical and Electrical Solutions

12,304

8.5%

89,005

14.9%

Total

144,277

100.0%

596,137

100.0%

Cash Flow Highlights

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the total net cash inflow was $34.9 million. The net cash provided by operating activities was $21.6 million. The net cash provided by investing activities was $2.6 million and mainly consisted of $114.6 million of matured time deposits, which were partially offset by $108.8 million of time deposits placed with banks. The net cash used in financing activities was $0.2 million.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The total amount of cash and cash equivalents were $321.6 million, $288.8 million, and $340.0 million as of September 30, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, DSO was 185 days, as compared to 204 days for the comparable prior year period and 167 days for the last quarter; and inventory turnover was 58 days, as compared to 56 days for the comparable prior year period and 66 days for the last quarter.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 pm November 12, 2020 U.S. Eastern Time / 9:00 am November 13, 2020 Beijing Time, to discuss the financial results for fiscal year 2021 first quarter ended September 30, 2020 and business outlook.

Joining the Conference Call:

  1. Please register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode and unique registrant ID.
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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements," including statements regarding: the ability of the Company to achieve its commercial objectives; the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Hollysys’ management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

For further information, please contact:

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.
www.hollysys.com
+8610-58981386
investors@hollysys.com

 

 

 

HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In USD thousands except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Net revenues

Integrated solutions contracts revenue

$

105,706

$

104,466

Products sales

6,569

6,123

Revenue from services

17,193

12,641

Total net revenues

129,468

123,230

Costs of integrated solutions contracts

79,081

70,500

Cost of products sold

1,729

1,231

Costs of services rendered

5,157

5,115

Gross profit

43,501

46,384

Operating expenses

Selling

8,176

7,277

General and administrative

10,354

10,618

Research and development

9,981

8,942

VAT refunds and government subsidies

(5,778)

(3,520)

Total operating expenses

22,733

23,317

Income from operations

20,768

23,067

Other income, net

1,229

2,025

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

(2,323)

604

Gains on disposal of investments in an equity investee

5,763

Share of net income of equity investees

1,891

1,541

Interest income

3,798

3,029

Interest expenses

(137)

(113)

Income before income taxes

25,226

35,916

Income taxes expenses

4,760

6,209

Net income

20,466

29,707

Less: Net (losses) income attributable to non-controlling interests

(80)

26

Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

$

20,546

$

29,681

Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil

Translation adjustments

38,950

(34,174)

Comprehensive income (loss)

59,416

(4,467)

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

80

(25)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Hollysys Automation
Technologies Ltd.

$

59,336

$

(4,442)

Net income per share:

Basic

0.34

0.49

Diluted

0.34

0.49

Shares used in income per share computation:

Basic

60,552,099

60,470,611

Diluted

60,552,099

60,483,884

 

 

 

HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In USD thousands except for number of shares and per share data)

Sep 30,

Jun 30,

2020

2020

(Unaudited)

(audited)

ASSETS

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

321,641

$

288,782

Time deposits with maturities over three months

330,432

324,949

Restricted cash

11,827

8,663

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $54,069 and
    $41,618 as of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively

268,270

242,449

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of allowance for doubtful 
     accounts of $8,185 and $6,150 as of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020,
     respectively

189,834

186,879

Accounts receivable retention

5,227

6,088

Other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,382 and $6,224 as
     of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively

28,408

28,257

Advances to suppliers

18,614

17,255

Amounts due from related parties

22,222

21,444

Inventories

56,805

48,210

Prepaid expenses

654

648

Income tax recoverable

87

870

Total current assets

1,254,021

1,174,494

Non-current assets

Restricted cash

20,558

21,652

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings

1,771

2,309

Accounts receivable retention

5,559

4,717

Prepaid expenses

8

6

Property, plant and equipment, net

84,261

78,050

Prepaid land leases

16,168

15,742

Intangible assets, net

1,665

1,713

Investments in equity investees

45,814

41,133

Investments securities

4,816

4,640

Goodwill

1,516

1,460

Deferred tax assets

10,738

8,909

Operating lease right-of-use assets

6,496

6,010

Total non-current assets

199,370

186,341

Total assets

1,453,391

1,360,835

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities

Current portion of long-term loans

334

320

Accounts payable

129,336

117,460

Construction cost payable

1,762

2,350.00

Deferred revenue

161,692

139,242

Accrued payroll and related expenses

21,766

17,245

Income tax payable

7,021

3,142

Warranty liabilities

6,074

6,604

Other tax payables

4,129

3,279

Accrued liabilities

36,738

31,595

Amounts due to related parties

3,394

3,576

Operating lease liabilities

2,211

2,489

Total current liabilities

374,457

327,302

Non-current liabilities

Accrued liabilities

3,000

5,635

Long-term loans

15,885

15,780

Accounts payable

3,221

2,530

Deferred tax liabilities

14,307

13,940

Warranty liabilities

1,847

3,460

Operating lease liabilities

3,901

3,302

Total non-current liabilities

42,161

44,647

Total liabilities

416,618

371,949

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity:

Ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized;
    60,537,099 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and June
    30, 2020

61

61

Additional paid-in capital

224,218

224,043

Statutory reserves

49,423

49,423

Retained earnings*

783,315

774,473

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(24,728)

(63,517)

Total Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. stockholder’s equity

1,032,289

984,483

Non-controlling interests

4,484

4,403

Total equity

1,036,773

988,886

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,453,391

$

1,360,835

* The adoption of ASC 326 started in July 1st had a one-off effect on the beginning of balance sheet accounts.

 

 

 


HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In USD thousands).

Three months ended 

Sep 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

20,466

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

2,548

Amortization of prepaid land leases

101

Amortization of intangible assets

76

Allowance for doubtful accounts

952

Gains on disposal of long-lived assets

(11)

Share of net income of equity investees

(1,891)

Share-based compensation expenses

175

Deferred income tax benefit

(1,363)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable and retention

(25,949)

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings

4,397

Inventories 

(6,640)

Advances to suppliers

(702)

Other receivables 

621

Due from related parties

(1,148)

Accounts payable

7,901

Deferred revenue

16,963

Accruals and other payables

154

Due to related parties

(182)

Income tax payable

4,499

Other tax payables

713

Operating lease right-of-use assets

(305)

Operating lease liabilities

222

Net cash provided by operating activities

21,597

Cash flows from investing activities:

Time deposits placed with banks

(108,757)

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

(3,354)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

65

Maturity of time deposits

114,597

Net cash provided by investing activities

2,551

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from long-term bank loans

37

Repayments of long-term bank loans

(194)

Net cash used in financing activities

(157)

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

10,938

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

$

34,929

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

$

319,097

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

354,026

 

Non-GAAP Measures

In evaluating our results, the non-GAAP measures of "Non-GAAP cost of integrated contracts", "Non-GAAP general and administrative expenses", "Non-GAAP other income (expenses), net", "Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. stockholders", "Non-GAAP basic earnings per share", and "Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share" serve as additional indicators of our operating performance and not as a replacement for other measures in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors, as they exclude the non-cash share-based compensation expenses, which is calculated based on the number of shares or options granted and the fair value as of the grant date, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and fair value adjustments of a bifurcated derivative. They will not result in any cash inflows or outflows. We believe that using non-GAAP measures help our shareholders to have a better understanding of our operating results and growth prospects. In addition, given the business nature of the Company, it has been a common practice for investors to use such non-GAAP measures to evaluate the Company.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures for the periods indicated:

(In USD thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Cost of integrated solutions contracts

$

79,081

$

70,500

Less: Amortization of intangible assets

76

75

Non-GAAP cost of integrated solutions contracts

$

79,005

$

70,425

General and administrative expenses

$

10,354

$

10,618

Less: Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

Non-GAAP general and administrative expenses

$

10,179

$

10,592

Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

$

20,546

$

29,681

Add:

      Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

      Amortization of intangible assets

76

75

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation
Technologies Ltd.

$

20,797

$

29,782

      Weighted average number of basic ordinary shares

60,552,099

60,470,611

      Weighted average number of diluted ordinary shares

60,552,099

60,483,884

Non-GAAP basic earnings per share

$

0.34

$

0.49

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share

$

0.34

$

0.49

 

 

Related Links :

http://www.hollysys.com

XL Axiata Selects Solace to Deliver Enhanced Data Offerings for its Customers


SINGAPORE and JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 12, 2020 — Indonesia’s leading telecommunications services operator, XL Axiata, has chosen Solace to facilitate real-time data flow for its data management mobile application, MyXL.

To cater to the needs of Indonesia’s growing number of mobile Internet users, XL Axiata seeks to drive greater customer engagement and create new revenue streams through data-based services on the MyXL application. The adoption of Solace’s event broker technology underpins critical real-time data flow between XL Axiata’s mobile application and microservices. This allows XL Axiata to build a more powerful, responsive, and feature-rich customer application that can reliably deliver new experiences for their customers by working with partners such as restaurants, hotels, and more.

Before implementing Solace’s event broker technology, the MyXL application ran on a service-oriented architecture. However, with Indonesians’ increasing appetite for online video and social media content in recent years, coupled with the relatively low price of data per gigabyte, XL Axiata needed to re-evaluate its IT infrastructure to handle the unprecedented volume of data consumption. Adopting an event-driven architecture has enabled XL Axiata to ingest all transaction data around its data offerings and distribute it to relevant systems through a centralized platform. With a cloud-friendly system that integrates multiple systems and clouds, XL Axiata can now more easily connect to its partners and modernize its analytics infrastructure to become more real-time to drive targeted and personalized customer experiences.

"Indonesia has one of the world’s highest numbers of Internet users and meeting their demands is no easy feat. We constantly strive to be one step ahead by providing the best possible services and experiences for our customers. Working with Solace has helped to future-proof our MyXL application to easily onboard new systems and partners. It also helps us to roll out new services like 5G, which will enable next-generation applications for our customers," said Yessie D Yosetya, Director & Chief Information-Digital Officer, XL Axiata.

"Our vision is to empower our customers to continuously improve their service offerings by leveraging real-time data," said Kent Nash, General Manager, Middle East, Asia Pacific & Japan, Solace. "We are thrilled to be supporting one of Indonesia’s leading telecommunications providers in its digital transformation journey to bring about better data services for Indonesian consumers. This partnership with XL Axiata marks an exciting new milestone for Solace in the region as we seek to support more businesses in achieving real-time responsiveness."

About PT XL Axiata Tbk
PT. XL Axiata Tbk (XL Axiata) is one of the leading telecommunications companies in Indonesia, focusing on providing digital services to facilitate the daily activities of the Indonesian society while encouraging the development of Indonesia’s digital economy. XL Axiata started operating commercially since October 8th, 1996. As of now, the company provides a variety of services to retail users and corporate customers, supported by quality and wide network throughout Indonesia. Since December 2014, XL Axiata has implemented the 4G LTE network, then followed by the development of commercial 4G LTE network on a national scale and quality back in July 2015. XL Axiata is part of the Axiata Group together with Celcom (Malaysia), Dialog (Sri Lanka), Robi (Bangladesh), Smart (Cambodia), and Ncell (Nepal). Learn more at xlaxiata.co.id

About Solace
Solace helps large enterprises become modern and real-time by giving them everything they need to make their business operations and customer interactions event-driven. With PubSub+, the market’s first and only event management platform, the company provides a comprehensive way to create, document, discover and stream events from where they are produced to where they need to be consumed – securely, reliably, quickly, and guaranteed. Behind Solace technology is the world’s leading group of data movement experts, with nearly 20 years of experience helping global enterprises solve some of the most demanding challenges in a variety of industries – from capital markets, retail, and gaming to space, aviation, and automotive. Established enterprises such as SAP, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Canada, multinational automobile manufacturers such as Renault and Groupe PSA, and industry disruptors such as Jio use Solace’s event broker technologies to modernize legacy applications, deploy modern microservices, and build an event mesh to support their hybrid cloud, multi-cloud and IoT architectures. Learn more at solace.com.

Media Contacts
Tri Wahyuningsih
Group Head Corporate Communications XL Axiata  
TriWahyu@XL.co.id
+62817113369

RICE for Solace
solace@ricecomms.com
+65 3157 5685

Logo – https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/1142738/Solace_Logo.jpg?p=medium600

Related Links :

https://solace.com

ElectrifAi Offers New Machine Learning Models for Amazon SageMaker


Delivering fast and reliable machine learning business solutions

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 11, 2020 — ElectrifAi, one of the global leading companies in practical artificial intelligence (AI) and pre-built machine learning (ML) models, today announced that it is releasing one of the world’s largest collections of pre-trained and pre-structured ML models for Amazon SageMaker to offer for sale. Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides every developer and data scientist with the ability to build, train, and deploy ML models quickly.

Delivering fast and reliable results, ElectrifAi is pleased to announce that 36 pre-trained ML models for Amazon SageMaker have been added to AWS Marketplace. ElectrifAi’s domain expertise across several verticals (including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Communications, Media, Entertainment, Healthcare and Consumer/Retail) coupled with 16 years of ML experience provide quick-to-deploy enterprise solutions. Clients can now see results in just days and weeks as opposed to taking 12 to 18 months since these solutions turn data into actionable insights.

AWS Marketplace users are now able to unlock insights on data using ElectrifAi’s ML models that are based on industry specific use cases. This allows for rapid deployment, scaling, and generation of complex insights that drive immediate cost, profit, and performance improvement. Since 2004, ElectrifAi has been driving quick time-to-value and successful business outcomes. Customers have received out-of-the-box solutions that save them time and money compared to building models in-house.

"We’ve been doing machine learning for 16+ years and have deep expertise across many verticals. Our machine learning models help our clients drive rapid cost, profit, and performance improvement," said ElectrifAi Chief Executive Officer Ed Scott

Through discovery conversations with clients, we help identify business problems that ElectrifAi clients are trying to solve and hope to achieve. After initial discussions and analyzing the data, ElectrifAi determines the appropriate use-case pre-trained model that most accurately fits the customer’s requirements to achieve an expected outcome. Once a common data model is provided, ElectrifAi trains the model with client’s data in their own environment to generate the signals related to the expected outcome. No model is 100% accurate; but with ElectrifAi’s experience and domain expertise, the model can be hyper-tuned to fit the client’s goals and risk tolerance. ElectrifAi calls such models "Pre-structured", as they require minimal modification and tuning. These Pre-structured models navigate the nuances that vary from client to client within a given industry. For churn mitigation as an example, ElectrifAi applies several pre-structured models for segmentation and propensity modelling. ElectrifAi has a long history of building ML models, hyper-tuning the models to achieve accurate insights, and orchestrating multiple models to build use cases to deliver successful business outcomes. 

Luming Wang, CTO, ElectrifAi says "We have a process we call the machine learning model factory with pre-trained, pre-structured, and brand-new models made to address client specific pain points. The model is explainable and tests for bias, resulting in easy-to-understand actionable insights that help solve real business problems."

Jim McGowan, Head of Product, ElectrifAi says "When building a model for your company specific to an industry, we may already have some of the parts that we can provide very quickly with a lot of transparency so you can build on top of that and get where you’re going much faster. You would also have the support of an additional team of data scientists who can help with re-training or customizations of these models. We’re not just selling software, because we understand the domain and can build the models to solve for an end business use case. In a world of decreasing budgets and increasing demands, we can provide ready-to-go solutions while you work on other problems strategically important for your company."

ML automates what people do manually when looking at large volumes of data, such as forecasting revenue, predicting demands, identifying and reducing customer churn, identifying high-quality customer prospects, fraud detection, risk management, advanced analytics, and natural-language-processing. These ML models can help companies achieve a successful digital transformation. ElectrifAi has done the hard work already. All that is left for the client to do is to run the data through these pre-trained or pre-structured ML models in their own environment and integrate the output into their own business applications. ElectrifAi’s models for Amazon SageMaker available in AWS Marketplace are orchestrated together in a use-case to solve real business problems.

The ML models in AWS Marketplace are available worldwide. Please click here to access our pre-trained models and our associated services to help accelerate ML adoption within your organization.

About ElectrifAi
ElectrifAi is a global leader in business-ready machine learning models. ElectrifAi’s mission is to help organizations change the way they work through machine learning: driving cost reduction as well as profit and performance improvement. Founded in 2004, ElectrifAi boasts seasoned industry leadership, a global team of domain experts, and a proven record of transforming structured and unstructured data at scale. A large library of Ai-based products reaches across business functions, data systems, and teams to drive superior results in record time. ElectrifAi has approximately 200 data scientists, software engineers and employees with a proven record of dealing with over 2,000 customer implementations, mostly for Fortune 500 companies. At the heart of ElectrifAi’s mission is a commitment to making Ai and machine learning more understandable, practical and profitable for businesses and industries across the globe. ElectrifAi is headquartered in Jersey City, with offices located in Shanghai and New Delhi.

QuEST Global announces availability of Smart Defect Inspection application for high-precision manufacturing companies

BENGALURU, India, Nov. 11, 2020 — QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, today announced the availability of its GUI based Smart Defect Inspection (SDI) application powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The application, designed for high-precision manufacturing companies like semiconductor chip manufacturers, will enable real-time defect inspection & diagnosis, product quality inspections, and prognosis and ensure optimal equipment usage.

The platform-agnostic SDI application is built with Deep Learning (DL) technology for intelligent defect inspection and it can enable self-learning abilities for smarter decision making. The application aims to resolve three critical challenges for manufacturers – low yield/throughput, sub-optimal utilization of expensive equipment, and the health hazards faced by human inspectors. The SDI application also ensures maximum ROI from expensive equipment by targeting an ideal uptime of round the clock operations.

The company has successfully implemented the application as a Proof of Concept to a couple of semiconductor equipment OEMs. The application can help OEMs in detecting defects from Scanning Electron Microscope and optical inspection images, and classifying semiconductor wafer defects to reduce overkill by up to 30%, giving attention to underkill from conventional computer vision techniques. This all-in-one, real-time detection system with deep learning & edge computing is also compatible with existing image capturing devices, and offers enhanced decision-making capabilities using Deep Learning algorithms.

Elaborating further on its significance and value it will provide to the manufacturing industry, Piyush Jain, Vice President & Head of Delivery – APAC, QuEST Global, said, "We are delighted to make our new Smart Defect Inspection application available to the OEMs in the high precision manufacturing industry. Designed to empower human inspectors for automating inspection with a simple and intuitive GUI, the application can help OEMs increase yield and aims to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness – the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. Along with business benefits to the OEMs, the SDI application also aims to reduce visual stress of the human inspectors, keeping health hazards at bay and improving their overall health."

Over the years, QuEST has been working as a trusted thinking partner with the world’s most recognized companies in the Hi-Tech industry. The company is committed to enabling its customers to Create The Frontier by helping them stay ahead of the competition in areas like connected cars, connected devices, connected factories, and connected grids. With its expertise in new-age technologies, the company has been enabling some of the largest silicon companies in the world to launch chipsets embedded with the latest digital technologies like AI, DL, AR, VR, blockchain, and security.

About QuEST Global

For more than 20 years, QuEST Global has aimed to be a trusted global product engineering and lifecycle services partner to many of the world’s most recognized companies in the Aero Engines, Hi-Tech, Aerospace & Defense, Transportation (Auto and Rail), Power and Industrial, Oil & Gas and Medical Devices industries. With a global presence in 13 countries, 66 global centers, and 11,000+ personnel, QuEST Global believes that it is at the forefront of the convergence of the mechanical, electronics, software, and digital engineering innovations to engineer solutions for a safer, cleaner world. QuEST Global’s deep domain knowledge and digital expertise aim to help its clients accelerate product development and innovation cycles, create alternate revenue streams, enhance consumer experience, and make manufacturing processes and operations more efficient.

Media Contact:
Anto T Ouseph
anto.ouseph@quest-global.com

i6 Group Secures Series A Funding Round

Series funding allows i6 to accelerate, expand and develop technology and service offering.

FARNBOROUGH, England, Nov. 10, 2020 — i6 Group Limited (i6), the leader in fuel management software for the aviation industry, announces that it has secured Series A funding round.

i6 teamed with Deloitte to architect an investment syndicate including International Airlines Group (IAG), Shell, World Fuel Services and JetBlue Technology Ventures, who invested in February 2020. This funding will allow i6 to continue its market expansion and accelerate exciting new product development.

Founded in 2013, i6’s platform connects stakeholders across all stages of the aircraft refuelling process to improve operational efficiency through real-time connectivity and data optimisation. This adaptable, scalable technology has the potential to expand to verticals in adjacent markets, such as military, logistics and retail. i6 technology enables the better management of fuelling operations with more accuracy, which in turn helps to reduce costs and emissions.

"We are thrilled to join a strong consortium of investors to support the growth of i6. The way their proprietary digital solutions enable the end-to-end digitalisation of the aviation fuel supply chain, while solving key friction points, adds tremendous value to their customer base." Eva Wan, General Manager Digital Strategy, Shell

"i6 is a leader in the development and deployment of transformational technologies for the aviation fuel industry. We are excited to join them on this journey, alongside a group of investors who are similarly committed to bringing such technologies to market." – Sukumar Pillai, Vice President Business Development, World Fuel Services Corporation

i6 is now deployed at over 150 international airports, including; London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Toronto Pearson, Boston Logan International, Dubai International and Bangalore. Its eHandshake® technology, which allows for a 100% paperless aircraft refuelling process and eliminates the manual and verbal information exchange between a flight crew and refuelling operatives, was awarded a patent this year. It is currently implemented at British Airways and Virgin Atlantic with plans to expand.

"Our work with i6 began with the development of a fuel management tool in 2016 and we are currently working with the company on a bespoke project to digitise operational aspects of our airport," said Roger Walker, Director Airport Operations for Farnborough Airport. "This includes not only our frontline operations, but also our back-office functions, such as finance and IT. The experience has allowed us to continue on our journey in providing Europe’s leading business aviation airport and we expect our relationship with i6 to continue to flourish in the future."

"We are very pleased to have concluded the investment process and are excited by the strategic value that we believe can benefit both i6 and the existing and future industries we serve."  Steven Uhrmacher (CEO) & Alex Mattos (COO), i6 Group

About i6

Founded in 2013, i6 provides a cloud-based, digital fuel management platform that enables fuel suppliers, airports, into-plane agents and airlines to better plan, control, monitor and optimize fuelling operations. Their software platform covers the entire fuel supply chain from "refinery to wing–tip."

Visit i6.io for more information.

Contact: 
Emily Loretto
E-mail – emily@i6.io  
Tel +44 (0) 1252 757159

Wondershare MirrorGo: Manage your Phone from a Computer

Now available for Windows

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 9, 2020 — Wondershare has launched Wondershare MirrorGo, a software which allows users to not only mirror their phone screen onto their computer but to transfer files and control their device from their PC.  

"People can almost forget that they’re using a phone when MirrorGo working," said Selena Li, Product Director of Wondershare MirrorGo. "MirrorGo is especially useful for professionals because it can help them think outside the box. The process is simple and it’s easy to get started. You can switch from mobile phone to computer seamlessly."

Here are the key features of MirrorGo:

  • Control Mobile Devices from a PC

Connect a PC to an iPhone or Android device for a simpler workflow.

  • Mirror a Phone’s Screen on a PC

Connect through Wi-Fi or a USB data cable to mirror an iPhone or Android device.

  • Easily Drag & Drop Files

Transfer photos, videos, and documents between Android devices and Windows quickly and easily via Bluetooth.

  • Shared Clipboard

Press CTRL+C and CTRL+V on Android to access the same clipboard as a Windows computer.

  • Record Phone Screen and Take Screenshots

Record and take screenshots of your phone screen using a PC for increased efficiency.

Wondershare MirrorGo is available on our website. Pricing is $5.95 USD/month or $16.95 USD/year. To learn more, please visit https://drfone.wondershare.com/android-mirror.html.

About Wondershare:

Founded in 2003, Wondershare is a global leader in software development and a pioneer in the field of digital creativity. Our technology is powerful, and the solutions we provide are simple and convenient. That’s why we’re trusted by millions of people in over 150 countries worldwide. We help our users pursue their passions so that, together, we can build a more creative world.  

www.wondershare.com

Media Contact
Ellen Cheng
Wondershare
ellenc@wondershare.com