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Screen HD 1080p will most likely be a top-class smartphone trend in 2013. Currently the majority of upscale smartphones still use 720p HD display, call it the Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia 920 or HTC One X +.
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Following Ubisoft's earning report for fiscal 2007, Michael Pachter has raised fiscal 2008 sales guidance above company expectations from 800 million to 825 million ($1.08b to $1.11b) and maintained that the publisher is still "seriously undervalued."
Following its sales report
published earlier in April, Ubisoft has posted fiscal 2007 profits of 40.5 million ($54.6 million), versus 11.9 million ($16 million) one year earlier.
In examining the results, Pachter said the company had a "stellar period of earnings growth" following its earlier reported strong sales, due to gains from an equity swap and lower interest expense, which saw "total other pre-tax financial income" of 21 million versus Webush's estimated 6 million.
Apart from the equity swap, major drivers of that other income included Ubisoft's minority stake in Gameloft, which Pachter expects is around 2 million per year.
Over 2008, Pachter believes that the publisher could see "core" sales grow to around 500 million, by extending its portfolio to new platforms, Tom Clancy series games to fall to 155 million in revenue due to the franchise release schedule, and its new casual game market to bring in 130 million.
Wedbush raised its fiscal 2008 sales estimates to 800 million to 825 million and fiscal 2009 estimates to 910 million to 975 million, adding, as he similarly said
after the sales report, that shares in Ubisoft are "seriously undervalued, as the market does not appreciate the company's potential to grow faster than the market and deliver contribution margins in line with its peers."

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MELBOURNE, Jan 10 (Reuters) - London copper rose on Wednesday, away from the weakest in a fortnight struck in the previous session, as the dollar softened and the World Bank issued a solid view of global economic growth that supported demand expectations for metals.
* COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper edged up by 0.3 percent to $7,121.50 a tonne by 0241 GMT, neutralizing losses from the previous session when prices tipped their lowest since Dec. 22 at $7,086.
* Shanghai Futures Exchange copper edged up 0.2 percent to 54,910 yuan ($8,411) a tonne, having found support at the 100-day moving average of 53,180 yuan a tonne.
* NICKEL: ShFE nickel rose to its highest in nearly two months at 100,900 yuan a tonne. A trader said he expects China's nickel imports to fall away further after the country raised import taxes to 2 percent for 2018, from 1 percent last year. China's refined nickel imports slumped by 43.7 pct to under 200,000 tonnes in the first 11 months of 2017.
* FORECASTS: The global economy is set to expand by 3.1 percent in 2018, slightly up from 3 percent last year and marking the first year since the 2008 Great Recession that it will near or achieve full growth potential, the World Bank said.
* GERMANY ECONOMY: Industrial production and exports from Germany rose more than expected in November, prompting the government to raise its estimate of growth for 2017.
* ALUMINIUM: U.S. aluminum products makers sought new trade protections against Chinese imports on Tuesday, accusing China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd and its affiliates of evading U.S. anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties by shipping aluminum products through Vietnam.
* ALUMINIUM: Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro can further increase its domestic output on top of the planned restart of a mothballed facility.
* AUTO DEMAND: Potentially crimping metals demand, automakers in China face their weakest year of sales growth in at least two decades as a phasing out of tax cuts on smaller engine cars looks set to further dampen customer demand in the world's largest car market.
* MARKETS: Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields hit a 10-month high on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan tweaked its bond-buying program, while stocks in world indexes continued their flying start to the year.
* COMING UP: U.S. Import, Export Prices for Dec at 1330 GMT
BASE METALS PRICES 0247 GMT Three month LME copper 7123.5 Most active ShFE copper 54920 Three month LME aluminum 2166.5 Most active ShFE aluminum 14960 Three month LME zinc 3340 Most active ShFE zinc 26175 Three month LME lead 2559 Most active ShFE lead 19475 Three month LME nickel 12720 Most active ShFE nickel 100640 Three month LME tin 19945 Most active ShFE tin 145220
BASE METALS ARBITRAGE
LME/SHFE COPPER LMESHFCUc3 683.49 LME/SHFE ALUMINIUM LMESHFALc3 -1384.2
LME/SHFE ZINC LMESHFZNc3 377.96 LME/SHFE LEAD LMESHFPBc3 -672.76 LME/SHFE NICKEL LMESHFNIc3 2055.54
($1 = 6.5286 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Melanie Burton; Editing by Tom Hogue)


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Advanced Design with Suction Sail for Unique Tahiti Cargo-Passenger Ship
Designs were presented for a unique combination cargo passenger ship that will launch in 2026 providing critical service between Tahiti and the remote Austral Islands. Designed to be a vital supply ship that also supports the development of tourism to the pristine islands, the vessel also seeks to employ a range of new technology including a first-of-its-kind suction sail installation.
Société de Navigation des Australes TUHA’A PAE has been providing service to the Austral Islands, and most notably the island of Rapa which has no airport, for nearly 55 years. The company has a contract to make at least 26 annual trips and at least 12 annually to Rapa. Four years ago, in 2020, the company that operated occasional cruises decided to expand the business as part of an effort to support the development of the remote islands.
The new vessel to be known as the Ba Pae e Hiro is designed to carry both vital supplies as well as up to 200 tourists on its voyages from Tahti and is being developed in a project with the support of the French government. It meets critical goals for local fleet renewal, supporting and opening the Australes, delivering the cruise business with tourism revenues, supporting employment, and critically meeting sustainability goals.
Designed by Cotenaval of Spain with consulting by ECCO of France, designs for the 292-foot (89-meter) vessel call for a broad range of state-of-the-art systems and an optimized design to reduce energy consumption, emissions, and maintenance costs. Additionally, flexibility and quick loading and unloading are key to the operations along with comfortable, modern accommodation areas for the tourists. The vessel is to be built by Armon Shipyard in Virgo, Spain.
The new vessel will replace a small passenger-cargo ship operating to the islands since 2012 (Far and Away Adventures)
Spanish wind propulsion company bound4blue reports it has been selected in an international competition to supply its eSail suction sail as part of the propulsion system. It will be the first time the suction sail has been selected for a newbuild. Bound4blue reports it will be 72 feet tall (22 meters) installed on top of the accommodation area leaving the aft deck space clear for container cargo handling. The sail technology drags air across the aerodynamic profile, and according to bound4blue generates seven times more lift than a conventional airplane wing. It adds to the vessel’s propulsive efficiency reducing the load on the main engine. Bound4blue has also been contracted to retrofit the technology on two Ro-Ro cargo vessels operated by Louis Dreyfus including the Ville de Bordeaux, used by Airbus to transport aircraft subassemblies.
The Na Pae e Hiro will also be fitted with engines capable of running on biofuel or e-fuel as soon as it becomes commercially available in the region. It will have electric POD propulsion with two 1600 Kw electric motors as well as efficient wastewater treatment systems, and the ability to produce fresh water. The new ship will have 34 cabins, a dormitory, a restaurant, and a hospital. Due to the limitations of the ports it servces it will have a draft of just 13 feet (4 meters). Construction of the ship is due to begin this year.
With a cargo capacity of 1,500 tonnes, the new ship will be able to transport four times more cargo than the current ship, the Tuhaa Pae IV. Registered in French Polynesia, the current vessel was introduced in 2012. It is smaller 1,500 dwt and 260 feet (79.4 meters) in length. The ship departs from Tahiti on 7 to 10-day voyages traveling 300 miles to the islands carrying essential products such as gasoline and general cargo as well as offering a limited number of basic passenger accommodations.
The new vessel is a unique modern example of a cargo-passenger vessel which has become a rarity in the shipping industry.


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According to Running Insight Magazine, women spend around 11.5 billion US dollars on sportswear every year. Men are also responsible for this number, as they quite often work in specialty stores and sell activewear, including sports bras. But do men feel comfortable selling these intimate items to female customers? According to the athletic compression apparel company Zensah, they don’t. And this is why Zensah has decided to start campaign titled Bros Sell Bras, which aims to drive the sales and make men feel more comfortable .
The essential part of this campaign is an informational packet about Zensah’s sports bras. It includes technical information, features and key questions related to the bras. The packet also offers some conversation starters, which, hopefully, will eliminate uncomfortable situations and awkwardness.
It is said, that the best approach to every problem is humor. This is way another key components of the Bros Sell Brass campaign is an entertaining and intentionally exaggerated video about the sales process. “By making the video over the top, it gives men something to laugh about and makes the idea of selling bras less intimidating”, – says Zensah’s marketing director Suzanne Kerpel.
You can watch this video by clicking here or visit the specialty store right away for the real – life experience. But don’t be surprised to get a great service. Maybe men have already got acquainted with the Bros Sell Bras package and you will leave with a perfectly fitting sports bra, picked by a man.


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LiftOff program will guide new entrepreneurs
Published 10:18 am Saturday, September 19, 2020
SO YOU KNOW
CentreWorks’ new entrepreneurial mindset startup course is titled, LiftOff. The course is intended for those considering their first business startup of any type, for profit or nonprofit. The course will meet once weekly (60-90 minutes) for eight weeks beginning Sept. 24. This course is offered at NO COST to Kentucky residents in Garrard, Mercer, Boyle, Casey, Washington, Marion, or Lincoln County. To apply for the LiftOff program go to www.centreworks.org
Anyone who has ever considered starting their own business or who’s interested in learning what it takes to be a good entrepreneur before leaping into a new venture can take part in CentreWorks’ inaugural LiftOff program.
CentreWorks is an initiative of and fully funded by Centre College to work in partnership with Danville, Boyle County, and seven surrounding communities to help facilitate economic growth in this region, according to its website. The co-executive directors are Dr. Anthony J. Margida and his wife, Andrea Margida.
LiftOff is the first program offered to the public through CentreWorks. And with the support of the Boyle County Chamber of Commerce, it will be free for residents in Boyle and surrounding counties who want to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur and participate in the eight-week, experience-based virtual course.
According to the LiftOff webpage, found at centreworks.org, the course will help people figure out if they could, or even want, to be an entrepreneur; if their business idea could be profitable; and what steps and resources are necessary to make it happen.
Anthony Margida said, “LiftOff is designed to instill regional community members with the mindset to resolve complex problems, start new businesses, and contribute to the well being of their communities.”
Andrea Margida said in LiftOff, participants will learn “the principles of the entrepreneur mindset, not just to start a business, but really to navigate life. It’s a mindset people can bring to anything they face.”
The most crucial attribute of a good entrepreneur (defined by investopedia.com as being “an individual who creates a business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards,”) is empathy, Andrea Margida said. “And we define empathy as listening to understand.”
“Can you imagine if we all listened to each other to understand what the other person’s perspective is, what they’re saying, what they’re bringing to discussion, what they’re saying about a challenge they’re facing? We could come together nicely and work through things if we approach challenges and situations with empathy.”
Anthony Margida said when an entrepreneur is researching an idea for a business they must go through a process of evaluating what the value product is to the consumer. “They need to connect with their customer base and get a human-centered kind of feedback — talking to customers and learning from them. This is where empathy comes in.”
Andrea Margida gave an example of someone who may live on a farm, raise a garden, and their chickens produce eggs. That person also may say, “and everybody loves my cakes. I want to start a business to sell these cakes to consumers.”
She said that’s what starts the empathy process. That person may find out that people do enjoy the cakes, “but do they really want to pay for them? Or do they love them because you invite them for coffee and a piece of cake? They might really just want to socialize with you.
“That’s the cool thing with going through this program and doing customer discovery. … You learn so much.”
She added that in the example where the person wanting to just sell cakes may see that it would be a better business idea to open a shop to sell cakes and coffee where people can socialize.
“You really don’t know where your idea is going,” she added.
Anthony Margida said, “It’s finding the right product and service that’s going to be accepted by your customer base.”
Other topics to be discussed include: ideation, design thinking, business model canvas, value proposition validation, customer discovery, legal foundations, financial considerations, equity capital/debt financing, and team formation and p
He added that in LiftOff a potential entrepreneur will learn, “There are processes to discovering those things before you invest a lot of your time and a lot of your money building something that may just fail. … You may shift your product a bit, you almost always do, based on customers, but you still stay true to your internal mission,” Andrea Margida said.


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The iconic Apple logo on the back side of Apple’s newer laptop screens can no longer illuminate a dark room, as the company serenely removed this function. Whereas some individuals never appreciated the glowing logo and therefore, support this new movement, others have purchased these laptops just because of the fascinating function. Why would Apple remove such a remarkable function?
Apple never disclosed why they took this initiative, but several theories exist. The Apple logo shines bright as a result of screen light from the front screen passing through a cutout. But, as Apple continues to design laptops with thinner, more leaner screens, the amount of space available to incise an Apple behind the screen decreases, which may serve as a probable reason for its removal.
“Oh, that sucks,” Michael Hanley, a senior at Bethpage High School, commented.
Others suggest that Apple received free advertising in movies and shows when actors utilized their products. Some movies would attempt to hide the logo to prevent viewers from speculating the promotion of Apple products.
“We need to move on,” said Mr. Malossi, an English teacher at Bethpage High School.
But, whatever the reason may be, this illuminating light will no longer assist us in burning the midnight oil.


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From challenges to opportunities: favourable climate for the plastics industry
From challenges to opportunities: favourable climate for the plastics industry
The plastics industry in ASEAN remains unperturbed by global developments that are also impacting the growth path of key industries. With K 2016, the world’s largest trade fair for plastics and rubber, coming up in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 19 to 26 October, we take a closer look at this market.
The new norm of economic growths and trends such as oil prices, variable supply and demand, and weakening of most Asian currencies against the US dollar, have presented opportunities for Southeast Asia’s plastics industry. The latter factors have allowed the region’s countries to rediscover their strengths to sustain growth, either individually or as a part of the collective grouping of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nation).
The ten member states making up ASEAN include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. ASEAN’s fertile consumer base with a combined population of over 600 million and a combined GDP of US$ 2.6 trillion, as well as presence in the global market, enables the region to tap the right opportunities, hinging on the region’s rising middle class sector and substantial consumer base.
One of ASEAN’s top export sectors by value is plastics and plastic products earning US$ 39.3 billion in export revenues in 2013, the International Trade Statistics reported.
The sector’s production rates have witnessed a steady average growth over the recent years, especially in the ASEAN-6: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, which account for more than 95 % of regional GDP, according to McKinsey & Company. Countries like Cambodia and Myanmar are growing strongly, with increased economic liberalisation and development, but will still contribute only a small percentage of manufacturing foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coming years.
Countries at the forefront
Vietnam is on the highway to becoming an industrialised country. Though the country’s plastics industry is relatively young, it is one of the fastest growing industries in Vietnam, sustaining an average annual growth of 16-18 % between 2010 and 2015, according to the Vietnam Plastics Association (VPA). Backed by a population of 90 million, VPA expects growth to be supported by continuous demand in the domestic market. Plastics production output per capita increased sharply to 41 kg per year/person last year, from a little less than 4 kg per year in 1990. Of the sector types, packaging accounts for 37.4 %, followed by consumer (27 %), construction (18 %) and technical products (15 %). However, VPA laments that the industry is still at the “low end and of low value”, with a majority of exports being plastic bags to Japan. It also relies heavily on imported raw materials, like polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) resins, importing an average of 4 million tonnes of raw materials while domestic production totals 1 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, Indonesia, with a population of over 250 million and increased governmental efforts to industrialise the nation, to develop into the world’s seventh largest economy by 2030, is making headway in its plastics industry. In 2014, Indonesia’s per capita plastic consumption averaged 17 kg, compared o around 35 kg/person in Malaysia and 40 kg in Thailand, according to the Indonesian Olefin, Aromatic and Plastic Association (Inaplas). However, Indonesia’s middle class is expected to double to 141 million people within the next five years, and plastic consumption is anticipated to grow in tandem with the development of a larger consumer market and increased demand for packaged goods. According to the Indonesian Packaging Association, food packaging accounts for 70 % of plastic consumption. Meanwhile, Inaplas has set a 6 % growth in domestic demand for the plastics sector, in the wake of an improving GDP, pegged at 5.3 % in 2016, and backed by the upbeat food and beverage and agribusiness sectors.
While Indonesia seeks to promote its domestic plastic consumption market, Malaysia continues to serve as one of ASEAN’s top exporters of plastic products. With over 1,500 plastic production companies, Malaysia’s primary export destinations include Europe, China, Singapore, Japan, and Thailand. Comprising approximately 45 % is the packaging sector, followed by electronics (26 %), automotive (10 %) and construction industry (8 %) of the total plastic consumption market. Due to a rise in Malaysia’s minimum wage to US$ 214 per month, plastic production costs have increased within the country by approximately 10 % over the course of 2015. While labour costs went up by 40 %, electricity tariffs increased by 17 % to add on to the total production costs, thus encroaching into the industry’s competitiveness.
Similar to Vietnam, Thailand’s plastic production industry has grown rapidly in recent years and currently boasts over 5,000 operating companies. However, unlike many of its ASEAN neighbouring countries, over 60 % of the companies are relatively small with a maximum of 30 employees. Packaging accounts for 48 % of Thailand’s plastic consumption, followed by electronics (15 %), construction (14 %), and automotive (8 %). Thailand has been best positioned to capture the opportunity and attract manufacturing for its automotive sector, even though its overall cost index (for example, energy, labour, and property) is 20 to 25 % higher than Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, largely because of a high quality and mature automotive manufacturing ecosystem, including tiered suppliers of automotive components. The country’s automotive industry accounted for 42 % of its FDI from 2009 to 2013. In fact, green-field investment in tyre manufacturing generated most of the FDIs in Thailand’s rubber and plastics industry. It has built a thriving ecosystem of manufacturers and assemblers, including BMW, Ford, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota.
Thailand has also invested US$ 60 million into bioplastics development over the past seven years, with the government pumping in 80 % of this investment.
The Philippines, another export-oriented Southeast Asian country, has witnessed weak exports performance, down by 5.8 % in the previous year, because of low demand from its top buyers: the US, China and Japan. The semiconductor and electronics industry accounts for the majority of the country’s exports, led by large foreign investors such as Amkor, Canon, Samsung, Sunpower, and Texas Instruments. Various measures are being instituted to boost exports, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union (EU) that is offering export opportunities to the Philippines in the EU market. The GSP allows exporters in developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU.
Singapore, will petrochemicals pay off?
For the third consecutive year, Singapore has been voted the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). But yet the country is a global chemicals hub. The country offsets its high costs by offering strong connectivity through shipping routes, developed infrastructure, manpower capabilities and ease of doing business.
Jurong Island plays host to most of the largest petrochemical companies in the world, with around 95 companies represented on the island, attracting investments in excess of S$35 billion, according to the Economic Development Board. Presently, companies like BASF, ExxonMobil Chemical, Lanxess, Mitsui Chemicals, Shell and Sumitomo Chemicals have plants.
Jurong Island provides companies with a plug-and-play environment where companies can quickly ramp up their operations, helping growth in both upstream and downstream sectors.
Shell's debottlenecking of its ethylene unit, which was completed last quarter, has raised its ethylene output by 20 % to 960,000 tonnes/year. This paves the way for the opening of new downstream units in 2016 with a high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) purification plant with an initial capacity of 140,000 tonnes/year and two world-scale ethoxylation units with a combined capacity of 140,000 tonnes/year. Other expansions include SK Global Chemical's joint venture with SABIC to establish a 230,000 tonnes/year metallocene linear low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) plant, which will serve the packaging sector, and ExxonMobil Chemical's new facilities for manufacturing premium halobutyl rubber and hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin.
However, BMI Research expects Singapore to face an uphill climb in 2016 in the face of a Chinese downturn and regional oversupply, which is undermining export growth and reducing margins.
Already, the Jurong Aromatics Company (JAC) complex, one of the world's largest aromatics complexes, is in receivership following its shutdown in December 2014, after just four months of operation. The complex consists of a condensate splitter and plants with capacity for 800,000 tonnes/year of PX, 200,000 tonnes/year of OX and 450,000 tonnes/year of benzene using UOP technology. It can also produce 2.5 million tonnes/year of fuels, including jet fuel and kerosene. Receivers will seek a debt resolution that could see it back in operation in 2016.
The JAC shutdown and sluggish markets meant that the Singapore petrochemicals index grew by an average of just 0.2 % year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2015, compared to 13.3 % growth in 2014, says BMI. While JAC's problems have not affected other petrochemicals operations in Singapore, they do underline the country’s vulnerability to China's economic woes.
However, recovery is expected in the medium term as producers diversify markets, with India and Indonesia likely to compensate for losses in exports to China.
Furthermore, Singapore is banking on the speciality chemical sector as the next growth area, according to the Economic Survey of Singapore by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). New production capacity has been coming on stream. For instance, Belgium-based chemicals firm Solvay has opened its S$ 50 million speciality surfactants plant as has British speciality chemicals manufacturer Croda International that has completed an S$ 38 million expansion of its Jurong Island plant to double its production capacity, and expand its product range to allow for greater customisation.
Impact of China’s economic slump
China’s economic slowdown is deemed to eclipse the plastics industry, since the country recently cut its growth target to 6.5-7 %.
Gearing up for reforms to allow for recovery, the country is faced with weak export demands and some manufacturers shifting production bases.
The slowdown presents a two-pronged effect. While it affects export demand in the region, it also opens up FDI opportunities for Southeast Asia. McKinsey & Company notes that even with China’s immense influence in the manufacturing sphere as the “goliath of global manufacturing”, foreign investors are also looking at market potentials of the ASEAN.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its report, 2016 Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India, acknowledges that China’s situation can impact growth prospects in the region, unless it hedges itself from potential external and internal risks to sustain its growth momentum.
Looking beyond China, another hotspot for plastics is India, which is forecast to double its plastics use by 2020 to 20 million tonnes. The Plastindia Foundation estimates per capita consumption to reach 16 kg in 2016.
New trade pacts to boost plastics
On the local and regional level, flagship plastics trade associations such as the ASEAN Federation of Plastics Industries (AFPI), the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA), the Thai Plastic industries Association (TPIA), and the Philippines Plastics Industry Association (PPIA), to name a few, are continually uplifting the plastics sector in their respective accords.
International-scale trade agreement blocs are expected to propel the industry on a wider magnitude.
First to foster economic cooperation amongst the ASEAN members is the ten-nation ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which came into force on 1 January. The pact features liberalisation of goods, investments and services, to be implemented in phases, and thus enabling plastic producing countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to lower duties on finished plastic products, machines and moulds to other member countries like Vietnam. This should bode well for the latter country since it buys about 80 % of its plastic materials requirements from Thailand and Malaysia, as well as non-AEC countries of South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and Japan.
Indonesia also imports more than 40 % of its plastics requirements from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Europe, and the US.
Meanwhile, MPMA says Malaysia can benefit from AEC’s human resources development, due to its lack of skilled and unskilled labour.
McKinsey & Company’s Understanding ASEAN: the manufacturing opportunity report counts the AEC as an essential development, together with application of data and mobile internet, and disruptive technologies, to stimulate substantial growth in the manufacturing sector, thus promoting intra-regional and global trade.
In the meantime, are the US-led 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), and the forthcoming China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), made up of the ten members of the ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
TPPA member-countries are important markets for the US, specifically for its plastics industry. According to the US Department of Commerce-International Trade Administration, the agreement will eliminate tariffs as high as 25 %, and thus, US plastics producers can gain duty-free access into the TPPA countries.
Under the TPPA, trade regulations between the member countries will be liberalised in order to strengthen economic relations.
In PricewaterhouseCoopers studies: National Interest Analysis by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Study on Potential Economic Impact of TPPA on the Malaysian Economy and Selected Key Economic Sectors, it said the TPPA could increase Malaysia’s petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products output by firstly, enabling the country’s plastics industry to tap into markets overseas.
Vietnam, which under the TPPA has to eliminate almost all of its tariffs on plastics within four years or less, will also look forward toan exports boost via the TPPA. It also intends to bank on free trade opportunities as it builds its parts and materials industry to cater to various companies including automotive makers, apparel and electronics manufacturers.
TPPA’s counterpart, the RCEP aims to consolidate the existing ASEAN FTAs and tie-ups with the other six partner economies. Under the RCEP, a 65 % tariff cut has been agreed on, with the percentage likely to increase to 80 % within a decade.
According to the Manila-based Makati Business Club (MBC), the RCEP will cater to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s long-time prospect of creating a Free Trade Area in the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). Other countries that are also part of the TPPA, like Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and Brunei, are also taking part in the RCEP negotiations.
ASEAN’s plastics industry is anticipated to expand in the coming years and is likely to present significant opportunities for foreign investors.
In the ASEAN Business Outlook Survey 2014, by the American Chamber of Commerce Singapore and US Chamber of Commerce, it was revealed that 19 % of ASEAN businesses themselves plan to shift investment or business from China into their own region. Respondents also identified Indonesia as the most attractive country for new business expansion, followed by Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. The availability of low-cost labour in countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam could be a competitive advantage.
With the growth of ASEAN countries’ consumer bases, broadening of plastic import and export markets, and expanding foreign trading powers, ASEAN’s plastics industry offers foreign investors significant opportunities.
In this promising ASEAN region, Messe Düsseldorf offers export-oriented companies of the plastics and rubber industries customised events with its Global Portfolio Plastics & Rubber: the indoplas in Jakarta, the Plastics and Rubber Vietnam in Ho-Chi-Minh City and the T-PLAS in Bangkok. For more information, please visit:


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Moven welcomes Bryan Clagett as chief revenue officer to accelerate go-to-market execution
By Pavithra R
Moven, a mobile financial service provider, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the appointment of Bryan Clagett as Chief Revenue Officer.
With Mr Clagett’s appointment, Moven is poised to continue its hyper-growth, particularly in the U.S., as one of the financial services industry’s most compelling FinTech providers dedicated to helping financial institutions.
Clagett is a strategic leader helping FinTech and finserv win market share. He is joining Moven after 3 decades of leadership experience in the financial services and fintech markets.
“I’m extremely excited to join Moven to lead sales, marketing and partnership strategy as we evolve the company’s growth trajectory. Moven’s client-centric philosophy and emphasis on helping financial services via flexible and innovative, data-driven solutions made this a great fit for me. I’m looking forward to expanding into new markets, strengthening our relationships with our partners, and building the leading GTM function in our space,” said Clagett.
Most recently, Clagett drove Geezeo’s marketing efforts as the CMO and an investor. Geezeo grew to 550+ domestic clients, reached profitability and became a leading SaaS white-label fintech firm offering digital financial management and data solutions to financial institution, core and digital banking companies. The company was sold to Jack Henry & Associates in July 2019. Since then, he has held a leadership position at StrategyCorps and currently serves as advisor to several firms. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Child & Family Services, a Virginia non-profit.
“Bringing on Bryan was an essential next step in expanding our business maturity as we look to expand our U.S. market presence. Having worked on and off with Bryan for 10 years, I’m glad we finally snagged him at a time when our U.S. operations are accelerating rapidly and where CoVID has created an extraordinary demand for digital differentiation in the retail digital banking space,” said Brett King, Moven’s founder.
Founded in 2011, Moven is a mobile-banking technology platform provider that banks use to reduce attrition rates, drive new revenue streams and lower customer acquisition cost. Its smart banking technology provides advice-driven, highly-personalized financial wellness experience for banks, helping them to grow its customer relationship.
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We learned last week that Samsung is working on something called Sports Glass in a design patent that popped up online. The sports glasses look like they will work with Samsung devices and are targeted at outdoor users. Google is working hard to hone their Glass offering and get it ready for a consumer release sometime next year. Lots of companies are focusing on the wearable technology space, and Intel is one of those companies that wants to be front and center in the wearable tech race.
This report from Forbes seems to suggest that Intel has a major focus in the area of consumer wearable technology. The company has either built new teams or acquired companies that specialize in the area of wearable computing. Intel has its fingers in a lot of pies, so to speak, not the least of which is wearable tech. The company acquired API manager Mashery and is also taking steps in to consumer robotics. Intel recently made a pretty heavy investment in a company called Recon Instruments, as well. Recon Instruments makes glasses called the Reconjet, which it claims is the first consumer-grade glass computing product. Take this quote from when Intel first invested in Recon:
"Wearable computing is a major, accelerating phenomenon that re-defines how we use and interact with information," according to Mike Bell, Vice President and General Manager of the New Devices Group at Intel Corporation. "In Recon Instruments, we see compelling technology and a solid strategy to capitalize on the wearable revolution. This is an area of significant focus for Intel Capital, and our investment in Recon Instruments is a key part of our approach to innovation in this emerging space."
Recon Instruments puts its computers into branded sports eye-wear like snowboarding and ski goggles. It also makes cycling glasses and other heads-up display units for athletes. Recon primarily focuses on GPS and Bluetooth integration, but that could be expanded with Intel's backing. Intel is getting involved with sportswear and sports glasses, which is the exact same area that Samsung is targeting with its upcoming Sports Glass product.
Intel also has a new mobile devices group, run by Mike Bell. According to PC World, Mike Bell "formerly co-ran Intel's mobile unit–most notably in the push to bring x86 to Android." The Wall Street Journal also reports that Intel's new CEO, Brian Krzanich, was chosen because he is familiar with and has an affinity for the mobile space. All of this adds up to a heated wearable technology race, and Intel wants to be right in the middle of it.


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Afterpay Is Making Layaway Sexy for Millennials—but What's the Real Cost?
Buzzy brands are offering a new buy-now-pay-later option. But experts worry the service could train users to overspend.
By Samantha Leach
Financial Sites for Women Are Game-Changing—but Do They Have to Be So Pink?
The plethora of tech start-ups and financial platforms geared toward women are a good thing, to be sure. But is all the feminine frippery really necessary?
By Elizabeth Kiefer
Buying Power: 64% of High-Earning Influential Millennials Are Women
Throughout recent history, men have typically been the ones holding the purse strings, whether due to traditional gender roles or the wage gap. Now, a survey conducted by FutureCast of the 6.2 million "affluent millennial" households in the United States (people ages 18 to 34 and making an annual income of $100,000 or more) has found that the tides are changing, and ladies are bringing home more bacon than ever before. "As the [group] of young adults with the means to act on the shopping attitudes and preferences of the general millennial population, affluent millennials have the largest amount of influence today," FutureCast president Jeff Fromm told WWD. Of the high-earning sectors of millennials, 64 percent were female, a majority stake that's never been seen before. The study suggests that the switch-up is due to a higher amount of women graduating college than men and the fact that in 2012, female's hourly earnings had crept up to be 92 percent that of male counterparts (considered a victory even though it's not at the completely equal level). When it comes to shopping, it's no surprise that millennials have embraced online-only tools more than older generations. Fifty-nine percent are likely to rate
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What Did You Spend More On This Year: Fashion Or Gadgets?
An interesting report in today's WWD says that college students are cutting back their spending on apparel, and instead investing in things like computers, cell phones, and MP3 players. It made me wonder...what did you spend more money on this year?
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What Broke the Bank: A Prime Example of My Stupid Spending
Like I said on Day 1, I'm not a big-ticket spender. (Although I somehow wound up lusting after a $725 bag* last night. Don't worry! I clicked the hell outta there!) But I often make small-ticket impulse purchases that, in hindsight, maybe weren't so smart. Here's a recent one.
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Independent lounge operator Aspire Airport Lounges has launched a new digital loyalty scheme, offering travelers incentives including free visits and shopping vouchers.
Aspire Airport Lounges, part of ground handler Swissport, launched the new scheme as a replacement for its previous LoungeMiles scheme, where users would collect stamps at each visit and would receive a free pass with five stamps.
Now, lounge goers will receive points per visit and upon reaching a certain number of points, can either receive a free visit or a £5 (US$6.40) gift voucher.
Shaun Weston, vice president of global lounges at Swissport, said, “We have a number of lounges throughout some of the busiest airports in the UK and as a business we felt it was right to start rewarding customers who book directly through us.
“Booking Aspire Lounges directly offers more benefits over the old system as customers can convert points to shopping vouchers rather than just being offered a free stay in the lounge. The point system also means that one customer can take the opportunity to collect multiple points for group bookings and thus earn more rewards.”
Each adult booking direct with Aspire Lounges will earn four points per whole pound spent. To activate the free visits, customers need to achieve 500 points for one free lounge visit or 700 points for the e-voucher.


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War Child is the charity organisation that helps children affected by conflict have announced they want to step up their involvement in the video games industry.
The charity have now launched an online hub called GameOn, to encourage publishers and developers to share and discuss fundraising ideas.
War Child has raised over £2 million working with publishers and developers in the games industry, a most recent example includes Armistice, where studios created content for existing games with non-violent gameplay.
Wayne Emanuel, the game development manager at War Child has said, “GameOn is an exciting next step for War Child. Our journey so far has seen collaborations with major players in the industry, and with the new gaming hub we hope to encourage more developers, studios, publisher and gamers to join us on our mission striving for a world where no child’s life is torn apart by war.”
Tim Schafer, Randy Pitchford, Rhianna Pratchett, Debbie Bestwick and Charles Cecil have already offered their support on GameOn. The online hub has suggested different ways the gaming industry can get involved, by developing full games, DLC or gaming events.
You can learn more about GameOn at the War Child website, the charity actively helping children in countries affected by violent conflict.


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US – Shake ‘N Bake, the Kraft Heinz-owned pantry staple for mimicking fried foods has announced plans to remove the plastic ‘shaker’ bag from its products in a bid to support sustainability.
The move will be implemented across the brand’s full product portfolio and helps save more than 900,000 pounds of plastic waste annually, according to a statement by product manufacturer The Kraft Heinz Company.
The decision comes on the heels of a survey conducted by the brand, which resulted in 73% of its customers stating that they’d like to opt for less plastic use.
Shake ‘N Bake brand Manager Brianna Galvin said: “As a family staple for over 50 years, we are proud to evolve with the world around us, ushering in a new effort to help our brand – and our fans – take steps toward a more sustainable future.
“While the ‘shaker’ bag is an important part of our legacy, our product is just as effective and delicious without the plastic waste, and we are excited for all the good to come from this simple yet effective packaging change.”
The announcement for plastic bag removal comes as the company has experienced a steady double-digit growth of 10.1% since 2019.
The move is also in line with Kraft Heinz’s larger Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.
The company pledged to make 100% of its packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
In its 2022 ESG report released last month, Kraft Heinz announced a short-term commitment to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030. It aims for net-zero emissions by 2050.
The strategy is designed to prioritize the issues that matter most to the Company’s business and stakeholders.
“Working with our many partners, we are developing solutions to foster a more inclusive workforce, address climate challenges, and combat food insecurity,” said Miguel Patricio, Kraft Heinz CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors.
“Now more than ever, it is critical that businesses like ours take a leadership role in addressing the environmental and social issues that affect all of us around the world.”
The Report highlights progress across three key pillars – Healthy Living & Community Support, Environmental Stewardship and Responsible Sourcing.
These pillars help the company build value among its broad set of stakeholders by incorporating responsible business practices at each stage of its value chain.
The 2022 ESG Report was prepared using the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) ESG reporting standard and in alignment with the general principles of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) for food and beverage companies, as well as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (“TCFD”).
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Panasonic has introduced the latest iteration of its last year P85 smartphone in India dubbed P85 NXT. It has the same 5-inch HD display, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor. It sports a 5MP front camera and not 2MP as seen on its predecessor as well.
The internal storage and RAM still remain 16GB and 2GB, respectively. At the rear is an 8MP autofocus camera with a LED flash. while the front camera is also accompanied by a LED flash. The P85 NXT has a fingerprint sensor at the back as well.
It runs the dated Android 7.1.2 Nougat OS, has a 3.5mm audio jack at the top, and is backed by a 4000mAh battery.
Panasonic P85 NXT Specifications
- 5.0-inch IPS display with HD (1280×720) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
- 1.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 Mobile Platform, Adreno 304 GPU
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB built-in storage (expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD card)
- 8-megapixel rear camera, LED flash
- 5-megapixel front camera, LED flash
- OS: Android 7.1.2 Nougat
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dual SIM
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, 4G VoLTE, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, GPS, FM radio, USB OTG, 3.5mm audio jack
- Battery: 4000mAh, non-removable
- Dimensions: 141.7×70.8×9.3mm
- Weight: 173.8 grams
The phone will be available for purchase in Black, Gold, and Blue colors, at offline stores across the region starting today. It costs Rs 6999 ($98).*ADS
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Avalon Farms has been a fixture at Battle Creek market
For 82 years, Avalon Farms Homegrown in Climax has been growing Michigan fruits and vegetables.
Over the years the farm has changed from a dairy farm with 110 cows to primarily crop farming and today’s owners, the Leach Family, have also added a greenhouse and a Community Supported Agriculture program.
Brigette Leach, part of the third generation to own the farm, said her husband’s grandfather started the farm in 1932. The farm has gone through four generations now that Leach’s daughter runs the greenhouse.
This is Leach’s 12th season selling at the Battle Creek Farmers Market. Not only is she a vendor, she manages the market itself, along with two other people. Leach serves as secretary and treasurer, taking care of the advertising and keeping track of bank accounts.
Leach believes having a farmers market benefits the community by allowing people to see that everything they buy at the grocery store can be grown locally.
“Part of our mission is to educate people about what we grow in Michigan,” Leach said.
She explained that most produce grown around the state and country can all be grown right here in Southwest Michigan’s unique climate.
“We have everything here that they raise in the rest of the state, with the exception of dry beans, sugar beets and timber for paper productions,” Leach said. “But we have everything else on a commercial basis; it’s really quite amazing.”
Produce grown locally doesn’t have to travel as far and is therefore fresher — and freshness is one of the things Avalon Farms Homegrown prides themselves on.
For Leach, the best part about being a farmer is not only being able to see the fruits of her labor but also being able to protect the environment.
“Yes I enjoy growing things, but I also appreciate knowing that we’re doing it in a way that protects our natural resources. We work really hard to protect soil and water resources,” Leach said.
Avalon Farms Homegrown also has what Leach calls a “hybrid CSA program.”
The original concept of a CSA was that the shareholders paid for their season up front, advancing the farm operation money to buy seed and other supplies for the season. In return shareholders received part of what was produced on the farm that season.
Avalon Farms Homegrown, which has stands at farmers markets in Battle Creek and Bellevue, has partnered with other farmers from around the state to include a variety of other crops in their CSA program.
For example, they ship in strawberries from a farm in Hartford, root vegetables from the Hudsonville area, dark sweet cherries from Traverse City and winter squash from Vicksburg. Leach says this works because of the relationships they have formed with these farmers over the years.
“We know who grows the good stuff, we know how they farm, and we trust them to have quality stuff that meets our standards for freshness and quality.”
And those standards for freshness and quality are evident in the wide variety of produce available at their stand at the Farmers Market. They have everything from green beans and salad greens to blueberries and raspberries.
Leach recommends the blueberries that are in season, and has plenty to go around. Huge containers of them are stacked up on the table amongst all of the fresh colors. Fresh greens are available year round as well.
Down on the farm
This is the first in an occasional series of stories about vendors at the Battle Creek Farmers Market. If you have ideas for stories from the market, contact Connections editor Chuck Carlson at email@example.com or 966-0690.


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GM pulls the steering amid auto strikes
GM stock was largely unchanged Tuesday after the company reported third-quarter results.
Yahoo Finance’s Pras Subramanian reports:
Against the backdrop of painful contract talks with the United Auto Workers (UAW), General Motors (GM) on Tuesday reported third-quarter revenue and earnings, but withdrew its 2023 guidance due to uncertainty over a labor strike.
GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said the company withdrew its previously announced earnings guidance of $12 billion to $14 billion in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and net income attributable to shareholders of $9.3 billion. $10.7 billion.
For the third quarter, GM reported total revenue of $44.13 billion (vs. $43.01 billion estimate), an increase of 5.4% from a year ago. On the profitability front, GM reported adjusted EPS of $2.28 per share (versus $1.84 expected), with net income of $3.06 billion.
Jacobson also said the labor strikes, which began in mid-September, cost the automaker nearly $800 million in pre-tax profits due to lost vehicle production, including $200 million during the third quarter.
In addition to hitting GM plants in Wentzville, Missouri, and Lansing, Michigan, the UAW is striking all of GM’s parts and distribution centers, hindering the automaker’s ability to service customer vehicles and provide parts to other assembly plants. Monday morning, UAW It expanded its workers’ strikes at General Motors’ competitor Stellantispulling more than 6,000 workers from Stellantis’ highly profitable Ram truck plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Earlier this month, GM noted this It could take $200 million to third quarter earnings due to the ongoing strike. JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman estimated that GM would likely lose $21 million a day due to the closure of factories and parts distribution centers.
GM is also adjusting its investments in electric vehicles. Last week, GM said it was delaying its electric vehicle truck expansion, delaying the conversion of its electric vehicle truck plant to late 2025 to “better manage capital investment while aligning with evolving demand for electric vehicles.”
“We are also tempering the acceleration of electric vehicle production in North America to protect our prices, adjust to slower near-term demand growth, and implement engineering efficiencies and other improvements that will make producing our vehicles less expensive, and more profitable.” CEO Mary Barra said in her letter to shareholders.
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Following last year’s DTI competitiveness study, the main UK packaging manufacturing trade associations have agreed to join forces with the Packaging Federation in a bid to forge closer links between the various organisations and better represent industry interests to Government with one strong, common voice.
As of 1 January the Federation became both a representative body of the major packaging manufacturers as full members and of allied trade associations as affiliate members. Affiliates to initially partner the Federation are Pro Carton [the Association of European Cartonboard and Carton Manufacturers], LFCMA [Liquid Food Carton Manufacturers Association], MPMA [Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association], British Glass, PIFA [the Packaging and Industrial Films Association] and BPF [the British Plastics Federation].
Says Packaging Federation chief executive officer Ian Dent: “This is a significant step forward for the industry, as it will enable us to address the common challenges facing packaging manufacturers.
“Although all our members battle fiercely with each other in increasingly competitive markets, those trade associations with a significant packaging sector interest recognise that external legislative forces are often more effectively addressed collectively. It is both to our advantage and the Government’s that a consistent, co-ordinated voice is presented for the whole industry.
“The competitiveness study stressed the need for this, particularly on the ‘macro’ issues. These range from ensuring UK packaging companies are not unfairly disadvantaged by the Packaging Waste Regulations and other European legislation to how best to address the growing trend for brand owners to centralise packaging buying in mainland Europe or simply move production overseas.”
Dent says the Federation’s focus will remain as an information and communication vehicle for the UK manufacturing industry, with a “special interface” with opinion formers such as politicians, civil servants and the media. Equally, the affiliated trade associations will keep their individual focus on material sector lobbying, marketing and technical issues.


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Grocery market share figures published by Kantar Worldpanel yesterday (8 April) for the 12 weeks ending 30 March, show what appears to be a dramatic market slowdown.
The statistics reveal growth of only 0.6%, however this is distorted by the late Easter this year, which was included in the 2013 period but not in the current data. Kantar Worldpanel estimates that Easter accounts for market growth of 0.9%. This means that a ‘corrected’ market growth would stand at 1.5%, but this is still low by historical standards.
Kantar Worldpanel director Edward Garner said: “Amid a challenging market backdrop, individual retailer growth might be expected to be restricted. This is certainly not the case for Aldi which achieved its highest ever growth of 35.3%, boosting the retailer to a record market share of 4.6%. Lidl also experienced strong growth in a record breaking month, and now accounts for 3.4% of the market.”
All of the ‘big four’ supermarkets saw sales fall during the 12 week period and market shares have declined, with the most resilient performance coming from Asda.
Waitrose continues to hold on to its record 5.0% share reached last period, while The Co-operative appears to have stemmed its share losses, managing to hold its current 6.1% share over our past four reports. Frozen food outlet Farmfoods is also performing well, reaching a record share of 0.8%.


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German ERP solution provider SAP has announced INR 500 crore investments in India, which is to localize operations and offer customers a multi-cloud strategy, the company said in a press release. Since India experiences less of its commitment, SAP will provide its multiple cloud solutions in India data centers, as the release mentioned.
“SAP’s commitment to support India’s growth vision remains a top priority, and we are determined to achieve this with deeper collaboration with our customers, ecosystem and the government,” Scott Russell, President at SAP Asia Pacific Japan, said.
“Our investment in India is toward accelerating the nation’s digital agenda and our customers’ transformation in the cloud,” he added.
The release also said that SAP India is a leading cloud company as it contains the largest and most diverse business-to-business cloud portfolios. What makes it significant is its ability to move towards addressing the local customers’ demands aggressively.
SAP has taken steps to offers the benefits of integrated cloud technologies to its customers in the past. The company claimed in a release that the actions taken by the company give more flexibility, making it data compliant under the upcoming Personal Data Protection Bill.
“Today, customers are seeking scalability, faster deployment, data compliancy and cost-effective solutions to enable innovation and achieve prompt business outcomes,” said Kulmeet Bawa, SAP Indian Subcontinent President and Managing Director.
“SAP intends to advance the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat [self-reliant India] by leveraging an agile and scalable cloud technology that is co-developed in India and now made available in local data centers to help Indian enterprises recalibrate their businesses to run better,” he added.
Considering the state-of-the-art technology and in-depth market expertise, SAP is prepared to respond to the local market requirements and simultaneously provoke enterprises to harness their data so that they can become future-ready. The customers are looking forward to moving to the cloud for greater resiliency, the release said.


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DUBLIN — Actavis said it was likely the first company to file with the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a generic version of a contraceptive device made by Merck, the generic drug maker said Tuesday.
Actavis said Warner Chilcott, now one of its subsidiaries, had filed with the FDA for approval of the ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel vaginal ring in the 0.015-mg-per-day and 0.12-mg-per-day strengths. The device is a generic version of Merck's NuvaRing.
In response to the filing, Merck and Dohme B.V. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Warner Chilcott Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in an effort to prevent the generic product from being marketed; the lawsuit puts an automatic stay of FDA approval on the generic for 30 months, unless the companies settle the matter sooner.
NuvaRing had sales of about $560 million during the 12-month period that ended in October, according to IMS Health.


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CHICAGO — When many Americans enter a store these days, they have three things: a wallet, a shopping list and a smartphone.
Until recently, smartphones did little more than help shoppers find a store location or take a photo of a product to share with friends. A few sophisticated shoppers showed off their shopping apps for checking inventory or comparing prices, but they were few and far between.
Not this year.
As mobile shopping activity increases, the pressure on physical stores to compete instantaneously with online retailers is growing.
Two-thirds of smartphone owners shop from their mobile devices, according to a report released Wednesday from Chicago-based digital research firm comScore Inc. And one of the most common shopping activities is comparing prices, a feature that threatens to take a cut out of bricks- and-mortar stores’ sales and profits.
“Mobile phones are empowering consumers to find the best prices on the things they want and to compare among merchants,” said Mark Donovan, a senior vice president at comScore. “We’ve been able to do that on a PC for a long time.”
Indeed, 30 percent of smartphone shoppers research product and price details from their cellphones, and 26 percent scan bar codes to compare prices among various retailers, comScore said. That figure is expected to grow as more shoppers rely on the smartphones as their personal shopping concierge.
The rapid pace at which consumers are latching onto price-comparison apps has caught most retailers off-guard. Only one-quarter of major retail chains offer their own mobile apps, and just over one-third of retail chains have a mobile website, according to online marketing firm Acquity Group.
While retailers’ mobile acumen has improved from last year — when 12 percent had a mobile website and 7 percent offered apps — they still aren’t moving fast enough, said futurist Daniel Burrus, chief executive of Milwaukee-based Burrus Research and author of Flash Foresight.
Smartphones, or cellphones that access the Internet, make up 75 percent of all phones sold globally, Burrus said. And that number will approach 100 percent within the next two years, he predicted.
“For the first time in history, we have our primary computer with us at all times,” Burrus said. “Our smartphone is becoming our primary computer. Before that it was our laptop, before that it was our desktop, and before that it was the mainframe.
“This big shift is happening, and retailers need to wake up to it. It isn’t a fad.”
Amazon.com Inc. raised the ante last week when, for the first time, the world’s biggest online retailer said it would give shoppers a 5 percent discount, up to $5, if they used Amazon’s Price Check app from a physical store. The deal was good only on Saturday and could be used on up to three qualifying items.
The Amazon Price Check promotion is just one more thorn in the side of brick-and-mortar retailers, who complain that Amazon already has an unfair price advantage because the online retailer isn’t required to charge sales tax.
Amazon isn’t the only company offering a price-comparison app. Apps such as eBay’s RedLaser, ShopSavvy and Google Shopper allow consumers to find price information online while shopping in physical stores. But Amazon’s promotion is likely to expose more smartphone users to the process.


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The evolution of Crave Brothers Dairy Farm
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on the Crave Brothers Dairy Farm at Waterloo, Wisconsin. This is one of the most well-known dairy farms in the state and Debbie Crave says they are happy to host the show this year. “We’re proud to be a dairy farm, four brothers and their families; we milk about a thousand cows and run about 1,700 acres.”
The operation started with George and Charles renting a farm at Mount Horeb but their dream of owning their operation brought them to the location outside Waterloo. Brothers Tom and Mark eventually joined the family partnership. “Since 1978 we’ve been growing and adding wives and children. It’s been a good experience. A lot of hard work, of compromise and team building,” says Debbie.
In 2002 the brothers decided to add value to their operation by building their own cheese factory on the farm. George became a licensed cheesemaker and today he and Debbie run the cheese plant. Debbie’s experience in international marketing with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has certainly helped grow that part of the business. She says you have to have a good product and then really get out there and tell your story. Originally the cheese was made-to-order for a few retailers in Madison and Milwaukee. Today Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese is sold from coast-to-coast.
One of the big lessons Debbie says they learned is that you cannot drive the tractor, milk the cows and then go stir the cheese. You have to specialize, so in effect, George left the farm to run the cheese factory.
As for the future of the operation, Debbie says they are getting things ready for the next generation of Craves to come into the business.


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Harnessing The Power Of Peacocks To Make Colorful Images
(ISNS) -- The gloriously colored, iridescent feathers of the male peacock aren't what they seem on the surface. They look that way largely because the feathers contain nanometer-scale protein structures that break up incoming light waves, recombine and reflect them as rich, vibrant colors.
Scientists at the University of Michigan think they have a technology that emulates this process to display pictures without chemicals or electrical power.
Eventually, the technology could replace the displays now used on smartphones, tablets, and computer screens, with strikingly high definition.
"All the different colors can fit into a corner of a pixel in your iPhone," said Jay Guo, professor of engineering and computer science and lead author of the paper in Scientific Reports.
Although researchers are currently only able to produce static photos on a glass surface, they hope eventually to produce dynamic pictures on other surfaces.
As a peacock moves around, its tail colors appear to change. That's because its iridescent feathers reflect different colors, or wavelengths, of light, at different angles.
But while peacocks use feathers, Guo's team uses metals, which interact with light in more complicated ways. They create metal structures with nanoscale grooves that produce iridescent colors, but also trap the light so that viewers can see the intended colors from all angles.
The trick, Guo said, was to get light to enter grooves much smaller than the wavelengths of light. By etching the grooves a certain length it will absorb that color. By doing this, the researchers were also able to beat something called the diffraction limit, in which they can create picture elements, or pixels, smaller than half the wavelength of the light, to generate detailed color.
The researchers also are using plasmonic behavior, said Peter Vukusic, a physicist at the University of Exeter in England who was not involved with Guo's research. Roughly speaking, plasmons are ripples of electrons on an electrically conducting surface. Light shines on a metal, and its plasmons can reradiate specific colors. Some of the colors in stained-glass windows at cathedrals like Notre Dame are produced by the plasmons in tiny particles of gold reflecting light and producing an extremely vivid color.
That is not how most color is produced now.
When you look at a picture of a red flower on paper there is a pigment chemical that absorbs each color -- green and blue for instance -- and reflects the red so you see only that color.
On a television screen, smartphone, or the result of an inkjet printer, pixels are arranged that absorb red, green and blue from white light, in combinations that produce a color image.
To simulate the peacock effect, the Michigan researchers combined the techniques. They etched nanoscale grooves on a piece of glass with the same technology used to etch computer chips. Each groove was made just the right size to absorb a certain color, and then the coated the glass with silver. When they shined light on the glass, the grooves created the color image. To demonstrate the process, the researchers reproduced an image of the Olympic rings, with resolution so good, each full color ring was about 20 microns across, smaller than half the width of a human hair.
"If you want to produce simple prints, this is not going to be the cheapest way," Guo said. "But the technology is green; it doesn't require any chemicals."
Guo that said prints made this way would be permanent, and that the colors would not fade.
Most displays on electronic devices such as tablet computers or laptops use backlights, which require power from either a battery or electrical outlet to keep showing the image. A reflective display using this plasmonic technology would require no such power, and is brighter. The reflected image from this process can even be polarized, meaning it could be bright and clear if you look at it one way, but disappear entirely if you turn it 90 degrees, polarized in the same way some sunglasses reduce glare.
The potential polarization means it could also be used in cryptography or security where images can be invisible, or produced on credit cards or currency.
How this would work with a dynamic display is not clear, Guo said.
"With the right design this opens up the playing field so more appearances, optical effects, devices are in reach -- in theory," Vukusic said.


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The Boulder Book Store is asking for donations for its effort to give a $100 gift card to every Boulder Valley student who lost a home in the Marshall Fire to buy books.
The cards will include a 33% discount, allowing students to buy $150 worth of books, according to the campaign.
To donate, go to boulderbookstore.net/marshall-fire-donation. The deadline to donate is Monday.
According to the organizers, the store is getting requests for specific books the students lost in the fire, so the typical donation of bulk books to schools wouldn’t help students replace their favorites.
With 780 students who lost their homes, the goal is to raise $78,000. Boulder Book Store is working with Impact on Education to distribute the gift cards on Wednesday.


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ETIA 2014 Overview: Holodeck
Unique to this year's ETIA conference was a demonstration of cutting-edge products and prototypes for virtual reality (VR), which was designed to showcase the variety of technologies needed to create the ultimate immersive entertainment experience. The event was dubbed "The Entertainment Holodeck" after the famous "Star Trek" virtual reality environment. Organizer David Singhal of LightField Interactive was able to attract a range of companies large and small, including many that were exhibiting their cutting-edge technologies publicly for the first time.
During the two-hour interactive session, attendees enjoyed hands-on demos of several recently introduced and much-talked-about products including Google Glass; a cinematic VR system from Jaunt VR; the Leap Motion Controller from Leap Motion; an untethered VR device from GameFace Labs; 3D technology from Sixense; a concave HIVE (Highly Immersive Visualization Environment) video wall measuring 10 feet by 24 feet; and Epson's new augmented reality platform. Contributions from colleges and universities included a smartphone-based 3D modeling solution created by Stanford Project Tango and a wireless VR solution from the VR Club at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. (A complete list is online at https://www.smpte.org/etia2014/exploration-zone)
VR headsets were standard equipment among the exhibits, which included several immersive experiences built around Oculus Rift models augmented with audio. One of the most elaborate of these was "Surround House 2: Monsters in the Orchestra" from AMD. Shown for the first time in a personalized form, the system combines an Oculus Rift headset with high-quality headphones and a Leap Motion Controller to allow the user not just to fly around a 3D world, but also to control a variety of animated monsters and their simulated musical instruments. The immersive visual experience is coupled with a very effective 3D sound capability so that as the player and the monsters move, the sound from their instruments appears to move as well.
Evening Event: Entertainment for the Next Generation
The most talked-about event at ETIA was a special evening session following the Exploration Zone demos. The session began with Electronic Arts co-founder and KPCB partner Bing Gordon in a one-on-one conversation with Dave Singhal, in which they discussed the power of immersive technologies to complement and enhance entertainment experiences. That discussion was followed by a panel in which Gordon and Singhal were joined by Kati London of Microsoft Research, Paul Debevec of the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, and David Cohen of Variety magazine, as well as moderator Jon Peddie of Peddie Research. The panel further examined the role of technology and the importance of content development platforms in bringing once-fanciful concepts for immersive experiences closer and closer to reality. The panel discussion also offered news on the most recent developments in the field.


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Google Nexus 7 2016 Release Date, Price, Specs; Android N Debuts At Google I/O 2016?By Vinny
Looks like a good news for Google Nexus fans as an updated version of the Google Nexus 7 is slated to launch soon along with the search engine giant's latest operating system, Android N.
Google ideally launches a new phone every year - In 2015 Google launched two smartphones including the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P, thus cementing the possibility of an upgraded version of the Nexus 5, or probably the Nexus 6 in the making. Speculations, however hint Google might simply jump to the much-awaited Nexus 7 2016.
Rumors revolving around the Nexus 7 have been plenty, with many claiming its launch during the Google I/O Developer Conference 2016 event, which opened Wednesday, May 18 and will last until Friday, May 20.
TechRadar reported, the search engine giant will debut its latest operating system Android N during the Google event. If rumors proved true, Android N will flaunt a new Vulcan API as well as launcher shortcuts. Plus, it will support pressure-sensitive displays such as Force Touch, Unicode 9 and 3D Touch. Android N will then reportedly add a slew of awe-inspiring features to the forthcoming Nexus 7.
The highly-anticipated Nexus 7 is slated to make an appearance in two variants:
1) The 7-inch model and 2) the 5-inch model.
Both handsets will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chipset and will be well-supported by 4GB of RAM. As far as the internal storage capacity is concerned, it will be low, however users can expand the storage up to 2 TB (terabytes) via a microSD card. The Google Nexus 7 will be priced between $229 and $269, reports ChristianTimes.
In 2012, Google teamed up with Asus to manufacture the original version of Nexus 7. In 2013, the tech giant introduced the Nexus 7 2013 tablet, again in collaboration with Asus. It's been 3 years since then and Nexus users believe it's time for Google to come out with a new tablet. If rumors doing rounds are anything to go by, there is a possibility that Google may consider teaming up with either HTC or Huawei to manufacture its new tablet model.
Nexus fans may take these speculations with a grain of slat until Google confirms them.


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Smartphones have become our lifeline – from improving our overall quality of life to helping us feel safe, secure, and entertained while staying socially distant. However, excessive usage of smartphones has led to addiction among some users.
In line with this thought, the smartphone brand, Vivo today launched the #SwitchOff campaign, urging smartphone users to choose to take a break from their smartphones and spend quality time with their near and dear ones.
The campaign is founded on the observation from ‘Vivo Smartphones and their impact on human relationships 2020’ study which brought out that the increased screen time could have an impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of a person. This excessive usage is in turn is having an adverse impact on relationships.
Speaking on the launch of the brand campaign, Nipun Marya, Director Brand Strategy, Vivo India, said, “The year of social distancing allowed us to stay connected and updated with the help of a smartphone. From working to studying, consuming entertaining content and staying connected with friends and family, we spent most of the time on our phones. The smartphone emerged as the central nervous system for everything, but its excessive use has impacted human relationships.”
“As a brand-aligned to the purpose of promoting the wellbeing of our consumers, we, at Vivo India, commissioned this campaign to sensitize people about the benefits of mindful use of smartphones and spread the message of why there is a need to #SwitchOff your phones once in a while for healthier minds and stronger relationships – leading to happier lives,” she further added.
The campaign unveils a thought-provoking film which underlines the observation that even when people sit with friends/family, they are still engrossed on their phones, and this impacts the quality of time spent.
The video shows members of the family who are glued to their smartphone screens while sitting at the dining table. Featuring Fareeda Jalal – playing the role of Dadi, who has just about had it with this trend, the film showcases a playful metaphor that is used to communicate the larger issue of quality family time being spent on smartphones. The campaign has been conceptualized and executed by Lowe Lintas.
Speaking about the film, Amar Singh, Regional Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas said, “Take a moment, go back in time and imagine spending 2020 without your phone. How that makes you feel, is precisely why it’s impossible to overstate the value of being connected.”
“By furthering the #SwitchOff campaign it started last year, Vivo India has further strengthened its commitment to that balance. And with this film conceptualized by Rajat Dawar and Vishal Bagade, we are happy to have played our part,” he further added.


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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Apple Inc is probing if its Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp flouted supplier guidelines at a violence-hit iPhone manufacturing facility near the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, the Economic Times said https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/electronics/apple-probing-if-wistron-flouted-its-supplier-rules/articleshow/79713233.cms, citing people familiar with the development.
Over the weekend, several media reports said workers upset about working hours and payments trashed a Wistron factory and about a 100 people were detained.
Wistron is one of Apple’s top global suppliers. In India, its makes iPhone 7 and the second generation iPhone SE devices.
Two battery-powered buggies were set on fire, six vehicles were damaged and glass windows and doors of the facility were smashed by iron rod-wielding workers, according to a Times of India report https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/workers-at-iphone-plant-in-kolar-go-on-rampage/articleshow/79700001.cms.
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Following an official European launch back in August, Xplora is now bringing its Xplora X5 Play smartwatch to the US. Meant as a wearable for children, the smartwatch packs a number of unique features. Those are both geared toward practicality and for fun as a “first phone” type device for a child. But ultimately the Xplora X5 Play is designed to help kids accomplish more than a few goals.
Specifically, Xplora X5 Play is designed to help kids stay active, connected, and safe, and to encourage curiosity.
So what is the Xplora X5 Play, really?
Under the surface, the Xplora X5 Play is a 4G LTE-connected Android-based smartwatch that will work will all major US carriers via Nano-SIM. Xplora hasn’t provided a wealth of details about the underlying hardware, except to route that it’s built out on the Snapdragon Wear platform. And to point out that it’s integrated with calling, location tracking, step counting, and a 2-megapixel camera.
Addressing the points noted above, the wearable helps kids stay connected because it works just like smartphones do thanks to its SIM card slot. In effect, that allows parents not only to keep tabs on where their kids are, complete with Google Maps integration and safe-zone settings. It also enables calls from and to up to 50 parent-approved contacts. Of course, SOS functions are part of this wearable package too.
Helping keep kids even more safe and secure, all of that, according to the company, is well within safety guidelines and rules. Specifically, that’s with regard to technology sold for children. In fact, the watch meets with GDPR, CPRA, and CE/FCC standards. So the data should be well guarded against any breaches in privacy.
The Xplora X5 Play watch is a fitness wearable for kids too. That means it includes a step counter, of course, but it also utilizes gamification techniques to help kids stay active. Rewards are dolled out for every 1,000 steps taken. And there are a plethora of other gamification features thanks to Xplora’s Goplay platform integration. That includes content from Sony Interactive, Paramount’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and Spies in Disguise from Fox Disney.
Last but not least, the Xplora X5 Play is designed to foster exploration, adventuring, and curiosity through its inclusion of a 2-megapixel camera. That can store up to 1,000 images on-device.
Pricing and availability
Now, Xplora notes that screen time for kids is up during the pandemic. In fact, it’s up by 500-percent. And that’s part of the issue that it hopes to address with this wearable. According to the company, the Xplora line of smartwatches really gets kids moving. Wearers take up to 300-percent more steps. Xplora users in Europe, it says, walk up to 2.5 billion steps every week. That’s the equivalent of walking around the world five times per day.
The wearable operates via 4G, 3G, and 2G — wear available. And it’s built to an IP68 rating in terms of durability against water and dust. For battery life, the company’s site lists the device as lasting up to 72 hours on standby or up to 5-hours in terms of continuous call time.
The latest in Xplora’s lineup of smartwatches is available starting at $189.99 via Amazon in either Black or Pink.


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Film and television studio Miramax brought a lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino over his intentions to sell Pulp Fiction-based NFTs.
Per the document, Miramax sent a warning letter to Tarantino, to which the director's lawyer answered he had reserved rights to printed publication of the script.The demands of the company weren’t met and the project wasn’t canceled. On the other hand, Miramax says one time NFT sales are out of category. The studio, which released and distributed Pulp Fiction in 1994, argues that print versions and NFTs aren't the same.
Miramax, which released the movie, accuses Tarantino of violating the contract, saying that the director doesn't have permission to auction the NFTs. Besides, the studio says Trantino needed to inform his long-time partner about the initiative.In early November, Tarantino revealed his cooperation with the Secret Network, to create 7 digital collectibles which include written scripts and comments of the author.
The suit says the proposed sale of NFTs represents a one-time transaction, and it's neither a print nor a screenplay publication. In the document, Miramax says the rights to create and sell NFTs based on the movies it has produced belongs to the studio.


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AT&T has announced that they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE from the 20th of November, the device comes with a 8.9 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, plus Android 3.2 Honeycomb.
Other specifications on the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE include, 4G LTE, a dual core 1GHz processor, up front there is a 2 megapixel camera, on the back there is a 3.2 megapixel camera with an LED flash.
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE will be available from AT&T on the 20th of November for $479.99 when you sing up to a new two year contract.
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Ala. Company Issues Recall for Beef Jerky
An Alabama-based company has issued a recall for about 1,800 pounds of beef jerky, saying the products are misbranded and don't include information about an allergen.
United States Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday that products manufactured by Eufaula-based Hickory Hollow Jerky, LLC contain Worcestershire sauce and anchovy paste. Officials say fish is a known allergen and should be listed on the product's labels.
The company recalled 3 oz. packages of original recipe, sweet heat and hot shot beef jerky, which carry the numbers 34550 in the USDA section of their inspection labels. The products were manufactured between Dec. 4, 2012 and June 4, 2013 and were sold online and in stores nationwide.
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Microsoft has ordered a third season of Felicia Day’s Streamy-winning gamer comedy web series The Guild, with 12 new episodes set to come out this summer. The deal comes after a successful run of Season 2, which netted several million views so far for Microsoft on its network that included Xbox Live, MSN and the Zune, including dominating the charts of the Zune Marketplace.
The exclusive distribution deal, along with the sponsorship from Sprint which was announced last November has been renewed, though presumably at a higher upfront rate than before. As Felicia told us in a recent interview, she and the team at Knights of Good seem happy about having Microsoft on board:
Day: It’s an amazing opportunity. We turned down DOZENS of deals for the show because I wanted to retain creative autonomy, rights and keep the grassroots spirit of the show, as well as partner with a person who could distribute on a global level. Xbox has been a fantastic partner in enabling us to grow the show and up our production values, I can’t think of a better pairing.
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Sales of The Guild’s Season 2’s DVD are being handled exclusively through Amazon, which may or may not turn out to be a lucrative for the show’s creators. Word is that production of the third season will begin this June.


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Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. In a recent statement, a Toyota chairman referenced a new project for the automaker, and while he didn’t share details, he did emphasize how hybrids and internal combustion engines (ICE) “still play a role” in reaching carbon neutrality goals.
After Toyota boosted its 2025 battery-electric vehicle (BEV) production forecast in November, the company later that month said that it expects to produce more hydrogen cars than its recently announced solid-state EVs by 2030. On Friday, former Toyota CEO and current chairman Akio Toyoda said that the automaker has gained approval from executives to start a project to “promote engine development anew,” with messaging on high-performance ICEs expected to play a big role for the company in 2024, according to Automotive News.
“There is still a role for engines as a practical means of achieving carbon neutrality,” Toyoda said on Friday during the Tokyo Auto Salon conference. “So, let us refine engine technology.”
Toyoda says that he was given approval from current Toyota CEO Koji Sato and other members of the executive body to follow through on the project. While he didn’t provide any further details on the initiative, he reiterated themes around BEV adoption that he has echoed through much of his career, highlighting hydrogen and the need for a smooth social shift to electrification.
“Battery electric vehicles do not represent the only way to achieve carbon neutrality,” Toyoda added. “Should we not all have enthusiasm for cars as we take on the challenge.”
Through advanced combustion engine development, Toyota still hopes to help fight carbon emissions while also helping to preserve jobs for those currently in ICE manufacturing, according to Toyoda. He said that many of the roughly 5.5 million people in Japan’s important automotive sector currently rely on part production for ICE vehicles.
“These people support Japan and have the skills to make the Japan of tomorrow strong. We must never lose these people,” Toyoda said. “To all those who have made engines up until now, let us continue to make engines… I will never let all the work you have all done so far go to waste.”
Toyota has had a fairly long history of vouching for a gradual transition to battery electric tech, and generally holding off on an “EV-only” approach to electrification—despite being the hybrid pioneer that developed the Prius.
In May, Toyota sent a document to dealerships highlighting what the company considered three major barriers to widespread BEV adoption. Toyota wrote that the first major barrier was the impossible demand for critical minerals needed to make EV batteries, while the lack of charging infrastructure and affordability were the other two.
The document elicited a response from Tesla Vice President of Investor Relations Martin Viecha, who debunked the claims, saying, “How is this a real document?”
1. Less mining/extraction is needed in renewable economy due to no fossil fuel extraction
2. Your car is fully charged every morning, so fast charging needs are limited, yet widely available
3. Model 3 costs ~$37.5k post EV credit
How is this a real document?
— Martin Viecha (@MartinViecha) May 30, 2023
In 2021, a New York Times report also depicted how a Toyota executive had lobbied against an aggressive electrification strategy in a meeting with U.S. congressional staff, as part of larger, worldwide efforts to reject stricter regulations in the U.S. the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and Australia, among others still. The automaker’s slow-paced approach to electrification was also defended by the White House last year.