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Denmark-based wind and solar power market intelligence and expertise enhance Wood Mackenzie's renewables research and advisory solutions

JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 22, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, today announced it has acquired MAKE, an industry-leading research and advisory business specializing in wind power.

MAKE will become part of Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk Analytics business focused on providing research and advisory services to the natural resources sector. The combined organization will enhance the offering to existing clients and form the leading market analysis and advisory firm on renewables and the transformation of the global electricity industry.

With detailed coverage of power market fundamentals, solar, wind, energy storage, and grid edge technologies, Wood Mackenzie will be ideally positioned to bring clients market-leading analysis and insight on the evolution of the entire energy landscape and will provide a strong platform for the future.

MAKE is leading a significant transformation in the energy sector. MAKE's cutting-edge knowledge of wind supply chains, costs, and investment trends will strengthen Wood Mackenzie's offerings in the market during this rapidly changing time in the energy sector.

Following the acquisition of Greentech Media in July 2016, Wood Mackenzie is continuing to expand its capabilities and solutions in data and insight for the power and renewables sector.

"Decarbonization is the defining trend in the energy industry today. And Wood Mackenzie is building a preeminent position to offer our clients the latest thinking in the renewables sector," said Neal Anderson, president of Wood Mackenzie. "MAKE's expertise in wind and solar power complements both Greentech Media's expertise and our own existing practice."

"I look forward to all of our clients benefiting from the combined offering," said Morten B. Keller, managing partner of MAKE. "The renewables sector continues to grow at an unprecedented pace and at a scale that impacts the entire energy landscape. In 2016, more than $200 billion was invested to build a record 116 gigawatts of solar and wind capacity. This accounted for 41 percent of all new electricity capacity globally, more than any other source."

"I'm confident MAKE is an excellent fit for Wood Mackenzie, Greentech Media, and the Verisk Analytics family of businesses," added Scott Stephenson, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Verisk Analytics.

About MAKE

MAKE is a leading source of intelligence for the renewable energy industry - specializing in onshore and offshore wind. Products include reports, access to MAKE's proprietary databases and forecasts, analyst presentations, and direct analyst access. Bespoke consulting projects provide insight to the wind and solar power communities. MAKE has a global, loyal, and blue-chip customer base that includes some of the world's largest renewable energy companies. They have a highly diversified customer base, including suppliers, OEMs, utilities, independent power producers, and financial institutions, which are served from MAKE's locations in Denmark, China, and the United States. Learn more: www.consultmake.com

About Wood Mackenzie

Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk Analytics business, is a trusted source of commercial intelligence for the world's natural resources sector. Wood Mackenzie empowers clients to make better strategic decisions, providing objective analysis and advice on assets, companies, and markets. Learn more: www.woodmac.com Follow us on Twitter: @WoodMackenzie

About Greentech Media

Greentech Media delivers business-to-business news, market analysis, and conferences that inform and connect players in the global clean energy market. Our coverage area extends across the clean energy industry with a focus on solar power and the electric utility market's evolution. Greentech Media's industry-leading coverage is provided by a team of analysts from our market intelligence arm, GTM Research (https://www.greentechmedia.com/research), as well as our world-class journalists and global network of expert contributors. Learn more: www.greentechmedia.com

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, natural resources, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk Analytics draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations that are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk offers predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other fields. Around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets.

Headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., Verisk Analytics operates in 27 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's S&P 500(R) Index. In 2016, Forbes magazine named Verisk Analytics to its World's Most Innovative Companies list and to its America's Best Large Employers list. Verisk is one of only 14 companies to appear on both lists. For more information, please visit www.verisk.com.

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Outlander PHEV S Edition

TOKYO, May 22, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is to exhibit at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2017 Yokohama to be held from May 24 through May 26 at the Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall, Yokohama, Japan, and hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. (JSAE).

At the booth, MMC will exhibit a variety of technologies which include the following:
1. New driving experience with AI Personal Assistant utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and connected car technologies
2. MMC's genuine EV Support app for Smartphone Link Display Audio system
3. Improved performance and functions of the Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid EV (modified in February)
4. MMC's all-wheel control technology which embodies new values built on our heritage

The Outlander PHEV model will also be available at the JSAE's Ride & Drive section for visitors to take for a test drive and to enjoy the smooth, powerful and quiet driving experience unique to electric vehicles.

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Outlander PHEV S Edition

1. AI Personal Assistant

The onboard AI Personal Assistant employs AI and connected car technologies to deeply understand the passengers and to develop with them in delivering the most appropriate kind of information to make the car trip as safe and reassuring as possible, as well as in supporting communication between the driver and family members.

AI Personal Assistant mainly offers the following functions:

1) Voice-operation

AI Personal Assistant uses the latest AI technology (speech recognition and natural language processing) to correctly understand passengers' speech and to converse with them using natural-sounding language even amid the noise generated when the car is on the move. Voiceprint identification and a camera allow it to identify individual passengers, to learn about them from their conversation and movements, and to provide services that best match their tastes and needs. AI Personal Assistant also features the hybrid speech recognition system that combines cloud speech recognition (AI-based speech recognition via cloud) and local speech recognition (AI-based speech recognition via onboard system). The local system provides speech recognition accuracy equivalent to the cloud system with a lower latency even in an environment where there is no network connection.

2) Context recognition

AI Personal Assistant uses speech recognition technology and gesture recognition technology to recognize the driver's intentions and states (actions, emotions(1), drowsiness, concentration, identification, etc.). Based on this recognition, it provides appropriate information at suitable times.

3) Connectivity with diverse device and content

AI Personal Assistant supports connectivity with various devices and contents. For example, it can connect with Pepper the personal robot by Softbank Robotics Corp. in one's living room to enable remote operation of the vehicle's air conditioning; check the vehicle's gasoline level, door lock status, etc.; and communicate with household members for a glimpse of what robots will offer in the future.

2. MMC Genuine Android Auto(2) Compatible App

The MMC booth will also feature demonstrations of its Android Auto compatible app "EV Support," which enables a driver to search for EV charging spots via in-car display. MMC is the first automaker to distribute a genuine Android Auto compatible app(3).

Other attractions include: Smart Door Bell (beta version) which connects with the home doorbell over the Internet and allows passengers to check on and communicate with visitors to their home while the vehicle is on the move; and Driving Data Recorder (beta version) which uses a compact camera to record steering angle, vehicle speed, and other vehicle information to offer a new way to enjoy car trips.

(1) The emotions of vehicles are recognized through an emotion engine developed by cocoro SB Corp. using AI technology. The emotions of passengers are recognized through ST voice and emotion recognition technology developed by AGI Corp.
(2) Android Auto is a registered trademark of Google Inc.
(3) In-house research

About Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Throughout its history it has courted alliances with foreign partners, a strategy pioneered by their first president Tomio Kubo to encourage expansion, and continued by his successors. A significant stake was sold to Chrysler Corporation in 1971 which it held for 22 years, while DaimlerChrysler was a controlling shareholder between 2000 and 2005. Long term joint manufacturing and technology licencing deals with the Hyundai Motor Company in South Korea and Proton in Malaysia were also forged, while in Europe the company co-owned the largest automobile manufacturing plant in the Netherlands with Volvo for ten years in the 1990s, before taking sole ownership in 2001.

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HONG KONG, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - At 24 March 2017, the Big Data Report of Trade Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative 2017 released. According to the figures, It was reported that the total trade volume between China and the along countries in 2016 about 953.59 billion US dollars, around 25.7% of the total trade volume of China. The export from China to the along countries increased steadily since 2011. In 2016, the export volume from China to along countries is about 587.48 billion US dollars and reached a high level in the recent years. Among which, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Romania, Cambodia and other 19 countries are in large trade scale between China. And the trade volume growth faster than the others, in the China's large trade volume, and trade growth is faster and in the context of global trade weakness, China is a "potential growth" country.

Cambodia, the cassava is the main crop and export product country, is an important node in Southeast Asia as an important step in China's "the Belt and Road Initiative". It has just begun to embark on industrialization, infrastructure and other aspects are constantly improving, which contains great investment opportunities. Utilizing a large-scale cassava planting in Cambodia, it can not only achieve the base of processing plants, but also save 80% of the cost of transportation of raw materials, but also solve the problem of fresh cassava storage.

Responding to the national strategies, North Asia Resources Holdings Limited reverted the corporate vision to the environmental biotechnology business.

Surfing the trends of the Belt and Road Initiative and having an insight of the potential development of the Cambodia's Economy, North Asia Resources Holdings Limited (00061.HK) (the "Company") has acquired some land resources in Cambodia and intended to build up a standardise and continuing sustainable business model for cassava business. The Company has also vigorously develop Biofuels Ethanol to strive for sustained competitiveness in the global marketplace.

At 31 March 2017, the Company announced the intention, in the consideration of not more than US$53,200,000, to acquire 21,000 mu of the Economic Land Concession in Pursat Province of Cambodia. The Company shall satisfy the consideration in (i) an aggregate of HK$28,000,000 as the Deposit will be payable in cash by three tranches by the Company to the Obligors on dates mutually agreed between the parties to the Acquisition Agreement prior to Completion; and (ii) the remaining balance of the consideration will be satisfied by the Company by way of allotment and issuance of a maximum of 11,512,878,787 Consideration Shares approximately 13.63% of the enlarged issued share capital.

At 13 April 2017, the Company further announced the execution of strategic cooperation framework agreement between the Company and Henan Tianguan Enterprise Group Co., Ltd.. Pursuant to the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement, the parties agreed that, among other things, the Company shall cooperate with Henan Tianguan in planning to build a recycling industrial module park in Cambodia using tapiocas as raw materials for the production of 100,000 tons of ethanol biofuel and their by-products annually, such as methane, carbon dioxide, bio-solid organic fertilizers and bio-power generation.

The current principal businesses of the Company are to sales of information technology products, system integration, software development, technology service and comprehensive product solution and geological survey, exploration and development of coal, sales of coking coal and coal trading. As the coal mining segment business was blocked by the government's policies in the past few years and since the Chinese Government intended to improve the better environmental conditions, lots of the polluted businesses were blocked under the policies. Hence, from 2015, the Company realized the necessity to explore different type of business segments to enrich the profit base and the continuing sustainable vision. Commenced in 2016, the Company trial started the cassava trading project in Cambodia and exploring the chance to acquire the land resources. The Group targeted to acquire and develop 10 land models, around 200 thousands ha area. And in March 2017, the attempted acquisition of the first phase of the 315 thousands mu around 21 thousands mu area is in progress. Cassava can be used to develop of bio-ethanol-based clean fuels and edible, industrial starches, biomass pellet fuels, bio-generating, carbon dioxide, solid organic fertilizers and corresponding ancillary products. By optimizing the combination of research and development to develop from the beginning of land cultivation to end products, i.e. Bio-fuel Ethanol, as a set of recycling modular business model for the next step in the strategic development and competition in the global industry market has laid a good foundation.

Strategic cooperation between the Company and Henan Tianguan to build up the new production chain of cassava products.

Throughout the cooperation between the Company and Henan Tianguan, it was planned to by using cassava as the raw material to build up an annual output of 100,000 tons of bio-fuel ethanol and its by-products of a recycling industry module park in Cambodia. Since Henan Tianguan is a leading global player in the domestic bioenergy industry with a history of 78 years and the largest domestic manufacturer of ethanol fuel, with an annual output of approximately 800,000 tons of ethanol, it needs to import a large number of tapioca slices annually from Southeast Asia as raw materials for the production of ethanol. With respect to industrial technology, it has built up over years numerous globally cutting-edge patents and proprietary technologies in the areas of ethanol fuel, biogas and power generation, as well as leading operational and management advantages. In particular, its integrated technology for the co-production of "ethanol, electricity, biogas and fertilizer" has gained a leading position in the domestic industry and achieved globally advanced standards. Given the Company and Henan Tianguan have interests in common, the Board believes that the entering into of the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement would enable the Company to leverage on the expertise of Henan Tianguan, a domestic bioenergy producer, for the production, management and trading of ethanol biofuel and by-products of tapioca-based ethanol fuel as well as for other business cooperation in the recycling industry. The cooperation will substantially help the Group further expand its modular management and production of ethanol biofuel-related business, and will play a positive role in broadening the income stream and industrial transformation for the Group in the long run.

Continuing strategic acquisitions and taking internationalisation one step further

HONG KONG, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd. ("Ausnutria" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"; stock code: 1717.HK), a leading dairy industry company with production facilities principally based in the PRC, the Netherlands and Australia, engaging in the production and distribution of all dairy products (including infant formula) and nutrition products, is pleased to announce that on 23rd May 2017 (before trading hours), Ausnutrition Care Pty Ltd. ("Ausnutrition Care"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and ADP Group Ltd. entered into the Australian Dairy Park Pty Ltd ("ADP") SPD, under which Ausnutria will acquire the entire issued share capital of ADP Holdings at a consideration of AUD10.0 million (equivalent to approximately RMB 51.3 million) in cash and 13,928,571 Ausnutrition Care Shares. On the same date, Spring Choice, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and El Dorado Health Products Technology Pty Ltd. entered into the Oz SPD at a consideration of AUD11 million (totalling approximately RMB56.5 million) to acquire 50% of Ozfarm's equity.

According the ADP Shareholder Loan Agreement, Ausnutria agreed to grant the ADP Shareholder Loan Facility in the principal amount of up to AUD10.0 million (approximately RMB51.3 million) to ADP Holdings for an initial period of one year, which is renewable, at an annual interest rate of 5%. The loan will be used for the purpose of repaying certain existing loans of the ADP Group and for the purpose of its general working capital and business development. Upon the ADP completion, ADP Holdings will be 100% owned by the Ausnutrition Care and the Company's interest in Ausnutrition Care will be diluted to 70% from the original 100%. After the completion of the acquisition, Ausnutria will hold all the business of ADP, including the manufacturing, packaging and sale of dairy and milk powder products and related research and development activities, and the existing ADP plant and land in Melbourne, Australia. At the same time, Ausnutria will also hold 50% of Ozfarm's business, which includes the marketing and distribution of nutrition products and formula milk products in Australia, Singapore and the PRC under the brand name "Oz Farm", and the marketing and exports of any other dairy, honey or other food and health care products.

ADP is a modern dairy manufacturing enterprise in Australia, specializing in R&D, manufacturing and packaging of infant formula, functional milk powder and milk powder for the elderly. It is one of the first two Australian infant formula dairy manufacturer registered in the PRC and approved by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the PRC (CNCA). Currently, ADP is among one of the eight manufacturers in Australia that has been registered in the PRC and is approved by the CNCA.

Ozfarm is a leading infant and adult and special medical formula enterprise in Australia. Its own brand, Oz Farm, has a variety of products, including infant formula, pregnant milk, and milk powder for the elderly. The brand, which business started as early as 1998, has gained a high market perception. In particular, Oz Farm pregnant mother formula is the best-selling pregnant mother formula in Australia and is recognized as the first brand in Australia. All milk powder products of Ozfarm are manufactured by ADP. Moreover, a number of Ozfarm products have been accredited gold or silver awards in the recent years by the Dairy Industry Association of Australia. After the completion of the acquisition, Ausnutria will not only have its own milk powder factory in Australia to further expand its milk source, but also indirectly own 50% equity of Ozfarm, which serves to further improve the product diversity to meet the growing market demand, and thereby enhance the company's competitiveness and create space for future development.

Regarding the acquisition, Mr. Yan Weibin, Chairman of the Group, said, "Our vision is clear, which is for Ausnutria to become a high-end nutritional supplements and health services company. The acquisition of ADP and Ozfarm ensures the execution of corporate development strategies, and is the next step of our "Go Global" strategy after planning the construction of our new plant the Netherlands in 2015, and signing the agreement with Westland, New Zealand's second-largest dairy cooperative enterprise, to build a new milk powder factory in 2016. The acquisition will bring long-term strategic benefits to our company. It allows us to extend our supply portfolio from the Netherlands and New Zealand to Australia, and complements our existing product portfolio. With our well-developed distribution system, customer network, and innovative sales model, this will create a powerful synergy with our existing business to expand our global territory and accelerate internationalisation, so as to strengthen the company's R&D and sustainable development capabilities through the organic combination of overseas advanced R&D innovations, quality control and management, and company development."

Mr. Yan further stated that, "As part of the company's global strategic expansion and an extension of our product line, the acquisition will further cement the recognition of the company's infant formula in Australia, as well as strengthen our nutritional R&D, production, and supply capabilities. The complementary relationship between the team and our products provides critical support to the company's future development. It pushed the company towards our mid-to-long-term goal - to become a high-value integrated nutritious food company."

Ausnutria will continue to push forward strategic mergers and acquisitions; most M&A targets are enterprises that have unique products and a competitive edge in technology. Concurrently, Ausnutria will also promote in-depth cooperation between the company and external R&D institutions to accumulate technological experience and international operation experience for company development, so as to gain stronger competitive advantages around the world.

About Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd.
Ausnutria Dairy Corporation Ltd. is a leading paediatric milk formula company with production facilities principally based in the PRC, Netherlands and Australia. The Company is engaged in the worldwide production, research, and sales of infant formula, adult milk and other dairy and nutrition products. It owns several famous infant formula and milk powder brands, among which Ausnutria is widely recognized as famous Chinese trademarks. Ausnutria's factories in the PRC were among that first batch of factories that had been granted with the National Infant Formula Enterprise Production Permit. The factory in the Netherlands is also one of the first paediatric milk formula manufacturers to obtain import licenses for overseas products under the new policy.

About Australian Dairy Park
Australian Dairy Park ("ADP") is a modern dairy manufacturing enterprise in Australia, specializing in R&D, manufacturing and packaging of infant formula, functional milk powder and milk powder for the elderly. It is one of the first two Australian infant formula dairy manufacturer registered in the PRC and approved by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the PRC (CNCA). Currently, ADP is among one of the eight manufacturers in Australia that has been registered in the PRC and is approved by the CNCA.

About Ozfarm
Ozfarm is a company incorporated in Australia with limited liability and is principally engaged in the sale and marketing of nutrition products, in particular on formula milk products from infant, children, pregnant mother to elderly under its own brand name Oz Farm . The brand, which business started as early as 1998, has gained a high market perception that its products to be "green, nature, safe and good quality", in particular, its pregnant mother formula is the best-selling pregnant mother formula in Australia. Besides, a number of Ozfarm products have been accredited gold or silver awards in the recent years by the Dairy Industry Association of Australia. All the milk powder products of Ozfarm are manufactured by ADP.

Figure 1. Overview of the newly developed technology

Figure 2. Technology to analyze storage performance degradation

KAWASAKI, Japan, May 23, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announces the development of automated analysis technology that can identify the cause of response deterioration and other performance degradation in virtual desktop systems.

Fujitsu Laboratories has now developed the industry's first technology that monitors packets on the network to analyze bottlenecks caused by storage without impacting system operations. In addition, by combining this technology with its previously developed virtual network analysis technology(1), Fujitsu Laboratories has developed an analysis technology that can automatically identify bottleneck locations when performance degrades in virtual desktop systems.

In a trial of this technology in a prototype system under an environment operating 300 virtual machines (VMs), the time needed for the series of tasks performed by an operations manager related to identifying the cause of performance degradation, namely, estimation, impact investigation, reproduction, and analysis, could be reduced to approximately one-tenth that had been required. Previously, there were many cases in which problems could not be identified with a single analysis cycle, and it was necessary to repeat the tasks about three times. This technology, however, can identify causes with just one cycle, as the system accumulates, from a few weeks' worth of data, only the amount of information necessary for performance analysis. It can then comprehensively analyze it.

With this technology, not only is the burden of work on virtual desktop system operations managers greatly reduced, systems can operate with greater stability than ever before, which can be expected to reduce uncertainty for customers considering deploying a virtual desktop system.

Going forward, Fujitsu Laboratories will undertake a field trial of this system in a larger-scale virtual desktop system, operating on the order of several thousand virtual machines, with the goal of making it available as a service to be offered by Fujitsu Limited in fiscal 2018.

Details of the results of the trial of this system will be presented at the 10th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (ACM SYSTOR 2017), an international conference about storage being held in Israel on May 22-24, 2017.

Development Background

Virtual desktop systems, which offer high security while also enabling people to work without regard to location, are continuing to spread as an important part of ICT infrastructure in order to support the activities of diverse personnel, making the stable operation of virtual desktop systems very important from a productivity maintenance perspective. At the same time, such problems as degradation in response times or session termination occur due to a variety of causes, such as a temporary concentration of OS and application updates, an increasing number of users, and changes and enhancements to storage system. This creates a significant burden for system operations managers in identifying and resolving these issues.

Issues

In order to identify the causes of performance degradation in virtual desktop systems, it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the status of the servers, storage and network, as well as the systems that virtualize them, and identify the location and cause of a bottleneck. To do this, operations managers identify a likely location, enable collection of detailed statistics and logs and then analyze them to find a cause. However, as this analysis can increase the process load on components, causing a further degradation in response, it was necessary to spend time and effort repeatedly analyzing while minimizing the impact on the system. Storage, in particular, is often congested due to access concentrations, such as the start of work or updates to applications, which have been a major cause of bottlenecks, but it was difficult to record this and analyze it through logs, because the access frequency was very high in order to read and write short data units.

About the Newly Developed Technology

Now Fujitsu Laboratories has developed the industry's first technology that can analyze bottlenecks caused by storage by monitoring packets on networks for the virtual desktop system, and by combining it with its already developed technology for analyzing virtual networks between servers, it has developed a technology that can automatically identify bottleneck locations in virtual desktop systems (Figure 1). With this technology, operations managers can comprehensively investigate the causes of performance degradation and narrowing down, without spending time on separate processes to identify those causes, or adding to the burden on systems in operation. The features of these technologies are as follows.

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Figure 1. Overview of the newly developed technology

1. Storage performance analysis technology

In storage networks, unlike networks between servers and virtual machines, most communications feature short pieces of data, so if all packets were monitored, the volume of data produced would be massive. Now, by analyzing the packet header (such as read/write type, data length, and ID) for input and output packets in storage devices, and not just deleting unnecessary data portions, but extracting only a series of behavior characteristics necessary for analysis, Fujitsu Laboratories has developed the industry's first performance degradation analysis technology that eliminates problems with data piling up. With this technology, it is possible to reduce the accumulation of data necessary to analyze storage performance, without harming the performance of the virtual desktop system. This technology was developed by applying previously developed virtual network analysis technology used between servers.

For example, in a system operating 300 virtual machines, it was confirmed that this technology was able to reduce the accumulation of data over several weeks necessary for storage performance analysis to one-fifth what it otherwise would have been.

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Figure 2. Technology to analyze storage performance degradation

2. Performance degradation analysis technology

Now, with technologies that collect and analyze packets from two types of networks; storage networks and networks between servers and virtual machines, Fujitsu Laboratories has developed technology that accumulates data from about several weeks of activity, and automatically analyzes locations that are becoming bottlenecks in the system as a whole through a comprehensive relational analysis. By relationally analyzing storage status and the types of programs that were run, based on storage performance recorded as a time series, and analysis results for the network between the servers and the virtual machines, respectively, this system can comprehensively analyze the causes of degradation in the system's performance without adding to the burden on the system.

Effects

In a trial in a testing system environment operating 300 virtual machines, compared with experts who carried out a full series of root cause analysis, including estimation, impact investigation, reproduction, and analysis, to find the causes of performance bottlenecks over the course of about two days, this system was able to complete its analysis in about two hours, one-tenth of the time. With previous methods, there were numerous cases in which the problem could not be identified with just one analysis cycle, making it necessary to repeat the tasks about three times. With this technology, however, which can handle a comprehensive analysis, the issue can be identified in just one cycle.

With this technology, not only will the burden on virtual desktop system operations managers be significantly reduced and operations be made more stable than ever before, but it can be expected that it will lead to a reduction in uncertainty for customers considering to deploy virtual desktop systems

Future Plans

Fujitsu Laboratories will carry out field trials in large-scale virtual desktop systems operating several thousand virtual machines, in a move toward commercialization, with a plan to make it available as a service offered by Fujitsu Limited during fiscal 2018.

(1) Virtual network analysis technology

About Fujitsu Laboratories

Founded in 1968 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. is one of the premier research centers in the world. With a global network of laboratories in Japan, China, the United States and Europe, the organization conducts a wide range of basic and applied research in the areas of Next-generation Services, Computer Servers, Networks, Electronic Devices and Advanced Materials. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/labs/en/.

About Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 159,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702; ADR:FJTSY) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$41 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

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Hearable Device Prototype

TOKYO, May 23, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the development of a prototype "hearable device" (earphone device) user authentication technology, aiming to achieve new forms of convenient, safe and secure computing.

Security and safety are primary concerns when making use of any product or service. In recent years, as computers and smartphones have become more essential to daily life, reports of losses from leaked passwords and accidents related to smartphone use have become increasingly common. NEC's hearable device user authentication technology helps reduce these risks by providing an additional layer of personalized security that allows users to devote greater attention to their surroundings.

The device is equipped with NEC's unique otoacoustic authentication technology, which recognizes the characteristics of a user's ear in order to enable hands-free authentication of an individual. This enables users to safely and securely activate their computing devices, without distracting their attention to key in a password.

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Hearable Device Prototype

In addition, the prototype's motion sensor can be used to estimate user locations, even in indoor environments where GPS signals are obstructed. This can help provide guidance to users who become lost in large facilities, such as shopping malls or airports.

Moreover, since the device is situated in a user's ear, it is subject to less shaking and noise when compared to wearable devices worn around the wrist or neck, enabling it to reliably obtain information. This also means it can recognize the orientation of a user's face, a change in posture, or activities such as walking or running. In the future, it is expected to track pulse rates and other biometric information.

This authentication device easily connects to a smartphone or other computing devices via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) in order to access the Internet and to take advantage of a wide range of services, including map sites for city guidance. Moreover, the device consists of a microphone, speaker, and a 9-axis motion sensor, which is equipped with acceleration, gyroscope, and geomagnetic sensors.

In order to promote the development of a wide range of services for the device, NEC will publicly provide application programming interfaces (API) for its otoacoustic authentication technology and indoor positioning technology, in addition to providing device manufacturers with design specifications for the hearable device prototype.

"NEC is aiming to commercialize hearable platform services that combine individual authentication, indoor positioning, acoustic AR (augmented reality), vital sensing and other technologies by the end of 2018," said Tomonori Kumagai, General Manager, Business Development Division, NEC Corporation. "Going forward, NEC will accelerate trials in collaboration with service providers and device manufacturers, while proposing new approaches to computing that utilize these technologies."

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group globally provides "Solutions for Society" that promote the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society. Under the company's corporate message of "Orchestrating a brighter world," NEC aims to help solve a wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value for the changing world of tomorrow. For more information, please visit http://www.nec.com/en/global/about/solutionsforsociety/message.html.

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SINGAPORE, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited ("CITIC Telecom CPC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Simon Lim as the General Manager, Enterprise Sales for Singapore.

Mr. Lim will be responsible for developing our sales strategies and operations for Enterprises customers and Key accounts channels as well as our diversification strategy, in the South Asia area.

"Simon has proven inspirational leadership and extensive experience in sales and business development across various industry sectors. With his deep knowledge of the ICT Market in Singapore, we are confident that he will foster new dynamic to our business and generate new growth in the ASEAN area," said Mr. Ivan Tang, Sr. Vice President of Sales of CITIC Telecom CPC.

Mr. Simon Lim has more than 20 years of enterprise sales experience in the ICT sector including Country Manager, Commercial Sales at IBM and Head of Channel Sales, ASEAN at Promethean. At IBM, leading a team of sales professional, Lim was responsible for the strategic as well as tactical development of commercial sales. Prior to Promethean Ltd., Mr. Simon Lim has worked in enterprise and consumer business for HP Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

About CITIC Telecom CPC

CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited ("CITIC Telecom CPC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), is a trusted Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions provider with multiple branches across Asia Pacific, and a preferred partner by multinational corporations and business enterprises.

CITIC Telecom CPC delivers a range of innovative services, including: TrueCONNECT - an advanced MLPS VPN service which employs state-of-the-art fully meshed network, TrustCSI - an integrated suite of information security solutions, DataHouse - converged cloud solution and global unified management data center solutions, and SmartCLOUD - smarter, better and high performance cloud computing solutions which complement the company's managed network, managed security, and managed cloud data center solutions.

As further testament to its commitment in providing premium quality services in the Asia Pacific region, the company became the first VPN service provider in Hong Kong to achieve all five ICT related certifications in ISO 27017 - Information security controls for cloud services, ISO 9001 - Quality Management System, ISO 27001- Information Security Management System, ISO 20000 - Information Technology Service Management System, and ISO 14001 - Environmental Management System. Learn more at www.citictel-cpc.com.

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SINGAPORE, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - "There have been more dramatic changes in the global satellite industry in the past two years than we have been seen in the last twenty-five" -- Steve Collar, CEO, SES Networks, at the close of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2017 in Singapore.

That comment summarized nine hours of high-octane insights, statements and data downloads testing the temperature of the Asian satellite market at CASBAA's 17th annual meeting of satellite executives, engineers and investors.

"This has been an energizing, challenging day which laid out the immediate and long-term opportunities and challenges for the satellite sector in Asia in terms of both commercial and technical issues," said CASBAA CEO, Christopher Slaughter. "We have been given a lot to think about. Innovation at every level must be at the heart of all our businesses."

According to keynote speaker Andrew Jordan, CEO of regional operator AsiaSat, video distribution via satellite represents some 70% of revenues for most GEO satellite operators in the region with Ultra High Definition (UHD) and 4K services "all the rage" despite representing a less than 20% transition from Standard Definition services in Asia. "Mobility and broadband are the latest must-have applications, driving HTS (High Throughput Satellites) which is a maturing technology with enormous promise."

The potential benefits and disadvantages of HTS and "cut-throat" competition were an overarching theme of the conference, which also covered such items as in-flight connectivity, maritime services, reusable launch vehicles, flat panel antennas, new satellite manufacturing processes and the on-going promise of the satellite market in India.

Some quotable quotes:

From the Operators
- There are 600 million households out there without TV. The opportunity for satellite remains enormous - Tom Choi, ABS
- When the millennials start families they are like the rest of US. They slump back on their settees - Andrew Jordan, AsiaSat
- If we don't play in the 5G space other technologies will take over for sure - Deepak Mathur, SES

From the Manufacturers
- Our customers are increasingly asking for Flexible, Refreshable, Blended Constellations that will last forever. It's all over the map - Dawn Harms, Boeing Satellite
- Manufacturers also need to help with the ground segment - Tony Colucci, VP Marketing & Sales, SSL
- From GEO to LEO... It's a cultural difference - Tony Colucci, SSL
- To provide for the "extended life" of a satellites (maybe to match the life of a co-located satellite) GEO manufacturers need agree on a standardized USB for in-orbit connectivity - Olivier Guilbert, Thales Alenia Space
- Now we must be "Datacentric", Tony Colucci, SSL

From the Customers
- We are now entering uncharted territory - Chris Baugh, Northern Sky Research
- Competition is fierce - PJ Beylier, Speedcast
- Consolidation is coming, but it must be at the operator level - Deepakajit Singh, Encompass Media
- Transponder costs may yet fall by 30%-40% - Deepakajit Singh, Encompass

On HTS
- HTS is the thing - Tony Colucci, SSL
- It's not just about providing highest throughput, it's about jointly driving the ecosystem to make it more efficient - Elias Zaccack, SES

On Flat Panels
- We need multi frequency, multi-beam spectrum. The ability to switch between Ka to KU via LEO or GEO is crucial - John Finney, Isotropic
- It's more complicated than almost anybody thought a few years ago - Susan Bull, Comsys
- People aren't going to buy a flat-panel antenna just because it's pretty! - Alvaro Sanchez, Intergrasys

The Launch Panel
- Our objective is to relaunch the rocket after one hour - Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX
- Launch, Re-fuel and re-launch - Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX
- They say there will be 24,000 LEO launches in the next while. What about space junk? - Peter Jackson, PJ Square
- Less price, more performance! That is what we will deliver - Tom Carroll, ILS International

On India
- Digitise, digitise, digitise! But when can we monetize? - Ashok Mansukhani, Hinduja Media
- India is a country where stats sarely make sense - Ashok Mansukhani
- The DTH industry will remain a volume-led market for the next 5 years - Vivek Couto, MPA

The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2017 also appreciates the generous support of the sponsors for this year's event:

ABS, APSTAR, Arianespace, AsiaSat, Boeing Satellite Systems, COMSYS, Effective Space, Eutelsat, Gogo, Intergrasys, International Launch Services (ILS), Marsh, MEASAT, Newtec, NorthTelecom, SES, SKY Perfect JSAT, SpaceX and SSL.

Click here (http://casbaaevent.com/events/casbaa-satellite-industry-forum/) for the detailed programme and list of speakers.

About CASBAA

CASBAA is the Asia Pacific region's largest non-profit media association, serving the multi-channel audio-visual content creation and distribution industry. Established in 1991, CASBAA has grown with the industry to include digital multichannel television, content, platforms, advertising, and video delivery. Encompassing some 500 million connections within a footprint across the region, CASBAA works to be the authoritative voice for multichannel TV; promoting even-handed and market-friendly regulation, IP protection and revenue growth for subscription and advertising, while promoting global best practices. For more information, visit www.casbaa.com

Contact:
Cynthia Wong
Director of Member Relations & Marketing
Email: cynthia@casbaa.com

Online Games Continue to Expand while Cloud Services Achieve Rapid Growth

HONG KONG, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Kingsoft Corporation Limited ("Kingsoft" or the "Company"; HKEx: 03888), a leading Chinese software and Internet service company, has announced its unaudited quarterly results for the three months ended 31 March 2017.

During the period under review, the revenue of Kingsoft increased 82% year-over-year to RMB1,213.4 million. Revenue from the online games, cloud services, and office software and services and others represented 67%, 22% and 11%, respectively, of total revenue. Gross profit increased by 48% year-over-year to RMB703.9 million. Operating profit increased 141% year-over-year to RMB265.2 million. Profit attributable to owners of the parent increased 78% year-over-year to RMB238.5 million.

Mr. Jun LEI, Chairman of Kingsoft, commented, "We achieved a good start to 2017 with solid progress in all areas of our business. Our flagship PC game JX Online III continued its growth despite being confronted with headwinds from the PC games market, while JX Online I mobile game delivered a steady performance in the first quarter, further revealing the great IP value of the JX Online series. We are glad to see that Kingsoft Cloud has so far achieved the goals set in the beginning of the year in all of its vertical businesses. Meanwhile, development of online marketing services for WPS has grown beyond market expectations. In the future, Kingsoft will continue focusing on the development of its game, cloud services and office software businesses."

Mr. Tao ZOU, Chief Executive Officer of Kingsoft, said, "We achieved total revenue of RMB1,213.4 million in the first quarter at an annual growth rate of 82%. Though we made further impairment provision for the carrying value of our investment in 21 Vianet, excluding this non-operating adjustment, the operating profit of the first quarter delivered strong growth and increased 141% year-over-year to RMB265.2 million."

BUSINESS REVIEW

Online Games-
For the first quarter of 2017, the revenue of the online games business increased 79% year-over-year and kept flat quarter-over-quarter to RMB817.2 million. The impressive year-over-year increase was mainly attributable to the successful release of the JX Online I mobile game in May 2016, and the superior performance of flagship PC game JX Online III. With two updated versions released in the first quarter, JX Online III posted revenue of RMB458.2 million, achieving year-over-year increase of 38% - far exceeding market expectations. With respect to the JX Online I mobile game, it remained on the top 10 grossing games on iOS in the first quarter. The Company remains optimistic about the revenue to be generated from JX Online I mobile game following the launch of an anniversary version and new expansion pack, as well as the introduction of the game to the Korean market in the coming months.

The Company's online games business has also reached a milestone in terms of its business expansion. Tencent made a strategic investment in one of Kingsoft's subsidiaries, Seasun Holdings Limited ("Seasun"), to hold approximately 9.90% of the issued shares of Seasun. This move will certainly facilitate in Seasun and Tencent's interest alignment and create synergy effects with joined forces. The Company will duly seek to promote business development, improve market competitiveness and generate benefits for both parties in the long term.

Cloud Services-
For the first quarter of 2017, revenue from the cloud services increased 108% year-over-year to RMB268.4 million. All areas of business were developing in line with the Company's strategic planning. In terms of different business segments, the game cloud business achieved the established objectives of balancing the proportion of different products, and bringing together users with diverse product mix, the benefit of which began to appear at the beginning of this year. Revenue from the game cloud business increased steadily and it also established long-term cooperation agreements with key customers including Shoumeng Internet, Leniu Games, Aoyouweb, and JOYANY.

On the other hand, the agreement Kingsoft Cloud signed with News CCTV is a breakthrough for the conventional mainstream media industry, presenting new ideas on the future expansion of the cloud model to conventional media. The overall structure of video cloud has undergone large-scale upgrading and optimization, which has notably enhanced its service stability, efficiency and overall quality. With regards to the internet sector, the Company will continue to develop through the big data platform, complemented by the application of technologies including artificial intelligence ("AI") and anti-fraud, and corporate cloud with other partners, and will implement these technologies for the Company's corporate clients.

According to the latest report "China Public Cloud Market Tracker" published by IDC, Kingsoft Cloud occupied more than 6% of the public cloud IaaS market in China in 2016, a solid increase of 1.7ppt from 2015. According to the "2016-2017 China IaaS Market Study Annual Report" published by CCID, Kingsoft Cloud ranked third in the public cloud laaS market in China in 2016, following Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, accounting for 6.8% of the market. It has become one of the leading domestic IaaS companies in 2016.

Office Software and Services and Others-
Revenue from the office software and services and others for the first quarter of 2017 increased 58% year-over-year to RMB127.8 million. The year-over-year growth of online marketing services far exceeded expectations, driven mainly by enhanced user experience and better product quality.

On 31 March, WPS office appeared on the Apple App Store featured page as a recommended application, highlighting the value and popularity of the product. On 8 May, Beijing Kingsoft Office Software. Inc. submitted an application to the China Securities Regulatory Commission for the proposed A-Share listing of Chinext on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. This proposed spin-off will help to further unlock the value of WPS business, enhance its corporate profile and brand awareness, and raise the business to the next level.

Mr. Jun Lei concluded, "The strong performance of all business segments in the first quarter has given us confidence in business development and revenue growth in the coming quarters. We will continue to optimize current products while exploring new opportunities in the AI field. We will fully integrate our resource advantage to expand our user base and enlarge our market share. At the same time, we will bolster business ties with our powerful partners in order to enhance our competency and deliver notable growth in 2017 and onwards."

About Kingsoft Corporation Limited (HKSE: 03888)

Kingsoft is a leading Chinese software and Internet services company listed on the stock exchange of Hong Kong. It has three subsidiaries including Seasun, Kingsoft Cloud and Kingsoft Office. Following the implementation of its "mobile internet transformation" strategy, Kingsoft has completed the comprehensive transformation of its overall business and management models and formed a strategic platform with interactive entertainment and office software as the pillars and cloud computing as the new growth driver and source. The Company has over 4,000 staff around the world. It has set up R&D centers and offices in Beijing, Zhuhai, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and enjoys a large market share in various countries and regions both home and abroad. For more information, please visit www.kingsoft.com.

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(Front row, second from left) HKUST Professor Pei-Yuan Qian; (front row, third from left) HKBU Dr Jian-Wen Qiu; (back row) HKUST Dr Jin Sun and their team: (front row, left) HKBU Huawei Mu; (front row, right) HKUST Yi Lan; (back row from left) HKBU Yanjie Zhang and Ting Xu.

(Left) Shell of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons and (right) shallow-water mussel Modiolus philippinarum.

Deep-sea mussels viewed from Jiaolong's exploration of a methane seep in the South China Sea.

HONG KONG, May 23, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Joint research led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has assembled the 1.64 gigabytes genome of a deep-sea mussel, which is roughly equivalent to 50% of the size of human genome. This is the first decoded genome among all deep-sea macrobenthic animals, revealing a complete set of DNA. The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and giant clams.

The research team, led by HKUST's Chair Professor of Division of Life Science Professor Pei-Yuan Qian and HKBU's Associate Professor of Biology Dr Jian-Wen Qiu, have published the research findings in the prestigious international academic journal Nature Ecology & Evolution in early April.

The team used a specimen collected in 2013 during Dr Qiu's participation in China's manned submersible Jiaolong expedition in the South China Sea for research. Deep-sea organisms including mussels thrive in extreme environments of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps which are characterised by high hydrostatic pressure, lack of photosynthesis-derived food, variable temperatures and high concentrations of toxic substances. Despite their ability to survive under stressful conditions, a lack of genomic resources has hindered the understanding of their molecular mechanisms of adaptation.

The study sequenced the genome of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons as well as its shallow-water relative Modiolus philippinarum collected from a local softshore in Tingkok for comparison of genomic features. Through phylogenetic analysis, the research team discovered that modern deep-sea mussels are the descendants of shallow-water mussels, and their ancestors migrated to the deep sea approximately 110 million years ago, providing evidence to support a hypothesis that their ancestors survived through an extinction event during the global anoxia period associated with the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum which occurred around 57 million years ago.

Genome comparison revealed that the great expansion of several gene families in the deep-sea mussel may be related to its adaptation to the deep sea. For instance, the expansion of the "heat shock protein 70 family", a family of proteins that are produced by a cell in response to exposure to stressful conditions, may help the mussel stabilise protein structures. The expansion of the "ABC transporters family", the unit of the transport system, may enhance the mussel's ability to move toxic chemicals outside its gill epithelial cells.

The expansion of gene families related to immune recognition, endocytosis and caspase-mediated apoptosis indicates the mussel's adaptation to the presence of chemoautotrophic endosymbionts in its gills. An additional proteomic analysis of the deep-sea mussel gill reveals nutritional and energetic dependency of the mussel on its methanotrophic symbionts.

Professor Qian said, "The study has provided genomic resources for understanding how the deep-sea mussel has adapted to the abiotic stresses and lack of photosynthesis-derived food in the deep-sea chemosynthetic environment. The general mechanisms of symbiosis revealed in the study are of relevance to other symbiotic organisms such as deep-sea tubeworms and giant clams."

Dr Qiu said, "The genomic resources will facilitate various studies, including genetic connectivity among deep-sea populations, which is relevant to the establishment of deep-sea marine reserves."

The study was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences of China, HKUST, HKBU, Scientific and Technical Innovation Council of Shenzhen, and Guangdong Natural Science Foundation. Other main collaborators are HKUST post-doctoral fellows Dr Jin Sun and Dr Weipeng Zhang, Dr Jerome Hui of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and his team members Wenyan Nong and Fiona Ka Man Cheung, Dr Runsheng Li of Hong Kong Baptist University, Dr Yu Zhang of Shenzhen University, Dr Zhang Yang of The South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, and Christopher Fields of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The paper is available online at: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0121

A commentary by two independent researchers highlighting the results and significance of this and a related research paper is available at: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0142. Those who have no access to this article may request HKBU or HKUST for a copy.

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Collaboration with TBWA\HAKUHODO subsidiary \QUANTUM will work to generate innovation in manufacturing

TOKYO, May 24, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary TechShop Japan Limited today announced their collaboration with \QUANTUM Inc., a subsidiary of TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc., to create new business opportunities in TechShop Tokyo's DIY membership-based workshop. Together, TechShop Japan and \QUANTUM will increase the customer base and strengthen education programs, expanding their services for corporations, individuals and students.

This initiative is based on an agreement for Fujitsu to transfer a 15% stake in TechShop Japan to TBWA\HAKUHODO.

Background

Since opening in April 2016, TechShop Japan has hosted events and workshops with more than 3,000 visitors. The company also has more than 700 members that include large corporations, startups, creators, individuals and students. They have engaged in collaborative projects and launched new businesses, contributing to an ecosystem of co-creation. TechShop Japan and \QUANTUM have now decided to collaborate in order to expand such systems and accelerate innovation.

Initiatives through this Collaboration

As a strategic partner of \QUANTUM that endeavors to generate new businesses, TechShop Japan will develop a variety of programs rolling out from the first half of fiscal 2017.

1. Corporate/Business Programs

TechShop Tokyo will serve large corporations and startups through consulting, project design and incubation to support new businesses and product/service development. It will offer a manufacturing workshop program for professionals and creators skilled in advertising and web design. TechShop Tokyo will also offer courses on team building through manufacturing and prototyping training.

2. Programs for Individuals

TechShop Tokyo will offer a workshop program for individual manufacturers on "Instructables", the largest manufacturing community site in the U.S., where users can share ideas and information on relevant processes and materials.

TechShop Tokyo will also offer a STEAM education(1) program to provide programming and manufacturing experience for middle school and high school students.

Comments from the Companies

Akihiko Imai, President & CEO, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

TBWA\HAKUHODO has generated numerous advertising and communication ideas using the tool DISRUPTION, which can find unconventional visions. We are extremely pleased about \QUANTUM becoming our strategic partner and hope our synergy with TechShop Japan will bring DISRUPTION; to life, transcending the boundaries of traditional advertising and communications.

Mitsuru Takamatsu, President and CEO, \QUANTUM Inc.

As a startup studio, \QUANTUM is promoting to create new businesses through co-creation between large companies and startups. By providing programs that invoke familiarity with manufacturing, the company will improve people's lives through business and product development.

(1) STEAM education
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. This is a form of education that instill interests in technology and manufacturing among children, thereby developing their skills for creating innovation in the future.

About TechShop, Inc. and TechShop Japan Limited

TechShop is a membership-based, open-access DIY workshop with nine locations around the U.S. It was established in 2006 as a driving force behind America's maker movement. From December 2014, TechShop, Inc., Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. launched "TechShop Inside! - Powered by Fujitsu" as an initiative to promote the maker movement in the U.S. Subsequently investments made by Fujitsu led to the October 2015 establishment of TechShop Japan, which in April 2016 opened in Minato, Tokyo's ARK Mori Building as TechShop Tokyo, the first TechShop in Asia.

About TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

TBWA\HAKUHODO is a full-service agency that has grown rapidly in the ten years since its founding. TBWA\HAKUHODO has won numerous awards including Advertising Age's 'International Agency of the Year' in 2012 and Campaign Asia-Pacific's 'North Asia Creative Agency of the Year' in 2010 and 2011, and 'Japan Creative Agency of the Year' in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well as 'Japan Digital Agency of the Year' in 2016.

About \QUANTUM Inc.

\QUANTUM is a startup studio for both corporate innovation and startups, which spun off from its parent company TBWA\HAKUHODO in 2016. From its creative diversity through engineering, design, and business, \QUANTUM offers joint product/business development, corporate accelerator programs, and innovation/strategic partnership consulting for its partners.

About Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 159,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702; ADR:FJTSY) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$41 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

* Please see this press release, with images, at:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/

Contact:
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Phone: +81-3-5797-7110

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Honda NeuV

- Striving to provide new value to enhance the quality of people's lives, Honda accelerates open innovation that utilizes AI, big data and robotics technologies -

TOKYO, May 24, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that "Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem" will be the theme for its exhibition at CES Asia 2017, the consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow to be held in Shanghai, China from June 7 through 9, 2017. With this exhibition, Honda will further accelerate its open innovation efforts that utilize AI, big data and robotics technologies to provide new value to enhance the quality of people's lives.

The variety of items on display at the Honda booth will include: 1) Honda NeuV, a concept car of an EV commuter equipped with AI technology called an "emotion engine(1)", as well as an automated driving function; 2) Honda Riding Assist, a concept motorcycle that applies Honda's original balance control technology amassed through robotics research; 3) UNI-CUB beta personal mobility device equipped with ROS (Robot Operating System) compatible API(2) which made it possible to operate the device remotely; 4) the "Safe Swarm" concept, Honda's proposal to realize smooth traffic flow using connected car technologies(3); as well as 5) a planned production model of LiB-AID E500, a portable battery inverter power source.

Honda will hold a press conference at 11:30 am (local time) on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at the Honda booth within the venue of CES ASIA. At this press conference, Tsutomu Wakitani, Operating Officer of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. and the head of the new R&D Center X, will deliver a presentation about the future Honda is envisioning as well as the direction that Honda will take with its open innovation efforts.

(1) The "emotion engine" is a set of AI technologies developed by cocoro SB Corp., which enable machines to artificially generate their own emotions
(2) API - Application Program Interface
(3) Internet-connected and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication automotive technologies

About CES (Consumer Electronics Show）ASIA 2017
Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Dates: Wednesday, June 7 through Friday, June 9, 2017
Location: Shanghai, China
Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)
Honda booth location: N3 Hall - 3332
CES ASIA official website: URL: http://www.cesasia.cn/ (English and Chinese)

About Honda

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (TSE:7267/NYSE:HMC/LSE:HNDA) is one of the leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products and the largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world. Honda has always sought to provide genuine satisfaction to people worldwide. The result is more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries worldwide, producing a wide range of products, including motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment and automobiles that bring the company into contact with over 19 million customers annually. For more information, please visit http://world.honda.com.

Contact:
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Media Inquiries
corporate_pr@hm.honda.co.jp
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c. Summary of succeeding company for 3.

d. Schedule for company split (planned)

TOKYO, May 24, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will split off part of its Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Procurement Functions in its Industry & Infrastructure Domain to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS), a group company of MHI and a small and medium industrial machinery business integration company to be established on October 1, 2017 as a surviving company of MHI-MS.

1. Purpose of the Company Split

As a measure to strengthen the small and medium industrial machinery business, as of October 1, 2017 the MHI Group will integrate the rubber and tire machinery businesses of the Group companies MHI-MS, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. (MHI-PPM) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Technology Corporation (MHIMT). Through the Integration, MHI seeks to promote financial stability and resistance to economic fluctuations, promote mobilization of human resources, distribute flexible resources among a wide range of businesses, and reduce fixed costs, aiming to establish a structure that can maintain stable business size and profit over the medium to long term.

In addition to this Integration, by splitting off the manufacturing, quality assurance and procurement functions of the businesses to be integrated from MHI to MHI-MS and the Integration Company, which will be the surviving companies after the Integration, MHI seeks to unify supply chains and strengthen its business structure.

2. Company split summary

a. Businesses to be split
1. Manufacturing, quality assurance, and procurement functions related to printing machines, paper machines, particle accelerators, and business incidental thereto.
2. Procurement functions related to rubber and tire machinery and related businesses.
3. Manufacturing functions related to food packaging machinery and business incidental thereto.

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c. Summary of succeeding company for 3.
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d. Schedule for company split (planned)
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e. Others

Further details will be released as they are confirmed.

3. Future outlook

The impact of this company split on MHI's consolidated and non-consolidated earnings is minimal.

About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), headquartered in Tokyo, is one of the world's leading industrial firms with 80,000 group employees and annual consolidated revenues of around 38 billion U.S. dollars. For more than 130 years, the company has channeled big thinking into innovative and integrated solutions that move the world forward. MHI owns a unique business portfolio covering land, sea, sky and even space. MHI delivers innovative and integrated solutions across a wide range of industries from commercial aviation and transportation to power plants and gas turbines, and from machinery and infrastructure to integrated defense and space systems.
For more information, please visit the MHI Group website: http://www.mhi-global.com.
For Technology, Trends and Tangents, visit MHI's new online media SPECTRA: http://spectra.mhi.com.

Contact:
Joseph Hood, PR Manager
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Email: mhi-pr@mhi.co.jp
Tel: +81-(0)3-6716-2168
Fax: +81-(0)3-6716-5860

Taiwan Excellence Embarks on a Southbound Journey as it Debuts at CommunicAsia 2017

TAITRA expands visibility in the ASEAN market for 19 participating Taiwan Excellence Award winning brands including Acer, ASUS, Advantech, Planet, and VIVOTEK

SINGAPORE, May 25, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - The Taiwan flag waved proudly at the opening of CommunicAsia 2017 as it showcased 50 Taiwanese technologies and innovations at the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion. This year's inaugural participation at Asia's premier sourcing and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge platform is part of the country's drive to lend support to Taiwanese companies in achieving regional competitiveness within the ICT sector. According to the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the initiative is a key component of the Taiwan Industry Image Enhancement Project (IEP). 19 Taiwan Excellence Award winning brands on display at booth BQ2-01 feature technologies in the areas of enterprise mobility, green energy, smart cities and the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The exhibition runs until May 25, 2017 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.

Globally renowned Taiwanese companies Acer, Advantech, ASUS, Planet and VIVOTEK led the products showcase. Alongside these brands, Dr. Chiueh Tzi-Cker, Vice President & General Director of Information and Communications Research Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI) spoke about integrating existing technologies and platforms in the push towards Smart Living. ITRI is part of the delegation led by the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association at booth BQ3-13.

Mr. Francis Liang Kuo-Hsin, Representative of the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, graced the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion's maiden launch at CommunicAsia as its Guest-of-Honour. In his opening address, Mr. Liang said, "Singapore is an important trade partner of Taiwan, and we have long established a strong and close bilateral relation between the two countries. Through Taiwan Excellence's inaugural participation in CommunicAsia, we hope to promote partnerships, sharing of our cutting-edge technologies, and facilitate knowledge exchange between leading Taiwanese companies, innovators and members of the ICT industry in the Southeast Asia region", affirming Taiwan's focus in the region.

Addressing a room full of partners, media and guests, Mr. Scott Yang, Deputy Director of Marketing at TAITRA, shared that "many Taiwan manufacturers possess ground-breaking research and development (R&D) findings and record strong international sales. Aligned with the government's initiatives, Taiwan Excellence aims to help these innovative products and brands break into the regional market in a bid to garner more opportunities for international cooperation."

Situated conveniently by the entrance close to CommunicAsia's visitor registration, the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion features an interactive platform, offering visitors an up-close experience with the products on exhibit. This strategic location helps focus the spotlight on the innovative brilliance, further bolstering the eminence of the brands and the esteem in which they are held.

Ranking 2nd in the world for three years on the trot and top in Asia in digital adoption encompassing areas such as consumer technology, e-commerce, financial services and interactive digital media and telecommunications, Singapore is the natural choice as a launch pad for Taiwan's Digital Nation Plan and New Southbound Policy. Over the three days at CommunicAsia, the expected visitor turnout north of 30,000 flaunts officials, C-Level executives and international buyers. Working in this space, Taiwanese manufacturers can expect to present their latest technology innovations in pursuit of the Asia.Silicon Valley vision of propelling Taiwanese manufacturers to the international forefront of IoT innovation.

About the Taiwan Excellence Award

The symbol of Taiwan Excellence honors Taiwan's most innovative products that provide tremendous value to users worldwide. All products carrying this symbol have been selected for specific Taiwan Excellence Awards based on their excellence in design, quality, marketing, Taiwanese R&D, and manufacturing. Initiated by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 1992, the symbol of Taiwan Excellence is recognized in 100 countries.

Supported by Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT), MOEA

The Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), R.O.C. is responsible for implementing policies and regulations governing foreign trade and economic cooperation. Established in January 1969, the BOFT's role and position have been adjusted regularly to meet the needs of the ever changing international economic and trade environments. The BOFT has been guiding and working with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in numerous promotional trade projects and activities both internationally and domestically. Having worked closely with TAITRA for many decades, the BOFT continues to commission TAITRA for various critical government projects relating to business, trade and investment, while promoting Taiwan internationally.

Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)

Founded in 1970 to help promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is the foremost non-profit, semi-governmental trade promotion organization in Taiwan. Jointly sponsored by the government, industry associations, and several commercial organizations, TAITRA assists Taiwanese businesses and manufacturers with reinforcing their international competitiveness and in coping with the challenges they face in foreign markets. TAITRA boasts a well-coordinated trade promotion and information network of over 1,200 international marketing specialists stationed throughout its Taipei headquarters and 50 offices worldwide. Together with its sister organizations, the Taiwan Trade Center (TTC) and the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), TAITRA has created a wealth of trade opportunities through effective promotion strategies.

For Media Enquiries

TAITRA
Ya Hsing Lu
Strategic Marketing Department, TAITRA
Tel: +886 2 2725 5200 #1386
Email: yahsing@taitra.org.tw

PRecious Communications for TAITRA
Melinda Ilagan
Tel: +65 6303 0567
Email: taitra@preciouscomms.com

Figure: Trial of the simulation technology in comparison with a pouring experiment with Die Casting shot sleeves: The simulation (below) correctly replicates the differences in motion of water and aluminum alloy, observed in the experiment (above).

Helps raise productivity in casting with new simulation based on the particle method

TOKYO, May 25, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Daido University Professor Yasuhiro Maeda have jointly developed new simulation technology that can accurately replicate splash and wave behavior in the surface of molten metals when they are being poured.

In the casting process, which is used in component manufacturing in a variety of fields, such as automobiles and IT devices, molten metal is poured into a mold to be cast into a shape. The way molten metal flows through the interior of a mold significantly effects casting quality, but because the interior is impossible to see, there has been a demand for a simulation that can clarify how molten metal flows within the mold. However, simulation of this flow has been difficult to achieve as the way molten metal flows can change greatly depending on the oxide film that forms when metal contacts the air.

Now, based on a simulation technology known as the particle method(1), Fujitsu and Daido University have developed a new way to calculate flow variations with physical properties (viscosity) near the boundary between it and the air. This technology was then verified, comparing it to an actual experiment modeling a process where aluminum alloy melted at high temperatures is poured into casting equipment, which confirmed that the manner of splash suppression in line with the oxide film on the poured liquid metal could be accurately simulated.

This technology creates a simulation to clarify how molten metal flows inside casting equipment and molds, a process which cannot be observed from the outside. This will make it possible to change metal pouring procedures so as to more quickly manufacture high quality products, which is expected to contribute to improving casting productivity.

Details of this technology will be announced at the 169th JFS Meeting (Japan Foundry Engineering Society), which will be held on the Setagaya campus of Tokyo City University on May 26-29.

Background

Casting, which is used in the manufacturing of components for a variety of fields, including automobiles, appliances and IT devices, is a process in which metal that has been melted at high temperatures is injected into molds, and the way the metal is injected is known to have a significant impact on the quality of the component. In a casting method known as Die Casting(2), for example, if the liquid metal inside the shot sleeves that inject the molten metal into the die at high pressure violently splashes, oxides or other impurities that form on the surface where it meets the air can be mixed in, leading to the casting defects in the shaped component that make them prone to breakage. For this reason, in order to prevent severe splashing of the liquid metal surface within the shot sleeve, the timing of the injection into the mold is adjusted based on estimates of the splashing of the liquid surface in the parts of the sleeve that cannot be seen, creating a need for technology to accurately simulate how the liquid metal flows.

Issues

Metal that has been melted at high temperatures reacts with oxygen the instant it comes into contact with air, generating an extremely thin oxide film less than 0.1mm on the surface, which greatly reduces fluidity. For this reason, it was not possible to get accurate results with previous commonly used technology, which simulated it as the flow of a uniform liquid. In order to calculate the impact of the thin oxide film formed as the liquid surface splashes, it was necessary to separate out the thin film for calculations using a technology that can simulate the splashing. In order to calculate at the extremely high rate of precision that enables distinguishing the thin film, however, computations of over one thousand times greater than that of a uniform liquid simulation would be necessary, meaning timely simulations were not realistic.

Overview of the New Simulation Technology

Fujitsu and Daido University have developed simulation technology that can calculate the impact of lowered fluidity in liquid metals due to the thin oxide film without significantly increasing computation cost. This technology combines a method known as the particle method, in which fluids are represented as collections of particles in calculations, with a new computational model that dynamically changes the physical property values of particles located on the surface of the liquid. With this computational model, the physical property values related to fluidity (viscosity) for the particles located on the liquid surface are set based on the ratio between the size of the particles representing the liquid metal and the thickness of the film. Because the impact of lowered flow properties due to the formation of the thin oxide film can be calculated with this method without changing the particle size, which is the base unit of calculation, the computational time required for the simulation can be kept to about the same level as a simulation of a flow of a uniform liquid.

In a technology trial in which the simulation was compared with an experiment modeling the pouring of aluminum alloy melted at high temperatures into a Die Casting shot sleeve, it was confirmed that a simulation that correctly reproduced the way molten metal flows, which is significantly different from water, could be accomplished in about eight hours of computational time (see figure).

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Figure: Trial of the simulation technology in comparison with a pouring experiment with Die Casting shot sleeves: The simulation (below) correctly replicates the differences in motion of water and aluminum alloy, observed in the experiment (above).

Future Plans

Fujitsu aims to commercialize this newly developed simulation technology in fiscal 2018.

(1) Particle method
A mathematical computation method that represents liquids as accumulations of numerous particles. It is used to analyze phenomena such as the complex shape-changing behavior of the surface of water.
(2) Die Casting method
A casting method in which molten metal is injected into metal molds (dies) at high speed to make cast objects. It offers the ability to mass produce components with precise shapes, so it is widely used to manufacture components for automobiles, appliances, IT devices, etc.

About Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 159,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702; ADR:FJTSY) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$41 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

* Please see this press release, with images, at:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/

Contact:
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations
Tel: +81-3-3215-5259
URL: www.fujitsu.com/global/news/contacts/

Steam generator for EDF

- France's Nuclear Regulator Gives Compliance certificate -

TOKYO, May 25, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has delivered three replacement steam generators to Electricite de France S.A. (EDF) for the Cruas Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Reactor. The replacement steam generators have been certified by France's nuclear authority as compliant with the country's strict regulatory requirements on April 28, 2017.

The replacement steam generators for the 900 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant were ordered in 2010. They are approximately 21 meters in height and 300 tons in weight, and were manufactured at MHI's Kobe facilities. The steam generators are made of low-alloy steel(1). Each steam generator contains more than 4,000 heat transfer tubes made from state-of-the-art TT690 alloy material(2). Steam generators are one of the most important components of a PWR, playing a central role in transferring the thermal energy generated in the reactor vessel from the primary (reactor) cooling system to the secondary (turbine) cooling system, using steam to drive the turbine.

Headquartered in Paris, EDF is one of the world's largest electricity suppliers, operating 58 PWRs in France. As part of its component renewal program, the company is currently replacing the existing steam generators at its PWR plants that started operations in the 1980s.

MHI has received orders from EDF for a total of 15 replacement steam generators since 2005, and is delivering the components. MHI has been working to expand the business of nuclear equipment in nuclear power markets worldwide, and has supplied a total of 31 replacement steam generators to several countries, including France, Belgium and the U.S.

EDF selected the supplier for the steam generators through an international bidding process, with MHI receiving the order jointly with COMEX NUCLEAIRE (CxN)(3), its alliance partner in the French nuclear power market.

France has tightened its regulatory requirements for nuclear power plants, and MHI's successful delivery of replacement steam generators that meet these regulations attests to the high regard placed in MHI's technological expertise, product quality, reliability, and ability to comply with France's standards.

As a leading company in PWR plants, MHI will continue to focus on the nuclear power markets in France and other countries, while contributing to the safety and reliability of nuclear power market around the world.

(1) Low-alloy steel is steel with not more than 5% alloying element. Steam generators are pressure resistant vessels made with strong low-alloy steel (manganese, molybdenum, and nickel steel).
(2) TT690 is a state-of-the-art nickel, chromium, and iron alloy, specially heat-treated for enhanced corrosion resistance. It is the main material in the steam generator's heat transfer tubes, offering superior corrosion resistance under high temperatures and pressures.
(3) CxN, a subsidiary of ONET TECHNOLOGIES, is headquartered in Marseille, and provides specialized after-sales service and maintenance for nuclear power plant facilities. MHI has been collaborating with CxN since 2002.

About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), headquartered in Tokyo, is one of the world's leading industrial firms with 80,000 group employees and annual consolidated revenues of around 38 billion U.S. dollars. For more than 130 years, the company has channeled big thinking into innovative and integrated solutions that move the world forward. MHI owns a unique business portfolio covering land, sea, sky and even space. MHI delivers innovative and integrated solutions across a wide range of industries from commercial aviation and transportation to power plants and gas turbines, and from machinery and infrastructure to integrated defense and space systems.
For more information, please visit the MHI Group website: http://www.mhi-global.com.
For Technology, Trends and Tangents, visit MHI's new online media SPECTRA: http://spectra.mhi.com.

Contact:
Joseph Hood, PR Manager
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Email: mhi-pr@mhi.co.jp
Tel: +81-(0)3-6716-2168
Fax: +81-(0)3-6716-5860

Cigna's new Brand Campaign highlights the value of health insurance through a child's perspective

- Highlighting the value of health insurance through a child's perspective
- Cigna HealthFirst Elite Medical Plan provides solutions and support throughout life's journey

HONG KONG, May 25, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - Cigna has recently launched its 2017 Brand Campaign in Hong Kong to raise brand awareness and reinforce Cigna's mission of improving people's health, well-being and sense of security. Themed 'That's how health insurance should be', the campaign challenges common perceptions about what health insurance can deliver and demonstrates how Cigna can provide additional value above and beyond paying medical bills through a child's perspective.

Featuring spontaneous reactions of children when asked what they would do if their parents became ill, the integrated marketing campaign runs on a variety of channels with video advertisements on digital and social media platforms, TV and MTR in-train screens. Tailored messages are communicated through digital and social media channels to maximize target audience reach, while the TV and MTR advertisements magnify the messages to raise awareness among the mass public.

"As revealed by Cigna's 2017 360 Well-being Survey, people in Hong Kong are increasingly concerned about their health and well-being. As an active health and well-being partner, we are dedicated to providing health protection to address people's needs throughout their life journeys," said Mr. Austin Marsh, CEO and Country Manager, Cigna Hong Kong. "Our brand campaign echoes what Cigna stands for - that we are together with our customers all the way. We believe that health insurance is about providing health solutions and support to meet people's healthcare needs and help improve their overall well-being."

According to the Survey, the top health concerns for people in Hong Kong are cancer, heart disease and chronic illness. The campaign's video advertisements highlight the corresponding features that the new Cigna HealthFirst Elite Medical Plan1 can provide for these diseases showcasing how Cigna's products are designed to ensure customers receive comprehensive care - from staying well, obtaining access to healthcare and medical support to recovery from illness. These product features include:

- Cancer - providing first-in-market2 'Premium Waiver due to Cancer' that frees customers from premium payments for up to six months.
- Heart disease - fully covering outpatient expenses for up to 120 pre-admission and post-hospitalization follow-up clinic visits per policy year, which is the highest number in Hong Kong2.
- Stroke - providing rehabilitation benefit of HK$300,000 per policy year.

"At Cigna we put our customers at the heart of everything we do. The new Cigna HealthFirst Elite Medical Plan is innovative and offers comprehensive benefits and services that meet customer's personal needs. We believe it is a solution that can provide prevention, protection and rehabilitation support to enhance the overall health and well-being of our customers," concluded Mr. Marsh.

The video advertisements are also available on Cigna Hong Kong's YouTube page. Please click the links below to view:

- 30-second TVC with English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKmCs8PbOI
- 15-second online video - Cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcRZhOftXn4
- 15-second online video - Stroke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAR8an9IWk
- 15-second online video - Heart disease
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuWizZ4n9ZQ

Note:
1. The above mentioned benefits are subject to terms and conditions. Please refer to the product brochure for more details.
2. The comparison was made for the same category of medical products among major insurance companies in Hong Kong in January 2017.

About Cigna Corporation
Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America and Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioural health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products including group life, accident and disability insurance. Cigna maintains sales capability in over 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has more than 95 million customer relationships throughout the world.

About Cigna Hong Kong
Since its presence in Hong Kong in 1933, Cigna has been offering insurance solutions at the right place and the right time, providing advice to customers throughout the different stages of their life journeys. Cigna delivers comprehensive health and wellness solutions to employers, employees and individual customers. Leveraging an extensive global healthcare network, Cigna provides group medical benefits that are suitable for international companies with a worldwide workforce, but also tailors cost-effective plans for local small and medium-sized enterprises that fit specific needs of the company and its employees. For individual customers, Cigna offers a full suite of health insurance products that caters for consumers' diverse needs.

For more details, please visit www.cigna.com.hk.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Cigna Worldwide Life Insurance Co. Ltd. & Cigna Worldwide General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Brenda Ngo
Email: brenda.ngo@cigna.com
Tel: (+852) 2539 9138

Strategic Financial Relations Limited
Courtney Ngai / James Fung
Email: courtney.ngai@sprg.com.hk / james.fung@sprg.com.hk
Tel: (+852) 2114 4952 / (+852) 2114 4956

Share Price Fixed at HK$0.68 per share

HONG KONG, May 25, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - VBG International Holdings Limited ("VBG International" or "the Company"), one of the leading financial services providers in Hong Kong, today announced its share offering allotment results. The shares offered under the placing were over-subscribed and the public offer also recorded over-subscription by approximately 12 times. The share price has been fixed at HK$0.68 per share.

In order to achieve an open market and an adequate spread of Shareholders, the Board has resolved to reallocate all the Offer Shares initially offered under the Placing, namely 115,470,000 Shares, to the Public Offer for subscription by the public in Hong Kong.

Based on the final share price of HK$0.68 per share, the net proceeds from the issue of the new shares pursuant to the placing will be approximately HK$68.1 million and intend to be applied as follows:

Use of Proceeds / Approximate
- Expand placing and underwriting business / 66.8%
- Enhance and strengthen financial advisory business / 9.4%
- Expand network internationally and across the PRC / 20.6%
- General working capital / 3.2%

Ms. Letty Wan, Chairperson and Executive Director of VBG International, said, "We are pleased with the subscription results, which demonstrate the confidence of investors in our business and prospects. The listing of our shares on the Growth Enterprise Market ("GEM") Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "SEHK") is a significant milestone for VBG International, providing us with strong impetus. Looking forward, the Company will continue to capitalize on the competitive advantages to realize opportunities for expansion and dedicate efforts to deliver satisfactory returns to our shareholders."

Trading of VBG International's shares is expected to commence on the GEM of SEHK on 26 May 2017 (Friday) under the stock code of 8365. The Share will be traded in board lots of 5,000 Shares each.

Dakin Capital Limited is the Sole Sponsor of the Share Offer, whereas Dakin Securities Limited and Ping An Securities Limited are the Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers.

About VBG International Holdings Limited
VBG International, as one of the leading financial services providers in Hong Kong, offers a wide range of professional services, covering (i) corporate finance advisory services (including sponsorship, compliance advisory, financial advisory and independent financial advisory); (ii) placing and underwriting services; and (iii) business consulting services. By offering a broad range of services to different segments of customers, the Company is able to expand the overall business. VBG International provides financial services to its customers and is committed to core values in (i) earning its customers' trust by delivering professional services, advice and solutions in their best interest; (ii) working in partnership with them with integrity and treating each other with respect; and (iii) maintaining a high quality environment that attracts, retains and develops the best people. For details, please refer to its company website: http://www.vbg-group.com/.

Media Inquiries:
One PR Limited
Tel: +852 2592 8121
Email: inquiry@onepr.com.hk

Yuzhou Properties ranked 36th in "2017 Best 50 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Strongest Comprehensive Strengths"

Yuzhou Properties ranked 2nd in "2017 Best 5 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Business Performances"

Mr. Li Wei, Deputy Vice President of Yuzhou Properties(Right) Accepted the Award on Behalf of the Group

HONG KONG, May 26, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - One of China's top 40 real estate enterprises, Yuzhou Properties Company Limited ("Yuzhou Properties" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries referred to as the "Group"; stock code: 01628.HK), is pleased to announce that "2017 China Real Estate Listed Companies Evaluation Results Conference and Listed Real Estate Enterprises Summit" was held in Hong Kong. The Summit was organized by China Real Estate Association and China Real Estate Appraisal. Yuzhou Properties once again ranked the 36th in "2017 Best 50 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Strongest Comprehensive Strengths" and the 2nd in "2017 Best 5 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Business Performances".

2017 China Real Estate Listed Companies Evaluation ranks the enterprises' comprehensive strengths based on the seven major aspects, including company scale, risk management, profitability, growth potential, operating performance, innovation ability and social responsibility respectively. The announcement of the results helps listed companies to understand their strengths and positions within the industry, provides enterprise information with reference value to the government, banks, financial institutions and customers, and enhances public awareness of well-performed listed companies. With its excellent strengths and prudent business model, Yuzhou Properties is highly recognized in the industry and the ranking in "2017 Best 5 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Best Business Performances" rose from the third of last year to the second in 2017.

In 2016, Yuzhou Properties' contracted sales, total revenue and profit reached new highs. The Group overfulfilled the upward-adjusted contracted sales target of 2016, and achieved a year-on-year growth of 65.54% to reach RMB23,205,730,000. Total revenue increased by 31.77% year-on-year to RMB13,671,830,000. Gross profit increased by 33.69% year-on-year to RMB4,958,910,000, with a gross margin of 36.27%, which was leading in the industry. In 2017, the Group maintained last year's favorable growth momentum. Its contracted sales for the first four months reached RMB14 billion, realizing nearly 50% of the annual sales target of RMB30 billion. For the land reserves, the Group has successfully acquired 6 premium land plots in Tongan District of Xiamen, High-tech Zone in Wujiang District of Suzhou; Xia Bei Cun of Zhangzhou, Longwen District of Zhangzhou, and Jinnan District of Tianjin, representing an increase in land reserves of 461,000 sq.m..

The honor, the second place of "2017 Best 5 China Real Estate Listed Companies with Business Performances", demonstrated the outstanding performance of Yuzhou Properties in terms of operation management and strategic orientation. Adhering to the strategic concept of "Region-focused Dedication to Outperform Domestic Peers", the Group has fully formed a nationwide strategic layout covering the five major areas, namely Yangtze River Delta, Bohai Rim Region, Pearl River Delta, Central China and West Straits Zone, and has established the strategic target of reaching the scale of RMB100 billion by 2020. In 2016, Yuzhou Properties moved its headquarter to Shanghai, and the "Yuzhou Properties Shanghai Branding Event and Yuzhou Noble Mansion Launch Ceremony" was successfully held in April this year, demonstrating that the Group has taken an essential step in evolving from a regional leading enterprise to a national leader.

With the supports of outstanding operating performance and sound financial performance, Yuzhou Properties not only has received recognition from investors, but also has been favored by the major investment institutions. More than 10 insitutions including BOCI, CIMB, Citi, ABCI, CMBl, Credit Suisse and Industrial Securities ranked Yuzhou Properties as "Outperform" or "Buy", among which, Huatai raised the target price of Yuzhou Properties to HKD4.1, and upgraded its ratings to "Buy".

About Yuzhou Properties Company Limited (01628.HK)
Yuzhou Properties Company Limited is a national property developer, which is based in Shanghai and continuously expands its business in eight core cities. Yuzhou Properties strives to become a leading property developer in China with a well-defined expansion strategy as Based in Yangtze River Region, Lead West Strait and Expand Nationwide Coverage.

Established in 1994, Yuzhou Properties specializes in the development of high quality residential, retail and commercial projects. As at 31 Dec 2016, the Company had 68 projects under various stages of development in Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Hefei, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan, Bengbu and Hong Kong. Sites measuring a total GFA of over 9.54 million sq. m. are under development or held for future development, Yangtze River Delta Region, West Strait Economic Zone, Bohai Rim Region and Central Region accounting of 53%, 36%, 5% and 6% respectively. Known for its outstanding product quality and diversified product portfolio, strong brand awareness and its experienced management team, Yuzhou Properties has been named "Top 100 China Real Estate Enterprises" for eleven years in a row; and Top 50 China Real Estate Enterprises from 2011 to 2017.

For more information about Yuzhou Properties, please visit the Company's website:
http://www.xmyuzhou.com.cn.

For inquiries, please contact:
Yuzhou Properties Company Limited (HKEX: 01628)
Head / Manager / Assistant Manager /
Assistant Manager of Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
Camille Xiong/ Shikai Wu/Christine Huang/Jessica Li
Tel: (852) 2508 1718
Fax: (852) 2510 0265
Email: camille.xiong@xmyuzhou.com.cn;
shikai.wu@xmyuzhou.com.cn ;
huangl3@xmyuzhou.com.cn ;
jessica.li@xmyuzhou.com.cn

Wonderful Sky Financial Group Holdings Limited (HKEX: 01260)
Iris Au Yeung/ Shirley Chong/ Mel Lai
Tel: (852) 3970 2129 / 3970 2223/ 3641 1305
Fax: (852) 2598 1588
Email: po@wsfg.hk/ yuzhou@wsfg.hk

Concept Image of the Camatte School at the Toyota Booth

Overview of the Camatte Petta

Let's Drive at the Camatte School!

TOKYO, May 26, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation will exhibit a booth at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2017, where parents and children are able to have hands-on experience in driving the Camatte concept car. The event will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 1 to 41.

Out of a desire to convey the joy and dreams of motor vehicles to the next generation and to encourage parents and children to become more familiar with cars, Toyota has been exhibiting a series of "Camatte" concept vehicles at the Tokyo Toy Show every year since 2012.

At this year's show, Toyota will establish the Camatte School. Here, children will have the opportunity to experience the process of obtaining a driving license: they will learn how to operate the steering wheel, accelerator and brake of a car, and will be able to drive a car around a course set up inside the booth2. This year will be the first time that Toyota will be establishing a booth where children can actually experience driving a car.

The car that will be driven around the Camatte School course is the "Camatte Petta,"3 the latest addition to the Camatte line-up. Magnets in various shapes and colors can be attached to the outer panels of the Camatte Petta, enabling children to decorate the vehicle according to their individual preferences.

A separate program has been established for younger children. They will learn how to operate a car in a driving simulator, then, after sitting in the "Camatte 57s" (first exhibited in 2013), they will be issued with a provisional driving license that Toyota has created.

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Concept Image of the Camatte School at the Toyota Booth

Description of the hands-on experience and procedure

The Camatte School-a driving school for children
1) Children will learn how to operate the steering wheel, accelerator and brake in a driving simulator
2) Children will be able to choose from five design patterns to decorate the outer panels of the car
3) Children will be able to decorate the Camatte Petta in their own unique style by sticking each of the items in their chosen pattern onto the car
4) Children will then be able to drive the car they have decorated around the driving course which will be set up in the booth
5) After driving, children will receive a driving license issued by Toyota which is complete with their photograph

Overview of the Camatte Petta
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Reference: Overview of the Camatte series to date

Toyota exhibited the first Camatte vehicle in 2012. The first Camatte Sora could be driven by children, who could also customize its colors and style using easily removable and installable body panels. In 2013, Toyota debuted the Camatte 57s, whose exterior body consisted of 57 detachable small panels that could be assembled like a puzzle. Then, in 2014, Toyota displayed the Camatte Lab, which allowed children to display pictures they had drawn on the hood of the car while getting an up-close look at the inner workings of the car throughout the entire booth. In 2015, Toyota exhibited Camatte Hajime along with Camatte Vision, which employed AR4 in order to enable children to enjoy a simulated experience of driving through town in a car specified to their liking. The Camatte Capsule, a trailer with a customizable interior space, was exhibited in 2016.

(1) Buyer's days: June 1-2; Public days: June 3-4
(2) Requirements for driving the Camatte Petta: children must be at least 130 cm tall. Booth staff will evaluate whether a child is capable of driving the Camatte Petta based on their ability to operate the steering wheel, accelerator and brake while using the driving simulator.
(3) The name Camatte is based on the Japanese word for caring, and is meant to signify "caring for others" and "caring for cars."
The name "Petta" was chosen out of a desire to enable children to touch and become more familiar with cars in an easy manner. Petta is taken from the Japanese words "pettanko" ("squashed"), like the charming front design of the car, and "petta petta" (an onomatopoeic phrase meaning "to stick"), since various magnets can be stuck to the vehicle.
(4) Augmented Reality is technology that displays virtual information in addition to real world imagery.

About Toyota

Supported by people around the world, Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE: TM), has endeavored since its establishment in 1937 to serve society by creating better products. As of the end of December 2013, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 52 overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries and regions. Toyota's vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions. For more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.

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Toyota Motor Corporation
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