November 1, 2021

Huawei’s Petal Search Sets Roots in MEA, Climbs to Top 2 Mobile Search Engines in the Region

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A year since its inception in 2020, Petal Search – a Huawei-developed intelligent mobile search engine that comes pre-installed on the brand’s new smartphones – has achieved phenomenal success in the MEA region. According to Statcounter’s metrics, Petal Search currently ranks among the top 2 mobile search engines used in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, and is within the top 3 mobile search engines in South Africa, the UAE, Tunisia, and Pakistan. The mobile search engine has achieved stunning growth in key operating countries – its market share has doubled in six countries within MEA, including Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia.

Having set roots in the region, Petal Search continues to expand its reach, crossing new milestones thanks to the support of users.

Going Glocal: Huawei constantly innovates to meet region’s needs

Recognising that user satisfaction is at the heart of its success, Petal Search is constantly innovating to cater to its customers in the MEA region by delivering services tailor-made for their convenience.

Huawei takes the country specific constraints faced by consumers into consideration when devising new features for Petal Search to make browsing the easy, intuitive experience it’s meant to be. In Asia and Africa, users face the pain points of high traffic fees and low network transmission speed.

In particular, transferring files such as music, pictures, and videos over networks tend to consume a large amount of traffic, leading to strong demand for free-of-traffic transmission by users in these localities. Noting this, Petal Search introduced stream free transmission with the launch of Huawei’s Nova 8, a move which soon paid off in terms of substantial user activity improvement.

Additionally, Petal Search includes handy, user-oriented functions like One-stop download & share scenes, where consumers can download and quick-share their favourite apps via the search engine.

Petal Search goes global by going local

Petal Search aims to expand globally by being, foremost, a local mobile search engine, customised to the unique climate and culture of each country, as it has done within the MEA region.

Petal Search features Localised News Content Searches, as well as Automatic Push Scenarios (APS), in Central and Eastern Africa, allowing users to catch up on the hottest sporting events like the Olympic Games to track momentous national achievements, such as South Africa winning its first medal in Tokyo, the latest local news, and essential Covid-19 notifications.

Beyond those updates, the APS in Central and Eastern Africa Countries provides information on holiday celebrations, travel news, and more. Avid shoppers will be thrilled to find that sales are included in the APS – with Petal Search, they’ll never have to fear missing out on the best bargains. Sports fans can also rejoice, as notifications regarding events such as cricket and football matches will be delivered promptly to them with the APS.

Furthermore, the mobile search engine is constantly working on improving its nifty Home Page Customisation, which offers consumers the option of customising their icons with local sites in their countries in the icon customization module on the home page.

Petal Search is committed to ensuring the safety and health of users

With its cutting-edge technology, Petal Search strives to protect customers. Its APS offers detailed updates on Covid-19 in users’ locations within the MEA region, including new cases, vaccinations, and possible new waves of transmission, allowing users to take the necessary steps to safeguard themselves and those around them.

Petal Search’s APS keeps users cool – quite literally, with its local high-temperature weather notifications. In Kuwait, when temperatures run high during heatwaves, these reminders are activated to inform users of temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius.

When the temperature looks set to increase beyond this point within 24 hours, Petal Search’s automatically sends out a copy of a push notification, alerting anyone planning to head outside, or people who are already out and about to pay attention to the heat. A maximum of one copy of this notification can be sent every day to keep the temperature warning pertinent, without being intrusive.

Petal Search continues to flourish

By putting the user first and designing innovations tailored to the specific needs of consumers, Huawei’s Petal Search has successfully set roots in the MEA region, achieving spectacular results a year after its 2020 launch.

Petal Search’s user-focused innovations in overseas markets has boosted its popularity rapidly, allowing the search engine to record ground-breaking growth. With smart technology combined with local partnerships, Petal Search continues its trajectory towards the goal of being a global mobile search engine by going local in MEA.

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November 1, 2021

‫دهانات الجزيرة تصبح أول شركة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا تُقدم الدهانات المعتمدة لمنع الحرائق

الرياض، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 1 شهر نوفمبر 2021 /PRNewswire/ — تفتخر شركة دهانات الجزيرة (Jazeera Paints)، الشركة الرئيسية المصنعة للدهانات في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا بأن تقدم لكم دهانات عالية الجودة ومانعة للحرائق FIREDAMP W3 ومعتمدة على أنها (Clean Air Gold) بشهادة من شركة أنترتك وضمان شركة متعددة الجنسيات وتفتيش واختبار المنتج وشهادة اعتماد الشركة، والتي تعترف بالجودة العالية لدهان FIREDAMP W3 ومحافظتها على البيئة باعتبارها أول دهانات معتمدة ومانعة للحريق في أسواق الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا.

Jazeera Paints Becomes the First Company in MENA to Offer Certified Fire-proofing Paints

وتعد الدهانات المانعة للحرائق نوع من الدهانات التي تساعد على منع انتشار الحرائق والحد من تأثيرها على المباني. تنشأ أهمية الدهانات المانعة للحرائق من أمن المبنى وسلامته. ويشرح هاني سرايا، مدير مبيعات المشاريع في شركة دهانات الجزيرة، “عندما يحدث حريق. ينتفخ الدهان بسبب التعرض للحرارة، ويُنشأ طبقة واقية، تتسع هذه الطبقة بسبب الغازات المنطلقة من النيران، ثم تعمل كحاجز يقمع الغاز في الداخل، ويمنع الحرارة العالية الناجمة من النيران من الوصول إلى السطح، ويساعد على منع انهيار المبنى”.

يمتلئ السوق بأنواع مختلفة من منتجات الدهان المانعة للحرائق معتمدًا على المبنى والسطح. ومع ذلك، تمتلك شركة دهانات الجزيرة مستحضرات موثوقة من الدهانات المانعة للحرائق التي تشمل مجموعة واسعة من المباني والأسطح مثل الحديد والخشب والجبس وما إلى ذلك وأضاف سرايا قائلًا “تفتخر شركة دهانات الجزيرة بتقديمها دهان Firedamp W3 لعملائنا كأول دهان معتمد لمنع الحرائق، مما يثبت التزامنا بالوفاء على الصعيد الإقليمي بسعر معقول وبأعلى جودة”.

كما تقدم شركة دهانات الجزيرة قائمة بالمنتجات المانعة للحرائق والأفضل أداء لكل نوع من أنواع السطوح. استُخدم العديد من هذه المنتجات في مجموعة من المشاريع الضخمة في جميع أنحاء المملكة العربية السعودية. وتشمل هذه المنتجات Firedamp 263، وهو دهان مانع للحرائق يستخدم على أسطح الحديد، مثل الأعمدة والعوارض؛ وFirewood 150، وهو أحد أفضل الدهانات المانعة للحرائق للأسطح الخشبية بسبب جودته في قمع الحرارة من الانتشار وحماية المواد الخشبية من الانهيار؛ وFIRETECH، وهو دهان مانع للحرائق يستخدم على أسطح الجبس.

ويوصي بقوة جميع الخبراء باستخدام المنتجات المانعة للحرائق للحد من الأثر المدمر لحوادث الحرائق. ربما تجد المنتجات المانعة للحرائق متاحة للطلب على الموقع الرسمي لشركة دهانات الجزيرة https://jazeerapaints.com إلى جانب الخبراء لمساعدتكم في اختيار الدهان.

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نبذة عن شركة دهانات الجزيرة

تأسست الشركة في الرياض، في المملكة العربية السعودية في عام 1979، وأصبحت شركة دهانات الجزيرة هي الشركة الرائدة في تصنيع الدهانات في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي (GCC) ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، وتميزت بسمعة راسخة في تصنيع وتصدير الدهانات عالية الجودة والصديقة للبيئة.

وهي شركة رائدة في صناعة الدهانات كما أنها أول شركة صانعة تطلق المنتجات الخضراء “Green Products” التي تفي بمتطلبات الريادة في تصميمات الطاقة والبيئة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا.

تسعى دهانات الجزيرة إلى رفع مستوى الجودة والتقدم في صناعة الدهانات في المنطقة من خلال أكاديمية دهانات الجزيرة. في عام 2012، أصبحت الأكاديمية أول مؤسسة تقدم تدريبًا متخصصًا في صناعة الدهانات وتطبيقاته في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا ككل.

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November 1, 2021

Petal Search Empowers Businesses to Flourish

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A year after its launch, Huawei’s intelligent mobile search engine Petal Search has seen a remarkable market share expansion and is committed to helping businesses flourish alongside its progress. At the annual Huawei Developer Conference 2021 (HDC 2021), Huawei announced a host of fresh Petal Search capabilities that enterprises and developers, can draw on. From fresh entrants on the scene to established players, Petal Search offers ground-breaking tools to meet the needs of businesses aspiring to grow.

Petal Search forges strategic partnerships to give businesses a boost

By collaborating with Petal Search, businesses will be able to leverage on the mobile search engine’s ecosystem and technological openness to achieve their desired business strategies and goals.

Petal Search’s growth trajectory has been impressive, and shows no signs of slowing down. As of September this year, the mobile search engine has recorded an increase of 32 million monthly active users. Additionally, Petal Search is one of the major mobile search engines in most regions – and its sizeable user base translates into a wide audience for each of Petal Search’s partners.

Petal Search 2.0 delivers a vast array of tools to help its global partners efficiently distribute content, including the Petal Merchant Center, Petal Travel Center and Business Connect, which provide tailor-made services custom fitted for each business’s unique needs and challenges. Petal Merchant Center provides merchants tools to list their products and deliver commercial promotion to gain visibility, Petal Travel Center caters to the tourism and hospitality sector, and Business Connect to e-commerce retailers and entity sellers.

Empowering partners with next-generation capabilities

Petal Search also opens up its suite of tools to businesses and developers via Search Kit, enabling partners to quickly provide optimal mobile app search experience. The Search Kit comes equipped with multiple smart functions, such as Visual Search, Voice Search, OCR Translation, Text to Speech, Shopping Search, Hotel Search, and more, giving users access to Academic Knowledge, Entity Linking, and Knowledge Graphs.

The kit also comes with a whole suite of solutions such as Autosuggest, News, Video, Web, Shopping, Hotel search and more, allow businesses the flexibility to reach out to relevant audiences based on their customisable needs.

As one of the 69-class kits of HMS Core 6 with over 21,738 API distributions, the Search Kit enriches apps with its search capabilities, enabling businesses and developers’ offerings soar to new heights.

Enhance sales performances with Petal Merchant Center

Designed to support e-commerce innovation, Petal Merchant Center is a one-stop online product launch and management platform which allows retailers to configure how products on their websites will show up in Petal Search’s results, affording businesses greater autonomy to coordinate product information to realise their business potential and unlock boundless opportunities associated with mobile shopping to bolster their sales performances.

For its e-commerce partners, Petal Search has a great deal of commercial solutions at their disposal, with functions such as intelligent on-site recommendation to improve product recommendations on merchant sites via Petal Search’s AI recommendation service, and the Smart Assistant, an intelligent AI guide to enhance user interaction on retail websites.

Fly high with Petal Travel Center

The mobile search engine’s Petal Travel Center, a dedicated portal for travel, gives users end-to-end support throughout their entire journey, from planning their flights to picking a hotel.

Aiming to bring even more features to its commercial partners, Petal Travel Center was specially formulated for online travel agents (OTA) and channel manager（CM）. The simplified portal enables partners to manage their travel trade platforms, products, and product statuses. For businesses looking to examine their productivity in day-to-day operations, additional performance and click-through tracking is also available on the Petal Travel Center.

Thanks to its search optimisation, Petal Travel Center makes information about flights, hotels and tourist attractions in a city readily available at users’ fingertips. Hotels, specifically, can manage information, lists, pricing and landing pages to optimise touch points and increase traffic and engagement. The Hotel Search function recommends hotel brands to users, and takes them to official sites of the brands, giving prospective customers easy access to these brands. Hoteliers can leverage on PTC to upload hotel feed data and gain organic search traffic within the vast HMS ecosystem. Moreover, additional performance reporting is available for enhanced accuracy of business results tracking.

With over 2 million hotel listings currently hosted globally, Petal Travel Center has seen success amongst its partners.

Move ahead of the game with Business Connect

Dedicated to local enterprises, Business Connect allows business owners to create or claim their businesses on Petal Search, verify their businesses via email or phone to safeguard against unauthorised changes, post engaging promotional information, including photos and videos, to attract a broad customer base, as well as add working hours, contact information, photos, and available services for the benefit of customers. Currently, over 6,000 businesses use the portal to reach out to millions of users.

With multiple display options for diverse categories of local businesses, from restaurants to attractions, and premium slots for local ads, as well as content management, account management and business analysis features, Petal Search’s Business Connect helps entrepreneurs stand out from the crowd.

Petal Search offers thriving possibilities

Petal Search’s myriad of versatile, intelligent features offers vibrant opportunities for businesses looking to enhance their productivity, from aspiring self-starters to established brands aiming to go global. Bringing the latest tech advancements to the table, Huawei’s search engine works hard and smart for its audience of 730 million global device users across over 170 countries, creating value for partners and users alike.

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November 1, 2021

‫المنطقة النموذجية لمنظمة شانغهاي للتعاون في جياوتشو بمدينة تشينغداو تستقبل أول صندوق باستثمار أجنبي لتعزيز انفتاح الرأسمال

تشينغداو ، الصين, 1 نوفمبر / تشرين ثاني 2021 /PRNewswire/ — في منتدى التعاون المالي وتنمية سوق الرأسمال بين الصين ودول منظمة شانغهاي للتعاون لعام 2021، والذي عُقد في مدينة جياوتشو التابعة لمدينة تشينغداو الصينية في 28 أكتوبر، استقبلت المنطقة النموذجية للتعاون الاقتصادي والتجاري المحلي لمنظمة شانغهاي للتعاون في جياوتشو، التوقيع على اتفاقية لتنفيذ أول صندوق باستثمار أجنبي. يكون هذا الصندوق في برنامج الشريك المحلي المحدود المؤهل (QDLP)، ويسمح لجمع رأسمال رنمينبي من المستثمرين المحليين واستثمار هذا الرأسمال في السوق الخارجية، ويغطي نطاق الاستثمار صناديق الاكتتاب العام وصناديق التحوط وصناديق أسهم الملكية الخاصة وغيرها من مختلف أنواع من الصناديق، مما يفيد لتحقيق توزيع الأصول العابر الحدود. باعتبارها مدينة تجريبية لبرنامج الشريك المحلي المحدود المؤهل، بلغت الحصة المحددة التجريبية لمدينة تشينغداو ثلاثة مليارات دولار أمريكي.

ستدير المنطقة النموذجية لمنظمة شانغهاي للتعاون هذا الصندوق الأول من نوعه بالتعاون مع شركة إدارة صناديق الملكية الخاصة للاستثمار في الطاقة بين الصين وروسيا. وعلى هامش المنتدى، تم توقيع اتفاقية تعاونية بين المنطقة النموذجية لمنظمة شانغهاي للتعاون ومركز آستانا المالي الدولي في كازاخستان وCICCكابيتال وغيرهما من مؤسسات صينية وأجنبية لإدارة الرأسمال، لتيسير قنوات استيراد وتصدير الرأسمال وتعزيز انفتاح الرأسمال.

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November 1, 2021

‫خارج الصّندوق: أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات تتغلب على أزمة سلاسل التوريد

الدّوحة، قطر – 1 نوفمبر 2021: تترك الأزمة العالمية الحالية في سلاسل التوريد أثرها على مشاريع البنى التحتية في جميع أنحاء العالم. وبناء على ذلك: فقد بحثت شركة أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات، بصفتها أكبر شركة مقاولات في قطر، استخدام بعض البدائل لتطوير المشاريع لعملائها وتسليمها بأعلى جودة ممكنة، على الرغم من النقص العالمي في الحاويات وارتفاع تكاليف الشحن.

وفي هذا الصدد، قال أيمن رباطة، رئيس قسم اللوجستيات الداخلية بشركة باور انترناشيونال القابضة: “ارتأينا استخدام ناقلات البضائع عوضًا عن استخدام الطرق التقليدية للشحن عبر الحاويات. إذ تُستخدم ناقلات البضائع عادة لشحن الحبوب والبضائع غير المعبأة في صناديق، وذلك لضمان استمرار مشاريعنا دون أيّ اضطرابات”.

وبالتالي، فقد أتاحت هذه الطريقة في شحن المواد لشركة أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات فرصة إيصال مواد البناء الأساسية إلى قطر لإكمال مشاريعها في الوقت المُحدد. وأضاف رباطة قائلًا: “رغم أن قطر استثمرت في البنى التحتية وفي تطوير قدرات الشحن، إلا أنه لم يكن من المتوقع حدوث أزمة الشحن البحري الحالية. دَفعَنا ارتفاع أسعار الحاويات وتوافر مساحاتها للخروج عن التفكير بالطريقة التقليدية وإيجاد حلولٍ مبتكرة، لنتمكّن من تسليم مشاريعنا للعملاء في الوقت المتفق عليه”.

أصبح توفير الحاويات والسفن لنقل المواد معضلة عالمية متفاقمة تواجه الشركات حول العالم. وكان التحدي أمام أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات في أن تشحن أكثر من 95,000 متر مكعب من مواد البناء المخطط أن تستخدمها في مشاريع إسكانها الضخمة، حيث عادة ما تتطلب ألواح الجدران الخرسانية مسبقة الصب (EPS Cement Sandwich) مساحة أكثر من 1400 حاوية.

Hamad Port 2 كان توجه أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات لاستخدام ناقلات البضائع السائبة بدلًا من الحاويات، وذلك لتتمكن من الالتزام بالخطط الزمنية الموضوعة للمشاريع. ونظرا إلى هشاشة المواد التي قد تكون معرضة لخطر الانكسار إذا ما تصادمت فيما بينها في أعالي البحار، طلبت أورباكون فصل منصات التحميل بالخشب والمطاط لتمتص الصدمات، وبالفعل، تم تقليص عدد المنصات التي تعرضت للضرر.

وتجدر الإشارة أن شركة أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات تعمل تحت مظلة مجموعة باور انترناشيونال القابضة، إلى جانب شركات أخرى مثل شركة الألبان القطرية “بلدنا”، حيث واجهت مثل هذه التحديات من قبل، عُرفت بشحن لـ 4000 بقرة إلى قطر جوًا عام 2017.

من جانبه قال محمد صبري، الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة أورباكون القابضة: ” نبذل قصار جهدنا باستمرار في أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات للتنبؤ بالأزمات التي قد تتعرض لها سلاسل التوريد، وعندما لا يكون الحل الفوري متاحًا، نجد حلولًا أخرى تتلاءم مع حاجاتنا وحاجات عملائنا، مما يساعدنا على الالتزام بتسليم مشاريعنا في الوقت المحدد، ولا يمكننا تحقيق ذلك إلا إذا كانت عملياتنا اللوجستية ناجحة وفعّالة”.

جديرٌ بالذكر أن شركة أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات تعمل تحت مظلة مجموعة باور انترناشيونال القابضة، إلى جانب شركات أخرى مثل شركة الألبان القطرية “بلدنا”، حيث واجهت مثل هذه التحديات من قبل، عُرفت بشحن لـ 4000 بقرة إلى قطر جوًا عام 2017.

نبذة عن أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات

شركة أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات (UCC) هي شركة مقاولات عالمية تتخذ من قطر مقرًا لها، وهي شركة بناء رائدة حاصلة على رخصة من الصنف أ. ويتولى فريق من المهنيين المدربين، الذي يكبر باستمرار، قيادة انجازاتنا المذهلة في مجال البناء في قطر. وحققت أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات منذ تأسيسها أرباحًا مستدامة من خلال مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع محلية والعالمية. وتعتبر أورباكون للتجارة والمقاولات اليوم واحدة من أفضل شركات البناء والمقاولات في العالم العربي، حيث احتلت المرتبة 132 بين أفضل المقاولين العالميين بحسب مجلة “سجل أخبار الهندسة” المرموقة.

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November 1, 2021

Open Society Foundations Call for Release of Wrongfully Imprisoned Kavala

New York, Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations join today with thousands of voices inside and outside Turkey, calling on the Turkish government to comply with the rule of law and end the imprisonment of Osman Kavala, the philanthropist and businessman who today marks his fourth year behind bars.

“The continued prosecution of this case shines a spotlight on the erosion of the rule of law in Turkey,” said Open Society Foundations President Mark Malloch-Brown. “Kavala has now spent more than 1,400 days in prison, even though he has never been convicted of a crime and top European and Turkish courts have ruled he should be freed.”

“The prosecution of this case is not about the law,” Malloch-Brown added. “It is an effort to silence independent voices like Kavala’s within Turkey.”

Kavala was originally arrested in 2017. He remains behind bars even though the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2019 that he should be freed, citing the lack of evidence against him. Kavala was subsequently acquitted by a top Turkish court in 2020, and then immediately rearrested on additional bogus charges.

Before his arrest, Kavala ran a local foundation he had established to support the arts, culture, and human rights. He also served on the boards of a number of organizations including Open Society’s now-closed Turkish foundation. President Erdogan’s campaign of slander against Kavala has included distorting and misrepresenting his entirely open and legitimate contacts with Open Society and its founder George Soros.

“We call for justice to prevail and an end to the cruel imprisonment of Osman Kavala, who for decades has fought for basic, fundamental rights for all,” Malloch-Brown said.

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November 1, 2021

NetJets Celebrates One Year of Global Sustainability Program Launch

The World’s Largest Private Aviation Company Announces Latest Sustainability Metrics and Enters Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market in Europe

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NetJets, the leader in private aviation with more than 760 aircraft worldwide, today celebrates the first anniversary of its Global Sustainability Program by sharing a progress update and highlights of the last year:

Earlier this year, NetJets invested in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through a deal with WasteFuel, which includes an offtake of 100 million gallons of SAF over the next decade.
NetJets saw a 71% increase in Blue Skies® enrollment, which encourages Owners worldwide to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their flight by seamlessly purchasing the equivalent amount of carbon credits to ensure their flight activity is carbon neutral.
In July, NetJets Europe (NJE) became the first customer to purchase Air bp’s sustainable aviation fuel, marking NJE’s entry into the SAF space.

The following global metrics outline the results of these and other collective sustainability efforts over the last year:

Over 751,000 gallons of SAF uplifted
2.5 million nautical miles flown with SAF
Approximately $100,000 in CO2 offset by NetJets admin and training flights

“The last year has seen some really exciting advancements for NetJets in our sustainability efforts,” said Brad Ferrell, Executive Vice President of Administrative Services. “We’re energized to see our peers in the private and commercial sectors making sustainability commitments of their own. In the years to come, NetJets looks forward to being at the forefront of sustainable aviation fuel and other initiatives that will keep our industry at the cutting-edge.”

A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, NetJets aligns its Global Sustainability Program with the holding company’s commitment to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. To follow NetJets’ sustainability progress, visit https://www.netjets.com/en-us/sustainability.

About NetJets

Beginning as the first private jet charter and management company, NetJets® has led the industry for 55+ years. Then in 1986, they revolutionized it with the concept of shared ownership and proceeded to build the largest, most diverse private jet fleet in the world. Today, NetJets is proud to be a Berkshire Hathaway company known for its unwavering commitment to safety, service, and unmatched global access. NetJets’ industry-leading scale and business model offer NetJets and its Owners dependable financial sustainability unlike any other in the industry. For these reasons and many more, NetJets will continue to be the favored choice of the world’s most discerning travelers for generations to come. For more information about the world’s most reliable and trusted aviation company, please visit netjets.com.

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November 1, 2021

HEC Waqar Mahmood: Accelerating Digitalization and Creating New Value in Education

DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021) commenced today in Dubai. The theme of this year’s conference is “Extend Connectivity, Drive Growth.” Waqar Mahmood, CTO of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, spoke about HEC’s active explorations during the digital transformation of the education industry in his keynote speech “Accelerating Digitalization and Creating New Value in Education.”

Waqar Mahmood, CTO of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, spoke about HEC's active explorations during the digital transformation of the education industry in his keynote speech "Accelerating Digitalization and Creating New Value in Education" at the 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021) in Dubai.

Waqar Mahmood first outlined HEC’s objectives and strategies. He pointed out that the existing higher education information system faces three challenges during the education informatization reform: accelerating teaching resource sharing, addressing information silos in education applications, and providing high-quality services to achieve efficient operations.

He then stated that the deep integration between teaching activities and information technologies has become an irreversible trend in the education industry. At present, ICT technologies have penetrated seven major fields of higher education in Pakistan: Smart University, Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN), Education Cloud, Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS), Knowledge Incubation Center, EduTV and Education Consulting Service, and Capability Building Center. The education information system must have a new network architecture to improve the teaching, management, and service capabilities of higher education institutions. According to Waqar Mahmood, in order to provide a more stable ICT connectivity foundation for all-round school campus digitalization, we need an IP network foundation with the cloud-network convergence architecture, as well as an education backbone network that connects multiple clouds and networks to implement data integration and application convergence.

Waqar Mahmood also explained how a large number of higher education services — such as smart classroom, online learning, and smart campus — need to be connected to multiple clouds so that teaching resources can be efficiently shared. He went on to point out that challenges and requirements raised by education services on networks include multi-cloud collaboration, low latency, high reliability, high bandwidth and network access anytime and anywhere.

To comply with the digital transformation strategy, Pakistan’s HEC has continuously promoted the phased upgrade of smart classrooms in universities and colleges. To date, 50 universities have been covered in the first phase, and a future-oriented fully connected, fully intelligent, and multi-purpose education network with a cloud-network convergence architecture has been constructed.

On the campus side, wireline, Wi-Fi, IoT, and 5G mobile networks are streamlined, enabling teachers and students to access campus resources and the Internet anytime, anywhere.

On the WAN side, a nationwide education and research network — PERN — is built in Pakistan. The IP backbone network uses 100GE networking. By now, the network has covered 63 cities, connected to the national data center, and connected to more than 350 universities and colleges. It is estimated that by 2025, more than 50% of the more than 3000 universities will be connected to the PERN to provide multiple cloud services such as LMS and CIMS.

As the intelligence level at higher education institutions continuously improves, innovative technologies need to be introduced to provide better experience assurance capabilities for teaching, management, and services, so as to support high-quality teaching. To this end, the network hard slicing technology is introduced to PERN. It allows the network to carry multiple services — such as e-classroom, campus security, and remote desktop — while also isolating them, providing private network-level bandwidth assurance. At the protocol layer, SRv6 is introduced to enable higher education services to be quickly provisioned end to end without the need for cross-domain configuration, helping universities and colleges quickly and efficiently migrate services to clouds.

Education is the foundation for long-lasting development. Waqar Mahmood concluded his speech by saying that the rapid development of ICT technologies provides solid assurance for fair access to educational resources and high-quality education development. He added that based on the cloud-network convergence architecture, they will continue working with Huawei to promote the evolution of traditional teaching methods towards intelligent and modern education that properly leverages leading digital education concepts and innovative technologies.

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November 1, 2021

Cembrane Joins Ovivo to Propel the Growth of its Silicon Carbide Ceramic Membrane Technology

MONTREAL, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Ovivo Inc. (“Ovivo”), a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technology and systems, is pleased to announce that Cembrane A/S (“Cembrane”) has joined the Ovivo group.

Founded in 2014 and based in Lynge, Denmark, Cembrane produces a unique patented Silicon Carbide (“SiC”) flat sheet membrane used by water & wastewater treatment OEM & system integrators worldwide for a wide variety of applications in drinking water and wastewater within both the municipal and industrial markets. Cembrane’s SiC membrane technology is integrated into more than 450 installations in 65 countries and is a perfect complement to Ovivo’s process and system expertise. Ovivo has worked with many types of membranes in the past, but after several years of testing, installing and operating over 50 installations with Cembrane SiC membranes, Ovivo has designated Cembrane SiC membranes as its preferred membrane technology in the future.

Water is a finite resource that needs to be treated, recovered and reused as much as possible. Membranes play a key role in treating water to the highest quality and allowing us to clean and protect this precious resource. In comparison to conventional membranes that can experience operational challenges when stressed, Cembrane SiC technology is very resilient, as the silicon carbide’s natural properties effortlessly attract water while repelling foulants. This results in extremely high sustainable fluxes and the ability to operate reliably with high solids and oils, as well as under other difficult conditions that polymeric membranes struggle with. Silicon carbide is also one of the hardest materials in the world and is able to withstand the broadest range of temperatures, pH, chemicals, and pressures. SiC membranes have achieved a new level of performance in some of the most demanding water and wastewater treatment applications.

The partnership between Cembrane and Ovivo started in September 2018 when Ovivo signed an exclusive licensing agreement and took a minority participation in Cembrane. Since then, Ovivo has successfully integrated Cembrane’s SiC membranes into many of its solutions. The integration of Cembrane within the Ovivo group will not only enhance growth in Ovivo’s existing markets, but it will also create opportunities with new solutions that are aligned to its customers’ need for durability, highest performance and sustainability. As part of Ovivo, Cembrane will operate under its own brand name and will continue to be led by Lasse Andreassen, as Chief Executive Officer of Cembrane.

“We are delighted to welcome Cembrane and its employees as part of the Ovivo family after successfully partnering with them for several years,” says Marc Barbeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ovivo. “Our mission is to provide sustainable and efficient water treatment solutions to our customers through expertise and innovation, and the SiC membrane technology developed by Cembrane is the perfect product to deliver sustainable and innovative value added solutions to our customers” concluded M. Barbeau.

“Ovivo is a world leader in water and wastewater treatment with whom we developed a very close and strong relationship over the years. I think that it is the perfect sponsor with a strategic and global reach to support the long-term success and development of Cembrane and its employees,” said Lasse Andreassen, Chief Executive Officer and former main shareholder of Cembrane.

Come and meet Cembrane at stand 05.475C at Aquatech, between November 2^nd and 5^th, 2021, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

About Ovivo Inc.

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets, and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable.

Ovivo operates an integrated global platform in 15 countries, and employs more than 1,000 worldwide experts in water treatment. Ovivo is owned by German SKion Water GmbH, a global technology and solution provider as well as plant manufacturer, in both municipal and industrial water and wastewater technology. SKion Water is a subsidiary of German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten’s investment holding SKion GmbH. For more information, visit our website at www.ovivowater.com.

For more information about Cembrane, visit www.cembrane.com.

Pierre-Marc Sarrazin, Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasury, Tel.: 514 284-7208, pierre-marc.sarrazin@ovivowater.com

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