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Infinix and Pininfarina Announce Strategic Design Partnership to Elevate the Future of Premium Smartphones

Collaboration Previews the Upcoming Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra designed by Pininfarina

HONG KONG, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, during the Business of Design Week 2025, Infinix announced a landmark strategic partnership with Pininfarina, the iconic Italian design house with a 95-year legacy of shaping some of the world’s most celebrated automobiles, as well as groundbreaking products across sectors such as luxury lifestyle, architecture and yachting. This collaboration marks the beginning of a new flagship design series, with the Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra set to become the first smartphone to emerge from this alliance.

A photo captured at Business of Design Week 2025 shows a Pininfarina representative unveiling the new design partnership to the public.
A photo captured at Business of Design Week 2025 shows a Pininfarina representative unveiling the new design partnership to the public.

From the legendary curves of the Ferrari Testarossa to the iconic silhouette of the Alfa Romeo Spider, every creation bearing the Pininfarina badge has stood as a masterpiece of Italian design and innovation since 1930. Now Pininfarina brings its heritage and lifestyle – steeped in elegance and performance – to a smartphone. The upcoming “Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra design by Pininfarina”, marks a milestone not only for the studio but for the industry.

Infinix joins the collaboration at a moment of extraordinary global momentum, with shipments and market share soaring. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Infinix achieved the largest quarter-on-quarter shipment increase in Southeast Asia in Q2 2025. By uniting Pininfarina’s iconic design philosophy with Infinix’s drive for technological innovation, the alliance aims to set a new benchmark for premium smartphone craftsmanship and introduce high-end, design-driven experiences to a global audience.

“As we collaborate with leading partners across different fields, we are steadily advancing Infinix’s journey toward premiumization,” said Tony Zhao, CEO of Infinix. “Our work with Pininfarina is an important step in strengthening the design foundation of our future products, beginning with the NOTE 60 Series. This partnership reinforces our commitment to deepening investment in high-end design and establishing a new aesthetic benchmark for future flagship products.”

Fabio Calorio, Senior Vice President of Brand at Pininfarina, said: “Partnering with Infinix on this project has been a great opportunity both to express Pininfarina’s legacy of Italian design excellence into the realm of technology and to apply our principles, based on the combination of beauty and performance, in order to make a lasting impact on the user experience. For nearly a century, our brand has shaped new ways of living, been synonymous with purity, timeless design, and emotion in form — values that perfectly align with Infinix’s vision of innovation.”

A teaser poster featuring the Infinix × Pininfarina collaboration, hinting at the upcoming co-designed flagship device, the Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra.
A teaser poster featuring the Infinix × Pininfarina collaboration, hinting at the upcoming co-designed flagship device, the Infinix NOTE 60 Ultra.

As Infinix and Pininfarina are gearing up to usher in a new era of premium mobile design, full details on the device’s design philosophy, features, and availability will be announced in the coming days.  

About Infinix

Established in 2013, Infinix is an innovation-driven brand dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology, bold design, and outstanding performance. The brand provides smart, enjoyable mobile experiences that enhance everyday life. Beyond smartphones, Infinix has expanded its portfolio to include TWS earbuds, smartwatches, laptops, tablets, smart TVs, and more—building a comprehensive ecosystem of smart devices. Currently, Infinix products are available in over 70 countries and regions worldwide, including Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

For more information, please visit: http://www.infinixmobility.com/

About Pininfarina

A global icon of Italian style, Pininfarina is recognised for its unparalleled ability to create timeless beauty through its values of elegance, purity, and innovation. Founded in 1930, Pininfarina has evolved from an artisan concern to an international service Group, supreme expression of automotive styling and an established reality in industrial and experience design, architecture, nautical and mobility beyond automotive. A group employing 500 people, offices in Italy, Germany, China, and the United States and listed on the Stock Exchange since 1986. Over the course of nine decades Pininfarina has designed more than 1450 automotive and mobility projects and more than 750 product and architecture projects, receiving more than 90 international design awards in past 10 years.

 

AI Is Mainstream, But Document Infrastructure Is Failing to Keep Up, Apryse Global Survey Reveals

New global survey reveals 64.5% of enterprises have AI in production, yet only 38.1% rate their document data as “excellent,” exposing a critical gap in AI readiness.

DENVER, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Apryse, the document-to-data foundation powering intelligent automation, today released findings from its global survey on AI adoption and document infrastructure. The results reveal a striking paradox: while AI has gone mainstream, most enterprises are still struggling with the document data governance needed to scale it.

Traditional data shared between documents tends to be messy, inconsistent, and hard for AI to interpret. While humans can manually vet the data, this is unsustainable for most companies. Without intelligent pre-processing, these documents remain unstructured, making automation and accurate insights increasingly challenging. 

The September 2025 survey of 465 organizations across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand uncovered key insights: 

  • 64.5% of organizations already run AI in production; largely for enhancing operational efficiency (63%), improving the customer experience (51%), and making data-driven decisions (41%). 
  • 76.6% store between 25–75% of their data in documents, yet only 38.1% rate that data as “excellent” for AI use.
  • 67.3% say keeping document processing in-house is “extremely important.” 54% cite data security concerns as the top barrier to scaling AI, and 49% cite data quality. 
  • 82.8% plan to invest in document automation within the next 12 months—but nearly half lack confidence in their current pipelines.
  • 62.8% experience document quality issues “occasionally” or “frequently.” 

“AI is no longer experimental, it’s operational,” said Andrew Varley, CPO, Apryse. “But enterprises are discovering that the infrastructure behind it, especially around document data quality, hasn’t evolved fast enough. Surging data growth without governance, a lack of visibility into what content already exists, and fragmented tooling are now the biggest barriers to intelligent processing at scale.”

Asia-Pacific Quietly Leads in AI Maturity

While North America leads in AI deployment (77.7%), Australia and New Zealand quietly outpaced the West in infrastructure maturity. These respondents reported the highest adoption of generative and predictive AI, hybrid cloud usage, and OCR technologies, signaling a global shift in innovation.

“Oceania is outpacing the West in several key areas of AI infrastructure,” added Varley. “The region has been an early-adopter of data residency rules and regulatory mandates, pushing organizations to embrace hybrid cloud and advanced document processing. With highly-regulated industries like healthcare, government, and financial services dominating the market in Oceania, this urgency has created a solid model for accurate document-to-data workflows.”

From Chaos to Context: The Need for Structured Document Data

The survey also highlights a growing demand for tools that go beyond digitization. Organizations need solutions that extract meaning and structure from documents, not just text. When asked about the most critical capabilities in document automation, respondents ranked:

  • Table/form recognition (59.6%) to solve the problem of understanding layout and relationships in documents like invoices, contracts, and forms.
  • Developer-friendly SDKs to lower technical barriers to automated document workflows. 
  • Metadata tagging to enable context-aware data classification for compliance, searchability, and governance, reducing risk and improving AI accuracy.

Apryse’s embeddable SDKs and intelligent pre-processing technologies are built to meet this demand. By transforming unstructured documents into structured, AI-ready data, Apryse enables scalable and intelligent processing without compromising information sovereignty. To read the full report, visit apryse.com.

About Apryse

Apryse delivers enterprise-grade document processing technology, including SDKs, prebuilt components, and end-user applications that let organizations generate, convert, view, edit, and sign documents securely within their own apps and infrastructure. Trusted by startups, governments, and global enterprises, Apryse powers high-fidelity document workflows across industries. 

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NYSE Content Advisory: Pre-Market Update + SEC Chair Atkins Encourages IPOs in NYSE Speech

NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

 

NYSE Content Advisory: Pre-Market Update + SEC Chair Atkins Encourages IPOs in NYSE Speech

Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on December 3rd

  • Equities aim to extend Tuesday’s gains as traders anticipate Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, with majority of the market expecting a 0.25% reduction at next week’s final meeting of the year.
  • Forecasts point to a faster pace of rate cuts under a new Fed chair, with Kevin Hassett increasingly viewed as Donald Trump’s choice to succeed Jerome Powell.
  • Economists expect the ADP report to show 40,000 private-sector jobs added last month. Meanwhile, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins outlined plans to ease IPO rules for smaller firms and depoliticize shareholder meetings.

Opening Bell
Franklin Templeton Holdings Trust celebrates their active municipal bond ETFs

Closing Bell
Helios Technologies (NYSE: HLIO) celebrates the company’s 55th anniversary of founding

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FORLAND Accelerates Global Expansion with Innovation and Strategic Growth

BEIJING, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — According to chinatrucks.org, China’s commercial vehicle industry is stepping onto the global stage, and FORLAND is leading the way. As one of the country’s top commercial vehicle brands, FORLAND is expanding rapidly overseas, showcasing technological innovation and strategic growth at the FORLAND Global Partners Conference 2026 in November, 2025.


FORLAND Lineup Debuts with New Logo

Driven by national strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s dual circulation policy, and global efforts toward carbon neutrality, Chinese commercial vehicle exports have surged in recent years, creating strong demand in international markets. In the first half of 2025,China’s new energy commercial vehicle exports grew 230% year-on-year, reflecting strong global demand. The market is moving from small pilot projects to large-scale adoption, with Chinese brands now entering a stage of fully integrated international operations. Success requires more than competitive pricing; companies must navigate regulations, build brand recognition, and localize operations.

FORLAND provides a clear example of international success. The company has evolved from early product exports to establishing overseas headquarters, and now operates a fully localized ecosystem encompassing R&D, production, service, and finance. Liu Xuguang, Vice President of FOTON Motor & President of FORLAND Motor, said at the conference: “Through rapid growth, FORLAND now serves 6.8 million users worldwide and has become a leading global commercial vehicle company.”

Global competition has shifted from individual products to complete ecosystem capabilities. FORLAND emphasizes collaborative innovation, relocating its R&D, spare parts, finance, and manufacturing capabilities closer to local markets, and exploring full-lifecycle ecosystem models, including connected vehicles, financial solutions, and energy/recharging platforms, co-building operational platforms with local partners. The company has also developed three technology paths: electric, hybrid, and hydrogen, and promotes L2+ driver-assistance systems, alongside its L4 smart driving platform, F10. At the conference, 62 models were showcased and the global factory opened for partners, highlighting the company’s technological and manufacturing capabilities.

New models demonstrate practical innovation: the L7 automatic truck integrates smart driving and fuel-saving technologies, developed from millions of kilometers of real-world data. The U7 series features VICU cross-domain control and a skateboard chassis, offering flexibility across diverse markets. This approach combines global demand insights with local technical adaptation, ensuring vehicles meet the needs of different regions.

FORLAND is expanding product lines, developing autonomous and intelligent driving technologies, and planning heavy-duty trucks. Through its ecosystem strategy, partners are co-creators in global operations, supporting product development, local adaptation, and service networks. This strategy moves the company from exporting products to establishing a recognizable international brand.

FORLAND aims to reach 150 countries and regions by 2030, with 10 million users worldwide and $40 billion in revenue. Its approach highlights three trends for Chinese commercial vehicles going global: shifting from price competition to value creation, moving from single-point success to system-wide operations, and building brand recognition through local engagement.

With innovation, localized operations, and strategic partnerships, alignment with national strategies, FORLAND is setting a benchmark for Chinese commercial vehicles competing on the global stage, as highlighted by chinatrucks.org.

2025 Understanding China Conference: Hainan FTP to Deepen China’s Opening-up and Set New Benchmark of Global Cooperation

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On December 2, the Bay Area Dialogue Forum themed “Development of the Hainan Free Trade Port and New Growth Space for International Trade” was successfully held during the 2025 Understanding China Conference. The experts engaged in discussions centering on the rule‑of‑law safeguards for the Hainan FTP, new regional development opportunities arising from its construction, and priority directions and sectors for foreign investment utilization.

2025 Understanding China Conference: Hainan FTP to Deepen China’s Opening-up and Set New Benchmark of Global Cooperation
2025 Understanding China Conference: Hainan FTP to Deepen China’s Opening-up and Set New Benchmark of Global Cooperation

The event gathered former senior foreign officials who closely followed China’s development, as well as leaders, well-known experts and scholars from relevant fields in China, including Huang Qifan, executive deputy director of the Academic Committee of the National Innovation and Development Strategy Research Association and former mayor of Chongqing; Ong Tee Keat, former Malaysian Minister of Transport and president of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Caucus for Asia Pacific; Sun Dahai, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial People’s Congress; Antony Leung, Chairman of Hong Kong Nan Fung Group and former Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR; Feng Bowen, President of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce; Vaughn Barber, chair of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce and more.

Hainan FTP has a strategic mandate to pilot institutional innovation, drive industrial upgrading, and support national priorities. Its policy incentives and strategic location can inject fresh momentum into China’s high‑quality growth and position Hainan as a vital hub linking China to global trade networks and a model for regional integration and cooperation with Global South countries.

Participants emphasized that Hainan’s future development should be led by institutionalized openness and focus on emerging sectors such as services trade, digital trade, and the green economy. By coordinating with the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area and deepening ties with Belt and Road countries and Global South nations, Hainan is to build a multi‑tiered, multidimensional opening framework; adopt international best practices to improve the business environment and reduce hidden costs; attract top global talent and capital; and establish a modern industrial system led by producer/business services and supported by advanced manufacturing.

Guests also expressed their expectations for Hainan to take the implementation of customs-bonded (“sealed-port”) operations as an opportunity to build a benchmark of global free trade ports, contributing to China’s modernization and the transformation of the global governance landscape.

Emerald Clinical Appoints Luke Gill as Vice President, Global Head of Oncology, Medical & Scientific Affairs

Accomplished biotech and CRO leader brings 25+ years of global oncology drug development and operational excellence to propel Emerald’s continued growth.

SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Emerald Clinical Trials, a leading global clinical research organization (CRO), today announced the appointment of Luke Gill, MSc, MBA, as Vice President, Global Head of Oncology, Medical & Scientific Affairs. This appointment underscores Emerald’s continued investment in advancing oncology innovation and delivering high-performing, science-driven clinical programs worldwide.

Luke brings more than 25 years of international experience in oncology drug development, clinical operations, and strategic partnership management across the biotech and CRO sectors. He has led global oncology programs from first-in-human and translational research through pivotal Phase III trials and regulatory submissions, driving operational excellence and scientific rigor throughout the process.

Before joining Emerald, Luke held senior executive roles at leading CROs, overseeing multi-regional oncology portfolios and strategic alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotech partners across the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. He holds an MSc in Neuro and Molecular Pharmacology and an MBA, uniting deep scientific expertise with business and operational leadership.

“Luke’s appointment marks a pivotal step in Emerald’s growth strategy as we expand our oncology capabilities and global footprint,” said Glenn Kerkhof, Chief Executive Officer, Emerald Clinical Trials. “His proven ability to integrate scientific insight with operational excellence will strengthen our partnerships and accelerate delivery for biotech and pharma clients worldwide.”

At Emerald, Luke will lead the continued expansion of the company’s global oncology portfolio, working closely with clinical, medical, regulatory, and business development teams to drive cohesive, high-impact program execution.

“I’m excited to join Emerald at such an inflection point in its journey,” said Luke Gill. “We share a commitment to advancing innovative oncology therapies with agility, integrity, and precision to deliver meaningful progress to patients and partners worldwide.”

About Emerald Clinical Trials
Emerald Clinical Trials is a leading clinical research organization operating worldwide that serves over 100 biotechs, and 6 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Singapore and driven by operational expertise and scientific excellence, the company provides comprehensive clinical trial services to clients globally, offering solutions across all trial phases. For more information, visit www.emeraldclinical.com.

Global HR Agent G-P Gia™ Now Available on SAP® Store

G-P Gia is the first-of-its-kind agentic AI for global HR compliance delivering instant, expert-vetted guidance and legally compliant document generation to customers.

BOSTON, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — REMOTE FIRST COMPANY — G-P (Globalization Partners), recognized as the undisputed leader in global employment by industry analysts, today announced that its global HR agent, G-P Gia, is now available on the SAP® Store, the online marketplace for SAP and partner offerings. G-P Gia integrates with SAP SuccessFactors® and delivers instant, expert-vetted guidance and legally compliant document generation to customers. G-P Gia’s agent-to-agent integration with SAP Joule streamlines complex global HR tasks, giving SAP customers direct access to G-P’s vast employment expertise.

“The integration of G-P Gia with SAP brings a new level of intelligence, automation and compliance to global HR,” said Lori McNally, senior vice president, partners, G-P. “Combining G-P’s more than a decade of global HR expertise with cutting-edge agentic AI, G-P Gia works within SAP SuccessFactors and Joule to give customers real-time guidance, streamlined workflows and confidence in global HR decisions. Together G-P and SAP make it easier for organizations to scale globally and operate with confidence.”

G-P Gia is the first-of-its-kind agentic AI for global HR compliance. It is designed to be HR’s trusted partner, providing guidance on the toughest employment questions and creating contracts and handbooks and more in 50 countries and 50 U.S. states.

G-P Gia provides results employers can rely on. It is backed by G-P’s decade plus of global employment expertise and 100,000+ G-P Verified Sources, curated and reviewed by G-P’s legal and HR experts to ensure accuracy and compliance with employment regulations.

SAP Store, found at store.sap.com, delivers a simplified and connected digital customer experience for finding, trying, buying and renewing more than 2,300 solutions from SAP and its partners. There, customers can find the SAP solutions and SAP-validated solutions they need to grow their business. And for each purchase made through SAP Store, SAP will plant a tree.

G-P is a partner in the SAP PartnerEdge® program. The SAP PartnerEdge program provides the enablement tools, benefits and support to facilitate building high-quality, disruptive applications focused on specific business needs – quickly and cost-effectively.

About G-P
G-P (Globalization Partners) is the recognized leader in global employment, ranked No. 1 in every industry analyst report. G-P’s global employment platform delivers everything companies of all sizes need to manage the full employee lifecycle with its trusted Global HR Agent, G-P Gia, and AI-powered Employer of Record (EOR) and Contractor products. G-P supports teams in 180+ countries with more than a decade of global employment experience, the largest team of in-country HR, legal, and compliance experts, and its unmatched proprietary knowledge base.

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Fashion Leaders to convene in Copenhagen with the ambition to Build Resilient Futures

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has revealed the theme for Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2026: `Building Resilient Futures’. Under the esteemed patronage of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, the leading forum for sustainability in fashion will take place on 6 – 7 May at the iconic Copenhagen Concert Hall, with pre-Summit events commencing on 5 May. Throughout the event, fashion’s most influential figures will focus on forging the infrastructure of a future that is durable, restorative, and fair. Registration is now open.

The sustainability movement in fashion has faced extraordinary challenges. Supply chains have been disrupted, especially in key sourcing countries like Bangladesh, Turkey and Vietnam, green ambitions questioned, and cultural narratives reshaped. Last year marked the first time global average temperatures exceeded the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement. The industry’s collective capacity to withstand and adapt has been profoundly tested. The Summit theme, ‘Building Resilient Futures’, recognises this moment as both a reckoning and a renewal. It challenges the global fashion community to carefully consider where they will fall on the resilience spectrum: rigid and resistant to change or agile and actively adapting to it.

Across the industry, emerging circularity networks, material innovation, evolving policy frameworks, new financing mechanisms, and data driven accountability are becoming essential building blocks of resilience. The 2026 Summit will examine how these enablers can reinforce long term social, environmental, and economic stability.

Global Fashion Summit will highlight how resilience can be strengthened through collaboration. The programme will focus not only on navigating upheaval, but on using it as a catalyst for greater strength, creativity, and impact – featuring curated content across five stages offering expanded perspectives and session formats. 

The Innovation Forum will showcase a curated selection of solutions spanning the value chain – from pioneering materials to advanced end-of-use processes. Summit attendees can connect with solution providers and participate in the Matchmaking Programme, which enables tailored, one-on-one meetings to help accelerate sustainability strategies through targeted partnerships.

Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda, says: “Building resilient futures means embracing a plurality of perspectives. There is no single roadmap, only context specific pathways that must collectively lead towards a just and regenerative fashion system. Whether you are a policymaker, designer, manufacturer, innovator, investor, or changemaker, your role in shaping the future of this ecosystem matters. I encourage all attendees to choose a word that captures the future they are striving to build and bring that perspective into the Summit content.”

Registration is now open for Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2026. Ticket options include: Regular (€755 – 1080 based on company size + VAT), Premium (€1295 – 1620 based on company size + VAT), Student and NGO (€450 + VAT), and Online (€420 + VAT).

A limited number of 15% off Launch Release tickets are available until early December, or until sold out. After this period, ticket prices will rise in line with the next release phase.

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