The annual list highlights the world’s most promising innovations tackling climate change and features an exclusive essay from Bill Gates on why climate tech investment matters now more than ever.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MIT Technology Review released today its 2025 list of 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch, highlighting the startups and established businesses working to decarbonize transportation, industry, energy, and more. Published exclusively at www.technologyreview.com/climatetech2025, this package features in-depth profiles on the companies making meaningful strides against climate change as well as an exclusive essay from Bill Gates on why investing in climate technology is more important than ever before.

The 2025 honorees were chosen through a rigorous selection process. Our editors and reporters gathered nominations, consulted academics, investors, and industry experts, and debated each nominee before narrowing the field to just 10. Companies were chosen for their ability to cut emissions, build resilience, and demonstrate staying power in shifting policy and market conditions.

Now in its third year, the 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list reveals which companies are tackling climate change and how, from creating cleaner energy sources to reimagining food production. These global companies represent advancements across a wide range of industries that are at the forefront of shaping a more sustainable future.

This year’s honorees are also stepping up to one of today’s growing challenges, the rise in AI energy demands. Several companies are creating breakthrough carbon-free solutions including geothermal innovator Fervo Energy, nuclear startup Kairos Power, and Redwood Materials, with their new microgrid business.

As Bill Gates emphasizes in his exclusive essay accompanying the list, “we need a lot more innovation on every front – from discovery to deployment – before we can hope to reach our ultimate goal of net-zero emissions.”

The list has no shortage of innovation and reveals that the future is being built now. To read every company profile from the 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list and gain access to all the accompanying stories, become an MIT Technology Review subscriber today at www.technologyreview.com/subscribe.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Beetles Gel Polish, the go-to nail art brand for manicures at home, is rolling out its biggest promotion of the year exclusively for Fall Prime Day 2025: Beetles Fall Nail Fest — Best Fall Nails. Best Prime Day. 

The sale features discounts of up to 50% on select Beetles Gel Polish’ bestselling nail art sets, running October 1–12, 2025, with peak savings on October 7–8. Shop at Best Value: Beetles Amazon Store.

• Early access (Oct 1–6): up to 30% off
• Prime Day peak (Oct 7–8): up to 50% off + $2.99/$3.99 flash buys + “Buy One Get One”
• Last call & final grab (Oct 9–12): up to 30% off

Beetles Gel Polish is known for its of-the-moment shades, each inspired by either the season or the latest fashion trend. With countless autumn outings and the festive holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving ahead, Fall is the perfect time to refresh nail supplies.

Biggest Savings of the Year

• Beetles Color Enchantment 55 Colors Starter Kit with UV Light ($26.99 – down from $32.99)

This 80-piece gel nail polish set offers classic shades that can be pulled off all year round, with more than enough bottles to last all 12 months. It includes 55 gel polish shades, base coat, top coats in no-wipe, matte, and glitter finish, a professional UV lamp, and 20 pieces of nail tools.

Designed as a beginner-friendly starter kit, it provides all essentials plus stickers for easy French tips. With proper application, the gel polish lasts up to 28 days without chipping or fading. 

• Beetles Mystic Wonderland 36 Colors Gel Polish Set ($20.99 – down from $29.99)

This set includes 36 trendy gel colors, a no-wipe base coat, matte and glossy top coats, a holographic glitter top coat, and several nail tools. Featuring the most unique range of hues, including jelly, green, blue, orange, and red, this kit is a great choice for holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions. 

• Beetles Cozy Campfire 20 Colors Gel Polish Set ($19.99 – down from $25.99)

Curated with 20 autumn-ready shades in solid and glitter finishes, this set also includes a base coat, plus top coats for glossy and matte options. Packaged in a seasonal gift box, this Cozy Campfire set offers a warm palette perfect for a snug night out and doubles as a ready-to-give present. Whether it’s a holiday, birthday, or anniversary, saving users the struggle of handpicking suitable shades. 

• Beetles Nail Nook 100 Colors Gel Polish Set ($59.99 – down from $115.99)

This set includes 100 gel polish shades, allowing users to create their own nail nook at home and enjoy DIY nail art anytime. With a generous 50% off, each bottle costs less than $0.50. The kit also comes with essential base and top gels, plus a glitter top coat for extra sparkle.

•  Beetles Scream On Halloween Limited Box ($118.99 – down from $139.99)

This limited set — an item on fans’ wish lists — is finally on sale. With Halloween just around the corner, this is the last chance to snag it at a discount.

Limited-Time Only

Delivering safe and trendy gel nail polishes, Beetles Gel Polish is offering nail art enthusiasts a limited-time chance to shop exclusive deals during Fall Prime Day.

Shop now at the Beetles Amazon Store.

About Beetles Gel Polish

Founded in 2017 in the U.S., Beetles Gel Polish has been dedicated to empowering beauty enthusiasts of all ages to embrace boldness and express their personality. Beetles Gel Polish grow together with their community, inspiring confidence and joy, while encouraging self-expression through nail art.

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Autonomous forklifts retrofit existing warehouses with no infrastructure changes, delivering ROI in under one year

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Riibotics, a deep-tech robotics innovator, today announced it will showcase its groundbreaking “brownfield robotic forklift” solutions at RoboBusiness 2025, taking place October 15–16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The company’s technology is designed to automate material handling in existing warehouses and factories—without requiring costly or disruptive infrastructure upgrades.

Defining a New Category: Brownfield Robotics

Riibotics is pioneering a new category of automation it calls “brownfield robotics.” Unlike “greenfield” automation, which requires new robot-ready facilities, Riibotics’ solutions retrofit into legacy environments. Leveraging advanced AI and perception, Riibotics forklifts navigate autonomously through unstructured and dynamic spaces, handling materials that are randomly placed or unorganized.

“Most industrial facilities can’t afford to rebuild their operations for automation,” said Seungmin Baek, CEO of Riibotics. “We designed brownfield robotics to meet that reality. Our autonomous forklifts adapt to existing facilities, seamlessly integrating human and robotic workflows while unlocking productivity gains that were previously out of reach.”

Proven in Real-World Operations

Riibotics has already validated its approach through a commercial project with a Tier 1 automotive supplier. In a congested, human-shared environment, Riibotics forklifts transported materials from the production line to the warehouse—without requiring magnetic tapes, QR codes, or other infrastructure. Using advanced perception, the system autonomously detected randomly placed materials, located empty storage slots, and completed fully hands-off material handling. The project delivered a payback period of less than one year, and the customer is now expanding deployment after seeing safe, efficient collaboration between humans and robots.

Strategic Push into the U.S. Market

RoboBusiness marks the start of Riibotics’ strategic expansion into the U.S. The company has already confirmed appearances at major supply chain and logistics events in early 2026, including RILA LINK, Manifest, and Modex. Riibotics is initially targeting intralogistics applications such as pallet transport, trailer loading/unloading, and cross-docking, and is seeking U.S. partners to accelerate adoption.

About Riibotics

Riibotics is a deep-tech robotics company developing full-stack autonomous robotic forklift technology to enhance productivity and safety in complex industrial environments. The company is backed by the Deep-tech TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startups) grant and has earned top honors at major startup competitions, including Try Everything and the KDB Startup Program.

Company brings all asset management businesses together under one pillar

Sun Life

TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sun Life today announced the appointment of Tom Murphy as President, Sun Life Asset Management as it continues to accelerate growth across its global asset management businesses.

“Sun Life is a leading global asset manager, and this new role and structure will bring all of Sun Life’s asset management businesses together under one pillar. Sun Life Asset Management will also build new capabilities to better drive synergies between our asset management and insurance businesses,” said Kevin Strain, President & CEO, Sun Life.

In addition to MFS, a global provider of equity and fixed income solutions, and SLC Management, a global provider of alternative assets and fixed income, Sun Life Asset Management will include Sun Life’s stake in Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management, one of the largest asset management businesses in India, as well as Sun Life’s pension risk transfer business, currently part of Sun Life’s Canadian business. Together these businesses generated over CAD $1.4 billion in earnings for Sun Life in 2024.

“Sun Life is among the largest asset managers and insurance companies in the world, with CAD $1.54 trillion in assets under management,” added Mr. Strain. “Tom’s leadership and the additional businesses now within our asset management pillar mark an important next step for Sun Life, enabling collaboration and co-creation between our market leading asset management companies and our global insurance and wealth businesses to unlock new growth opportunities and to better serve our Clients.”  

Effective January 1, 2026, Sun Life’s asset management financial results will reflect this new structure. This change will further highlight Sun Life’s enterprise-wide asset management capabilities and growth aspirations.

While Sun Life Asset Management will accelerate growth opportunities across its global enterprise, each of its asset management companies will continue to operate under their existing brand names with no impact to their governance structures, leadership teams, or investment philosophy.

“The depth and breadth of our global asset management capabilities is truly impressive,” said Mr. Murphy. “Sun Life has an enviable range of public and private asset classes including equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, and private credit. We intend to unlock further growth opportunities between our asset management, insurance and wealth businesses by accelerating the distribution of our asset management solutions through Sun Life’s proprietary wealth channels, developing new strategic partnerships, leveraging our global balance sheet, and seeking new sources of permanent capital to drive revenue growth, enhance scale and provide access to seed capital.”

Mr. Murphy has more than 25 years of global asset management experience. He joined SLC Management in 2018, where he most recently held the role of President of SLC Fixed Income before being appointed Sun Life Chief Risk Officer in 2022. Before joining SLC Management, Mr. Murphy spent 20 years at Mercer where he built and led the company’s investment management businesses in Europe and led Mercer’s North American Investments, Retirement and Benefit Administration businesses. Mr. Murphy will remain Sun Life’s Chief Risk Officer until a successor is named to ensure a smooth transition.

About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of June 30, 2025, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.54 trillion. For more information, please visit www.sunlife.com.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.

About MFS
In 1924, MFS launched the US’ first open-end mutual fund to give everyday investors access to the markets. More than 100 years later, we are a full-service global investment manager serving financial advisors, intermediaries and institutional clients around the world. Tested and refined across market environments, our active investing approach combines collective expertise, long-term discipline and thoughtful risk management to create value responsibly for clients. Supported by our culture of shared values and collaboration, our teams of diverse thinkers actively debate ideas and assess material risks to uncover what we believe are the best investment opportunities in the public markets. As of August 30, 2025, MFS manages US$644.1 billion in assets on behalf of individual and institutional investors worldwide. Please visit mfs.com for more information.

About SLC Management
SLC Management is a global asset manager that offers institutional investors traditional, alternative and yield-orientated investment solutions across public and private fixed income markets, as well as global real estate equity and debt. SLC Management is the brand name for the institutional asset management business of Sun Life Financial Inc. under which the entities of Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC in the United States, and Sun Life Capital Management (Canada) Inc. in Canada operate. These entities are also referred to as SLC Fixed Income and represent the investment grade public and private fixed income strategies of SLC Management.

BGO, InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed), Crescent Capital Group (Crescent) and Advisors Asset Management (AAM) are also part of SLC Management. BGO is a leading global real estate investment management advisor and a globally recognized provider of real estate services. InfraRed is an international investment manager focused on infrastructure, managing equity capital in multiple private and listed funds, primarily for institutional investors across the globe. Crescent is a global alternative credit investment manager singularly focused on corporate credit through strategies that invest in marketable and privately originated debt securities. AAM is an independent U.S. retail distribution firm that provides a range of solutions and products to financial advisors at wirehouses, registered investment advisors and independent broker-dealers.

As of June 30, 2025, SLC Management has assets under management of C$408 billion (US$300 billion) and AAM represents an additional approximate C$13 billion (US$9 billion) in assets under administration.

For more information, please visit slcmanagement.com.

About Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited (ABSLAMC) was incorporated in the year 1994. Aditya Birla Capital Limited and Sun Life (India) AMC Investments Inc. are the promoters and major shareholders of the Company.

ABSLAMC is primarily the investment manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, a registered trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. ABSLAMC also operates multiple alternate strategies including Portfolio Management Services, Real Estate Investments and Alternative Investment Funds. ABSLAMC is one of the leading asset managers in India, servicing around 10.6 million investor folios with a pan India presence across 300+ locations and overall AUM of Rs. 4,433 billion for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 under its suite of Mutual Fund (excluding domestic FoFs), Portfolio Management Services, Alternative Investment Funds, Offshore and Real Estate offerings.

Forward Looking Statement

From time to time, the Company makes written or oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws, including the “safe harbour” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release include statements (i) relating to our strategies, growth initiatives and other business objectives; (ii) that are predictive in nature or that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions; and (iii) that include words such as “intends”, “expects”, “will” and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this news release are stated as at the date of this release, represent the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events and are not historical facts. These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve assumptions and risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Some of these assumptions and risks and uncertainties are described further in the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2024 under the heading “Forward-looking Statements”, in the risk factors set out in the Company’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2024 under the heading “Risk Factors” and in the Company’s interim management’s discussion and analysis for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 under the heading “Risk Management”, in the other factors detailed in the Company’s annual and interim financial statements and in the Company’s other filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators, which are available for review at www.sedarplus.ca and www.sec.gov, respectively. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in such forward-looking statements.

The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Note to Editors: All figures in Canadian dollar unless indicated.

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Selected among the 2025 global top startups in Singapore’s Slingshot Top 250, Saudi Arabia’s EWC 2025 Top 250, and Europe’s Sber500 Top 25, expanding an end-to-end design-to-manufacture 3D workflow

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The rise of generative AI is redefining how products are imagined, designed, and brought to life. In industries such as footwear, apparel, and accessories, brands and creators are under increasing pressure to validate ideas quickly and move them toward commercialization. Traditionally, product design has involved a long and fragmented process. A concept would start as a 2D sketch, move to 3D modeling and simulation, and finally into pattern making and production documentation. Misalignments between 2D designers and pattern makers often became evident only after physical samples were produced, resulting in lost time, higher costs, and inefficiencies. To bridge this gap, many companies are recognizing the importance of establishing a unified 3D foundation early in the design stage.

Design-to-Manufacture AI addresses this challenge by connecting design and production in a continuous workflow. RebuilderAI’s VRING:ON exemplifies this innovation. The platform enhances creativity, enables diverse design exploration, and visualizes how a product will appear in real life within two minutes as a fully generated 3D model. The resulting 3D data can be transformed into production-ready patterns and work orders or used for physical simulations to assess manufacturability. Together with VRIN 3D, which converts images and scans into precise 3D content, VRING:ON establishes an integrated pipeline that connects 3D capture, generation, validation, manufacturing simulation, and content creation into a seamless process.

RebuilderAI has also advanced its technology through real-world collaborations. The company is working with global footwear brands to generate accurate 3D data for shoe design and simulation. In the footwear industry, where the relationships between lasts, uppers, materials, and manufacturing processes are highly complex, the accuracy of 3D data directly influences commercial success. Insights gained from these partnerships show that AI is not only learning the language of design but also translating it into the language of manufacturing, delivering data that can directly drive production.

RebuilderAI’s progress has earned recognition on the global stage. The company was selected for Singapore’s Slingshot Top 250, Saudi Arabia’s Entrepreneurship World Cup 2025 Top 250, and Europe’s Sber500 Top 25. Each program evaluates innovation, market potential, and scalability, while offering exposure to global investors and enterprise partnerships. This international recognition underscores confidence in RebuilderAI’s agentic AI approach, which enables the creation of production-ready 3D designs from conceptual ideas. It also strengthens the company’s momentum as it expands its business across North America and other global markets.

RebuilderAI plans to enhance its personalized generation engine that learns designer preferences and company-specific data to deliver customized 3D creation experiences. The company is also extending its roadmap into manufacturing automation and commerce integration, unifying design review, simulation, and content production on a single data backbone. This strategy is aimed at accelerating product development and improving commercialization success by turning every creative decision into a production-aware one. A company spokesperson stated that RebuilderAI’s mission is to establish generative 3D as a technology that builds, not just visualizes, and to strengthen partnerships and customer collaborations to expand its presence in the U.S. market.

RebuilderAI has developed a generative 3D AI platform that converts photos, sketches, and text prompts into manufacturable 3D data. The company operates two complementary services. VRIN 3D provides image-based 3D scanning and generative creation, while VRING:ON delivers an end-to-end workflow that spans design, simulation, and content production. Having demonstrated efficiency and commercial value through partnerships with international brands and manufacturing partners, RebuilderAI is now actively expanding into the U.S. market and seeking collaborators interested in building custom AI solutions optimized for their internal design-to-manufacture processes.

BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the largest end-to-end digital network platform for intelligent orchestration of the supply chain, today unveiled new Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS) capabilities that drive measurable cost reductions and improved profitability. By equipping every supply chain partner with digital network platform tools that require no complex IT setup and ongoing support, companies can eliminate costly manual operations, accelerate trade partner integration through no-code configuration, and provide the real-time end-to-end supply chain data required by AI agents to operate. The result: streamlined processes that reduce expenses, improve cash flow, and strengthen profitability through enhanced supply chain operations.

The new capabilities, introduced across OPUS, Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT), Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET), Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI), and Track-and-Trace, directly target the most common cost drivers in today’s supply chains—manual processes, siloed enterprise systems, and highly-skilled knowledge workers forced to focus on preventable exceptions and redundant project work. To attack these challenges head-on, the new TraceLink capabilities deliver unified cost savings beyond what any single solution can achieve.

• OPUS: Empowers business users to quickly design and deploy no-code supply chain solutions—on a pre-configured, authenticated, and secure digital network—that make multienterprise work with trading partners easier, improving efficiency and reducing expenses from redundant, labor-intensive tasks.
• MINT: Quickly onboards and integrates companies with their end-to-end trading partner networks through no-code linking capabilities so they can quickly share commercial transactions digitally, reducing IT integration spend while improving data accuracy and process efficiency.
• POET: Enables multienterprise teams with scalable, multienterprise work management and collaboration tools to manage shared, person-to-person processes and solve problems quickly, minimizing costly delays, exceptions, and rework.
• SPI: Provides accurate, real-time visibility into serialized product movements so companies can reconcile inventory faster, reducing write-offs and protecting revenue.
• Track-and-Trace: Enables companies to follow every serialized product across the supply chain—from manufacturing to the pharmacy—ensuring compliance and avoiding expensive penalties or counterfeit-related losses.

Each OPUS solution delivers value on its own, but the greatest financial impact comes when they work in unison to attack mission-critical business challenges—linking real-time partner insights (MINT), streamlined collaboration (POET), actionable supply chain visibility (SPI), and full product traceability (Track-and-Trace). Together, within the OPUS no-code agentic orchestration environment, the combined capabilities reduce overhead, prevent revenue leakage, and protect margins, delivering predictable and sustainable profitability.

Examples of Profitability Gains in Action

• Procure-to-Pay Optimization: MINT consolidates all supplier invoices into one digital workspace, while POET automates exception handling by routing discrepancies directly to the right teams. This prevents missed early-payment discounts and frees up working capital.
• Compliance Exception Management: POET helps coordinate corrective actions across internal teams and any permissioned external supply chain partners, while MINT feeds in real-time data to support faster root-cause analysis. The result: lower compliance and operational process risk and faster, less costly issue resolution.
• Inventory Accuracy: SPI detects anomalies in real time by tracking product events, triggering corrective workflows in POET, and ensuring standardization in OPUS. This prevents expensive shortages, speeds reconciliation, and protects revenue.

What Supply Chain Leaders Are Saying
Targeting millions in savings through full procure-to-pay digitalization, Theo Rukundo, Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain and Contracting at Boston Medical Center, said in a recent interview with TraceLink:

“The performance achieved through MINT was significant for us to achieve long-term goals, which are to stay on top of our budget, contain our costs, and unlock some discounts.”

“By automating manual work, improving revenue predictability, and capturing savings at scale, these OPUS enhancements enable measurable financial gains today—while laying the foundation for tomorrow’s AI-enabled, agentically orchestrated supply chains,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink.

Scaling Supply Chain Savings and Profitability
Escalating supply chain costs—from wasteful manual work to compliance risks and inventory inaccuracies—continue to erode margins and limit financial growth. TraceLink helps companies combat these challenges with its B2N Integrate-Once™ model, linking every partner on a shared digital network to cut integration expenses, eliminate redundant and expensive processes, and target millions in cost savings. With these latest platform enhancements, companies can accelerate profitability today and create the supply chain intelligence needed to unlock AI-driven efficiencies and agentic orchestration tomorrow.

Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS)

• Smarter, Self-Service Reporting: Enables faster, easier reporting by improving how users define and configure no-code OPUS Reports and Dashboards (ORD). Teams can now slice data by partner, product, or timeframe in just a few clicks, reducing reporting costs and freeing up IT resources for higher-value work.
• Simplified Event Setup and Authoring: Streamlines how users create and manage OPUS Solution Environment (OSE) with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Users can quickly configure exceptions, like delayed shipments or purchase order mismatches, saving time, reducing errors, and avoiding costly disruptions.

Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT)

• Accelerated Supply Chain Insights: Unlocks immediate visibility into trading partner performance with predefined reports and dashboards available in the solution catalog. Teams gain instant access to critical insights like on-time delivery or invoice cycle times, reducing ad hoc reporting effort and turning insights into faster cost savings.
• Seamless Data Sharing: Improves collaboration with new download and email options, ensuring critical data reaches the right teams and partners quickly, reducing communication lags that often cause costly errors or missed discounts.

Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET)

• Faster Resolution of Supply Chain Disruptions: Speeds response to disruptions with structured but flexible workflows for manufacturing incidents, supplier issues, and change requests. For example, when a supplier quality issue is logged, POET automatically assigns tasks to the right stakeholders and tracks follow-up until resolution, minimizing the downtime and unplanned financial impact that come with supply chain disruptions.
• Real-Time Compliance Controls: Expands exception tracking with enhanced reports and dashboards, making it easier to spot risks. Compliance teams can now monitor audit findings or regulatory exceptions in real time, reducing the chance of shipment delays and the financial penalties that come with non-compliance. 

Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI)

• Improved Accuracy in Lot and Serial Tracking: Verifies product movement and reconciliation at both lot and serial number level, ensuring accuracy in high-volume manufacturing runs. This reduces write-offs and margin leakage from inventory discrepancies.
• Better Inventory Visibility: Improves supply planning capability by capturing more detailed product status information, enabling proactive adjustments to production schedules or logistics decisions that prevent expensive inventory shortages and make product available where it is needed most.

Track-and-Trace

• Expanded U.S. DSCSA Support: Adds capabilities for wholesale distributor and dispenser receiving, as well as exception use cases, with a focus on U.S. operating models to support DSCSA requirements. This gives trading partners the flexibility and preparedness to meet compliance deadlines without disrupting operations and to avoid financial penalties for non-compliance.
• Strengthened Global Compliance Capabilities: Enhances compliance coverage for National Medicines Verification System (NMVS), Russia Crypto Codes, China, Kazakhstan, and Russian Health Products with new reports, new workflow triggers for reports, and updates to APIs and connectors in response to government changes, helping companies avoid costly shipment delays and reducing the expense of manual compliance work.
• Faster Multi-Barcode Scanning: Saves time and reduces errors by allowing multiple barcodes to be scanned in one step via Smart Inventory Tracker (SIT), streamlining packaging and shipping processes, reducing labor costs, and preventing expensive scanning errors.

See How Supply Chain Leaders Achieve Lower Costs and Higher Performance
During FutureLink Barcelona this week, industry leaders will demonstrate how they are on track to save millions in costs, streamline operations, and prepare for the future of intelligent supply chain orchestration with TraceLink.

To explore the full scope of TraceLink’s platform and product innovations and see how these capabilities are driving real-world transformation, please visit www.tracelink.com.

About TraceLink
TraceLink Inc. is the largest end-to-end intelligent supply chain platform for life sciences and healthcare, enabling end-to-end orchestration by connecting more than 291,000 healthcare and life sciences entities through its B2N Integrate-Once™ network. Leading businesses trust TraceLink to deliver complete global connectivity, visibility, and traceability of healthcare products, ensuring that every patient gets the medicines they need when needed, safely and securely.

TOKYO, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today announced the launch of the SwitchBot Safety Alarm, a compact device designed to improve personal security through a combination of deterrence, notifications, and location tracking. With its compact size, it can be carried on a keychain, backpack, or handbag, providing users with everyday peace of mind.

A Multi-Layered Approach to Safety with Find My Support

The SwitchBot Safety Alarm is more than just a personal alarm. It offers an integrated safety network combining deterrence, notification, and location tracking.

At the pull of its ring, the device emits a 130dB siren, louder than a car horn, accompanied by a rapid strobe light to draw attention and discourage potential threats. For less urgent situations, a double-press can trigger a “virtual phone call”, making the user’s smartphone ring even in silent mode to subtly deter potential stalkers.

The device also connects to the SwitchBot app, sending real-time alerts to family members when activated. With Find My network support, it can be tracked globally, helping users locate belongings such as bags or quickly confirm a user’s last known location.

Designed for Everyday Use

Aside from emergencies, the Safety Alarm can also double as a flashlight. Meanwhile, it is IP65 water & dust-resistant, and is powered by replaceable button-cell batteries. When paired with a SwitchBot Hub, users can receive low-battery notifications to ensure it is always ready.

SwitchBot Ecosystem Integration

The SwitchBot Safety Alarm also integrates with SwitchBot’s broader smart home system. It can serve as an NFC key for SwitchBot locks and keypads. When brought within Bluetooth range of a hub, it can automatically send a “home arrival” notification, reassuring family members that someone has arrived home safely.

Pricing and Availability

Available in black, white, and aqua, the SwitchBot Safety Alarm is designed to be discreet, portable, and practical for everyday carry. It will be sold through the SwitchBot Official Store and Amazon stores, with an MSRP of USD 39.99 / CAD 49.99 / GBP 39.99 / EUR 39.99.

For more information, visit SwitchBot’s official website and follow SwitchBot on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Geographic Regions Americas and EMEA Reported Double-Digit Increases

MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 8.6% to $5,089.4 million in the second quarter of 2025 from the $4,685.5 million registered in the second quarter of 2024, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. The four-quarter moving average rose 10.4%, based on a comparison of the most recent four quarters to the prior four.

“The electronic design automation (EDA) industry continues to report strong year-over-year revenue growth in Q2 2025,” said Walden C. Rhines, Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report. “Product categories including Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module, Semiconductor IP, and Services reported increases, with CAE and Services showing double digit gains. Geographic regions including Americas, EMEA, and APAC reported growth in Q2, even hitting double digits in Americas and EMEA.”

The companies tracked in the EDMD report employed 72,529 people globally in Q2 2025, a 14.8% increase over the Q2 2024 headcount of 63,188 and up 12.6% compared to Q1 2025.

The quarterly EDMD report contains detailed revenue information within the following category and geographic breakdowns.

Revenue by Product and Application Category – Year-Over-Year Change

• Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) revenue increased 17.2% to $1,929 million. The four-quarter CAE moving average increased 13.5%.
• IC Physical Design and Verification revenue decreased 9.9% to $701.9 million. The four-quarter moving average for the category decreased 3.1%.
• Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module (PCB and MCM) revenue rose 7.8% to $430.5 million. The four-quarter moving average for PCB and MCM rose 8.8%.
• Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) revenue increased 8.7% to $1,826.7 million. The four-quarter SIP moving average rose 13.2%.
• Services revenue increased 11.9% to $201.2 million. The four-quarter Services moving average rose 21.3%.

Revenue by Region – Year-Over-Year Change

• The Americas, the largest reporting region by revenue, procured $2,282.4 million of electronic system design products and services in Q2 2025, a 12.2% increase. The four-quarter moving average for the Americas rose 14.1%.
• Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) procured $650.9 million of electronic system design products and services in Q2 2025, an 11.4% increase. The four-quarter moving average for EMEA grew 10.7%.
• Japan’s procurement of electronic system design products and services decreased 9.2% to $277.4 million. The four-quarter moving average for Japan increased 4.4%.
• Asia Pacific (APAC) procured $1,878.7 million of electronic system design products and services in Q2 2025, a 6.7% increase. The four-quarter moving average for APAC grew 7.2%.

About the EDMD Report
The ESD Alliance Electronic Design Market Data (formerly the Market Statistics Service) report presents Electronic Design Automation (EDA), SIP and Services industry revenue data quarterly. Both public and private companies contribute data to the report available from SEMI. Each quarterly report is published approximately three months after quarter close. EDMD report data is segmented as follows:

• Revenue by product category (CAE, IC Physical Design and Verification, SIP, PCB/MCM Layout, and Services) including numerous detailed sub-categories
• Revenue by geographic region (Americas, EMEA, Japan and APAC)
• Total employment at participating companies

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