• At K 2025, Envalior will present its latest innovations in Sustainable & High-Performance Engineering Materials, helping customers reduce time, risk, costs, and CO₂ by making applications smarter, safer, smaller,lighter, longer-lasting, and more sustainable.

• Highlighted solutions include a game-changer Pocan^® PBT grade that meets the requirements of high-voltage EV charging, as well as Stanyl^® PA46 solutions for e-motor insulators and Wear & Friction, including PFAS-free materials.

• Visitors to the booth can discover Envalior’s Services, a proven, full-spectrum service offering that helps customers validate with confidence and optimize material decisions at every stage of the development cycle.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Envalior, a global leader in Sustainable & High-Performance Engineering Materials, will make its debut at K 2025, The World’s No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, from October 8 to 15. At the Envalior booth – Hall 6, Booth B11 – visitors can discover the company’s broad portfolio of advanced material solutions organized across key market segments: Mobility, Electrical & Electronics, and Consumer Goods, alongside sections dedicated to the company’s recently launched Envalior CARES sustainability strategy and its Services offering for co-development with customers.

Envalior debuts at K 2025 in Hall 6, Booth B11, showcasing sustainable, high-performance material solutions, its new Envalior CARES strategy, and its Services offering for customers.

Envalior’s brands, including Akulon^® and Durethan^® PA6 & PA66, Pocan^® PBT, Stanyl^® PA46, Tepex^® thermoplastic composites, Xytron™ PPS, Arnitel^® TPC, ForTii^® PA4T PPA, and EcoPaXX^® PA410, will take center stage at K as part of many new and recently launched solutions for customers.

“At Envalior, we not only take pride in collaborating with our customers; we work side by side with them, supporting as appropriate with advice and also testing, simulation, validation, and co-development.  At K 2025, we are excited to showcase our latest product and application innovations, which help customers to improve performance while reducing time-to-market, operational risks, costs, and CO₂ emissions,” says Calum MacLean, CEO of Envalior.

Envalior’s key innovations on display at K 2025 include:

• A game-changing halogen-free flame-retardant Pocan^® PBT grade that combines the advantages of PBT and polyamide 6 and 66. It is ideal for connectors in ultra-fast EV charging stations with an 800-volt power supply and DC-supplied systems for AI data centers, to name just two application areas. It exhibits the strengths typical of PBT, such as high dimensional stability, low propensity for electrochemical corrosion, and excellent electrical insulation behavior at higher temperatures – while offering high levels of hydrolysis resistance, creep resistance, and elongation at break, comparable to those of polyamide 6 and 66.
• The newly expanded highly tracking-resistant Pocan^® E portfolio, enabling the creation of safer high-CTI components that meet the growing electrical and mechanical demands of E&E components in e-mobility and industrial applications. Materials in the range demonstrate outstanding tracking resistance, achieving the highest rating of 600 in the CTI A test (even in black).
• Stanyl^® PA46 to create some of the industry’s thinnest thermoplastic stator insulation for power tools, allowing for enhanced power and efficiency in electric motors without increasing their outer dimensions. A full range of Stanyl^® solutions for smaller and lighter Wear & Friction applications (gears, bearings, seals, etc.), including PFAS-freeStanyl^® grades, is also available.
• The Arnitel^® TPC product range features new thermoplastic copolyester foaming grades for shoe midsoles, improving performance and providing longer-lasting results. It offers broad compatibility with different foaming technologies, supporting application flexibility. Bio-based midsole solutions will also be on display, helping to reduce product carbon footprints.

A sustainable portfolio of bio- and/or recycled-based alternatives

With the recent launch of the Envalior CARES sustainability strategy, the company clearly demonstrates how it supports its customers in meeting their sustainability ambitions and reduces the environmental impact of its own operations. A core element is the commitment to offer an entire portfolio of bio- and/or recycled-based solutions by 2030. These will be featured at the Envalior booth, with innovative materials made from sources such as used fishing nets, cooking oil, and industrial glass fiber waste. 

These include:

• Drop-in alternatives that help to reduce the carbon footprint of products without compromising performance or requiring major process changes. For example, Envalior’s new Durethan^® ECO and Durethan^® BLUE PA6 grades for E&E applications (such as Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) or connectors) contain up to 90% ISCC PLUS-certified bio-based and recycled content by mass balance attribution.
• Durethan Blue^® PA6-based sausage casing where the PA6 is derived from ISCC PLUS-certified bio-circular feedstock (used cooking oil) and has a very low carbon footprint, and Arnitel^®TPC micro-perforated breathable film for fresh food packaging that significantly extends product shelf life.
• An all-polyamide, fully recyclable Type IV hydrogen storage tank, made with Envalior’s Durethan^® or Akulon^® PA6, combined with its EcoPaXX^®PA410 and UDea™ thermoplastic composite tape – overcoming traditional barriers to circularity for an improved product life cycle assessment.
• Halogen-free, PFAS-free flame-retardant Pocan^® PBT grades, adding enhanced compliance credentials to Pocan’s exceptional electrical and fire safety properties.

Learn more about the company’s sustainability progress in its Sustainability Report 2024.

Helping customers to achieve first-time right results

Customers across industries are under increasing pressure to reduce time-to-market while meeting strict performance, durability, and safety requirements. Envalior’s Services offering was designed to address this growing need. It brings together all of Envalior’s areas of expertise, including materials science, testing, simulation, application knowledge, computer-aided engineering (CAE) modeling capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools, and sustainability consulting. This offering helps customers achieve the right results while reducing time, risk, cost, and  CO₂ emissions.

Virtual online K experience

Those unable to visit K 2025 in person can also register to attend the Envalior virtual booth tour, featuring expert-led talks on a range of key topics. To discover the full schedule and to sign up, please visit this site: https://events.envalior.com/k2025-online

About Envalior
Envalior is a global leader in Engineering Materials with over 4,000 employees worldwide. It was established in 2023 through the merger of Lanxess Performance Materials and DSM Engineering Materials. With a long track record of customer-driven innovation, Envalior specializes in developing Sustainable and High-Performance Engineering Materials, including PA6, PA66, PBT, PA46, PPS, TPC, PET, PA4T, PA410, and Thermoplastic Composites. Focus markets include Mobility, Electronics & Electrical, and Consumer Goods. For more information, visit www.envalior.com

With Connectivity To Over 300 Wallets And Exchanges, Mesh AI Wallet  Enables the First AI Agent Buying Physical Goods with Stablecoins

SINGAPORE, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, today unveiled the future of agentic commerce during a live demo at TOKEN2049, demonstrating an AI agent completing a crypto transaction. The demonstration highlighted how an AI agent can seamlessly complete a real world ecommerce purchase using stablecoins, in this case finishing a purchase of dog food from a retailer.

This end-to-end flow – from account funding to stablecoin checkout – underscores Mesh’s role as the connective layer powering programmable payments. By integrating wallets, exchanges, and merchants into a single experience and intelligently orchestrating payments across all parties, Mesh enables AI agents to securely transact on behalf of users without human intervention.

Mesh’s infrastructure eliminates the complexity of agent-driven transactions. Now, users can simply connect their wallet to Mesh AI (MAI), and with a simple prompt, leverage Mesh’s proprietary technology to complete a crypto transaction. Mesh also provides the ability to spin up new wallets programmatically, expanding the scope of what agents can do beyond the demo shown at TOKEN2049.

“Agentic commerce is no longer a thought experiment – it’s here,” said Bam Azizi, Co-Founder and CEO at Mesh. “This is the first step toward a world where transactions are intelligent, borderless, seamless, and secure. Our technology is the unifying infrastructure that will empower agents to harness the power of this new financial model.”

This new offering follows Mesh’s support of Google’s new Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), a framework for enabling AI agents to securely transact on behalf of users. By powering intelligent payment orchestration across more than 300 platforms, Mesh unlocks access to the digital asset market, enabling agentic commerce to tap into this massive, growing opportunity. Compared to legacy financial systems, crypto is the most ideal use case for programmable commerce, enabling autonomous agents to initiate, authorize, and complete transactions with speed and flexibility.

For more information about Mesh, visit https://meshconnect.com/.

About Mesh

Founded in 2020, Mesh is building the first global crypto payments network, connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and financial services platforms to enable seamless digital asset payments and conversions. By unifying these platforms into a single network, Mesh is pioneering an open, connected, and secure ecosystem for digital finance. For more information, visit https://www.meshconnect.com/.

CONTACT: mesh@missionnorth.com

• Three in four business leaders reveal that their organisations are at various stages of Agentic AI adoption—whether exploratory (23%), testing (34%), or limited deployment within certain departments or functions (18%).
• While over three in four business leaders (77%) and nearly three in four employees (74%) agree that adopting and being familiar with Agentic AI is important to remain competitive, almost half of leaders (48%) and more than four in five employees (83%) are unfamiliar with the technology.
• Workforce capability is underdeveloped, with 70% of leaders and 83% of employees reporting that the workforce is “not very skilled” or “not skilled at all” in working with Agentic AI systems.
• To close these gaps, more than seven in ten employees (73%) are open to attending training on Agentic AI, and three in five leaders (62%) plan to send staff for training in the next two years.

SINGAPORE, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) moves from concept to deployment, there is a consensus among business leaders (77%) and employees (74%) that this new technology is vital to remain competitive. However, over four in five employees (83%) and nearly half of business leaders (48%) report that they are unfamiliar with Agentic AI.

Three in four business leaders reveal that their organisations are already at various stages of adoption—from exploratory discussions (23%) and testing phases (34%) to limited deployment within certain departments or functions (18%).

Yet, understanding and knowledge have not kept pace. Seven in ten business leaders (70%) and more than four in five employees (83%) say their workforce is “not very skilled” or “not skilled at all” in working with Agentic AI systems.

These are some of the key findings from NTUC LearningHub’s White Paper Report on Agentic AI for Workplace Resilience, which surveyed 150 business leaders and 300 full-time working professionals to examine the growing prominence of Agentic AI and its implications for cybersecurity and data governance.

There is also a lack of understanding of how Agentic AI will affect daily work. About half of business leaders (51% not very well, 11% not well at all) admit their organisations do not understand the impact of Agentic AI on day-to-day operations. Leaders also cite low AI literacy across functions as the top challenge (46%) in Agentic AI adoption, alongside limited internal expertise (42%), and a lack of clarity of new AI-related roles (41%). For employees, two in three (40% to a small extent, 25% to a negligible extent) say their companies only keep them informed about emerging technologies to a limited extent.

Encouragingly, both groups show a willingness to close this gap. More than seven in ten employees (73%) say they are open to attending training on Agentic AI, while three in five leaders (62%) plan to send staff for such training within the next two years.

The top training areas in Agentic AI are technical skills (45% employees, 50% leaders), data handling (40% employees, 37% leaders), and AI literacy (38% employees, 40% leaders). More than seven in ten employees (71%) also consider certifications important when choosing courses, with the most popular being the Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Certificate (27%), Generative AI for Executives (26%), and Certified CyberAI Professional (24%).

In addition, employees identify critical thinking and problem solving (43%), continuous learning and adaptability (42%), and AI literacy (38%) as the most critical skills for applying Agentic AI effectively. Business leaders, meanwhile, emphasise change management and resilience (45%), alongside critical thinking and problem solving (39%), and continuous learning and adaptability (39%). This highlights the need for human skills to complement technological capabilities, ensuring that Agentic AI is applied effectively and responsibly.

Commenting on the report’s findings, Mr Amos Tan, Assistant Chief Executive and Chief Core Skills Officer, NTUC LearningHub, says, “The findings highlight that there is still a fundamental lack of understanding of AI and Agentic AI across workplaces. While adoption has started taking place, many employees and leaders themselves admit they are unfamiliar with the technology, and unsure of its implications. However, the success in this new era will take more than just technical know-how. Technical skills are essential, but human judgement, adaptability and ethics remain indispensable. Redesigning current jobs and developing the human capabilities enable workers to integrate Agentic AI thoughtfully and successfully in their day-to-day roles. By building this dual foundation of technological literacy and human strengths, organisations can then unlock the full potential of Agentic AI and build a workforce ready to thrive in an AI-driven future.”

To download the White Paper Report 2025 on Agentic AI For Workplace Resilience, please visit https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/media/research-reports/2025/Agentic-AI. To find out more about the courses, training, and grants, please contact NTUC LearningHub at www.ntuclearninghub.com.

About NTUC LearningHub

NTUC LearningHub is the leading Continuing Education and Training provider in Singapore which aims to transform the lifelong employability of working people. Since our corporatisation in 2004, we have been working with employers and individual learners to provide learning solutions in areas such as Infocomm Technology, Generative AI & Cloud, Healthcare, Retail & Food Services, Employability & Literacy, Business Excellence, Workplace Safety & Health, Security, Human Resources & Coaching and Foreign Workers Training.

To date, NTUC LearningHub has helped over 34,000 organisations and achieved more than 3.2 million training places across more than 1,000 courses with a pool of about 1,000 certified trainers. As a Total Learning Solutions provider to organisations, we also forge partnerships to offer a wide range of relevant end-to-end training. Besides in-person training, we also offer instructor-led virtual live classes (VLCs) and asynchronous online learning. The NTUC LearningHub Learning eXperience Platform (LXP)—a one-stop online learning platform—offers timely, bite-sized and quality content for learners to upskill anytime and anywhere. Beyond learning, LXP also serves as a platform for jobs and skills development for both workers and companies.

For more information, visit www.ntuclearninghub.com.