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SquaredFinancial doubles affiliates rewards with new CPA program, up to $2,500 per referral

VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SquaredFinancial has uplifted its affiliates program with groundbreaking rewards: more than 100% higher payouts than they used to reap. The new CPA model now rewards affiliates with up to $2,500 for deposits equal to or above $5,000.

The broker has also boosted its Introducing Broker program with up to 50% revenue share, offering greater earning potential to IBs with consistent and high-volume traffic.

SquaredFinancial doubles affiliates rewards
SquaredFinancial doubles affiliates rewards

Affiliates can choose from three tiered programs crafted to suit their business sizes and strategies. The new and improved structure aims at driving accelerated growth and creating strategic impact. It sets a new precedent in the industry, helping partners reach their goals, with dedicated support, timely tracking, and instant rebates.

“We’ve designed these programs to help our partners grow their businesses,” said Timur Konsky, Managing Director at SquaredFinancial. “This scheme stands out in an overcrowded industry and cements SquaredFinancial as one of the most rewarding forex brokers for affiliates. We’re not just offering generous commissions; we’re providing a supportive ecosystem that fosters long-term partnerships and greater strategic impact.”

Affiliates eager to partner up with SquaredFinancial are invited to visit their website to learn more and sign up for the new programs.

About SquaredFinancial

Founded in 2005, SquaredFinancial is a fintech and multi-asset trading firm providing regulated, technology-driven investment solutions. The company serves a global client base, offering intuitive platforms for investors and professional-grade liquidity and technology services for brokers. With a focus on innovation, transparency, and long-term relationships, SquaredFinancial is built to support the future of finance.

 

IFS Surges Ahead in H1 2025: 30% ARR Growth and Breakthrough Agentic AI Cement Industrial Leadership

Compelling industrial AI use cases, strong execution and AI-driven demand fuel global growth

LONDON, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IFS, the leading provider of enterprise cloud and Industrial AI software, today announced record-setting H1 2025 results. The company is rewriting the rules of enterprise software with Industrial AI that acts, learns, and delivers. In H1, IFS outpaced legacy enterprise vendors, driving double-digit growth across all key performance metrics, further validating the strength of IFS’s strategy, the scalability of its model, and accelerating momentum as the category leader in Industrial AI.

IFS H1 2025 Key Financial Results:

  • Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR): +30% YoY
  • Cloud Revenue: +37% YoY
  • Recurring Revenue: +24% YoY (now 82% of total revenue)

Unlike traditional, legacy software vendors, IFS is purpose-built for the operational core of industrial businesses, powering the real-world systems that keep the world running. Average customer deal size from new customers continued to grow significantly in the first half of the year, with 130 leading industrial brands choosing to future-proof their growth with IFS in H1, including: Arcelor Mittal, Callaway, Collins Aerospace, Hitachi Energy, Japan Airlines, TotalEnergies.

In addition to continued organic growth, IFS extended its Industrial AI lead with the acquisition of TheLoops, launching the first agentic AI workforce for complex industries. Complementing this, the launch of Nexus Black, IFS’s AI innovation accelerator, is already delivering bespoke, scalable solutions that traditional platforms cannot match.

Together, Nexus Black and TheLoops mark a new era for enterprise software, where self-learning AI agents operate in real time inside customer environments, reducing manual effort and accelerating decisions from edge to boardroom.

“Our phenomenal growth proves customers are done with AI theory. They want AI that solves real problems, at scale, and are placing their trust in IFS to lead them through the Industrial AI revolution,” said Mark Moffat, CEO of IFS. “The connection between our performance and AI innovation is unmistakable. As demand intensifies, IFS stands apart, thanks to our domain depth, contextual intelligence, and unwavering focus on industry.”

Matthias Heiden, CFO of IFS commented: “Our fiscal performance reflects the fast-growth, differentiated Industrial AI leader that IFS has become, with a disciplined financial model rooted in recurring revenue, resilient operations, and scale-ready agility. These same principles are built into our solutions to empower our customers to drive long-term value. With this strong foundation, we’re not just growing, we’re redefining what’s possible for industrial enterprises.”

Demand for AI-powered solutions from prior acquisitions – Copperleaf, Poka, Ultimo, P2 and EmpowerMX – remains strong and continues to contribute meaningfully to IFS’s growth. IFS’s thriving global network of strategic partners also played a key role in enabling continued scaling and deal size growth.

H1 Highlights: 

AI and Innovation

  • Launched Nexus Black: bespoke accelerator for industrial-grade scalability and security
  • Acquired TheLoops: first agentic AI workforce for mission-critical industries
  • Released IFS Cloud 25R1: made 200+ AI-driven capabilities

Market Momentum and Recognition

IFS Press Contacts:
EUROPE / MEA / APJ: Adam Gillbe
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: adam.gillbe@ifs.com

NORTH AMERICA / LATAM: Mairi Morgan
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: mairi.morgan@ifs.com

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Alibaba Unveils Cutting-Edge AI Coding Model Qwen3-Coder


HANGZHOU, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 July 2025 – Alibaba has launched Qwen3-Coder, its most advanced agentic AI coding model to date. Designed for high-performance software development, Qwen3-Coder excels in agentic AI coding tasks, from generating new codes and managing complex coding workflows to debugging across entire codebases.

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct achieves competitive results against leading state-of-the-art (SOTA) models across key benchmarks
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct achieves competitive results against leading state-of-the-art (SOTA) models across key benchmarks

Built on a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, this open-sourced model Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct, which has a total of 480 billion parameters but activates 35 billion parameters per token, delivers efficiency without sacrificing performance. The model achieves competitive results against leading state-of-the-art (SOTA) models across key benchmarks in agentic coding, browser use, and tool use.

Additionally, Alibaba is open-sourcing Qwen Code, a powerful command-line interface (CLI) tool that enables developers to delegate engineering tasks to AI using natural language. Optimized with custom prompts and interaction protocols, Qwen Code unlocks the full potential of Qwen3-Coder for real-world agentic programming. The model also supports integration with the Claude Code interface, making it even easier for developers to execute their coding tasks.

Trained on an extensive dataset of codes and general text data, Qwen3-Coder is engineered for robust agentic coding. It natively supports a context window of 256K tokens, extendable up to 1 million tokens, enabling it to process vast codebases in a single session. Its superior performance stems not only from scaling across tokens, context length, and synthetic data during pre-training, but also from innovative post-training techniques such as long-horizon reinforcement learning (agent RL). This advancement allows the model to solve complex, real-world problems through multi-step interactions with external tools. As a result, Qwen3-Coder achieves SOTA performance among open-source models on SWE-Bench Verified (a benchmark for evaluating AI models’ ability to solve real-world software issues), even without test-time or inference scaling.

Agentic AI coding is transforming software development by enabling more autonomous, efficient, and accessible programming workflows. With its open-source availability, strong agentic coding capabilities, and seamless compatibility with popular developer tools and interfaces, Qwen3-Coder is positioned as a valuable tool for global developers in software development.

The Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct model is now available on Hugging Face and GitHub. Developers can also access the model on Qwen Chat or via cost-effective APIs through Model Studio, Alibaba’s generative AI development platform.

Qwen-based coding models have already surpassed 20 million downloads globally. Tongyi Lingma, Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen-powered coding assistant, will soon be upgraded with Qwen3-Coder’s enhanced agentic capabilities. Since its launch in June 2024, Tongyi Lingma’s “AI Programmer” feature—offering code completion, optimization, debugging support, snippet search, and batch unit test generation—has generated over 3 billion lines of code.Hashtag: #Alibaba

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Harry Potter ‘Back to Hogwarts’ 2025 Celebrations Revealed

Global events, 20th anniversary screenings, and digital surprises await…

LONDON, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Wizards, witches and Muggles – wands at the ready! The countdown to Back to Hogwarts has begun, and this year’s festivities are set to be more magical than ever!

Harry Potter ‘Back to Hogwarts’ 2025 Celebrations Photo
Harry Potter ‘Back to Hogwarts’ 2025 Celebrations Photo

Every 1st September, Harry Potter fans mark the iconic return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now, nearly almost a quarter of a century since the first film enchanted audiences, this beloved tradition has grown into an annual global celebration of all things Harry Potter.

20 Years of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Celebrate two decades of Triwizard Tournament thrills with special Back to Hogwarts screenings of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in cinemas worldwide. In the United States, fans can relive the epic adventure on the big screen for a limited time through the Back to Hogwarts official ticketing partner – Fandango.com – and have a chance to get their hands on magical Harry Potter giveaways as part of the celebrations. Theatres in Canada, EMEA and International Territories will all be joining in the fun – check local listings and https://www.harrypotter.com/news/how-were-celebrating-back-to-hogwarts-2025 for details.

Magic Meets Snapchat

Introducing four brand new 3D Harry Potter Bitmoji Lenses with Friends! From mid-Aug in honour of Back to Hogwarts, Snap users globally will be able to see their Snapchat Bitmoji (decked out in the latest Back to Hogwarts themed fashion drop, naturally) take a trip into the wizarding world!

Watch as your Bitmoji interacts with your friends’ Bitmojis in four different iconic Harry Potter scenes – Hogwarts Letters at the Dursleys’, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Putting names into the Goblet of Fire, and the Wizard Chess scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 

Global Fan Festivities

Back to Hogwarts celebrations are happening everywhere and this year’s revelries are sure to make memories worthy of Dumbledore’s Pensieve! Look out for celebratory Back to Hogwarts themed moments at Harry Potter destinations around the world – including park lands at Universal Destinations & Experiences, Warner Bros. Studio Tours, and various Harry Potter travelling experience locations globally.

So, whether you’re in London, Paris, Tokyo or joining in online, there’s something spellbinding for everyone…

United Kingdom

  • Fans can attend a free screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at London’s iconic Cineworld Leicester Square on 31st Aug.
  • Before the film, ticket holders will enjoy a live Q&A with James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), hosted by TV and radio presenter, Yinka Bokinni, plus enjoy fun in the foyer with photo ops – including The Great Hall from Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – the Making of Harry Potter.
  • Fans are encouraged to attend in their finest wizarding attire for the chance to win prizes from The LEGO Group and The Noble Collection.  
  • All attendees will also receive a Wizarding World, Micro Magical Moments Year 4 Collectible Figure Set from Spinmaster.
  • Tickets are free, strictly limited and essential for entry, keep an eye on www.harrypotter.com  for news on when these will be released.
  • Wizarding Wednesdays returns between 13th Aug and 23rd Sept with prizes galore, keep an eye out on the Harry Potter social channels to find out more info.
  • Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – the Making of Harry Potter will host 300 lucky guests at a celebratory 11am countdown moment at the Studio Tour, held on the platform next to the iconic Hogwarts Express live on 1st Sept. Tickets are exclusively available by entering a competition to win, visit @wbtourlondon for more details on how to enter before the competition closes on 11th Aug.
  • Visitors to the London Platform 9 ¾ shop can pose with a special photo opportunity frame and pick up exclusive Back to Hogwarts merchandise instore, available from 28th July.
  • House of MinaLima also invites fans to join a special meet and greet event on the 31st of Aug where they can get their hands on a limited-edition giveaway Back to Hogwarts 2025 button badge (while supplies last). Visit minalima.com/whats-on for more info.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London will be giving out special badges to all audience members at performances between 3rd and 7th Sept.
  • Fans are reminded that there will be no event, countdown or train announcement at King’s Cross Station on 1st Sept. – and are strongly advised not to travel in order to avoid disappointment.

North America & Canada

  • Visitors heading to Harry Potter StoreNew York and Harry Potter Store Chicago can pick up exclusive, time-limited Back to Hogwarts merch in store from 28th July.
  • Starting today, fans eager to attend the popular Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience will be able to sign up for early waitlist confirmation as the experience is confirmed to take place in Chicago later this year – check out www.hpforbiddenforestexperience.com for more info.
  • Fans in Salt Lake City, Utah can take advantage of a special ticket offer available on 1st Sept at Harry Potter: The Exhibition.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway will be celebrating ’19 Years Later’ with $19 tickets for select performances this autumn. This special priced ticket will be available for one day only on 1st Sept, online at harrypotterbroadway.com or at the Lyric Theatre Box Office.

France

  • Paris, 30th Aug: The stunning Sainte-Geneviève Library will transform into a magical ‘school exam’ inspired free ticketed event with interactive quizzes, a special Harry Potter themed dictation session read by Solange Boulanger (the French language actor who dubbed Dolores Umbridge in the film series). The LEGO Group and Haribo displays, and more surprises will be announced during the summer. For fans unable to make it on the day, the fun will be hosted online from 30th Aug until 7th Sept. Details are soon to be released on how fans can join online, via the French HP and Warner FR social channels.

Germany

  • Hamburg, 29 Aug, 30th Aug & 1 Sept: Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier will play host to a spectacular three-day Back to Hogwarts event, offering fans of all ages specially themed interactive activities and magical give-aways from partners including Thalia, The LEGO Group, Haribo and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
  • Nationwide, mid Aug until mid Sept: Stop by Thalia this summer, where 10 stores across Germany will be celebrating Back to Hogwarts. Visitors can enjoy fun photo opportunities, themed activities, prize-draws and special Harry Potter displays before shopping an exclusive themed range and discovering magical ‘back to school’ promotions. More details here https://thalia.de/themenwelten/harry-potter/back-to-hogwarts/tour
  • 29th Aug & 5th Sept: Wizards and witches also have the opportunity to attend one of four special Back to Hogwarts themed sleepover events held at Thalia stores in Dusseldorf, Hannover, Leipzig and Hamburg. Lucky attendees can look forward to magical activities and take home an exclusive goody bag.  Check out https://thalia.de/themenwelten/harry-potter/back-to-hogwarts for details on how to apply for free tickets.
  • Hamburg, 31st Aug: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will host a special Back to Hogwarts Show to celebrate the start of a new school year. Full details here: https://www.atgtickets.de/musicals-shows/harry-potter-und-das-verwunschene-kind/back-to-hogwarts/

Italy

  • Milan, 1st Sept: Fans can register to join a spectacular free Back to Hogwarts event, held at Teatro Nazionale. The beautiful space will be entirely themed and transformed into a magical venue for the celebrations. Look forward to an 11’o’clock countdown, interactive games, quizzes, special performances, plus surprise guests! To learn more and register, visit www.backtohogwartsmilano.it.

Spain

  • Madrid, 31st Aug & 1st Sept: Fans are invited to a special two-day event at a stunning yet-to-be-revealed location. Get ready for plenty of magical fun, including Back to Hogwarts and Harry Potter themed photo opportunities, an interactive 11 o’clock countdown, and much more. Further details will be announced soon.

Japan

  • Tokyo, 29th Aug – 31st Aug: Baseball fans attending Saitama Seibu Lions games can look forward to a special Back to Hogwarts collaboration with Harry Potter x Lions. Fans can get their hands on bespoke products and visitors on the 29th will also be able to watch as a cast member from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child makes the ceremonial pitch!

China

  • Shanghai: 7th Aug – 10th Aug: In honour of Back to Hogwarts season, fans will be able to enjoy both Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert.
  • Hangzhou: 30th Aug – 1st Sept: Look forward to a special Back to Hogwarts celebration in Hangzhou’s West Lake District. Expect celebratory photo opportunities, a first glimpse at brand new products and a host of magical fun.
  • Find out more by visiting the official Harry Potter Chinese social channel.

Singapore

  • Visitors to Harry Potter: Visions of Magic with a valid ticket, arriving dressed in their favourite house attire have the chance to win complimentary gifts with other surprises on site.

Australia

Online

  • Don’t miss the Back to Hogwarts Showcase at 10:40 BST / 05:40 ET, which will be available on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Expect news, updates and announcements for the year ahead.

There are more Back to Hogwarts activities and events yet to be announced, visit www.harrypotter.com to stay up to date, get Sorted into your Hogwarts house, and join the Harry Potter Fan Club.

XTransfer Announces Over 700,000 Global Customers

Emerging Markets Become the “Blue Ocean” for Enterprises Going Global


SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 July 2025 – XTransfer, the World’s Leading & China’s No.1 B2B Cross-Border Trade Payment Platform, announces that its global enterprise customer base has exceeded 700,000. This significant milestone highlights the platform’s remarkable achievements in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to expand globally. As a global leader in the B2B cross-border trade payment sector, XTransfer is committed to providing SMEs with secure, convenient, and compliant one-stop cross-border financial solutions, enabling businesses to capitalise on the immense opportunities in emerging markets.

Bill Deng, Founder and CEO of XTransfer, attends the 01VC CEO Summit 2025.
Bill Deng, Founder and CEO of XTransfer, attends the 01VC CEO Summit 2025.

Recently, Bill Deng, Founder and CEO of XTransfer, was invited to attend the 01VC CEO Summit 2025. During the roundtable discussion focused on new dynamics in cross-border trade, Bill highlighted, “Today, for every 100 RMB in Chinese exports, 2 RMB are settled through XTransfer, and one-tenth of SME foreign trade enterprises have registered on our platform. With access to firsthand data insights, we are uniquely positioned to capture shifts in global trade flows.”

Digitalisation Driving New Integration: Enterprises Must Seize Opportunities in Emerging Markets
In recent years, tariff wars and trade frictions have forced Chinese export enterprises to review their global market strategies. Bill explained, “Digitalisation is accelerating the redistribution of global trade. While the share of the U.S. market declines, emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Africa are rapidly absorbing this growth. Markets in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America are becoming the “blue ocean” for Chinese enterprises expanding globally.”

Data from our platform shows that over 70% of all clients on the XTransfer platform in the first half of 2025 exported to Asia, Africa, or Latin America. Additionally, the proportion of payments received from Asia, Africa, and Latin America increased by 100% compared to the same period in the previous year.

XTransfer hosts the largest nationwide foreign trade conference in China every year, the TradeVision Summit, which is attended by over 3,000 foreign trade business owners and has more than 2 million online participants. “For the past three years, the primary theme of this conference has been how to discover emerging markets beyond the United States. The opportunities in these markets are enormous, and by establishing a presence now, companies will enjoy a first-mover advantage over the next decade,” Bill shared.

Bill further remarked, “After COVID, we observed a rapid improvement in global digitalisation levels. Therefore, I believe the global opportunities for China’s industrial chains will become even more substantial. Businesses must go global, particularly by focusing on less developed countries, to capture the new dividends brought by digital integration. This is why we fully support our clients in accelerating their diversification into multiple markets.”

XTransfer to Continue Upgrading Its Digital Platform and Building a Global Localised Service Network
XTransfer will continue to enhance its digital capabilities and actively promote the establishment of a globally localised service network to assist SMEs in securely, conveniently, and compliantly exploring overseas markets. XTransfer is committed to providing enterprises with one-stop cross-border financial solutions to improve global operational efficiency and risk resilience.

Hashtag: #XTransfer #Crossborder #Payment #SMEs #EmergingMarkets





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X.me Foundation Empowers Global Expansion of the X.me Social Media Platform

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 July 2025 – X.me (https://x.me) is a social media platform where users can freely express themselves, share content, engage, and interact while earning rewards from the platform. More than just a social media platform, X.me is an innovative ecosystem offering a secure, compliant, and open experience for global users. As of June 2025, the X.me Foundation has established 100 million dollars dedicated fund with the mission of “building a borderless social ecosystem.” The fund focuses on three key areas—market expansion, technological innovation, and compliance development—to drive rapid user growth for the X.me platform in major global markets, particularly in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
According to global media reports, X.me’s “Gold Miner Treasure Hunt” campaign attracted over 1 million participants from more than 36 countries within just four hours of the launched. This initiative has injected significant momentum into X.me’s rapid expansion, serving as a key driver for global strategy.
Financial Support: Regional Market Incentive Programs
The X.me Foundation has tailored differentiated funding strategies to suit the unique characteristics of various regional markets. The Foundation has established an “Ecosystem Innovation Fund” to launch localized support programs in markets such as Europe, the Americas, Japan, and South Korea. These programs focus on nurturing X.me’s “Genesis Ambassadors,” fostering a vibrant content ecosystem, and promoting global user growth and platform ecosystem development.
Compliance and Regulatory Collaboration
On the compliance front, the Foundation has assembled a dedicated team of 120 international lawyers to pursue service provider licenses in regions such as the United States and the European Union, striving to become one of the social media platforms compliant with multinational regulations. To address regional regulatory differences, the Foundation has developed “Compliance Risk Control System.” For example, in South Korea, the system filters content related to virtual asset transactions, while in Southeast Asia, it integrates with local central banks’ anti-money laundering mechanisms to ensure compliant operations globally.

Hashtag: #X.me

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Singapore-Based Innovative Biomedical Start-Up Achieves ‘Strategic Triumph’ to Conquer Chinese Med-Tech Market

  • NMPA grants Syntellix product approval for the world’s most important future market with more than 1.4 billion people
  • Syntellix’ product approval for China is the largest and most important success in the company’s history; product approval in China was the company’s most important strategic and operational goal
  • Syntellix had previously already been granted the accelerated ‘innovative pathway’ by the NMPA due to the exceptional benefits of its products
  • In total, product approvals for Syntellix products have accumulated to date in countries with more than 5.5 billion inhabitants; product approvals had already been achieved in 73 countries and regions on five continents before current success in China
  • Development of the prioritized core markets of China, India, and ASEAN is being carried out via Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore as manufacturing facility & sales hub
  • Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd has been supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB); Syntellix AG targets IPO on the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
  • Syntellix and Syntellix Asia CEO Claassen: “After 7 years of focusing on China, we have achieved what almost everyone considered impossible. As a startup with its operational heart in Singapore, we have written a pioneering story worldwide, whose global medical success can now no longer be stopped. I sincerely thank the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) for its far-sighted contribution to the operational and structural foundation of our rollout in Asia by providing expertise and financial support for the establishment and expansion of our production facility in Singapore, which will now also become an Asia-wide and global sales hub as planned.”

HANOVER, Germany, and BEIJING and SINGAPORE, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Syntellix AG, parent company of Singapore-based, Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd, has received product approval for the People’s Republic of China from the Chinese NMPA (National Medical Products Administration) in Beijing, which is responsible for the government regulation, registration, and monitoring of medical devices for the Chinese market. This product approval for the world’s most important future market, with more than 1.4 billion people, is by far the greatest and most important success in the company’s history. Syntellix AG had declared the development of the vast Chinese market its top strategic priority following Professor Dr Utz Claassen’s assumption of office as CEO of the company. After Syntellix had already previously been granted the accelerated ‘innovative pathway’ by the NMPA due to the particular advantages of its products, the initial approval process has now been completed extremely successfully. It was the most complex, intensive, and sophisticated approval process Syntellix has ever undergone in terms of product safety and quality management systems.

Syntellix now has obtained product approvals in countries with more than 5.5 billion inhabitants, or more than two thirds of the world’s population. Syntellix had previously received product approvals in 73 countries and regions on five continents, including all of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, as well as fast-growing, demographically dynamic countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand, as well as the world’s most populous country – India. China and India, with a combined population of almost 3 billion, open up entirely new dimensions of potential for the company in many respects. Syntellix’ highly innovative bioabsorbable metallic implants are produced by Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd which is based in JTC’s Tuas Biomedical Park. The Economic Development Board (EDB) had provided initial grants to Syntellix to support the establishment of its manufacturing presence and global sales hub in Singapore.

With the product approval now achieved in China, labelled by German news platform ‘Pressefeuer’ a ‘strategic triumph’ that could revolutionize the world of biomedical engineering and is a decisive step for the Hanover-based company’, Syntellix has achieved its most important strategic and operational goal. The strategic decision to develop the prioritized core markets of China, India, and ASEAN through Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore, and to locate and expand the main production site in the ultra-modern and highly efficient island nation of Singapore, has proven to be both expedient and entirely correct. Establishing an Asia-centric production chain was strategically and operationally the right decision, as the production and sales hub in Singapore can supply and serve most of the world better and faster than from Germany or Europe. More than 3.5 billion people live in China, India, and the ASEAN region alone, which is more than 40 times the population of the Federal Republic of Germany, while at the same time experiencing significantly greater dynamics in terms of population growth, market growth, and economic power and perspectives.

For this purpose – establishing and expanding production in Singapore, tapping into the South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian markets, and obtaining the necessary product approvals, particularly in China, – Syntellix, CEO Professor, Dr Utz Claassen, who is also Executive Chairman & CEO of Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore, relocated his residence from Germany to Singapore more than five years ago in consultation and coordination with the Supervisory Board of Syntellix AG.

Syntellix CEO Professor Utz Claassen thus commented very positively on the product approval now achieved in China: “After more than 17 years of work and more than 7 years of focusing on China alone, we have achieved what almost everyone considered impossible. As a startup from Hanover with ist operational heart in Singapore, we have written a pioneering story worldwide, whose global medical success is now unstoppable. Those who win in China are strategically and operationally ideally positioned. The largest hospitals in China individually have higher patient volumes and more operations for our highly innovative products than most countries in the European Union. Without neglecting our homeland, we are proud and grateful to now be able to use our products, which are so beneficial for patients, users, and the healthcare system, in China, with its 5,000 years of cultural history, its magnificent medical tradition, and its unique future prospects. This is a game changer for our company, both qualitatively and quantitatively.”

Claassen emphasizes both the abstract and concrete positive conditions for the successful development of Syntellix’ activities in Asia, and also specifically in Singapore, and he is grateful for the very positive environment here: “I would like to expressly thank our outstanding Chinese partners for their tremendous support and cooperation, and the NMPA for an outstandingly differentiated and structured approval process. I would also like to sincerely thank the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) for its far-sighted contribution to the operational and structural foundation of our rollout in Asia by providing expertise and financial support for the establishment and expansion of our production facility in Singapore, which will now also become an Asia-wide and global sales hub as planned. This will create many attractive jobs in Singapore and set new international standards in biomedical engineering under market conditions that are not found in Germany or Europe, and building on government funding from the Republic of Singapore.”

Syntellix AG, as a joint-stock company under German stockholding law already a public company, also targets an IPO on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the preparations of which have already been ongoing for several years with the help of Singaporean banks and law firms, well supported by SGX management under the leadership of its CEO Mr Loh Boon Chye and coordinated by Ms Alice Gwee.

About Syntellix:

Syntellix AG, a global pioneer in biomedical engineering, materials, and life sciences, is the only company in the world with approvals for bioabsorbable metallic implants in more than 70 countries on five continents, tens of thousands of successful surgeries, and the highest level of patient satisfaction. Syntellix is a global protagonist and market and technology leader in the field of bioabsorbable metallic orthopaedic implants. The company has received numerous prestigious awards and prizes, including the Innovation Award of the German Economy, the German Healthcare Industry Future Award, the German Medical Award, the STEP Award, the “Innovator of the Year” award, the German Innovation Award in Gold, and the Sustainability Award as “Product of the Year.” More than 50 medical and scientific publications have meanwhile documented the safety, efficacy, and reliability of the MAGNEZIX® implants developed by Syntellix, which have been described as “advantageous” and even “clinically superior” to conventional titanium implants for numerous clinical applications.

Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Syntellix AG. It is the operational heart of the group. The manufacturing facility for the highly innovative MAGNEZIX® implants is located in Singapore, in JTC’s Biomedical Park in Tuas. Syntellix Asia Pte Ltd, which in turn has the subsidiaries Syntellix China Pte Ltd, Syntellix Philippines Incorporated in San Juan City, and Syntellix India Private Limited in New Delhi and Jaipur, Rajasthan, serves not only the internationally leading medical hub of Singapore itself with its numerous world-class hospitals, but also major markets in countries throughout the ASEAN region, including Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.”

Contact:
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Oudomxay to Establish 40 Ta Saeng Sub-Districts, After Vientiane’s Pilot Project

Laos' Oudomxay Province. (Photo credit: Hope Vision Photography)

Northern Laos’ Oudomxay Province will establish 40 new Ta Saeng (sub-district) administrative units as part of Laos’ ongoing effort to strengthen local governance and improve public service delivery.

This initiative will cover the province’s seven districts and a total of 466 villages.

Each Ta Saeng in Oudomxay will oversee between one and 24 villages, with governing committees comprising a chairperson, one or two vice-chairpersons, and additional officials selected from civil servants and qualified local candidates. 

The committees will focus on governance, economic planning, cultural development, and national security while coordinating with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and mass organizations.

A pilot Ta Saeng was successfully launched in May in Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, covering 23 of the district’s 104 villages.

Ta Saeng in Laos, first introduced during the French colonial period in the 1920s to facilitate governance. The system was abolished in the 1990s.

Recent Constitutional Amendments, Government Restructuring

This move, introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 21 January, is expected to establish approximately 950 sub-districts nationwide. The plan involves dividing districts into smaller administrative units, with an average of 6 to 7 sub-districts per district. Each sub-district will oversee between 1 and 24 villages, depending on local needs, geography, and population size.

This administrative overhaul aligns with the constitutional amendments and broader government restructuring approved during the 2nd Extraordinary Session of the 9th legislature of the National Assembly on 20 March. 

All 156 members of the National Assembly endorsed a plan to reduce the number of ministries from 17 to 13, merging several key bodies to eliminate overlaps and improve operational efficiency.

On 26 June, the Lao National Assembly ended its 9th Ordinary Session, cutting ministries from 17 to 13, reshuffling leadership, and approving new laws to streamline government, boost governance, and enhance public services nationwide.