HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On May 13, WALOVI hosted a distributor recruitment event in Ho Chi Minh City and officially launched its WALOVI Vietnam can. The brand also showcased its international can lineup at the 5^th China (Vietnam) Export Brand Joint Exhibition, drawing over 30,000 international buyers and distributors.

Attendees included Tran Ngoc Liem, General Director of VCCI-HCMC, Nguyen Phuc Khoa, Vice President of the Vietnam Retailers Association. Representing WALOVI were Ye Jizeng, Vice President of WALOVI Great Health, and Wang Jianli and Rao Bing, Vice President of WALOVI International.

As a key economy in Southeast Asia, Vietnam has a rising demand for health-conscious products — aligning closely with WALOVI‘s natural plant beverage portfolio. According to Wang Jianli, since stepping up its Vietnam operations in 2021, WALOVI has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 95%, making Vietnam one of the company’s most important markets in Southeast Asia.

The launch of the WALOVI Vietnam can reflects WALOVI‘s commitment to expanding its presence in the country, which the company views as its most strategic market in Southeast Asia. With products, branding and operations tailored to local preferences, WALOVI aims to introduce its natural plant wellness beverage tradition to consumers across the region. Local distributors said WALOVI‘s refreshing flavor pairs well with Vietnam’s climate and cuisine. The brand has already built a strong local following, and the new Vietnam edition can is expected to resonate even more with local consumers.

At the exhibition, WALOVI also met with distributors from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries to discuss potential partnerships. Liu Qiang, CEO of Bach Duong Trading Import Export Company Limited — WALOVI’s agent  in Vietnam — said the  “Chinese quality” is helping company go global, with several partnership agreements reached during the exhibition.

In 2026, WALOVI plans to expand its partner network to 60–80 markets worldwide. Earlier this year, WALOVI Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou resulted in partnerships with companies from ten countries, extending the brand’s reach into emerging markets including South America, Africa and Central Asia. Looking ahead, WALOVI plans to build its Southeast Asia distribution network from Vietnam, reaching markets in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia while continuing to strengthen its regional supply chain network.

From “WALOVI in China” to “WALOVI for the world,” the brand is using localized operations to bring its natural plant beverage tradition to consumers globally.

XUZHOU, China, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XCMG hosted its 8th International Customer Festival on May 19. Partners from around the world gathered at the company’s smart manufacturing campus for an up-close look at its latest developments.

The event marked a new chapter for XCMG in driving the conversation on sustainable equipment, customer value, and the future of construction machinery.

Intelligent Manufacturing in Action: Building Trust Through Quality

The first stop for overseas guests was the XCMG I-Center, where the company showcased its product roadmap, manufacturing capabilities, and digital technologies. Interactive displays, including a glasses-free 3D screen and a simulated cab, gave visitors a first-hand look at how XCMG is integrating intelligent manufacturing, digital systems, and lower-carbon production into its operations, supported by a global service network and localized customer support.

As they entered the XCMG Excavator Pioneering Smart Factory, visitors saw a world-class manufacturing operation in action, marked by agile production, precision quality control, efficient logistics, lean operations, data-driven processes, and low-carbon production methods. Above all, they witnessed how XCMG’s excavators are built.

By combining intelligent manufacturing with data-driven precision, XCMG aims to make high-quality excavator production more efficient, consistent, and responsive to customer needs worldwide.

Green Solutions: Lower-Emission Excavators for a Changing Industry

During the event, XCMG presented its full lineup of electric excavators, covering models from the 1-tonne to 90-tonne classes. The range includes pure electric, hybrid, and plug-in electric machines, reflecting the company’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and support the industry’s transition toward lower-emission operations through continued product development.

Among the machines on display were the zero-emission XE215EV for urban jobsites, the plug-in XE215EP designed for long-duration, fixed-site operations with lower energy consumption, and the hybrid flagship XE750GK HEV developed for heavy-duty mining applications with a reduced environmental footprint.

The interactive experience area drew constant crowds, with visitors exploring the machines through interactive games and hands-on test-drive sessions. One European customer commented after driving the XE215EV: “The handling is good. It is quiet and has zero emissions. It is a good fit for green infrastructure projects in Northern Europe.”

Shared Growth: Shaping the Future with Global Partners

In a speech, Song Zhike, Vice President of XCMG Machinery, General Manager of the Excavator Division, and Party Committee Secretary, outlined the company’s “1+2+2” strategy: excavators as the core business, with special-purpose excavators and forestry machinery as two supporting business segments, backed by high-end attachments and track chassis systems. He said the company aims to expand product capabilities and application scenarios through continued technological innovation.

XCMG Excavator continues to offer region- and application-tailored solutions to meet diverse customer requirements, providing timely, professional, and efficient support and equipment solutions to customers worldwide.

At the event, hundreds of medium- and large-size excavators and forestry excavators were delivered to overseas customers. The shipments reflect XCMG Excavator’s commitment to developing solutions tailored to a wide range of global jobsite applications and collaborating with partners across multiple construction and industrial sectors.

Moving forward, XCMG Excavator will continue to work closely with global partners to support the development of greener, more intelligent equipment solutions for the construction industry.

Partnership marks a major step in scaling enterprise-ready Physical AI across everyday operations

SINGAPORE, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IntBot, the company building the social intelligence layer for embodied AI, and Certis, a leading Singapore-based intelligent operations company, today announced a strategic partnership to explore and develop socially intelligent robot applications for enterprise and public-facing environments in Singapore.

The partnership brings together IntBot’s General Social Intelligence technology with Certis’ experience in designing and running complex, mission-critical operations. Together, the companies will work on humanoid concierge and service-assistance applications that can be integrated into live operating environments, where robots must interact naturally with people while meeting practical requirements for safety, reliability and service delivery.

The Certis-IntBot collaboration signals a broader industry adoption of Physical AI, as socially intelligent robots move from demos and pilots towards operationally viable deployments. As IntBot transitions to a scalable enterprise Physical AI platform, its partnership with Certis validates that its General Social Intelligence technology, deployment model and enterprise operating framework are ready to expand across high-traffic public environments in Singapore and beyond.

“With multimodal models maturing, the decisive bottleneck for embodied AI shifts from task manipulation to human interaction,” said Lei Yang, CEO and co-founder of IntBot. “A robot’s success in public spaces is increasingly measured by its ability to engage people, and Singapore’s smart-infrastructure leadership makes it the ideal launchpad for Physical AI. Partnering with Certis ensures our intelligence layer is backed by world-class operational reliability.”

For Certis, the partnership supports its broader robotics strategy: to integrate robotics into real operations as part of a wider ops-tech model that brings people, processes, systems and machines together. Certis’ role will include shaping use cases, operational workflows and deployment requirements so that humanoid robots can augment frontline teams and support better service outcomes in complex environments.

The collaboration will support a range of customer-facing use cases such as wayfinding, visitor assistance, multilingual engagement, customer service support and frontline operational support across transit, hospitality, healthcare, retail and public venues. By integrating social intelligence with Certis’ humanoid robotics portfolio, the partnership aims to enable robots to move beyond predefined tasks or scripted workflows and become more adaptive, intuitive and capable of naturally assisting people in everyday environments.

“The next phase of enterprise robotics will not be defined by autonomy alone, but by how well robots can work with people in real operations,” said Raahul Kumar, Chief Executive, International & Robotics and Chief Strategy Officer, Certis. “Certis designs and runs complex frontline environments every day, so our role is to help turn promising robotics capabilities into practical operating models. By combining IntBot’s social intelligence technology with our experience in operational design and deployment, we can create humanoid robot applications that support frontline teams in demanding roles and make everyday public interactions simpler and more intuitive.”

Certis was most recently named by Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) as a design partner for Singapore’s first large-scale, multi-operator robotics testbed in a live mixed-use public environment at Punggol Digital District located in the northeast of the country. This reflects Certis’ broader focus on moving robotics from controlled pilots into practical frontline operations, where robots, human teams and operating systems must work together safely and effectively.

The companies are working toward initial pilot deployments in Singapore as the technology and use cases mature.

About Certis (www.certisgroup.com)
Certis is an integrated operations service provider, built on decades of experience in security and critical frontline operations. We design and run security, facilities and workforce management as a single operating model, orchestrating people, systems and processes in complex, real-world environments to drive results.

Our approach is grounded in structured operational design, where processes, workflows and resources are engineered around defined outcomes. Further powered by our adoption of advanced technologies including AI and Robotics, Certis drives coordination, visibility and day-to-day execution across operations for its clients.

Headquartered in Singapore, Certis operates across key regional markets including Australia and Qatar, supported by a global team of over 25,000 employees. We are trusted by local governments and enterprises to deliver operational performance to make our world safer, smarter, and better.

About IntBot (www.intbot.ai)
IntBot is a San Jose-based robotics company building socially intelligent humanoid robots designed to operate autonomously in real-world human environments. When robots operate around people – not behind cages – social interaction becomes an essential part of the task. IntBot’s robots interpret human intent, understand social context, and respond naturally in dynamic public settings such as hotels, conferences, and campuses. By combining real-time multimodal perception with a closed-loop interaction system, IntBot delivers reliable social autonomy that improves through real-world deployment data. IntBot is live in hospitality today, laying the foundation for scalable human-robot collaboration across service industries.