New Bolt Mission, Bolt Pro, and Latch 5 Pro give homeowners a choice between precise, hands-free UWB entry and tap-to-unlock digital keys 

LAS VEGAS and SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ULTRALOQ, a best-selling smart lock brand under Xthings, a global leader in IoT solutions, today announced the launch and availability of its next-generation smart lock collection, built to redefine access and provide customers with a wide range of effortless entry experiences that best suit their lifestyle.

The collection includes ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission, unveiled as the industry’s first ultra-wideband (UWB) enabled smart lock, featuring precise, hands-free approach-to-unlock functionality. Joining Bolt Mission are the ULTRALOQ Bolt Pro and ULTRALOQ Latch 5 Pro which are the first multi-model line of Aliro-Certified smart locks that empowers users to leverage their phone as their key through Apple Wallet or Samsung Wallet credentials. 

The latest ULTRALOQ models arrive at a time when digital wallets and standardized access credentials are reshaping how consumers expect to access their homes and other everyday assets. For the new collection, ULTRALOQ leverages UWB to enable precise, intent-aware entry to the home and Aliro, the open mobile-access standard developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance with support from leading mobile ecosystems including Apple, Google and Samsung. With Aliro, ULTRALOQ brings the familiar wallet-based experience consumers already use for payments and increasingly digital car keys to the front door.

All three lock models are Matter Certified and compatible with leading smart home platforms, including Apple Home, Google Home and more, allowing users to incorporate the lock into their broader smart home experience. Bolt Pro and Latch 5 Pro also integrate with Samsung SmartThings, enabling more home-wide automations triggered by lock activity, such as turning on lights or adjusting the thermostat when the door unlocks. Household members can have their own Digital Key in Samsung Wallet, providing individual access to the same lock while SmartThings helps manage access and automations across the household.  

The collection will be available online in October through The Home Depot, where customers can shop the new ULTRALOQ lineup. The new collection delivers intelligent, effortless and trusted entry across accessible price points, empowering users to choose the access features that best suit their lifestyle and needs.

ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission: The Smart Lock That Knows When You Are Coming Home

Bolt Mission (MSRP: $299.99) delivers a precise, intent-aware hands-free entry experience by combining Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) discovery, UWB ranging, radar-based presence sensing and local decision logic. The result is hands-free entry that responds to true arrival, not strictly proximity. Rather than unlocking simply if a phone is nearby, Bolt Mission analyzes precise distance and direction of approach, allowing it to distinguish an authorized user approaching from outside from normal movement inside the home.

Designed to deliver a premium hands-free experience, users can keep their phone in their pocket or bag while the Xthings Home app runs securely in the background. With Bolt Mission, there’s no app to open upon approach, no PIN to enter and no separate hub required for hands-free entry.  

To support dependable intent detection (approach vs. departure) and efficient battery life, Bolt Mission features built-in radar to keep the lock alert when it matters most and conserve power when it does not. Intent detection logic is processed locally between the authorized phone and the lock, delivering fast approach-and-unlock entry.

ULTRALOQ Bolt Pro: Premium Front-Door Deadbolt with Wallet-Based Access 

Bolt Pro (MSRP: $269.99) is the collection’s premium digital-key deadbolt, bringing Aliro-Certified tap-to-unlock access together with fingerprint, PIN, app and physical-key entry. Aliro-Certified, Bolt Pro lets users unlock their door with a simple tap of their compatible device, without ever having to open an app. Digital keys are stored in a compatible mobile wallet, giving users a familiar tap experience similar to the contactless interactions they already use every day.

Designed to support a wide range of access methods, Bolt Pro pairs digital wallet access with fingerprint, PIN, app control and physical key backup. While digital wallet access may be ideal for everyday users, fingerprint provides fast personalized entry options and PIN codes can be issued to children, guests, cleaners or other service providers in need of access. 

ULTRALOQ Latch 5 Pro: Wallet-Based Access for More Doors

Latch 5 Pro (MSRP: $249.99) brings the same tap-to-unlock digital wallet experience to doors that use a lever rather than a deadbolt, including side entrances, home offices, garage-entry doors, rentals and shared spaces. Residents or employees can use a compatible digital wallet or fingerprint for access, while visitors and other temporary users can receive PINs. Aliro and Matter Certified, Latch 5 Pro delivers the same digital key experience and smart home platform compatibility as Bolt Pro. 

Executive Quotes

“The front door is moving away from keys and apps toward digital credentials and intent-aware access,” said Raj Sundar, Senior Director of Product Management for ULTRALOQ. “Our goal with this collection is to make that transition seamless and practical for customers, whether someone wants their door to detect their arrival and unlock hands-free or wants to quickly tap the phone or watch they carry every day to authorize entry.”

Available Online via The Home Depot

The new collection of ULTRALOQ smart locks will be available for purchase online through The Home Depot beginning in October. Customers can explore each model in the collection, compare access options, and learn more about the distinct features each lock delivers to select the ULTRALOQ model that is right for them.   

The ULTRALOQ collection is available now online through ULTRALOQ as well as Amazon and will be available online via The Home Depot in October.  

For additional information about ULTRALOQ, please visit www.ultraloq.com. 

About ULTRALOQ

ULTRALOQ, a best-selling smart lock brand under Xthings, is dedicated to developing innovative and secure smart access solutions. With a focus on blending cutting-edge technology with convenience, ULTRALOQ’s products are designed to provide a secure and keyless entry experience for both homes and businesses, making smart security more accessible than ever.

Strategic distribution agreement combines Pinard Beauty Pack’s bottle manufacturing expertise with Meiyume’s US market presence, global capabilities and beauty intelligence.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the US beauty market continues to evolve, brands are looking for packaging partners that can combine specialized expertise, innovation, reliability and speed-to-market.

To address these needs, Meiyume is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Pinard Beauty Pack, a recognized bottle manufacturer for the beauty industry. Meiyume will become the distributor of Pinard Beauty Pack solutions in the US market, opening a new route into the US prestige beauty ecosystem.

This strategic collaboration goes beyond a simple distribution agreement, bringing together complementary strengths: Pinard Beauty Pack’s bottle manufacturing expertise and Meiyume’s established US presence and global capabilities.

Together, the two companies aim to provide US beauty brands with broader packaging capabilities, local support and a more efficient path from development to market launch.

Packaging expertise & innovation

Pinard Beauty Pack brings recognized expertise in bottle manufacturing and packaging development for the beauty and dermocosmetics markets. Combined with Meiyume’s broad portfolio of packaging technologies and components, this collaboration gives brands access to a wider range of solutions and innovation opportunities.

Faster & more secure development

By combining specialized manufacturing expertise with Meiyume’s global sourcing, industrial and local US capabilities, we aim to help brands optimize costs, secure their supply chain and accelerate time-to-market, while maintaining high standards of quality and reliability.

Consumer & market intelligence

Through Meiyume’s Beauty Intelligence Platform (BIP), brands can also benefit from AI-driven insights into emerging trends, consumer expectations, product launches and packaging dynamics. These insights can help identify opportunities and inform product and packaging development from initial concept through to launch.

Global reach, local support

This collaboration creates a bridge between Pinard Beauty Pack’s European manufacturing expertise and the US beauty ecosystem, while leveraging Meiyume’s international network to support brands across markets.

The Meiyume team is delighted to collaborate with Pinard Beauty Pack and to bring this complementary packaging offering to our clients in the United States.

Together, we aim to provide beauty brands with reliable, differentiated and market-relevant packaging solutions while accelerating their journey from insight to market.

For more information about this collaboration, please feel free to reach out to your respective Meiyume contacts or contact us at marketing@meiyume.com.

New in-region capability expands aftermarket support for Asia-Pacific operators and MROs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Acron Aviation today announced a five-year extension of its Authorized Repair Center (ARC) agreement with Thales Singapore, which supports its ACSS surveillance product line. Operating from Singapore, the facility will serve operators and MROs across the Asia-Pacific region.

Under the extended agreement, Thales Singapore will continue to perform repair and overhaul on all ACSS surveillance products, including T3CAS, establishing in-region capability for customers previously served from outside Asia-Pacific.

“Singapore gives us the right footprint, and Thales is the right partner,” said Ronald Nye, President, Avionics at Acron Aviation. “Extending that relationship to surveillance puts local presence behind more of our products and gives our customers in-region technical support.”

“With ACSS’s large market share for surveillance products in Asia, Thales will leverage its strategic presence in Singapore to deliver the highest standards of service, reliability and performance,” said Thomas Mouveaux, General Manager APAC for Aviation Global Services at Thales. “Thales is proud to be the only Acron Aviation authorized repair partner for Surveillance products in the Asia-Pacific region.”

About Acron Aviation

Acron Aviation is strategically aligned to deliver world-leading commercial aviation solutions designed to serve aircraft operators and airframe manufacturers across the globe. Our expertise extends to multiple facets of commercial aviation, from OEM certified avionics — including surveillance, displays, recorders, thermal switches, and market-leading flight data analytics — to aftermarket support. With a global footprint, we are uniquely positioned to deliver comprehensive, cutting-edge solutions that enhance our customers’ operations. Acron Aviation is a member of the Acron Technologies platform of specialized companies that innovate to create safer skies and protect lives. For more information, visit acronaviation.com and acrontechnologies.com.

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The results of the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva have been announced. The project “Key Precision Manufacturing Technologies and Applications for Low-Loss Stator Cores Based on Ultra-Thin Amorphous Materials,” co-developed with GAC Group, received the exhibition’s highest distinction, the Gold Medal with the Congratulations of the Jury. The award is selected from Gold Medal winners and requires unanimous approval from the jury.

For new energy vehicle users, range depends not only on battery capacity, but also on how efficiently every unit of energy is used. By applying ultra-thin amorphous material to the motor stator core, GAC reduces energy loss in the motor so that more power can be used to drive the vehicle. The Quark Electric Drive 2.0 motor equipped with this technology achieves a peak efficiency of 99.03%, while the electric drive system reaches a CLTC operating efficiency of 94.184%. With the same battery capacity, driving range can be extended by 30 to 50 kilometers, helping users go farther on the same amount of energy and enjoy greater confidence in everyday travel.

The technology has first been applied to models for the Chinese market, including the AION N60, 2027 AION RT and 2027 AION i60. As the technology continues to enter mass production, GAC will expand its application to more models, turning advances in high-efficiency electric drive technology into tangible efficiency and range benefits for users in everyday travel.

Combining Cellid’s Technological Expertise with Megane Top’s Product Development and Sales Capabilities to Bring AR Glasses to Market

TOKYO, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cellid Inc., a developer of displays and spatial recognition engines for next-generation augmented reality (AR) glasses, announced today that it has entered into a business partnership with Megane Top Co., Ltd. (“Megane Top”), headquartered in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, to collaborate on the commercialization and market expansion of AR glasses to be developed and offered under Megane Top’s own brand.

Megane Top is working to expand the AR glasses market. Through this collaboration, Cellid will lead development, leveraging its extensive expertise in AR glasses technologies, while Megane Top will contribute its expertise in product development and sales, as well as its established sales network. Together, the two companies will work across the entire process, from AR glasses product development through market expansion.

The companies will begin accepting preorders for the jointly developed product through the crowdfunding platform GREEN FUNDING on October 23, 2026. Following the crowdfunding campaign, the product will be sold through Megane Top’s nationwide network of stores, including its “Megane Ichiba” chain, to reach a broad range of customers.

Cellid will provide expertise in optical and hardware technologies required for AR glasses, as well as product design, while Megane Top will leverage its longstanding expertise in eyeglass product development and sales, together with its established sales infrastructure. By combining the strengths of both companies, the partners aim to make AR glasses more accessible as everyday eyewear and promote their widespread adoption.

The widespread adoption of AR glasses requires the integration of multiple elements—not only fundamental technologies such as displays and optical systems, but also comfort and wearability as eyeglasses, design that appeals to everyday users, product structures that are easy to use in daily life, and a mass-production system capable of maintaining stable quality and continuous supply.

To date, Cellid has conducted research and development, as well as hardware development, for AR glasses displays and complete AR glasses systems, centered on its proprietary optical technologies. Through this collaboration, Cellid’s development capabilities and technological expertise will be combined with Megane Top’s expertise in product development and its nationwide sales infrastructure, enabling the commercialization of AR glasses by an established eyewear brand.

Eyeglasses have long been an integral part of people’s everyday lives. Cellid believes that combining AR technology with expertise from the eyewear industry is essential for AR glasses to become everyday eyewear used by a broad range of people, rather than remaining a product limited to early adopters.

Future Development
Cellid will continue to advance research and development aimed at making AR glasses smaller, more capable, and more comfortable to wear, while further enhancing the technologies required for mass production. Through collaboration with partner companies, Cellid will also work to expand the use of AR glasses across a variety of markets.

Through its collaboration with Megane Top, Cellid aims to make AR glasses more accessible as everyday eyewear, help expand the AR glasses market and accelerate broader adoption.

Comment from Satoshi Shiraga, CEO, Cellid, Inc.
“For AR glasses to become widely adopted, it is important not only to develop excellent technologies, but also to bring those technologies to market as actual products that people can use in their daily lives. We are very pleased that Megane Top will be able to leverage Cellid’s extensive development capabilities and comprehensive technological expertise in entering the AR glasses market.

By combining Megane Top’s extensive experience in the eyewear industry and its sales infrastructure supporting mass production with Cellid’s AR glasses technologies, we believe we can take another step forward in bringing AR glasses into society. As a technology partner working to bring AR glasses to market, Cellid will continue to contribute to broader adoption through collaboration with a wide range of companies.”

Comment from Masahiro Tomizawa, President, Megane Top Co., Ltd.
“We believe that our business partnership with Cellid represents an important step toward making AR glasses more accessible to a broader range of people as everyday eyewear and further expanding their potential. By combining Cellid’s optical and hardware technologies for AR glasses with our longstanding expertise in eyeglass product development and sales, we aim to create products that offer both the functionality unique to AR glasses and the comfort and design expected of everyday eyewear.

AR glasses have the potential to significantly transform the future of eyewear. Together with Cellid, we will work to evolve AR glasses beyond a product for early adopters and into eyewear that can be used by a broader range of people in their everyday lives, while contributing to the creation of the next-generation eyewear market.”

About Cellid
Cellid focuses on developing displays and spatial recognition engines for next-generation AR glasses. For AR glasses displays, we manufacture cutting-edge optical see-through displays using the waveguide (DOE) method. Leveraging Cellid’s proprietary optical simulation and production technology, we offer display module products that achieve the world’s widest viewing angle in waveguide technology, while maintaining the thinness, lightness, and sharp image quality equivalent to standard eyeglass lenses. Additionally, Cellid develops and provides industry-specific solutions utilizing spatial recognition software technologies such as Cellid SLAM. By integrating AR display hardware technology with real-world spatial recognition software technology, Cellid promotes the fusion of the physical and digital worlds (“Blending the Physical and Digital Worlds”) and leads the realization of information tools that are more human-centric and dramatically more convenient. Visit: https://cellid.com/en

About MEGANE TOP Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: 8-6 Tenmacho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
Representative: Masahiro Tomizawa, President
Established: May 1980
Capital: JPY 100 million (as of March 31, 2026)
Business: Sales of eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and related products
Number of Stores: 1,036 in Japan; 35 overseas (as of March 31, 2026)
Employees: 5,500 (as of March 31, 2026)
Corporate website: https://www.meganetop.co.jp
Megane Ichiba website: https://www.meganeichiba.jp

NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on September 25th

• Babylist’s new showroom is designed for the entire early parenting journey.
  • Features include dedicated stroller test tracks, a Volvo for hands-on car seat installation practice, and a 600-square-foot model apartment where parents can see how baby gear fits and functions in a real-world living space.
  • Chief Marketing + Experience Officer Jill Cress will join NYSE Live to discuss why Babylist specifically chose New York City for the showroom’s destination.
• Energy tech firm Hyliion dual lists on NYSE Texas.
  • The Texas-based company says that the move connects it to the capital markets fueling Texas’ energy and technology growth.
  • Founder + CEO Thomas Healy will join NYSE Live to discuss the strategy of dual-listing and the role its home state of Texas plays in Hyliion’s momentum.
• Investors monitor elevated Treasury yields and rate decision data.
  • The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield reached its highest level since 2004 this week.
  • New data shows that roughly 70% of traders anticipate the Fed to raise interest rates next month

Opening Bell
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. recognizes the 10th annual See Tracks? Think Train® Week

Closing Bell
XPRIZE celebrates the XPRIZE Wildfire Awardees

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BEIJING, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Yandangshan, renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province in east China, has recently expanded its partnerships with international peers.

A delegation from Yandangshan UNESCO Global Geopark was recently invited to attend the 9th Asia Pacific Geoparks Network (APGN) Symposium 2026, which took place in Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark, Malaysia, in early September 2026.

During the symposium, Yandangshan UNESCO Global Geopark formally signed sister geopark cooperation agreements with Jeonbuk West Coast UNESCO Global Geopark in South Korea and Rinjani-Lombok UNESCO Global Geopark in Indonesia.

This followed its sister geopark partnership with Kütralkura UNESCO Global Geopark in Chile last year. Yandangshan has further expanded its international partnership network, bringing the total number of its international sister geoparks to eight.

Under the agreements, the parties will carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in geological research, science education, cultural tourism promotion, personnel exchanges, and other fields, working together to protect global geological heritage and promote the coordinated development of regional geoparks.

Moreover, the Yandangshan delegation showcased the park’s development appeal and achievements in an all-round way. During the keynote session, a Yandangshan representative delivered a presentation, systematically promoting local cultural tourism resources and detailing the park’s practical achievements in upgrading business formats, community empowerment, and regional sustainable development.

At the Geopark Fair Exhibition, Yandangshan’s distinctive public science materials, cultural and creative products, and specialty agricultural products from Yueqing, such as Yandang Maofeng tea, were displayed together, drawing delegates from many countries to visit its booth.

Meanwhile, a ceremony was held during the symposium to issue Global Geoparks Network (GGN) membership certificates, and Yandangshan formally received its GGN membership certificate.

Guided by the theme “Celebrating Networking in Geotourism: Innovate – Connect – Transform,” the symposium brought together the geopark community to strengthen collaboration, share knowledge, and shape a more sustainable future.

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