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Its usually taken for granted that the world of work is being fundamentally transformed by the irresistible, tectonic force of technology. Automation and artificial intelligence will destroy some jobs and create others. Digitized business models and on-demand platforms will convert jobs into gigs. Huge gains in productivity could usher in abundant leisure time or could create a world of digital sweatshops.

Some observers are optimistic about the economic and social benefits of these changes. Others fear a more frightening, polarized world in which the benefits of new technology are captured by a small elite while the rest of society suffers mass unemployment and pervasive precarity. Either way, it is typically assumed that the driver of change is technology itself.

But that popular narrative about technology and the future of work needs to be re-examined. There is growing evidence that work is not actually changing as fast or as dramatically as some dispatches would have us believe. New work arrangements and employment relationships heralded as innovative and revolutionary (like contracting out and digitally mediated gigs) are in fact hundreds of years old its just that theyre now organized through smartphones rather than gangmasters and hiring halls. And where change is occurring, it isnt clear that technology is the main driver: rather, the conscious decisions of employers, investors and policy-makers are what determine how work evolves.

Consider the macroeconomic evidence regarding the advent of labour-replacing technology. Canadian businesses, like those in many other countries, are actually investing in new machinery and equipment at a very slow pace. Business capital investment has declined markedly, relative to both GDP and corporate cash flows. And labour productivity is not accelerating, as would be the case if automation were truly spreading. To the contrary, productivity growth has slowed largely because of the failure of businesses to invest and innovate.

And at ground level theres more evidence that the world of work is not changing enough rather than changing too fast. Low-wage, low-productivity jobs in domestic, retail, hospitality and personal services constitute an outsized share of new employment. And just because these workers are now hired (and often fired) via new technologies, that doesnt make their work any better paid or more productive.

Equal skepticism should greet the standard complaint that Canadian workers dont have the skills needed for this high-tech future of work and that investing in the right skills is all thats needed to help individual workers and the labour market as a whole navigate this brave new future. In fact, Canadian workers are the best trained in history and among the best trained in the world. Yet millions dont use the skills and capacities they have becausethe labour market continuestochurn out large numbers of mundane, low-techjobswithlowpay and chronic insecurity.

Technology is neither our friend nor our enemy as the world of work changes. And workers face far more urgent problems than being made redundant by automation. Today they confront pervasive precarity, stagnant and unequal incomes, and an absence of voice in their work lives. These challenges cannot be fixed either by the automatic working of market forces or by the advances of digital technology. Instead, they demand quick and powerful responses from policy-makers and other labour market stakeholders.

By focusing on the demand side of the labour market, not just the supply of skilled workers, we can ensure there are fulfilling, productive jobs for future well-trained graduates to fill. By giving workers more protection and more say over technology and how it is managed (rather than leaving those decisions solely up to employers), we can attain a better balance between the goals of profitability and the goals of decent, secure work. By building more representative and participatory structures and processes to address both existing and future workplace challenges, we enhance our collective capacity to manage technological change more successfully and fairly.

Labour market stakeholders workers, employers, policy-makers, educators should reject the idea that the future of work is fundamentally determined by technology and hence largely beyond our control. Human decisions, not algorithms, decide how and where technology is applied and how its costs and benefits are shared. By equipping ourselves to make better, more inclusive decisions, we can shape the forces of technology, productivity and creativity to build a great future of work.

This article is part of Skills Next, a series of eight reports released in January 2020 by the Future Skills Centre, Ryerson Universitys Diversity Institute and the Public Policy Forum. Skills Next seeks to identify the most important issues impacting the skills ecosystem in Canada, and build a strong foundation intended to help support further research and strengthen policy-making.

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Accor and Sabre to collaborate on a new full service property management capability that will combine with Sabre's existing hospitality solutions to serve hotels of all sizes

SOUTHLAKE, Texas and PARIS, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation(NASDAQ: SABR), the leading software and technology company powering the global travel industry, and Accor, the world-leading augmented hospitality group offering unique experiences in more than 5000 hotels and residences across 110 destinations, today announced that they intend to create the first unified central reservation (CR) and property management (PM) platform for the global hospitality industry.

In collaboration with Accor, Sabre intends to develop a new full service property management capability and enrich its existing central reservation and limited service property management systems. These capabilities will combine within a new unified cloud-native, highly-flexible platform that will be built for and available to hoteliers across all property classes and geographic regions.

In this context, Accor would be Sabre's newest enterprise hospitality customer,adopting Sabre's industry-leading SynXis Central Reservation System and, ultimately, the new global technology platform for all its hospitality brands and geographies.

"We are thrilled to be collaborating with Accor and look forward to redefining the guest experience together. We know our customers have historically had limited options in this area, and we are taking the lead to deliver the solutions that hoteliers have repeatedly told us they both want and need," said Sean Menke, president and CEO of Sabre Corporation. "Once developed, this offering will power a new generation of retailing, distribution and fulfillment solutions that will enable hotels to drive revenue growth beyond traditional sources and offer unique personalized services to their guests around the world."

With a diverse portfolio of brands from luxury to economy and over 50 years of experience in the industry, Accor offers a unique perspective on what guests want and hotels need.

"Sabre shares our vision of a future where hoteliers are able to offer guests an unforgettable, personalized experience that goes beyond simply being a place or service," said Sbastien Bazin, Chairman and CEO for Accor. "Partners like Sabre are essential to helping us effectively leverage existing and new technology to further accelerate our net supply growth and lower costs for our hotel owners as well as for the Group."

This initiative underscores Accor's long-term strategy and global ambition to invest in technological innovations to assure operational excellence, efficiency, savings and agility to their owners.

"For Accor, the new technology will bring an opportunity to further and significantly enhance the Group's core business activities including hotel distribution, guest recognition and owner relationships," said Gilles de Richemond, Chief Information Officer, Accor.

"We expect that the unified CR/PM platform will allow Sabre to better meet the needs of enterprise hoteliers and will significantly increase the company's ability to grow its footprint in the global enterprise hotel segment," shared Justin Ricketts,President, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. "Sabre's vision to create a new marketplace for personalized travel relies on its technology strategy and bold investments for the future."

Today's announcement demonstrates Sabre's commitment to help hoteliers operate more efficiently, increase revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences, further positioning Sabre as the platform at the center of the business of travel.

About Sabre CorporationSabre Corporation is the leading technology provider to the global travel industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre also operates a leading global travel marketplace, which processes more than US$120 billion of global travel spend annually by connecting travel buyers and suppliers. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries around the world.

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About AccorAccor is a world-leading augmented hospitality group offering unique experiences in more than 5000hotels and residences across 110destinations. The Group has been acquiring hospitality expertise for more than 50years, resulting in an unrivaled portfolio of 39 hotel brands, from luxury to economy, supported by one of the most attractive loyalty programs in the world.ALL, Accor Live Limitless is a daily lifestyle companion that integrates rewards, services and experiences bringing value to everyday life inventing a completely new aspirational way to live limitless.Accor is deeply committed to sustainable value creation and plays an active role in giving back to planet and community via its Planet 21 Acting Here program and the Accor Solidarity endowment fund, which gives disadvantaged groups access to employment through professional training.Accor SA is publicly listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN code: FR0000120404) and on the OTC Market (Ticker: ACRFF) in the United States. For more information visit accor.com. Or become a fan and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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Wealth, using artificial intelligence and machine learning, is resolving market issues through high-tech applications

January22, 20204 min read

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Artificial intelligence (AI) innovations have already integrated into our lives in small ways. But its about to get even more interesting. There is a high chance that future developments in AI will create more jobs, make lives safer and add substance to human experiences.

One such company which is bringing about change by providing solutions for trading strategies using AI and machine learning (ML) is RISE Wealth Technologies. Founder Stefan Tittel has been resolving market issues through high-tech applications for a while now. In fact, his venture RISE, a software technology company, started when he decided to build an AI software to tackle the core problem of funding in the market. In a recent interview, he stated that the idea of AI and ML is exciting for him. It is quite obvious that he is ready to go deeper into these concepts and craft better solutions.

While studying the basic idea behind RISE Technologies, one can find that the corporation has embarked upon a path to reinvent asset management through a self-learning AI trading programme. I can see $12-plus billion institutional capital flowing into RISE strategies over the next five years, Tittel says confidently.

So, what makes Tittel so sure about the success of his strategy?

Even though RISE is the brainchild of Tittel, it came into being with the help of a team of serial entrepreneurs. They designed RISE to to make it the next big thing in the asset management industry. To achieve this goal, they recruited a team of developers, quants, traders and mathematicians. The company has seen an investment of $11 million so far. The team aims to establish a self-learning trading system that uses ML and AI for constant improvement.

Typically, financial analysts have to take care of intensive workloads. As the corporate world expands, the task spectrum of analysts also continues to grow. They have to research trading ideas for the financial market. Along with that, they must also test, validate and implement new ideas.

Tittel believes that this evaluation is an integral step in the process. Financial analysts must conduct thorough desk and field research. It helps people to come up with a framework that they can start working on.

RISEs patent-pending platform aims to bring about an optimistic impact on the development of trading strategies. And the current RISE engine is proving it. It contains price data from over ten years along with hundreds of statistical indicators. Also, it uses 36 server cores to process terabytes of new data in real time.

Such massive computing power indicates that soon tech companies may take the asset management industry to a whole new level. At RISE, we strongly believe that the largest asset manager of the future will be a tech company, Tittel says.

Apart from processing, the implementation of AI into trading is also expected to transform the investment strategies. Asset managers and investors will use automated and data-driven algorithms to make trading decisions. These will have a computing capacity that is multiple times more than that of human beings, claims Tittel.

Investors come across multiple risks during their trading activities. Evaluating and resolving these may be quite tough for humans, given that the financial landscape is expanding rapidly.

However, the application of an AI programme will provide them with a chance to design a perfect strategic design, according to Tittel. Predictive forecasting of long-term price movements and some other factors will enable investors to make correct decisions.

Asset management industries can reap substantial benefits through the implementation of AI. Tittel says the company is fully aware of the drastic changes happening in financial institutions. Changing demographics, increasing customer expectations, disruptive digital tech and tight regulations have set the stage for a modification in trading strategies. Embracing new technologies such as ML and AI may help to unlock massive benefits for the financial sector.

With the strong principles of the founder and creative solutions of the tech team, the company claims that it is going to create waves in the financial sector. They warmly welcome new investors on board, and they are quite positive that they will soon turn into an inspirational story within the asset management industry.

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The world of insurance is changing as new ways of doing business are making their mark on the industry. One only has to look at Lloyds of Londons dramatic overhaul plan the goal of which is to become the most advanced marketplace in the world with the help of tech-enabled initiatives such as an electronic risk exchange to recognise the shifts that are currently taking place.

Accordingly, investment in the insurance technology space is continuing to grow, hovering at US$140 million in 2011 and by 2018, skyrocketing to US$4.9 billion. The Impact InsurTechreport from QBE North America and Village Capital pinpointed three themes dominating insurtech right now: insurance for all, society shaping insurance, and micro-transformations influencing macro risks. The report also noted that innovations like process automation, AI, and blockchain are making insurance processes more efficient, increasing both the affordability and accessibility of insurance.

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While theres a lot of solutions to unpack in this growing field, some experts see certain technologies rising to the top.

There are probably two big buckets where we see pretty universal application across insurance value chains. I think one is around analytics, AI, and machine learning, and where and how those apply in the value chain, said Jim Bramblet, Accentures insurance practice lead in North America.

Matt Lehman, Accentures North America P&C lead, added that a lot of insurance companies have expanded their datasets to include social media and satellite imagery data, whereas just a couple of years ago, most companies relied on comparatively limited data sources.

Now, theyve opened that up to five, 10, 15, 20 different data sources that theyre putting into the product, he said.

The second bucket of useful innovation that Bramblet mentioned is the potential of distributed ledger technology, which he sees gaining steam across the industry.

That technology and that platform is going to provide an opportunity for a lot more transparency around risk through all parts of the P&C sector, so personal lines, vehicles and homes, but also supply chains, goods in transit, and fundamental risks that become more transparent, he said. A lot of that can be pushed onto the platform, and insurance companies can subscribe to and do a lot more with that data than they have in the past. Now, its still very nascent, but certainly something were paying close attention to.

Notable advancements on the blockchain front in recent years include Marsh rolling out a proof of insurance blockchain program to commercial clients, London-based bank Standard Chartered and insurer American International Group (AIG) completing a blockchain pilot that aimed to simplify complicated insurance policies, and the adoption of Insurwave, a blockchain platform to support marine hull insurance, by the marine industry.

Nonetheless, there have been roadblocks in the widespread adoption of blockchain technology in insurance.

Our clients all compete, and we see this with distributed ledger technology we start to talk about the fact that the only way that works is if its a team sport and I think any one carrier trying to blaze that trail by themselves is going to have a little bit of challenge, said Bramblet. Their competitors will say, Well, whats the ulterior motive here? Why would I subscribe to your platform? Hows that being monetised? And all the concerns about data and risk come into play, so I think thats where well see consortia play a much larger role and were starting to see that emerge at scale.

Another issue in navigating the insurtech landscape more broadly is that the sheer volume of companies, their capabilities, as well as the unique value-adds that theyre toting can be overwhelming. That brings up problems for speed of adoption for traditional insurers.

How do you really understand the problems that youre trying to solve and how do you line up different sets of solutions to solve those problems without getting a bunch of complexity? Lehman outlined. There are pluses and minuses to it, but you could have a scenario where maybe today its a single technology or a platform that solves a problem, but in tomorrows world, it might be a couple, so how do you put that to use in an efficient and effective way?

Yet, the most common question that insurance clients have for the Accenture insurance team is how to understand the solutions that insurtech companies are bringing to the forefront and know how to differentiate between Company A versus Company B versus Company C to determine which one they want to make a major bet on, explained Lehman.

But part of it is just getting started, he said. Youre going to learn a lot more by experience than you are through analysis.

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Our man in Davos Tom Patterson, chief trust officer at Unisys explores the issue of sustainability at the World Economic Forum

What is technology's role in creating a sustainable world?

Countries make laws, but Davos makes norms. In this hyperconnected world of today, the cyber norms we establish will make us safer for all our tomorrows. This is one of the things that makes Davos special, with delegates from over 100 countries coming together with a positive spirit and more goals that unite us than divide us. Today there is a great focus on establishing, evolving, and celebrating global cyber norms at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and all along the Promenade. But first, a few notable moments of Davos 2020 from yesterday.

Davos plays host to the 50th annual edition of the World Economic Forum.

I spent last evening at the town of Bad Ragaz, a beautifully historic spa town, which for the day became the forward deployed base of the US Secret Service and other security personnel responsible for President Trumps visit. While the President and his team stayed along the Davos Promenade, the security team took over this tiny towns spa resort. While in Davos it is common this week to see the mix of ski wear and suits, Bad Ragaz juxtaposed spa robes and ear pieces. A mixing bowl indeed.

Local Swiss newspaper Tagesangeizer.ch ran a story of two plumbers that were arrested in a top Davos hotel (one of the security hotels favoured by heads of state visiting the WEF) late last year. According to the paper, they were arrested, presented Russian diplomatic passports, and promptly and silently left the country. No word if they finished what they set out to really do, but the story was all the delegate-buzz in lines, cafs, and especially hotels.

Our man in Davos Tom Patterson, chief trust officer at Unisys says security is still top in mind at the World Economic Forum. Read here

There was a great debate yesterday on the future of technology through the lens of surveillance societies. Noted historian Yuval Noah Harari debated with a tech tycoon and posited the question of relative evils state sponsored surveillance in China, or surveillance capitalism in the west. The question in his mind, and many others at his popular WEF debate, was not if were being surveilled, but by whom.

Which brings us to Wednesday, and the topic of global cyber norms. The Cybersecurity Tech Accords were on centre stage at the historic Piano Bar of the Hotel Europe on the Promenade, with a panel featuring Renaud Deraison of security firm Tenable, the COO of VMWare Sanjay Poonen, Cloudflares Alissa Starzak, Salesforces Amy Weaver, and myself, the chief trust officer of global tech company Unisys.

The goal of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord is to promote a safer online world by laying out foundational cybersecurity principles and fostering collaboration among global tech companies. And what a better forum to present early successes and welcome new signatories aboard than Davos 2020. The panel covered efforts to promote transparency in threats, increase focus on promoting security and privacy in their offerings, development and promulgation of cyber best practices, and agreement on strongly opposing efforts to misuse their technology to attack others.

The panelists covered common core principals of maintaining a strong defence, committing not to support misuse in offence, building diverse capacity of workforces, and participating in a collective response to future challenges.

Tom Patterson returns to Information Age, delivering his coverage of the World Economic Forum from Davos 2020. In this first dispatch, he looks at the themes, styles and manifestos of the event. Read here

In addition to the Tech Accord, other normative efforts of the day included open discussions on the US National Cyber Moonshots Whole of Nation effort to make critical infrastructure on the internet safe by 2028 into a Whole of Planet effort understanding the cross-border connectivity and common concerns in this area around the world. Updates on the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace that was originated by French President Marcon in 2018, which announce over 1000 signatories to date. Also, at the WEF today was discussion of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) launch of Apps 4 Digital Peace effort to stimulate new thinking from innovative young minds (ages 16-32) from across the world. The UN was well represented in Davos again this year, as their CISO also contributed to the Cyber Futurists day and others held talks on the UN Working Group on Security, and their Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security of Information and Computing Technology (ICTs).

Common to all of these global cyber norms are calls for restraint, greater collaboration in a multi-stakeholder community, and improved confidence building among all participants worldwide.

Davos 2020 is clearly living up to its rich 50-year history, and todays focus on cyber norms is a key part of that. Theres more in store however, and as I pen this dispatch not from the top of the mountain but from the centrally secure Hotel Belvdre (where the plumbing worked fine by the way), Ill be focusing on more of the social aspects from the week so far, including the parties! See you tomorrow!

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DUBLIN, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Antenna Technologies For IoT Applications" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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Recent advances in wireless communication and the rapid spread of IoT devices is fueling the adoption of smart antenna technologies and transforming deployment of intelligent systems across connected ecosystems. Innovative beamforming techniques, selection of frequency bands for antenna operations, and the underlining design requirements are forming the basis for choosing suitable antennas for various IoT use cases.

This report is a global study on the state of antenna technologies, seen from the perspective of the innovators and disruptors - companies that are redefining the IoT ecosystem.

The Startup Ecosystem

The report covers the challenges faced by traditional antenna technologies, drivers of innovative solutions, need for antenna advancements, and the impact of these innovations on IoT applications. The report further describes how the startups are improvising on antenna performance for finding suitable solutions for the current challenges.

The ambit of the report covers more than 35 companies globally - firms that are deeply involved in developing disrupting techniques and strategies for antennas. Over 10 prominent companies such as Kymeta, Pivotal, and Energous have been profiled in-detail based on their technologies, offerings, patenting activities, and outlook.

The author ranked these companies on a scale of three, based on a metric that included parameters such as company maturity, product commercialization stage, patent filings, investors, awards, and funding received. Apart from the core antenna technology categories, startups driving innovations and trends in the MEMS-based antenna space and those offering design and testing services for antennas have also been covered here.

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2.1 Startups Providing Metamaterial-based Antennas

2.2 Startups Providing Chip Antennas in IoT Domain

2.3 Startups Providing mmWave/5G Antenna Technologies

2.4 Startups Focusing on Optical Antennas

2.5 Startups Using AI Techniques in Antenna Technologies

2.6 Startups Focusing on Beamforming for Wireless Power Transfer for IoT Applications

2.7 Startups Developing 3D-printed Antennas

2.8 MEMS for LiDAR-based Antenna Beamsteering

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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced it has been named the organizational winner of the 2020 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group for its PathWave Test 2020, released in October 2019.

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Organizations from across the globe submitted their recent innovations for consideration in the BIG Innovation Awards. Nominations were then judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteer their time and expertise to score submissions.

"Keysight is delighted to be chosen as the recipient of the 2020 BIG Innovation award," stated Jeff Harris, vice president of global marketing at Keysight Technologies. "We, as an organization, strive to maintain a culture that consistently delivers innovative solutions for our strategic industries and customers around the world."

PathWave Test 2020 is a platform-based test suite that reduces time-to-market for electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building digital and wireless products for 5G, IoT, and automotive markets. The software streamlines test data processing, sharing and analysis to address the deficiencies of homegrown test tool integrations. For test development and engineering teams, PathWave Test 2020 supports rapid workflow solution development and deployment with interoperability for existing test software.

"The digital transformation happening today in engineering enterprises relies on accelerating time-to-market using best in class software and hardware," said Jay Alexander, chief technology officer at Keysight Technologies. "Keysight's PathWave Test 2020 software suite reflects our commitment to creating innovative software solutions that help our customers streamline their workflows."

The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives having experience and knowledge. The organizations proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and then rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers.

"Innovation has become a major theme for organizations across virtually all industries and this years winners are a testament to the creativity, passion and perseverance of individuals worldwide," said Maria Jimenez, chief operating officer of the Business Intelligence Group. "We are thrilled to be honoring Keysight as they are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many."

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.3B in fiscal year 2019. More information is available at http://www.keysight.com.

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Contacts

Geri Lynne LaCombe, Americas/Europe+1 303 662 4748geri_lacombe@keysight.com

Fusako Dohi, Asia+81 42 660-2162fusako_dohi@keysight.com

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GKN Automotive and Delta Electronics are working together to advance the development of next generation integrated three-in-one e-drive systems. This will involve integrating Delta Electronics converters with GKN Automotives e-motor and gearbox systems. The work will focus on the development of two new integrated e-drive families for application across different torque classes for future hybrid and electric vehicles.

This partnership is expected to flourish as the two have similar goals, focusing on weight and packaging reduction, and simplifying OEM assembly processes for easier and better quality component installations.

Liam Butterworth, CEO of GKN Automotive, said, The e-drive market continues to accelerate as manufacturers are required to meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations demanding technological progression and speed. Our collaboration with Delta represents a significant milestone in the expansion of our portfolio of scalable, integrated three-in-one e-drive solutions and our capabilities in rapidly bringing new cost competitive technologies to market.

It is expected that the new three-in-one units will be ready for production for various vehicle types in three years. This will cover A-segment city cars to D-segment executive cars and SUVs, supporting a range of torque outputs from 2,000Nm to 3,800Nm, with nominal power outputs of between 80kW and 155kW.

Simon Chang, COO of Delta Electronics, added, Delta is dedicated to enabling low-carbon green transportation by providing EV powertrain solutions and power electronics products, including traction inverters, traction motors, onboard chargers, DC/DC converters, and EV charging solutions to the market. Were pleased to be working with leading company GKN Automotive in producing integrated e-drive units for the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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MAN Cryos parent company MAN Energy Solutions has also been selected to supply 2 9L28/32DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines to each vessel.

Wallenius SOL states that the vessels will run on LNG, making them among the most environmentally efficient vessels in that part of the world.

Upon construction, the vessels will be the largest to ever meet Finnish/Swedish ice class 1A Super standard, ensuring year-round service in the frozen Gulf of Bothnia.

The 242-metre newbuildings will have a sailing speed of 20 knots and a capacity of 5,800 lane metres.

Delivery of the vessels is scheduled for 2021 and the order includes an option for two further vessels.

Louise Andersson, Head of MAN Cryo, said, These RoRos will operate in a sensitive, sulphur-emission-control area in harsh winter conditions where a reliable LNG fuel-gas supply system is of the utmost importance.

We are very pleased that both shipyard and shipowner trust us to deliver the fuel-gas supply system for such unique vessels.

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