Bangalore Watch Company™ (BWC) announces its participation in Dubai Watch Week 2025, one of the leading watch events of the world.

BWC X Dubai Watch Week 2025

Dubai Watch Week (DWW) is hosted by the Ahmed Seddiqi Group, one of the largest watch retailers in the UAE, bringing together the finest artisans and luxury watch brands from around the world all under one roof. The bi-ennial event brings the prestigious label to Dubai’s iconic Burj Park overlooking the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall.

At the event, BWC will also host a Masterclass on Meteorites; this is the first time in the world, a watch brand opens the intricate process involved in turning an outer space Meteorite into Haute Horlogerie elements used in watchmaking. With this format, BWC plans to give the participants an exclusive opportunity to go hands-on with Meteorites. The brand’s Meteorite Archive will also be on display with a selection of some of the world’s rarest space rocks, allowing collectors and enthusiasts to explore these extraordinary materials up close and understand the craftsmanship in turning them into luxury watches.

Since 2018, Bangalore Watch Company™ has redefined Indian watchmaking through the materials it chooses to work with in the watches. From aluminium recovered from fighter planes, steel from aircraft carriers, and fragments made from a slice of a 4.5-billion-year-old Muonionalusta meteorite, each material tells a story of modern spirit, and human curiosity for space. With innovations like a proprietary Cerasteel™ material, and India’s first space-qualified watch, the brand continues to blend storytelling with modernity in every creation.

“This is a very special moment for us,” said Nirupesh Joshi, Co-Founder of Bangalore Watch Company™. “Participating at Dubai Watch Week gives us the opportunity to introduce our brand to the global watch community. Some of the best names from the industry will attend DWW, and we’re proud to have been invited by the Seddiqi Group to host the Masterclass.”

Mercy Amalraj, Co-Founder of BWC, added, “Every meteorite dial is a story — from a fragment of the cosmos to a finished timepiece. This Masterclass is a chance for people to experience that journey with their own hands. This is a story from India, but being shared with the world, there couldn’t have been a better platform for us to launch this new Masterclass than DWW.” 

Following the debut, BWC plans to bring this Masterclass back to India, giving watch collectors and enthusiasts back home the opportunity to share the experience.

“The Indian watch collectors and enthusiasts’ community is bustling right now, watches are all about the sties, and our customers are asking for more experiences, and storytelling. We are excited to bring the Meteorite Masterclass back to India later this year.” said Mercy Amalraj.

About Bangalore Watch Company™ 
Founded in 2018, Bangalore Watch Company™ creates high-quality mechanical watches that tell stories of a 21st-century India. Drawing inspiration from Aviation, Cricket, Space, and the Great Outdoors, each collection captures modern Indian narratives that go far beyond stereotypes.

With several firsts to its name including watches made from recovered fighter planes and aircraft carrier materials, India’s first watch qualified for Spaceflight, and a proprietary Cerasteel™ material that is a fusion of Steel and Ceramic, the brand blends storytelling with technical innovation and contemporary design. Recognised by leading global publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, and Hodinkee for its originality and craftsmanship, Bangalore Watch Company™ stands at the forefront of modern Indian watchmaking.

Founded by husband-and-wife team Nirupesh Joshi and Mercy Amalraj who left their tech careers overseas to pursue a passion for modern Indian storytelling, the brand has built a quiet but enthusiastic following with customers in over 30 countries.

About Dubai Watch Week 
Founded in 2015 by Ahmed Seddiqi, Dubai Watch Week celebrates the creative confluence and undercurrents of the luxury watch industry. Creating satellite events and its biennial hero event in Dubai, Dubai Watch Week is a movement that supports initiatives with similar values, bridges communities and creates unique opportunities for networking and creative exchange. 

fischer, a global leader in fixing systems, has strengthened its position in India’s construction and industrial fastening sector with the launch of its latest innovation — fischer FWA R2. This new addition to the company’s economic bolt anchor portfolio delivers superior performance, flexibility, and value for money. Crafted from A2-grade stainless steel, the FWA R2 is designed for non-critical applications in non-cracked concrete, making it ideal for building construction, tunnels, energy, and industrial projects.

fischer FWA R2 – Champion in Performance & Economy

The FWA R2 stands out for its perfect balance of performance and economy. With dual anchorage depths, it offers greater flexibility during installation, ensuring ease of use and reliability for installers and engineers. The anchor provides strong tensile strength, corrosion resistance, and long-term durability, even in humid environments. It is particularly suited for façade brackets, railings, consoles, cable trays, and other secondary structural fixations where approvals are not mandatory.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Mayank Kalra, Managing Director, fischer India, said, “At fischer, our commitment has always been to deliver world-class anchoring solutions suited to India’s evolving construction landscape. The FWA R2 combines German engineering excellence with local market needs, meeting the rising demand for reliable yet economical fastening systems across India’s fast-growing infrastructure and real estate sectors.”

Aligned with fischer’s philosophy of “Innovating for Efficiency”, the FWA R2 ensures corrosion resistance, adaptability, and accessibility — offering a high-quality solution without compromising safety or performance. Its economic pricing and durable A2 stainless steel design make it equally suitable for indoor and outdoor use, empowering customers to achieve optimal efficiency in their projects.

The launch comes at a strategic time as India’s infrastructure boom accelerates through initiatives like Smart Cities Mission, Housing for All, and the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). With increasing construction activity across metros and Tier 2 cities, the demand for efficient and affordable anchoring systems is growing rapidly — a demand the FWA R2 is set to meet effectively.

Backed by fischer’s nationwide network of distributors and technical experts, the FWA R2 will reach projects across the country, reinforcing fischer’s reputation for trust, innovation, and engineering excellence. This launch marks not just a product introduction but a new chapter in India’s anchoring solutions — where German technology meets Indian adaptability to build the nation’s future with strength and confidence.

fischer Building Materials India Private Limited

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Mobis India, staying true to its philosophy of delivering modern, stylish, and durable enhancements, has introduced a complete range of Genuine Accessories for the all-new Hyundai Venue. This exclusive collection is thoughtfully designed to enhance the Venue’s bold persona with refined aesthetics and superior comfort. Crafted to meet the evolving needs of today’s customers, these accessories add a smarter, sleeker, and more personalized touch to every drive.

As Hyundai’s trusted global partner for Genuine Parts and Accessories, Mobis India ensures that every product upholds uncompromising standards of Quality, Reliability, Durability, and Guaranteed Fit. The newly launched range combines protection, and contemporary design elements that perfectly complement the dynamic character of the all-new Hyundai Venue.

As a part of this new initiative Mobis India has unveiled an exclusive and unique Body Kit for the all-new Hyundai Venue comprising of five main accessories – specially designed to give the Venue a commanding and distinctive road presence. The kit includes:

• Front & Rear Bumper Extenders – Custom-fit, extenders engineered for a seamless integrated look which blends with original bumpers while adding a robust design addition element.

• Body Side Moulding – Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)-moulded with a hyper-silver finish providing a sleek and a protective side profile enhancement with embossed Venue branding.

• C-Pillar Scoop – Engraved with a 3D wings motif, lends a robust SUV look.

• Twin Hood Scoop – Sporty 3D design with a dual finish – gloss black and dark chrome inserts featuring Venue branding for a bold and dynamic appearance.

Aligned with Mobis India’s philosophy of Innovation with responsibility and commitment to clean mobility, the newly launched Carpet Mat Premium is crafted from 100% recycled nylon. This eco-friendly material ensures long-lasting durability while supporting a sustainable future.

The Hyundai Venue Genuine Accessories collection spans all key categories of style, protection, comfort, and daily convenience.

Further adding to the styling and protection of the all new Venue, the range also includes: Door Edge Guard, Window Beading, Door Handle Chrome, Door Visor, Hood branding, ORVM Garnish, Side Step, Door Sill Guard and Rear Sill Guard.

Speaking about this, Mr. Myeong Jae Lee, Head of After Sales Parts Business Division at Mobis India Limited, said, “At Mobis India, our focus has always been on enhancing customer satisfaction through innovation, quality, and care. The new Hyundai Venue accessories, including the distinctive body kit and lifestyle range, are designed to make every journey more stylish, safe, and comfortable. In line with our commitment to sustainability, we are proud to introduce the ‘Carpet Mat Premium’, crafted entirely from 100% recycled nylon.”

Introducing Genuine Accessories styled for the all-new Hyundai VENUE

The complete range of Genuine Accessories for the all-new Hyundai Venue is now available at Hyundai Authorized Dealerships and Mobis Distributor Outlets across India.

About Mobis India 

Mobis India supplies After-sales Parts and Accessories, through a network of its own Parts Distribution Centres (PDCs) operating in various major Metropolitan cities and Hyundai Authorized Dealers/Mobis Authorized Distributors across PAN India.

Mobis India’s strength in the After-Sales Parts business lies in the strong bond between its fully integrated (forward & backward) supply chain solutions, vendor base, Pan-India Dealers & Distributors Network and its end customers. With its global expertise, Mobis India has upgraded the Dealers & Distributors network to a highly efficient and sustainable B2B network, with the aim to provide World-class Service quality to the Hyundai Customers.

For further information, please visit www.hyundaimobisin.com.

TVS Motor Company (TVSM) – a global leader in two and three-wheeler manufacturing – has taken centrestage at EICMA 2025, making a landmark debut at the world’s largest two-wheeler exhibition. With a show floor commanding presence, TVS unveiled 6 new products across ICE and electric powertrains, advanced ride assist gear including AR based Heads-Up display helmets, a stunning new range of accessories, connected technology that enhances rider-machine connect and its roadmap for expansion in Europe. 
 

TVS Motor Company Makes a Stellar debut at EICMA, unveils 6 new products across ICE and electric powertrains
 

Adjacent to the TVS pavilion, is the resurgent, “new” Norton range, built on timeless values of design, dynamism and detail, reimagined for a new generation of riders. Over the last five years, TVSM has invested £200 million in reviving the legendary brand – one built on 127 years of history, innovation and racing glory. Norton is now ready to redefine premium motorcycling!

TVSM’s product showcase at EICMA is headlined by (a) TVS Tangent RR Concept – a revolutionary supersport bike with a monocoque subframe (b) TVS eFX three o – the company’s most powerful electric motorcycle concept yet (c) TVS M1-S – the company’s first electric maxi scooter (d) TVS Apache RTX 300 – a new benchmark in the adventure tourer segment (e) TVS X – the born electric, lean, aerodynamic machine, packed with segment first innovations and (f) TVS RTR HyprStunt Concept – a revolutionary new concept for everyday urban sports motorcycles. 

Commenting on TVSM’s maiden appearance at EICMA, Sudarshan Venu, Chairman, TVS Motor Company, said, “TVS is a business built over 100 years – a commitment to customer delight, quality and a focus on innovation and technology. Today, we are amongst the top global manufacturers of two-wheelers with a significant market share in over 50 countries. 35 percent of our revenues come from outside India. As TVSM debuts at EICMA, we underline our ambition to serve customers in Europe with passion, precision and pride. With the prowess of our existing portfolio, the six new unveils, the capability from our four centres of excellence in India, Indonesia, Bologna and UK and a new resurgent Norton, we are ready to write a new chapter.”

Drawing on decades of racing success and trusted by millions of riders, the new TVS Tangent RR Concept is the harbinger of a revolutionary super sport design that leverages over four decades of TVS Racing’s competitive track experience. Its monocoque subframe is crafted from intelligent composites that heightens its aerodynamics and boosts performance. The TVS Tangent RR Concept pushes the envelope delivering a combination of aggressive performance and class-leading features never before seen in India’s motorcycle landscape.

Joining the TVS Tangent RR Concept in the spotlight is the TVS eFX three o electric motorcycle concept that reimagines the electric motorcycle performance. Crafted for the modern urban rider its futuristic silhouette channels raw electric power through a design that is taut, minimalistic yet expressive, intelligent yet visceral. Building on the success of the TVS iQube, India’s largest selling EV, the TVS eFX three o has been engineered to set new benchmarks in street motorcycling underlining the company’s aspiration to not just match global benchmarks but surpass them.

Expanding the Track to Road Legacy: RTR HyprStunt Concept

Building on TVSM’s core track to road philosophy at EICMA 2025 is the TVS RTR HyprStunt Concept. This sharply styled, tech-forward urban sportsbike opens an entirely new segment in India, bridging everyday practicality with the heritage of TVS racing. For younger riders and city enthusiasts, it has been crafted for precision stunt riding and urban aggression – a bold mechanical expression that sets new benchmarks in lightweight, agile and urban ready riding dynamics. 

Complementing these at EICMA, is the recently launched TVS Apache RTX 300, which has opened new frontiers for adventure tourers. This marks the most significant expansion of the TVS Apache nameplate in its 20^th year reinforcing its position as India’s gold standard for speed, excitement and reliability. The TVS Apache RTX 300 will hit the roads in Europe in Q1 2026.

Electric Innovation

Alongside its stars, TVSM also showcased the smart, advanced EV TVS X and TVS M1-S electric maxi scooter that are engineered for new-age global urban riders. Together, they reiterate TVS’s drive to create two-wheelers for any journey for any rider in any continent. The two EVs would be launched in Europe by the end of 2026.

At EICMA, TVS Motor has also unveiled the AR enabled Heads Up Display (HUD) Helmets in partnership with Swiss startup Aegis Rider. The Aegis Rider vision helmet keeps the rider’s focus on the road and uses spatial anchoring and AR technology to display vital information through a heads-up display with first of its kind patented technology. The AR display enhances situational awareness with real-time navigation, hazard alerts, and call notifications without distracting the rider – marking a quantum leap in enhancing riding experience and smart connectivity. 

Among the connected technologies that enhance the rider-machine compatibility, TVSM has displayed the integration of Android Auto with the TVS X console, powered by TVS SmartXonnect. This connectivity suite offers riders effortless wireless pairing, smart navigation, hands-free calling, and entertainment via Google Assistant, perfectly blending the demands of modern urban life with seamless mobility. Also on display, is the TVS iQube integrated to Smartwatch, redefining the way riders connect with their vehicles. This integration connects the TVS iQube electric scooter with a special edition smartwatch, to provide real-time access to critical updates, including vehicle status, battery insights, tyre pressure, and safety alerts, along with a plethora of native watch features.

TVS Motor Company’s expansive lineup at EICMA 2025 also features a broad spectrum of market-leading products that underscore the company’s unmatched ability to serve every rider segment. This includes the TVS Jupiter, the TVS NTORQ, the TVS Raider and the TVS TVS iQube. TVSM’s flagship mid-size sportsbikes – the fully faired TVS Apache RR 310 and the naked street sportbike TVS Apache RTR 310 – along with a limited-edition carbon fiber variant of the TVS Apache RR 310 and a Build-to-Order customized TVS Apache RTR 310 variant are also on display. TVSM has showcased two versions of the TVS Ronin roadster – one standard and another dressed with a full accessory kit – catering to lovers of neo-retro styling. Two elegant and technologically advanced e-bikes are also drawing plentiful attention.

Also, on show is TVSM’s extensive range of premium merchandise and accessories reflecting its racing heritage and lifestyle appeal. The lineup features high-quality helmets, riding gear, hydration backpacks, Bluetooth intercoms, and lifestyle apparel including t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, and leather jackets. 

TVS Motor Company’s debut at EICMA not only sets the pace for the global two-wheeler industry, it stands as a celebration of India’s sporting, engineering, and electric mobility talent—proven by the expanding might and success of the Apache nameplate and building on its pioneering success in EVs.
 

About TVS Motor Company
TVS Motor Company (BSE:532343 and NSE: TVSMOTOR) is a reputed two and three-wheeler manufacturer globally, championing progress through sustainable mobility with four state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in India and Indonesia. Rooted in our 100-year legacy of trust, value, and passion for customers, it takes pride in making internationally accepted products of the highest quality through innovative and sustainable processes. TVS Motor is the only two-wheeler company to have won the prestigious Deming Prize. Our products have led in their respective categories in the J.D. Power IQS & APEAL surveys and J.D. Power Customer Service Satisfaction Survey. Our group company Norton Motorcycles, based in the United Kingdom, is one of the most emotive motorcycle brands in the world. Our subsidiary in the personal e-mobility space, TVS e-bike Company AG, has a leading position in the e-bike market in Switzerland. TVS Motor Company endeavours to deliver the most superior customer experience across 80 countries in which we operate.

For more information, please visit www.tvsmotor.com.

ANIMAL, India’s first 15% Apple Cider crafted with Himalayan apples, has won the Gold Medal in the Blind Tasting Category at the Spiritz Conclave & Achievers’ Awards 2025. Made by the Indian Wine Company (IWC), ANIMAL is known for being naturally fermented, no added ENA (Extra Neutral Alcohol), and no expiry date: making it one of the most naturally crafted drinks available in India today.

Moksh Rajpal and Divesh Gupta receives award in the blind tasting category at Spiritz 2025

The Spiritz Awards recognise the finest beverages in India for their taste and quality. Winning Gold in a blind tasting, where judges don’t know which brand they are sampling, proves the authentic flavour and natural quality of ANIMAL.

Every sip of ANIMAL comes from apples from Himachal Pradesh. Made through a natural fermentation process.

“ANIMAL is not just a drink but  a promise of purity,” said Moksh Rajpal, Chief of Staff, Indian Wine Company. “We wanted to create something that feels real, honest, and proudly Indian. It’s made for everyone who loves great taste without compromise.”

This achievement not only cements ANIMAL’s place within the fraternity, but also highlights the rise of Indian-origin, innovation-led brands redefining global quality benchmarks. With its distinctive 15% cider composition and unapologetically bold character, ANIMAL is spearheading a new era of experimentation and craftsmanship in the Indian beverage space, one where local ingredient meets international standards.

At a competitive price, ANIMAL offers consumers a drink that’s both premium and natural, blending India’s richness with world-class quality. Whether you’re celebrating, relaxing, or sharing moments with friends, ANIMAL stands apart as the drink that’s naturally perfect, and perfectly natural.

About ANIMAL

ANIMAL is India’s first 15% Apple Cider, made from Himalayan apples. Naturally fermented and NO ENA. Born in India and crafted by the Indian Wine Company (IWC), ANIMAL is made for those who value purity, taste, and authenticity in every sip.

ICCPL Group, a large-sized Indian PR firm with a leadership position in sectors like Real Estate, Education, and Start-ups, has yet again become one of the most awarded PR & Marketing firms for the year 2025.

ICCPL Group, a large-sized Indian PR firm, shines big in 2025

Dushyant Sinha, the founder of ICCPL Group, recently won the coveted ‘Young Game Changers of Indian Realty 2025’ award in a glittering event held in New Delhi and organised by Outlook Magazine. This recognition came just three weeks after he received the ‘Gems of Delhi’ award from Times Network for his contribution to India’s PR & Communications sector.

Since its inception in 2011, ICCPL has always been one of the most reputed and influential PR firms, focusing on select sectors and building deep expertise within them. The group quickly rose to prominence for its sharp strategies, impactful campaigns, and client-first approach. Over the last 14+ years, ICCPL has become one of the most respected PR & communications conglomerates with diversified services spanning public relations (ICCPL PR), digital marketing (Digicomm), and creative design (Studio 360).

Adding another feather to its cap, ICCPL Group was recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work 2025” by HT Media, reaffirming its people-first culture and employee satisfaction at a time when work-life balance has become a global conversation.

“Every award is a reminder of the trust our clients place in us and the passion our teams bring every single day. What makes ICCPL special is not just the campaigns we create, but the consistency with which we deliver value, year after year. Our success story is built on relationships, innovation, and integrity,” exclaimed Dushyant Sinha, Founder & Managing Director, ICCPL Group, reflecting on the company’s journey.

The awards for the founder, the top management team, and for its subsidiaries have been coming in at higher numbers since 2024 itself. It all started when Dushyant Sinha won the respected Economic Times (ET) Business Leader award in October 2024 which was preceded by him getting featured amongst the top 8 emerging business leaders by leading English News Daily, Hindustan Times (HT Media) and was successfully succeeded by achieving a coveted feature by YourStory, a renowned platform to foster the growth of Indian startups up eco-system, in which Dushyant’s entrepreneurial abilities were much applauded.

The awards in 2025 didn’t just stop at him being honoured, but the company continued its winning streak by its CEO, Ambika Saxena, being honoured by Times Network for her contribution towards corporate CSR via ICCPL foundation, a non-profit venture run to help the underprivileged women and children. The foundation in post-pandemic times has done a major set of projects to help uplift the women’s health care and also create awareness for child autism.

On the business front, ICCPL’s Vice President (VP) for PR and operations, Parkhi Pasricha, was awarded ‘PR trailblazer of the Year’ under an initiative of AdGully & The PR Post, followed by ICCPL Group’s digital venture, Digicomm Marketing Services LLP, winning the ‘Best Digital Marketing’ award in 2025 for its innovative marketing campaigns. With such a glittering line-up of awards, ICCPL Group clearly has stood tall amongst the top large-sized PR firms and marketing agencies in India.

With such an impressive line-up of awards, ICCPL Group has once again reaffirmed its standing as one of the best large-sized PR firms in India—a benchmark for excellence, ethics, and innovation in integrated communication services.

About ICCPL Group
One of India’s leading large-sized PR firms, Integrated Centre for Consultancy Pvt. Ltd (ICCPL) is recognised for its strategic thinking, creative storytelling, and dependable execution. Established in 2011, the company has provided complete marketing and communication solutions to over 500 clients, handling more than 3500 campaigns across varied sectors such as real estate, education, hospitality, and startups.

With a presence in 42 cities across India and at international locations such as Dubai, Singapore, and the UK, ICCPL, India’s top large-sized PR agency, has grown into a trusted communications partner for numerous top brands. The group’s estimated market worth, between USD 40–50 million, highlights its solid growth and expanding global influence in the PR and marketing space.

What goes into the making of ICCPL as one of the best PR agencies is its four key divisions, which have been key to its multi-faceted growth. The premier MARCOM division that comprises of its core verticals, PR (ICCPL PR), digital marketing (Digicomm), and creative design (Studio 360), has been delivering integrated marketing solutions that span reputation management, brand positioning, media relations, influencer engagement, and corporate communications. The Hospitality division, operating under the brand TWH Hospitality, manages hotels and cafés in Goa and is actively expanding into Punjab and Haryana, and is coming up with cafes under its banner. The Real Estate Investment division oversees ICCPL’s strategic property investments across India, which are later sold among a set of the company’s regular investors. The ICCPL Foundation, which drives the group’s CSR work, is a reflection of what the company stands for beyond business. Its efforts in healthcare, education, and general social work welfare are a reminder that growth has more meaning when it helps others move forward, too.

In its 14-year journey, ICCPL has been bestowed with over 75 awards, though the bigger achievement lies in the trust it has built with clients and partners. Widely regarded as one of the top PR firms in India, ICCPL enjoys a strong presence in Noida and NCR, where it is often the first choice for companies that value consistent media visibility and credible communication. With its foray into hospitality and real estate, the group has shown that its creative strength can adapt well beyond PR. The combination of innovation, long-term vision, and reliability continues to make ICCPL one of India’s most respected names in the communications business.

Tetra Pak today unveiled its next-generation Automation and Digitalisation (A&D) portfolio, Tetra Pak Factory OS ️at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai. This new suite of modular, open and scalable smart factory technologies will transform food and beverage (F&B) production and lay the foundation for AI-ready factories.

Tetra Pak launches Tetra Pak Factory OS to make factories AI-ready

A recent comparative study shows that highly automated beverage factories achieve 20% higher overall equipment effectiveness, 45% lower product waste and 20% fewer packaging line stops compared to less automated facilities. Yet, many producers struggle to adopt automation due to limited digital expertise and difficulty of finding a holistic end-to-end solution providers with industry expertise. Tetra Pak Factory OS™ bridges this gap, by combining advanced technologies with deep food and beverage know-how to help producers tackle cost pressures, meet sustainability goals, and prepare for AI-driven manufacturing.

At the heart of the next-generation portfolio is a new data integration platform, powered by open technologies, powerful analytics and industry standards. It connects equipment and systems throughout the factory, transforming fragmented data into one unified, real-time view. This can empower food and beverage producers to deliver consistent product quality, enhance efficiency, reduce utility usage, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Sean Sims, Vice President, Automation & Solutions at Tetra Pak comments, “Today, food and beverage producers are under enormous pressure. They must deliver more with fewer resources – less water, less energy, less waste – all while maintaining quality and reducing costs.” 

“Our next-generation portfolio transforms complexity into clarity. By combining contextualised data – the foundation of effective AI adoption – with high performing equipment automation, Tetra Pak Factory OS gives food and beverage producers the confidence to act decisively in an increasingly volatile market.”

Charles Brand, Executive Vice President, Processing Solutions & Equipment at Tetra Pak, adds, “Tetra Pak Factory OS ️is more than a technology portfolio – it embodies our vision for the future of food and beverage manufacturing. Designed for the next decade and beyond, it enables producers to build the factory of the future, where resilience, efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand.” 

Designed for flexibility and scalability, Tetra Pak Factory OS allows F&B producers to adopt automation and digitalisation at their own pace: starting small, scaling up, and tailoring solutions to their unique requirements.

Tetra Pak Factory OS standardises data collection across all equipment, regardless of age or supplier, ensuring full compatibility and scalability. Other key features include a unified user experience that enables seamless interaction across lines, equipment and control rooms; a suite of digital applications for real-time monitoring of materials, quality, production and asset performance; and enterprise-level insights powered by contextualised, factory-wide integration.

Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the portfolio is supported by a robust ecosystem including Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Inductive Automation – but it’s Tetra Pak’s deep food production expertise that ensures these technologies deliver real impact for food producers.

Tetra Pak Factory OS is available globally and will be showcased at Gulfood Manufacturing, Dubai, 4-6 November. To learn more about how Tetra Pak is building the factories of the future, visit www.tetrapak.com/FutureFactory.

About Tetra Pak
We’re here to make food safe and available. It’s why we provide advanced food production systems. In collaboration with our customers and suppliers, driven by more than 24,000 dedicated employees worldwide, we protect food sustainably every day for hundreds of millions of people in more than 160 countries. Because we’re here to fulfil a purpose:

We commit to making food safe and available, everywhere, and we promise to protect what’s good: food, people and the planet. 

More information about Tetra Pak is available at tetrapak.com.

¹ Tetra Pak comparative study: How automation improves efficiency, quality and waste www.tetrapak.com/content/dam/tetrapak/media-box/global/en/gated/automation/automation-digital-products/automation-digital-solutions/documents/comperative-study-improvements-through-automation-v2.pdf 

² www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials-and-electronics/our-insights/unlocking-the-industrial-potential-of-robotics-and-automation#/

³ Consistent product quality and enhance efficiency: Tetra Pak Comparative study: How automation improves efficiency, quality and waste [www.tetrapak.com/content/dam/tetrapak/media-box/global/en/gated/automation/automation-digital-products/automation-digital-solutions/documents/comperative-study-improvements-through-automation-v2.pdf]

Reduced utilities usage and lower total cost of ownership: www.tetrapak.com/insights/cases-articles/future-of-dairy-production

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025 for India. This year, Red Hat is celebrating Indian Bank, Tata Teleservices, Unity Small Finance Bank, and State Bank of India for their forward thinking use of open source to drive innovation, enable transformation and create meaningful impact across their organizations.
 

Leaders at the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025
 

Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next,” the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025 celebrates customers turning these trends into tangible results. The awards recognize 30 winners across the region whose inventive use of Red Hat’s open source technologies have sparked innovation, strengthened competitiveness, and delivered lasting value for their industries, customers, and employees. These organizations demonstrate how open source empowers enterprises to reimagine possibilities, navigate complexity, and seize new opportunities in an evolving landscape to define future competitiveness.
 

The awards comprise five categories: Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-native Development, Automation – and the newly added AI and Emerging Tech.

Category: Cloud Native Development

Winner: Indian Bank Ltd.

With over 140 million customers and a growing suite of digital banking services, Indian Bank Ltd. is one of India’s largest public sector banks. Recognizing the need to modernize its legacy systems to meet the growing demands of scale, agility, and digital innovation, the bank built India’s first private cloud infrastructure by a public sector bank, powered by Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus.

This enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform now powers mission-critical applications including omnichannel banking, digital lending, financial inclusion, and cash management services. By adopting OpenShift as its standard container platform, Indian Bank has streamlined development, enhanced security and governance, and accelerated the rollout of innovative digital services. This modern, cloud-native foundation creates a resilient, future-ready environment that positions the bank at the forefront of India’s banking modernization.

Category: Digital Transformation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Winner: Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL)

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is a leading provider of connectivity and communication solutions for businesses across India. With a portfolio spanning connectivity, cloud, security, and collaboration services, TTSL plays a pivotal role in powering digital transformation across industries including e-commerce, fintech, and manufacturing.

To support its vision of transformative connectivity and ensure flexibility across diverse technology ecosystems, TTSL adopted an open hybrid cloud approach powered by Red Hat’s enterprise solutions. This open, interoperable foundation enables seamless scalability, resilience, and agility – free from vendor lock-in. By standardizing on open technologies, TTSL has created a unified platform that simplifies operations, accelerates service delivery, and strengthens its position as a trusted digital partner for businesses nationwide.

Category: Digital Transformation

Winner: Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank)

Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank) is a new-age bank focused on delivering simple, secure, and accessible banking through technology. To expand its sales and marketing reach through digital channels, the bank sought a modern customer relationship management (CRM) platform that could be deployed rapidly, while avoiding vendor lock-in and infrastructure constraints.

With Red Hat’s open source solutions like Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Unity Bank built a flexible, scalable foundation that enables faster delivery of new digital solutions and seamless integration across systems. This open architecture has empowered the bank to reach more customers, enhance engagement, and accelerate innovation – supporting its vision of redefining banking for the digital age.

Category: Digital Transformation and Cloud Native Development

Winner: State Bank of India (SBI)

State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest and most trusted financial institution, continues to lead the nation’s digital transformation journey. With over 52 crore customers and a global presence across 29 countries, the bank set out to modernize its digital channels to deliver faster, more seamless, and secure banking experiences.

Supported by Red Hat open platforms – Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Ansible Automation platform, SBI’s digital modernization journey brought together applications such as retail internet banking, mobile, and branch portals on a scalable, cloud-native architecture. This open platform supports “market-first” digital features, enables rapid deployment of new services, and enhances system resilience and security. In parallel, SBI is modernizing its Cash Management Product (CMP) on the same platform to enhance efficiency and deliver smarter, more configurable solutions for corporate and government clients – further cementing its leadership in digital banking.

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Marjet Andriesse, senior vice president and general manager, APJC, Red Hat

“The pace of change in Asia Pacific shows no signs of slowing, especially as AI becomes a core driver of business transformation. Despite these demands, our customers have delivered remarkable results, showing that innovation thrives when paired with open source. The Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025 are an opportune time to recognize and celebrate these achievements, highlighting how our customers are unlocking what’s next and shaping a future defined by creativity, resilience, and impact.”

Ashutosh Choudhury, Executive Director, Indian Bank
“At Indian Bank, our goal has been to build a modern, scalable foundation that can keep pace with the rapid evolution of digital banking. By working with Red Hat, we have gained the agility to scale resources efficiently, improve visibility across our systems, and deliver more reliable digital experiences for our customers. This transformation marks a significant step forward in strengthening our digital backbone and supporting the bank’s long-term growth.”
 

Anvize Rodrigues, Chief Information Officer, Tata Teleservices Limited

“As we advance our journey as a trusted digital and connectivity solutions provider to businesses in India, agility and openness have become central to how we operate. Our collaboration with Red Hat is a key step in transitioning to a unified, open hybrid cloud foundation that brings speed, resilience, and innovation at scale, delivering greater value to our customers and partners.”

Yusuf Roopwala, Chief Information Officer, Unity Small Finance Bank

“Our goal has always been to make banking simple, inclusive, and accessible to our customers in every corner of India. Working with Red Hat has empowered us to build a flexible, open platform that supports our new digital CRM, core banking and other allied services – helping us reach customers in unserved and underserved communities more effectively. This reiterates our commitment to providing secure, optimal, technology-driven financial solutions for all.”

Anil Tembhe, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India
“Collaborating with Red Hat has been instrumental in our journey to modernize and unify SBI’s digital platforms. This marks a new era in customer experience – one that is secure, scalable, and consistently seamless across every channel. Using Red Hat’s open, cloud-native foundation such as Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation has enabled us to innovate faster, strengthen resilience, and continue leading India’s digital banking evolution”

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Scientists at the University of Glasgow have harnessed a powerful supercomputer, normally used by astronomers and physicists to study the universe, to develop a new machine learning model which can help translate the language of proteins.

University of Glasgow Researchers Develop AI to Decode Protein Structures and Interactions

In a new study, published in Nature Communications, the cross-disciplinary team developed a large language model (LLM), called PLM-Interact, to better understand protein interactions, and even predict which mutations will impact how these crucial molecules ‘talk’ to one another.

Early tests of PLM-interact, a protein language model (PLM), show that it outperforms competing models in understanding and predicting how proteins interact with one another. The team’s research demonstrates PLM-interact could help us better understand key areas of medical science, including the development of diseases such as cancer and virus infection.

The research team – led by Dr Ke Yuan from the University’s School of Cancer Sciences and the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Prof Craig Macdonald from the School of Computing Science and Prof David L Robertson, from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) – are developing these types of AI model to add much-needed detail on how diseases arise.

PLM-interact could also provide new insight into how viruses interact with their host species. In the future, it is possible this approach could even be used to predict a virus’s pandemic potential and identify new drug targets.

Proteins are the main structural components of all cells and viruses and play a key role in biological processes by interacting with other proteins. Disruption of these protein-to-protein interactions (PPIs) is often linked with disease formation, including cancers and genetic diseases. Additionally, protein-to-protein interactions play an important role in viral infections, with viruses relying on the proteins in our cells to help them replicate and continue the infection process.

A better understanding of protein interactions would offer scientists vital new insights into disease and infections, potentially paving the way for the development of new therapies or vaccines. However, currently identifying protein-to-protein interactions experimentally can be both costly and time-consuming, and new ways to speed up the learning process are required.

PLM-interact was first ‘trained’ on more than 421,000 human protein pairs and their interactions with data-processing support from the UK’s DiRAC High Performance Super Computer facility. Specifically, Tursa, originally developed to help theoretical physicists simulate aspects of the workings of the universe, provided the team with access to a highly optimised GPU cluster that helped them more quickly build and fine-tune the model, which involves more than 650 million individual parameters.

Dr Ke Yuan, one of the paper’s corresponding authors, said, “It’s great to think that DiRAC, which was developed to help scientists understand the laws of nature from the smallest subatomic particles to the largest scales in the Universe, has helped us build this new model to explore the inner space of protein interactions instead.”

“Colleagues from our School of Computing Science provided support with the language modelling aspects of creating PLM-interact, but in order to train the model itself, we needed access to vast amounts of computing power. Working with DiRAC to tap into their GPU computing resources, as well as their training, technical support and software engineering resources, helped us do that much more quickly and effectively.”

PLM-interact can predict protein interactions with between 16% and 28% more accuracy than other state-of-the art AI protein models. In addition, PLM-interact was able to accurately predict five key protein interactions that govern essential biological functions including RNA polymerisation and protein transportation. Notably other protein AI tools, including the Google DeepMind-powered AlphaFold3, were only able to predict one of the five protein-to-protein interactions.

Researchers were also able to show that PLM-interact could accurately identify the impact of mutations on protein interactions, both for mutations that cause negative consequences (including genetic diseases) and for mutations that inhibit essential protein-protein interactions, causing diseases such as cancers.

The research team also trained PLM-interact with a further 22,383 protein-to-protein interactions, this time from 5,882 human and 996 virus proteins. Once again PLM-interact outperformed existing protein models in its ability to predict how human and virus proteins interacted, demonstrating the model’s power as an accurate virus prediction tool.

Prof David L Robertson, head of CVR Bioinformatics at the University of Glasgow, is the paper’s other corresponding author. He said: “The urgency to understand virus-host interactions during COVID-19 pandemic is a good illustration of why a tool like PLM-interact could be invaluable in the future. Being able to quickly and accurately gain insight into how viruses interact with our proteins could help us better understand virus emergence and disease risks, which in turn can help speed up the development of new treatments and therapies.”

“Our results are a very promising contribution to developing a system capable of predicting protein interactions at an unprecedented scale and level of accuracy. This is Dan Liu’s, the paper’s first author, PhD work and is a remarkably strong platform to build on for the future. We’re already looking at expanding our team to help us explore the full potential of PLM-interact for a wide range of applications in the future.”

The study, ‘PLM-interact: extending protein language models to predict protein-protein interactions’ is published in Nature Communications. The work was funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation 562 program, the Medical Research Council with support from Cancer Research UK, Prostate Cancer UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Notes

This work used the DiRAC Extreme Scaling service (Tursa, https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/hpc-services/dirac-tursa-gpu) at the University of Edinburgh, managed by the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre on behalf of the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility. Tursa is composed of 178 GPU nodes, each of which has 4xA100 GPUs for a total of 712 GPUs. A 200 Gb/s HDR Infiniband non-blocking interconnect supports running jobs very efficiently across multiple nodes, with 4x 200 Gb/s interfaces being available on each node. As it is GPU-based, Tursa is extremely energy efficient, delivering approximately 5 times more scientific throughput using only half the power when compared to its predecessor. This energy efficiency is increased further by the direct liquid cooling of all compute nodes. Tursa is supported by storage including a 5PB lustre fast file system and a large tape backup and archive service.The DiRAC service at Edinburgh was funded by BEIS, UKRI and STFC capital funding and STFC operations grants. DiRAC is part of the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure.

About the University of Glasgow

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Its people have always been at the forefront of innovation, including eight Nobel Laureates, two UK Prime Ministers, three First Ministers of Scotland, 10 Fellows of the Royal Society and 11 Fellows of the British Academy.

It is committed to tackling the most pressing global challenges facing humanity and the natural world. It is delivering against the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030. It is the first European university to declare it would divest from fossil fuels by 2024 and the first in Scotland to declare a climate emergency.

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