GREENPANEL (part of Greenply Industries) – India’s largest manufacturer of wood panels and the pioneers in medium-density fibreboard (MDF) launched a new range of plywood. GREENPANEL is committed to building a portfolio of the most advanced products to cater to the rapidly evolving needs of India’s interiors industry. From leading architects, interior designers and dealers to your wood contractors, GREENPANEL products are a trusted choice for everyone.
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Greenpanel Marine Grade Plywood (BWP)
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Greenpanel Club Plywood
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The Smart Asia India Expo & Summit, which is the largest smart cities event in south India, was unveiled on Thursday at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC). Organised by the Taipei World Trade Centre (TWTC), the Expo was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy, alongside James CF Huang, Chairman of the Taipei World Trade Centre, Shekar Viswanathan, Chairman of FICCI Karnataka State Council and Anjum Parwez, UD Secretary of Karnataka.
At the inauguration, CM HD Kumaraswamy said, “It gives me great pleasure to inaugurate the SMART ASIA India Expo and Summit. With rapid urbanisation and growing population, it is high time we plan our cities for sustainable growth. Urban local bodies need to enhance their efficiency in functioning and cater to the needs of the ever-increasing population. We are implementing smart city projects in 7 cities of the state and hence, I believe that this expo is the need of the hour. I thank James C Huang, Chairman, Taipei World Trade Centre, for building his relationship with the state of Karnataka and he will have our complete support.”
The Expo and Summit is positioned to offer more comprehensive solutions from the smart city domain. This year’s show features four exhibition areas and summit themes including: ‘Smart Transportation’, ‘Smart Energy & Water Management’, ‘Smart City Development & Environmental Sustainability’ and ‘IoT Solutions’. These themes are being brought to life by 50 outstanding exhibitors in 100 booths. Heavyweight visitors include Urban Development Department of Karnataka, Coir Board of the Indian government, TATA Group, Lodha Group, Mizuho Bank, Indian National Informatics Centre, Nashik Engineering Industrial Cluster, among others.
Commenting on the occasion, James CF Huang said, “It’s a memorable moment having Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy and other Indian honoured guests on the same stage in Bangalore, Karnataka. I believe that together, we can make this energetic and innovative city incredible. I have no doubt that SMART ASIA India will generate countless mutually-beneficial opportunities, forge even closer ties between India and Taiwan and become another milestone between the two countries.”
This year’s key exhibitors include Advantech, which is among the world’s top three intelligent system suppliers, exhibiting smart EV charger, medical and retail equipment; and ACER ITS, the largest bus ticket system supplier in Taiwan with a market share of 70%, providing e-ticketing and parking solutions. Ever-Clear Environmental Engineering Corporation and Optol Technologies Pty. Ltd. will showcase their cutting-edge smart utilities solutions, including water treatment equipment and smart LED lighting. Other experienced companies specialising in smart cities development and IoT solutions, including Avision, MOXA, HPB, Edgecore Networks, to name a few, will also exhibit their state-of-the-art products and services, and contribute to India’s ‘Smart Cities Mission’.
One of the major highlights of the event is the ‘India Taiwan Smart Cities Summit’. Organised by TWTC and co-organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), the Summit will welcome panelists from both India and Taiwan, who will discuss new technologies and applications, as well as the latest trends for optimising India’s infrastructure. It will also include representatives from Asian Development Bank, TATA Group, Amazon and others.
The opening day of the Summit, which will run till October 6, featured the ‘India-Taiwan EV Business Opportunities Forum’, where the Taiwanese EV company JS Power signed an MOU with its Indian partner, to set up a joint venture and cash in on the rising demand for lithium batteries.
Global technology platform and digital payments leader, PayPal, today announced the launch of its first merchant-focused app in India, PayPal for Business. This app will help small/medium merchants and freelancers conduct their domestic and cross border business on the go backed by PayPal’s robust risk and security platform.
Being agile is one of the key requirements for small/medium businesses and freelancers, and the app makes available to them computed sales insights, professional invoicing capabilities and scope to accept payments in multiple currencies from across the world.
Key features of the app:
- Single app for domestic and cross- border transactions – ability to view multi-currency balance
- Ability to generate invoices on the go
- View sales insights on the go
- Issue refunds in a timely manner
Speaking on the app launch, Narsi Subramanian, Director -Growth, PayPal India, said, “Our focus is to enable payments in a convenient and safe manner and help merchants and freelancers grow their business. The PayPal for Business app solves some of the most common problems faced by SMEs and freelancers. It empowers them to run their business seamlessly and goes beyond just processing payments. India has the second-highest number of freelancers in the world, and the SME sector is growing rapidly as the spirit of entrepreneurship continues to soar. With the penetration of smartphones and internet connectivity, our merchants are increasingly adopting a mobile-first go-to-market strategy. PayPal for Business is aimed at catering to these merchants in making their lives easier and helping them conduct their business on the go.”
PayPal New App Aims to Tackle the Entire Backend of Small Businesses Through Technology
Some of the key features of the PayPal for Business app are:
Sales Insights: A dashboard which helps merchants track their business performance, review their comparative performance year on year, number of transactions and average order value among other details.
Invoicing: Merchants will be able to easily create, draft, preview and send invoices on the go, helping them receive payments in a timely manner and avoid delays.
View multi-currency balance: Merchants can view their balance in all currencies, enabling a single integration for domestic and cross-border payments.
Issue refunds: The app enables merchants to issue refunds, ensuring a better experience for their customers.
PayPal for Business is available for download on Android and iOS.
The festive season has knocked the doors with new trends, styles and gifting options. Green Carpet, The Garden Centre synonymous with the concept of offering complete gardening solutions is offering an exclusive range of Indoor Planters, Plants and decor accessories to discerning customers across India. With the love for Nature and Environment, Indoor plants and planters are trending as the new ideal gifts and decor items this festive season and Green Carpet offers a wide range of indoor ceramic planters, self-watering planters, lightweight fiber pots, ceramic pottery, and mosaic planters as the ideal gifts during this festive season.
The company is offering designer indoor ceramic pots as ‘galaxy’ along with their huge collection of indoor planters. Green Carpet also proposes beautiful ‘Ceramic’ and ‘Mosaic’ pottery in bright shades of blue, green, grey, copper, red, pink, and white to celebrate the festive nuances. The company believes that a thoughtful gift offered to the right person can strengthen friendship and cement the bond between family members. With the vision of universal brotherhood and love for nature, Green Carpet has showcased an exclusive range of garden accessories and planters that can add a dash of flair and panache to the indoor areas.
Excited about the arrival of Festive Season, Myna Batavia, the founder of Green Carpet says “We think that planters are among the most thoughtful gifts a person can give to another. They are aesthetically beautiful and enrich the ambiance inside and around a house by adding to it a touch of added charm. The new trend of gifting plants and planters has been redefined with our exemplary range of designer products created and curated from across the world, which can make the living spaces alive. We have also introduced ‘Nido Hanging Planters’ and ‘Self Watering Planters’ that can be a perfect gift for your beloved and close ones this year.”
Green Carpet has also showcased decorative planters in designs of hedgehog, raccoon, squirrel on a shoe that makes the indoors and gardens bespoke. The company is committed to bringing greenery as a way of life to every doorstep and to help convert dream of their customers of living in a clean environment into a reality. Also, the innovative concepts and great designs make Green Carpet planters an excellent gift this upcoming festive season.
Only 20% of Indian Business Leaders Believe their Workforce has Skills Needed to Work with Advanced Technologies like AI: Accenture Research
Although the vast majority of Indian organizations believe that advanced technologies will be crucial for future growth, few plan to increase their training investment significantly in the next few years, thereby limiting their ability to harness the potential of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), according to new research from Accenture.
Accenture’s Future Workforce Study, based on a survey of 1,100 workers across skill levels in India and a survey of 100 senior executives in India, found that while 69 percent of the senior executives agreed that adopting intelligent technologies will be critical to their organization’s ability to differentiate in the market, none said their organizations plan to increase their training investments over the next three years. This, despite 59 percent of the executives identifying skills shortages as a critical hindrance to future growth.
At the same time, the vast majority of workers expressed the need for training, with 93 percent saying it will be important to learn new skills if they are to work with intelligent technologies in the next three to five years, and even more (95 percent) saying they believe that AI will help them do their job more efficiently.
Vivo, the global innovative smartphone brand, today announced the launch of Y81 (4GB) variant which comes equipped with fingerprint unlocking and FullViewTM Display 2.0 and will be available from today, at an MOP of INR 13,490. Celebrating the festive spirit, Vivo has also announced exciting new offers across various products in the Y-Series portfolio including the Y71i, Y83Pro, Y81 and the newly launched Y81 4GB variant. The latest Y81 (4GB) will be available on Vivo India e-store, Paytm Mall and across all offline channels pan India.
The Y-series portfolio has been specially designed to cater to the day-to-day needs of the Indian consumer, who is leading a fast-paced life and is looking for a powerful smartphone at a competitive price point. The newly Y series devices provide an immersive viewing experience to the consumers and come equipped with a FullViewTM Display and great camera capabilities.
With a commitment to the ‘Make in India’ program, all these devices have been manufactured at Vivo’s Greater Noida facility.
In a pursuit to increase the festive cheer amongst its customers, consumers will get an array of attractive offers,*both online and offline. Such as:
· Flat 5% cash back on HDFC Bank credit & debit card, EMI, Credit card regular transaction and consumer loans
· Paytm cashback coupon up to INR 1,000
· Jio: Enjoy instant benefits worth INR 4,050
o Jio Vouchers worth INR 1,950 (39 Vouchers of INR 50/- each)
o Jio Platinum Device Security (Device Theft & Malware Protection)
o Myntra, Paytm & Swiggy - Partner Coupons worth INR 2,100
· No Cost EMI options available starting from INR 916 per month
*terms and conditions apply (valid till 15 November 2018)
Commenting on the launch, Jerome Chen, CMO, Vivo India said, “2018 has been a very successful year for Vivo owing to great consumer response for our breakthrough and innovative smartphones. We want to continue the momentum and further enhance the customer experience by kick-starting the festive season with attractive offers that add to the happiness to our consumers.”
Y81-3GB and Y81-4GB Variant
The Y81 4GB variant is a spiritual successor to the Y81 (offering 3GB RAM). Powered by the MediaTek OctaCore (Helio P22) processor, the devices come equipped with a 15.46cm (6.22) FullViewTM Display providing an immersive viewing experience. The smartphones also provide fingerprint unlocking which adds to the security of the device. With a 13MP (f/2.2) rear and a 5MP (f/2.2) front camera, the devices offer extensive image capturing capabilities like HDR, Portrait Bokeh, AI Face Beauty, Palm Capture and Group Selfie mode amongst others to elevate the user’s photography experience. The devices are available in Black and Gold colour variants with a 3260 mAh battery.
Price:
Y81 3GB variant – INR 11,990
Y81 4GB variant – INR 13,490
Y83 Pro
The Y83 Pro comes equipped with dual rear 13MP + 2MP (f/2.2 & f/2.4) camera supported by an 8 MP (f/2.2) front camera. The device’s powerful 8MP front camera makes it the perfect selfie companion that allows users to click crisper images with portrait, Face Beauty, HDR and Take Photo modes. Its sleek and sturdy design houses a 15.46cm (6.22) FullViewTM Display powered by 4GB RAM to smoothly run multiple applications and an internal memory of 64GB. The device is available in Nebula Purple, Black and Gold colour variants with a 3260 mAh battery.
Price – INR 15,990
Y71i
Y71i is a budget offering for consumers looking for great functionality and seamless user performance. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 with a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor, the device offers smooth performance and further enables the users to multitask easily with various applications. At a competitive price, it comes equipped with face access and a powerful 3360 mAh battery. With a 15.21cm (6.0) FullViewTM Display, the device is a path-breaking offering, which provides an enhanced and seamless experience. Y71i offers 2GB RAM along with 16GB storage and is available in Gold and Matte Black colour variants.
Price: INR 8,990
Taking its vision to digitize India one step further, iVVO – a pioneering communications brand and the latest entrant in the Indian mobile phone industry – has now announced the launch of its e-commerce operations to more than 19,000 PIN codes across India. iVVO customers can now also purchase its smart feature phone offerings digitally via www.ivvo.co.in in addition to its offline retail stores.
As part of the initial rollout, iVVO is currently offering 6 smart feature phones from its four product categories, namely Beatz, Primo, Selfee, and Tuff. The current product line-up includes IV2401 (Beatz), IV1806 (Primo), IV2401s (Primo), IV24872 (Primo), IVBFLY (Selfee), and IVRUG (Tuff). BRITZO has enabled delivery to even rural hinterlands of India by covering the entire stretch of the country. The MRPs of individual products listed on the website are inclusive of taxes and are subject to zero shipping costs despite iVVO’s prices starting from Rs. 849.
On the launch, Pradipto Ganguly - CEO & Co-Founder – Britzo (iVVO Mobile Phone) said, “Though our network of channel partners is growing on a pan-India level, we want to spare no effort to equip our customers even living in the remotest of locations. It delights us to announce the launch of our e-commerce operations. We are confident that these operations will not merely add to our brand presence, but also to our brand salience across the rural geographies via easy orders and quick deliveries.”
iVVO is a revolutionary Indian mobile phone brand whose parent organization, BRITZO, recently became popular for spearheading multiple state-of-the-art innovations with rural-first approach. BRITZO also plans to mobilize Rs. 100 crore to ‘Make in India’ initiative for indigenous manufacturing and R&D operations.
