Simpolo Unveils Perspective ’26, Introducing New Surface Collections, Expanded Manufacturing and Faucet Portfolio

The new collection forms part of Simpolo’s wider Perspective ’26 initiative, which also introduces new surface collections and expands its manufacturing capabilities.

MORBI, India and NAIDUPETA, India, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Simpolo Vitrified Private Limited has unveiled its latest surface portfolio under Perspective ’26 – Expanding Horizons, alongside expanded manufacturing capabilities and its entry into the faucet category. The two-city initiative, held across Rajkot and Tirupati, brought together more than 1,000 trade partners and architects and provided them direct exposure to the company’s newly established manufacturing facilities at Maliya, Gujarat, and Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh.

In Tirupati, around 250 trade partners and 200 architects from across South India attended the product launch, followed by a visit to the Naidupeta plant. In Rajkot, approximately 600 trade partners from across India and 200 architects participated, followed by a visit to the Maliya facility. The format gave partners and design professionals an opportunity to understand the technology and manufacturing capabilities supporting Simpolo’s latest portfolio.

New Surface Portfolio Under Perspective ’26

The Perspective ’26 portfolio includes Impero-2.0, Ricco-3.0, Impatto-2.0, Marmorica-2.0, Parquet and In & Out. The collections introduce marble, stone, metal, fabric and wood-inspired aesthetics, expanding the range of surface treatments available across different design concepts.

The portfolio also introduces Chevron, Herringbone and Inlay Decor formats. In & Out addresses indoor-outdoor applications, offering a surface solution for spaces where visual continuity between connected areas is part of the design approach.

The new collections reflect Simpolo’s focus on differentiated textures, patterns and material-inspired aesthetics. They also add greater variety to the company’s existing surface portfolio, giving architects, designers and other professionals more options for residential and commercial applications.

Expanding Manufacturing Capabilities

The new portfolio is supported by Simpolo’s expanded manufacturing infrastructure at Maliya and Naidupeta. Developed with an investment of ₹770 crore, the Maliya facility has two SACMI Continua+ PCR 2180 presses and a Phase 1 production capacity of 45,000 sq. m. per day.

The facility also includes an automated packing capacity of 43,000 sq. m. per day, India’s first S-module Continuous Modular Milling System with a capacity of 1,200 MT per day, and a 4,350-mm S-Layer Horizontal Dryer. Digital printing, robotic handling, Industry 4.0 systems, R&D and quality laboratories are also part of the facility.

The Naidupeta plant has been developed with an investment of ₹380 crores and has a Phase 1 production capacity of 25,000 sq. m. per day. Its spray dryer and five-module continuous ball milling system each support capacities of up to 1,200 MT per day.

The facility features a Digital Twin platform for real-time monitoring of production, equipment and energy consumption. Its infrastructure also includes a SACMI Continua+ press, India’s first and widest 5-layer horizontal dryer, a 2,950-mm-wide and 296-metre-long roller kiln, and a polishing line with 74 polishing heads and 36 nano heads. Automated packing capacity stands at 22,000 sq. m. per day.

Technology and Sustainable Manufacturing

Technology is a key part of the manufacturing expansion. At Maliya, digital printing, robotic handling and Industry 4.0 systems support production, while Naidupeta uses a Digital Twin platform to monitor production, equipment and energy consumption in real time.

The two facilities also incorporate measures focused on resource management. Naidupeta features a 4 MW rooftop solar plant, wastewater recycling, rainwater harvesting and electric material handling. Maliya incorporates 100% wastewater recycling and waste-heat recovery.

These capabilities support Simpolo’s expanded portfolio, with manufacturing technology and resource management integrated into the company’s latest facilities.

Expanding the Bathware Portfolio

Alongside its Perspective ’26 surface portfolio, Simpolo has expanded its bathware offering by entering the faucet category. The new portfolio features seven globally inspired ranges – Nile, Tagus, Aube, Loir, Alta, Ivalo and Laxa – each bringing a distinct design direction to bathroom spaces. The collection combines design with functional features, with globally sourced components and three finishes in few collections – Rose Gold, Gunmetal and Chrome – offering options for different bathroom concepts and preferences.

The faucet portfolio also incorporates water-saving cartridges, adding a functional focus to the new offering. The launch builds on Simpolo’s three decades of sanitary ware expertise and strengthens its wider bathware portfolio by adding faucets by extending its bathroom solutions. This expansion allows the company to address more aspects of bathroom design while continuing to serve homeowners, architects, designers and other project professionals.

Bringing Product and Manufacturing Together

Perspective ’26 brings together product innovation, manufacturing expansion and technology across two locations. By bringing trade partners and architects to Maliya and Naidupeta, Simpolo also gave them direct exposure to the facilities supporting its latest products.

The initiative reflects the company’s continued investment in its surface portfolio and manufacturing infrastructure. With new collections, expanded production capabilities and the addition of faucets to its bathware offering, Perspective ’26 marks an expansion of Simpolo’s product and manufacturing footprint.

About Simpolo Tiles & Bathware

Simpolo Tiles & Bathware offers tiles and bathware solutions for residential and commercial spaces in India. Its portfolio includes vitrified tiles and bathware products. The company serves homeowners, architects, interior designers, builders, contractors and other professionals across different types of projects.

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Smart, Secure and Scalable: Flatworld Mortgage Reimagines Mortgage Operations

• Automation and agentic AI, powered by MSuite, run directly across onboarding, processing, underwriting, QC, closing and servicing.
• Every automated output is checked at a defined human checkpoint before it becomes a lending decision, backed by SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO 9001:2015 certification
• Flatworld Mortgage has already absorbed 100% more loan volume at 24–48 hours’ notice

BENGALURU, India, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Flatworld Mortgage Solutions LLC, a strategic player in the mortgage processing space across the US announced a brand relaunch built on three pillars, Smart, Secure and Scalable, that reflects an operational transformation already running in production. With more than a decade running the US mortgage back office, Flatworld Mortgage has watched rising costs, heavier compliance scrutiny, and unpredictable loan volume stretch the industry’s legacy cost-driven operating model past its limit. This transformation replaces headcount-driven processing with automation and agentic AI built directly into origination workflows, across underwriting support, QC, closing and post-closing.

Smart. MSuite, the AI platform, indexes more than 1 million pages a month across 450-plus document types at a 90%+ accuracy rate. It also runs automated income, asset, and credit review and undisclosed debt notification (UDN) processing. The workflow itself has changed, not just its speed: an agent now owns a part of each file end to end, reviewing it, requesting what’s missing and escalating only when a decision needs judgment, which eliminates handoffs rather than speeding them up. Work that used to take a person the better part of a day, is now completed in minutes.

Secure. Human-in-the-loop checkpoints are built into each workflow alongside the automation, so only genuine exceptions reach a person. In underwriting, for example, an agent pre-clears the conditions it can verify and flags the rest for an underwriter; the underwriter always has control over the credit decision. Each checkpoint is designed to be auditable, and data handling is secure, under SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO 9001:2015 certification held at the Flatworld Solutions group level.

Scalable. In production, Flatworld Mortgage has already absorbed 100% more loan volume at 24 to 48 hours’ notice, without a corresponding hiring cycle, with processing up to 40% faster than in-house baselines and a 55% net financial benefit in average cost savings and financial returns.

Speaking about the launch, David Antony, CEO of Flatworld Mortgage, said “Most AI in mortgage gets bolted onto an existing workflow. We took the opposite approach: we rebuilt the workflow first, decided what AI should do and what a person should own, and only then automated it. In a regulated industry, you can’t say the AI made the call and I don’t know why, someone must own that outcome. That’s not a technology upgrade. It’s a different way of building a mortgage operation.”

Flatworld Mortgage is bringing the Smart, Secure, Scalable platform into conversations with lenders, servicers, and title companies this fall.

About Flatworld Mortgage

Flatworld Mortgage provides comprehensive solutions and BI/analytics services to lenders, brokers, servicers, correspondent lenders, and title companies across the US. The company runs around-the-clock operations, backed by a leadership team with decades of combined experience in US mortgage lending and regulation, and pairs that process expertise with MSuite, its automation and agentic AI platform. Flatworld Mortgage is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Xinhua Silk Road: 5th Changsha Tourism Development Conference opens in Hunan

BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Fifth Changsha Tourism Development Conference opened in Changsha County, Changsha City, the capital of China’s Hunan Province, on September 29.

The conference featured a diverse range of tourism offerings, including red-themed study tours, ecological wellness tourism, rural leisure, intelligent manufacturing, and convention and exhibition tourism, with the goal of making Changsha a premier destination for “micro-vacations”.

With red culture, green ecology, intelligent manufacturing, and openness as its four key themes, Changsha County is creating a new vision for high-quality and integrated tourism development across the region.

The county offers tourism routes connecting a number of distinctive tourism destinations, including the Bancang Resort in Kaihui Town, the Dashali village community in Qingshanpu Town, the Chen Shuxiang red tourism resources in Fulin Town, as well as industrial tourism sites at GAC Aion and the Minghe Industrial Park. These destinations showcase innovative scenarios arising from the integration of culture and tourism.

Six themed side events were also held during the conference, creating a platform to boost tourism consumption.

Changsha has held the tourism development conference for five consecutive years, significantly boosting tourism development and consumption in the city.

In 2025, both tourist arrivals and total tourism spending in Changsha doubled compared with 2021. Spending by inbound tourists increased by more than 40 percent year on year in 2025. 

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Beko scales smarter, more accessible customer care across 58 countries

27,000 technicians combine human expertise, connected diagnostics and AI-supported tools across Beko’s global service network of 22 brands.

ISTANBUL, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Beko, a global leader in home appliances, is connecting its focus on product quality and reliability with a smarter, more accessible and increasingly proactive after-sales. Beko’s global after-sales operations extend across 58 countries, bringing together more than 7,000 service points, 27,000 technicians, 50 call centers and approximately 2,000 customer service agents. Ranging from its flagship consumer brand Beko to Whirlpool*, from Bauknecht to Hotpoint, this unified network ensures seamless support.

“High-quality customer care begins with a reliable product,” says Fatih Özkadı, Chief Customer Care Officer of Beko. “Our ambition is not to perform more repairs. It is to help customers get the best performance from their appliances and, whenever support is needed, provide the right solution with the highest possible service quality.”

Quality begins with the product

Beko’s approach to quality and reliability begins with product design, testing and manufacturing and continues throughout the customer’s ownership experience. This end-to-end quality management mechanism is supported by ISO 9001 certification across 100 percent of its headquarters and manufacturing plants and is independently verified through accredited third-party audits. To ensure continuous improvement, internal audits and advanced data analytics are systematically implemented across all divisions.

Customer feedback, product-quality indicators and service information are monitored to identify opportunities for product and process improvement. Through structured internal platforms and high-impact projects in digitalization, artificial intelligence, and traceability are systematically evaluated and deployed under executive oversight.

Support across the customer journey

Beko’s after-sales capabilities support customers before, during and after a service need. Product guidance, maintenance information, digital troubleshooting and connected-product capabilities can help customers use their appliances correctly, maintain their performance and resolve suitable issues without an on-site visit.

Customers can also use digital channels such as service sections of the brand web sites to access product information, troubleshoot suitable issues, create and manage service requests and connect with customer support. Through Beko’s smart home app, HomeWhiz, users also get seamless connectivity across compatible appliances, product guidance, self-service features, and in selected countries, one-touch access to consumer service through the Service Button.

Behind this setup stands a robust operation of 50 call centers and approximately 2,000 customer service agents, ensuring seamless human-backed assistance. These channels collect relevant information before a service visit, helping consumer service teams and technicians understand the issue and prepare more effectively.

Equipping technicians through continuous learning and AI

“Our technicians represent the human face of Beko in the customer’s home. We are responsible for combining their expertise with accurate product information, connected insights and AI-supported tools to empower them to deliver the quality of service our customers expect,” says Fatih Özkadı, Chief Customer Care Officer of Beko.

In practice, this means giving technicians both the training and the tools they need as products and technologies evolve. Beko provides in-person and online training covering product knowledge, diagnostics, repair practices, safety and consumer service. In 2025, the company delivered 2,204 technical training sessions across 48 countries, totalling 112,620 hours.

Technicians can also access technical documentation and diagnostic guidance through digital platforms. Beko’s AI-supported Technician Coach helps them find relevant information and generates approximately 800 repair solution recommendations a day across its global operations. These tools do not replace technicians’ expertise or judgment; they reduce the time spent searching for information and help technicians apply their knowledge more quickly and consistently.

More than 450,000 spare-part SKUs

Not every technical issue requires a physical component to be replaced. In some cases, technicians can install or update software on electronic control boards in the field, keeping functioning hardware in use.

When physical components are required, Beko supports its global service operations by managing a portfolio of more than 450,000 spare-part SKUs. Driven by AI-powered forecasting and integrated planning, spare-part availability improved by 5% in 2025, ensuring the right components are available wherever they are needed.

ABOUT BEKO  

Beko is an international home appliance company with a strong global presence, operating through subsidiaries in more than 55 countries with a workforce of around 45,000 employees and production facilities spanning multiple regions—including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Beko has 22 brands owned or used with a limited license (Arçelik, Beko, Whirlpool*, Grundig, Hotpoint, Arctic, Ariston*, Leisure, Indesit, Blomberg, Defy, Dawlance, Hitachi*, Voltas Beko, Singer*, ElektraBregenz, Flavel, Bauknecht, Privileg, Altus, Ignis, Polar). Beko is the largest white goods company in Europe with its market share (based on volumes) and reached a consolidated turnover of 10.7 billion Euros in 2025. Beko’s 28 R&D and Design Centers & Offices across the globe are home to over 2,000 R&D employees and hold more than 4,500 international registered patent applications to date. The company has achieved the highest score in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) in the DHP Household Durables industry for the seventh consecutive year (based on the results dated 16 October 2025).** The company has been recognized as the 89^th most sustainable company on TIME Magazine and Statista’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies and has been the sector leader for three consecutive years. Beko’s vision is ‘Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide.’   

www.bekocorporate.com   

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**The data presented belongs to Arçelik A.Ş., a parent company of Beko.  

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Binance Launches Incentivized Learning Program ‘Academania Skill-Up’ Across South Asia, Rewarding Users for Blockchain Learning

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and users, announced ‘Academania Skill-Up’, a free, six-month learning campaign for users across South Asia. Each month, participants can complete a selected Binance Academy course, earn a certificate and enter a draw for rewards. The campaign aims to support beginners in building foundational knowledge of blockchain and digital assets through accessible, self-paced courses.

The initiative reflects a broader industry reckoning: crypto adoption is outpacing crypto literacy. India ranks sixth globally for grassroots crypto adoption and second for transaction volume, according to Chainalysis’ 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index. Yet as millions of first-time users enter the market—often through social media hype or peer recommendations—many lack basic knowledge of wallet security, scam recognition, or blockchain mechanics. Binance is responding by making education a prerequisite through incentivised learning as crypto adoption continues to grow.

“The gap today isn’t access—it’s understanding,” said SB Seker, Head of APAC at Binance.“For someone starting out, a two-hour course can mean the difference between recognizing a scam and losing savings. Academania Skill-Up is designed to reward that first step—building foundational knowledge so people can approach crypto with confidence, not just curiosity.”

How it works

• Learn: Complete the month’s featured Binance Academy course (free and self-paced) within the submission window.
• Share: Post your certificate on X and Binance Square by the deadline.
• Win: Ten participants are randomly selected monthly to receive a 10 USDT spot voucher—a stablecoin credit applied directly to their Binance account.

The program runs six monthly editions, each featuring a different course. The first edition (live September 23) covers the Beginner Track: blockchain basics, DeFi, Web3, and trading concepts. Participants must submit certificates by October 5, with winners announced October 15. The second edition will feature ‘AI Unlocked: Agents and Skills’. Users can follow @BinanceForIN and @BinanceDesi on X, and Binance South Asia Square channel for monthly course announcements.

Academania Skill-Up extends Binance’s education footprint in India, which includes Binance Academy (self-paced courses), Binance Blockchain Yatra (community outreach), and the Binance Case Challenge (university partnerships). Unlike those programs, Academania targets absolute beginners and uses incentives to drive engagement—a model that mirrors ‘learn-to-earn’ trends in Web3 but applies them to foundational literacy.

Terms & Conditions

By entering or participating, each entrant or participant (“Entrant”) agrees to these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) and the decisions of Binance, which are final and binding in all respects.

• Complete all tasks to confirm your participation.
• Only Verified Users from South Asia will be eligible to join this challenge.
• An eligible participant is someone that has completed all of the requirements listed in this announcement.
• Winners will be announced within 30 days after the challenge ends.
• Rewards will be distributed within 60 working days after the challenge ends.
• Binance reserves the right to cancel or modify any activity or activity rule at its sole discretion.
• Binance reserves the right to disqualify any participants who, in its reasonable opinion, are acting fraudulently or not in accordance with any applicable terms and conditions.
• Binance reserves the right to cancel any reward(s) if it determines in its sole and absolute discretion that such user or winner has breached any applicable terms and conditions.
• Binance reserves the right at any time in its sole and absolute discretion to determine and/or amend or vary these terms and conditions without prior notice, including but not limited to canceling, extending, terminating or suspending this Activity, the eligibility terms and criteria, the selection and number of winners, and the timing of any act to be done, and all Participants shall be bound by these amendments.
• Binance reserves the right of final interpretation of this Promotion.

Disclaimer: Digital asset prices can be volatile. The value of your investment may go down or up and you may not get back the amount invested. Crypto products and NFTs are unregulated and can be highly risky. There may be no regulatory recourse for any loss from such transactions. You are solely responsible for your investment decisions and Binance is not liable for any losses you may incur. You should only invest in products that you are familiar with and where you understand the associated risks. You should carefully consider your investment experience, financial situation, investment objectives and risk tolerance, and consult an independent financial adviser prior to making any investment. This material should not be construed as financial advice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. For more information, see ourTerms of Use andRisk Warning.

About Binance

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Binance is trusted by more than 300 million people in 100+ countries for its industry-leading security, transparency, trading engine speed, protections for investors, and unmatched portfolio of digital asset products and offerings from trading and finance to education, research, social good, payments, institutional services, and Web3 features. Binance is devoted to building an inclusive crypto ecosystem to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world with crypto as the fundamental means. For more information, visit: https://www.binance.com.

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