FORT MYERS, Fla., April 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) was recognized at the 2026 Edison Awards™ in Fort Myers, Florida, on April 17 for five breakthrough technologies: LigamiX™: Hybrid Regenerative Ligament Technology, Sustainable Pavement Material Recycling, Prognosis Monitoring System (PMS), NeoVision AR, and 3D Aluminum-Microchannel Thermosyphon Heat Sink. Among 149 winners worldwide, ITRI earned three gold and two silver awards, ranking second globally in total number of awards. These innovations span the application domains of smart living, resilience & environment, and quality health, demonstrating the breadth of ITRI’s technological capabilities and their impact on industry and society.

Frank Bonafilia, Executive Director of the Edison Awards™, praised ITRI’s innovation excellence: “We’re seeing that your expertise is translating into market-ready innovations and solutions. You are creating complete products and services that can be deployed globally, and your ecosystem of bringing companies together that support each other is unbelievable.” He also highlighted PMS for its AI-driven predictive capabilities that enable machines to respond before failures occur, and the 3D Aluminum-Microchannel Thermosyphon Heat Sink for its highly efficient, energy-saving cooling for AI data centers.

ITRI’s Winning Innovations:

Gold Winners:

LigamiX™ is a bioengineered ligament designed to accelerate healing in ligament repair. Its porous bionic structure and biocomposite materials enhance bone regeneration and tissue adherence. LigamiX™ offers patients an effective ligament reconstruction solution that reduces material abrasion and joint inflammation, delivering up to three times the strength of commercial implants after implantation and enabling 30% faster restoration of normal gait.

Sustainable Pavement Material Recycling is the world’s first technology to utilize a proprietary biological agent and a water-based heating process to separate aged asphalt from aggregates. The technology transforms reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) into 70% premium aggregate and 30% asphalt sand, turning RAP from a low-value backfilling material into a high-value circular resource for pavement applications. Free of organic solvents and commercially viable, its demonstration plant can process 80,000 tons of RAP per year while reducing CO2 emissions by 10% to 20%.

Prognosis Monitoring System (PMS) is an AI-powered, plug-and-play predictive maintenance solution designed to prevent unplanned equipment failures in mission-critical industries, including semiconductors and energy. Leveraging over 30 years of expertise in vibration analysis and advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, PMS achieves diagnostic accuracy exceeding 90%, reduces analysis time from 10 minutes to one second, and improves equipment uptime from 70% to 92%. Currently deployed in more than 1,500 units across over 200 companies, PMS supports zero-downtime operations by delivering early warnings that help avert catastrophic failures, potentially preventing losses of up to US$5 million in semiconductor manufacturing environments.Silver Winners: 

NeoVision AR transforms transparent displays into intelligent spatial companions. By integrating real-time multimodal sensing, voice interaction, and AI-driven avatars, it enables immersive, contactless navigation experiences that redefine human–machine interaction across transportation, tourism, and cultural environments. Deployed at a marine museum, it recognizes aquatic species and their positions dynamically with up to 98% accuracy, delivering real-time marine life information aligned with the visitor’s line of sight and hand gestures.

3D Aluminum-Microchannel Thermosyphon Heat Sink is a next-generation air-cooling technology tailored for high-performance computing servers. Using capillary-free microchannels and balanced pressure control, it can dissipate over 1,500 W of heat without the need of pump and the risk of leakage. The system delivers liquid-cooling-level performance with air-cooling simplicity, making it a lightweight, durable, and cost-effective thermal management solution.

The Edison Awards™ recognize excellence at the forefront of global innovation. Other winners this year include Dow, SABIC, and Cisco Systems. Visit here to see the complete 2026 winner list.

About ITRI

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is a world-leading R&D organization dedicated to innovating a better future. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan’s industries from labor-intensive into innovation-driven. Over the years, ITRI has incubated hundreds of startups and spinoffs, including well-known companies such as UMC and TSMC. Headquartered in Taiwan, ITRI also operates offices in the U.S., Germany, the UK, Japan, and Thailand. For more information, please visit https://www.itri.org/eng.

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SINGAPORE, April 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EPG today released its 2025 ESG Report, outlining its sustainability approach and performance across global operations as it scales internationally.

Environmental EPG achieved full compliance with applicable environmental regulations, with 100% of waste treated and disposed of. The company completed its inaugural greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, encompassing Scope 1, Scope 2, and key Scope 3 categories, establishing the foundation for its emissions management strategy and long-term decarbonization roadmap.

Social Female represented 31% of total employees, and 85% of employees recruited locally in Malaysia hold managerial positions. EPG maintained a diversified supply chain, with approximately 47% of suppliers based outside of mainland China.

Governance As of the date of this press release, the EPG Board of Directors includes two female directors, representing 22% of board members. The Board convened two meetings with 100% attendance.

As EPG matures its ESG framework, the company is forming a dedicated ESG Committee to oversee this progress. ESG management systems will be embedded into existing and planned facilities, starting with its Malaysia manufacturing plant currently under construction. EPG will also extend these standards through its supply chain at its upcoming Shanghai partner conference.

“Scaling globally only means something if we scale responsibly,” said Alick Wan, EPG Founder and Chairman. “We see an opportunity to redefine what sustainable infrastructure looks like for the AI era — proving that high performing infrastructure can also carry light footprint. We believe modular is how the industry gets there.”

EPG is proud to have contributed to the book Greener Data, Volume III, launching on Earth Day 2026. The chapter shared EPG’s philosophy on how modular construction reduces on-site waste, lowers embodied carbon, and enables full lifecycle sustainability, making the case that responsible scaling and commercial ambition are not in conflict.

Following approximately $200 million in Series B and B+ financing, EPG will keep strengthening company-wide ESG governance and scale its modular approach across an expanding international footprint.

Read the full report: https://www.epg-module.com/list-27-1.html

Contact: communications@epg-module.com

About EPG

EPG is a Singapore-headquartered provider of modular and prefabricated data center infrastructure, powered by dual R&D centers in Singapore and Shanghai and advanced manufacturing hubs in Malaysia and China. With over 20 years of engineering expertise, EPG delivers innovative and sustainable solutions for hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise deployments across APAC, EMEA, and other global markets.

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Behavioral intelligence leader addresses the knowing-doing problem that leaves most assessment investments unrealized

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Simpli5, the behavioral intelligence platform that powers team effectiveness at organizations including LinkedIn, Kaiser Permanente, and Notion, today announced a significant expansion of its platform aimed at solving one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise learning and development: the knowing-doing gap.

While behavioral assessments have proliferated across the Fortune 500, the vast majority of users never return to their insights after initial onboarding — leaving significant organizational investment unrealized. The upcoming Simpli5 release is engineered specifically to close that gap, translating one-time self-awareness into an ongoing team practice embedded in the flow of daily work.

“Self-awareness that lives in a report is just data. Self-awareness that lives in your daily relationships is transformation,” said Karen Wright Gordon, Founder and CEO of Simpli5. “We built this because we knew the highest-value moments in our platform were sitting unused for too many users. These features are about closing that gap without adding friction.”

The expansion introduces a suite of interconnected capabilities designed to keep behavioral insights present in the flow of daily work — accessible at the moments that matter most, and creating reinforcing loops that grow in value as organizational adoption scales.

Unlike point-in-time assessments, Simpli5 is engineered to compound in value over time. Each connection made, each insight applied, and each colleague activated increases the network intelligence available to every user on the platform. The upcoming release is designed to accelerate that compounding effect.

Full feature details and availability will be announced in the coming weeks.

About Simpli5

Simpli5 powered by 5 Dynamics is a behavioral intelligence platform built on the science of five natural work energy phases: Explore, Excite, Examine, Execute, and Evaluate. Unlike static assessment tools, Simpli5 is a living team intelligence platform that deepens in value as adoption scales across an organization. Its AI coaching product, SenSai, delivers personalized behavioral insights at the moment of need.

For more information, visit simpli5.com.

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