Turning visibility into a growth opportunity with premium exposure to millions of buyers

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Leading independent real estate brokerage FirstTeam® announced today that it has joined Zillow Previewsm, a new way to bring pre-market home listings into the open, earlier in the listing process.

As part of the platform, FirstTeam® agents can now publicly pre-market their listings on Zillow and Trulia before they go active in accordance with local MLS policies, reaching millions of buyers at the earliest stage of interest and giving consumers access to listings that were not being widely distributed before.

“At FirstTeam®, we’ve always believed in getting the most eyeballs on our listings when we represent our clients. Doing this deal with Zillow was a no-brainer,” said Michele Harrington, CEO of FirstTeam®. “Zillow Preview gives our agents access to more exposure than any other platform out there. When they asked us to be one of their affiliate brokers, the answer was obvious.”

Partnering with Zillow on Zillow Preview gives FirstTeam® a differentiated way to help its agents win listings by offering sellers public exposure of their pre-market listings on the largest online real estate marketplace in the U.S., with an average of 235 million unique monthly users. With 70% of buyers and sellers using Zillow at some point in their journey, being part of Zillow Preview offers endless opportunities for agents and their clients.

“Zillow Preview gives our team access to millions of highly engaged buyers on the largest real estate platform in the country, reinforcing our commitment to independence and to putting our agents first,” said Harrington. “In this rapidly changing market, independence is a competitive advantage, allowing our agents to move faster, win more business, and giving us a powerful edge in recruiting and retention.”

“Zillow Preview gives agents a clear advantage: more eyes on their listings earlier, the ability to build momentum before a home officially goes live,” said Errol Samuelson, chief industry development officer, Zillow. “We believe in an open, transparent market that puts consumers and agents first — FirstTeam embodies that thinking, and this partnership reflects it.”

FirstTeam® boasts more than 52 offices and over 2,300 sales agents in California, Arizona, Idaho, and Washington. For more information, visit https://firstteam.com/.

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Kayleigh Lentz
Co-Communications
klentz@cocommunications.com

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chef Robotics, a leader in physical AI for the food industry, today announced that Chef robots can now automate tray assembly for produce packing. The application places discrete items, such as oranges, apples, and pears, into clamshell packages and snack boxes, and portions scoopable produce, such as corn and peas, into trays before packaging. These applications support retail grab-and-go products, airplane meal kits, hospital and care facility meals, and school lunch boxes.

Watch Chef robots in action.

Produce packing has historically been difficult to automate. Unlike grains or sauces, whole fruits and vegetables are rigid, irregular, and vary in size, surface texture, and placement in a bin. At the same time, these items are packaged in containers such as retail clamshells, snack boxes, and portioned meal trays, which require strict placement consistency and presentation quality. This variability has made it challenging for automation systems to handle produce items reliably at production speeds, leaving food manufacturers dependent on manual labor.

To address this, Chef built its produce packing application on two existing capabilities—piece-picking and scooping—depending on the ingredient. For discrete items such as whole fruits like oranges, apples, pears, and kiwis, the piece-picking capability uses AI-powered computer vision to assess each item’s position, shape, and orientation in real time, enabling Chef robots to choose how to pick and place it precisely into the tray. For scoopable produce such as corn and peas, the scooping capability portions ingredients by weight and places them accurately using Chef’s tray-tracking vision system. Both capabilities are built on Chef’s physical AI models trained across diverse real-world production environments, allowing Chef robots to adapt to variability in how produce sits in the pan with no pre-sorting or fixed pan placement required.

The produce packing application introduces three distinct placement capabilities. First, Chef’s camera system identifies the exact center of each tray or clamshell and uses it as a reference point for picking any item. Each item is deposited at a predefined offset from the center. For example, in a three-fruit arrangement, the robot places the first piece at the center, the second 10 centimeters to the left, and the third 10 centimeters to the right, ensuring every pack has a uniform, retail-ready layout regardless of how trays arrive on the conveyor. Second, Chef robots can place multiple pieces of produce into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing the full tray assembly without any manual intervention between picks. Third, for deep trays that require items to be stacked, Chef robots arrange produce in layers. For example, the robots can be configured to place four pieces across the bottom, then carefully stack four more on top, without damaging the layer below.

For food manufacturers, the produce packing application offers higher throughput, lower labor dependency, and consistent portion presentation across shifts. The capability runs on Chef’s existing robotic hardware and software, allowing manufacturers to deploy it without making any infrastructure changes to their production lines.

Chef’s produce packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 104 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines. Visit https://chefrobotics.ai to learn more.

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SHANGHAI, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On Earth Day, global travel lifestyle brand NINETYGO, in strategic partnership with Covestro, a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, unveiled the R-GO Coffee Journey Series prototype at CHINAPLAS 2026. This next-generation luggage concept represents a breakthrough in circular design, with a commercial launch expected to debut first on Amazon.com in Q4 2026.

From Success to Revolution: The R-GO Evolution

Building on the global commercial success of NINETYGO’s first-generation coffee luggage—currently available across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia—the new R-GO Coffee Journey Series introduces a radical upgrade in material science.

While the original series pioneered the use of recycled coffee grounds mixed with polycarbonate (PC), the R-GO prototype integrates Covestro’s premium post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials to reach a new frontier of environmental performance:

Carbon Footprint: Shells of a standard 20-inch carry-on  are engineered to produce just 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg) of carbon emissions—a 67% reduction from the 3.4 lbs (1.54 kg) generated by traditional models.

Technical Benchmark: According to Covestro’s technical data, this is achieved by utilizing Makrolon®PCR solution, which reduces carbon emissions from 3.4 kg to 1.1 kg per kilogram compared to the virgin Makrolon® material.

Plastic Efficiency: These shells cut virgin plastic usage by 33.3% per unit.

Certified Integrity: All PCR materials used are validated by UL ECV Environmental Claim Validation and the Global Recycled Standard (GRS), the industry’s most respected benchmarks for recycled content.

A Journey of Balance and Innovation The R-GO series is designed to prove that eco-conscious engineering can coexist with premium durability. In rigorous internal laboratory simulations designed to replicate extreme travel conditions, the R-GO series demonstrated durability performance exceeding the key performance benchmarks of mainstream industry standards by 200%. These evaluations covered critical performance areas including structural impact resistance, telescopic handle fatigue, and multi-terrain wheel endurance—ensuring the series meets the brand’s uncompromising quality benchmarks.

“Why NINETYGO? Because 100% is a destination, but 90 is a journey,” stated a NINETYGO spokesperson. “100% implies something finished and static. We adhere to long-termism, focusing on constant innovation that evolves with the traveler. Our collaboration with Covestro allows us to achieve a seamless balance between environmental stewardship and high-performance engineering. We believe true sustainability is only achieved when eco-friendly innovation meets uncompromising durability and functionality.”

Availability The production version of the NINETYGO R-GO Coffee Journey Series is expected to debut first on Amazon.com in Q4 2026, with broader global availability to follow.

For more information and updates on the journey from prototype to launch, visit www.ninetygo.com or follow @Ninetygo Luggage on Facebook and @ninetygotravel on Instagram.

About NINETYGO and Korrun

NINETYGO is a global travel lifestyle brand owned by Shanghai Runmi Technology Co., Ltd., a majority-owned subsidiary of Korrun Co., Ltd. (300577.SZ).

Founded in 2005, Korrun is China’s first A-share listed company in the luggage and bag industry. Driven by the vision of becoming a great innovative consumer goods company, Korrun operates across two segments: B2B and B2C. In B2B, Korrun is a global strategic partner to world-class brands including Nike, Adidas, and Decathlon, with advanced manufacturing bases in China, India, and Indonesia. In B2C, the company operates its independent brand, NINETYGO, partnering with top-tier suppliers like Covestro, DuPont, and YKK to deliver cutting-edge innovation and quality to travelers worldwide.

CONTACT: ninetygo.marketing@runmi.me

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