Award & Recognition

SUZHOU – October 31, 2026 -- GAC won eight awards, including four first prizes, at the 2026 China-SAE Science and Technology Award ceremony in Suzhou, Jiangsu, on October 28. Two of the first prizes went to GAC-led projects and two to projects in which GAC participated. A fifth GAC-led project took second prize.

GAC's chip project works with 105 partners on domestic silicon

The GAC-led chip project built a full-chain path from vehicle definition to scale application. It has applied nearly 400 chip models and more than 1,000 domestic chips with 105 partners. The HYPTEC GT Special Edition, described as China's first intelligent connected vehicle with 100% domestically designed chips, has been launched.

Arlington, Va. – October 31, 2026 -- Navy Mutual Aid Association has awarded Lacey Langford, founder of MILMO and MilMoneyCon, its Lieutenant Timothy Dix Bolles Excellency in Education Award for 15 years of financial education work with the military community.

Langford's 15-year record spans MILMO, The MILMO Show and MilMoneyCon

Langford, an Air Force veteran and military spouse, has spent 15 years educating the military community on the financial opportunities and challenges that come with service. Through MILMO, The MILMO Show and MilMoneyCon, she has expanded financial literacy and strengthened collaboration across the military-connected community.

Navy Mutual's Education team has attended and presented at multiple MilMoneyCon conferences. Financial professionals use these events to connect and improve support for the service community.

Henderson, Nev. – October 31, 2026 -- YMX Logistics has been named a 2026 Top Company for Women to Work in Trucking for the second consecutive year by Redefining the Road, the official magazine of the Women in Trucking Association.

Award rests on nominations, review and industry-wide voting

The annual recognition covers organizations that support gender inclusion, workplace flexibility and professional growth across the transportation industry. YMX earned the honor through a nomination and review process, followed by industry-wide voting.

Brian Everett, Group Publisher and Editorial Director of Redefining the Road, said YMX has made gender inclusion part of its business strategy and should be commended for its efforts to advance women in the workplace.

Kuala Lumpur – October 31, 2026 -- HeyStay Management has been recognised by ASEAN Records for operating the most kids-themed and play-equipped short-stay units of any single short-term rental management company, with 83 such units in a 353-unit portfolio.

The 83 units account for about 24% of the Malaysian operator's managed portfolio as of September 2026. They are fitted with slides, ball pits, arcade machines, pool tables or mini-playgrounds.

HeyStay Management spreads 353 units across Melaka, Kuala Lumpur and Genting Highlands

The company began operations in 2019 in Melaka and Kuala Lumpur. It has since added Genting Highlands, taking its managed portfolio to 353 units across the three destinations.

HeyStay Management provides property management solutions for owners and tenants. The play-equipped units extend its short-term rental offering to families as an alternative to conventional short-stay accommodation.

Kuala Lumpur – October 31, 2026 -- ASEAN Records has recognised ORIZI Group as the largest integrated health, wellness and beauty OEM manufacturing group by number of manufacturing certifications, regulatory approvals and audited standards held, citing 24 credentials across 11 distinct schemes.

ORIZI Group runs five licensed facilities across six member companies

The group operates six specialised member companies in three divisions: cosmetics and personal care, functional food and nutrition, and medical devices and healthcare. Its five licensed production facilities cover cosmetics, personal care, perfume, functional food, nutrition and medical devices.

Each member company has a defined role in manufacturing, product development, business development, quality management or market support.

Kuala Lumpur – October 31, 2026 -- DG Maritime Sdn Bhd physically surveyed 10,069 hazardous export containers across two loading ports in 30 months, earning an ASEAN Records title for the highest volume in physical surveying of all nine IMDG classes with port-authorized container packing certification.

The surveys ran from April 2024 to September 2026 and covered cargoes under all nine International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) classes. Through physical cargo inspections and Container Packing Certificates (CPC), the company supported the issuance of port-authorized container packing certifications.

SHENZHEN – – October 30, 2026 -- Three consumer devices fitted with TCL CSOT displays have been named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 list: the TCL X11L SQD-Mini LED TV, the XTEINK X4 Pro Pocket eReader and the Framework Laptop 13 Pro.

TCL X11L is the only Chinese TV in TIME's consumer electronics category

The X11L uses the TCL CSOT WHVA 2.0 Ultra Panel, which delivers a native contrast ratio of 7,000:1 and 100% BT.2020 color space coverage. The display pairs the TCL CSOT Ultra Color Filter with 20,736 Precise Dimming Zones and 10,000-nit peak HDR brightness. It is built on SQD-Mini LED technology.

TIME described the set as using "super quantum dot" technology that emits light at more specific nanometer wavelengths than earlier panels. The magazine said the result is color-accurate and bright.

SHANGHAI – October 30, 2026 -- Envision's Tianji weather foundation model ranked first overall in the latest AI Weather Quest, organized by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), outperforming nearly 20 top teams worldwide.

Tianji takes first place on every assessed metric for the 19-25 day window

Tianji led the variable-averaged ranking as well as the individual categories of near-surface temperature, mean sea level pressure and precipitation. All results apply to the 19-25 day forecast window.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2026 -- MediaGo, the global intelligent advertising platform, won two awards at France's Les Cas d'OR 2026 digital marketing competition for a native acquisition case run with lead generation agency hipto.

MediaGo takes Native Acquisition Strategy Award and MBA MDIA Special Prize

The honors are the Native Acquisition Strategy Award and De Vinci Executive Education's MBA MDIA Special Prize. Executives from major insurance companies, leading automakers and 4A advertising agencies evaluated the Native Acquisition Strategy Award.

A parallel jury of industry experts and digital marketing master's students judged the MBA MDIA prize. It recognized the joint case for its operational logic and its combination of platform mechanics with high-quality signals to drive conversions.

Tustin – October 30, 2026 -- Avid Bioservices, a U.S. mid-scale biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has received the City of Tustin's Business Recognition Award in the Industrial & Manufacturing – Life Sciences category.

Tustin council member presents award to Avid CEO Kenneth Bilenberg in October 2026

Council Member Ryan Gallagher presented the award to Bilenberg, Group President and CEO of Avid, in the city where the company was founded. Avid describes the recognition as affirmation of its role in strengthening domestic biologics supply and setting the standard for flexible capacity.

Avid's local teams advance biologics from process development through commercial supply. The company provides integrated cell line development, process development, analytical development and CGMP manufacturing, from DNA to IND through commercial supply.