08 September, 2016

Panasonic to feature future living solutions at IFA 2016


The Japanese electronics giant will also showcase solutions from its first Smart City project, “Future Living Berlin”

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Panasonic will exhibit its latest products and technologies at IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) 2016, happening in Berlin from September 2 until 7. Under the theme "A Better Life, A Better World," the Panasonic booth will highlight lifestyle solutions for the future at IFA, one of the biggest trade shows for consumer electronics and home appliances in the world. Panasonic is exhibiting a wide range of products, from audio-visual equipment to home appliances and beauty appliances to feature "the lifestyles we all desire".

A major attraction at Panasonic’s booth located in Hall 5.2, is the interactive presentation of its first smart city project in Germany, which will include the smart energy, smart mobility, smart security, smart health, and smart citizenship solutions. Panasonic recently announced that it will be playing a key role in setting up the smart residential project “Future Living Berlin” in the German capital’s Adlershof district.

Panasonic has also entered into a partnership with Berliner Philharmoniker (BPH), one of the world’s most eminent orchestras, to explore opportunities in bringing a premium and authentic live concert hall experience to the home and in-car environment. The company will support the Berliner Philharmoniker’s internet video platform, the Digital Concert Hall (DCH). BPH will collaborate with Technics, the high-end audio brand of Panasonic. Some of the cutting-edge technologies by Technics will be featured with the latest audio-visual technologies at IFA.

Panasonic LIVE@IFA2016 will also feature live video feed of the event at the venue.
Mr. Anthony Peter, Director of Corporate Communications and Operations Division PMMAF, commented, “IFA2016, in Berlin, provides Panasonic a huge platform to display our top-end technologies from the very niche Technics for the discerning music aficionados to daily use ‎products that are designed to bring significant lifestyle difference to our customers embodying our ethos of a 'better life, a better world'. The ‘Future Living Berlin' smart city will be a further step in fulfilling such objectives.”




Main Exhibits in the Panasonic Booth

Future Lifestyle:
Lifestyle Showcase: Better Living Tomorrow - Future Lifestyle with Connected Appliances

With its advanced appliances connected to a network, Panasonic will create a multipurpose
living area by fusing the kitchen and living and dining rooms into one where the family and
friends can congregate and share time together, yet each one can have enough space to
spend one’s time in one’s own way. As an example of “the lifestyle we all desire” technically
achievable within the next three to five years, Panasonic presents an enriched lifestyle as
envisaged by sharing the space with loved and special ones.

Multipurpose space allowing to share experiences - This corner will feature a simple, interactive, and harmonious living environment in a manner that reflects personal preferences in daily life. The spatial environment can be changed depending on personal behaviour to ensure comfort and to produce unexpected excitement anywhere.

  • In/visible library, glass curtain
Transparent displays are blended into the home’s interior - invisible as they are built into
cupboard doors or sliding doors. The displays show images only when necessary.

  • Lighting and audio-visual equipment
Lighting and sound change in response to personal movement. The equipment effectively
changes the atmosphere depending on the situation.

Equipment and services that reflect personal preferences and increase satisfaction - This corner will feature a living environment that enables access to appropriate information and offers support on various occasions in daily life. The cooking experience helps to enjoy meals and conversation.

  • Sake & wine cellar
This cellar keeps different types of alcoholic beverages, such as sake and wine, at optimal
temperature and humidity. A transparent display is used as the door to show a variety of information such as information about the drinks inside and recipes of dishes that go well with them.

  • Range hoods equipped with a camera
Panasonic’s range hoods achieve accurate sensing of cooking conditions. The temperature of induction hobs is properly controlled to get professional-level cooking at home. The progress of cooking can also be checked.


  • New Concept Built-in Cooker
Panasonic’s new cooker is based on a concept totally different from that of induction hobs and griddles. It is also built into a table. The operation is simple—put ingredients on a dish and set it on the cooker. No pot or frying pan is required because the cooker heats only the
ingredients. The cooker presents a new cooking experience that keeps freshly cooked dishes hot and tasty until the end of a meal.

  • Cloud services
The cloud services are designed to present recipes for increasing the joy of cooking and
making up variations. Working in tandem with a range hood equipped with a camera, the
cloud services enable connected cooking appliances to share information and control the
temperature, so that multiple dishes can be completed simultaneously. Great food makes your party with special ones even more special.

  • All in One Laundry
This laundry machine does a series of time-consuming laundry chores, from washing, drying
and folding, to storage, based on image analysis and robotics technologies. This allows for
more leisure time.

  • Home controller
The home controller is designed to control all home appliances, including lighting, and provide helpful information. For example, the controller also detects and lets users know what is left in the refrigerator. It is connected to the cloud via a home server to support various aspects of daily life.

Smart Home:
Lifestyle Showcase: Peace of mind for your life

Here visitors can find a smart home that is easy to operate, with all security products in the
house, e.g. cameras, sensors, connected. A lifestyle that provides a sense of security is
introduced in five settings and presentations.

Home network system
This corner will introduce a DECT-compatible home network system that easily establishes a connection between a smartphone and the home. Also exhibited will be optional products including indoor and outdoor cameras, open/close sensors, occupancy sensors, and smart plugs with a built-in sensor.

Digital Imaging

  • Consulting counter & shooting
The lineup of Panasonic LUMIX digital cameras and video cameras will be on display. Panasonic’s product experts will be on hand to offer consulting services. All products on display here will be available for visitors to try out and experience first-hand.

Products on Display

  • HC-X1 4K 60p/50p video camera (to be released in December 2016 in Europe)
  • HC-X1 is the world’s first* video camera with a 1-inch sensor that features a wide-angle (24 mm)/optical 20x zoom lens. This new 4K 60p/50p video camera that meets professional needs will be on display.
(*As of September 1, 2016, based on a survey conducted by Panasonic.)

  • LUMIX Digital Cameras
This corner will feature DMC-TZ100 and other LUMIX cameras to introduce the Focus Select feature, which allows the focus position to be freely adjusted after the photo is taken, and the 4K PHOTO feature, which enables the user to select a frame from a 30-fps image sequence and create a photo.

TV + Home AV:
Lifestyle showcase: True to filmmaker’s vision

This area highlights Panasonic's guiding philosophy for picture quality: “true to the filmmaker's
vision,” by showing how Panasonic is uniquely involved from the movie-set through to the
living room. As such Panasonic's professional filmmaking equipment is displayed alongside
its Ultra HD Premium* TVs and a Blu-ray Disc players.
(*A premium standard established by the UHD Alliance that specifies the highest quality of 4K Ultra HD)

Products on Display

  • 4K Pro HDR TVs
This corner will highlight the high-quality picture quality of Panasonic's 4K Pro HDR DX-series line-up, with accurate color thanks to Panasonic’s proprietary image processing technologies, and fine-tuning by a leading Hollywood colorist. Panasonic's Art & Interior design concept for 2016 TVs which aims to harmonize them within our living environments is displayed and explained. Panasonic will also exhibit a prototype OLED TV, in addition to various other futureTV technologies.

  • Ultra HD Blu-rayTM Players
In addition to the high-end DMP-UB900, the DMP-UB700 which will be released from October 2016 in Europe, will also be exhibited. Both models are ULTRA HD Premium* certified and thus deliver the best 4K/HDR experience available.

Audio
Products on Display

  • Urban Audio series
The Urban Audio series will be on display for the first time. Featuring stylish designs, this
series is designed to deliver high-quality music for urban life based on the concept of “LIFE
WITH MUSIC, REIMAGINED.” The SC-UA7 all-in-one speaker system consists of 10 speaker
units, each built into a hexagonal cabinet, and delivers powerful sound with a 180-degree
listening area. The SC-RB5, which is portable and waterproof type, produces ultra-bass
sound by vibrating the bottom face of the cabinet, and achieves a 360-degree sound field.

  • AllPlay™-Compatible products
Visitors will find here Panasonic’s audio products that are compatible with the AllPlay™
protocol, which uses Wi-Fi to play music simultaneously on several devices in the house.
Various products will be on display to present a new audio experience at home, including the SC-ALL7CD featuring a flat design that achieves both high sound quality and compactness with Hi-Res compatibility, and the SC-ALL05, the first waterproof product in the series with a built-in battery.

Headphones

This corner will exhibit RP-BTS50/BTS30/BTS10 wireless headphones that enable the user to
enjoy high-quality sound while engaged in hard sports, and RP-HF500/300/100 high sound
quality headphones featuring a fashionable design and color variations, etc.

  • Hi-Res-compatible products
This corner will introduce products that play Hi-Res audio files with high resolution and quality, such as SC-PMX100/70 micro audio systems, RP-HD10/6M headphones, and RP-HDE10 inside phones.

Personal Care
Lifestyle Showcase: Feeling better by looking good

Personal Care for three categories, ladies’ beauty, men's grooming, and oral care, will be
presented in a special space.

  • Ladies beauty
The EH-XC10 facial beauty appliance for “dense foam aesthetic salon treatment” and the
EH-XT20 ion effector, both of which are to be released in October 2016 in Europe, will be
introduced as high-grade professional beauty products. Visitors can also try out the EH-SA31
steamer. #SnSnap, an SNS photo printing service, will also be available here.

  • Men's grooming
Visitors can experience firsthand the 5-blade ES-LV9N Lamdash shaver that allows for a
gentle and close shave, ER-GB80 beard and moustache trimmers offering 39 settings for
personalized trim length, and the ER-GC71 hair trimmer.

  • Oral care
The EW1411 rechargeable dental beat, the EW-DM81 electric toothbrush (to be released in
September 2016 in Europe), and the EW-DL83 will be available for try out.

Laundry
This corner will feature demonstrations using an actual model equipped with Panasonic’s
unique Auto Care function, which employs four sensors to detect laundry weight, materials,
and soil levels as well as water temperature, and automatically achieves optimal washing
settings. The lineup exhibition will feature 10 kg and 8 kg models to compare how much
laundry can be handled in one load. Miniature models will show the history of Panasonic
washing machines and a video presentation will illustrate their quality trusted by consumers
over many years.

Kitchen Appliances:
Lifestyle Showcase: Experience Fresh

A food specialist will be invited for cooking demonstrations using Panasonic’s kitchen
appliances - microwave oven, bread maker, slow juicer, high-power blender, food processor
- and ingredients that are kept fresh in a Panasonic refrigerator. Recipes for dishes that can
be cooked using Panasonic’s kitchen appliances will also be introduced.

Kitchen appliances
On display will be the NN-DS596 microwave oven, the SD-ZB2512 bread maker, the MJ-L500 slow juicer, the MX-ZX1800 high-power blender (to be released in September 2016 in Europe), and the MK-F800 food processor. Visitors will also be able to learn about a fresh and healthy eating lifestyle that can be readily practiced.

  • Refrigerators
This corner will focus on Panasonic’s own technologies including temperature control that
keeps meat and fish fresh for an extended period of time at −3°C, in addition to
demonstrations showing humidity and nutrient control technologies to maintain freshness. A lineup of side-by-side refrigerators along with their sleek design will also be introduced.

Built-in Kitchen Appliances

  • Cooking demonstrations
An instructor from a famous Japanese cooking school, the TSUJI Culinary Institute, and a
German chef will prepare dishes using Panasonic’s cooking appliances. Visitors will find
how accurate temperature control of Panasonic’s induction hobs makes perfect deep fried
and grilled dishes. The food will be available for tasting.


Products on Display

  • Induction hobs
This corner will feature the Genius sensor, Panasonic's original light thermal sensor
technology that detects far-infrared radiation from the bottom of the pot to ensure accurate
temperature control. Panasonic’s proprietary technologies to provide optimum temperature control for cooking will be introduced using a skeleton model and video. Also on display will be a prototype of the KY-T937VF induction hob (to be released in March 2017 in Europe).

  • Built-in equipment
Built-in kitchen equipment that is on sale in Germany (steam microwave ovens,
dishwasher-dryers, warmers, and refrigerators) will be on display. For the HL-SX485 steam
microwave oven equipped with inverter controls and steamer functions, steam
demonstrations will be performed.

Technics:
Sound room

Visitors can experience the Technics SL-1200G direct drive turntable system that has been developed to redefine the direct drive mechanism, and the sound of the G30 series
that is designed to create next-generation Hi-Fi sound.

Products on Display

  • SL-1200G direct drive turntable system
The manufacturing process for the SL-1200G, underpinned by craftsmanship, will be
introduced together with a video presentation. Tradition is combined with advanced
technologies, with each part carefully crafted.

  • Lineup exhibition
The overall concept of Technics will be introduced by exhibiting the full lineup of products,
including Reference Class, Grand Class, and Premium Class, and the Technics TRACKS
Hi-Res audio files download service, etc.

Future Living Berlin
Panel/diorama exhibition

In addition to the smart city project in which Panasonic is involved, the company’s five proprietary solutions that underpin the smart city project will be introduced using panels and dioramas. These solutions include smart energy, smart mobility, smart security, smart health, and smart citizenship.

باناسونيك تعرض حلولها لبيئة معيشة ذكية في المستقبل خلال معرض إيفا برلين

عملاق الإلكترونيات الياباني يعرض حلوله لمشروع المدينة الذكيّة الأولى تحت شعار الحياة المستقبلية - برلين
أعلنت شركة ’باناسونيك‘ عن مشاركتها في معرض برلين الدولي ’إيفا 2016‘، حيث عرضت أحدث منتجاتها وتقنياتها خلال المعرض المنعقد في العاصمة برلين بين 2 و7 سبتمبر تحت شعار ’حياة أفضل، عالم أفضل‘. وتركّز الشركة على حلول نمط الحياة المستقبلي في جناحها المشارك في معرض ’إيفا‘، والذي يُعد بدوره أحد أكبر المعارض التجارية في قطاع الإلكترونيات الاستهلاكية والأجهزة المنزلية في جميع أنحاء العالم. وتشارك ’باناسونيك‘ بعرض مجموعة واسعة من معدات الصوت والصورة والأجهزة المنزلية والمعدات التجميلية التي تسهم في تحقيق ’أنماط الحياة التي ننشدها جميعاً‘.

ولعل أهم ما تعرضه ’باناسونيك‘ في جناحها الواقع في الصالة رقم 5.2، هو العرض التقديمي التفاعلي لمشروع المدينة الذكية الأول من نوعه في ألمانيا، والذي يتضمن حلولاً ذكية في مختلف المجالات كاستهلاك الطاقة والتنقلية والأمن والصحة والمواطنة. وأعلنت شركة ’باناسونيك‘ مؤخراً عن عزمها للعب دورٍ فعّال في تنفيذ مشروع ’الحياة المستقبلية- برلين‘ في منطقة أدلرشوف في العاصمة الألمانية برلين.

كما وأعلنت ’باناسونيك‘ عن دخولها بشراكة مع أوركسترا برلين الفيلهارمونية، وهي إحدى أشهر فرق الأوركسترا عالمياً، وذلك لاستكشاف فرص تقديم تجربة أصيلة شبيهة بتجربة حضور الحفلات الحية بالاعتماد على أنظمة الصوت المنزلية أو في السيارات. وستدعم الشركة منصة الفيديو عبر الإنترنت الخاصة بالأوركسترا (Digital Concert Hall). كما وستعمل أوركسترا برلين الفيلهارمونية مع علامة ’تكنيكس‘، وهي العلامة التجارية الرائدة في عالم منتجات الصوت من ’باناسونيك‘. وستعرض علامة ’تكنيكس‘ بعض أحدث تقنياتها إلى جانب أحدث تقنيات الصوت والصورة خلال معرض ’إيفا‘.

يمكنكم متابعة الحساب LIVE@IFA2016 حيث ستنقل الشركة عبره تغطياتٍ مباشرة من أرض المعرض.

وفي إطار تعليقه على هذه المشاركة المهمة، قال السيد أنتوني بيتر، مدير قسم الاتصالات المؤسسية والعمليات في ’باناسونيك الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا للتسويق‘: "يتيح معرض ’إيفا 2016‘ في برلين لشركة ’باناسونيك‘ منصةً عالمية لعرض أحدث وأفضل منتجاتنا، بدءاً من أرقى منتجات علامة ’تكنيكس‘ التي تلبي الطموحات الموسيقية لكل عشاق الصوت، وصولاً للمنتجات اليومية المصممة لإحداث فرقٍ مهم في حياة العملاء والتي تجسّد معاني شعار ’حياة أفضل، عالم أفضل‘، فيما يمثّل مشروع المدينة الذكية ’الحياة المستقبلية برلين‘ خطوةً جديدة على سبيل تحقيق هذه الأهداف".

تستعرض ’باناسونيك‘ بيئة معيشة جديدة تتضمن تجهيزات منزلية إلكترونية حديثة مع أجهزة متصلة مثل فلتر الهواء المزود بكاميرا، ومفهوم جديد الأفران المثبّتة على منضدة المطبخ. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، تقدّم ’باناسونيك‘ أنظمة التحكم المنزلية المصممة للتحكم بالأجهزة كالثلاجة وأجهزة الإنارة والأجهزة المنزلية. ويمكن لنظام غسيل الملابس المتكامل الجديد من ’باناسونيك‘ أن يقوم بغسيل وتنشيف وطي وتخزين الملابس وفق عملية تلقائية واحدة تستخدم مفهوم تحليل الصور. كما قامت الشركة باستعراض أنظمة الشبكات المنزلية التي تقوم بربط الهواتف الذكية مع المنزل الذكي وفق عملية بالغة السهولة.

وتتضمن قائمة المنتجات المستقبلية التي تندرج تحت فئات التصوير الرقمي والأنظمة السمعية والبصرية وأجهزة المنزل كاميرا الفيديو HC-X1 بدقة 4k و60/50 إطاراً في الثانية التي سيتم إطلاقها في أوروبا خلال شهر ديسمبر القادم، وأول* كاميرا فيديو في العالم مزودة بمستشعر من مقاس 1 إنش، فضلاً عن مجموعة من كاميرات ’لوميكس‘ الرقمية. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، يتضمن العرض شاشات تلفزيون فائقة الدقة* ومشغلات أقراص ’بلو راي‘ بما يتضمن طراز DMP-UB700. ويمكن لزوار جناح ’باناسونيك‘ خوض تجربة سلسة المعدات الصوتية الحديثة المصممة وفق مفهوم ’الحياة مع الموسيقى، بتصوّر جديد‘، فضلاً عن المنتجات وسماعات الرأس المتوافقة مع منصة ’أول بلاي‘ مثل طرازات السماعات اللاسلكية RP-BTS50/BTS30/BTS10.

ويمكن للزوار خوض تجربة نظام تشغيل الأسطوانات المباشر من علامة ’تكنيكس‘ SL-1200G، والذي تم تطويره بهدف إعادة تعريف آلية عمل نظام تشغيل الأسطوانات المباشر، والتجربة الصوتية الغامرة التي توفرها سلسلة G30. كما ستقوم الشركة باستعراض مشروع المدينة الذكية ’الحياة المستقبلية- برلين‘ باستخدام اللوحات وصور ديوراما ثلاثية الأبعاد. وتتضمن قائمة الحلول المعروضة خلال الفعالية حلولاً ذكية في مختلف المجالات كاستهلاك الطاقة والتنقل والأمن والصحة .

IAM Market welcomes media and entertainment technology giant Technicolor as new vendor

IAM Market, the online marketplace that brings together buyers, sellers and licensers of valuable intellectual assets, patents and technology is pleased to announce that Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, is one of the latest company to list their intellectual assets on IAM Market. The addition of Technicolor brings the number of innovative IAM Market vendors to nineteen.

Technicolor develops IP assets in a wide range of technologies related to media and entertainment for business and consumers, including Media Streaming, Communications and Digital Projectors, as well as numerous Security Technologies including Micropayments, Document Authentication, Watermarking, Cryptography and Network Authentication. The company's patent portfolios will attract many serious potential buyers in a variety of industries.
"We're so pleased that Technicolor has chosen to list their intellectual assets on IAM Market," said Gavin Stewart, Managing Director of IAM.
Those who wish to view the wide range of patent portfolio packages for sale, license or tech transfer on the IAM Market site may do so by first creating a free user profile at www.iam-market.com.
Organisations interested in becoming an IAM Market vendor are invited to visit http://www.iam-market.com/contact.

Root Capital and The MasterCard Foundation to Increase Incomes for 300,000 Farmers in West Africa

This initiative will help address the urgent need of early-stage West African agribusinesses for capital and capacity building
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2016/ -- Impact investing pioneer Root Capital (www.RootCapital.org) announced today at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) that will help raise incomes for over 300,000 smallholder farmers in West Africa. The Foundation has committed $5.2 million to Root Capital over five years to support early-stage agricultural businesses that generate transformational impact in rural communities in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal.

“With Root Capital we will help to bring much-needed financing and capacity building to businesses in West Africa that work with farmers otherwise excluded from the formal economy,” said Ann Miles, Director of Financial Inclusion and Youth Livelihoods at The MasterCard Foundation. “We see this as a good avenue to help increase incomes and opportunities for 4,000 employees of agricultural businesses, 300,000 smallholder farmers, and over two million farm family members.”

Without access to predictable markets for their crops, small-scale rural farmers are often forced to accept lower prices for their crops and find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty. While the global credit supply for smallholders has grown in recent years, it is geographically skewed with less than 10 percent of financial flows reaching sub-Saharan Africa.

Over the seven years that Root Capital has worked in West Africa, it has provided loans of between $50,000 and $2 million to 52 agricultural businesses that have raised incomes for nearly 12,000 employees and over 190,000 smallholder farmers. Root Capital has also scaled its advisory program in the region, offering agricultural business leaders a suite of training modules to develop the leadership and financial management skills they need to grow and sustain their businesses.

“With the support of The MasterCard Foundation, Root Capital will be able to increasingly target earlier-stage businesses in West Africa that operate on the fringes of financial inclusion – businesses that demonstrate potential to grow and generate increased impact,” said Diaka Sall, Root Capital’s General Manager for West Africa.

Specifically, Root Capital will collaborate with The MasterCard Foundation to:
  1. Accelerate the bankability and growth of more than 100 high-impact, early-stage agricultural businesses with capital needs under $150,000 and/or business revenues under $300,000;
     
  2. Pilot an expanded set of advisory services, including leadership development of agribusiness employees; financial literacy training for smallholder farmers; mobile technology and mobile money; and empowering local microfinance institutions to better serve the agricultural sector; and
  1. Contribute to sector learning by developing a framework for documenting and analyzing the costs and impacts associated with early business growth in the agricultural sector.
This initiative will help address the urgent need of early-stage West African agribusinesses for capital and capacity building. With an estimated 48 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, however, who remain disconnected from such businesses and the stable sources of income they offer, a great deal of work remains to be done.

For more information on how Root Capital and its supporters work to help agricultural businesses become engines of impact that transform rural communities, visit www.RootCapital.org.

New Nikken & Buchan partnership to broaden design offering

Japanese-Australian partnership expands specialist skills and cultural design values, with unique retail, hotel and residential proposition for Middle East and India developers    
Leading Japanese architectural and urban design firm Nikken Sekkei, has entered into a formal strategic business alliance with one of Australia’s largest and most successful architectural practices, The Buchan Group.
“The alliance brings together specialist skills, values and culture from both companies to provide a homogenous approach to design across a range of market sectors,” commented President and CEO of Nikken Sekkei, Tadao Kamei.
Both Nikken and Buchan have been involved in the design of many successful developments across the Middle East and India, including retail, hospitality/resort, mixed-use, residential, commercial and education projects, many of which will be showcased in Dubai during Cityscape Global.
The partnership also enables Buchan and Nikken to maximise new business prospects and to leverage each other’s design expertise and experience, which is particularly relevant for the region, where their combined mixed-use development capabilities will come to the fore.
“Working closely with Nikken, we can offer our clients comprehensive global insight, gained from our joint, wide-ranging experience. We will also be able to succinctly communicate any pertinent commercial and brand expectations to developers or their preferred local consultants,” said Buchan CEO, David Martin.
Some of the regional organisations Buchan works with include Al Futtaim, Burooj Properties, Nakheel, Eagle Hills, Mirage Leisure, Majid Al Futtaim and Al Rashed Group.
Kamei, added that his practice was drawn to Buchan initially because of its successful track record in retail, hotel and residential architecture, important elements in many developments in the Middle East.
“Both Nikken Sekkei and Buchan are working in a market that is increasingly competitive. We will be able to pool our project experience to maximise new business opportunities particularly throughout Middle East and India, by providing designs that are both creative and feasible,” said Dr. Fadi Jabri, Regional Director & Executive Officer, Nikken Sekkei.   
Besides showcasing the design for the New Camp Nou, FC Barcelona’s iconic football stadium, which will be expanded and renovated at a cost of Euros 380 million, at this year’s Cityscape Global in Dubai, Nikken Sekkei will also be presenting a number of diverse projects.
In terms of Dubai-based projects, Nikken Sekkei’s growing portfolio includes the iconic, mixed-use development – One Za’abeel with its twin towers reaching more than 300 metres high situated adjacent to the Dubai World Trade Centre. This unique complex will include a residential tower with 450 apartments, a five-star hotel tower with 370 rooms and a commercial tower offering 500,000 square feet of office space.
Another key project is the Forte Towers, which comprises of twin towers, one of 70 storeys, the other 50 storeys, which is destined to become the second highest residential tower in Dubai after the Burj Khalifa. Each tower will have one, two and three-bedroom units, ranging from 650 to 1800 square feet in size and will be situated in the Downtown Opera District.

Other ongoing regional projects include a landmark tower for the Tadawul HQ (Saudi Stock Exchange) in Riyadh; HQ building for Masraf Al Rayan in Doha; a large residential development in Jeddah, and a waterfront project in Bahrain.

شركة "نيكين سيكاي" اليابانية تعلن شراكتها مع "مجموعة بوكان" لتبادل الخبرات والارتقاء بمستوى التصاميم المعمارية

  • شراكة استراتيجية تهدف إلى الاستفادة من الفرص المتاحة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط والهند

أعلنت شركة "نيكن سيكاي" اليابانية الرائدة في مجال التصميم المعماري عن دخولها في تحالف استراتيجي رسمي مع "مجموعة بوكان" والتي تعد واحدة من أكبر وأنجح الشركات في القطاع المعماري في أستراليا.

وقد شاركت الشركتان سابقاً في تصميم العديد من المشاريع الناجحة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط، بما في ذلك مجموعة من مشاريع التجزئة والضيافة والمنتجعات، والمشاريع متعددة الاستخدامات، والمشاريع التجارية والسكنية والتعليمية، والتي يتم تسليط الضوء عليها ضمن فعاليات معرض سيتي سكيب بدبي التي تنعقد خلال الفترة 6-8 سبتمبر 2016.

وأكد تاداو كامي، الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة "نيكين سيكاي" أهمية هذه الشراكة معلقاً بالقول: "يساهم هذا التحالف في تعزيز المهارات المتخصصة والثقافة المؤسسية المشتركة بيننا لتوفير منظومة متكاملة ومتجانسة في مجال التصميم عبر العديد من قطاعات السوق وخاصة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط والهند".

وستستهم هذه الشراكة طبعاً في تعزيز أعمال شركتي "بوكان" و"نيكين سيكاي" بالإضافة إلى إتاحة المزيد من فرص العمل الجديدة والاستفادة من إمكانية تبادل الخبرات التصميمية التي تحمل أهمية كبيرة وخاصة بالنسبة لمنطقتي الشرق الأوسط والهند.

ومن جانبه قال ديفيد مارتن، الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة بوكان: "ستساهم علاقتنا الوثيقة مع ’نيكين سيكاي‘ في توفير رؤية عالمية متكاملة وواضحة لعملائنا بالاعتماد على خبراتنا المشتركة والمتنوعة. وهذا ما يسعدنا على تلبية متطلبات وتوقعات كافة الاستشاريين وشركات التطوير ومختلف العلامات التجارية".

وتشمل محفظة شركاء مجموعة بوكان في المنطقة العديد من الأسماء البارزة مثل مجموعة الفطيم، والبروج العقارية، ونخيل، وإدج هيلز، وميراج ليجر، ومجموعة ماجد الفطيم، ومجموعة الراشد.

وقال الدكتور فادي جبري، المدير الإقليمي والتنفيذي لشركة "نيكين سيكاي": "تعمل كلتا الشركتين في أسواق سوق تنافسية للغاية، وسوف تساهم هذه الشراكة في تعزيز قدرتنا على الاستفادة من خبراتنا المشتركة وفرص الأعمال الجديدة المتاحة في جميع أنحاء الشرق الأوسط والهند من خلال توفير وتقديم أفضل التصاميم الخلاقة والمناسبة".

وتشارك "نيكين سيكاي" في دورة هذا العام من معرض سيتي سكيب جلوبال في دبي خلال الفترة 6-8 سبتمبر 2016 لتسليط الضوء على عدد من مشاريعها المتنوعة بما في ذلك تصميم ملعب "نيو كامب" الجديد الخاص بنادي برشلونة لكرة القدم، والذي سيتم توسيعه وتجديده بتكلفة قدرها مليون 380 يورو.
وتشمل مجموعة المشاريع التي تعمل عليها "نيكين سيكاي" في دبي مشروع "زعبيل ون" متعدد الاستخدامات الذي يضم برجين يصل ارتفاعهما إلى أكثر من 300 متر بالقرب من مركز دبي التجاري العالمي. وسيضم هذا المجمع برجاً سكنياً يتضمن 450 شقة، وفندقاً من فئة الخمس نجوم يتضمن 370 غرفة، وبرجاً تجارياً يوفر 500 ألف قدم مربع من المساحات المكتبية. كما يوجد لديها مشروع رئيسي آخر وهو "فورت تاورز" والذي يتألف من برجين توأمين يضم الأول 70 طابقاً فيما يضم البرج الثاني 50 طابقاً، ومن المقرر أن يصبح ثاني أعلى برج سكني في دبي بعد برج خليفة. وسيضم كل برج منهما خيارات متنوعة من الشقق الشكنية بغرفة أو غرفتين أو ثلاث غرف نوم تتراوح مساحتها بين 650-1800 قدم مربع، ويقع هذا المشروع في منطقة الأوبرا في وسط مدينة دبي.

فيما تضم قائمة المشاريع الحالية في بقية أنحاء المنطقة أيضاً برج "تداول" التابع لشركة السوق المالية السعودية، ومبنى المقر الرئيسي لمصرف الريان في الدوحة، بالإضافة إلى مشروع سكني كبير في مدينة جدة، ومشروع الواجهة البحرية في البحرين.

Coral Beach Resort Sharjah Offers Exciting Eid-Al-Adha Promotions


As the region prepares to celebrate Eid Al Adha, Coral Beach Resort Sharjah has come up with some exciting dining offers to make it memorable for its guests.
Special offers on food combined with lots of fun activities for kids will ensure an unforgettable family time at the resort on this special occasion. Guests can enjoy activities like soapy football, henna tattoos and face painting along with various other kids’ activities for a complete family experience.
Haytham Aziz, Hotel Manager, Coral Beach Resort Sharjah, said, “Eid is just round the corner and like every year, we are offering the best deals to make the festival even more special. Also, we at Coral Beach Resort Sharjah understand that food and family are an important part of this celebration, so we have come up with some traditional specialties to complement the festivities.”

Among special offers are Eid brunch, beach and lunch, shawarma corner and some enticing music by Latin Band Duo which will be played on the first day of the festival.
Offers for Eid Al Adha: 
  • Eid Brunch – AED 99 net per person at Al Bahar Restaurant from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
  •  Shawarma Corner at Waves Pool Bar for AED 10 and BBQ Station at AED 85 per person from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
  • Latin Band Duo music in the lobby on the first day of the Eid, 7pm onwards.
  • Beach & Lunch – 199 AED net per person valid from 11th till 13th September
Special Upgraded Lunch in Al Bahar Restaurant from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Child Policy – 4 to 8 years old AED 75 per child.

About Coral Beach Resort Sharjah
The Coral Beach Resort Sharjah recently underwent a complete refurbishment of rooms and facilities that has given it a brand new appeal. The deluxe resort features 156 spacious rooms, many with panoramic sea-view. A major attraction is the wide repertoire of dining options with menus to cater to every taste. The resort is located on one of the emirate’s principal sand beaches and features a range of leisure activities for all ages, including the Rimal Club, state-of-the-art fitness centre, children’s pool, indoor playroom and complimentary Kid’s Club as well as tennis (By Clark Francis Tennis Academy), badminton, volleyball and two outdoor swimming pools.

For more information about the hotel, visit hmhhotelgroup.com/coralbeachresortsharjah



منتجع كورال بيتش الشارقة
يقدم عروضاً مثيرة في عيد الأضحى المبارك
في الوقت الذي تستعد فيه المنطقة للاحتفال بعيد الأضحى المبارك، يقدم منتجع كورال بيتش الشارقة بعض عروض تناول الطعام المثيرة لجعل العيد ذكرى لا تنسى لضيوفه.
عروض تناول الطعام الخاصة مصحوبة بالكثير من الأنشطة الترفيهية للأطفال تضمن وقتاً لا ينسى للأسرة في منتجع في هذه المناسبة الخاصة. يمكن للضيوف الاستمتاع بالأنشطة مثل كرة قدم الصابون، تاتو الحناء والرسم على الوجه بالإضافة إلى الأنشطة المختلفة الأخرى للأطفال لنمنحكم تجربة عائلية متكاملة.
قال هيثم عبد العزيز مدير منتجع كورال بيتش الشارقة "العيد على الأبواب ومثل كل عام نحن نقدم افضل العروض لجعل الإحتفال بالعيد أكثر خصوصية. أيضاً نحن في منتجع كورال بيتش الشارقة نفهم أن الطعام والعائلة يمثلان جزء مهم من هذا الاحتفال، ولذا أعددنا بعض الأطباق التقليدية لاستكمال إحتفالات العيد".

ومن بين العروض الخاصة غداء العيد، والشاطئ والغداء، ركن الشاورما، وبعض الموسيقى الجذابة من الفرقة اللاتينية الثنائية التي ستقدم عرضها في أول أيام العيد.

عروض عيد الأضحى المبارك:
• عيد الغداء - 99 درهم صافي للفرد في مطعم البحار 12:30 ظهراً حتي 04:00 عصراً.
• ركن الشاورما في بار حمام السباحة ويفز مقابل 10 درهم ومحطة الشواء مقابل 85 درهم للشخص الواحد من 4:00 عصراً إلى 8:00 مساء.
الفرقة اللاتينية الثنائية في بهو الفندق أول أيام العيد في اليوم الأول من العيد،من 7:00 مساء.
الشاطئ والغداء - 199 درهم صافي للفرد يسري العرض من 11 حتى 13 سبتمبر
ترقية خاصة للغداء في مطعم البحار من 12:30 ظهراً حتي 4:00 عصراً
سياسة الأطفال - من 4 إلى 8 سنوات 75 درهم للطفل الواحد.
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