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Celestica Provides Highlights from Its Capital Equipment Virtual Roundtable and Confirmatory Business Update
TORONTO, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS)(TSX: CLS), a leader in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the world’s most innovative companies, hosted an analyst and investor virtual roundtable on its Capital Equipment business and provided a confirmatory business update, today after market close.
During the virtual meeting, Celestica’s management provided participants with an in-depth overview of its Capital Equipment business, reaffirmed its Q2 2021 guidance in the context of recent developments in the market (further to its press release of May 26, 2021 announcing the virtual roundtable), and conducted a Q&A with analysts. Speakers were CEO Rob Mionis, CFO Mandeep Chawla and Vice President, Capital Equipment, Gregory Marvell.
Below is a summary of the highlights of the discussion provided by management at today’s event concerning Capital Equipment market expectations and its views on Celestica’s Capital Equipment business:
- Capital Equipment revenues for 2021 are expected to exceed $700 million, representing more than 30% growth over 2020, while its margins are expected to be at high-end of the ATS segment target margin range
- Wafer Fabrication Equipment (WFE) market expected by industry analysts to reach $86 billion by 20241 – a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR2) of 9%
- Display markets for OLED and Mini LED expected by industry analysts to reach $64 billion and $63 billion respectively, by 20253 – a combined CAGR4 of 27%, which is expected to drive display equipment spending higher
- Over the past decade, Celestica has developed comprehensive vertical capabilities and a strategic global footprint to serve leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the WFE and Display equipment markets
- As part of our diversification strategy, Celestica is pursuing new opportunities in adjacent Capital Equipment markets including robotics, automated warehousing systems, synthetic diamond manufacturing and smart vending
A replay of the webcast along with the related presentation is available at www.celestica.com.
1 Source: Gartner, Inc. (see “Market and Industry Data” below)
2 CAGR represents average annual growth rate from 2020-2024; (2024 est. sales/2020 est. sales)^(1/4)-1
3 Source: DSCC, LEDInside, Arizton (see “Market and Industry Data” below)
4 CAGR represents average annual growth rate from 2021-2025 (2025 est. sales/2021 est. sales)^(1/4)-1
About Celestica
Celestica enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment, and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. With talented teams across North America, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements related to our Q2 2021 guidance, expected Capital Equipment revenues and margins for 2021, our pursuit of new opportunities in markets adjacent to Capital Equipment, and Capital Equipment market expectations (see “Market and Industry Data” below). Such forward-looking statements may, without limitation, be preceded by, followed by, or include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “continues,” “project,” “potential,” “possible,” “contemplate,” “seek,” or similar expressions, or may employ such future or conditional verbs as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “should” or “would,” or may otherwise be indicated as forward-looking statements by grammatical construction, phrasing or context. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and applicable Canadian securities laws.
Forward-looking statements are provided to assist readers in understanding management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, including, among others, the risk that: the Internet of Things, global 5G services, and automotive sector digitization and connectivity do not grow as anticipated; spending growth in industries which are end users of semiconductors such as cloud computing, consumer electronics, gaming, artificial intelligence, and others, do not bolster the demand for semiconductors as anticipated; WFE capital expenditures and market growth do not materialize as expected; the global market for display equipment does not expand as anticipated; the shift from LCD to OLED does not occur when anticipated; investments in, the commercial adoption of, and growth in the popularity of large format and next generation panels does not occur as anticipated; the timing and extent of the 5G rollout does not occur as anticipated; worsening supply chain issues and materials constraints negatively affect our ability to meet customer demand; and/or continued manufacturing site shutdowns, workforce curtailments and other measures implemented by various governments to stop the spread of/resurgences of COVID-19 negatively impact anticipated market growth or our Capital Equipment business; as well as risks related to: the costs and availability of components, materials, services, equipment, labor, energy and transportation; the timing and execution of, and investments associated with, ramping new business; our ability to retain programs and customers; the stability of general economic and market conditions, and currency exchange rates; the cyclical and volatile nature of the semiconductor business; rapidly evolving and changing technologies; the nature of the display market; and/or uncertain market, political and economic conditions. For further information concerning forward-looking statements, please refer to our most recent Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, including the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements therein, and our most recent annual report on Form 20-F and other public filings.
Our forward-looking statements in this presentation are based on various assumptions, including that the industry investments and market trends discussed above materialize as anticipated and that the risks described in the previous paragraph, collectively, do not have a material adverse impact on the Capital Equipment market or our Capital Equipment business. Although management believes these assumptions to be reasonable under the current circumstances, they may prove to be inaccurate, which could cause actual results to differ materially (and adversely) from those that would have been achieved had such assumptions been accurate. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and as such statements herein are not considered by us to be material we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.
Market and Industry Data
This press release includes information from specified external reports and publications. Actual outcomes may vary materially from those forecast in such reports and publications, and the prospect for material variation can be expected to increase as the length of the forecast period increases. We have not independently analyzed or verified any of the data from such third-party sources, or their underlying studies, surveys or assumptions. Market and economic data is subject to variations and cannot be verified by us due to limits on the availability and reliability of data inputs, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and uncertainties inherent in any statistical survey. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of the future performance of the industry and markets in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty, change and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described under the heading “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above.
For more information, visit www.celestica.com.
Our securities filings can also be accessed at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.
Artificial Intelligence
Titans of Tech: GP Bullhound releases its annual report on the European tech ecosystem
LONDON, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Titans of Tech: Unrivalled era of A.I. led innovation for European Tech – No more excuses. GP Bullhound is proud to announce the release of its Titans of Tech 2024 report. For the tenth year in a row, GP Bullhound has released its annual Titans of Tech report, highlighting and analysing the growth trends in Europe’s tech ecosystem. This comprehensive analysis underscores the resilience and growth of Europe’s tech sector, setting the stage for a new era of innovation and investment.
Key takeaways from our report include:
The funding frenzy is over, but the new normal is very healthy: Funding levels have normalised, averaging €15Bn per quarter over the last year, which is ~50% higher than 2019.The value of the ecosystem is growing despite the failures: 14 new unicorns were created in the last 12 months. Europe and Israel now have 323 unicorns, up from 311 a year ago and 283 the year before. The ecosystem’s total valuation has grown to $1.2Tr, an ~11x increase in billion-dollar companies and a ~14x increase in aggregate valuation since our first report in 2014.Megarounds are fewer but larger and still accessible: Access to capital rounds exceeding $50 million has tightened, but investors remain interested in supporting innovators. The deal count dropped 68% over the last two years due to a focus on profitability and conservative planning. Only 17% of European unicorns raised capital in 2023, as 93% had already raised funds during the 2021-2022 bull market.Software innovation continues, shaping the way we live and work: Despite funding challenges, technological developments, especially in artificial intelligence, continue to drive automation and cost savings. European AI companies received over €11Bn in funding in the last year, with 36% of new unicorns being AI/ML businesses.Category leaders and geographies: This year, the UK and France lead the startup arena with three unicorns each. The UK’s unicorns are valued at $3.4Bn, with significant contributions from AI leaders Synthesia and Builder.ai. France’s trio reaches a collective valuation of $7Bn, highlighted by innovators like Mistral AI. Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands each added two unicorns, while Sweden and Italy added one unicorn each.Europe’s most promising startups: GP Bullhound has analysed more than 100 European startups for scale, velocity, and sentiment, and ranked the top 50 companies with the most potential to become one-billion-dollar companies. The top 10 include Agicap, Brevo, Typeform, Homa, AMBOSS, Akeneo, Form3, Flo Health, Aidoc, and ConnexOne.Manish Madhvani, Managing Partner at GP Bullhound, said: “After ten years of issuing our Titans of Tech report, we have witnessed the highs and lows of the European tech ecosystem. A year ago, the situation was less encouraging for the fundraising environment, with macro uncertainty and with businesses more focused on layoffs than on growth and innovation.
Today, against the backdrop of negative headlines, we have cemented the building blocks for the next wave of innovation. Funding levels have stabilised, and are amazingly 50% higher than pre bull market levels. With Europe’s maturing base of engineering talent and the world’s fascination in its potential productivity gains, artificial intelligence offers a unique opportunity to create global leaders in record time. There is no shortage of funding for the best entrepreneurs and companies, as evidenced by the record $220m seed round for Paris based H announced this week. What was noticeable about the round was the range of the investor syndicate : from strategics such as Amazon, Samsung and UI Path, household names such as Bernard Arnault, Eric Schmidt and Xavier Niel, and leading VC’s.Looking ahead, we expect the next few years to represent an era of unprecedented innovation in the European ecosystem. Innovation is flowing, vast amounts of capital are available for the strong and the talent pool is expanding. No more excuses Europe!”
Expert interviewsWhat does it take to build a billion-dollar company? What are the critical success factors for European tech? How to remain resilient in a challenging market and benefit from economic downturns? This year’s report features expert views from leading founders and CEOs, including Synthesia, Quantexa, SEON, Flo Health, Zappi and CoverManager.
Download full report: www.gpbullhound.com/articles/titans-of-tech-2024
EnquiriesFor enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
About GP BullhoundGP Bullhound is a leading technology advisory and investment firm, providing transaction advice and capital to the world’s best entrepreneurs and founders. Founded in 1999 in London and Menlo Park, the firm today has 12 offices spanning Europe, the US and Asia. For more information, please visit www.gpbullhound.com.
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Bybit Web3 Announces Upcoming IDO for Aperture Finance, Simplifying Web3 Finance
DUBAI, UAE, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit Web3, the Web3 division of Bybit – one of the top three global crypto exchanges by trading volume, today announced an upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) for Aperture Finance ($APTR) on its Web3 platform.
“Bybit Web3 is thrilled to be partnering with Aperture Finance to bring their innovative IDO to our platform,” said Emily Bao, Bybit Web3 Evangelist. “Aperture Finance’s AI-powered solutions have the potential to revolutionize DeFi by simplifying complex transactions and making Web3 finance more accessible to a wider audience. We believe this IDO will be a great opportunity for our users to get involved in this groundbreaking project early on.”
Aperture Finance: Simplifying the complexities of Web3 finance
Aperture Finance is a pioneer in AI-powered intents. Featuring an IntentsGPT interface and an AI-driven smart solver simulation, Aperture’s solver network significantly reduces barriers for DeFi users and enhances transaction efficiency.
IDO Details
IDO Subscription Period: May 24, 2024, 10AM UTC to May 28, 2024, 10AM UTCSnap Period: May 28, 2024, 10AM UTC to May 31, 2024, 10AM UTCReveal and Purchase Period: May 31, 2024, 10:15AM UTC to June 1, 2024, 10AM UTCListing Date: May 31, 2024, 10AM UTCToken Details
Token: APTRTotal Supply: 1,000,000,000Total Allocated to Bybit IDO: 6,666,667 APTREligibility Requirements
Users must hold a Bybit Wallet with a minimum balance of 300 USDT (Arbitrum Chain) throughout the Snapshot Period to participate in the IDO.Three (3) snapshots will be taken daily during the Snapshot Period.Maximum number of winners: 3,000For detailed information on the IDO process and eligibility requirements, please visit the Bybit Web3 page: https://www.bybit.com/en/web3/ido
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About Bybit Web3
Bybit Web3 is redefining openness in the decentralized world, creating a simpler, open, and equal ecosystem for everyone. We are committed to welcoming builders, creators, and partners in the blockchain space, extending an invitation to both crypto enthusiasts and the curious, with a community of over 1 million wallet users, over 10 major ecosystem partners, and counting.
Bybit Web3 provides a comprehensive suite of Web3 products designed to make accessing, swapping, collecting and growing Web3 assets as open and simple as possible. Our wallets, marketplaces and platforms are all backed by the security and expertise that define Bybit as a top 3 global crypto exchange, trusted by 30 million users globally.
Join the revolution now and open the door to your Web3 future with Bybit.
For more details about Bybit, please visit Bybit Web3.
About Bybit
Bybit is one of the world’s top three crypto exchanges by trading volume with 30 million users. Established in 2018, it offers a professional platform where crypto investors and traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, 24/7 customer service, and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One’s reigning Constructors’ and Drivers’ champions: the Oracle Red Bull Racing team.
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Northern Data Group’s Peak Mining, announces purchase of a second 300MW data center location in Corpus Christi, Texas
The location expands on an adjacent 300MW site, purchased in December 2023 The site comes with an ERCOT-approved interconnect of 300MWConstruction already underway, with long-lead time items secured and energization scheduled for early 2025FRANKFURT, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Peak Mining, part of the Northern Data Group, announces the purchase of a second 300MW ERCOT-approved site in Corpus Christi, Texas. The location is adjacent to the 300MW mining facility that is already under construction. The site also provides energy in the attractive low-cost power zone of Load Zone South of the ERCOT grid, known for its abundance of renewable (wind) energy.
The investment represents a significant step forward in Northern Data Group’s investment strategy, cementing expansion plans well beyond the current 2024 financial year.
The new site enables Peak Mining to accelerate its expansion plans to become one of the largest bitcoin miners globally. The company will be deploying indoor, custom-designed, fully-integrated and liquid-cooled HPC data center systems to drastically improve deployment time and infrastructure cost, bringing Peak Mining to a leading position in the industry and preparing it for the future of HPC compute.
Saxet Infrastructure Group (“Saxet”) will act as construction manager for the design, build and energization of the substation. The Saxet team brings a strong track record of project management and deep expertise with the construction of HPC infrastructure.
Niek Beudeker, Managing Director, Peak Mining, commented: “The purchase of this second large site will significantly shorten our time to hashing and kick off one of the fastest mining expansions globally. We now have almost 700MW of sites in active development, that when fully fitted with our latest-generation hardware, could potentially provide up to 40EH of hash rate.”
Aroosh Thillainathan, Northern Data Group’s Chief Executive Officer, commented:”This second data center location demonstrates how Northern Data Group is able to harness the power and opportunity of HPC. Sustainability has been at the core of this further expansion into the US and thanks to the center’s ERCOT approved status, we will be able to scale our operations at speed, as the demand for digital assets continues to grow.”
Steven Quisenberry, Chief Executive Officer at Saxet Infrastructure Group, commented: We are excited to support Northern Data Group’s expansion in the ERCOT market and specifically to welcome them to the Corpus Christi area. The combination of base load industrial demand and significant renewable resources creates a unique opportunity for their portfolio. This is a terrific example of one of the largest, most advanced liquid cooled data centers in North America and we are proud to partner with Northern Data Group to bring their data center online.
Northern Data Group was advised on the transaction by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Legal Counsel) and BitOoda Technologies LLC.
About Peak MiningPeak Mining, part of the Northern Data Group, is powering the future of the blockchain network. We deliver industry-leading operating and energy efficiency in bitcoin mining through the latest hardware alongside innovative technology and infrastructure. With our mining heritage dating back to 2013, we’ve been innovating for over a decade and have been at the forefront of the industry ever since. Our high-quality infrastructure is purpose-built to power the mining network, and we’re driven to continuously find new efficiencies driving value for our investors. We’re delivering long term value in more responsible ways.
About Northern Data GroupNorthern Data Group (ETR: NB2) is a leading provider of High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions to businesses and research institutions, utilizing GPU- and ASIC-based solutions. Our flexible compute power fuels innovation in our three core business divisons: Taiga Cloud, Ardent Data Centers, and Peak Mining. Through our HPC solutions, we pioneer ambitious computing innovation that drives progress in the AI, ML and Generative AI industries. Our close collaboration with industry-leading manufacturers including Gigabyte, AMD, and NVIDIA is fundamental to the acceleration of innovation across sectors including life sciences, financial services, and energy.
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