Throughout 2025, the  Leidos Innovations U.K. Limited Green Team engaged colleagues through environmental awareness campaigns, volunteering, digital sustainability workshops and waste reduction initiatives.

Through the Giki sustainability engagement platform, employees collectively helped avoid more than 40,000 kilograms of carbon emissions, conserve more than 2 million litres of water and prevent more than 5,000 single-use plastic items.

The Green Team also delivered 19 sustainability activities, including participation in Plastic Free July, local litter picks and a Digital Spring Clean initiative.

In collaboration with customer NATS, employees participated in a Digital Spring Clean and Tech Bar to explore ways to reduce digital clutter, manage storage more efficiently and minimise the environmental footprint associated with technology use.

Together, these initiatives demonstrate how employee engagement, practical education and collaboration can help make sustainability part of everyday workplace culture.

Discover more employee-led initiatives in the  Leidos Innovations U.K. Limited 2025 Sustainability Report.

Myth #1: You should wait until flu season peaks to get the vaccine.

Fact: It’s best to be vaccinated before the flu begins spreading in your community. The flu season typically peaks between December and February. Ideally, everyone older than six months, with a few exceptions, should be vaccinated by the end of October. However, even if you’re not able to get vaccinated until November or later, vaccination is still recommended. It takes about two weeks after being vaccinated to develop optimal protection, so you should make getting the vaccine a priority. Flu vaccination can still be beneficial if flu viruses are circulating.

Myth #2: The flu shot gives you the flu.

Fact: Flu shots are made with either inactivated viruses or with proteins from the flu virus, so people cannot get the flu from a flu shot. Common side effects can include soreness, redness/tenderness or swelling where the shot was given, headache, fever, nausea, muscle aches, and/or fatigue. These side effects may begin soon after the shot and usually resolve on their own in a few days. Serious allergic reactions to flu vaccines are very rare.

Myth #3: It’s too late to get the flu shot.

Fact: The flu season typically peaks between December and February. It takes about two weeks after being vaccinated to develop optimal protection, so you should make getting the vaccine a priority. Flu vaccination can still be beneficial if flu viruses are circulating.

Myth #4: If you get the flu, you can’t get it again during that flu season.

Fact: Different strains of the flu circulate each season, so don’t assume that if you have already had the flu, you will not get it again. If you have already had the flu this season, you should still make it a priority to receive the flu shot.

Myth #5: Antibiotics will help fight the flu.

Fact: Antibiotics work well against bacteria but are not effective for viral infections like the flu. Certain antiviral medications can treat the flu and are available by prescription from your doctor, or health care provider.

Myth #6: The flu is only spread by coughing and sneezing.

Fact: Most experts think that flu viruses are largely spread by droplets that result from coughing, sneezing, or even talking. In other cases, a person might get the flu by touching a surface or object that has the flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or even eyes. That’s why you should wash your hands regularly with soap and water or an alcohol-based cleanser.

Now that you know the facts, take action

Knowing the facts can help keep yourself and those around you healthy during flu season.

CVS Pharmacy makes it easy to schedule your flu vaccination appointment online at CVS.com or through the CVS Health app. Vaccination appointments are available any day your local CVS Pharmacy or MinuteClinic is open, including evenings and weekends. If you have questions about flu vaccination, your local CVS Pharmacy pharmacist can help answer them.

Held at Peacock Place at L.A. LIVE, the event created a welcoming space for Angelenos to connect while giving local entrepreneurs, artists and community organizations a platform to reach new audiences. Through small-business vendors, nonprofit resources, arts programming, music and sports, Fiestóncito highlighted the people and organizations that contribute to the cultural and economic vitality of Los Angeles.

At the heart of the event was a mercadito, inspired by the tradition of Latin American community marketplaces. Ten local small businesses and independent makers showcased apparel, hand-painted crafts, jewelry, botanical and herbal products, and Oaxacan artisan goods. For participating entrepreneurs, the marketplace offered an opportunity to introduce their businesses and creative work to new customers in one of downtown Los Angeles’ most visible gathering places.

Community organizations were also central to the event. CARECEN, which supports Central American communities, joined Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory and Las Fotos Project, which empowers young women through photography, to connect attendees with information about their programs and services. Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan also participated, sharing health and wellness resources with families.

By bringing these organizations into a free community event, Fiestóncito provided nonprofits with another way to raise awareness of their work and connect directly with residents in an accessible setting.

Arts and recreation created additional opportunities for participation. Attendees contributed to an interactive community mural and took part in arts and crafts, while sports offered another point of connection. The LA Kings hosted a puck shoot as part of the team’s Hockey Development Program, which introduces young people to the sport, while the LA Galaxy invited attendees to test their skills through an interactive goal shoot.

Local artists also helped shape the celebration. Los Angeles-based DJs CHABOI and Bianca Maieli of Suelta DJ Collective, along with MIDI Riperton of Ladies of Sound, provided music throughout the event, while Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar provided food and beverages.

Fiestóncito was supported by Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, with AXS, AEG DEI, Mister Psychedelia and L.A. LIVE serving as event partners. The collaboration brought businesses, nonprofits, artists and sports organizations together to create an inclusive space where local voices could be elevated and neighbors could connect.

By bringing local businesses, nonprofits, artists, sports organizations and families together, Fiestóncito created a space where community organizations could broaden their reach, entrepreneurs could gain visibility and Angelenos could connect through culture, creativity and shared experiences.

As AI advances, its development can be shaped in ways that anticipate future risks while delivering meaningful benefits today. Effective governance can help strike that balance, providing safeguards as technology evolves while supporting innovation that improves people’s lives. 

At Lenovo, we strive to bring that same balance to how we think about applied AI, the future, and what our customers need. We believe the strongest path forward is one where AI is designed to augment rather than replace human insight and ingenuity, extending human capability, judgment and creativity while keeping people and their well-being at the center of how the technology is designed and deployed. That starts with a practical question: What problems can AI help people solve today?

Our commitment to practical AI solutions does not mean looking past what comes next. Indeed, as AI capabilities advance, questions around safety, control, security, and the long-term consequences of increasingly capable systems deserve rigorous thought and public debate. Those questions become even more important as AI systems move beyond providing information and answering questions to taking actions on behalf of people and organizations. Where AI systems can take action, their design and deployment should include safeguards appropriate to the potential consequences, including clear limits, meaningful human oversight, and the ability to intervene when necessary.

At the same time, we should be careful not to become so focused on future risks and capabilities that we lose sight of the work directly in front of us. For AI to have lasting impact and truly augment human capability, people and organizations need a clearer understanding of where it can make them more productive, improve decisions, create better experiences, or help solve problems that have resisted other approaches.

The challenge is that technology is inherently forward-looking, which means that researchers and organizations will continue to push the boundaries of what’s technologically possible. That work should proceed with safeguards and accountability that are commensurate with the potential impact of the technology.  Likewise, scientific breakthroughs and advances at the frontier can create entirely new possibilities through more advanced AI systems. This progress should also be measured by how well we apply these capabilities to the challenges facing us today. There is still enormous work to do in turning AI into tools that people trust, understand, and find genuinely useful.

That means spending more time on adoption and outcomes. Can AI improve work on the manufacturing floor? Can it help reduce waste, optimize energy usage, and address climate change? Can it give a small business capabilities that once required far greater resources? Can it help an employee spend less time on repetitive work and more time exercising judgment and creativity? Can all of that be done securely, responsibly, and in a way that gives people control over their data and how the technology is used?

At Lenovo, that practical view of AI is central to our Hybrid AI vision. We believe intelligence will increasingly be distributed across personal devices, edge environments, private infrastructure, and the cloud. Different problems will require different models and different approaches. In some cases, an open model will be the right fit. Those choices should be guided by the intended use, risk profile, security and data requirements, and applicable legal obligations. In others, a closed model may make more sense. Some workloads will benefit from the scale of the cloud, while others need to remain on the edge or closer to where data is created.

That flexibility is important to the real-world application of AI and central to the question of what useful AI is. A manufacturer, hospital, government agency, small business, and individual consumer will each have different requirements around performance, privacy, security, cost, control, and legal requirements. Hybrid AI gives organizations the ability to make those choices based on the problem they are trying to solve rather than forcing every problem through the same architecture.

At Lenovo, responsible AI requires practical, accountable governance throughout the AI lifecycle. We seek to apply safeguards proportionate to the intended use and potential impact of an AI system, including security, privacy, transparency, appropriate human oversight, and compliance with applicable law.

Regulation will play an important role as well. Lenovo is committed to complying with applicable laws and regulations as we develop, deploy, and support AI solutions around the world. Effective AI policy should provide clear, practical, and durable rules that protect people, support responsible innovation, and give organizations clarity and confidence in how to meet their legal obligations. That clarity supports responsible innovation within appropriate safeguards, and helps build trust. Industry and governments will need to work together as AI matures so that policy keeps pace with technological change and provides a stable foundation for continued progress.

Ultimately, leadership in AI should be measured by real-world value. That means translating technical capability into solutions that people use, businesses value, and societies benefit from at scale.

The frontier will continue to move forward and should be measured on how well we put AI to work alongside people, extending what they can do while addressing the challenges already in front of us.

The signs were unmistakable.

“I immediately knew my sister was having a major stroke,” Heather Vannes said.

She called 911 and made sure Robin Vannes would be transported to AdventHealth Orlando, the Comprehensive Stroke Center where Heather Vannes had spent years helping build the very system that was now prepared to receive her sister.

Until that point, it seemed like an ordinary afternoon.

The email that didn’t make sense

Looking back, Robin Vannes remembers the afternoon in fragments. She recalls feeling overheated and then collapsing near her garage, making her way back crawling into the house, and lying on the bathroom floor because the cool tile felt comforting.

Unable to access her phone, she opened her laptop and emailed her daughter. The message was so incoherent that her daughter immediately knew something was wrong and called Heather Vannes for help.

Robin Vannes says she never considered the possibility that she was having a stroke.

“I didn’t know much about stroke symptoms until it happened,” she said.

Years spent chasing minutes

Heather Vannes understands why chasing minutes matters.

When she started her nursing career in the emergency department nearly 20 years ago, stroke care looked very different. Patients often waited for evaluation, imaging, and treatment while valuable time passed.

For patients experiencing an acute ischemic stroke, blood flow to part of the brain is blocked by a clot. It’s like a traffic jam in the brain’s circulation system. When blood can no longer reach brain tissue, brain cells lose oxygen.

“Every minute counts in stroke care,” Heather Vannes said. “The faster we restore blood flow to the brain, the more brain function we can save.”

Over the years, Heather Vannes helped redesign how AdventHealth Orlando responds to stroke patients, reducing delays and building a coordinated pathway that moved patients more quickly from diagnosis to treatment.

That progress was also supported through a long-standing partnership with Medtronic.

Beginning with early stroke research studies and continuing through education, training, and workflow improvements, the collaboration helped the hospital’s stroke program grow.

One of those collaborators was Scott Bowen, territory manager for Medtronic Neurovascular, who has worked alongside AdventHealth Orlando for more than a decade.

“Scott has been part of this journey for years,” Heather Vannes said. “From education and training to helping connect us with ideas and best practices from other programs, those partnerships helped us keep improving.”

Bowen has watched Heather Vannes’s commitment firsthand.

“She’s passionate,” Bowen said. “Every minute at work revolved around stroke and making the program better, finding ways to shave off a few minutes so patients might have a better outcome.”

Watching the stroke pathway work

By the time Robin Vannes arrived at the hospital, the stroke team was already moving.

She was taken directly to imaging, where scans revealed a large vessel occlusion, a severe stroke caused by a blockage in one of the brain’s major arteries.

The care team used Viz.ai to rapidly share imaging across specialists, helping physicians identify the blockage and coordinate treatment.

Within minutes, physicians performed a mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive procedure used to remove a clot and restore blood flow to the brain. Using the Medtronic Solitaire X Revascularization Device, the team successfully removed the clot.

The timelines reflected the efficiency Heather Vannes and her colleagues had spent years pursuing.

Robin Vannes reached the procedure room within 21 minutes of arriving at the hospital. The first clot retrieval occurred 49 minutes after arrival.

“It was surreal to watch the system we spent years building activate to save my own sister,” Heather Vannes said.

Getting her sister back

Robin Vannes remembers little about the procedure itself. Her next clear memory is waking up in a hospital room.

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Within two days, she was walking again. Rehabilitation progressed faster than she expected.

Today, she has returned to many of the activities she enjoyed before her stroke. She works a few days each week, gardens, attends yoga classes, exercises regularly, and remains fiercely independent.

“I’m more appreciative now,” Robin Vannes said. “The only thing I was concerned about was driving because everything else felt OK and normal.”

For Heather Vannes, that outcome transformed the way she thinks about every patient who enters the stroke program. Before Robin Vannes’s stroke, those procedures represented clinical work and performance metrics. Now, they represent families.

“When I think about the 160 thrombectomies we performed last year, I think about 160 families who may have gotten their loved one back,” Heather Vannes said.

Recognizing the signs saves lives 

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Looking back, both sisters hope their experience encourages others to learn the warning signs of stroke and trust their instincts when something feels wrong.

“That’s the big thing,” Robin Vannes said. “Getting awareness out there and being able to recognize it in yourself, your family, your coworkers, your friends, everybody.”

Heather Vannes’s advice is just as simple: recognize the signs and call 911. For Robin Vannes, acting quickly made all the difference.

Safety Information

Caution:

Federal (USA) law restricts these devices to sale, distribution, and use by or on order of a physician. Indications, contraindications, warnings and instructions for use can be found in the product labeling supplied with each device or viewed at www.medtronic.com/manuals.

Indications:

1. The Solitaire X Revascularization Device is indicated for use to restore blood flow in the neurovasculature by removing thrombus for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke to reduce disability in patients with a persistent, proximal anterior circulation, large vessel occlusion, and smaller core infarcts who have first received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA). Endovascular therapy with the device should be started within 6 hours of symptom onset.
2. The Solitaire X Revascularization Device is indicated to restore blood flow by removing thrombus from a large intracranial vessel in patients experiencing ischemic stroke within 8 hours of symptom onset. Patients who are ineligible for IV t-PA or who fail IV t-PA therapy are candidates for treatment.
3. The Solitaire X Revascularization Device is indicated for use to restore blood flow in the neurovasculature by removing thrombus for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke to reduce disability in patients with a persistent, proximal anterior circulation, large vessel occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) or middle cerebral artery (MCA)-M1 segments with smaller core infarcts (<70 cc by CTA or MRA, <25 cc by MR-DWI). Endovascular therapy with the device should start within 6-16 hours of time last seen well in patients who are ineligible for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) or who fail IV t-PA therapy.

Faizeon two-phase liquid cooling solutions

Faizeon fluids use phase change, in which the fluid absorbs heat and changes from liquid to vapor, to enable efficient, reliable heat removal as AI and HPC drive higher chip power and rack densities. In independent third-party testing, a two-phase direct-to-chip system using Faizeon 200 fluid maintained a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) at up to 19 degrees Celsius lower than a single-phase, water-based fluid, while using a lower coolant flow rate.

“AI’s rapid growth is increasing the demands on data center infrastructure, and cooling is becoming a critical constraint,” said Denise Dignam, President and CEO at Chemours. “With our liquid cooling solutions, we are applying more than 90 years of thermal management expertise to help data centers manage higher heat loads while improving performance and dramatically reducing energy and water demand. Our Faizeon liquid cooling team is collaborating across the data center ecosystem, to bring together the expertise, testing, and support needed to confidently deploy two-phase liquid cooling at scale.”

Faizeon two-phase liquid cooling fluids for direct-to-chip and immersion cooling:

• Faizeon 100 fluid – A low-pressure two-phase direct-to-chip fluid designed for system architectures where operating pressure, materials compatibility, and infrastructure considerations are central to deployment planning.
• Faizeon 110 fluid – A low-pressure two-phase direct-to-chip fluid with an intermediate boiling point and zero ozone depletion potential for advanced direct-to-chip cooling systems.
• Faizeon 200 fluid – A high-performance two-phase direct-to-chip fluid—and industry standard for medium pressure systems—offering performance and environmental balance, designed for advanced cooling architectures serving high-density AI and HPC processors.
• Faizeon 220 fluid – Chemours’ highest-performance two-phase direct-to-chip fluid, well suited for applications where rapid heat removal is critical, including high-density GPU environments, advanced AI clusters, and HPC deployments.
• Faizeon 500 fluid – A two-phase immersion cooling fluid, formerly Opteon 2P50 dielectric fluid, purpose-built for full-server immersion cooling with excellent dielectric properties, full-server heat capture, ultra-high-density AI deployment support, and waste heat recovery potential.

Benefits of Faizeon fluids:

• Superior heat transfer: Through phase change Faizeon fluids absorb and remove high heat loads from processors and server components.
• Lower cooling-related energy demand: Systems designed for Faizeon fluids can reduce the energy required for data center cooling, improving facility efficiency.
• Minimal cooling-related water consumption: Faizeon-enabled systems can nearly eliminate cooling-related water use, depending on system design and operating conditions.
• Fluid circularity: Faizeon fluids are engineered to support recovery, reprocessing, and reuse.

To support continued innovation and accelerated adoption of advanced liquid cooling technologies, Chemours has collaborated across the data center ecosystem to help advance the adoption of two-phase liquid cooling technologies. These efforts include engagements with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), NTT DATA, 2CRSi, DataVolt, Munters, Accelsius, and ZutaCore.

Learn more at Faizeon.com.

This announcement was originally shared on Chemours.com.

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Alison Cox can stand the heat. Twice a week, she teaches a power yoga class in a room heated to almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit. She can handle metaphorical heat, too, using breathing techniques from her yoga practice to steady herself during high-stress situations.

She’s had seven years to acclimate to the extreme temperatures. This month marks Cox’s seventh anniversary as a yoga instructor, and for five of those years, she’s also managed social media and analyzed online conversations for Yum! Brands in Louisville, Kentucky. But long before she learned to balance a full-time career with teaching yoga on nights and weekends, she had to learn to balance on a mat.

“I’ve never been an athlete,” Cox said, admitting that she first started going to the gym simply to get out of her parents’ house after graduating from college.

She tried a few group exercise classes and kept coming back for the community, but yoga was different.

“I really love the flexibility of it,” she said. “You’re able to make your yoga practice what you want it to be. You can lay on your mat for 60 minutes, or you can make it as hard as you want it to be. Both are yoga.”
 

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After a year of practicing at her local gym, Cox transitioned to 502 Power Yoga Studio to try hot yoga and quickly became a regular. Eventually, showing up for class wasn’t enough. She wanted to teach it.

Cox completed more than 200 hours of training and earned her teaching certification in spring 2019. Seven years later, she’s mastered challenging poses like crow, balancing her body weight on her hands with her knees resting on her upper arms. But ask her for a favorite pose, and she’ll choose something much simpler: child’s pose, which she loves for the stretch it provides her back.

That preference reflects something Cox appreciates about yoga more broadly. There’s always room to push yourself, but there’s also permission to slow down.

“Sharing yoga with others is something I really love,” she said. “That’s why I became a teacher, because I want more people to do this. Our studio has a great community; we’re really close-knit, so it’s like having a second family.”

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Still, her two worlds occasionally overlap. Cox sometimes invites her Yum! coworkers to her classes, intentionally bringing the communities together, and Yum! once invited her to lead a meditation class for above-restaurant employees.

More often, though, it’s the lessons from yoga that follow Cox into her workday.

“There are so many different types of breathing that you can do,” she said. “Like when you’re in a tough meeting or if you’re having just a rough day, you’re able to tap into your breath.”

One technique Cox uses is Ujjayi breathing, also known as Victorious Breath, a practice that involves slow, controlled breathing through the nose. For Cox, it’s a tool she can turn to whether she’s in the studio, sitting at her computer or navigating a stressful moment.

“That’s one thing I like to encourage people to do at work, outside of work, everywhere really,” Cox said. “You have your breath, just use that. Any time I’m feeling frustrated, stressed or just need a break, I just step away from my computer and breathe.”

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That ability to remain mindful serves Cox well on Yum!’s Proactive Storytelling team. But there’s another lesson from yoga that carries into her day job: discipline. Ironically, Cox says that’s also the part she finds most difficult.

“The hardest part of yoga is just showing up and rolling out your mat,” she said. “Getting to the studio after you’ve had a long day or first thing in the morning, it’s hard. It takes commitment. The benefits are great, but I think the hardest part is just getting started.”

Cox has certainly done her share of showing up. She recently taught her 700th class at 502 Power Yoga, a milestone that comes just ahead of her seventh anniversary as an instructor and one that makes her smile.

“I feel accomplished after I step off of my mat,” she said. “Whether I lay on my mat for 60 minutes or go into a hot, sweaty class for an hour and work my butt off, I get a great feeling of accomplishment.”

But for Cox, the real value of yoga may be what happens after she steps off the mat.

“Yoga gives you tools to use in between classes,” she said. “When you go into your workday or your family life, you’re breathing and meditating — that’s all stuff that you can incorporate into your day-to-day life.”

Which may explain why, after 700 classes, Cox still doesn’t consider yoga a side hustle. The class may end when she walks out of that 100-degree room, but the practice follows her everywhere — especially when the heat is on.

By Cummins Europe, Global Power Technology Leader

In the subterranean labyrinth of Poland’s Lower Silesia region, a thousand metres beneath the rolling hills, an intense battle is waged every day against heat, salt, and crushing pressure.

Welcome to KGHM Polska Miedź in Lubin, one of the world’s largest sources of copper and silver. In this unforgiving environment, where the air hangs hot and thick with corrosive dust, a machine is only as good as the heart beating inside it.

For KGHM, that heart is increasingly a Cummins engine – more than 700 of them in total, all helping to work the lucrative seams and transport the precious cargo off to processing.

The Lubin mine is the oldest in the Polish Copper Belt, representing more than 60 years of industrial heritage, and it extracts between seven and eight million tonnes of ore annually. This yields approximately 92,000 tonnes of copper and more than 400 tonnes of silver per year.

The collaboration between Cummins and KGHM (specifically through its equipment manufacturing arm KGHM ZANAM) is not so much a vendor-client relationship as a full-scale engineering pact that has been in place for two decades.

In the past 10 years alone, Cummins has supplied more than 1,400 engines to power the specialised fleet that keeps Poland’s copper flowing.

They include the B6.7 CM2450 used in loaders and trucks, the B4.5 CM4250 for trucks and bolters, and the QSL9 CM2450 for high-performance loaders made by Epiroc.

All these engines are certified to EU Stage V standard, which is a strategic necessity for KGHM to honour its commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

Engines built to survive

In most industries, a five-year lifespan for a heavy vehicle would be a failure. In the copper mines of Lower Silesia, it is a badge of honour. The conditions are so corrosive – a cocktail of high humidity and mineral rich salts – that standard equipment would disintegrate.

To combat this, Cummins engineers have developed specialised modifications. These include custom-designed wiring harnesses, heavy-duty alternators, and robust starter motors designed to resist the chemical rot of the underground atmosphere.

This level of customisation ensures that when a loader hits a pile of abrasive copper ore, the engine can take it in its stride.

In a mine where every minute of downtime can cost thousands of Euros in lost productivity, the maintenance strategy is as critical as the hardware.

Cummins operates a dedicated branch in Lubin, strategically located at the epicentre of KGHM’s operations. Here, a team of nine office-based staff and 24 technicians embedded at the Lubin mine keeps those 750+ Cummins engines running 24/7.

“Machine downtime is massively expensive for the operator, so our presence is reassuring to KGHM,” says Waldemar Bilcharski, Lubin branch manager.

Using advanced data analytics, the teams can monitor engine health in real-time, catching a failing sensor or a drop in oil pressure before it leads to a catastrophic engine failure.

To minimise delays, KGHM and Cummins can choose to utilise a service exchange model, where a worn engine is swapped for a fully remanufactured unit in a matter of hours.

Typically, those ‘swing’ engines will have been maintained locally at Lubin, but where a more complex overhaul is the order of the day, Cummins can turn to its recently opened European Master Rebuild Centre in Krakow, roughly four hours away by road.

The Green Frontier: Stage V and beyond

The future of the KGHM-Cummins partnership is turning green – or at least, cleaner. The introduction of Stage V emission standards in underground mining has been a hurdle for many, but for KGHM, it was an opportunity.

The latest Cummins Stage V engines drastically reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Cleaner engines mean less heat and fewer toxins, which in turn reduces the staggering cost of mine ventilation, one of the largest operational expenses in deep-shaft mining.

As KGHM looks toward the next 40 years of copper extraction, the partnership is already exploring Destination Zero – Cummins’ strategy for zero-emission mining through battery-electric and hydrogen technologies.

Deep Respect for the Technicians

Ann-Kristin de Verdier, Executive Managing Director of Cummins DBU Europe, had a chance to see the Cummins-KGHM partnership working in real time when she visited the Lubin offices and mine.

“I’ve been to an silver mine which was more like a museum, but this was my first experience of being a kilometre underground in a working mine,” she said. “I wanted to meet our amazing technicians, who do such an incredible job in the harshest of environments, and recognise their dedication.”

Ann-Kristin said because the mine was constantly expanding, the workshop areas tended to shift around, requiring the Cummins technicians to carry their toolkits with them. “They’re heavy and it’s hard work in that heat and humid space, so we’re looking at ways we can lighten the load for them”.

Ann-Kristin said KGHM was an important partner, and she was delighted to reaffirm Cummins’ commitment to their ongoing success. Our picture shows the Cummins special visit team (from left): Waldemar Bilcharski, Ann-Kristin de Verdier, Karol Walczak (Regional Service Manager), Ewelina Ziemba-Termanowska (People Support Advisor), and Ewelina Kołodziej (HSE Leader).

European MRC Proves Its Worth

The European Master Rebuild Centre (MRC) in Krakow continues to demonstrate its capability and commitment to supporting the mining industry with high-horsepower solutions.

Recently, the MRC successfully rebuilt and stocked two QSK50MCRS engines, ready to power some of the toughest machines in the field: the Hitachi EH3500 and Komatsu HD1500 haul trucks.

These engines, part of Cummins’ high-horsepower portfolio, are designed to deliver exceptional performance and reliability in demanding mining environments.

By rebuilding and stocking these units locally, the MRC ensures faster turnaround times, reduced downtime for customers, and a sustainable alternative to purchasing new engines.

Each rebuild adheres to Cummins’ strict factory specifications, using 100% Genuine Parts and advanced remanufacturing processes.

Looking ahead, the MRC is already preparing for the next swing engines, which will be rebuilt soon to further strengthen stock availability and support customer needs across Europe.

This proactive approach ensures mining operations can rely on Cummins for timely, high-quality solutions.

With growing demand for high-horsepower engines across the region, stocking these rebuilt QSK50MCRS units positions Cummins as a trusted partner for reliability and sustainability in mining.

As well as unveiling the latest in Lenovo’s innovations, Tech World will unite global technology leaders and leading voices on stage to discuss the future of AI. Together, they will explore how hybrid AI can empower people and unlock new possibilities for business and society. As demand grows for responsible AI leadership, the event will provide a defining moment at the start of 2027 to consider AI’s role in unlocking human potential, sustaining the planet, and driving global progress.

“AI is entering a new phase, where every individual and every enterprise should be empowered to transform data into real value,” said Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo Chairman and CEO. “The opportunity ahead is about combining the best of human intelligence and artificial intelligence to create entirely new possibilities; the future is not AI or human, it is Human + AI. At Tech World, we will show how our Hybrid AI strategy is building a smarter future for all with greater effect, efficiency, security, and privacy.”

Lenovo Tech World will take place on Wednesday, January 6 at 17.00 Pacific Time. It is open to credentialed CES attendees, with further ticketing and logistics details available closer to the event. The event will also be streamed live globally. Additional speakers, location and logistics will be announced later this month.

From AI everywhere to Human + AI

The return to CES in Las Vegas, comes as Lenovo enters the next phase of its Smarter AI for All vision. At Tech World @ CES 2027, Lenovo will demonstrate how Hybrid AI enables the Human + AI future by connecting personal, enterprise, and public AI models and capabilities across a full-stack portfolio of devices, infrastructure, software, solutions, and services.

Tech World 2027 will reveal a future focused on:

• User-centric AI: highly personalized, context-aware, and privacy-first experiences designed to go where users go and work where they work.
• Full-stack efficiency: technology optimized across every layer of the AI stack to make every token, workload, and investment deliver greater value.
• Trust: AI architectures designed so customers can protect their data, maintain control of their intelligence, and adopt AI with confidence.

For individuals, Lenovo will showcase the evolution toward one AI across multiple devices, a connected personal AI experience spanning PCs, smartphones, wearables, and emerging ambient devices.

For enterprises, Lenovo will demonstrate how its full-stack Hybrid AI portfolio turns data into value, bringing AI to the data that matters most and enabling businesses to build and scale Hybrid AI factories, transform the workplace, and move toward AI-native operations.

Building on record momentum

Tech World @ CES 2027 will come at a period of record momentum and proven AI leadership for Lenovo.

Following its strongest fiscal year ever with revenues of US$83.1 billion, the Group just delivered its strongest quarter ever in Q1 FY26/27 with revenue up 42% year-on-year and AI-related revenue growing 60%.

This momentum reflects Lenovo’s ability to translate its Hybrid AI strategy into tangible business growth, setting the stage for the next chapter of its AI ambition and roadmap at Tech World.

Returning to CES

Lenovo’s return follows Tech World @ CES 2026, when the company brought its global innovation event to Sphere for the first time with an immersive experience created for the venue. That event introduced Lenovo and Motorola Qira, next-generation AI PCs and smartphones, agentic-native device concepts, new enterprise AI infrastructure and major technology collaborations. Tech World 2026 can be viewed here.

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“CES is the global stage where the world’s technology leaders come together to shape what’s next, and Lenovo Tech World is a powerful example of that,” said Kinsey Fabrizio, President and CEO, CTA. “With Lenovo Tech World at CES 2027 returning to Sphere, this is shaping up to be one of the week’s must-see moments. We’re thrilled to welcome Lenovo back and excited to see how they raise the bar in January.”  

Learn more about Lenovo Tech World @ CES here.

About Lenovo

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Guided by its vision of “Smarter Technology for All”, Lenovo is executing a Hybrid AI strategy that spans Personal AI – one personal AI, multiple devices; and Enterprise AI – helping customers turn data into insights and value. This strategy is delivered through the Group’s commitment to world-class innovation and a full-stack AI portfolio, including devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets, accessories), infrastructure solutions (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), as well as software, solutions, and services. With a global footprint spanning more than 20 research and development locations and a global supply chain that includes more than 30 manufacturing sites across 11 markets, Lenovo is widely recognized for its operational excellence. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). Learn more at www.lenovo.com and follow the latest news in our newsroom.

“Real progress happens when bold ideas move into action,” said Tew. “This season of Healthy Spaces explores the technologies making that shift possible, from purpose-built AI and next-generation data center cooling to energy systems, climate resilience and decarbonization. Together with industry experts, we discuss what is working, what barriers remain and how today’s solutions can scale more broadly to address the challenges of tomorrow. We hope these insightful conversations inspire further collaboration among leaders, builders and changemakers to accelerate progress across industries.”

Season 6 opens with Episode 1, Built Differently: The New Rules of Data Center Design. Co-hosts Tew and Silva speak with Michael Winterson, Secretary General of the European Data Centre Association, about the implications of Europe’s growing data center capacity, and with Oakley Roberts, President of Data Centers at Trane Technologies, about the cooling strategies and design shifts reshaping more sustainable data center development.

In Episode 2, AI Lab: The Feedback Loop Behind Trustworthy AI, Tew and Silva speak with Foutse Khomh, Vice President of Research and Innovation at Polytechnique Montréal, about how stronger collaboration between researchers and industry helps build trustworthy AI, and with Riaz Raihan, Chief Digital Officer at Trane Technologies, about the work underway at the BrainBox AI Trane Technologies AI Lab in Montréal to advance practical AI applications in buildings. Together, they explore how security by design, compliance, collaboration and continuous learning can help create responsible AI that delivers measurable value in real-world building environments.

In Episode 3, Decarbonizing the Cold Chain: Waste Less, Recover More, Tew and Silva speak with Dr. Liz Goodwin, Director of Food Loss and Waste at the World Resources Institute, about the scale of food loss and waste and why expanding refrigeration alone is not enough to solve the challenge, and with Claudio Zanframundo, President of Thermo King EMEA & APAC, about how digital tracking, AI and connected solutions are helping improve cold chain performance in real time. Together, they explore how infrastructure, service and skilled people can help create a cold chain that is more efficient, resilient and sustainable.

In Episode 4, Speed to Scale: Building Data Centers That Evolve, Tew and Silva speak with Mike Welch, Chief Technology Officer at Aligned Data Centers, and Mauro Atalla, Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer at Trane Technologies, about how flexibility, strong partnerships and systems thinking are critical to building data centers that can meet advanced compute demands while advancing sustainability and reliability.

Additional episodes will be released through January 2027 and will explore topics including energy issues and rising demand, how AI is reshaping skilled work, why climate resilience requires systems thinking, and how efficiency supports industrial transformation. Additional featured guests this season will include leaders from academia, industry and sustainability-focused organizations.

Healthy Spaces Season 6 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music. Since its launch in 2021, Healthy Spaces has generated more than 400,000 downloads and twice reached No. 1 on the Apple Podcasts chart for Technology. In 2025, the show won Gold for best informational series from the MarComm Awards.

About Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King®, and our portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and transportation. Visit tranetechnologies.com.

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