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NAPERVILLE, IL, Oct 12, 2026 - Randy Durkan joins Chervon as Vice President of Supply Chain - North America, effective Monday, October 12, 2026, reporting to CEO Joe Galli.
Randy Durkan brings over 25 years of supply chain management experience, including extensive leadership in power tools, hand tools, and outdoor power equipment. He has proven experience building high-performance supply chain teams and has consistently delivered outstanding service levels, inventory optimization, and cost-reduction results. Durkan is known for developing strong supply chain partnerships with key customers, driving cross-functional collaboration, and deploying technology to achieve world-class supply chain performance.
He began his early supply chain career in Bentonville, Arkansas, supporting Walmart-focused collaboration across several consumer goods companies. His work at Vi-Jon contributed to Walmart's 2008 Supplier of the Year Award.
Durkan then spent six years in supply chain management consulting with Hitachi Consulting, traveling worldwide to help clients improve their supply chain performance. In 2019, Randy joined TTI as SVP of Supply Chain for Consumer Products & Outdoor Power Equipment, where he again delivered supplier of the year award level performance.
Most recently, Durkan served as Vice President of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) for the Apex Tool Group.
Durkan holds a B.S. in Business Logistics & International Business from Penn State University. He is also a graduate of the TTI Breakthrough Leadership Program and is Certified in Production & Inventory Management through APICS.
"We are highly fortunate to have Randy joining Chervon as VP of Supply Chain for North America," said CEO Joe Galli. "His world-class supply chain management skills, transformative AI integration capabilities, and customer obsession will help us take our company to the next level."
"Chervon's customer service and growth focus align perfectly with my experience and skill set," said Durkan. "I look forward to helping Chervon exceed customer expectations through supply chain excellence, high-performance teamwork, and AI integration."
ABOUT CHERVON
Chervon North America is part of a global total solution provider specializing in R&D, manufacturing, testing, sales, and after-sales service of power tools and outdoor power equipment (OPE). Guided by user-centric innovation, the Company operates an integrated business model supported by global sales and distribution networks. Chervon's portfolio includes EGO, FLEX, SKIL, and DEVON, serving industrial, professional, and consumer markets globally.
Better Tools. Better World.
Chervon is committed to delivering superior products to users worldwide through continuous innovation and strives to become a global leader in power tools and OPE in the lithium-ion, intelligent, and digital era.
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AI · SaaS
Boca Raton, Florida Monday Oct 12, 2026 @ 6:00 AM Eastern —
From the home improvement aisles of Home Depot to the shelves of Walmart and the online marketplace of Amazon, Mitch Gould has spent decades helping consumer product companies navigate the American retail industry.
For Gould, a Brooklyn native whose family roots run deep in manufacturing and distribution, the journey has been about more than selling products. It has been about building relationships, recognizing opportunities, and understanding what it takes to bring brands into some of the world's most competitive retail environments.
Gould's career has included working with major national retailers such as Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart, Costco, CVS, Walgreens, GNC, and Amazon. Along the way, he has helped manufacturers and consumer brands pursue distribution opportunities across multiple product categories, from hardware and household goods to health, wellness, and sports nutrition.
Learning the Business in Brooklyn
Gould's introduction to retail began long before his first meeting with a national retail buyer. Growing up in Brooklyn, he learned the fundamentals of manufacturing, sales, and distribution from his father and grandfather, both of whom worked in the consumer products business. Those early experiences gave him an understanding of how products move from manufacturers to distributors, retailers, and ultimately consumers.
"Retail was part of my life long before it became my career," said Mitch Gould. "My grandfather had a factory in Brooklyn and a showroom in the Empire State Building. My father Jerry carried that tradition forward in manufacturing and distribution. I grew up learning how products were made, how they were sold, and how relationships opened doors. Those lessons stayed with me throughout my career."
The lessons proved valuable as Gould began developing relationships with major retailers and helping companies expand their distribution networks.
His career eventually brought him into contact with some of the largest names in American retail, including Home Depot, where early relationships helped establish opportunities that would influence his career for years to come.
From Home Improvement to Mass-Market Retail
As Gould's career developed, so did the range of retailers and product categories he worked with.
Home Depot and Lowe's represented opportunities in the home improvement sector, while Walmart and Costco provided access to mass-market consumers. Pharmacy chains such as CVS and Walgreens, along with specialty retailers like GNC, introduced different distribution requirements and opportunities for health and wellness brands.
Each retail environment presented its own challenges, from product selection and packaging to pricing, logistics, and merchandising.
Gould's experience across these channels gave him a broad perspective on the American retail landscape and the differences between introducing a product to a specialty retailer and preparing it for national distribution.
His career has also included work with established consumer product companies and brands, including Rubbermaid, Sunbeam, Igloo, and Miracle-Gro.
"I've had the opportunity to help brands get their products into some of the biggest retailers in America, from Home Depot and Lowe's to Walmart, Costco, CVS, and Walgreens," Gould said. "Every retailer is different. You have to understand what their buyers are looking for, what their customers want, and how to make the product work for that particular store. That's something you learn through experience, not from a textbook."
Amazon Opens a New Chapter
As retail evolved, Gould's experience expanded from traditional brick-and-mortar distribution into e-commerce.
One of the notable chapters in his career involved Amazon's developing sports nutrition business.
Working with Muscle Foods and Amazon buyers, Gould helped introduce more than 100 sports nutrition brands and products to the online marketplace, contributing to the early development of a category that would become an established part of Amazon's health and wellness offerings.
The experience represented a natural progression in Gould's career, applying decades of product distribution knowledge to a new retail model.
Although Amazon changed the way consumers discovered and purchased products, Gould recognized that many of the underlying principles of successful distribution remained the same: product selection, pricing, inventory, reliable fulfillment, and understanding customer demand.
"When I started in this business, everything revolved around getting products onto store shelves," Gould said. "Then Amazon came along and changed the retail landscape. I had the opportunity to help build its sports nutrition category, bringing more than 100 brands and products to the platform. It was a different way of doing business, but the relationships, product knowledge, and distribution experience I'd developed over the years were just as valuable."
A Brooklyn Foundation for a National Retail Career
Throughout his career, Gould has worked with manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and consumer brands seeking opportunities in the United States.
His experience reflects the transformation of American retail, from the dominance of national brick-and-mortar chains to the emergence of e-commerce platforms that allow brands to reach consumers across the country.
For Gould, the common thread has been the business education he received growing up in Brooklyn and the relationships he developed throughout his career.
From Home Depot and Walmart to Amazon, his professional journey illustrates how a foundation in traditional manufacturing and distribution can translate into opportunities across generations of American retail.
About Mitch Gould
Mitch Gould is a third-generation retail distribution and manufacturing expert with more than 25 years of experience launching and scaling consumer products across sports nutrition, health and wellness, skincare, hardware, and beverages. He has worked with iconic consumer brands such as Igloo, Rubbermaid, Sunbeam, and Miracle-Gro, as well as high-profile celebrity brands including Steven Seagal, Hulk Hogan, Chuck Liddell, 8× Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman, and martial arts pioneer Bob Wall.
Over the course of his career, Gould has played a key role in helping shape the growth of the U.S. sports nutrition category-supporting the expansion of performance-focused products across major retail and e-commerce platforms, including Amazon, Walmart, GNC, CVS, and Walgreens. His work has centered on bringing muscle-building, recovery, and performance-oriented products to a broader consumer audience.
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AI · SaaS
Boca Raton, Florida Monday Oct 12, 2026 @ 5:00 AM Eastern —
DuLac Farmaceutici is following up with prospective retail and distribution partners after participating in the 2026 ECRM Vitamin, Weight Management & Sports Nutrition Session, held September 14-17 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
This event is marking another step in the Italian pharmaceutical company's effort to build a broader U.S. retail presence beyond its established Amazon business.
The event provided an opportunity to discuss DuLac’s Italian-developed portfolio with buyers across health, specialty, food, drug and mass retail channels. The company is now continuing those conversations to explore product assortment and distribution opportunities in the United States.
DuLac’s portfolio includes its high-concentration Arnica Gel 98% range, topical leg-care products, and the Dinaven and Diosmin lines. The portfolio reflects the company’s Italian manufacturing expertise, botanical formulation capabilities, and more than 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
Building on an Existing E-Commerce Presence
DuLac enters these discussions with products already available to U.S. consumers through its Amazon storefront and OneLavi.
Customer feedback provides an additional point of reference for prospective partners: The company’s Arnica Gel 98% listing on Amazon.com has an average customer rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, offering prospective partners a reference point for consumer feedback as they evaluate the portfolio.
"Our priority following ECRM is to work with prospective partners to identify the DuLac products that best fit their customers and channels,” said Gabriele Bollani, Founder and CEO of DuLac Farmaceutici. “We want to build lasting relationships by combining our Italian formulation and manufacturing expertise with a clear understanding of each partner’s commercial needs.”
Italian Expertise Behind the Portfolio
During the meetings, DuLac introduced buyers to the research and manufacturing approach behind its products, including its proprietary Arnica Montana Arricchita™ project and its work with botanical ingredients and advanced extraction technologies.
The company’s European pharmacy heritage and Italian production provide the foundation for its portfolio. Follow-up discussions will focus on the products relevant to each prospective partner, their positioning and the requirements for a potential launch.
U.S. Retail and Distribution Opportunities
Following ECRM, DuLac is continuing discussions with prospective partners to assess product assortment, channel fit and distribution opportunities, while building on its existing U.S. e-commerce presence.
The company's long-term objective is to establish DuLac as a nationally recognized U.S. brand across multiple channels, combining its European pharmacy heritage and Italian manufacturing with the consumer traction it has already established in the American market.
About DuLac Farmaceutici
DuLac Farmaceutici is an Italian pharmaceutical company specializing in dermo-cosmetic products developed through pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing standards. Built on more than 30 years of pharmaceutical industry expertise, the company combines botanical innovation, advanced extraction technologies, and modern manufacturing to create Italian-developed products for international markets. DuLac products are developed and manufactured in Italy using rigorous quality and sustainability standards. Learn more at DuLac Farmaceutici USA, through the company's Amazon Storefront, and on OneLavi.
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Finance · AI
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Microintelligence was founded in 2018. As a leader in industrial embodied intelligence, the Company develops EIIR products and integrated solutions capable of autonomous perception, learning, decision-making and executing of complex tasks with its full-stack self-developed software, hardware and systems engineering capabilities. Its products have achieved commercialization at scale in real-world industrial settings, including in industries with extremely high requirements for precision, stability, and reliability, such as 3C electronics, automotive manufacturing, new energy, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and semiconductors. Meanwhile, its application scenarios are evolving from "mature single-process workflow” to "integrated workstations." According to IDC's China Industrial Embodied Intelligent Robots Market Share, 2025 report, the company holds the No. 1 market share in China. The Company is also one of the world’s first leading companies to achieve commercial verification of embodied industrial intelligence robots in multiple complex industrial scenarios.
Through a standardized "Cloud-Edge-Device" integrated architecture, Microintelligence combines AI models, industrial know-how, and real-world scenario data to build core physical AI capabilities. This enables EIIR to complete a fully autonomous closed loop spanning perception, learning, decision-making, and execution. As EIIR systems roll out across real factory environments, the company has also built a "data-model-product-redeployment" flywheel. On-site data accumulated during production line operations is distilled into process knowledge through a "human-in-the-loop" mechanism with insights fed back into ongoing model iteration. As model capabilities advance, the products can take on more complex production tasks and continue to broaden their application scope. Backed by full-stack software and hardware capabilities and commercial validation in real-world scenarios, the company has delivered efficient, cost-effective commercialisation across multiple industrial scenarios, creating a durable competitive moat.
Through the continuous deployment of the aforementioned technologies and industrial practices, the Company has been accumulating real production-line industrial data while maintaining high levels of R&D investment. According to the documents disclosed after its hearing, the Company amassed an unstructured, finely-annotated database sourced from real industrial scenarios, with a data volume exceeding 23TB and containing over 1.6 billion annotated data records. The database holds more than 800 independent intellectual property rights, including over 210 invention patents and 310 software copyrights. In 2024, the Company’s R&D project entitled “Development and Application of High-Speed, Self-Planning, Integrated Intelligent System for Defect Detection and Repair” has been jointly certified by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) as having reached an “International Leading” level. The Company’s client base includes more than 25 Fortune Global 500 enterprises and leading manufacturers. Its business spans mainland China, Europe and the United States, and actively develops for the expansion into new overseas markets including Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.
Financially, the Company’s revenue rose from RMB 434 million in 2023 to RMB 796 million in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.4%. For the five months ended May 31, 2026, the Company recorded revenue of RMB 424 million, up 22.6% year on year. Revenue from its flagship EIIR products grew from RMB 114 million in 2023 to RMB 453 million in 2025, and reached RMB 260 million for the five months ended May 31, 2026. The EIIR products’ contribution to total revenue rose to 61.4% for the five months ended May 31, 2026, while gross margin further improved to 54.8%.
In terms of profitability, the Company achieved profitable results for two consecutive years in 2024 and 2025. It recorded a full-year profit of approximately RMB 15.7 million in 2024 and approximately RMB 5.1 million in 2025, as higher R&D investment weighed on profit for the year. For the five months ended May 31, 2026, profit reached RMB 22.53 million, while adjusted net profit for the period—excluding the impact of share-based payments and listing expenses—amounted to RMB 33.84 million, up 41.5% year on year. In addition, following the turnaround to positive operating cash flow in 2025, the Company continued to record net cash inflow for the five months ended May 31, 2026, reflecting a substantive and sustained improvement in the cash-generating capability of its core business.
The Company plans to primarily allocate the proceeds from this initial public offering to core technology R&D, focusing on iterating the Company’s end-to-end industrial VLA model, to continuously enhance the intelligence and performance of EIIR robots. In parallel, the Company will build localised overseas sales and service networks to deepenits global business footprint. In addition, the Company will allocate the proceeds for strategic investments and to foster an open, win-win application ecosystem through M&A, to expand manufacturing capacity to meet the growing order volumes.
Looking ahead, Microintelligence will seize the opportunity presented by its HKEX listing to continue to strengthen its core capabilities in industrial embodied intelligence. As the global manufacturing sector continues to advance its intelligent transformation, the Company will focus on six key dimensions—deepening customer engagement, replicating success across new industries, expanding overseas, upgrading product value, strengthening software-hardware synergies, and driving continuous AI evolution—to bring EIIR solutions into more industrial scenarios. Together with industry partners, the Company will build an industrial embodied intelligence ecosystem and create long-term value for customers and the industry as a whole.
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