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China UnionPay Optimizes Payment Services with the Launch of Project Excellence 2024
SHANGHAI, March 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On March 15, the launch ceremony for Explore China Your Way with UnionPay: China UnionPay Payment Service Optimization – Project Excellence 2024 was held in Shanghai. Mr. Zhang Qingsong, Member of the CPC People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Committee and Deputy Governor of the PBOC, and Ms. Xie Dong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, attended the ceremony and delivered remarks. The event was also attended by Mr. Wang Ping, Deputy Secretary-General of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, Mr. Jin Penghui and Mr. Liu Xingya, Deputy Directors of the Shanghai Head Office of the PBOC, Mr. Wang Sheng, Deputy Director-General of the PBOC Payment and Settlement Department, as well as the leadership from China UnionPay, including Mr. Dong Junfeng, as well as Mr. Shao Fujun, Chairman, and Mr. Cai Jianbo, President. Other members of the audience included representatives from the Shanghai municipal authorities, major Chinese commercial banks, acquirers, merchants, overseas regulators, international partners and other global card schemes.
The State Council recently issued guidelines to further optimize payment services in China. The document aims to address the bottlenecks in payment services and improve a multi-layered and diversified payment service system in line with the payment preferences of different user groups. The release of the guidelines fully demonstrates the significance attached by the central government to the development of the payment industry and serves as a roadmap for the future growth of the industry. It is essential for building a payment service system where different payment options develop in parallel and complement each other, and for creating an inclusive and convenient payment environment to facilitate the high-quality development of the payment industry.
In order to fully implement the requirements provided by the guidelines, China UnionPay has taken the initiative to launch Project Excellence 2024 to fully participate in the campaign to improve payment convenience for the senior citizens and international visitors to China. With the goal of delivering full solutions for all use cases across China, Project Excellence 2024 will be jointly implemented and co-funded by industry participants. Specifically, China UnionPay will take the lead and direct CNY 3 billion to focus on acceptance terminal upgrades, signage placement and publicity, etc. in key cities and use cases. At the same time, led by government authorities in specific sectors, UnionPay will encourage other industry players to pool their resources. The efforts will cover 41 key cities nationwide and 26 high-frequency use cases in eight major categories including F&B, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment, healthcare, and education. By providing comprehensive payment solutions that include cards, QR codes, OEM pay products, and cash withdrawal, the undertaking will drive parallel while complementary development of mobile, card and cash payments. Project Excellence 2024 will start in Shanghai with marketing campaigns throughout the year under the theme Explore China Your Way with UnionPay, aiming at providing more discounts and options as well as a better experience.
During the event, Mr. Zhang Qingsong, Deputy Governor of the PBOC, stated that the rapid development and accelerated penetration of mobile payment in China in recent years have been pivotal in reducing transaction costs and promoting financial inclusion; however, new challenges have also emerged, such as the digital divide for the elderly population and barriers for international visitors to China. To implement the decision and arrangements by the central government, the PBOC has swiftly set up a dedicated working group to put in place a series of measures in line with the State Council guidelines. He acknowledges China UnionPay’s quick action to pool resources with other parties, and encourages all entities to strengthen synergy and provide the resources necessary to achieve substantial results in making payments more convenient. Shanghai, as one of the main destinations for inbound travelers, has gained valuable experience in supporting the China International Import Expo (CIIE). He hopes that the city can continue to set a good example in effectively implementing more measures aiming at increasing payment convenience. The PBOC will work with relevant parties, further develop payment use cases, and coordinate efforts to address any shortcomings and weaknesses. It will make payment services more heart-warming and broadly-covering so as to contribute to China’s high-standard opening up, an optimized business environment in China, as well as greater happiness and sense of gain of the people.
Ms. Xie Dong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, said that payment is the foundation of economy and finance, and plays a crucial role in facilitating people’s lives, optimizing the business environment, and building a thriving consumer market. The PBOC has guided all parties in the payment industry to establish a multi-layered and broadly-covering acceptance network, which enables China to become a global leader in payment services. Shanghai is the largest clearing center in the world for card-based transactions, where China UnionPay has attracted numerous businesses upstream and downstream of the industry chain to form a cluster. As the city receives a large number of international visitors each year and is also one of the first in China to enter an era of aging society, choosing Shanghai as the first stop for Project Excellence 2024 holds special significance. She believes that Project Excellence can enable senior citizens and international travelers among others to feel accepted and welcomed, and make payment services in Shanghai more accommodating. The Shanghai municipal government will fully support the Project, and it stands ready to work with all parties including the PBOC to implement the requirements listed in the State Council guidelines, aiming to develop the Shanghai Solution that bridges the digital divide and improves the multi-layered as well as diversified payment service system. Together, all parties can contribute to business environment optimization and the high-quality social and economic development.
Mr. Dong Junfeng from China UnionPay pointed out that payment service optimization is a national policy and a shared responsibility of all industry participants. China UnionPay has been implementing the strategic decisions by the central government and the work arrangements of the PBOC by fulfilling its pivotal role as a card scheme. He hopes that through Project Excellence 2024, China UnionPay can inspire other industry stakeholders to contribute their resources, promote the parallel and complementary development of card, mobile and cash payments, and respect and support customer’s rights to choose payment tools. Project Excellence 2024 is a major initiative that connects different links of the payment industry as well as a systematic one that calls for consensus and coordination across the payment industry in geographies both in and outside China. Under the leadership of the PBOC and local governments, China UnionPay will team up with banks, China UMS, and acquirers in and outside China’s mainland, and strive for extensive availability of full solutions in all use cases across China. Furthermore, UnionPay will enhance collaboration with banks and payment institutions, expedite payment code interoperability, strengthen partnership with Chinese clearing institutions, and further engage in consultations with other international card schemes to jointly establish a convenient, open and inclusive payment ecosystem. Ultimately, UnionPay products will be easy to use in every use case, offering a superior experience, more options, and higher value for the elderly and international visitors to China.
During the ceremony, China UnionPay released 29 business achievements, covering international card issuance, overseas e-wallets, and acceptance in China. Among which were agreements signed with partners from the Philippines, Australia, and Pakistan to issue three million UnionPay cards. Ten major wallets, including AEON in Hong Kong SAR, OCBC in Singapore, and the LPB e-wallet in Vietnam, now support UnionPay QR payments, which are estimated to cover 60 million potential customers. More than ten well-known online and physical merchants, including Meituan, Trip.com, Pinduoduo, JD.com, and Shouqianba, accept international UnionPay payment products. Hong Kong and Macao vehicles traveling to the mainland can enjoy seamless payments at multiple parking lots and tollgates in Guangdong Province.
At the event, UnionPay also signed collaboration agreements with Ctrip Financial Services and China Tourism Group to provide more user-friendly cross-border payment services for international visitors to China. These two collaborations demonstrate the in-depth partnership between payment and tourism sectors that collectively improves the service for inbound travelers to China. They are also the outcome of collaborative efforts by the relevant industries. Themed marketing campaigns targeting these travelers have also been launched alongside Project Excellence 2024, available at visa centers, airlines, online travel agencies, and over 100,000 merchants in several locations including Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Shenzhen. Nearly 20 issuers from countries such as South Korea, Thailand, and Kazakhstan will offer up to 12% cashback to their cardholders who use UnionPay cards in China. Additionally, UnionPay’s Travel Mate Asia, a card featuring popular destinations in China’s mainland, will be upgraded. The new series of card issuance programs will cover more destinations with more exciting benefits.
As a key financial infrastructure in China and one of the major card schemes in the world, China UnionPay has always adhered to the original aspiration of “Payment for the People” and has been strengthening collaboration with other industry stakeholders. With its comprehensive solutions that cover all sorts of payments regardless of the location, vehicle and mode, China UnionPay continues to make payments easier for groups such as senior citizens and international visitors to China. While improving services such as card acceptance and ATM cash withdrawal, China UnionPay has rolled out the senior-friendly version of the UnionPay App, allowing the elderly to enjoy the benefits brought by the era of digital payment. In addition, UnionPay has issued over 230 million cards outside China’s mainland, launched nearly 200 UnionPay-powered e-wallets, and extended the acceptance network to 183 countries and regions, transforming UnionPay into a global payment solution that services cardholders across the world in their everyday lives and work.
Going forward, China UnionPay will work with all industry participants to ramp up the implementation of Project Excellence, with pledges to achieve substantial progress in more key cities and key use cases.
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Exceptional Performance for Ureteral Stents: ICP DAS-BMP Reveals Latest TPU Materials at CMEF 2025
HSINCHU, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ICP DAS-BMP (Biomedical Polymers), a committed Taiwan-based manufacturer and supplier of medical-grade TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane), is excited to announce its participation in CMEF (China International Medical Equipment Fair), held from April 8-11, 2025, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai.
The spotlight of this year’s exhibit will be the ARP-93A-B20 WHITE L and ARP-95A-B20 WHITE L, specifically engineered for ureteral stents. These innovative TPU materials meet ISO 10993 standards for biocompatibility, ensuring safety during implantation. They offer exceptional stability in thermal-setting processes with no migration issues, maintaining product reliability. With 15 available colors commonly used in medical devices, they offer versatile design possibilities for manufacturers.
Complementing this highlight are other groundbreaking TPU solutions. The Arothane™ ARP-W-G series, contained with 40-60% Tungsten, provides excellent radiopacity for thin-walled medical devices and reliable performance for guidewire coatings. Additionally, the Arothane™ ARP-B20 and Durathane™ ALC-B40, enhanced with Barium Sulfate, deliver certified safety for extended implantation.
To meet the demands of a wider range of applications, ICP DAS-BMP also focuses on both softer and harder TPU materials. The Engineering Arothane™ TPU (EARP series), with hardness above 70D, features a high glass transition temperature and exceptional light transmission, making it an ideal choice for high-strength, high-modulus applications such as Luer-Lock connectors. Meanwhile, the soft ARP series, with hardness below 70A, provides enhanced flexibility and adaptability for diverse medical applications, further expanding ICP DAS-BMP’s comprehensive TPU portfolio.
Visit the ICP DAS-BMP team at Hall 8.1, Booth M49, to explore these advancements and discover tailored TPU solutions designed to elevate healthcare innovations.
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Madame Rachida Dati, French Minister of Culture, has granted official recognition to thierry Ehrmann’s Abode of Chaos as a ‘total work of art’, the global headquarters of Artprice by Artmarket.
PARIS, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — La Demeure du Chaos (“The Abode of Chaos” – dixit the New York Times) was conceived in 1999 as “a mirror of our world” by thierry Ehrmann. Besides his many business accomplishments, his certified biography in Who’s Who In France describes Ehrmann as a ‘visual artist since 1980’. https://imgpublic.artprice.com/img/wp/sites/11/2025/02/2025-Biographie_de_Thierry_Ehrmann-Who-s-Who-In-France.pdf
The Abode of Chaos is managed by a contemporary art museum baptised “Organe” and located in the village of Saint-Romain-Au-Mont-d’Or just outside Lyon, France.
This unique open-air museum spans 7,555m² and features a one-of-a-kind museum trail set in the heart of nature. Open to the public free of charge, it was conceived as a total work of art, ensuring accessibility and inclusion for all audiences, in line with the vision of its founder and creator, thierry Ehrmann. It is classified by the Prefecture as an ERP open-air museum. Since its opening in 2006, the Contemporary Art Museum has received 2.5 million visitors free of charge, 25% of whom are from outside France.
In 25 years, the Abode of Chaos has been the subject of nearly 3,600 written and audiovisual press reports from 72 countries. Its activities are followed around the world by more than 10.9 million subscribers on its social media accounts and it counts 720,000 signatories to the petition for its preservation and recognition by France’s public authorities.
The Abode of Chaos has three imposing buildings dating back to 1630 that have been completely re-sculpted in an alchemical transmutation that gave birth to nearly 7,200 distinct works of art created by thierry Ehrmann. Each work has its original name, its original medium and its original shape. There are 4,500 laser-sculpted steel artworks, some weighing several hundred tons. There are also portraits, paintings, street artworks, mural engravings, installations, digital artworks created with AI, works of land art and an all-encompassing electronic system, which together constitute a ‘total work of art’:
https://ftp1.serveur.com/abodeofchaos_singular_architecture.pdf
“Dear Sir,
For several years you have been practicing a proteiform artistic activity alongside your energetic development of Artprice, the company you founded.
Not long ago, you drew the attention of one of my predecessors and my ministerial services (DRAC and DGCA) to the complex situation surrounding the product of your artistic activity: the Abode of Chaos.
Originally an old farm in the Monts du Lyonnais, you made the property your personal residence as well as the headquarters of your company Artprice. At the same time, you developed a multi-faceted and abundant artistic project on the entire site, part of which has National Historical Monument protection, called “La Demeure du Chaos” (Abode of Chaos). This project, which integrates the architecture of the existing building as well as its surroundings, while preserving and respecting the remains of an old Protestant cemetery, is a total work of art, in perpetual evolution. It’s primary artistic objective is to reflect the historical and societal convulsions at the end of the 20th century and the promises and uncertainties of our 21st century. The work is both indoors and outdoors, integrating public and private spaces, notably those dedicated to the daily activities of your company.
Its integrated contemporary art museum offers a hallucinatory and fascinating promenade through the recesses of human memory via portraits of the prominent personalities of our modern era, as well as key quotes, sculptures and architectural extensions that modify the existing buildings. Repurposed car and plane wrecks also play a key role, alongside contemporary ‘factories’ installed in the park.
I would like to inform you that my ministerial department officially recognizes the value of this unique work, which I understand is in perpetual motion and will only stop evolving when you are no longer.“
According to Madame Dati, thierry Ehrmann’s work, “is in line with great ‘total works of art’ like Postman Cheval’s Ideal Palace and the Cyclops in Milly la Forêt…
By this letter I wish to inform you that the Ministry of Culture recognizes the artistic value of the work already created and encourages you to continue it.”
Recognition by public authorities constitutes the highest point in the process of protecting the artworks of the Abode of Chaos and, with regard to the law, it is the principal factor that triggers the work’s inclusion in the History of Art and its preservation for posterity. The different protection measures constitute a subsidiary factor, while the Minister offers a range of legal solutions to allow the transmission of the Abode of Chaos to future generations:
“I also hope that a dialogue can be initiated with State Services and in particular with the Regional Prefecture and the Regional Office of Cultural Affairs (DRAC), in both directions.
The first concerns allowing greater access to the Abode by extending the openings hours that you already practise.
The second concerns implementing the right conditions to ensure the sustainability, conservation and accessibility of the Abode to future generations. I will also ask my services, both central and decentralized, to collaborate with your teams to examine the various legal frameworks that could be used to allow the perennity and transmission of the Abode to future generations: endowment fund, a protected foundation, or a foundation recognized as being of public utility, or any other suitable device.”
With great emotion, upon reading this letter, thierry Ehrmann – founder of Artprice, historian and visual sculptor – cannot help but reflect on the extensive study he dedicated to the sculptor Constantin Brancusi:
“Exactly a century ago, the U.S. High Court (Brancusi/USA) redefined the cognitive value of a work of art through a landmark trial involving Constantin Brancusi’s The Bird in Space. Today, after 25 years of legal struggle, France, through its Minister of Culture, Madame Rachida Dati, has officially recognized the value of my work, defining it as unique through my artistic creation embodied in The Abode of Chaos and its total work of art. Furthermore, it acknowledges that my work is in constant evolution and encourages me to continue, while supporting its dissemination, conservation, and sustainability. This moment forms a true ‘mise en abîme‘, linking Brancusi’s The Bird and his portrait painted in my studio at the heart of The Abode of Chaos. It represents both my Great Alchemical Work and my 45 years of artistic creation. I receive this recognition with deep gratitude towards the Minister of Culture, her team, and all my long-standing supporters, as we mark the 25th anniversary of the Abode of Chaos. Today, France, through the voice of its Minister of Culture, is writing a new chapter in the history of art.”
The process of recognition and legal protection of the Abode of Chaos relies on in part, on the creation of an in-depth bilingual architectural study titled “The Abode of Chaos: Gesamtkunstwerk & Singular Architecture”. This study is now freely accessible to the public at:
https://ftp1.serveur.com/abodeofchaos_singular_architecture.pdf
The brief description provided in this press release is not exhaustive. The reader is encouraged to consult the typescript for a comprehensive reading of the referenced works.
The study examines the Abode of Chaos from a historical, archaeological, sociological, artistic, architectural and scientific points of view, with the help of international experts, distinguished professors, and multidisciplinary researchers.
This Study constituted the core requests led by Sandra Béchiche – Director of thierry Ehrmann’s office, in charge of international relations and heritage conservation, for legal protection addressed to the French Ministry of Culture, and more specifically to the General Director of the General Department of Artistic Creation (DGCA) in the person of Christopher Miles, as well as to Marc Drouet, Regional Director of Cultural Affairs Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (DRAC AURA).
These initiatives began in December 2019 in order to obtain recognition from the public authorities of thierry Ehrmann’s total work of art, and to ensure its sustainability and a peaceful resolution to the 25-year legal dispute initiated by the Commune of Saint-Romain-Au-Mont-d’Or, based on town planning law in the face of artistic creation. This dispute was initially protected by the Malraux laws and later by the law of July 7, 2016, concerning freedom of creation, architecture, and heritage. thierry Ehrmann contributed to this through the legal debate he initiated on the status of the artist in France and the freedom of artistic creation.
The surveys, plans, sections, illustrations, orthophotographs for the complete digitization of the 7200 artworks connected to the buildings, outbuildings and surrounding walls over 7,555 m² (generating a digital heritage of 1.2 Terra-Bytes [1 pixel IPTC/GPS DMS = 1mm]) was carried out in 18 months by Philippe Barthélémy, founder of ICONEM (which has done extensive work of the Bamiyan cliffs, Palmyra site etc.) as well as TT Géomètres Experts Group and its 3D Lab. This work was based on the European Commission’s standards for the digitization and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (2011/711/EU).
The study and the complete digitization of the Abode of Chaos was overseen by martyr heritage specialists led by Dr. Nicolas Detry, a specialized Heritage Architect. N. Detry wrote the main corpus of the section on “Formativity of the Abode of Chaos” with reference to the work of Luigi Pareyson. Raphaëlle Rivière, historian of art & architecture and archaeologist, studied the Total Work of Art (Gesamtkunstwerk) and the Singular Architecture that is the Abode of Chaos / Demeure du Chaos with Nicolas Detry. They were both also the curators of the exhibition “The Abode of Chaos: History of a Sustainable Heritage from the 17th Century to the Present Day” in 2022.
Finally, from a purely pedagogical perspective, the notion ‘total work of art’ (from the German Gesamtkunstwerk) that Madame Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, has officially recognized in the Abode of Chaos, is an aesthetic concept originating from German romanticism and appearing in the 19th century in Europe. A ‘total work of art’ is characterized by the simultaneous use of numerous artistic mediums and disciplines, and by the symbolic, philosophical or metaphysical significance it holds. Such projects are born from a desire to reflect the interconnectedness of all elements of existence.
thierry Ehrmann opens the doors of the total artwork La Demeure du Chaos to Loïc Ballet & Sébastien Chabal for the TV program En vadrouille on March 9, 2025 (France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Télévisions group, LB Production):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_W2e4NeCc
thierry Ehrmann’s Abode of Chaos is regularly cited by art historians as the artistic continuity of the Merzbau, a monumental spatial assemblage, the culmination of the ‘total work of art’ that the artist Kurt Schwitters worked on in his studio and home in Hanover as of 1923.
At the same time, a number of other studies were conducted, notably on the conservation and restoration of the corpus of works at La Demeure du Chaos. The eminent specialist, Simona Sajeva, a civil engineer and international specialist in the conservation-restoration of historic buildings, and President of the International Scientific Committee on Mural Paintings of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) played a key role in these studies.
La Demeure du Chaos is regularly included in international nominations for selections such as the Watch List of the World Monument Fund proposed by the DIVA (Documentation Interpretation and VAlorization of Heritage) research laboratory of Liège University in Belgium. The DIVA specializes in conservation sciences for art and architecture under the direction of Claudine Houbart, professor, architect, art historian, and specialist in the conservation of monuments and sites. She is also a Doctor in engineering sciences, and President of the Doctoral School at the FNRS (Scientific Research Fund) dedicated to building arts and urban planning, and a member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on the theory and philosophy of conservation.
This nomination benefited from prestigious sponsorships including the support of Giovanni Carbonara (1942-2023) – professor, architect and Director Emeritus of the School of Specialization of Architectural Heritage and Landscape at the University of Rome, “La Sapienza“, and Special Advisor to UNESCO – and Pierre Hallot – Doctor of Philosophy and Geospatial Information Sciences, professor at Liège University, member of ICOMOS, expert and Belgian Representative of the CIPA (International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry – Heritage Documentation).
In addition, La Demeure du Chaos has been subject to restoration after thierry Ehrmann reluctantly agreed to the destruction of part of his works to comply with requests from the public authorities. This work was conducted by specialists in listed monuments, including the company Comte (Vinci Group), which, among other projects, has restored the Primatiale Saint Jean in Lyon on several occasions, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The memory of this artistic loss will remain in the martyred heritage thanks to the “Catalogue Raisonné of an Artistic Loss Necessary for Republican Peace” created in 2023, which lists the 450 destroyed works.
Lastly, the dimentions of the “total work of art” of the Abode of Chaos include the global headquarters of Artprice by Artmarket, World Leader in Art Market Information since 1987, listed on the Paris Euronext’s regulated market, as well as Groupe Serveur (Artprice’s principal shareholder) and its legal, scientific, and press agency subsidiaries (since 1985).
The Abode of Chaos is also home to the world’s largest collection of manuscripts, codices and art market sales catalogs kept under exceptionally high security standards. These documents represent the history of the art market from 1700 to the present day, a modern-day ‘Library of Alexandria‘. All the archives belong to Artprice by Artmarket and they have all been scanned annotated and studied by the company’s historians and experts. The company’s underground area also hosts its various data centers, hosting more than 180 data banks of art market information which constitute the global reference for art market professionals all over the world, and for more than 9 million Artprice by Artmarket subscribers. Artprice’s press agency, ArtMarketInsight, distributes Art Market news with its long-standing partner of 27 years, Cision PR Newswire, to 122 countries and in 11 languages.
Of the many descriptions of the Abode of Chaos proposed over the last 25 years, many art historians have used the term ‘total work of art’, while others have described it as a “Black Work of hermetic tradition feeding on the Alchemical Chaos of our tragic and sumptuous 21st century, whose embers were ignited on September 11, 2001“.
Various studies from different parts of the world suggest that the genesis of the Abode of Chaos can be traced back to first Masonic trestle boards by thierry Ehrmann at the National Grand Lodge of France in 1985, referring to the remarkable alchemical work “The Philosophers’ Mansions“ by Fulcanelli.
In addition, over the last twenty-five years, thierry Ehrmann’s Abode of Chaos has regularly been compared to the famous ‘total work of art’ created by “Postman Cheval” with his “Ideal Palace”. Indeed, the reference work on Postman Cheval’s work (published by Postman Cheval’s Ideal Palace in conjunction with the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and the Musée de la Poste in 2008) described thierry Ehrmann as The Postman Cheval of the 21st century (section titled “Cheval and his artistic lineage”, page 18). The Postman Cheval lineage is clear and unambiguous, and there exists a cultural tour incorporating visits to the two sites for more than 15 years now.
The Abode of Chaos is also home to more than 1,800 geopolitical, literary, scientific, philosophical, artistic, and historical portraits. The portraits reference personalities involved in 90% of the global news regularly covered by written and audiovisual media around the world, as well as thousands of alchemical engravings.
The international press sees the Abode of Chaos as a “body of distinct works” and as an “essential and unique ‘Factory’” that has a key place in the History of Art as the most significant major work of the beginning of the 21st century (see press review, notably the special issue of the The New York Times and Artpress).
It also exists within the realm of ideas. It has sparked exhibitions, debates, numerous books, short and feature films by renowned directors, theses, research, and reverberations across different continents.
In 2024, the 36th Congress of the International Committee of Art History (CIHA) convened in Lyon. On a global scale, the CIHA Congresses have constituted the most unifying events for the entire community of researchers and professionals in the world of art and heritage since 1873.
thierry Ehrmann, CEO and Founder of Artprice declared: “Considering our strategic mission, it is natural for Artprice and the Organe Museum of Contemporary Art that manages the Abode of Chaos, to sponsor the 36th CIHA Congress as one of its principal patrons, with contributions from all of Artprice’s historians and researchers. We were delighted to welcome delegates to the global headquarters of Artprice by Artmarket in the heart of the Organe Contemporary Art Museum and its Abode of Chaos.”
This extraordinary event for Art History, held every four years, contributed to re-emergence of France, which – according to Artprice’s 30th Annual Art Market Report – is now positioned as the second largest public art market in the world in terms of transaction volumes, just behind the United States. In 2024, Paris generated the 4th largest art auction turnover in the world, surpassing both Beijing & Shanghai.
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whose head office is the famous Museum of Contemporary Art Abode of Chaos dixit The New York Times / La Demeure of Chaos:
https://issuu.com/demeureduchaos/docs/demeureduchaos-abodeofchaos-opus-ix-1999-2013
La Demeure du Chaos/Abode of Chaos – Total Work of Art and Singular Architecture.
Confidential bilingual work, now made public: https://ftp1.serveur.com/abodeofchaos_singular_architecture.pdf
- L’Obs – The Museum of the Future: https://youtu.be/29LXBPJrs-o
- https://www.facebook.com/la.demeure.du.chaos.theabodeofchaos999 (more than 4.1 million subscribers)
- https://vimeo.com/124643720
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STOCKHOLM, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Between 17 March 2025 and 21 March 2025 EQT AB (LEI code 213800U7P9GOIRKCTB34) (“EQT”) has repurchased in total 524,966 own ordinary shares (ISIN: SE0012853455).
The repurchases form part of the repurchase program of a maximum of 4,931,018 own ordinary shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 2,500,000,000 that EQT announced on 11 March 2025. The repurchase program, which runs between 12 March 2025 and 16 May 2025, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052.
EQT ordinary shares have been repurchased as follows:
|
Date: |
Aggregated volume |
Weighted average |
Aggregated |
|
17 March 2025 |
52,519 |
313.0909 |
16,443,220.98 |
|
18 March 2025 |
130,000 |
317.8652 |
41,322,476.00 |
|
19 March 2025 |
102,447 |
317.6488 |
32,542,166.61 |
|
20 March 2025 |
120,000 |
322.8110 |
38,737,320.00 |
|
21 March 2025 |
120,000 |
320.9931 |
38,519,172.00 |
|
Total accumulated over week 12 |
524,966 |
319.1909 |
167,564,355.59 |
|
Total accumulated during the repurchase program |
869,966 |
315.0811 |
274,109,808.59 |
All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB on behalf of EQT.
Following the above acquisitions and as of 21 March 2025, the number of shares in EQT, including EQT’s holding of own shares is set out in the table below.
|
Ordinary shares |
Class C shares1 |
Total |
|
|
Number of issued shares2 |
1,241,510,911 |
496,056 |
1,242,006,967 |
|
Number of shares owned by EQT AB3 |
60,794,157 |
– |
60,794,157 |
|
Number of outstanding shares |
1,180,716,754 |
496,056 |
1,181,212,810 |
|
1) Carry one tenth (1/10) of a vote |
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A full breakdown of the transactions is attached to this announcement.
Contact
Olof Svensson, Head of Shareholder Relations, +46 72 989 09 15
EQT Press Office, [email protected], +46 8 506 55 334
This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com
https://news.cision.com/eqt/r/repurchases-of-shares-by-eqt-ab-during-week-12–2025,c4123319
The following files are available for download:
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https://mb.cision.com/Main/87/4123319/3341161.pdf |
EQT Transactions 20250317 to 20250321 |
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EQT AB Group |
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