BERLIN, Sept. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL Mobile, a pioneer in display technology across feature-rich smartphones, tablets, and connected devices, has been named a winner of the IFA Innovation Award 2025 in the category of Best in Tech for Good for its TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra smartphone and received an Honoree for the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus tablet in the same category. Honored with CES Innovation Awards in both 2024 and 2025, this recognition underscores TCL's unwavering commitment to Technology for Good and to providing innovative and user-centric products.
The first-ever IFA Innovation Award 2025, launched as the official awards program by IFA, is judged by an independent international panel and aims to celebrate breakthroughs in design and engineering while recognizing the best products shaping tomorrow.
Since its first launch in 2021, TCL NXTPAPER has received incredibly positive feedback from the market. As the first NXTPAPER 4.0 smartphone, TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra features seven core eye-care technologies, designed for all-day comfort from day to night. Rather than treating digital eye strain as a single-cause issue, the solution takes a holistic, human-centric view that combines hardware and software solutions to create a display with low blue light, anti-glare and reflection-free, zero flickering, circadian screen comfort, dim-light eye protection, and a natural and true paper experience. TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra is backed by multiple certifications from leading testing and certification organizations including TÜV Rheinland and SGS, boasting the most comprehensive eye-care smartphone ever in the industry.
Alongside its industry-leading eye-care technology, the TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra also extends the paper-like experience from reading to writing, helping users to absorb, think and create in one seamless flow. Max Ink Mode supports distraction-free reading by blocking notifications from multiple apps and enables an immersive digital detox experience. For creation, an electromagnetic stylus enables low-latency, paper-like writing complemented by powerful AI tools. Rounding out the experience, a flagship periscope telephoto camera system paired with TCL-developed MuseFilm imaging technology encourages expressive storytelling in every moment.
In addition to the TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra, the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus, the first AI tablet with NXTPAPER 4.0, also received an honorable mention in the Best in Tech for Good category. Adopting the same philosophy as its smartphone counterpart, the 11.5-inch tablet further optimizes eye comfort with unique Personalized Eye Comfort Mode and Smart Eye Comfort Mode that adapt viewing intelligently to individual preferences. These features are complemented by the upgraded NXTPAPER Key and powerful AI tools that further elevate the experience for both efficiency and an ultimate writing experience.
The two IFA awards represent growing recognition and endorsement of TCL NXTPAPER and its distinct vision for the future of digital displays. Building on the success of the latest NXTPAPER technology and devices, TCL Mobile will continue to advance eye-care display and human-centric innovations to improve digital well-being for all.
For more information, please visit:
TCL NXTPAPER 60 Ultra: https://www.tcl.com/global/en/mobile/tcl-nxtpaper-60-ultra
TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus: https://www.tcl.com/global/en/tablets/tcl-nxtpaper-11-plus
To learn how TCL NXTPAPER redefines eye comfort, please visit: https://www.tcl.com/global/en/nxtpaper-whitepaper
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tclpress@tcl.com
About TCL Mobile
TCL Mobile specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of smartphones, tablets and connected devices. On a mission to deliver 5G for all, TCL Mobile helps its customers 'Inspire Greatness' in their lives through industry leading technology and solutions.
For more information on TCL mobile devices, please visit: https://www.tcl.com/global/en/mobile
About TCL
TCL is a leading consumer electronics brand and a global leader in the television industry. Operating in over 160 markets worldwide, TCL specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of consumer electronics products, including TVs, audio systems, home appliances, mobile devices, smart glasses, commercial displays, and more. For additional information, visit the TCL website at https://www.tcl.com.
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TCL Mobile Wins the IFA Innovation Award 2025 for Eye-Care Display Technology
TCL Mobile Wins the IFA Innovation Award 2025 for Eye-Care Display Technology
Transaction Enhances MRO Scale, AOG Readiness, and Lubricants Market Leadership
ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GracoRoberts (gracoroberts.com) today announced the acquisition of Sky Mart (skymart.aero) to advance its international footprint in Latin America, leveraging the company's corporate headquarters in Miami as a gateway to the aerospace-rich Latin American region. The acquisition significantly bolsters GracoRoberts' reach into the $6.5B Latin American MRO market, scales its AOG capability, and offers its customers access to a considerable breadth of in-stock lubricants, amplifying the acquirer's already sound position as the largest, fastest, and most technically focused aerospace specialty chemicals distributor in the world.
The addition of Sky Mart to the GracoRoberts' portfolio expands its technical sales coverage throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Florida, and portions of the US, while adding an additional 42,000 square feet of fulfillment centers in Miami, FL, San Antonio, TX, and Indianapolis, IN, and offering a rich stocking position for oils, greases, and fluids. Additionally, Sky Mart customers will benefit from access to GracoRoberts' extensive breadth of adhesives, composites, paints and coatings, a robust ecommerce presence for immediate product access, and a global technical sales team. These enhancements, coupled with a mutual focus on world-class quality, will add meaningful value to both companies' customer and supplier partners.
Jason Caldwell, President and CEO of GracoRoberts, commented on the acquisition. "We are thrilled to welcome the team from Sky Mart to the GracoRoberts' family of companies. This partnership strengthens our ability to serve the global aerospace community, especially in the important Latin America and Miami markets, with an enhanced stocking position, broader product offerings, and a scalable bolt-on ecommerce presence and AOG platform for an industry that requires speed and dependability."
Juan Gregorio Robbin, Co-Founder and President of Sky Mart, also commented on the integration, and the decision to partner with GracoRoberts after four decades of family-owned operation. "At Sky Mart, our operating philosophy is simple and unwavering: stock the right products, deliver exceptional service, and get it right the first time. This guiding principle has earned us the trust of a loyal Latin and North American customer base, and by joining the GracoRoberts' family, we can deliver even more value to our customers."
Ana Maria Robbin, Co-Owner and Executive Vice President of Sky Mart, offered her perspective on the acquisition. "2025 marked Sky Mart's 40th year in a business founded by our parents – our heroes – Gregorio and Lucy Robbin. They raised us to believe in the power of a vision, endless determination, and a deep spirit of service that defines our culture today, and I see these qualities in the team at GracoRoberts. I know the Sky Mart legacy will be upheld with care and purpose."
The leaders of both companies will collaborate to deliver a seamless, customer-focused transition that preserves each organization's culture and ensures no disruption to the business.
The acquisition of Sky Mart is supported by CM Equity Partners, the private equity sponsor of GracoRoberts and long-standing partner to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Under the leadership of President and CEO Jason Caldwell, the GracoRoberts ELT has significantly expanded the company's global footprint and accelerated its digital growth strategy through six acquisitions over the past seven years – E.V. Roberts, Able Aerospace Adhesives, Silmid, SkyGeek, Pacific Coast Composites, and now Sky Mart – each enhancing value for its enterprise partners and the broader aerospace industry.
About GracoRoberts
Headquartered in Arlington, TX, GracoRoberts (www.gracoroberts.com) is the single largest, fastest, and most technically focused specialty chemicals distributor to serve the global aerospace market and is fully AS, ISO, and CMMC II certified. We serve the aerospace OEM, MRO, and defense segments, composites, electronics, and other advanced manufacturing industries. As a family of brands including Silmid, SkyGeek, and Pacific Coast Composites, we are authorized to distribute 3M, Airtech, Aeroshell, AkzoNobel, Eastman, Henkel, Hexcel, Huntsman, Isovolta, Momentive, PPG, Resin Formulators, Royco, Scott Bader, Sika, American Fiber & Finishing, Armite Lubricants, Arrow Solutions, B&J Rubber Products, Castrol, Chemetall, Contec, Deb Stoko, ITW Performance Polymers, Mask-Off, Master Fluid Solutions, Permabond, Reabrook Ltd, Rocol, Royal Adhesives, Socomore, and Zip-Chem, and can source thousands of other providers upon request. We differentiate by adding value: services include world-class ecommerce available through three websites (www.skygeek.com, www.silmid.com, and www.gracoroberts.com), global distribution, custom formulation, specialty packaging, vendor managed inventory, intermix and kitting services, defense logistics and compliance, export management services, and an on-staff Chemist, lab, and testing facility. GracoRoberts prides itself in delivering superior engineered materials with impeccable support to thousands of customers from more than 65 countries around the globe.
About Sky Mart
Headquartered in Miami, FL and founded in 1985 by Gregorio and Lucy Robbin with Co-Founder and President Juan Gregorio Robbin, Sky Mart (www.skymart.aero) has grown into an industry leading and well-recognized aerospace chemical, lubricant and specialty fluids stocking distributor. Sky Mart is now a second-generation Robbin family business serving thousands of customers across Latin America and North America. With over 40 years of global distribution experience, the company's philosophy is straight forward: stock the products, quote quickly, and offer fast, accurate, and on-time shipping. Today Sky Mart continues to invest in online and EDI trading platforms, and offers reliable and effective after-hours AOG service for the airline, MRO, and other aviation communities.
About CM Equity Partners
CM Equity Partners (www.cmequity.com), based in New York, NY, provides capital to the Federal services and aerospace and defense industries. For 30 years, CMEP has partnered with management teams to build enduring value by leveraging its industry knowledge, relationships, operating experience, and its corporate finance, M&A, and private equity expertise. CMEP employs an active and collaborative management approach, developing long-term strategic plans and guiding decisions on re-investment of profits to grow and broaden a company's revenue base and capabilities. CMEP's investments are structured with flexibility across a broad spectrum of the capital structure, including equity, structured equity, and mezzanine debt.
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GracoRoberts Acquires Sky Mart to Accelerate Latin American Expansion, Anchored by Miami Hub
