Nashville – September 11, 2026 -- The State Group Industrial (USA) Limited, a portfolio company of funds managed by Apollo, has acquired Mel-Kay Electric Co. (MelKay), an Evansville, Indiana-based MEP contractor with over 400 union tradesmen.

Acquisition expands State Group's footprint across three states

MelKay operates across southern Indiana, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, providing electrical, mechanical and plumbing construction and maintenance, along with HVAC, fire, security, communication and safety systems. The company holds preferred vendor status with blue-chip clients including Berry Global, Deaconess Health, Sabic and Toyota.

Dublin – – September 11, 2026 -- eCurrency Mint has completed a successful demonstration of its eOffline Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) solution in Africa, enabling digital currency transactions without internet or mobile network access.

eCurrency extends CBDC infrastructure to offline environments

The eOffline solution allows consumers, merchants, and government agencies to send and receive CBDC through mobile phones, smart cards, and other dedicated hardware from third-party device partners, even when connectivity is unavailable. The system has been tested across multiple use cases and user segments in the demonstration.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has promoted Sean Gibbons to Senior Vice President, Chief Product and Technology Officer, placing him on the company's Executive Leadership Team and giving him control over product and technology across both SiriusXM and Pandora.

Gibbons will oversee product strategy, engineering platforms, automotive partnerships and ad tech

Reporting directly to CEO Jennifer Witz, Gibbons takes responsibility for product strategy and development, technology platforms and engineering, automotive and streaming distribution partnerships, and advertising technology. Witz credited him with shaping the rollout of SiriusXM with 360L and cited his more than two decades of tenure and cross-functional track record.

Silicon Valley – September 11, 2026 -- Meshy, the AI 3D generation company, has appointed Dr. Xin Tong, a 25-year veteran of Microsoft Research Asia, as Chief Scientist to lead its shift from single 3D asset generation toward full interactive world models.

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Nucleus Research has named Appian, Creatio, Infor, Kissflow, Oracle, OutSystems, and Zoho as Leaders in its 2026 Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) Technology Value Matrix, citing their combined strength in functionality and usability at scale.

Post-deployment performance now drives platform ROI

Nucleus Research finds that enterprise value from low-code platforms increasingly hinges on what happens after an application ships, not just how fast it was built. Cameron Marsh, Senior Analyst at Nucleus Research, said organizations generate greater returns when applications can be extended, integrated, governed, and maintained without adding development effort or technical complexity.

Amsterdam – September 11, 2026 -- NetActuate has launched MoQ Relay, a managed Media over QUIC delivery network that lets broadcasters and streaming platforms publish a live feed once and distribute it to subscribers from relay capacity in more than 45 locations worldwide.

Relay tests show a single feed can multiply reach without added backbone cost

In internal testing across a four-relay setup, one relay delivered sixteen times more video output while drawing the same backbone capacity required to serve a single viewer. NetActuate says this decouples audience size from network cost, a key constraint as satellite capacity used for broadcast distribution is being scaled back globally.

Alexandria, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- Parry Labs has appointed Scott DeVona as Chief Revenue Officer, tasking him with expanding revenue as demand grows for vendor-independent interoperability at the tactical edge.

DeVona brings a track record of personally leading multiple $100 million contract captures

DeVona spent two decades building defense software businesses and winning software-centric programs for U.S. combatant commands, Service command posts, and vehicle-based C2 systems. He has secured contracts across the Army, the Air Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DARPA, and multiple allied nations.

Denver – September 11, 2026 -- Bluepeak, a fiber internet provider operating across six U.S. states, has named Ken Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 19, 2026, succeeding Rich Fish, who is retiring after six years at the helm.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Eligible, Inc. has completed its SOC 2 Type II examination for its Platform Services System with zero exceptions across all four Trust Services Categories evaluated: Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, and Confidentiality.

Independent assessor A-LIGN confirms full compliance across audit period

The examination, conducted by third-party assessor A-LIGN, evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of Eligible's controls over a defined audit period, covering the REST APIs, application infrastructure, and supporting services that process HIPAA-mandated healthcare financial transactions. These include eligibility verification (270/271), claims (837/276/277), remittance (835), and acknowledgements (TA1, 997, 999).

Zhengzhou – – September 11, 2026 -- Yutong has launched the T14, a diesel-powered premium tourist coach engineered specifically for the European market, expanding its T-Series lineup with a vehicle built around a DAF MX-13 engine, ZF air suspension and a Bosch steering system.

Aerodynamic redesign cuts drag coefficient by 20%, yielding 2-3% fuel savings

The T14 integrates an ECAS system that automatically adjusts body height based on speed, paired with electronic rear-view mirrors and a streamlined front-wall design. Combined with Yutong's BlueCore intelligent fuel-saving system and electric fans, operators gain measurable reductions in energy consumption on long-haul routes.