Events

Reston, Virginia – September 12, 2026 -- Leidos-built autonomous surface vessels Sea Hunter and Seahawk have logged more than 200,000 nautical miles and 14,000 hours of autonomous operation across the company's maritime portfolio, marking over a decade of at-sea autonomy development.

Sea Hunter completes 2,000-nautical-mile autonomous transit during RIMPAC 2026

Sea Hunter served as the exercise's only Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV), operating autonomously from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Diego, California, a distance exceeding 2,000 nautical miles. The vessel demonstrated autonomous surveillance and manned-unmanned teaming, functioning both as part of a larger naval force and as a stand-alone platform.

Topeka – September 12, 2026 -- A new 60-bed Behavioral Health Unit at the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, Kansas, opened on August 24 following a three-year, $21 million construction project, expanding specialized care for pretrial detainees with mental health and substance use needs.

VitalCore Health Strategies backs 23,279-square-foot expansion

The addition was built to serve individuals awaiting trial who require mental health treatment, substance use support, suicide prevention, competency restoration, and other specialized services. VitalCore Health Strategies provides healthcare services at the facility under a partnership with the Shawnee County Department of Corrections that began in 2024.

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 12, 2026 -- Everpure (NYSE: P) will join the S&P 500 effective before trading opens on Monday, September 21, 2026, the storage and data management company announced.

Everpure secures a seat among America's 500 largest publicly traded companies

The S&P 500 tracks 500 leading U.S. companies across major economic sectors and is the benchmark index for large-cap equities. Inclusion criteria cover market capitalization, trading liquidity, and financial performance, factors index committees use to gauge a company's scale and stability within the broader market.

Bellingham, Wash. – September 12, 2026 -- PLACE, a real estate and financial services technology company, has appointed Chad Smith as CEO of Envoy Mortgage and President of its Mortgage and Financial Services division, deepening the lender's integration into PLACE's homeownership platform.

Smith joins after driving 2.5x revenue growth at Better.com

Smith brings more than two decades of mortgage leadership experience, most recently serving as COO and President of Better.com, where funded loan volume and revenue each grew 2.5x since the first quarter of 2024. He previously served as CEO of Mission Loans and President of Direct Lending at loanDepot.

Linköping – – September 12, 2026 -- Shareholders of Sectra AB (STO:SECTB) approved a combined dividend of SEK 2.30 per share at the medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company's Annual General Meeting held September 8, 2026.

Sectra sets record date for SEK 2.30 combined payout

The AGM resolved to distribute an ordinary dividend of SEK 1.30 per share plus an extraordinary dividend of SEK 1.00 per share, with remaining funds carried forward. The record date is September 10, 2026, and payment through Euroclear Sweden AB is expected September 15, 2026.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Host Digital Infrastructure LLC has secured a 15-year take-or-pay lease for approximately 43 megawatts of critical IT load, worth roughly $1.25 billion over its base term, ahead of a reverse merger that will take the company public through Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSE American: HCWC).

Host Digital Secures 43 MW Lease Worth $1.25 Billion Before Public Listing

The lease, signed August 7, 2026, covers an existing northeast Oklahoma facility of nearly 80,000 square feet with load already above 45 megawatts. Annual rent escalators apply, and delivery to the tenant is expected in the first half of 2027, with no revenue recognized under the lease to date. The agreement is expected to carry a backstop from a U.S.-based, investment-grade global technology company; total contracted revenue could reach approximately $3.2 billion if all renewal options across a possible 30-year term are exercised.

Helsinki – September 12, 2026 -- F-Secure and AMD Silo AI have jointly developed a routing technology that decides, per piece of data, whether AI processing happens on-device or in the cloud, aiming to secure consumer digital journeys as autonomous AI agents take over tasks like shopping and payments. The upcoming F-Secure TrustPath solution, built on this approach, is scheduled to enter beta in the fourth quarter of 2026 and reach production in 2027.

Consumer trust in AI has collapsed to single digits

F-Secure research cited in the announcement found that 84% of consumers worry AI makes it impossible to distinguish what is real online, while 44% are wary of using AI itself. Only 17% of consumers currently say they are ready to let AI act on their behalf, a gap the companies frame as a commercial risk for brands deploying agentic AI.

Irvine, California – September 12, 2026 -- Kind Lending's third-party origination business recorded a 44% year-over-year increase in funded volume through August 2026, as the wholesale lender simultaneously wound down its joint venture with Success Lending.

Kind and Success Lending mutually agree to dissolve joint venture

The two organizations made a strategic decision to close their partnership, with Kind Lending Founder and CEO Glenn Stearns citing the momentum built during the collaboration while confirming the company's focus shifts to its own 2027 growth plans.

Retail channel expands under newly appointed SVP Jonathan Engler

Kind's Retail division is scaling under Engler's leadership, with Chief Production Officer Delfino Aguilar stating the appointment is intended to attract talent, increase production and strengthen the company's nationwide presence alongside continued Wholesale growth.

Vancouver – September 12, 2026 -- Quimbaya Gold Inc. (CSE: QIM) (OTCQX: QIMGF) (FSE: K05) reported that all six drill holes completed at its Tahami Center target in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia intersected a copper-molybdenum porphyry system, with assay results still pending.

The six holes total 2,927.9 meters of a planned 5,000-meter program, drilled from four platforms between May 21 and August 17, 2026.

London – September 12, 2026 -- Frost & Sullivan and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) have launched a joint initiative to build a dual-use aerospace ecosystem across Indonesia, targeting aircraft development, production, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), unmanned aircraft systems and supply-chain localisation.

Initiative targets full aerospace value chain from manufacturing to international partnerships

The collaboration spans national capability-building in aircraft development, production, operation and maintenance, as well as advanced manufacturing and MRO. It also covers unmanned aircraft systems, supply-chain localisation and international partnership development, with the stated goal of strengthening Indonesia's industrial sovereignty and creating skilled employment.

Garner, N.C. – September 12, 2026 -- The Stanley Cup made a stop at Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry's Garner office last week, marking a milestone celebration for a dental organization that has grown from a single Selma, N.C. practice into a 100-plus location operator across three states.

Founder marks 26 years of expansion from one practice to 100+ locations

Dr. Michael Riccobene founded the organization in 2000 in Selma, North Carolina. It has since grown into a doctor-led, multi-specialty dental group headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, now supporting more than 150 providers, over 1,200 employees, and more than 100 practices across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Mexico City – September 12, 2026 -- Saavi Energía S.à r.l. has closed its merger with Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V., creating a combined power generation platform with 4.5 GW of capacity across Mexico.

Merger creates 10-plant platform with mobile generation and gas compression assets

The completed transaction merges Saavi Energía's existing facilities with Grupo México's power generation assets. The resulting platform comprises 10 power plants located in high-demand regions of Mexico, one mobile power generation business, and three gas compression stations.

Grupo México takes 70% stake, GIP retains 30% ownership

Following the closing, Grupo México holds a 70% stake in Saavi Energía, while Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a subsidiary of BlackRock, owns the remaining 30%. Saavi Energía stated the combination is expected to strengthen its financial position and expand its operational scale.

Beijing – September 12, 2026 -- FOTON's export volume reached 149,000 units between January and August 2026, up 44.3% year-on-year, as the Chinese commercial vehicle maker prepares to showcase its full new-energy lineup at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover.

FOTON occupies over 1,000 square meters in Pavilion 21 with a seven-vehicle, six-component display

Under the theme "EASY MOVE," the exhibit spans long-haul logistics, urban sanitation, city delivery, and public passenger transport. On display are new-energy vehicle models alongside self-developed heavy-duty batteries, electric axles, electronic control systems, and megawatt charging stations, underscoring in-house R&D across the value chain.

Yokohama – September 12, 2026 -- Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. and its group companies have secured validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

SBTi confirms Panasonic Automotive's emissions targets meet Paris Agreement 1.5°C threshold

The Yokohama-based Tier 1 automotive supplier, led by President Masashi Nagayasu, received the validation from SBTi, a body jointly operated by CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute, and the World Wide Fund for Nature. The initiative certifies corporate GHG reduction plans against Paris Agreement benchmarks.

Grand Rapids, Mich. – – September 12, 2026 -- Rib thickness exceeding half the adjoining wall, missing draft angles, and uneven wall sections rank among the leading causes of sink marks, part sticking, and warpage in plastic injection molding, according to a HelloNation analysis featuring Ryan Eggleston of UTP Solutions dbu-Medi-Tec Plastics in Grand Rapids.

Rib thickness above half the wall causes sink marks and warpage

Eggleston recommends keeping rib thickness at roughly half the adjoining wall to prevent surface defects while preserving structural strength. Ribs that are too thick at the base cool unevenly relative to surrounding sections, producing visible sink marks and part distortion.

Columbus, Ohio – September 12, 2026 -- Triple Whale unveiled a new brand identity, marking its shift from an ecommerce analytics platform to what it calls an AI operating system for commerce, after tracking more than $71 billion in gross merchandise value and $25 billion in advertising spend over the past year.

Platform now serves 65,000 brands across 85 countries

More than 65,000 brands use Triple Whale, supported by a global network of over 2,000 agencies operating in more than 85 countries.

AI operator Moby has executed over 100,000 automations

The rebrand follows the recent upgrade of Moby, Triple Whale's AI operator, which the company describes as the only AI harness for ecommerce. Moby has powered more than 100,000 automations and approximately 1 million conversations, handling tasks from ad-budget adjustments to generating creative and building Shopify landing pages.

Vancouver – – September 12, 2026 -- RUA GOLD Inc. (OTCQX: NZAUF) (TSX: RUA) (NZX: RGI) reported its highest-grade drill results to date at the Auld Creek gold-antimony project in New Zealand's Reefton Goldfield, with hole ACDDH119 returning 0.6 metres grading 82.9 grams per tonne gold and 24.80% antimony. The results land as Western governments race to replace Chinese antimony supply, a metal Future Market Insights values at roughly US$2.5 billion globally in 2026, rising to about US$4.5 billion by 2036 at a 6.2% compound annual growth rate.

Kalamazoo, Mich. – September 12, 2026 -- The Drive for Life Foundation will mark its 44th annual charity gala on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Radisson Plaza at Kalamazoo Center, with MSU football coach Pat Fitzgerald headlining as special guest speaker.

Zeigler Auto Group anchors a five-sponsor lineup for the fundraiser

Aaron Zeigler, president of Zeigler Auto Group, is a presenting sponsor alongside Greenleaf Trust, Brown & Brown Dealer Services, Cox Automotive and Huntington National Bank. The event, which debuted in 1982 with $1 tickets and raised less than $20,000 for the American Cancer Society, now raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for the American Cancer Society and other local organizations.

Waxahachie, Texas – September 12, 2026 -- Americase International said Mike Pagel, Principal Consultant with its HazMat Safety Consulting subsidiary, contributed dangerous goods and regulatory expertise to a January 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) white paper setting safety requirements for energy storage systems (ESS) deployed in data centers amid rising AI and high-performance computing power demands.

OCP guidance targets battery risks from rack-level backups to large-scale storage

The white paper, Requirements for Energy Storage Systems Used in Data Centers, covers configurations ranging from rack-level battery backup units and centralized uninterruptible power supply systems to larger battery energy storage systems (BESS). It addresses battery chemistry, testing, fire protection, transportation, emergency response and end-of-life management for lithium-ion, nickel-zinc, lead-acid, sodium-ion and supercapacitor systems.

Berlin – September 12, 2026 -- German gas storage levels have fallen to roughly 55%, the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began, according to industry association Die Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft e.V. The trade body insists contractual delivery commitments to customers remain intact despite the record-low reserves heading into winter.

Storage levels alone do not determine supply security, association says

The 55% storage figure has intensified political debate over how Germany will navigate the coming winter. Die Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft argues that supply contracts, storage, pipeline imports and LNG function as an interconnected system rather than storage levels acting as a standalone indicator of security.