Events

Shanghai – September 07, 2026 -- The global solar generator and plug-in solar storage market grew from roughly USD 1.1 billion in 2021 to USD 2.6 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach approximately USD 5.8 billion by 2030, according to a new white paper from Frost & Sullivan.

Market shifts from niche backup power to core household energy infrastructure

Frost & Sullivan attributes the more than fivefold expansion since 2021 to rising demand for household backup power, outdoor electricity use, self-consumption and energy independence. The research firm states that solar generators and plug-in storage devices are evolving from scenario-specific supplementary tools into comprehensive household energy solutions.

Kirkland, Wash. – September 07, 2026 -- Adaptiva is expanding its go-to-market leadership team after recording its strongest first half of 2026, as enterprises race to close the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation from weeks to hours.

Adaptiva adds two senior executives to scale sales and partnerships

Jeff Day joined as Chief Growth Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, overseeing sales, marketing, alliances and account management. Kurt Grover joined as VP of Global Alliances to expand relationships with systems integrators, cloud providers and channel partners. Adaptiva is also recruiting a VP of Worldwide Sales and additional sales and marketing staff as it targets triple-digit revenue growth in 2027.

Ottawa, ON – September 07, 2026 -- Enterprises that embed real-time data into their workflows are more than three times as likely to see measurable results across the majority of their AI projects, according to a new IDC InfoBrief sponsored by Solace. The study, based on a survey of 623 senior technology decision-makers at companies with over $1 billion in revenue across eight countries, found that organizations classified as real-time data leaders report roughly 23% average annual gains in speed to market, risk reduction, and responsiveness to change.

San Francisco – September 07, 2026 -- Rainfall Health announced that Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will deploy its AI-driven platform to manage care coordination and compliance under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), a mandatory payment program that took effect January 1, 2026.

CMS mandates 721 hospitals into value-based surgical episode program

CMS selected 721 hospitals for the first TEAM cohort, requiring value-based reimbursement across five high-volume surgical episodes. Hospitals missing cost and quality benchmarks face financial penalties, while those that meet targets can access reconciliation bonuses worth up to $85 million in new revenue.

Chicago – September 07, 2026 -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker addressed more than 1,000 ironworkers from the United States and Canada at the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers' 45th International Convention, held in Chicago from August 31 through September 4.

Union delegates gather to set policy for 130,000 North American members

The convention brings together ironworkers, union leaders and industry partners to elect officers, set policy and adopt the union's agenda for the next five years. The Iron Workers Union represents 130,000 members across North America who work on bridges, structural steel, ornamental and architectural metals, clean energy infrastructure, rebar and fabrication shops.

New York – September 07, 2026 -- Bayesian Health has secured a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, making it the first continuous sepsis monitoring technology to hold both FDA clearance and a dedicated Medicare reimbursement pathway.

The approval, issued under CMS's FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, takes effect October 1, 2026, and allows hospitals using Bayesian's FDA-cleared sepsis flagging device to bill Medicare an add-on payment of up to $61.84 per eligible inpatient case.

Gibraltar – September 07, 2026 -- Pragmatic Play has signed actor and comedian Kevin Hart to host live casino broadcasts on 6 and 7 November, marking one of the iGaming content supplier's highest-profile celebrity tie-ups to date.

Hart will front four hosting sessions across two days

Hart will appear on the live casino studio floor for four distinct sessions spanning the two-day event, presenting a selection of Pragmatic Play's live casino titles. The specific tables he will host will be disclosed to players on each broadcast day, with availability restricted in the UK and potentially limited in other jurisdictions.

Cash prizes and Free Chip promotions accompany the broadcasts

Pragmatic Play will run promotional campaigns ahead of the event offering Free Chips across live casino games, including those Hart hosts. During his sessions, the operator will additionally distribute random cash prizes to players in real time.

Delray Beach, Fla. – – September 07, 2026 -- The global concrete superplasticizers market is set to expand from USD 7.93 billion in 2026 to USD 10.54 billion by 2031, a 5.8% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets. Demand is being driven by rising infrastructure investment, ready-mix and precast concrete adoption, and the push to cut water use through polycarboxylate ether (PCE) polymer chemistry.

Middle East & Africa becomes the fastest-growing regional market at 6.6% CAGR

Saudi Arabia is the primary growth engine, with a future construction pipeline estimated at USD 1.52 trillion (SAR 5.7 trillion) in 2024, equal to 39% of the entire MENA region's pipeline. The Kingdom's Vision 2030 program requires more than 1.5 million housing units across five major cities by 2030, alongside transportation, energy, and tourism projects that depend on high-performance, durable concrete formulations.

Daejeon – – September 07, 2026 -- Alteogen Inc. (KOSDAQ: 196170) has signed an option and license agreement with Novartis worth up to US$3,223 million, granting the Swiss drugmaker rights to develop subcutaneous formulations for multiple Novartis products using Alteogen's ALT-B4 hyaluronidase.

Novartis secures multi-product option rights to ALT-B4 technology

Under the agreement, Novartis will hold multiple options to obtain exclusive rights to develop and commercialize subcutaneous formulations for several of its products using ALT-B4 (berahyaluronidase alfa). The enzyme, built on Alteogen's proprietary Hybrozyme platform, converts biologics normally delivered via intravenous infusion into faster, more convenient subcutaneous injections by temporarily depolymerizing hyaluronan in the extracellular matrix.

Hod Hasharon, Israel & Shanghai – September 07, 2026 -- Raziel Therapeutics and Fosun Pharma reported that RZL-012, an injectable lipolytic drug for submental fat reduction, met every primary and secondary endpoint in a 480-patient Phase 3 trial in China, with the primary responder rate outperforming placebo by 30 percentage points after a single treatment cycle.

Pivotal China trial clears statistical bar with wide margin over placebo

The registration study, conducted with Fosun Pharma affiliate JuveStar, enrolled 360 patients on active treatment and 120 on placebo, evaluating efficacy 84 days after one treatment cycle. Results showed a decisive statistical advantage across all measured endpoints, according to the companies.

San Francisco – September 2, 2026 -- Peerspace, a marketplace for hourly venue rentals that has surpassed $800 million in total booking value since its 2014 founding, launched a new booking category called All Inclusive Venues, letting guests reserve space, food, and drinks in a single transaction.

New category goes live in four cities with two more by year-end

All Inclusive Venues is currently active in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, with Chicago and Atlanta set to join by the end of 2026. Peerspace plans further expansion into Washington D.C., Miami, Toronto, Dallas, San Diego, and Seattle, followed by Austin, Denver, and Houston. The company expects to add more than 1,000 All Inclusive Venues to its marketplace in the coming months.

Holliston, Mass. – September 07, 2026 -- Esco Tool has rolled out a full rental fleet of tube and pipe end-prep tools priced from $250.00 per week, targeting maintenance crews that need on-site welding preparation without capital equipment purchases.

Rental kits ship within 24 hours of order

The Esco Rental Fleet covers I.D. clamping MILLHOG® end prep tools and O.D. clamping COHOG® split-frame machines, sized for tube and pipe ranging from 1.5 inches I.D. to 36 inches O.D. Esco Tool, a unit of Esco Technologies, Inc., says all units are designed for single-operator use and can bevel, face, and bore simultaneously without cutting fluids.

Providence, R.I. – September 07, 2026 -- Laser Research Optics has launched a full line of CO2 beam delivery optics engineered for 10.6 μm lasers rated between 25 and 200 watts, targeting metal cutting, welding, engraving, plastic, textile, and medical laser applications.

New Optics Line Covers Sizes From 0.6 Inches to 3 Inches in Diameter

The product range includes beam combiners and splitters, ZnSe output couplers, front mirrors, silicon and molybdenum turning mirrors, silicon and copper phase retardation reflectors, and germanium end- and zero phase-reflectors. Reflectivities reach up to 99%, with output couplers holding reflectivity tolerances of ±1%.

Berlin – September 07, 2026 -- Eyesafe unveiled two additions to its screen protection platform at IFA 2026, including a privacy film that delivers roughly 12% higher light transmission than standard privacy screens without sacrificing side-angle protection.

Eyesafe HT Privacy cuts the brightness trade-off long tied to privacy screens

Laboratory measurements across leading smartphones and industry reference displays showed Eyesafe HT Privacy achieving 74–75% average light transmission, compared with 66.3% for standard privacy film, according to company data from August 2026. The technology maintained effective side-angle privacy and showed no visible color shift on any tested display, with color difference measured at ΔE2000 ≤1.9. Eyesafe CEO Justin Barrett said the technology delivers a brighter head-on picture while keeping side-angle privacy intact.

Dubai – September 07, 2026 -- Nasdaq-listed Robo.ai Inc. (AIIO) reported total revenue exceeding US$180 million for the three-month period from June through August 2026, with the bulk of the figure driven by its newly acquired subsidiary, Quantum Core Capital Limited (QC Capital).

QC Capital drives Robo.ai's revenue surge post-acquisition

Robo.ai completed its acquisition of QC Capital on June 15, 2026, and the deep-tech venture-building platform has since become the primary contributor to the Dubai-based group's top line. The Company said operations have remained steady since integration began, with the new business unit delivering meaningful revenue growth to the overall group.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 07, 2026 -- The global pilot-operated gas regulators market is projected to grow from USD 0.39 billion in 2026 to USD 0.52 billion by 2031, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 5.6%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Asia Pacific emerges as the fastest-growing regional market with a 6.6% CAGR

China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian nations are investing in gas pipelines, LNG terminals and gas processing facilities, driving demand for pressure regulation equipment. India's expansion of its City Gas Distribution network is increasing requirements for pressure-reduction stations across residential, commercial and industrial applications, while China continues to expand its natural gas pipeline and LNG infrastructure.

Madison, Wisconsin – September 7, 2026 -- Realta Fusion has entered a strategic partnership with Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and its parent, MGE Energy, Inc., to explore joint development of a 200-megawatt electric fusion power plant in Wisconsin.

MGE Energy makes direct equity investment in Realta Fusion

MGE Energy has completed a direct equity investment in Realta as the first phase of the partnership. The utility has also committed to supplying equipment, engineering, and technical support, along with assistance on siting, permitting, interconnection, and financing for the proposed plant.

Austin, Texas – September 7, 2026 -- The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center has become the first center in the United States to enroll a patient in a clinical trial evaluating a next-generation pulsed field ablation mapping and ablation system for paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation.

TCAI performs first US procedure under global trial protocol

Andrea Natale, M.D., executive medical director of TCAI and global principal investigator for the trial, performed the inaugural procedure. The study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of the catheter-based system in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, defined as symptomatic episodes lasting seven days or less, and persistent atrial fibrillation, sustained arrhythmia lasting longer than one week.

Schlieren – September 07, 2026 -- NovaGo Therapeutics AG has closed a Series B financing round of CHF 24 million ($30 million), led by Neurimmune and Pureos, to fund a proof-of-concept trial for its anti-Nogo-A antibody in acute spinal cord injury.

The equity round drew participation from existing and new investors and was supplemented by non-dilutive funding from the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation and Wings for Life.

NovaGo to enroll 120 patients across Germany, Spain and Switzerland

Proceeds will push the company's lead program, NG004, into a fully randomized, double-blind proof-of-concept study recruiting 120 acute spinal cord injury patients at centers in the three countries. NG004 is a fully human antibody designed to block Nogo-A, a protein that inhibits nerve fiber regeneration and neuroplasticity in the central nervous system.

Tysons Corner, Virginia – September 7, 2026 -- Cellebrite Federal Solutions, Inc. (CFSI), a subsidiary of Cellebrite (Nasdaq: CLBT), has achieved Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, placing the company among the top 3% of organizations to meet the standard following an independent assessment by a certified third-party assessor organization (C3PAO).

CFSI implements 110 security controls across 14 domains to secure defense contract data

CMMC Level 2 is an advanced cybersecurity tier under the U.S. Department of War framework, required for contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CFSI documented and deployed 110 security practices spanning 14 control families, including access control, incident response, risk management, system and communications protection, and audit accountability.