Industrial Manufacturing

Daleville, Virginia – September 16, 2026 -- Munters has completed an expansion of its data center cooling campus in Daleville, Virginia, adding manufacturing, training and testing space to scale production of customized cooling systems for AI and high-performance computing facilities.

Daleville site becomes largest of five global Data Center Technologies plants

The campus now spans 565,000 square feet (52,000 m2) and employs close to 600 people, making it the largest of Munters' five dedicated manufacturing facilities for its Data Center Technologies business area worldwide. The site produces the company's full data center cooling portfolio, including air side economizers, the patented SyCool Split, CRAHs, fan coil arrays and coolant distribution units.

Racine – September 16, 2026 -- Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD) will rename itself Modexus Solutions once it completes the spinoff of its Performance Technologies business and merges the remaining operations with Gentherm, the company confirmed. The rebrand requires shareholder approval and the new entity will keep trading under the existing ticker, MOD.

Gentherm shareholders approve transaction at September 10 meeting

Gentherm shareholders overwhelmingly approved the deal at a special meeting held on September 10, 2026. The transaction is expected to close October 1, 2026, pending customary closing conditions.

Wixom, Mich. – September 16, 2026 -- ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions USA has appointed two new vice presidents and restructured its service organization after three consecutive years of double-digit growth, expanding its field service technician network by more than 30 percent to meet rising nationwide demand.

ZEISS Names Daniel Tagscherer VP of Finance & Business Operations

Tagscherer, a 20-year ZEISS veteran and most recently Global Head of Finance & Controlling for ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions, will now lead finance, operations and strategic initiatives aimed at operational performance and organizational scalability. Hendrie Viktor, President of ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions North America, said Tagscherer's financial and transformational leadership would help the company build for future growth.

Austin – September 15, 2026 -- SHIFT, a health and performance platform built for industrial and frontline workforces, has launched a Clinical & Performance Advisory Council and named clinical psychologist Dr. Brandi Luedtke, PsyD, HSPP, as its Founding Advisor.

Construction suicide rates far exceed workplace fatality figures

Approximately 5,200 construction workers aged 16 to 64 died by suicide in 2022, more than five times the number who died from fatal workplace injuries, according to data analyzed by CPWR–The Center for Construction Research and Training. CDC figures for 2021 show men in construction had a suicide rate of 56.0 per 100,000, compared with 32.0 per 100,000 among men in the overall working population.

Lehigh Valley, Pa. – September 15, 2026 -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) will donate up to $15,000 to the Ceramic & Glass Industry Foundation and the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council through a donation tied to attendance at the 87th Conference on Glass Problems in Toledo, Ohio, running Sept. 14-17.

Air Products Foundation Ties Donation to Booth Visits

For each visitor to its exhibit and hospitality event, the Air Products Foundation will contribute $100, capped at a total of $15,000, to support the next generation of ceramic and glass professionals. The event runs 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on Sept. 14 and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on Sept. 15 in Salon 2 of the Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- Voxel, an industrial intelligence company, has appointed Hal Mady as Chief Revenue Officer, Krishna Gopalakrishnan as Vice President of Perception and AI, and Asaf Elani as Field Chief Technology Officer, expanding its leadership team as the company ranks No. 71 on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.

Three executives join to scale go-to-market, AI and field engineering functions

Mady will lead Voxel's global go-to-market strategy and commercial operations. Gopalakrishnan will run the engineering organization behind the company's computer vision systems and operational AI models. Elani will serve as the technical bridge between enterprise customers and Voxel's product teams under a forward-deployed execution model, working directly with site leaders to convert applied AI models into enterprise-grade capabilities.

Boca Raton, Fla. – September 15, 2026 -- deviceWISE, a Telit Cinterion company, will run three live production demonstrations at IMTS 2026 in Chicago, September 14-19, showing agentic AI that detects faults on a live robotic cell and guides automated recovery.

Three live demonstrations show layered factory automation at Booth 236475

Visitors will see visual inspection, robotic sorting and automated assembly running on the deviceWISE platform. A visual inspection station using deviceWISE Visual Intelligence will check circuit boards and other objects for defects or missing components. A robot will sort colored cubes in an agentic AI and digital twin demonstration, while a second robot performs a FANUC AI auto assembly of industrial parts.

Mies, Switzerland – September 15, 2026 -- Marelli has become a partner of the FIM Racing Motorcycle Museum in Mies, Switzerland, contributing a dedicated exhibit that traces two decades of Engine Control Unit development for motorcycle racing.

Museum showcases more than 40 official motorbikes across nine themed areas

Created by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, the Racing Motorcycle Museum covers seven disciplines -- Circuit Racing, Motocross, Enduro, Rally, Trial, Track Racing and Electric -- organized around three pillars: Heroes, Technologies, and From Race to Road.

Port Clinton, Ohio – September 15, 2026 -- LogistiQ has launched FlowLogiQ L11, a large package singulator that achieves a 1.5% error rate while processing 15,000 packages per hour, targeting parcel distribution centers under pressure to boost pre-sort throughput.

System handles packages up to 70 pounds using triple the drive motor density of rival solutions

FlowLogiQ L11 converts disorganized bulk flows of cartons and bags into a single-file, gapped line ready for induction to automated sorters. The system processes items up to 70 pounds and 30 inches long, and in test applications with an average parcel length of 27 inches and a 12-inch product gap, it delivered the 1.5% error rate at 15,000 packages per hour. LogistiQ uses three drive motors per 10 feet of belt, compared with one per 10 feet in alternative systems, giving operators finer speed control during singulating and gapping and simplifying restarts after jams or maintenance.

Wilmington, Del. – September 15, 2026 -- DuPont, together with The Chemours Company and Corteva Inc., has agreed to pay $455 million over 15 years to resolve PFAS litigation brought by the State of North Carolina and 11 local entities near the companies' Fayetteville Works facility.

The settlement carries a net present value of approximately $355 million, split among the three chemical makers, and covers claims tied to historical discharges from Fayetteville Works as well as separate state allegations of PFAS contamination linked to aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) use.

DuPont's exposure is capped near $126 million on a pre-tax present-value basis

Of that amount, 44% will be reimbursed by Qnity Electronics, and DuPont says the remaining liability is materially covered by existing accruals, limiting the hit to future earnings.