Industrial Manufacturing

Nieuwegein, Netherlands – October 06, 2026 -- Konica Minolta, Inc. has launched SpectraMagicTM CMS, a colour matching software platform aimed at cutting material waste and manual trial-and-error in colour formulation for plastics, paints and coatings manufacturers worldwide.

Software combines formulation and batch correction in a single platform

SpectraMagicTM CMS merges colour formulation and batch correction tools into one system, targeting faster first-shot accuracy for manufacturers in colour-critical industries. The platform uses advanced matching algorithms, simultaneous colour and opacity calculations, and batch correction driven by real pigment performance data drawn from laboratory and production samples.

Cleveland – October 01, 2026 -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) will release its third quarter 2026 earnings before market open on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.

Avient schedules investor webcast for November 4 earnings release

The materials solutions company will host a webcast with an accompanying slide presentation at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day. The session, viewable live at avient.com/investors, will include prepared remarks followed by a question and answer segment.

Conference call access requires pre-registration for dial-in details

Participants wishing to join the question and answer session must pre-register through avient.com/investors to receive a dial-in number and personal PIN, which are required for access to the call.

Seoul – October 5, 2026 -- SeAH Besteel has commercialized a proprietary special steel for robot reducers, the mechanical joints that convert high-speed motor output into precise robotic motion, breaking a reliance on a concentrated group of foreign suppliers for this core material.

Ultra-clean refining pushes gear backlash toward zero

The steel is engineered for the flexspline, the component that transmits motor power within a reducer. SeAH Besteel applied a vacuum degassing system during refining to eliminate non-metallic inclusions that cause micro-cracks, producing an ultra-clean steel intended to maximize fatigue life under continuous robotic movement.

Houston – October 05, 2026 -- Logisnext Americas hosted a wish-reveal event on Sept. 30 at its newly built Customer Experience Center in Houston, surprising six-year-old Elena, who lives with leukemia, with news that her family vacation wish will be granted this fall.

Logisnext Americas extends second-year sponsorship of Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana

The material handling and automation manufacturer is continuing as a corporate sponsor of the regional Make-A-Wish chapter for a second consecutive year, funding wish experiences for children in the communities where its employees work.

Clayton, Mo. – October 05, 2026 -- Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) will hold its third quarter 2026 earnings conference call on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, with senior management reviewing financial results before a question-and-answer session.

Olin will release Q3 financials after market close on October 29, 2026

The company will distribute a press release containing financial statements, segment information and accompanying slides after the market closes on Thursday, October 29, 2026, ahead of the following day's call.

Investors can access the call via toll-free numbers or live webcast

U.S. callers can dial (877) 883-0383, Canadian callers (877) 885-0477, and international callers (412) 902-6506, using pass code 4622229. The webcast will be available via pre-registration or through the third quarter conference call icon on www.olin.com, with participants advised to log on 15 minutes before the start.

New Orleans – October 05, 2026 -- A 15,000-ton shipment of primary aluminum arrived at the Port of Avondale in New Orleans, marking the first delivery of Venezuelan aluminum to the United States in nearly eight years. Heeney Capital, a U.S. private investment firm focused on critical minerals and industrial supply chains, organized the shipment and hosted U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), and Representative Julia Letlow (R-Louisiana) to mark the arrival on Monday, October 5, 2026.

TOCCOA – October 05, 2026 -- Connor Wallace, a senior at Stephens County High School working at ASI Southeast, has been named Georgia's 2026 Work-Based Learning Student of the Year, an award he received September 24 at the Governor's Workforce Summit in Atlanta from Governor Brian Kemp. The recognition caps a nine-year partnership between the commercial manufacturer and Stephens County Schools that now supplies roughly 10 percent of ASI's Georgia workforce.

Georgia's work-based learning pipeline enrolled 32,518 students across 24,582 employers in the latest school year

ASI Southeast, which makes commercial toilet partitions and lockers for ASI Global Partitions and ASI Storage at its Toccoa plant roughly 90 miles northeast of Atlanta, built its own program as a direct response to a tight skilled-labor market in northeast Georgia.

Pittsburgh – – October 05, 2026 -- An inventor from Statesville, N.C., has developed the TIP HOOK, a device designed to let forklifts safely lift and suspend heavy objects for temporary storage or relocation within warehouses and construction sites.

Device enables forklift-based suspension in low-headroom spaces

The TIP HOOK attaches to the dual spaced forks of a forklift, allowing operators to hang heavy items even where ceiling clearance is limited. The inventor said the goal was to create "a very safe and reliable means of lifting and suspending heavy objects via a forklift," targeting facilities where floor space is constrained.

Rochester Hills, Mich. – October 05, 2026 -- FANUC America will debut its CRX-3iA collaborative robot and P-55/15-21A paint robot at FABTECH 2026, expanding automated welding, laser processing and finishing capabilities for fabricators across two exhibit spaces, Main Booth #S40006 and Paint Booth #S11008.

CRX-3iA brings robotic welding to shipbuilding and structural steel

The 11 kg CRX-3iA collaborative robot handles 3 kg payloads and mounts directly to structural steel via a magnetic base, enabling vertical-up welding in shipbuilding and large structural fabrication applications where automation has historically been difficult to deploy.

Washington – October 05, 2026 -- CHEMTREC has launched a new SDS Management platform that centralizes safety data sheet access, document control and AI-assisted search tools for manufacturers struggling with scattered compliance records.

Platform replaces fragmented paper and spreadsheet-based SDS tracking

The company, which has operated in safety and compliance for more than 55 years, designed the system to eliminate the time teams lose searching shared drives, paper binders and spreadsheets for safety data sheets. The platform combines centralized SDS access, QR code and mobile capabilities, employee self-service tools and streamlined document distribution.