Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

United States – October 19, 2026 -- Stanley Black & Decker will field three outdoor brands, DEWALT, Cub Cadet and Hustler, at Booth 5112 inside and Booth 7822D outside at Equip Expo 2026. DEWALT will preview a 2X20V MAX* XR 21-inch rear-wheel-drive self-propelled mower ahead of its November 2026 launch.

DEWALT and Cub Cadet will lead the company's outdoor lineup, with emphasis on battery-powered professional handheld tools, zero-turn mowers and stand-on mowers. Doug Redpath, President and General Manager of the Outdoor Business, said the brands will show how the company keeps delivering "innovation for outdoor professionals."

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- Charter Next Generation (CNG) cut net Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 23% in 2025 versus 2024, according to its 2025 Impact Report, "We Own Impact." The specialty films and material science provider also reported a 190% jump in landfill diversion and a sharp rise in recycled-content use.

CNG lifts post-consumer recycled material use by more than 30%

The company increased its use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material by more than 30% year over year. The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recognized CNG as a Recycling Demand Champion. CNG says the increase supports its circular materials strategy.

Porto – October 19, 2026 -- Athena Technology Solutions, a Fremont, California-based Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) implementation specialist, has opened its first European office in Porto with six employees. It plans to reach 20 staff within a year and 100 within five years.

Athena targets five European clients by December fiscal year-end

The company aims to secure at least five clients by the end of its fiscal year in December. Porto will host sales, project delivery, customer support and leadership for the European operation. Sachi Javli, managing director and head of global delivery, leads the unit.

Athena, founded in 2011, has about 200 people in the U.S. and India. It is recruiting project managers, program managers, developers and sales professionals in Portugal and other European markets.

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- Twenty-nine percent of U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers say AI is embedded end to end in core operations, more than double the 13% global figure, according to new Schneider Electric data released at PACK EXPO International 2026.

U.S. manufacturers deploy AI across sites at nearly twice the global rate

The figures supplement Schneider Electric's earlier global report, "Beyond the Hype: Practical AI for Competitive Consumer Goods Manufacturing," which surveyed more than 1,400 executives worldwide. The new U.S. data comes from a representative Censuswide survey of 252 senior manufacturing decisionmakers.

In the U.S., 52% of CPG manufacturers have deployed AI across multiple sites or processes, versus 27% globally. By 2030, 67% of U.S. respondents expect AI to be core to their operations, compared with 37% of respondents worldwide.

Guangzhou – October 19, 2026 -- The 2026 Canton Fair Design Award (CF Award) selected 222 products from 174 companies out of 4,218 entries submitted by 2,112 companies, as the 140th Canton Fair opened. The winners are on display in Area D of the Canton Fair Complex.

A domestically developed high-performance sport motorcycle and an intelligent navigation capsule robot gastric endoscopy system received the Best of the Best Award, the competition's highest recognition.

Smart products account for over 30% of winners

AI-powered glasses, intelligent conference terminals and smart healthcare devices extend AI applications across home, office, medical and outdoor environments. Breakthrough entries ranged from an upper limb motor function assistance and enhancement system to exoskeleton robots.

Helsinki -- Huhtamäki Oyj will publish its Q3 2026 interim report on Thursday, October 19, 2026, at approximately 8:30 EET, the company said in a release dated October 19.

Results presentation material goes live on the investor site at release

The interim report and the accompanying results presentation will be available on Huhtamaki's investor relations website once published.

CEO Ralf K. Wunderlich and CFO Thomas Geust present at 9:30 EET

Huhtamaki will hold a combined audiocast and teleconference on the same day at 9:30 EET, one hour after the report. CEO and President Ralf K. Wunderlich and CFO Thomas Geust will present the results, followed by a Q&A session. The event will be held in English and can be followed in real time.

San Jose – October 19, 2026 -- PUFsecurity, a subsidiary of eMemory Technology, has received OCP S.A.F.E. approval for its PUFrt root-of-trust IP after an independent Scope 3 security assessment, and the product is now listed on the OCP Marketplace.

The company presented PUFrt at Microsoft's Caliptra Workshop on October 12, the opening day of the sold-out 2026 OCP Global Summit. The workshop drew nearly 400 attendees. Principal Security Architect Kent Chuang spoke on moving the open-source Caliptra specification into production-ready silicon for AI data centers.

Los Angeles – October 19, 2026 -- FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FFR) expects to need no more than $150 million in total financing before reaching positive operating cash flow, which it targets no later than the third quarter of 2028, according to a weekly investor update from Faraday Future founder and Global CEO YT Jia.

FFR schedules Nasdaq listing ceremony and first Investor Day for October 26

FFR will hold its listing ceremony and first Investor Day at the Nasdaq Tower in New York on October 26. Management will present strategy and business plans and meet investors in person. Formal invitations were due to go out the day after the update.

Global – October 19, 2026 -- SupplyOne is offering manufacturers holistic packaging programs that consolidate SKUs, redesign packaging systems and right-size inventory, targeting the cost and supplier complexity created by expanding product lines.

The programs treat packaging as one integrated system rather than a series of separate purchasing decisions. SupplyOne says SKU proliferation, driven by customization, e-commerce and shifting customer expectations, produces fragmented packaging, excess inventory and rising operational costs. Decisions made in isolation, it adds, lead to redundant SKUs, inconsistent formats and missed savings.

Global – October 19, 2026 -- SupplyOne has restored reliable packaging support across multiple locations for a leading equipment manufacturer by combining a partner-based service model, in-house corrugated production and strategic sourcing.

The manufacturer needed a stronger packaging partner that could deliver consistent service and dependable supply at more than one site. SupplyOne rebuilt the account around a flexible support model with customized inventory management.

SupplyOne brings in a complementary provider to cover the secondary site

To close service coverage gaps, SupplyOne partnered with a complementary packaging provider to support the customer's secondary location. The arrangement created a single service model across both sites while keeping SupplyOne's account management and strategic support in place.