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Birmingham, Ala. – September 29, 2026 -- The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) has promoted Gregg Horn to Senior Vice President of Research and Josh Blount to Vice President of Technical Resources, elevating two veteran staffers to lead the trade group's core technical operations.

Horn takes charge of research after 40 years with the association

Horn joined DIPRA in 1986 as a Regional Engineer, became Director of Regional Engineers in 1990, and served as Vice President of Technical Resources since 2013. In his new role, he will lead DIPRA's technical research efforts, Standards activities and comparative studies of substitute materials, while facilitating the Technical Committee, Environmental Subcommittee and other groups addressing research on Ductile iron pipe. He is a Life Member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and has served on committees within AWWA, ASCE, ASTM and ISO.

West Des Moines, Iowa – September 29, 2026 -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, will expand its West Des Moines manufacturing facility by 14,000 square feet in a multi-million-dollar investment to meet rising commercial and military aviation demand.

Facility ships more than 25,000 engine nozzles monthly

The site produces advanced fuel distribution systems, including original equipment components and spare parts, and operates as an FAA-certified Part 145 repair station for engine nozzle systems and powerplant accessories.

Expansion targets delivery performance and job growth

James Bagg, vice president and general manager of Engine Control Systems at Collins Aerospace, said the investment strengthens fuel-distribution technology for commercial and military aviation and will add jobs to meet customer demand.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- 120/80 Health Group has logged its eighth consecutive year of record growth, fueled by new client wins and deepening relationships across healthcare and life sciences.

Top-10 biopharma and diagnostic firms sign on for AI-driven work

The firm added multiple category-leading clients in 2026 and began working with several top-10 global biopharmaceutical and diagnostic companies applying AI to drug, test and device development. The agency has shifted from brand-awareness communications for early-stage digital health startups to a strategic consultancy serving businesses from pre-Series A through publicly traded companies.

Dallas – – September 29, 2026 -- TrendAI, the enterprise AI security unit of Trend Micro (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), has entered private preview with TrendAI Vision One Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery, a service that pairs an agentic AI engine with validation from the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), described as the world's largest vendor-agnostic bug bounty program.

Engine outperforms rivals on CyberGym leaderboard

The service runs on an agentic system code-named AESIR, built primarily on Anthropic models, and deployed and operated on Amazon Bedrock from Amazon Web Services. When tested against the CyberGym benchmarking framework, the engine scored higher than both single-model and other agentic systems on the leaderboard. TrendAI states internal benchmarking shows its models identify more true-positive vulnerabilities with fewer false positives than leading vulnerability scanning and static analysis tools.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – – September 29, 2026 -- IGEL has signed a strategic distribution agreement with Adistec to bring its Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform into Latin America, the companies announced at Omnissa ONE 2026. The deal marks IGEL's formal market entry into the region and adds Adistec as a new regional distribution partner tasked with technical enablement, training, and go-to-market support for resellers, system integrators, and technology service providers.

New York – – September 29, 2026 -- DailyPay has introduced a deductions method for its On-Demand Pay service, making it the only large-scale provider offering both full-funding and deductions options to employers.

Deductions method lets employers recoup pay transfers through standard payroll withholding

Under the new deductions option, On-Demand Pay transfers are recovered from an employee's paycheck via a standard payroll deduction rather than full upfront funding by the employer. DailyPay says the model integrates with existing Human Capital Management, payroll and time management systems without disrupting current setups.

Cleveland – September 29, 2026 -- Kurv, a Cleveland-based payments platform, has renewed its partnership with the Cleveland Browns for the 2026 NFL season, extending a multi-year marketing and community relationship between the two organizations.

Kurv secures branded visibility across weekly Browns media sessions

Under the renewal, Kurv will sponsor the backdrop used during the Browns' weekly player and coach interviews, with Kurv-branded imagery appearing Wednesday through Friday at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus throughout the regular season.

Reston, Va. – – September 29, 2026 -- Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) unveiled UpHold EffectTM Agentic SOC Automation, a new capability using AI agents to triage cybersecurity alerts around the clock for federal security operations center teams, addressing a surge in alert volume driven by automated adversary attacks.

AI agents investigate threats while analysts retain final control over actions

The system works continuously to triage incoming alerts, gather contextual data and assemble findings for human analyst review. Customers determine the scope of AI authority, deciding whether the technology can only recommend actions or is permitted to execute them directly, based on mission requirements and risk tolerance.

Every AI decision generates an auditable record documenting what the system observed, concluded and proposed or executed, according to Leidos.

Chattanooga, Tenn. – September 29, 2026 -- Fenix24 has deployed its Argos99 recoverability intelligence platform across more than 200 enterprise environments, now monitoring over 2.5 million assets and servers worldwide, the company announced.

Argos99 platform expands to 200-plus client environments worldwide

The SaaS platform, built from lessons across more than 500 real ransomware recoveries, maps every asset, dependency, backup, identity, and policy state governing an organization's recovery capability. Unlike earlier tools that focused on asset visibility alone, Argos99 reads policies alongside live data to flag drift from required configurations. Gartner named Fenix24 a Cool Vendor in its September 2026 Coolest Vendor Innovations in Cyber Resilience report, specifically citing the Argos99 platform.

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 29, 2026 -- The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) will open applications October 1 for its ninth round of massage school grants funded by Massage Envy, offering ten $10,000 awards totaling $100,000. The fall cycle brings Massage Envy's cumulative funding of the program to $550,000.

Massage Envy doubles annual grant capacity in 2026

The program now distributes 10 grants per cycle in both spring and fall, up from five per cycle in prior years, effectively doubling annual grant availability for accredited massage schools.

Accredited schools can apply through October 31

Eligible massage schools must submit an online application via AMTA detailing how grant funds would support school programs and students. The application window runs October 1–31, 2026.

Boston – September 29, 2026 -- Gryphon has released Gryphon ONE on the Genesys Cloud AppFoundry, a real-time compliance layer that lets enterprises recover 35%-45% of their contactable customer universe by preventing over-suppression in outbound dialing campaigns.

Gryphon ONE screens calls against TCPA, TSR and Do Not Call rules before dialing occurs

The integration evaluates automated outbound dialing against the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, Do Not Call registries and state-specific standards in real time. Enterprises using highly regulated data sets can now operationalize governance, risk and compliance directly within Genesys Cloud outbound workflows, removing manual handoffs between compliance teams and campaign launch.

Brooklyn, N.Y. and Spokane, Wash. – September 29, 2026 -- HEVO Inc. and Flying Pig GSE LLC have entered a strategic collaboration to bring automated wireless charging technology to electric and autonomous Ground Support Equipment (GSE) at airports.

HEVO contributes patented Rezonant wireless charging hardware to the partnership

HEVO, a New York-based Tier 1 supplier, will combine its Rezonant wireless charging hardware, power electronics, controls and Journey software platform with Flying Pig GSE's four decades of aviation operating experience and airport customer relationships. The goal is to identify applications where automated charging improves fleet utilization and supports increasingly automated airport environments.

Denver – – September 29, 2026 -- Executives targeting AI-driven headcount reduction are nearly half as likely to fund the upskilling needed to realize AI efficiency gains, according to new research from Businessolver released as part of its 11th annual State of Workplace Empathy study.

Cost-cutting executives skip the training investment that enables AI payoff

Among the 27% of C-suite leaders who name cost savings through headcount reduction as a top AI investment goal, just 18% also prioritize AI upskilling, compared with 35% of CXOs who do not pursue headcount reduction. The gap widens on predictive analytics investment, where only 21% of cost-cutting leaders prioritize it versus 44% of their peers.

Seattle and San Francisco – September 29, 2026 -- ITpipes, a pipe inspection software provider used by more than 300 utilities, municipalities, and CCTV contractors across North America, has secured a strategic growth investment from Luminate Capital Partners to accelerate development of its AI-driven defect-detection technology.

Aging sewer networks face a $69 billion annual funding gap

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave U.S. wastewater infrastructure a D+ rating in its 2025 Report Card, pointing to more than 1.87 million miles of collection system pipe and a roughly $69 billion annual capital investment shortfall. Utilities are being asked to inspect more pipe and justify every dollar of spending with the same crews and budgets they had a decade ago, raising demand for condition data that regulators and finance officers can trust.

Toronto – September 29, 2026 -- PowerBank Corporation (NASDAQ: PBK) posted a 34.7% gross margin for fiscal year 2026, up from 25.3% a year earlier, as the renewable energy developer shifted from selling projects to retaining ownership of its power portfolio.

Revenue fell to $27.4 million but profitability metrics improved sharply

Revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026 dropped to $27.4 million from $41.5 million in FY2025, reflecting the Company's pivot away from development-and-EPC sales toward long-term asset ownership. Despite the top-line decline, gross profit reached $9.5 million versus $10.5 million a year prior. Net loss narrowed to $24.3 million, or $(0.58) per basic share, from $31.1 million, or $(0.97) per share, in FY2025. Adjusted EBITDA fell to a loss of $3.5 million from a loss of $0.8 million, driven by lower development and EPC revenue alongside higher operating expenses.

Washington – September 29, 2026 -- Lyntris Inc. (NYSE: LYNX) has received production orders from Raytheon, an RTX business, covering Option Years Two and Three of the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program, extending manufacturing commitments through 2028. The orders fall under a long-term purchase agreement the two companies established in 2023.

LTAMDS moves from development into full-rate production as Patriot radar replacement

LTAMDS is designed to replace the Army's Patriot radar system, delivering 360-degree surveillance and fire control from a single sensor and closing the rear-sector gap in the current fielded fleet. The system targets detection, tracking and engagement of maneuvering hypersonic weapons, cruise missiles and unmanned threats. Raytheon serves as prime contractor, with the Army now shifting the program into full-rate production.

Seoul – September 29, 2026 -- Daesang Corporation's Jongga brand generated approximately $48 million in kimchi exports in the first half of 2026, capturing 56% of Korea's total $86 million kimchi export volume for the period. The United States has overtaken Japan as Jongga's largest export market since 2023, cementing a shift in the company's global sales strategy toward North America.

Jongga's export revenue nearly tripled in eight years

Jongga's kimchi exports grew from approximately $32 million in 2017 to $90 million in 2025, according to company figures. The brand is now distributed in more than 90 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, with U.S. distribution expanding beyond Korean grocery stores into mainstream retail channels across the western and central United States since 2019.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- JPMorgan Chase claimed the No. 1 spot on the 2026 Fortune AIQ 75, a ranking of Fortune 500 companies generating measurable business impact from AI adoption, jointly produced by Fortune and ServiceNow.

Ranking expands to 75 companies from 50, with 36 new entrants

Building on the inaugural 2025 Fortune AIQ 50, the list grew by 50% this year, now spanning 18 sectors including Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Energy, Retail and Industrials. Alphabet, Coca-Cola, Amazon and Nvidia rounded out the top five, followed by Mastercard, Visa, Carrier Global, Cleveland-Cliffs and Microsoft to complete the top ten.

Jaffrey, N.H. – – September 29, 2026 -- Shivoo Studios, an immersive media and XR production company, has launched a redesigned website that converts complex equipment demonstrations and client projects into interactive, real-time 3D experiences.

Redesign replaces two-dimensional format with depth and interaction

The previous Shivoo site displayed the company's industry range using a conventional, two-dimensional layout. The new version adds motion and interactivity, turning the website itself into a demonstration of the immersive experiences Shivoo builds for clients.

Edinburgh, Scotland – – September 29, 2026 -- Dukosi Ltd has moved its DK-NFLNK contactless communication solution from proof-of-concept to full product availability, opening customer sampling and evaluation kits for battery developers across electric vehicles, industrial, marine, robotics, energy storage, telecom infrastructure and AI data center applications.

Dukosi ships DK-NFLNK samples and evaluation kits to key customers

The solution, first shown as a proof-of-concept at embedded world in March, is now available for battery system design work. It targets manufacturers using traditional multi-channel analog front end (AFE) architectures who want to eliminate wiring and connector failure points without redesigning battery hardware.