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SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - More than 3,000 print service providers worldwide are now using the cloud-based HEIDELBERG Customer Portal as a digital control center for their end-to-end production, underscoring how system integration and workflow automation are becoming decisive competitive factors in the global print and packaging industry.

Cloud platform becomes a digital command center for print plants

Three years after launch, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG's (HEIDELBERG) customer portal is evolving into a central hub for managing production, service and commercial processes. Over 7,000 individual users are actively leveraging the platform to digitalize and automate their operations, with a clear focus on improving efficiency, transparency and sustainability.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - Swiss communications provider rubmedia has commissioned a compact, highly automated Heidelberg digital print line at its new site in Köniz near Bern, combining a Jetfire 50 inkjet system, a Versafire LV toner press and integrated workflow software to industrialize personalized short-run production.

Digital production line anchors new Köniz facility

With around 35 employees, rubmedia positions itself as a media house focused on creative communication solutions for service providers, industry, associations and political customers. As part of an internal transformation project linked to its relocation, the company rethought its production strategy and installed a tightly integrated digital line designed for efficiency, quality and automation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is reporting a significantly more profitable first half of its 2025/2026 financial year, with revenue growth, a doubling of EBITDA and improving cash flow underscoring the impact of its restructuring program and strategic focus on packaging, label and digital print.

Stronger top line and sharply improved margins

In the six months from April 1 to September 30, 2025, HEIDELBERG grew revenue to €985 million, around 8% above the prior-year period's €915 million. Europe and Asia were the main regional growth engines, while the second quarter contributed €519 million, up from €466 million in the first quarter despite negative currency effects of roughly €12 million versus the prior-year quarter.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - Roche has secured FDA 510(k) clearance with a CLIA waiver and CE IVDR certification for its first point-of-care test to diagnose Bordetella infections, providing primary care and emergency clinicians with PCR-accurate results in just 15 minutes to help control whooping cough and related diseases.

Fast, PCR-accurate diagnosis at the point of care

Running on the cobas® liat system, Roche's new assay delivers lab-quality PCR results in GP offices and emergency rooms within a standard consultation. The 15-minute turnaround allows physicians to move from suspicion to definitive diagnosis immediately, supporting timely antibiotic prescribing that can prevent severe complications and reduce onward transmission.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - With energy prices volatile and brand owners under pressure to cut carbon and costs, Sidel's EvoBLOW Laser technology is emerging as a strategic lever for beverage, food, home and personal care producers looking to modernize PET blowing operations. Following its breakthrough launch at drinktec and one year of industrial use in the field, President & CEO Pietro Cassani is outlining how the system's performance, simplicity and lightweighting potential are reshaping expectations for next-generation blowing equipment.

Laser-based blowing targets efficiency and TCO head-on

For producers operating high-speed PET lines, the shift from traditional halogen to laser-based blowing is more than a technical upgrade. It directly affects line efficiency, energy consumption and total cost of ownership across increasingly complex packaging portfolios.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 2, 2025 - As regulatory expectations and investor scrutiny rise across Europe, the EUPD Group's ESG Transparency Award 2025 is spotlighting companies that no longer treat sustainability reporting as a mere compliance exercise, but as an engine for competitive differentiation and stakeholder trust. Presented in Bonn as part of this year's ESG Summit, the award recognizes more than 50 leading European companies that have embedded forward-looking ESG strategies into their organizations and communicate them transparently through robust sustainability reports.

ESG transparency moves from obligation to value driver

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - Fronius is expanding its renewable energy portfolio with the new Verto inverter family, positioning Verto and the hybrid Verto Plus as highly flexible solutions for agricultural businesses, commercial sites and single- and multi-family homes that need robust, future-proof PV system design and reliable backup power.

Flexible PV Design for Complex Rooftops and Mixed Module Layouts

At the core of the launch is the Fronius Verto, a high-performance inverter designed to cope with real-world installation challenges. Whether installers are working on complex roof structures, combining different module orientations or integrating various module types, the Verto is engineered to maintain efficiency and stability.

This flexibility allows EPCs and installers to:

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - Modern vehicles and infrastructure have made roads significantly safer in recent decades, but new findings from the DEKRA Road Safety Report 2025 show that certain "classic" crash scenarios remain stubbornly dangerous and will require a combination of smarter assistance systems, better infrastructure and targeted awareness campaigns to reduce fatalities and serious injuries further.

Persistent high-risk crash scenarios despite overall progress

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - As DEKRA concludes its 100th anniversary year, the global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) organization is reporting resilient performance, mid-single digit revenue growth and a clear strategic course focused on Mobility, Digital Trust and Sustainability despite a volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop.

Resilient TIC Performance in a Challenging Environment

In 2025, DEKRA operated against a backdrop of elevated volatility, geopolitical uncertainties and weak economic conditions in several European markets. Even so, the group expects mid-single digit revenue growth for the full year and overall stable results at the level of the previous year. In the first ten months alone, revenue growth in the core TIC business stood at around 4 percent, underscoring the robustness of its service portfolio.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - As urban mobility systems evolve and traffic volumes rise, new data from DEKRA's Road Safety Report 2025 show that "Vision Zero" - the target of eliminating road fatalities and serious injuries - is already a reality in hundreds of cities worldwide, with the German city of Detmold now receiving the DEKRA Vision Zero Award 2025 for its outstanding performance.

Vision Zero Moves from Utopia to Measurable Reality

"Vision Zero" - the goal of zero traffic fatalities or, ultimately, serious injuries - is not unattainable. Hundreds of cities around the world have achieved zero road fatalities in at least one calendar year since 2009, according to official national statistics. Among them are now several with around 300,000 inhabitants. The DEKRA Vision Zero Award for the best performance among cities over 50,000 inhabitants has been presented to the German city of Detmold.