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Ann Arbor, Mich. – October 01, 2026 -- Wacker Chemical Corporation will present silicone-based thermal management and thermal runaway protection materials for battery and electronics applications at The Battery Show 2026, running Oct. 12-15 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The company will exhibit at Booth 4422, showcasing products for thermally conductive potting, flexible barrier coatings and thermal interface applications used in mobility systems.

WACKER's ELASTOSIL potting compound offers tunable thermal conductivity from 1.2 to 3.0 W/m-K

ELASTOSIL RT 7650 TC VS A/B is a two-part, low-viscosity, self-leveling silicone potting compound designed for battery pack, power and electronics applications. The material provides primerless adhesion and low sedimentation, which supports easier rehomogenization and more efficient dispensing during manufacturing.

Oakland, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has filed a proposed 10-Year Electrical Undergrounding Plan (EUP) with the California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, projecting $117 billion in long-term benefits from burying 5,000 miles of distribution lines across more than 30 Northern and Central California counties between 2028 and 2037.

Undergrounding cuts wildfire ignition risk by 98% in targeted zones

PG&E says moving lines underground in high fire-threat districts nearly eliminates ignition risk and cuts outages by 90% in those areas. The utility estimates the $117 billion in projected benefits is more than 10 times the value of the proposed investment.

Carrollton, Texas – October 01, 2026 -- FASTSIGNS International, Inc. is rolling out a national recruitment campaign timed to Sign Manufacturing Day 2026, deploying an interactive career personality quiz to funnel job seekers into open roles across its network of independently owned centers.

FASTSIGNS ties recruitment push to Sign Manufacturing Day, observed the first Friday of October

The initiative targets job seekers, college graduates and trade professionals for positions spanning brand consulting, graphic design, strategic sales, production and installation. The company is directing candidates to its career portal, FASTSIGNS.com/careers, where the quiz matches applicants to specific career tracks based on their skills and interests.

Toronto – October 01, 2026 -- Modaxo Inc. has completed its largest acquisition to date, absorbing over 2,000 employees across 15 countries from Conduent Incorporated's Transit Fare Management and Fleet Management Solutions businesses.

Modaxo splits acquired Conduent units into two new business brands

The two divisions have been relaunched as standalone Modaxo units: Novvan, a fare collection technology provider for transit agencies, and Routeward, a fleet management platform focused on transit reliability and ridership growth.

Novvan targets fare evasion and revenue leakage for transit agencies

Novvan's fare collection systems are designed to help transit agencies increase revenue, reduce fare evasion, and lower operational costs while maintaining equitable rider access.

Irvine, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Caylent has been positioned as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Professional Services 2026 Vendor Assessment, a ranking that evaluated 27 vendors across the global cloud professional services market.

IDC credits Caylent's AWS-only focus and Anthropic partnership for early agentic AI delivery

IDC's assessment (Doc #US54117426, September 2026) singled out Caylent's dedicated Anthropic partnership and its AgentCore-based agentic engineering accelerator, noting the firm is positioned early among boutique AWS partners building production-grade agentic solutions rather than pilot-stage AI tooling. IDC noted this combination of engineering specialization and AWS-endorsed recognition is notable given Caylent's smaller head count relative to diversified multi-hyperscaler integrators.

McDonough, Georgia – October 01, 2026 -- nVision Global has won a Bronze Globee Award in the Achievement in AI Implementation category at the 2026 Globee Awards for Innovation, formerly known as the Golden Bridge Awards, for its nSure AI platform.

nVision Global's AI engine converts fragmented freight data into financial intelligence

The award recognized the submission "nSure AITM: Transforming Fragmented Transportation Data into Financial Intelligence." Transportation information enters the company's ecosystem through the nSure Gateway, which consolidates data from EDI, APIs, SFTP, email, PDFs, scanned images, spreadsheets and transportation provider portals into a single governed intake point.

HOLMDEL, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- HYLAN, a full-service communications and electrical infrastructure provider, raised $75,000 for pediatric cancer nonprofit Liv Like a Unicorn at its eighth annual golf tournament, pushing the company's total charitable contributions past $500,000.

HYLAN's golf tournament nets $75,000 for Freehold-based pediatric cancer charity

The September 28 event at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, New Jersey, gathered HYLAN's partner network to support Liv Like a Unicorn, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Freehold that funds research into pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors and assists families during treatment.

Eight years of fundraising push HYLAN's total giving above $500,000

This year's $75,000 contribution brings HYLAN's cumulative charitable donations to more than half a million dollars since the tournament's inception, according to the company.

Novato, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Only about 6.9 million of the estimated tens of millions of Americans with atopic dermatitis (AD) had a documented diagnosis in 2023, roughly one in five of those believed to be affected, according to a new CDC-funded report from the National Eczema Association (NEA).

The State of Atopic Dermatitis Indicator Report, conducted by Milliman and released with 51 state-level briefs covering all 50 states and Washington, D.C., establishes the first national baseline on AD diagnosis, treatment and specialist access. It anchors the four-year State of AD initiative and NEA's October Eczema Awareness Month campaign.

Dallas – October 01, 2026 -- AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon Communications have signed a joint venture agreement to expand wireless and satellite coverage in underserved areas of the United States, formalizing a plan first disclosed in May to pool limited spectrum resources.

Three rival carriers agree to share spectrum to eliminate dead zones

The agreement builds on the companies' earlier pledge to combine spectrum assets in order to reduce coverage gaps and extend satellite connectivity to customers nationwide. Terrestrial mobile networks will continue operating independently, with the JV targeting regions where traditional cell service remains unreliable or unavailable.

Miami – October 01, 2026 -- Managed service providers running Kaseya's unified IT platform save an average of $2,600 per technician per month, while internal IT teams save approximately $2,900 per staff member, according to a new independent study by Omdia.

Unified platform delivers six-figure annual savings for mid-sized teams

For a 10-person MSP team, the savings translate into more than $312,000 annually; a comparable internal IT team saves roughly $350,000 per year. The findings, commissioned by Kaseya and conducted by Omdia, are based on 16 in-depth interviews with eight MSPs and eight internal IT teams in North America that migrated to Kaseya's Datto RMM, Autotask PSA and IT Glue after using competing tools, alongside five non-Kaseya customers surveyed between March and April 2026.