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Dallas – September 22, 2026 -- Captello has launched Event Revenue Intelligence, a platform capability that traces closed B2B revenue back to individual badge scans rather than program-wide averages, aiming to close a measurement gap that has left event budgets undefended for decades.

Trade shows drive 33% of new business but 79% of leads get no follow-up

Trade shows generate 33% of new business annually, according to research cited in the Lead Capture Playbook, yet 79% of event leads never receive follow-up, per CEIR data via 391 Advantage. An EMS25 white paper found 58% of event marketers report losing leads to inefficient capture and 47% struggle to integrate event data into CRM systems, while 73% now rank analytics and reporting as the top lead-capture priority.

San Jose, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Echola Systems has introduced two optical test switches, the OPX4D-SM and OPX8D-SM, designed to cut equipment costs for engineers validating AI data center GPU cluster networks running at 800G and 1.6T speeds.

OptiShare switches let one test resource serve multiple devices under test

The OPX4D-SM offers a 1×4 configuration supporting four devices under test (DUTs), while the OPX8D-SM provides a 1×8 configuration for eight DUTs. Custom builds scale up to 1×32, accommodating 32 DUTs. Engineers select one DUT connection at a time for sequential, automated testing, eliminating the need to dedicate costly instruments like bit error rate testers and protocol analyzers to every device.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) intends to join Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest) as an investor in WIOCC Group, Africa's carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform operating in more than 30 African countries. The announcement followed a roundtable hosted by AFC on the sidelines of Unstoppable Africa's Global Africa Business Initiative, held alongside the UN General Assembly in New York.

The combined capital will fund expansion of WIOCC Group's terrestrial and subsea networks, data centre capacity and broader digital infrastructure platform. DFC's investment is subject to further steps before commitment and closing, including congressional notification.

Delray Beach – September 22, 2026 -- The global heat transfer fluids market is projected to expand from $5.33 billion in 2026 to $6.60 billion by 2031, a 4.4% compound annual growth rate, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

Asia Pacific leads growth as chemical and electronics output expands

Asia Pacific is both the largest and fastest-growing regional market, expanding at a 5.1% CAGR through 2031. China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian manufacturing hubs are driving demand for process heating and temperature-control solutions across chemicals, automotive, electronics and pharmaceutical production, alongside rising investment in data centers and HVAC infrastructure.

Guangzhou – September 22, 2026 -- The 140th China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, will run from October 15 to November 4, 2026, with more than 220,000 overseas buyers from 197 countries and regions already pre-registered, nearly 80% of them professional buyers.

Over 32,000 exhibitors mark the fair's 70th anniversary with a push toward innovation

More than 11,000 exhibitors qualify as "Specialized, Refined, Differential, and Innovative" (SRDI) firms or industry champions. Some 64% of exhibitors now apply industrial internet or artificial intelligence technologies in their operations, while new and green products account for 23.2% and 26% of all exhibits respectively, both historical highs.

Boston – – September 22, 2026 -- NWEA has released an enhanced free online tool that lets students as young as sixth grade convert their MAP Growth assessment scores into projected ACT and SAT scores and matching college admissions data.

Tool converts middle-school test scores into projected SAT and ACT results

The NWEA College Explorer allows students to enter current MAP Growth scores and see estimated performance on the ACT and SAT, then generates a list of post-secondary institutions that have historically admitted students with similar scores. The organization cited one example: a seventh grader scoring 222 on the fall MAP Growth math assessment is projected to meet the SAT math benchmark expected at most colleges and universities, but fall short of the comparable ACT math benchmark.

Trebinje – – September 22, 2026 -- The newly completed Trebinje Hospital in Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a $75.4 million (€65 million / ≈128 million BAM) investment by the Government of Republika Srpska, marking the largest healthcare infrastructure project in eastern Herzegovina's recent history.

Facility spans 17,500 m2 with 223 beds and six operating rooms

Located in the Pridvorci neighborhood of Trebinje, a city of roughly 32,000 residents, the hospital was completed at the end of 2025. The 17,500 m2 facility includes advanced diagnostic equipment such as MRI and CT scanners, along with fully equipped emergency and intensive care units.

Cham, Switzerland – September 22, 2026 -- EYKON has agreed to sell its water meter business to Sensus International, with both companies operating under the AURELIUS Midmarket portfolio.

EYKON sharpens focus on advanced metering and connectivity after divesting water unit

The transaction allows EYKON to concentrate resources on areas where it holds established scale, long-standing customer relationships and leading market positions. EYKON, formerly the Landis+Gyr EMEA business, serves customers across more than 75 markets and supports over 100 million connected endpoints. The deal marks a further step in the company's portfolio evolution following its earlier expansion into the water sector.

London – September 22, 2026 -- Nice has formalized its entry into the European hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) market, rolling out CE-certified products from its HySecurity division after previously supplying the region only on a project-by-project basis.

Nice Establishes Structured European Route to Market for HySecurity

HySecurity, acquired by Nice in 2016, brings more than 60 years of expertise in hydraulic gate operators and crash-rated barriers for airports, government facilities and data centres. Nice will now support the division with local commercial and technical teams alongside its existing network of installers and system integrators, moving away from ad hoc project sales.

Breda, Netherlands – September 22, 2026 -- Light electric vehicles (LEVs) such as e-scooters, e-cargo bikes and fatbikes could reduce car dependency in the Netherlands but are simultaneously raising cycling accident risk on the country's shared bike paths, according to research from Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas).

Dutch cycling network faces new pressure from electric micro-mobility

The Netherlands operates the world's most extensive cycling infrastructure, with 22 million bicycles serving 18 million residents across a 153,000-kilometre network. Bikes account for 28% of all trips nationally, a model increasingly studied and replicated by cities globally. That system is now being tested by a growing volume of LEVs entering the same narrow cycle paths.