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Lexington, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- Relate, an AI relationship intelligence platform, has named Kristy McCann Flynn as Co-Founder, adding a 25-year HR technology operator to its leadership team as the company scales its customer base and product roadmap.

McCann Flynn brings a $15 million fundraising track record from prior venture

McCann Flynn previously co-founded and served as CEO of SkillCycle, where she raised more than $15 million and guided the company to multiple years of Inc 5000 growth recognition. Her prior senior HR and transformation roles span Pearson, Constant Contact, MoneyLion, Richemont, and Western Asset Management.

Elmhurst – September 15, 2026 -- Saltbox will open its first Chicago-area co-warehousing facility this fall in Elmhurst, Illinois, adding a 114-suite operations hub to its 13-location U.S. network and launching a $5,000 grant for a local product-based business.

Elmhurst facility gives Chicago-area businesses 114 flexible warehouse and office suites

The facility at 934 N. Church Rd. offers suites ranging from 88 to 1,809 square feet, with smaller units holding roughly four pallets for one or two people and larger suites accommodating up to 125 pallets for full fulfillment teams. Members get month-to-month access to loading docks, daily carrier pickups, conference rooms, a content studio, 24/7 security and an on-site operations team that receives inventory and supports carrier handoffs.

Limassol – – September 15, 2026 -- NuxGame, a B2B iGaming software provider founded in 2018, will host operators, affiliates and partners at Stand A326 in Hall 1 of SBC Summit Lisbon 2026, running Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa.

NuxGame sponsors the summit's Networking Lounge in Hall 1

The company's stand doubles as the event's Networking Lounge, giving operators direct access to NuxGame's product and commercial teams for one-on-one sessions across all three days.

Osaka – – September 15, 2026 -- EFM, an ICAT Company, managed more than 100 shipments and moved an estimated 300 to 400 metric tons of air freight for Saudi Arabia's pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, a logistics operation that began with site surveys in late 2024, months before the pavilion's April 2025 opening.

Pavilion draws 3 million visitors and wins Gold Award for Architecture

The Saudi pavilion attracted more than three million of the 28 million total visitors to Expo 2025 Osaka during its 184-day run, which closed on October 13, 2025, and took the event's Gold Award for Architecture and Landscape.

Toronto – September 15, 2026 -- A new viewpoint paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research argues that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs fail long-term without paired digital behavioral coaching, citing high patient dropout and rapid weight regain as persistent industry problems. The paper, authored by Noom CEO Geoff Cook, introduces a "habit window hypothesis" and calls for a formal research agenda to test whether digital health apps can extend the durability of pharmacological weight loss.

Boca Raton, Fla. – September 15, 2026 -- deviceWISE, a Telit Cinterion company, will run three live production demonstrations at IMTS 2026 in Chicago, September 14-19, showing agentic AI that detects faults on a live robotic cell and guides automated recovery.

Three live demonstrations show layered factory automation at Booth 236475

Visitors will see visual inspection, robotic sorting and automated assembly running on the deviceWISE platform. A visual inspection station using deviceWISE Visual Intelligence will check circuit boards and other objects for defects or missing components. A robot will sort colored cubes in an agentic AI and digital twin demonstration, while a second robot performs a FANUC AI auto assembly of industrial parts.

Baltimore – September 15, 2026 -- Morgan State University has secured high-performance GPU compute resources through a new collaboration with Google Public Sector, aiming to reach Carnegie R1 research classification and establish a national blueprint for HBCU digital transformation.

Google's Program for Accelerated Research grants Morgan State advanced GPU infrastructure

The partnership, formed through Google Public Sector's Program for Accelerated Research (GPAR), gives Morgan State faculty and students access to high-performance computing for work in AI, cybersecurity, climate science and health sciences. The university is targeting Carnegie R1 status, the top classification for "very high research activity," which would unlock additional federal funding and attract research talent.

Windham, N.H. – September 15, 2026 -- SQAIRZ, a biomechanically driven performance footwear company, has launched SQAIRZ Medical, a new division targeting fall risk among aging adults through a combined footwear and clinical assessment platform.

Fall injuries cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $80 billion annually

One in four U.S. adults over age 65 falls at least once a year, a figure that rises to one in two for adults over 80, according to SQAIRZ. The company positions SENTRX, its purpose-built Balance & Stability footwear, as the centerpiece of a broader clinical framework aimed at reducing that risk.

Mies, Switzerland – September 15, 2026 -- Marelli has become a partner of the FIM Racing Motorcycle Museum in Mies, Switzerland, contributing a dedicated exhibit that traces two decades of Engine Control Unit development for motorcycle racing.

Museum showcases more than 40 official motorbikes across nine themed areas

Created by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, the Racing Motorcycle Museum covers seven disciplines -- Circuit Racing, Motocross, Enduro, Rally, Trial, Track Racing and Electric -- organized around three pillars: Heroes, Technologies, and From Race to Road.

Reedsburg, Wis. – September 15, 2026 -- More than 40 Teamsters at Foremost Farms' butter production facility in Reedsburg, Wisconsin have ratified a new four-year contract delivering a 27 percent wage increase.

Workers secure retroactive pay and preserved health coverage

The agreement, reached by members of Teamsters Local 120, includes retroactive pay, additional vacation time, and preservation of TeamCare health coverage. It also delivers improved overtime protections, enhanced paid leave provisions, and measures addressing chronic staffing shortages at the plant.

Successor clause shields workers from ownership changes

The contract contains strong successor language designed to protect workers in the event of a plant sale, transfer, or change in ownership at the dairy cooperative facility.