Concord, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- OnPoint Surgical's augmented reality navigation system placed pedicle screws with a positional error of 1.1 mm and an angular error of 1.3°, figures 2 to 5 times smaller than those reported for competing navigation and robotic platforms, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Spine Surgery.
London – September 15, 2026 -- KraftPal Holdings Ltd has completed construction of the KP25039, a new semi-automatic paper pallet production machine capable of producing up to 100 pallets per hour, as the company accelerates its licensing-based manufacturing network.
The KP25039 is designed as a lower-cost, entry-level alternative to KraftPal's existing production lines, aimed at lowering the barrier for businesses to become licensing partners and manufacture lightweight corrugated pallets locally. The machine requires greater manual labor to operate than KraftPal's fully automated systems, but its faster engineering build cycle allows the company to produce more units and enable quicker in-country production start-ups.
Cincinnati – September 15, 2026 -- Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) has launched Anatool, a digital clinical support tool designed to standardize anaphylaxis recognition and treatment at the point of care for emergency physicians, paramedics, nurses and allergists.
Developed with Tim Dribin, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's, Anatool is built on recommendations from a landmark international consensus report on anaphylaxis published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dribin co-chaired that report with Hugh Sampson, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Antonella Muraro, PhD, of the University of Padua.
Irvine, Calif. – – September 15, 2026 -- Performance Brokerage Services has brokered the sale of Mansfield Motor Group, a three-rooftop Nissan, Honda and Volvo dealership group in Mansfield, Ohio, from Dirk Schulter and Brett Schulter to Penuel "Raj" Clement of Clement Auto Group.
Mansfield Motor Group traces its roots to Whitey's Auto Mall, established by Frank "Whitey" Schluter and recognized as one of the early pioneers of the multi-franchise auto mall model. Brothers Dirk and Brett Schluter took ownership in 2001 and led the 79-year-old business until this sale.
New York – September 15, 2026 -- Global Communication Works (GCW) has opened its proprietary AI Signaling practice, SignlLabs, for license to public relations firms, advertising agencies, web development shops and in-house communications teams, giving them a ready-built methodology for tracking how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and Perplexity describe and recommend client brands.
The license package includes the Maturity Method, GCW's proprietary scoring framework, along with the Intent Category Framework, query protocols, reporting templates and team training. The methodology was calibrated over one year across five industries before being tested internally on GCW's own client campaigns, according to the company.
Zurich – September 15, 2026 -- ABB and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a joint report concluding that 800-volt direct current (DC) distribution is emerging as the reference architecture for next-generation artificial intelligence data centers, as surging computing loads push conventional AC power infrastructure to its practical limits.
The report, titled "The Strategic Case for Hybrid AC/DC Power: Shaping the Transition to the Next Electrical Architecture," argues that decisions made by business leaders and policymakers over the next two to three years will determine which players shape the shift toward hybrid AC/DC grids and which merely inherit it.
Chicago – September 15, 2026 -- Prevent Blindness will present its 2027 Person of Vision Award to Reade Fahs, Executive Chairman of National Vision Holdings, Inc., the nation's leading eye-health advocacy organization announced.
The award ceremony will coincide with Vision Expo, with all proceeds directed toward Prevent Blindness's sight-saving programs.
Fahs took the helm of National Vision in 2002 and served as CEO through 2025 before moving into the Executive Chairman role. Under his leadership, the company's portfolio expanded to include America's Best, Eyeglass World, Vista Optical and DiscountContacts.com.
Sheridan, Wyo. – – September 15, 2026 -- The global ready-to-drink (RTD) tea market is forecast to expand from $45.0 billion in 2026 to $66.7 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.
The UK confirmed in November 2025 it will lower the Soft Drinks Industry Levy threshold from 5g to 4.5g of sugar per 100ml, extending the tax to more pre-packaged beverages, with a January 2028 compliance deadline. In India, the GST Council raised tax on carbonated and caffeinated non-alcoholic drinks from 28% to 40% in September 2025, directly hitting sweetened, caffeinated RTD tea pricing in one of the category's largest consumption markets. More than 116 countries have now implemented sugar-sweetened beverage taxes aligned with WHO recommendations.
Southern Pines, N.C. – September 15, 2026 -- DisposeRx, Inc. has launched a new monthly editorial series, the DisposeRx Medication Stewardship Center, aimed at reshaping how healthcare providers, pharmacists and caregivers manage the end stage of a prescription's life cycle.
"This is not simply a conversation about medication disposal. It is a conversation about Medication Safety and completing the prescription journey," said William Simpson, CEO of DisposeRx. He said the starting point for the discussion is the household medicine cabinet, where unused prescriptions commonly accumulate.
Seattle – September 15, 2026 -- Nine in 10 children in low-income countries reach age 10 unable to read a simple text, even as global education aid is projected to fall from roughly $12-13 billion annually to $9.2 billion by 2027, according to a new sector report from nonprofit The Life You Can Save.
The report puts the annual financing gap needed to meet global education goals at $97 billion, including $70 billion in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. Private philanthropy currently contributes approximately $1 billion annually to education globally -- less than 1% of that gap. In low-income countries, aid accounts for more than 12% of total education spending, while governments spend an average of just $55 per school-aged child annually; the report warns that in some countries, recent aid cuts could cut education budgets by as much as half.