Product Launch

Seattle – October 01, 2026 -- Electric Era's energy management system correctly predicted all five of PJM's 2026 coincident peak (5CP) events, saving the company's EV fast-charging customers tens of thousands of dollars in capacity charges. The Seattle-based operator runs three fast-charging stations within PJM's grid territory, where utility tariffs retroactively set a site's annual capacity costs based on load during the five highest system-wide demand hours of the summer.

Electric Era's EMS forecast all five 2026 PJM peak events with 97% confidence

PJM gives grid operators no advance notice of its 5CP events, which occurred this year on July 1, July 2, July 15, July 16, and September 1, each between 5-6pm EDT. Electric Era's battery-backed system predicted the timing of all five events with 97% confidence, preconditioned onsite batteries ahead of each window, and dynamically throttled the station's grid draw during the critical hours.

Charlotte, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Lucid Bots has unveiled the Sherpa HighLine, a motorized rooftop pulley system that enabled its Sherpa drone to clean exterior surfaces at 280 feet above ground level, a height the company says marks the tallest drone-cleaning operation recorded in the United States.

Drone cleans 23-story Colorado casino tower at 8,000-foot elevation

The late-September operation took place at Monarch Casino Resort Spa in Black Hawk, Colorado, on the property's 23-story hotel tower. The work was completed in partnership with BlackJet Drone Solutions, MG Cleaning Systems and Oklahoma Drone Technologies. Black Hawk sits roughly 8,000 feet above sea level, where lower-density air makes generating lift more demanding for aircraft.

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.

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.

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.

Rome – October 01, 2026 -- Bridgestone Americas will become the sole tire supplier for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship starting with the 2026/27 Season, equipping the fastest car in the series' history.

GEN4 car hits 208 mph with 815bhp, demanding new tire engineering

The new GEN4 racing car accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in 1.8 seconds, reaches a top speed of 208 mph and delivers 600kW (815bhp) of peak power with permanent active all-wheel drive. Bridgestone developed the POTENZA GEN4 tire specifically to handle this performance increase, offering high grip, durability across full race distances and adaptability to varied global road and weather conditions.

Hoboken, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- eMazzanti Technologies will convene more than 200 small and midsize business leaders on October 21 for ASPIRE 2026, a free one-day conference at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York City focused on practical AI adoption and cybersecurity defense.

Conference runs 24 sessions across four business-focused tracks

The event runs from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Eastern Time, offering 24 expert-led sessions organized around four priorities: growing revenue, improving productivity, reducing expenses and strengthening cybersecurity. Attendees can customize their agenda across the concurrent tracks rather than follow a fixed program.

Frisco, Texas – October 01, 2026 -- PakEnergy has launched OnPing Plunger, an AI-powered optimization system that has delivered revenue gains of 3.5% to 7% on already well-optimized gas wells and up to 30% on wells that were set conservatively and left unmonitored.

Pak AI continuously tunes plunger lift wells without adding staff

Plunger lift remains one of the cheapest methods to keep aging gas wells producing, but its returns depend on expert attention that operators cannot scale across every well. OnPing Plunger, powered by PakEnergy's Pak AI engine, learns each well's best historical runs and continuously compares actual performance against expected output, adjusting setpoints within an operator's existing automation and safety limits or flagging wells for human review.

Charlotte, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Linewize, the North American division of Qoria, has won the Primary Education category of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2026 for its EdTech Manager platform, while simultaneously launching the product's new Screen Time reporting feature nationwide this month.

EdTech Manager gives districts device-level visibility from classroom to student

The platform allows IT leaders and administrators to track daily screen time at the district, school, grade and individual student level, including splits between time spent at school versus at home. It also tracks app inventory, approval status, license costs, adoption rates and data privacy agreement compliance.