Product Innovation

Paris – October 14, 2026 -- Dilmah has reached the SIAL For Change final as one of just five large companies selected from 226 entries worldwide, while three of its products were also chosen for SIAL's innovation selection.

Three Dilmah products enter the SIAL Innovation Area

An independent jury of international food-industry experts judged entries on originality, technical innovation and sustainability impact. The selected products will be showcased in the dedicated SIAL Innovation Area:

Vienna – October 14, 2026 -- Viewpointsystem has launched an eye-tracking module that delivers up to 15 times longer battery runtime than conventional processing on a connected device, according to the company's performance measurements. The Digital Iris Module runs the complete image-based eye-tracking pipeline at 140 Hz on an ultra-low-power Ensemble microcontroller (MCU) from Alif Semiconductor, inside the glasses frame.

Power consumption, heat generation and limited space have so far made eye tracking hard to add to lightweight smart glasses, the company said. Conventional systems send images from eye-facing cameras to a main application processor in the glasses or a connected device. Processing those streams draws power, generates heat and adds system complexity.

High Point – October 14, 2026 -- S&H Rugs, a designer and wholesaler of hand-knotted rugs, has unveiled its Fall 2027 Collection at High Point Market (HPMKT) Fall 2026 in North Carolina, with all rugs shown on its website listed as in stock and ready to ship immediately.

S&H Rugs blends sustainable materials with traditional weaving in the new line

The collection combines sustainable materials with traditional weaving techniques. It uses organic textures and a palette of earth tones. The company says each piece is designed for modern living spaces.

Senior partner Ori Wilbush said the line aims to connect buyers to nature through touch and color.

Greenbush, Minnesota – October 14, 2026 -- Altoz's TFX 766 i Tracked Zero Turn Mower has won three industry honors: a Landscape Business Twenty for 2026 New Product Award, a Pro Tool Innovation Award in the Riding/Zero Turn Lawn Mowers category and a Green Industry Pros 2026 Editor's Choice Award in Mowing & Maintenance.

The Landscape Business Twenty Awards cover new products for commercial landscape and irrigation markets. The Pro Tool Innovation Awards honor advances in design, technology and performance. The Green Industry Pros awards recognize products that save landscape professionals time, money and labor.

GRAND RAPIDS – October 14, 2026 -- Deckorators, a brand of UFP Industries (Nasdaq: UFPI), introduced Meridian and Elevate decking as the first collections launched since it acquired MoistureShield decking assets, alongside a new aluminum railing system built to cut installation labor.

Meridian and Elevate extend the decking range with two new collections

Meridian carries proprietary CoolDeck technology, which Deckorators says absorbs less heat than conventional composite decking. It launches in four colors: Hudson, Sonoma, Catalina and Newport. Its full 1-inch profile is approved for dock and waterfront applications.

Elevate targets active outdoor spaces and resists moisture, rot and insect damage. It can be installed anywhere, including ground and water applications, and launches in Basin Brown and Ridge Gray.

Alpharetta – October 13, 2026 -- Arclin has launched Kevlar® EXOTM XP E480, a soft armor material that it says enables body armor up to 25% lighter while meeting NIJ Level IIIA/HG2 protection requirements.

Arclin claims up to 40% greater comfort versus its XP K520 material

The new product combines Kevlar® XP technology, which Arclin describes as proven in ballistic and trauma-reduction performance, with Kevlar® EXOTM fiber. Joe Hovanec, Arclin's Vice President of Kevlar® EXOTM, said manufacturers can achieve armor "up to 25% lighter" with up to 40% greater comfort, helping reduce wearer fatigue. Arclin benchmarks the comfort figure against XP K520 at NIJ Level IIIA/HG2.

Olathe, Kan. – October 13, 2026 -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) won three awards and placed No. 4 on the Soundings Trade Only Top 10 Most EPIC Companies list at the 2026 International BoatBuilders' Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), citing 15 product launches in the eligibility period.

Garmin Signal VHF 400 wins IBEX Innovation Award in OEM Electronics

The radio prevailed among 100 product entries. It combines VHF, DSC and a Class B SOTDMA AIS transponder on a color touchscreen in a compact unit designed to fit nearly any helm.

Judges also highlighted NMEA 2000 integration, support for 12V and 24V systems, and a separately powered fist mic with magnetic mounting, which eases installation across a wide range of boats. The National Marine Manufacturers Association manages the IBEX Innovation Awards, and Boating Writers International (BWI) judges them.

Kuala Lumpur – October 12, 2026 -- ASEAN Records has recognised Malaysian manufacturer CWP Food Manufacturing Sdn Bhd as the maker of the first halal-certified sweet potato snack that fuses two differently coloured real sweet potato varieties into a single chip.

SNACKISS Double Triple Sweet Potato combines purple and orange varieties without artificial colouring

The product, sold under the SNACKISS brand, gets its two-toned look naturally from real purple and orange sweet potato. It has carried MS 1500 halal certification since 2021.

The two varieties differ in taste: purple sweet potato gives a sweeter profile, while orange contributes a more savoury character. General Manager Yanice Cheong Ming Yan drew the concept from childhood memories of sweet potato tong sui.

Sitges – October 08, 2026 -- MGI Tech Co., Ltd. unveiled its Stereo-seq OMNI Large Chip Design for formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples at the third Conference of the European Society for Spatial Biology (ESSB), held September 28 to October 1 at Hotel Meliá Sitges near Barcelona.

New chip format expands capture area to 2 cm by 3 cm for FFPE research

The design builds on MGI's existing Stereo-seq OMNI V1.1 platform and is built for chip formats up to 2 cm by 3 cm, enabling researchers to profile larger tissues, multiple sections, or tissue microarray layouts within a single spatial experiment. Standard capture areas have limited researchers' ability to view larger or structurally diverse FFPE sections, a constraint the new format is engineered to address.

Las Vegas – October 06, 2026 -- Georgia-Pacific Foodservice Solutions is exhibiting its Anchor Packaging brand at the 2026 NACS Show, running October 7-9 in Las Vegas, as convenience retailers push deeper into foodservice to capture profitability gains. Foodservice is now offered in more than 90% of U.S. convenience stores, according to the company, making packaging performance a direct lever for repeat customer visits.