Supply Chain

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Approved Oil Company and RAEL Fire Protection have entered a strategic partnership combining more than 180 years of combined experience to serve New York metropolitan area building owners across commercial real estate, multifamily, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, institutional, and retail markets.

Two family-owned firms retain independent ownership while aligning services

The collaboration does not involve any change in ownership structure. Both companies will continue operating independently while coordinating on opportunities where their service offerings overlap, aiming to give customers broader technical expertise and improved scheduling across building systems.

Madison, Wis. – September 16, 2026 -- Everlight Solar has been named a 2026 1-Star Champion in the Fleet category by Dane County's Climate Champions Program, marking its fourth recognition under the initiative since 2021.

Everlight Solar now operates 14 electric vehicles across its regional operations

The fleet supports company teams traveling to job sites and community events throughout the Dane County area. The 2026 designation builds on a 2025 Climate Champion recognition earned after the company converted 25-50% of its vehicles to clean energy.

Company's climate track record spans five years of escalating recognition

Dane County first named Everlight Solar an Emerging Climate Champion in Fleet Operations in 2023. In 2021, the company received Climate Champion Catalyst status for helping other local organizations take climate action.

Singapore – September 16, 2026 -- Alcott Global has named the Top 30 Leaders in Supply Chain of 2026, selecting winners from a pool of 403 nominees drawn from 354 companies across 24 countries. The fifth edition of the awards, themed "Where Insight Connects the Dots," was revealed during a virtual gala held on September 16, 2026.

Selection required 18-month leadership tenure at billion-dollar manufacturers

Eligibility was restricted to executives holding regional or global leadership roles for at least 18 consecutive months, with end-to-end supply chain responsibility inside manufacturing organizations generating annual revenues above USD 1 billion. Candidates submitted case studies covering transformation programs, digital achievements, sustainability initiatives, and team-development strategies.

Elmhurst – September 16, 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.

Osaka – – September 16, 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 September 16, 2026, and took the event's Gold Award for Architecture and Landscape.

Reedsburg, Wis. – September 16, 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.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 16, 2026 -- The global biological safety cabinet market is projected to grow from USD 0.26 billion in 2026 to USD 0.36 billion by 2031, a 6.6% CAGR, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Pharma investment and biosafety upgrades drive containment equipment demand

Expansion of drug discovery, biologics, cell and gene therapy, and vaccine development is pushing laboratories to replace aging cabinets with certified, higher-performance containment systems. Rising biosafety requirements for handling infectious agents and hazardous materials are accelerating both new installations and equipment upgrades across clinical, academic, and pharmaceutical labs.

Sartell, Minn. – September 16, 2026 -- Niron Magnetics marked a construction milestone at its 287,000-square-foot Sartell, Minnesota facility with a steel-raising ceremony, alongside a new investment from Honda Motor Co. through its Honda Xcelerator Ventures program. The financial terms of Honda's investment were not disclosed.

Sartell plant will produce 1,500 tons of rare-earth-free magnets annually by 2027

CEO Jonathan Rowntree joined Sartell Mayor Ryan Fitzthum, Mark Ford of Ryan Companies and John Shaw of Wood to raise a ceremonial steel column at the plant, which is slated to become operational in 2027. At full capacity, the facility will manufacture up to 1,500 tons of permanent magnets per year and employ 175 full-time workers, representing the first commercial-scale phase of Niron's manufacturing platform.

Boston – September 16, 2026 -- Tomorrow.io has unveiled the full instrument architecture for DeepSky, a next-generation satellite constellation designed to close a global atmospheric data gap affecting more than 5 billion people who currently live without radar coverage.

Ocean coverage gap leaves 5 billion people without radar warning

Roughly 71 percent of Earth is covered by ocean with virtually no ground-based weather radar, according to the company. Storms frequently intensify over these unmonitored waters, giving coastal communities and global supply chains minimal notice before extreme weather strikes.

Bengaluru – September 16, 2026 -- Mitti Labs will supply Google with one million high-integrity carbon credits by 2030 under the largest rice methane offtake agreement to date, a five-year deal covering 100,000 hectares of smallholder rice farms across India.

Deal converts 70,000 farmers to methane-cutting irrigation methods

The agreement will transition more than 70,000 farmers to water- and methane-saving irrigation practices, targeting elimination of 3 million tons of near-term warming impact measured on a GWP20 basis, equivalent to 1 million tons under GWP100 metrics. Rice paddies under continuous flooding account for more than 10% of global methane emissions, according to Mitti Labs.