Supply Chain

San Mateo, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- Band24 has unveiled Terra, an asset-tracking device that fuses terrestrial Bluetooth, LTE-M cellular and direct-to-satellite connectivity into a single palm-sized unit, targeting a $30 billion global asset visibility market where coverage gaps routinely leave physical assets untracked.

Terra Combines Three Networks to Close Visibility Gaps

The device draws on a terrestrial Bluetooth network of more than 100 million crowdsourced access points, LTE-M cellular, and satellite continuity through Hubble Network's low-earth-orbit infrastructure. Band24 co-founder and CEO Patrick Patel said consumer trackers such as AirTags or Tile devices are insufficient for enterprise asset management, since visibility typically fails at the moment it matters most.

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.

Washington – October 06, 2026 -- Strider Technologies has secured a contract worth up to $85 million from the Department of the Air Force, formalizing a five-year collaboration with the service's Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis (OCEA) to screen for nation-state risk in defense innovation programs.

Contract formalizes existing screening work on federal small-business funding programs

The agreement builds on Strider's prior work with OCEA and covers continued screening of applicants to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These programs direct federal R&D funding to small U.S. businesses developing technologies with both defense and commercial applications, making them a target for adversarial nation-states seeking sensitive technology, intellectual property, and talent through undisclosed foreign ties, ownership, or financing.

Reading, Pa. – October 06, 2026 -- Shippers are deploying AI for predictive analytics and risk planning at nearly 1.5 times the rate of third-party logistics providers, 66% versus 43%, according to the 2027 Third-Party Logistics Study released alongside the CSCMP EDGE conference. The annual study, founded by Dr. John Langley, emeritus professor at the University of Tennessee, is supported by Penske Logistics and NTT DATA and is based on survey responses from supply chain leaders.

Data quality and legacy systems remain the top barriers to AI scale-up

While AI adoption is embedded in operational planning, 61% of respondents cited data quality and availability as a barrier, followed by legacy system integration at 54% and budget constraints at 46%. 3PLs are focusing AI investment on generative AI, machine learning, optimization and autonomous decision-making.

San Jose, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- Classic Vacations has nearly tripled the size of its Sales organization since the start of 2026, completing 18 hires and actively recruiting five more positions to reach a team of 34 across seven units.

Classic Vacations expands Sales organization to 34 members across seven specialized teams

The luxury travel advisor resource restructured its Commercial organization into three regional Sales teams covering the Western, Central, and Eastern United States, led respectively by Sue Ferguson, Julia Jakkaraju, and Dimitri Andre. These teams deploy Strategic Account Managers to work directly with advisors on account strategy and growth opportunities.

Maple Grove, Minn. – – October 06, 2026 -- Circuit Check has acquired a partial ownership stake in QualityLine, an Israel-based AI manufacturing analytics provider, and will bundle one year of QualityLine's analytics and security features into every Circuit Check test system at no additional cost starting immediately.

Circuit Check integrates QualityLine analytics directly into its CCI Test Partner platform

CCI Test Partner, Circuit Check's test automation toolset, uses Isolated Networks technology to securely connect automated test equipment to the internet, including legacy systems that conventional IT networks cannot handle. The QualityLine integration adds a layer that correlates test results with production, inspection, repair, MES, ERP, and sensor data across stations, products, and lines, identifying failure root causes and predicting future defects.

Chicago – October 06, 2026 -- S&C Electric Company will build a 295,000-square-foot central warehouse facility in Glenview, Illinois, as part of a broader push to expand U.S. manufacturing capacity for grid-resilience technologies.

Glenview facility consolidates materials to free up production space elsewhere

The new site will serve as S&C's central warehouse, consolidating materials and inventory that currently support production across the company's manufacturing network. Relocating these operations to Glenview will free up space for production at existing facilities, improve material movement, and create flexibility for future assembly expansion.

Los Angeles – October 06, 2026 -- FullGood Motor, a Beijing-based manufacturer of retro-styled plug-in hybrid vehicles, will make its first U.S. exhibition appearance on Nov. 19 at AutoMobility LA, seeking American assembly partners, distributors and investors to enter the U.S. market.

FullGood Motor targets component-export model rather than direct retail entry

The company plans to export vehicles in component form for final assembly in the United States, with vehicles sold and registered under an American partner's brand instead of through a FullGood-owned retail network. The strategy mirrors the entry path used by nearly every international automaker that has previously launched in the U.S. market through Southern California.

Calgary – October 06, 2026 -- Borouge International, operating under NOVA Chemicals in North America, has achieved RC14001:2023 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications across its Canadian manufacturing sites, research centres and administration functions.

Canadian operations align with global HSE standard first adopted in 2017

The company began its RC14001 implementation journey in 2017, building the management system as a cross-functional, enterprise-wide effort. The certification confirms that environmental, health, safety and security management across the Canadian footprint now meets ISO 14001 and Responsible Care (RC)® principles.

Geismar facility served as the certification model, recertified twice since 2020

The Canadian certification builds on the earlier success of Borouge International's Geismar facility, which was first certified under the same standard in 2020 and has since been recertified twice.

Kitchener, ON – October 06, 2026 -- Canadian Solar Inc.'s (NASDAQ: CSIQ) energy storage unit e-STORAGE has signed an agreement to supply and commission a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system for OX2's Muswellbrook Solar Farm and Battery in New South Wales, Australia. Shipments are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2027, with commercial operation targeted for the third quarter of 2028.

Project sits on former coal land in a designated renewable energy zone

The facility is located roughly 2.5 kilometers east of Muswellbrook, on the site of a former coal mine within the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone. The region's aging coal generators are set to retire in the early 2030s, and the two-hour storage system is designed to hold midday solar output and release it during the evening demand peak as thermal supply tightens.