Supply Chain

Garching, Germany – October 06, 2026 -- SUSS MicroTec SE has launched its first wafer-level cleaning system, the GT200, marking the company's entry into a wafer-cleaning market it values at approximately €5.4 billion, according to research from SUSS and Yole.

SUSS extends photomask expertise into wafer-level cleaning for the first time

The GT200 forms the opening platform of a new GreenTec Solutions product line, combining two established SUSS process technologies, TurbulenStrip and CrustBuster, previously confined to the company's Photomask Solutions segment. TurbulenStrip handles batch soaking and single-wafer resist removal, while CrustBuster applies patented in-situ UV technology to strip organic residues directly at the wafer surface. SUSS says the hybrid approach cuts chemical consumption and eliminates hazardous acids compared with conventional wafer-cleaning methods.

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- SK chemicals has launched a four-partner consortium to build a regional circular economy for waste banners, targeting more than 1,000 tons of annual waste across South Korea's Gyeongsang, Honam and Jeju regions.

Consortium links collection, recycling and manufacturing into a closed loop

SK chemicals formed the Waste Banner Resource Circulation Consortium with MOA, Daehan Media, Upcloth and the Resource Circulation Team of Seogwipo City in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The group emerged from a challenge SK chemicals posed at the Solveathon idea competition, held alongside the Social Value Festa and hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Prague – – October 06, 2026 -- The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) added four new General Members and published a wave of Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) compliance resources, including a case study showing Ericsson Software Technology contributed more than 1,400 upstream dependency fixes to meet the regulation's requirements.

Ericsson eliminates private forks with 1,400 upstream contributions

Ericsson Software Technology removed internal code forks and submitted over 1,400 dependency updates and security fixes directly upstream, using OpenSSF guidance to satisfy CRA obligations. OpenSSF cited the case as enterprise-scale proof that fixing vulnerabilities upstream, rather than in isolated forks, strengthens the broader software supply chain.

Stockholm – October 06, 2026 -- Skanska has signed an additional contract worth USD 138 million, about SEK 1.3 billion, with an existing client to expand construction of a technology facility in the United States.

Contract value adds to Q3 2026 US order bookings

The new agreement will be recorded in Skanska's US order bookings for the third quarter of 2026, adding to the construction group's pipeline of technology-sector work in the country.

Project timeline spans nearly two years to completion

Work on the facility began in April 2026, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2028.

Deal builds on prior relationship with same client

Skanska did not disclose the client's identity or the specific location of the facility, describing the contract as additional work for an existing customer.

Shanghai – October 06, 2026 -- YR Fitness has supplied commercial-grade equipment to 34,950 gyms across more than 110 countries since 1997, marking nearly three decades of operation in the commercial fitness-equipment segment.

YR Fitness equipment underpins multi-location chains from China to Australia

In China, Lefit has expanded to over 2,300 locations across 60 cities, operating a 24-hour access model with monthly memberships and digital management tools. In Japan, chocoZAP runs more than 2,000 sites under a convenience-fitness format. Sri Lanka's Power World Fitness Centres, active for over 30 years, now operates more than 20 locations, while Australia's Peak Fitness runs three 24/7 Gym & Recovery Centres in Melbourne combining training and recovery facilities.

Taipei – October 06, 2026 -- DIGITIMES has rolled out two intelligence-service upgrades aimed at enterprises tracking fast-moving shifts in the global technology supply chain, including a redesigned DIGITIMES Intelligence hub and a new DIGITIMES News Feed API that delivers licensed full-text reporting as structured enterprise data.

News Feed API turns two decades of reporting into machine-readable JSON data

The DIGITIMES News Feed API makes more than 20 years of technology supply chain reporting available in JSON format for the first time. Enterprises can scope coverage by company, technology, industry topic, or a customized Keyword Watchlist, feeding content directly into dashboards, alerting systems, internal knowledge bases, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. A two-week evaluation trial is offered once coverage scope is confirmed.

Moonachie, N.J. – October 06, 2026 -- Guardian Data opened a 42,000-square-foot facility at 150 Carol Place in Moonachie, New Jersey, doubling the company's processing capacity in the state as it ended an 11-year run in South Hackensack.

Guardian processes over 3 million assets annually for 400-plus customers

The secure data destruction, data center services, and IT packing and logistics provider began receiving shipments at the new site with no service interruption. The facility supports IT asset processing and added depot services, giving ITADs, VARs, MSPs, and other partners outside the region local operational support in the New York and New Jersey market. Guardian said the site has room for new services as customer demand evolves.

Lake Oswego – October 06, 2026 -- The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) has rejected antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed by UTLX Manufacturing LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, over railway tank cars and parts, vowing to defend its record before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Greenbrier disputes claims it abandoned U.S. tank car production

Greenbrier operates a purpose-built tank car manufacturing facility in Marmaduke, Arkansas, where American employees currently build tank cars. The company noted that UTLX's own petition identifies Greenbrier as a U.S. producer and acknowledges its domestic tank car output in 2025.

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- LG Electronics will supply an integrated cockpit solution for Renault Group's New Trafic E-Tech Electric, marking the automaker's first mass-produced commercial vehicle built on a software-defined vehicle (SDV) architecture. The vehicle has won the International Van of the Year award.

LG combines instrument cluster and infotainment into a single control platform

The solution merges the instrument cluster, which displays vehicle speed, RPM and warning indicators, with the infotainment system handling navigation and media playback. This consolidation replaces the dozens of dedicated electronic control units (ECUs) found in conventional vehicles with a centralized software architecture, a shift that also enables over-the-air feature upgrades.

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- SeAH Besteel has commercialized a proprietary special steel for robot reducers, the mechanical joints that convert high-speed motor output into precise robotic motion, breaking a reliance on a concentrated group of foreign suppliers for this core material.

Ultra-clean refining pushes gear backlash toward zero

The steel is engineered for the flexspline, the component that transmits motor power within a reducer. SeAH Besteel applied a vacuum degassing system during refining to eliminate non-metallic inclusions that cause micro-cracks, producing an ultra-clean steel intended to maximize fatigue life under continuous robotic movement.