Supply Chain

Toronto – October 01, 2026 -- Mayfair Gold Corp. (TSXV: MFG) (NYSE American: MINE) has signed a subscription agreement for a C$10 million strategic equity investment from Macquarie Bank Limited and a non-binding term sheet for a proposed C$300 million project finance facility, bringing the total financing package for its Fenn-Gib Gold Project to up to C$310 million.

Macquarie buys in at a 10% premium to fund Fenn-Gib's Timmins development

Macquarie will acquire Mayfair common shares at C$4.26 each, a 10% premium to the 5-day volume-weighted average price through September 30, 2026, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval. The proposed C$300 million facility, which includes up to C$20 million of capitalized interest, would cover the majority of the C$450 million initial development capital outlined in Mayfair's 2026 Pre-Feasibility Study for Fenn-Gib, located in the Timmins region of Northern Ontario.

Dublin – October 01, 2026 -- Temu has added a dedicated geographical indications (GI) category to its Brand Registry Portal, giving rightsholders a direct channel to flag potential GI infringements across all of the platform's markets.

Temu builds GI tool after 100+ meetings with European trade groups

The feature stems from feedback gathered across more than 100 meetings with trade associations, chambers of commerce and start-up networks in Europe, where sellers cited complexity as a recurring barrier to online trade. GI products derive their value from a specific geographical origin, carrying economic and cultural weight for the producers and regions behind them.

A Temu spokesperson said the company aims to give GI rightsholders a clearer path to work directly with the platform to protect the authenticity tied to their products' heritage.

Bangkok – October 01, 2026 -- Infineon Technologies AG has officially opened a new backend semiconductor manufacturing site in Samut Prakan, Bangkok, designed to scale up to five production modules and employ up to 1,000 workers as it ramps.

Infineon inaugurates greenfield site with Thai Prime Minister in attendance

The facility was inaugurated jointly by Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister of Thailand, and Alexander Gorski, Chief Operations Officer of Infineon Technologies. The company frames the site as a strategic diversification move for its global manufacturing network, complementing ongoing frontend capacity expansion elsewhere.

Anyang, South Korea – October 01, 2026 -- Vieworks will exhibit a complete CoaXPress-over-Fiber machine vision system supporting data transmission speeds of up to 100 Gbps per channel over distances of up to 10 km at VISION 2026 in Stuttgart, Germany, running October 6 to 8.

Vieworks integrates camera, fiber cable, transceivers and frame grabber into one high-speed setup

The South Korea-based industrial imaging supplier will present the full CoaXPress-over-Fiber configuration as a single-source package at Hall 10, booth 10E30. The company positions the bundled offering as a way to simplify system integration for high-speed machine vision deployments.

Area scan camera lineup spans 0.4 to 1152 megapixels

Vieworks' VZ Series area scan cameras, built on GigE, 2.5GigE and USB 3.0 interfaces, will be shown alongside the VL Series line scan cameras, which cover 2k to 16k resolutions over 5GigE and 10GigE interfaces.

Taipei – October 01, 2026 -- Cervoz Technology has launched the T449 and T459 Series, a new line of MIL-STD-810H compliant M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs built for defense, aerospace, transportation, and industrial automation systems operating in harsh environments.

Drives deliver PCIe Gen4 speeds of up to 5,085 MB/s read and 4,765 MB/s write

The T449 and T459 Series support PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe interfaces, pairing industrial 3D TLC NAND with LDPC error correction, wear leveling, and End-to-End Data Protection to sustain performance during continuous workloads such as mission computers, AI edge platforms, video recording, and industrial data logging.

Dublin – – October 01, 2026 -- Ensera, a global CDMO specializing in commercialization support for injectable drug programs, has launched the Ensera Alliance Network, uniting device platform and fill-finish specialists to streamline the commercialization of drug-device combination products.

Five specialist firms join the new coordination network

The network currently comprises injector platform providers SHL Medical, Stevanato Group and Ypsomed, alongside fill-finish specialists Argonaut Manufacturing Services and American Injectables. Ensera said it plans to expand the network over time by adding organizations whose capabilities and standards complement existing members.

Santa Monica, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Verizon Fios has removed all STARZ channels, STARZ On Demand and the STARZ app from its service after the two companies failed to reach a renewal agreement, cutting off subscriber access to the premium network's full programming slate.

STARZ Accuses Verizon of Refusing to Negotiate in Good Faith

Alison Hoffman, President of STARZ Networks, said Verizon "mischaracterized" the company's position and was "unproductive in progressing towards a mutually beneficial outcome" during the renewal talks. STARZ said it remains open to a deal that would restore service to Verizon customers.

St. Helena, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Tres Agaves Tequila launched in the UK and Ireland on October 1, marking the family-owned Mexican producer's first entry into European on-premise and independent retail channels. The rollout extends to Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics and Spain in the following months, with a formal European trade introduction scheduled at Bar Convent Berlin in mid-October.

Single-source Amatitán production anchors the brand's European pitch

Tres Agaves distills every batch from a single source in Amatitán, built on nearly two decades of direct grower relationships. The brand carries USDA and Mexican organic certification and NOM-registered production status, credentials it is now extending to European bartenders and independent retailers for the first time.

Helsinki – October 01, 2026 -- ICEYE and Nokia have agreed to jointly develop secure, sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications systems for governments and defense customers, with the first satellites expected to launch in 2028.

Nations will own and control the full satellite communications stack

The partnership targets a system in which governments hold full ownership of the satellites, ground segment and terminals, removing reliance on foreign commercial operators' terms of service. The broadband LEO network is designed to serve defense, border security, emergency services and disaster response missions with high-throughput, low-latency connectivity over priority mission areas.

Aachen, Germany – October 01, 2026 -- INFORM has launched Passenger Assistance (PA) Dispatching, a cloud-native SaaS platform built to help airports manage surging demand for wheelchair, unaccompanied minor, VIP and special assistance services through real-time forecasting and automated decision support.

Airports face rising passenger assistance loads amid staffing shortages

Growing traveler volumes, stricter service expectations and persistent staffing gaps are straining manual dispatch systems, according to INFORM. Fragmented operational data leaves teams reacting to disruptions rather than anticipating them, the Aachen-based logistics software provider said.