GLOBAL – October 21, 2026 -- Large-format 3D printing is likely to reach mainstream adoption across industries by 2025, driven by gains in speed, cost and material diversity, according to an industry outlook.

Material limits, speed and scalability remain the main hurdles

Aerospace companies already produce lightweight components that meet stringent safety standards. Automotive manufacturers use the technology for prototyping and custom parts. Marine producers make items ranging from hull components to propulsion systems, and theme parks build immersive installations that traditional manufacturing could not deliver.

Material selection, printing speed and production scalability remain the main constraints.

New York – October 21, 2026 -- Experiential and custom fabrication studio Pink Sparrow now runs two Massivit large format 3D printers, one in New York and one in Los Angeles, to speed up production of oversized scenic components.

Two coastal Massivit systems give Pink Sparrow matching capacity in New York and Los Angeles

The printers produce oversized custom parts with high accuracy, smooth finishes and a digital workflow. They serve Pink Sparrow's work in brand experiences, event design, retail displays and immersive environments, where full-scale components must match the creative intent of the design files.

United States – October 21, 2026 -- OATS and Senior Planet, drawing on fifteen years of work with seniors and technology, say the United States is failing to prepare for a rapidly growing older population because of invisibility, negativity and disempowerment of older adults.

Organizations list structural failures in US elder care and employment

The organizations say the US underinvests in geriatricians and overinvests in nursing homes. They also say workers are pushed out of the workforce while still willing and able to contribute.

They describe an age-segregated society in which older and younger people rarely socialize, collaborate or create together. Public policies and social practices, they argue, have not been modernized despite what they call unprecedented growth in the share of the population that is old.

Canada – October 21, 2026 -- OBSI has completed two public consultations since 2022, on board governance and on investor loss calculations, and both trace back to its 2021 independent review.

Loss-calculation consultation closed Nov. 21, 2024 after a Sept. 26 launch

The consultation examined how OBSI calculates investor losses in complaints involving unsuitably sold illiquid exempt market securities. It described how the approach was developed, the feedback OBSI had received and the considerations for an appropriate methodology.

OBSI is using the exercise to test whether better alternatives exist to its current process. The 2021 independent expert external review recommended the consultation.

United States – October 21, 2026 -- Americold says its ecommerce fulfillment network can deliver to 99% of the US population in two days or less, and that it shipped 6.8 million pounds of dry ice in 2025 to protect direct-to-consumer (D2C) orders.

The cold chain operator's D2C offering combines multi-temperature storage, pick-and-pack and kitting services, and insulated packaging sourcing. Its multi-temperature zones store, pick and pack product at the proper temperatures.

Americold's fulfillment network targets two-day delivery to 99% of US households

Americold operates a nationwide network of ecommerce fulfillment centers. The company says it can place product on the doorstep of 99% of American households within two days.

Global – October 21, 2026 -- The NRF 4-5-4 Calendar adds a 53rd week to the retail reporting year roughly every five to six years, most recently in 2023, to keep sales comparisons aligned between years.

Calendar splits the year into 4-5-4 week months to match weekends and holidays

The voluntary industry guide divides the year into months of 4, 5 and 4 weeks. Comparable months contain the same number of Saturdays and Sundays, so like days are compared with like days in sales reporting. The layout also lines up holidays.

The format dates to an informal inter-industry discussion in the 1930s. Retailers had reported on a straight calendar, but weekends made up a growing share of sales while the number of weekends per month varied from year to year. Many stores adopted the 4-5-4 Calendar in the 1940s.

AUSTIN – October 21, 2026 -- Hand to Hold, a national nonprofit supporting neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) families, will hold its 2026 National NICU Mental Health Conference virtually on November 4–5, with free attendance for NICU parents and continuing education credits for NICU professionals across all conference sessions.

Two keynote speakers address compassion, grief and healing

Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez, a trauma-informed leadership coach, and J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author, will headline the two-day program. Both will focus on compassion, navigating grief and finding healing.

Eight sessions target both families and NICU staff

The program mixes clinical-practice topics with parent perspectives:

Irvine – October 21, 2026 -- Asuri, a platform built by Sprouter Technologies, has launched a multi-agent enterprise AI system that connects specialized AI agents to more than 1,000 existing business applications, targeting companies that want persistent AI workflows rather than prompt-based copilots.

Asuri lets nontechnical teams assign agents to business processes

Users define a business process, connect the applications involved and assign specialized agents to separate responsibilities. They also set what each agent can access, recommend or execute. The platform combines multi-agent orchestration, workflow logic, persistent context and agent-level permission controls in one environment.

Sunnyvale – October 21, 2026 -- BMI Imaging Systems, Inc. is reviewing its end-to-end client project process after its CEO and an executive vice president attended the IIMDA Fall 2026 meeting in Québec City, Canada, on October 5–7.

BMI sends two executives to the three-day IIMDA meeting

CEO Will Whitney and EVP Brad Gilbert represented the secure digitization provider at the gathering. IIMDA members used the meeting to present how they run operations, serve clients and prepare for developments in information management.

The event is built around member presentations rather than a conventional trade show format. Providers walk peers through real processes and lessons learned.

Intake, quality control and communication drive the review

Whitney said the executives returned with "a stack of notes" and are already using them to examine BMI's process from the first client call through delivery.

SAN JOSE – October 21, 2026 -- Platform9 has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Private Cloud Infrastructure Software Platforms 2026-2027 Vendor Assessment (doc # US54490426, October 2026), and is pairing the placement with a 60-day production guarantee for VMware migrations.

IDC MarketScape rates vendors on current capabilities and future strategy

The assessment covers compute, storage architecture, networking options, cloud automation, security features and compliance frameworks for regulated workloads. It scores vendors on both present capabilities and forward strategy for private cloud infrastructure software.