Delray Beach – October 12, 2026 -- The global low-power brushless DC (BLDC) motor market will grow from USD 6.59 billion in 2026 to USD 9.69 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.0%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The 2025 market size stood at USD 6.11 billion.

Asia Pacific is forecast to grow fastest at 8.8% CAGR through 2031

Asia Pacific is expected to post the highest regional CAGR of 8.8%. MarketsandMarkets attributes the growth to industrial development, expanding manufacturing, rising automation and demand for energy savings. China, Japan, South Korea, India and ASEAN countries have invested heavily in robotics, industrial automation, electric transportation, smart appliances and battery devices.

Hong Kong – – October 12, 2026 -- Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (Nasdaq: CLWT) has entered Norway through a 50/50 joint venture with Sea Clean AS, giving the Hong Kong-based company a Scandinavian base for its PortoBallast ballast water treatment system.

The venture, named CleanPACT Environmental and Marine Engineering AS, was signed between Sea Clean and Euro Tech's wholly owned subsidiary, Euro Tech Global Pte Ltd.

CleanPACT will operate as a customer experience center for port ballast water treatment

The center will offer hands-on demonstrations, expert servicing, realistic simulations and tailored training. It is built around PortoBallast, a next-generation mobile hybrid system. The system is designed to treat ballast water from UV and electrolysis-type treatment systems aboard vessels that fail to meet discharge compliance requirements.

Houston – October 12, 2026 -- Frost & Sullivan has named Tatsoft a Visionary Leader in the Frost RadarTM: SCADA for Industrial Control Environments, 2026, and Tatsoft is pairing the ranking with a fixed-price migration service for legacy SCADA and HMI applications. The Frost RadarTM benchmarks SCADA platforms on two indices, innovation and growth. Visionary Leaders are the vendors with a strong balance of both.

Frost & Sullivan ties the ranking to FrameworX 10.1 architecture, released in May 2026

The analyst firm's profile centers on FrameworX 10.1 and the stack beneath it. That stack includes a current .NET runtime (.NET 10) and WebAssembly, so one build runs on desktop, web and mobile. It deploys on Windows, Linux and Docker, with a Unified Namespace (UNS) and knowledge graph built into the platform. Engineers extend applications in C#, VB.NET and Python 3.

Palo Alto – October 12, 2026 -- insidepacket has announced the AI Access Platform, which connects enterprises to GPU and neocloud providers through private network paths that can be activated in minutes. The platform is planned for introduction in Europe, first with Zayo Europe.

Platform comes in two models for GPU clouds and operators

The first model is a dedicated on-ramp that a GPU cloud sells under its own brand. The second is an operator layer that exposes many GPU clouds to the operator's enterprise customers. The underlying NaaS platform has been in production in the US since September 2025 and in Europe since mid 2026.

Sydney – October 12, 2026 -- The Safety Review Committee (SRC) for Racura Oncology's HARNESS-1 trial has cleared lead drug RC220 to escalate to 100 mg/m2, after finding no dose-limiting toxicities in either Cohort 1 patient. The Phase 1a/b study combines RC220 with osimertinib in patients with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Both Cohort 1 patients received RC220 at 50 mg/m2 by intravenous infusion alongside osimertinib at 80 mg daily. The second patient has received three RC220 doses, given 21 days apart, with no dose-limiting toxicities or treatment-related safety concerns.

Plover, Wisconsin – October 12, 2026 -- More than 18,000 votes were cast in this year's "Top Companies for Women to Work in Trucking" program, which Redefining the Road magazine, the official magazine of the Women In Trucking Association (WIT), used to release its 2026 list.

The program is in its ninth year. The magazine created the award in 2018 to support WIT's mission of promoting companies focused on the employment and advancement of women in trucking, according to Lana Nichols, interim president and CEO of WIT.

Voting by industry professionals determines the Elite 30

Every nomination is evaluated against established criteria before transportation professionals from across the industry vote on the final honorees, according to Brian Everett, group publisher and editorial director of Redefining the Road. The companies with the most votes make up the "Elite 30" of the 2026 list.

Marly-la-Ville – October 12, 2026 -- GOFO France, a last-mile delivery specialist covering 90% of the mainland French population, has joined the carrier network of 3PL provider Peoples Post, giving e-merchants an added home delivery option ahead of Black Friday and the holiday season.

The partnership links Peoples Post's storage, fulfilment and logistics services with GOFO France's last-mile network. Both companies are targeting a period when rising order volumes require close coordination between fulfilment and delivery.

GOFO plugs into Peoples Post's shipping management tool

Peoples Post handles logistics for online stores, from goods receipt to order shipping. Adding GOFO expands its home delivery offering to areas GOFO serves across metropolitan France.

Arlington – October 12, 2026 -- The Department of War has awarded Air a $200 million, five-year contract supporting the U.S. Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) ecosystem.

Contract extends Air's existing Army partnership through NGC2 development and testing

The award continues a longstanding relationship between Air and the U.S. Army. The company's Enterprise Readiness platform has supplied software for NGC2 from its inception through ongoing development and field testing. According to the company, the software removes operational bottlenecks, speeds mission planning, and shortens sensor-to-shooter-to-sustainer timelines.

Athens – October 12, 2026 -- DIMAND has appointed Greece Sotheby's International Realty to lead sales of FIX Residences, a 95-home building within the redevelopment of Thessaloniki's historic FIX Brewery, with completion scheduled for late 2029.

Greece Sotheby's International Realty will market the project to buyers in Greece and in key international markets through the global Sotheby's International Realty network.

FIX Residences will deliver 95 homes in a 19,800 sq.m. nine-storey building

The residential building will cover approximately 19,800 sq.m. and include 134 dedicated parking spaces. DIMAND is targeting LEED Gold certification and says the building will prioritise energy efficiency and environmental performance.

Washington – October 12, 2026 -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has selected X-Bow Systems to develop and produce the booster motors for the U.S. Army's Low-Cost Containerized Munition (LCCM), with full-rate production at scale planned for 2027. X-Bow announced the award at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition.

X-Bow enters design, qualification and static-fire phase ahead of 2027 production

Under the agreement, X-Bow will move through design, qualification testing and static fires before ramping to full-rate output. Leidos will produce the munitions in large quantities.

LCCM advances the Department of War's "Arsenal of Freedom" initiative

The award places X-Bow in one of the fastest-growing segments of U.S. defense spending: rebuilding a domestic solid rocket motor industrial base long concentrated among a handful of large suppliers, and fielding precision munitions in volume.