EDEN PRAIRIE – October 21, 2026 -- Third-party testing laboratory DDL has appointed Amy Miller as Senior Director of Lab Support Services & Scientific Affairs and Bob Anderson as Director of Lab Operations, adding a combined 58 years of industry experience to its GMP testing business.

Miller brings 28 years of analytical and marketing leadership from CDMO and device settings

Miller's background spans global pharmaceutical component and medical device manufacturing, service partnerships and CDMO environments. DDL said her analytical services strategy expertise will help it extend testing services to evolving pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery needs.

Toronto – October 21, 2026 -- Hoymiles has launched its HiOne all-in-one residential energy storage system in Canada and shown its HoyUltra 261A commercial and industrial (C&I) storage system in North America for the first time. Both debuts took place at Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026 in Toronto.

HiOne combines inverter, battery and EMS in a unit installable in 15 minutes

The residential system integrates the inverter, battery system and energy management system (EMS) in a single unit. Installation can take as little as 15 minutes. HiOne has four MPPTs and a maximum input current of 20A, built for varied roof orientations and shading. Seamless backup switching keeps essential household loads running during grid outages.

Edison, N.J. – October 21, 2026 -- M&M International will open a 40,000-square-foot stainless-steel tubing plant in the Greenpark free-trade zone in Coyol, Costa Rica, in the first quarter of 2027, adding a third manufacturing facility to its network.

The plant is under construction. M&M, a portfolio company of Gainline Capital Partners, says the site will expand production capacity and diversify its manufacturing footprint to strengthen supply chain resilience for customers.

Phase one targets medical tubing for catheters, needles and robotics

The first phase will produce stainless-steel medical tubing, a component used in catheters, needles, robotics and surgical instruments. The location puts production closer to customers in the U.S. and Latin America.

CHARLOTTE – October 21, 2026 -- Duke Energy lineworkers won six awards, including two first-place finishes, at the International Lineman's Rodeo held Oct. 17 in Bonner Springs, Kansas, where about 1,250 competitors from around the world took part.

Duke Energy's journeyman teams take two first places and a second overall

Justin McCarson, Heath Burrell and Miles Bell placed second overall in the journeyman division. The same trio also won the Journeyman Mystery Event #1 and took second in the Journeyman IOU category.

Keith Griffin, Jay Tipton and Sandy Barnhill won the journeyman seniors division. Matthew Clark, Danny Haithcock and Hunter Boone placed second in that division. Tyler Nickols, Joshua Buckner and Tyler Manick finished fourth in Journeyman IOU.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – October 21, 2026 -- CXC Investments, LLC, the manager of long/short equity vehicle CXC Horizon Fund, LP, has engaged Silver Fern Financial LLC as its outsourced Chief Financial Officer partner, less than two years after the fund launched in July 2025.

Silver Fern Financial will work alongside CXC management and existing service providers

Silver Fern will provide senior financial leadership and alternative investment management expertise to support the fund's ongoing operations. It will not replace existing service providers. CXC describes the move as an investment in the fund's financial and operational infrastructure as the firm grows.

Benjamin Cohen, Founder and Managing Partner of CXC Investments, said the aim is to strengthen "the financial and operational foundation supporting the Fund."

BAXTER, Minn. – – October 21, 2026 -- Metrology Parts has released "All About Video Measuring Machines," a guide covering six topics: how the systems operate, illumination and edge detection, differences from coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), benefits of optical systems, industry applications, and the shift to multi-sensor technology.

Video measuring machines measure the image of a part, not the part itself

The guide describes a video measuring machine as a robotic system engineered to eliminate physical variables that could cause measurement error. It uses three programmable illumination types: profile, surface and coaxial lighting.

Unlike contact-based CMMs, which use a mechanical probe, video measuring machines are entirely non-contact and rely only on light.

United States – October 21, 2026 -- Axon Vision has set up a three-member U.S. Strategic Advisory Board of retired senior military and defense technology leaders and moved its Co-Founder and CTO, Ido Rozenberg, to the United States. The company is targeting what it calls the world's largest defense market.

Board draws on Army, special operations and technology transition experience

The founding members are General John H. Tilelli (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and Lieutenant General Ray Palumbo (Ret.), a former senior leader within U.S. Army Special Operations, JSOC and the Department of Defense. The third is Mike Fleming, former Director of the U.S. Army International Technology Center-Mediterranean (ITC-MED).

The board will advise on U.S. market development, customer engagement, technology transition, product strategy and long-term business growth.

NEW YORK – October 21, 2026 -- EMRG Media has published a 2026 planning guide covering 20 corporate holiday party venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn, with seated dinner and standing reception capacities listed side by side for selected spaces.

EMRG Media builds the guide on 1,100 New York events since 2001

The company says it has produced more than 1,100 events in New York City since 2001 and has firsthand production experience at many of the featured venues. It is the exclusive event producer for NEBULA and The Amber Room. The guide includes NEBULA, HK Hall, City Winery at Pier 57, Marquee New York, Capitale and Guastavino's, spanning nightlife spaces, ballrooms, rooftops and waterfront settings.

Wilmington – October 21, 2026 -- Berkshire, a community management company based in College Station, Texas, moved 83 associations and nearly 14,000 doors onto Vantaca's full platform on September 1 with no disruption to homeowners, boards or day-to-day operations, according to Vantaca.

Berkshire deploys HOAi, Lockbox and Vantaca Pay from day one

The rollout covers three products. HOAi is Vantaca's agentic AI infrastructure, used to automate routine operational tasks. Lockbox automates payment processing to speed cash application and reduce manual reconciliation. Vantaca Pay is an integrated digital payments tool that gives homeowners options for managing assessments and is intended to improve collection rates.

Berkshire runs the portfolio with a 20-person team. It chose Vantaca to bring its offerings into one connected system, so a lean staff can handle a larger portfolio without waiting for growing pains to force a change.

LOS ANGELES – October 21, 2026 -- Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS) and Witz Comedy Network have launched The Ed Bassmaster Channel on Vizio WatchFree+, moving a YouTube creator with more than 2.8 million subscribers onto a streaming platform with new weekly episodes and over 100 episodes of library content.

Weekly Ed Bassmaster Show episodes anchor the channel lineup

The channel carries Witz Comedy Network's The Ed Bassmaster Show, which delivers new weekly episodes of pranks, characters and interviews with Bassmaster's collaborators. Guests include Steve-O, Trailer Trash Tammy, Jen Smith, Andy Molinakis and Paige Ginn, with more to be announced.

Sketches from recurring characters Always Teste, Mumbles, Chip Diamond, Skippy and Emilio also feature in the lineup.