Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Wuxi, China – September 06, 2026 -- A global executive delegation from KUKA Group, led by the Vice President of Midea Group, visited Centron's manufacturing base in Wuxi last week to discuss intelligent assembly manufacturing trends and potential collaboration.

KUKA sends headquarters leadership and multi-region business heads to Centron site

The delegation included members of KUKA Group's headquarters leadership team alongside business heads from multiple countries and regions. Centron hosted the group with Jed Wang, CEO of sister brand Leetx; Ouyang Su, General Manager of the Centron Product Line; Mike Wang, General Manager of the Centron Business Line; and Samuel Chen, Sales Director of Overseas Business.

DELRAY BEACH, FLA. – September 06, 2026 -- The global PTFE membranes market is projected to reach $2.84 billion by 2031, up from $2.14 billion in 2026, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 5.8%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Asia Pacific commands 42.2% market share as region emerges fastest-growing

Asia Pacific accounted for 42.2% of the PTFE membranes market in 2026, driven by industrial expansion, pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing, and semiconductor production across China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. The region is also expected to post the fastest growth through 2031, as countries increase investment in advanced manufacturing, healthcare infrastructure, and water treatment capacity.

San Jose, Calif. – September 06, 2026 -- SiMa.ai and ARK Electronics have launched the ARK-SiMa.ai Modalix MLSoC Bundles, a production-ready hardware-software package aimed at cutting development time for autonomous drones used in defense, agriculture, and commercial operations.

Joint platform pairs SiMa.ai compute with ARK Electronics drone hardware

The bundles combine SiMa.ai's Modalix System-on-Module, built on its Modalix MLSoC, with Palette Neat, an agentic development environment the company says compresses AI development timelines from months to days. ARK Electronics, a Salt Lake City-based maker of made-in-the-USA, NDAA-compliant, Blue UAS-listed flight controllers and embedded computers, built and validated the joint solution for the drone ecosystem.

Guangzhou – September 03, 2026 -- Guangzhou Shangpin Packaging Products Co., Ltd. (Sprintpackage) has doubled to tripled its annual paper tube production output after relocating operations to a new 20,000-square-meter facility in the No. 1 Hard Technology Industrial Park, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, completed in June 2026.

Six automated lines push daily capacity to 300,000 units

The new plant runs six fully automated production lines covering tube winding, slitting, paper mounting, curling, and final assembly in-house. With automation exceeding 80%, Sprintpackage now produces between 200,000 and 300,000 tube units daily, supplying buyers primarily across Europe and the Middle East.

Vancouver, BC – September 03, 2026 -- Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN; OTCQB: DFMTF; FSE:35D) reported assay results from an initial eleven core drill holes totaling 1,633 metres at its 100%-owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Project near Prince George, British Columbia, with hole WI26-96 returning 2.86% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) over 65 metres, including a higher-grade interval of 6.15% TREO over 20.3 metres.

PITTSBURGH – September 03, 2026 -- Jennmar has secured a five-year exclusive contract to supply ground support products to Outokumpu's Kemi mine, Finland's largest underground mine and the only operating chrome mine in Europe.

Jennmar creates dedicated Finnish entity to service the contract

The company has established Jennmar Finland, a new subsidiary tasked with streamlining commercial transactions for Outokumpu and the mine's leadership teams. The multi-year agreement covers roof anchors, cable anchors, mesh, steel accessories and injectable resins tailored to the underground conditions at Kemi.

VANCOUVER – September 03, 2026 -- Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) has reported assay results from an initial eleven core drill holes totaling 1,633 metres at its 100%-owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Project near Prince George, British Columbia, with drill hole WI26-96 returning 2.86% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) over 65 metres, including a higher-grade section averaging 6.15% TREO over 20.3 metres.

Drill hole WI26-93 delivers 1.70% TREO over 184 metres at the deposit's southern margin

Collared from the same setup as WI26-96, hole WI26-93 cut obliquely across the southern margin of the Wicheeda Deposit, intersecting mixed xenolithic and dolomite carbonatite grading 1.70% TREO over 184 metres, including 2.52% TREO over 57 metres.

Taipei – September 03, 2026 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs showcased 31 technologies at the "2026 Meet Greater South" event on August 28, with innovations already helping manufacturers including Ability opto-Electronics Technology, Li Xiang Machinery, HIWIN Technologies, and TBI Motion Technology win orders from major international clients.

The Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT) organized the pavilion with research partners Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), Institute for Information Industry (III), and Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI). The exhibition centered on two themes: extending AI beyond high-tech manufacturing into construction, water monitoring and food production, and driving industrial upgrading across central and southern Taiwan.

HONG KONG – September 03, 2026 -- TCL Electronics Holdings Limited (01070.HK) reported adjusted profit attributable to shareholders of HKD 1.64 billion for the first half of 2026, up 54.3% year-on-year, as revenue climbed 16.4% to HKD 63.76 billion.

Gross profit rose 30.3% to HKD 10.90 billion, while net profit after tax reached HKD 1.62 billion. Annualized return on equity improved 4.2 percentage points to 16.5%. Overall expense ratio was held at 11.7% of revenue, which the company attributed to AI-driven operational efficiency and scale economies.

SUWANEE, Georgia – September 03, 2026 -- YFORE Technology rolled out its first US-manufactured digital car key at its Suwanee, Georgia plant, marking the launch of localized mass production for the North American market. The Tier-1 automotive electronics supplier, which works with more than 30 automakers globally, said the system meets global alliance standards for OEMs through a vehicle-cloud-device architecture.

YFORE combines BLE, UWB and NFC into a single access platform

The company's multiprotocol approach targets a range of mobility use cases, from passive vehicle entry to smart-device integration, positioning the platform as a bridge between vehicles, cloud services and connected devices.