Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Shanghai – October 29, 2026 -- AGIBOT introduced Worken, a proposed framework that measures robots by the productive work they perform rather than by units built or delivered, at its Innovation Day 2026 event. The company also unveiled its AHA3 hardware platform, the GO-3 Preview foundation model and the G2 Max industrial robot.

Worken multiplies active robots, autonomous hours and output efficiency

AGIBOT defines Worken as "Effective Intelligent Work Hours": Number of Active Robots × Autonomous Working Hours × Output Efficiency Ratio. The first factor counts only robots performing tasks in real environments, excluding units in inventory. The second counts autonomous working time rather than total powered-on time. The third benchmarks output against a reference task, such as acceptable work completed by a human worker under established operating standards.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Only 41 percent of German business decision-makers rate their company as well or very well prepared for cyberattacks, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by electronica, the electronics trade fair.

Cybersecurity ranks first when respondents name their most urgent technology need, cited by 16 percent. Skilled staff and competencies for AI and digitalization follow at 15 percent, and modernization of IT and data infrastructure at 13 percent. The survey links the pressure to rising network threats, geopolitical tensions and new regulation such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), alongside the growing connectivity of production plants, vehicles and logistics systems.

WENZHOU – October 29, 2026 -- Ruizhi Machinery unveiled three paper bag making machines at All in Print China 2026, led by the CS350T, which runs at up to 300 bags per minute and completes size changeovers in 15 minutes. The company presented the CS350T, CS450T and RZFD-250AS at Booth N3A213 during the five-day show at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

CS350T reaches 300 bags per minute with one-click changeovers

The CS350T targets high-volume production and supports one-click automatic size changeovers. Its multi-servo control system, German LENZE motion controller and servo system, and SICK photoelectric tracking technology are designed to keep forming precise at high speeds.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Historians that stamp MQTT messages with broker arrival time can display an old pressure reading as a new process condition, distorting aggregates, alarms and event order during outage replays.

Plain MQTT defines no process-time field

MQTT specifies only the transport of an application message. It prescribes no timestamp field, industrial clock model or time semantics. The publisher's application contract decides whether a payload carries a time, in what format and with what quality.

OPC UA's SourceTimestamp and ServerTimestamp concepts do not carry over to ordinary MQTT payloads. Broker receipt time and connector receipt time are useful operational observations, but they do not prove when a machine produced a measurement.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Infinite Electronics will present connectivity products from seven operating companies at electronica 2026 in Munich, 10-13 November, pitching a single-supplier model for data centre, drone, industrial automation and energy customers. The company will exhibit in Hall A3, Stand 241, with Bulgin, L-com, Pasternack, Transtector, PolyPhaser, Capable and KC Industrie on the stand.

Infinite Electronics Pitches One Supplier for Drone Antennas, Connectors and Surge Protection

Nick Young, President and General Manager of the company's Industrial and ICC Business Units, said a drone programme needs antennas, sealed connectors and surge protection, and that most engineers source these from three suppliers. Infinite Electronics covers all three with Pasternack antennas, Bulgin connectors and Transtector surge protection, giving customers "one conversation with experts," he said.

United States – October 29, 2026 -- SupplyOne is marketing engineering-led custom corrugated packaging that combines product protection, retail branding and supply chain services for manufacturers, distributors and e-commerce businesses.

The company's nationwide team of packaging engineers and designers covers structural concepts, prototypes, custom die-cuts, printed shipping boxes and retail-ready displays.

SupplyOne right-sizes boxes to reduce excess material and damage-related returns

Engineers align box dimensions, board grade, interior protection and structural features to cut excess materials and wasted space. SupplyOne says this can lower damage risks during handling, transportation and storage, reduce damage-related returns and improve total packaging costs across the supply chain.

ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- Georgia-Pacific is investing approximately $150 million to rebuild a paper machine at its Palatka, Florida, mill, with completion expected in the second quarter of 2028.

Georgia-Pacific replaces the Number Four machine installed in 1980

Work on the project has already begun. The investment replaces the Number Four paper machine, which produces paper for Angel Soft bath tissue. Georgia-Pacific says the rebuild will preserve existing production while increasing the mill's manufacturing capabilities.

Updated technology and safety systems are intended to improve safety, reliability, quality and productivity.

Guadalajara – October 29, 2026 -- Grupo Simec (NYSE: SIM; BMV: SIMEC-B) lifted nine-month net income 428% to Ps. 4,028 million from Ps. 763 million a year earlier, driven by a swing in exchange results rather than operations. Operating income was almost flat at Ps. 3,800 million, and third-quarter gross margin narrowed to 21%.

Shipments rise 14% while average prices slip 4%

Net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 grew 10% to Ps. 24,569 million from Ps. 22,320 million. Shipments of finished steel products reached 1.597 million tons, up from 1.400 million tons. Sales in Mexico rose 11% to Ps. 13,981 million, while sales outside Mexico gained 9% to Ps. 10,588 million.

Espoo – – September 16, 2026 -- Valmet Oyj will publish its Interim Review for January–September 2026 on Wednesday, October 29, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Finnish time (EET), the Espoo-based process industry technology group announced.

Valmet sets October 28 release with 9:30 a.m. webcast

The stock exchange release and presentation materials will be posted on Valmet's investor relations website. A live English-language results webcast follows at 9:30 a.m. Finnish time, with a recording made available shortly afterward at the same web address.

Charlotte – September 19, 2026 -- Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) forecast third-quarter 2026 earnings of $5.55 to $5.65 per diluted share, more than doubling the $2.63 per share it posted in the same period of 2025.

The guidance, covering the quarter ending October 3, 2026, compares against second-quarter 2026 net earnings of $5.04 per diluted share and adjusted net earnings of $4.84 per diluted share once a one-time gain is stripped out.