Global

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 18, 2026 -- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) has reported sales of €2,293 million for financial year 2025/2026, a slight increase on the prior year's €2,280 million, alongside a net result after taxes that tripled to €15 million from €5 million. The figures arrive as the company accelerates a strategic transformation beyond its printing machinery roots, consolidating its defense, energy, charging infrastructure, and industrial system activities under a new subsidiary, HD Advanced Technologies GmbH. The adjusted EBITDA margin came in at 6.6 percent — below the previous year's 7.1 percent — reflecting deliberate front-loaded investment in new business areas. For buyers and partners tracking HEIDELBERG's market position, the numbers confirm a company in active structural transition, not decline.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 18, 2026 -- Epta has introduced MyEpta, a multi-function digital platform designed to serve as a single access point for all technical data, asset management, and service resources across its refrigeration equipment. Debuted at EuroShop 2026, the platform sits at the centre of Epta's broader shift toward a 360-degree service model — one that combines hardware, software, qualified personnel, and consulting across the full lifecycle of a retail store. The move marks a deliberate repositioning: Epta is no longer presenting itself as a cabinet manufacturer, but as a Fully Integrated Solutions Provider. For retailers managing large installed bases of refrigeration equipment, the implications run from maintenance scheduling to in-store media monetisation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 18, 2026 -- Epta has launched the Zenith line of positive vertical display cabinets, a refrigeration range built around four stated pillars: merchandising performance, sustainability, reliability, and digital services. First presented at EuroShop 2026 in Düsseldorf, the line is now commercially available across remote CO2 and integral propane configurations. Alongside the product launch, Epta introduced "Good Never Stops" as its updated value proposition — framing the company's commercial direction around long-term integrity, reliability, and continuous improvement. For grocery retailers, the Zenith lineup targets the fresh department as a direct driver of store identity and customer loyalty.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — June 17, 2026 — Tokyo-based developer White Owls Inc. has confirmed that Hotel Barcelona, its action-horror roguelike from Hidetaka Suehiro and Goichi Suda, moved from a "Mixed" to a "Positive" user-review rating on Steam. The shift follows a multi-month "Under New Management" relaunch built around a full gameplay rebalance, an interface rebuild, and sustained community and media outreach. Publisher Dark Product directed the repositioning and platform strategy, while agency Goldpact Goblins ran the global campaign across creators, streaming, and editorial coverage. For marketing and communications teams, the case offers a concrete look at how coordinated execution across development, publishing, and outreach can repair a damaged product reputation without a ground-up relaunch.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 15, 2026 -- Shell Lubricants and BMW M Motorsport have extended their long-running partnership, announcing a renewal that deepens collaboration on research and development and places sustainable fluid technologies at the center of both motorsport and passenger vehicle programs. The announcement came at Le Mans following the conclusion of the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the #20 Shell BMW M Hybrid V8 finished in second place. Under the renewed agreement, Shell continues as BMW M Motorsport's official Premium Technology, Innovation, and Energy Partner, with an expanded R&D mandate that now includes circular economy approaches to lubricant formulation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 15, 2026 -- Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH has launched the Call for Workshops for the EMV 2027, the international trade fair and congress for electromagnetic compatibility scheduled for April 27–29, 2027 in Stuttgart. The submission process is now open, and this edition marks a deliberate broadening of the event's thematic scope to address fast-moving developments in areas including artificial intelligence, defense applications, and modern energy infrastructure. The move reflects the growing complexity of EMV-related challenges facing engineers and system designers across sectors.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 15, 2026 -- VOCO has become a Gold Sponsor of the FDI World Dental Federation, with the partnership centred on the FDI's Master Continuing Education Programme in adhesive and aesthetic dentistry. The five-module programme delivers specialised clinical training to dental professionals globally, combining theoretical content with practical application under guidance from established speakers in the field. VOCO's sponsorship includes both financial support and provision of composite materials for hands-on use during seminars.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 15, 2026 -- VOCO has introduced a range of fluorescent dental materials spanning temporary luting, temporary filling, core build-up, and aligner attachment workflows. The four products — Bifix Temp fluorescent, Clip F fluorescent, Rebilda DC fluorescent, and AlignerFlow LC — each carry UV-A-activated fluorescence that makes excess material and residues visible without altering aesthetics under natural light. The approach addresses a practical clinical problem: material residues that are difficult to detect with the naked eye but consequential for the quality of subsequent restorations and treatments.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 9, 2026 -- Philips has put its VeriSight Pro 3D intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) technology in front of a wider audience through a feature on the BBC's technology program Tech Now, filmed during a live structural heart procedure in Copenhagen. The technology places a miniature ultrasound probe on the tip of a catheter, threading it through a vein into the heart to deliver real-time three-dimensional images of anatomy, valves, and treatment devices. For interventional teams, it offers an alternative to passing a larger probe down the patient's esophagus under general anaesthesia. The result is a more precise and less invasive route to treating structural heart disease.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 9, 2026 -- Philips has released its Future Health Index 2026, the 11th edition of its annual global study, drawing on responses from more than 2,000 healthcare professionals and over 20,000 patients across 10 countries. The findings show that artificial intelligence already saves clinicians the equivalent of more than 16 working days each year and is helping many of them treat additional patients. At the same time, the report warns that inadequate training and fragmented IT infrastructure could leave some health systems behind. For hospital leaders and care providers, the results frame AI less as a future prospect and more as an operational tool already reshaping daily workloads.