Event Announcement

Chicago – – October 13, 2026 -- LEAD TECH (Zhuhai) Electronic Co., Ltd. will run its continuous inkjet (CIJ) printers and an integrated UV laser marking machine on a live conveyor at Pack Expo International 2026, Oct. 18–21 at McCormick Place. The company claims 70,000 coding machines installed across five continents.

LEAD TECH mounts UV laser above a moving conveyor at Booth LU-8931

The laser marks products in real time as they travel along the belt, at the pace of a production line. The unit combines laser, controller and power supply in one body, so it can be added to an existing line without extra wiring or external hardware, the company says.

It comes in 5W and 10W configurations and marks date codes, batch codes and traceability data. Target substrates include pharmaceutical packaging, food flexible film, PVC tubing and electronic components. It needs no consumables or ink.

Düsseldorf – October 13, 2026 -- WITEX 2027, a new B2B exhibition for the Physical AI value chain, will open at Messe Düsseldorf on May 12–14, 2027, with organizers targeting more than 300 technology providers and 15,000 trade visitors.

The World AIoT Innovation Alliance (WAIA) is organizing the show to connect global technology suppliers with European industrial buyers. Target applications span manufacturing, logistics, energy, healthcare and commercial services.

Four technology segments cover the Physical AI chain from sensing to simulation

The exhibition is divided into four areas:

Tempe – October 13, 2026 -- Ivory Innovations will award the 2026 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability to four winners across three categories at its annual summit on Oct. 14 at Arizona State University.

Winners span construction, finance and policy reform

The prize recognizes work in Construction & Design, Finance, and Policy & Regulatory Reform. This year's winners are TradesFutures, the City of Boston's Boston Acquisition Fund, and the City of Chattanooga's Affordable Housing PILOT. The City of New Rochelle's Downtown Development initiative is a co-winner.

Ivory Innovations describes the honorees as concrete starting points for a national conversation. Their approaches cover preparing more people for construction careers, financing housing acquisition, and using local policy to support affordability and development.

Skopje – October 12, 2026 -- EXPO 2027 Belgrade is planning more than 50,000 business meetings, and organisers used a Skopje networking event with over 50 business and tourism representatives to recruit North Macedonian companies.

Visit Serbia roadshow stops in Skopje to build Expo partnerships

The "Visit Serbia B2B Networking" event was part of the international Visit Serbia roadshow. Participants explored partnerships tied to the Expo and joint tourism initiatives, including travel itineraries linking the two countries.

EXPO 2027 Belgrade CEO Danilo Jerinić invited North Macedonia's business and tourism communities to make the Expo "a shared opportunity for our region."

North Macedonia will showcase wine, music and gastronomy in its own pavilion

The country's national pavilion will carry the theme "All Rhythms of the Sun." It will present music, gastronomy, wine, tourism, culture and creative industries.

Blomberg – October 12, 2026 -- Phoenix Contact will make all of its products available in a CRA-ready format by the regulatory deadline, the company said ahead of SPS 2026, which runs November 24-26, 2026, in Nuremberg, Germany.

The company will exhibit in Hall 9, Booth 310, with a focus on industrial AI, PLCnext Technology, cybersecurity, and field and control cabinet automation.

Conveyor demo runs on the full control cabinet and field portfolio

The booth's central exhibit is a conveyor belt application that moves water bottles on workpiece carriers so they can be filled with water immediately. The line is automated with Phoenix Contact's entire product portfolio for control cabinet and field installations. At field level, new products include power supplies, device protection, and motor starters with IO-Link interfaces.

Stockholm – October 12, 2026 -- Sandvik will hold its Capital Markets Day on November 24-25, 2026, at Sandvik Mining's site in Tampere, Finland, with investors and analysts due to receive an update on the group's equity story, key achievements and strategic priorities.

Sandvik opens the event with lunch on November 24 at its Tampere mining site

The two-day program starts with lunch on November 24. It targets institutional investors, financial analysts and financial media.

CEO Stefan Widing and CFO Cecilia Felton lead the presentations

Stefan Widing, President and CEO, and Cecilia Felton, CFO, will present alongside business area management. Sandvik will also run guided tours of its latest innovations, focused on new technologies, digitalization and automation.

San Carlos – October 12, 2026 -- Noah Medical will present published results showing 100% tool-in-lesion accuracy and diagnostic yield of 89.5% (strict) to 94.7% (intermediate) for its Galaxy System robotic bronchoscopy platform at AABIP 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, August 22-24.

Published data show 100% navigation to small peripheral lesions

Results from Saghaie et al. (2024) report 100% successful navigation to small lesions in the lung periphery. The Galaxy System combines proprietary integrated tomosynthesis (TiLT+ Technology) with augmented fluoroscopy and tool-in-lesion confirmation.

Caernarfon – – October 12, 2026 -- National Grid, which spent £116.2m with Welsh suppliers in 2025, is inviting North Wales businesses to a free Meet the Buyer event on Tuesday 6 October to compete for work on its Pentir to Trawsfynydd reinforcement project.

Event brings buyers and delivery partners together in Caernarfon

The session runs from 08:30 to 12:30 at the Celtic Royal Hotel & Spa in Caernarfon. It is delivered with Business Wales. Attendees will receive information on supplier requirements and procurement processes, and will meet National Grid and its Great Grid Partnership delivery partners Murphy, Morgan Sindall and M Group.

Project partners will outline potential work programmes. Advance registration is required through the Business Wales Event Finder.

St. Paul – October 12, 2026 -- Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) will take part in a virtual fireside chat at the 2026 KeyBanc Healthcare Forum on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, starting at approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT.

Solventum management will appear in a virtual format at the investor event

The session is a fireside chat, a Q&A-style discussion, and will be held online rather than in person. The company has not named which executives will take part.

A live webcast and a replay will be available through the investor relations site at investors.solventum.com.

The announcement did not mention financial guidance, product updates or other disclosures planned for the session.

Eagan, Minnesota – October 12, 2026 -- Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) will present at the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, with management taking part in a fireside chat beginning at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT in Boston, Massachusetts.

Solventum management gets a 10:15 a.m. EDT slot in Boston on Sept. 9

The company announced the appearance on Sept. 2, 2026, one week before the session. The announcement did not name the executives who will take part or list agenda topics.

A live webcast and an archived replay of the fireside chat will be available on the company's investor relations website, giving investors who cannot attend in Boston access to the discussion.