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Hangzhou – September 16, 2026 -- Hikvision has partnered with AV Magazine to release a white paper outlining how AI-powered interactive flat panel displays (IFPDs) and cloud collaboration platforms can restructure the entire teaching lifecycle, from lesson planning to post-class analytics.

AI cuts lesson prep time by automating content creation before class

The white paper details how Hikvision's WonderHub Class cloud platform generates structured lesson outlines, sources multimedia resources, and builds interactive quizzes and games from simple text prompts, shifting lesson preparation from a manual task to an automated workflow.

Tokyo – September 16, 2026 -- transcosmos inc. has opened CX Square Park23 Bali, its seventh operation site in Indonesia and first location on the island, to deliver multilingual customer experience (CX) services.

transcosmos expands Indonesia footprint to seven sites with Bali debut

The new facility targets businesses operating in the Indonesian market as well as global companies seeking to establish or expand their presence in the country. The company cited Bali's growth as a creative and digital economy hub, alongside its established hospitality and service culture, as key factors behind the site selection.

Basel, Switzerland – September 16, 2026 -- CordenPharma has committed a multi-year €80 million investment to expand sterile injectable manufacturing at its FDA & EMA-approved Caponago site near Milan, Italy, targeting a total production capacity of 500 million units per year.

CordenPharma finalizes €13 million land and building acquisition to expand Caponago footprint by over 50%

The company completed the purchase of an 11,000 m2 commercial building and 26,000 m2 of adjacent land on 28 July 2026, adjacent to its existing late-stage aseptic fill & finish area. The new space can accommodate at least four aseptic fill & finish lines, four visual inspection lines and four packaging lines, with room for customer-owned lines, large-scale lyophilization and auto-injector assembly.

Berlin – September 16, 2026 -- The Mittelplate oil platform in the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage site generated just 0.2 percent of Schleswig-Holstein's state budget in 2025, according to a new analysis by German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH).

Harbour Energy paid 45 million euros in extraction levies against a 21.9 billion euro state budget

British operator Harbour Energy paid 45 million euros in so-called extraction levies to the state of Schleswig-Holstein for 2025 oil production at Mittelplate. Measured against the state's total budget revenue of roughly 21.9 billion euros, that payment amounts to only about 0.2 percent, DUH said. The analysis draws on new figures Harbour Energy submitted during an ongoing court case brought by DUH against the platform's main operating plan.

Frankfurt – September 16, 2026 -- Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint has appointed Marcus Holzapfel as Director for its Transportation & Logistics practice, effective September 16, 2026, to expand its digital transformation advisory capacity for an industry under mounting operational pressure.

Holzapfel brings more than two decades of Deutsche Bahn leadership experience

Prior to joining BearingPoint, Holzapfel spent over 20 years in senior management roles across the Deutsche Bahn group, most recently at DB Systel. He led large organizational units responsible for business-critical digitalization and technology projects spanning passenger and freight transport, managed significant revenue volumes, and directed multiple interdisciplinary teams. His remit also included strategic portfolio development, long-term client and partner relationship building, and the rollout of company-wide performance management systems.

Basel – September 16, 2026 -- CordenPharma has committed a multi-year €80 million investment to expand sterile injectable manufacturing at its Caponago, Italy site, targeting total production capacity of up to 500 million injectable units per year.

Beijing – September 16, 2026 -- China Daily and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism jointly launched the "China Bound•Beijing" English-language cultural tourism platform, giving international visitors a single digital gateway to plan trips, access AI-powered assistance and navigate the capital's attractions via a dedicated website and mini-programs on Alipay and WeChat.

New platform bundles itinerary planning with AI assistance for overseas travelers

The platform, accessible at chinabound.cn/beijing, offers services ranging from trip planning to real-time AI support aimed at extending visitor stays through immersive experiences such as intangible cultural heritage tours. "We aim to tell Beijing's cultural-tourism stories in a language overseas audiences understand, and translate the city's resource advantages into inbound tourism appeal," said Zheng Fang, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.

Monroe, Wash. – September 16, 2026 -- HKX, Inc. has released its first Wheel Loader 3rd Spool Auxiliary Field Installable Kits, extending more than three decades of excavator hydraulic work into a new machine category as it targets a factory lead time of 12 to 20 weeks that has left dealers unable to quickly equip machines for attachment work.

Factory lead times of up to 20 weeks push dealers toward field-installable kits

Ordering a wheel loader with auxiliary hydraulics direct from the plant can take 12 to 20 weeks, a delay HKX says leaves dealers with few options when a customer needs a machine to run a grapple, snow blower or broom within a month. The company says its kits can be ordered and installed in a fraction of that time, allowing a dealer to reconfigure inventory already on the lot.

Shanghai – September 16, 2026 -- The FHC Shanghai Global Food Trade Show will run November 10-12, 2026 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, drawing more than 3,000 international exhibitors and over 180,000 trade visitors across 200,000 square meters of floor space, organizers said.

Show spans 15 core food and beverage segments for one-stop sourcing

The event will host over 50 international pavilions and 500 overseas exhibitors, covering 15 product categories including meat, seafood, dairy, confectionery, foodservice supply, spices, coffee and tea, bakery, food processing and packaging, ready meals, canned goods, machinery, hotpot ingredients, infant nutrition, and food-and-medicine crossover products. Organizers say buyers can complete cross-category supplier comparisons within three days.

Berlin – September 16, 2026 -- Rokid unveiled AIUI Studio at IFA Berlin 2026, a browser-based development platform that lets users build AI agent applications for its smart glasses without writing code.

Rokid opens spatial AI app creation to non-programmers via browser tool

AIUI Studio integrates the AIUI Skills Library framework and AIUI Code assistance, allowing developers to design, test and publish applications for Rokid AI Glasses entirely through natural-language prompts. Built-in hardware simulation removes the need for a physical device during testing, while the platform optimizes output for reduced latency, memory usage and power consumption on Rokid hardware.