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Chicago – September 24, 2026 -- Fifty-six Taiwanese manufacturers closed out the Taiwan Flagship Showcase at IMTS 2026 with a metal processing exhibitor securing direct alignment with a U.S. manufacturer needing local service capabilities for overseas operations, opening a long-term entry point into the semiconductor supply chain.

TAITRA draws 250-plus attendees to Chicago networking events

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) ran the showcase September 14–19 at McCormick Place, drawing more than 250 combined attendees to its opening ceremony and Taiwan Night event. Representatives from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, the Association for Manufacturing Technology, Siemens and HEIDENHAIN attended alongside trade press including Machine Design and Cutting Tool Engineering.

Montréal – September 24, 2026 -- CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has entered a strategic go-to-market partnership with D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) to embed quantum computing into enterprise operations across logistics, transportation and retail.

CGI to integrate D-Wave's Advantage2 quantum computer into its technology services portfolio

Under the agreement, CGI will add D-Wave's Advantage2 quantum computer and hybrid solvers to its advanced technology services, giving clients direct access to quantum-enhanced tools for industrial production planning, energy grid optimization and asset maintenance scheduling. The partnership builds on more than a year of prior collaboration between the two companies to develop enterprise quantum use cases.

Delray Beach – September 24, 2026 -- The global wire & cable market is projected to grow from USD 224.8 billion in 2026 to USD 296.3 billion by 2031, a 5.7% CAGR, according to MarketsandMarkets. Demand is pivoting from construction-led consumption toward grid reinforcement, renewable power evacuation, electric mobility, and AI-driven data-center build-out.

Asia Pacific outpaces global growth at 6.5% CAGR

Rapid data-center and 5G rollout across China, India, and Southeast Asia, combined with semiconductor manufacturing investment, railway electrification, and smart-city development, is driving Asia Pacific's outsized expansion. Regional cable manufacturers are scaling domestic production capacity to capture this demand.

Franklin, WI – September 24, 2026 -- Modine (NYSE: MOD) is hiring up to 300 workers at its Franklin, Wisconsin facility to scale production of Airedale data center cooling systems, with production assembler roles starting at $23 per hour.

Modine hosts walk-in hiring fair to staff first and second shifts

The thermal management company will run a hiring fair on Thursday, September 24, from 4-7 p.m. at its 3303 W. Oakwood Road facility in Franklin. HR staff will be on-site to conduct on-the-spot interviews, with both pre-registration and walk-ins accepted. Second-shift workers receive an additional $1-per-hour premium, and new hires qualify for health insurance and benefits starting on their first day.

São Paulo – September 24, 2026 -- FICER Technology will exhibit its full portfolio of high-performance fiber optic components at Futurecom 2026, held at São Paulo Expo from October 6 to 8, targeting OEM/ODM clients, system integrators and internet service providers across Brazil and South America.

FICER showcases 800G and 400G transceivers for AI-driven data center demand

The company will present its 800G and 400G core optical transceivers as building blocks for high-density server environments, positioning the modules to help regional server manufacturers meet enterprise-grade performance requirements for intensive computational workloads.

Cambridge, England – September 24, 2026 -- Kigen has become the first company to achieve GSMA eUICC Security Assurance (eSA) certification for an automotive eSIM supporting SGP.32 v1.3, GSMA's latest IoT eSIM specification, giving connected-vehicle manufacturers a standards-current security platform for fleets requiring decade-plus service life.

The certification pairs Kigen's eSIM OS with Infineon's TEGRION SLI22 automotive security controller. It extends Kigen's certified portfolio across the TEGRION SLx22 chip family into three products: Automotive (SLI22), Consumer (SLC22, supporting SGP.22 v2.7), and Industrial IoT (SLM22, supporting SGP.32 v1.3). All three share a common OS, hardware platform, development tools and management stack, letting OEMs apply one security architecture across infotainment, telematics and headless vehicle systems.

Manchester – September 24, 2026 -- Co-op Live, the UK's largest arena with a 23,500-person capacity, has deployed Oracle Simphony Cloud Point of Sale and Oracle NetSuite to unify food and beverage transactions with financial management across the venue.

Co-op Live links venue operations data with finance systems to speed decision-making

The Manchester venue, developed and operated by Oak View Group on the Etihad Campus, hosts over 120 events annually, including performances by Harry Styles, Paul McCartney, and Billie Eilish. Oracle Simphony now unifies ordering, payments, and operational data across the arena's bars, concessions, premium event spaces, and self-service kiosks, giving staff real-time visibility into sales performance and product demand.

Camden, N.J. – September 24, 2026 -- American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, sent two senior executives to the Financial Research Institute's 35th Annual Public Utility Symposium in Columbia, Missouri, on September 24, 2026, to address surging data center water-energy demand and customer affordability pressures.

Illinois American Water President Warns of AI-Driven Load Growth

Rebecca Losli, President of Illinois American Water, joined the "Intercepting the New Reality" panel, focusing on AI-related load requests, global supply chain constraints, and the water-energy requirements tied to data center expansion. The session placed utility infrastructure planning directly against the accelerating power and water needs of hyperscale computing facilities.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 24, 2026 -- Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) has certified its EDA flows on TSMC's A14 process node and expanded a multi-die design collaboration covering agentic AI workflows, integrated voltage regulators on CoWoS® packaging, and co-packaged optics support for TSMC's COUPETM technology.

A14 certification covers digital and analog flows for next-generation chip designs

Synopsys said its certified flows now span implementation through signoff on TSMC's A14 node, including a new device routing enablement milestone for analog place-and-route automation. The companies frame the milestone as critical to speeding customer adoption of advanced process technology for AI and HPC applications.

Columbus, Ohio – September 24, 2026 -- Bay Crane Companies will offer its entire surplus fleet at a no-reserve absolute auction on Tuesday, September 24, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, after selecting Jeff Martin Auctioneers to run the sale.

Bay Crane liquidates excess iron following recent acquisitions

The Bay Crane Companies – Absolute Strategic Fleet Update Auction stems from a series of recent acquisitions that left the company with surplus equipment. Bay Crane, ranked the third-largest crane rental company in North America, is marketing the excess inventory to keep its fleet aligned with growth plans rather than carrying idle assets.