Stockholm – September 21, 2026 -- Sandvik AB has appointed a five-member Nomination Committee to prepare board and auditor proposals ahead of its 2027 Annual General Meeting, scheduled for April 28, 2027, in Sandviken, Sweden.

Hefei, China – September 21, 2026 -- The 2026 World Manufacturing Convention opened in Hefei, Anhui province, on September 20 under the theme "Intelligent Manufacturing for a Better Future," marking the eighth consecutive year the province has hosted the event.

Gothenburg – September 21, 2026 -- SKF has launched its new Progressive Lubrication Pump (PLP), an automatic lubrication system engineered to reduce unplanned downtime and lower total maintenance costs for industrial and mobile equipment operators.

Xuzhou – September 21, 2026 -- XCMG's 11th Staff Arts Festival drew more than 3,000 employees on September 19 and reached a global audience exceeding 5.3 million through more than 50 media outlets and social platforms, with overseas views topping 400,000.

Dallas – September 21, 2026 -- Solidion Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: STI) has combined its Chairman and CEO roles, appointing Jaymes Winters to the dual position effective September 16, 2026, while naming Mark N. Schwartz as Lead Independent Director.

Columbus, Ohio – September 20, 2026 -- USA TrackBusway has released a five-minute installation video for its T225 track busway, a 225A-per-phase overhead power distribution system, to help engineers and electrical contractors evaluate the product for facilities where equipment layouts shift frequently.

The video follows the company's June 2026 announcement of T225 availability and walks project teams through how the system is assembled, connected and fitted with compatible plug-in power units.

Hoffman Estates, Ill. – September 20, 2026 -- Omron Automation Americas has introduced the NXR-S Series Simple Logic Safety I/O Block, a distributed safety solution delivering response times as fast as 15 milliseconds while maintaining centralized CIP Safety management.

Huntsville, Ala. – September 20, 2026 -- Industrial buyers who prioritize price over function when purchasing worktables face higher long-term costs from structural failure, workplace injuries, and premature replacement, according to Jim Johnson, owner of Worktables.com, in a new HelloNation feature.

Wuxi – September 19, 2026 -- Centron signed an industry-academia-research cooperation agreement with Professor Zhang Xiangyu's team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, targeting process-consistency challenges in adhesive dispensing for manufacturing lines.

Fort Wayne, Ind. – September 19, 2026 -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) guided third-quarter 2026 earnings to a range of $5.34 to $5.38 per diluted share, nearly double the $2.74 per diluted share reported in the prior-year third quarter and up from $3.69 per diluted share in the sequential second quarter.