Chicago – September 25, 2026 -- Rexel is acquiring specialty wire and cable distributor GCG from Audax Private Equity in a deal expected to close by year end, the companies announced.

Chicago – September 25, 2026 -- RND Automation will run a live vertical pouching demonstration and unveil an expanded packaging-equipment lineup at PACK EXPO International 2026, scheduled for October 18-21 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The company will occupy Booth N-5115 in the North Hall, positioning itself as a supplier of configurable automation platforms rather than one-off custom machinery.

Toronto – September 25, 2026 -- LUG Sports Group Inc. has placed No. 146 out of 375 companies on Report on Business magazine's 2026 list of Canada's Top Growing Companies, marking its second consecutive year on the ranking.

LUG posts 174% three-year revenue growth to secure repeat ranking

The list ranks Canadian businesses on three-year revenue growth, and LUG qualified with a 174% increase over that period and a 239% growth rate over five years. The company also placed No. 5 on the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation category list.

Los Angeles – September 25, 2026 -- Stand8 has expanded its nearshore operations in Mexico to deliver 24x7 Service Desk, Network Operations Center, and technology operations support for large enterprise clients, aligning bilingual technical teams with U.S. operating hours and global service schedules.

New York – September 25, 2026 -- The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has opened registration for a new public speaker program, "FIT Future//Forward Conversations," pairing sitting executives from Kering, Givaudan and Spin Master with President Jason Schupbach and industry journalists in a bid to position the SUNY-affiliated college as a hub for creative-industry dialogue.

Lowell, Massachusetts – September 25, 2026 -- Infrasense, Inc. has completed a 3D Ground Penetrating Radar investigation covering approximately 1.37 miles of Route 133 pavement in historic Lowell, mapping dowel bars, tie bars and subsurface voids across the full corridor width.

Survey spans both travel directions, shoulders and center turning lane

The engineering team scanned the westbound and eastbound lanes, both shoulders and the center turning lane along the Route 133 corridor to evaluate pavement conditions and structural components.

Toronto – September 25, 2026 -- Jobber has launched two new integrations, a Plugin in ChatGPT and a Connector for Claude, that let home and commercial service businesses pull their Jobber account data directly into leading AI chat platforms.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- The Shadow AI Risk & Governance Market is set to expand from USD 1.39 billion in 2026 to USD 8.64 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 35.6%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The 2025 baseline stood at USD 1.02 billion, underscoring rapid acceleration as enterprises confront AI tools deployed outside centrally managed IT environments.

North Las Vegas, Nev. – – September 25, 2026 -- Wriggle Box LLC has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for Wriggleworm, a full-body sensory regulation play structure aimed at autistic individuals, neurodivergent children and sensory seekers.

Shanghai – September 25, 2026 -- A retrospective analysis of 102 multiple myeloma patients treated with IASO Bio's FUCASO CAR-T therapy found that patients maintaining sustained minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity showed a median CAR-T cell persistence of 463 days, compared with 272 days in patients who experienced MRD conversion — a gap of roughly 191 days. The data, drawn from the pivotal FUMANBA-1 registration study, were presented as a poster (Abstract No. PA-469) at the 2026 International Myeloma Society Annual Meeting.