Manufacturing & Industry

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 6, 2026 - Teledyne LeCroy has announced the addition of VESA DisplayPort Automotive Extension (AE) support to its quantumdata M42de DisplayPort 2.1 Analyzer/Generator, extending the platform's role in enabling functional safety, interoperability, and compliance testing for next-generation in-vehicle displays. Revealed at CES 2026, the update addresses growing validation requirements as automakers integrate increasing numbers of high-resolution displays into connected, autonomous, and electrified vehicles. For OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, the enhanced test capability provides a practical path to meeting stringent automotive safety and security expectations while accelerating development timelines.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 6, 2026 - Sonic Tools has introduced its NEXT MSS modular hand tool storage system, positioning the new cabinet platform as the next generation of professional workshop organization for automotive, aviation, and industrial environments. Building on more than a decade of adoption of the original MSS series, NEXT MSS expands modularity, installation flexibility, and digital planning capabilities to help workshops design scalable storage layouts aligned with modern operational demands. For shop owners and fleet operators, the launch highlights how modular infrastructure can support productivity, space optimization, and long-term asset management.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 26, 2025 - Yokohama Rubber and Thailand's Rubber Authority (RAOT) have reached a new milestone in their long-term partnership to secure sustainable natural rubber, completing their tenth joint seminar to help smallholder farmers in Surat Thani improve rubber quality, productivity and working conditions across the supply chain.

Supporting smallholders at the heart of the rubber supply chain

The latest seminar, held in December 2025, brought together around 50 farming households from the Surat Thani region, one of Thailand's core natural rubber-producing areas and home to Yokohama Rubber's processing subsidiary Y.T. Rubber Co., Ltd. The program focused on practical measures to improve yield and quality at farm level, a critical factor for tire makers who depend on consistent, traceable natural rubber as a key raw material.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 26, 2025 - Yokohama Rubber is deepening its sustainability strategy and raw materials risk management by supporting an international joint research project in Indonesia aimed at preventing rubber tree leaf fall diseases, a growing threat to global natural rubber production and the tire industry's long-term resilience.

Securing Natural Rubber at the Source in Indonesia

The company is cooperating in the multi-year project "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases," which targets one of the most serious plant health challenges facing natural rubber plantations in Indonesia, the world's second-largest producer.
Leaf fall disease has become widespread in key growing regions, leading to significant yield losses and jeopardizing supply for industrial users, including tire manufacturers.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Husqvarna Group is sharpening its long-term strategy to deliver profitable growth, unveiling new 2030 financial and sustainability targets and a transformational cost-out program as it positions its global outdoor equipment and robotics portfolio for higher margins and capital efficiency.

New 2030 Strategy Anchored in Portfolio Focus and Operational Excellence

At its Capital Markets Day in Stockholm, Husqvarna Group's leadership team briefed institutional investors, analysts and financial media on the next strategy period to 2030. The company will focus on strategic portfolio management, operational excellence and full leverage of its aftermarket offering across its core manufacturing and industry segments.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - SK Chemicals is moving to secure full control over its circular plastics value chain by vertically integrating feedstock sourcing through a new joint venture and Feedstock Innovation Center (FIC) in China, positioning its depolymerization-based chemical recycling business for stronger cost competitiveness and supply stability across Asia-Pacific.

From Depolymerization Pioneer to Fully Integrated Circular Plastics Player

SK Chemicals has signed a joint venture agreement with Shaanxi-based recycler Kelinle to build the Feedstock Innovation Center, a dedicated facility for processing waste plastics into recycled raw materials. Located on an idle 13,200 m² site in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, the FIC will convert end-of-life plastics into PET pellets that feed SK Chemicals' depolymerization process.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Jiangyin, a key industrial hub in China's Yangtze River Delta, has wrapped up its 2025 Golden Autumn Month of Investment with 208 newly signed projects worth a combined 68 billion RMB, underscoring the city's ambitions in integrated circuits, next-generation information technology, advanced manufacturing and clean energy. For global investors and industrial operators, the city is signaling a long-term commitment to high-value, supply-chain-dense clusters backed by capital, research alliances and pro-business policy.

Golden Autumn Campaign Delivers 208 Projects and Deepens 14th FYP Momentum

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 8, 2025 - AGIBOT has reached a key industrialization milestone with the rollout of its 5,000th mass-produced humanoid robot at its Shanghai factory, signaling that embodied AI is moving beyond pilots and demos into scaled deployment across manufacturing, logistics and service environments.

From R&D to Scaled Production Across Three Robot Families

The milestone reflects years of work on stability, reliability and durability in embodied robotics systems. AGIBOT's portfolio now spans three mass-produced humanoid platforms, each tailored to distinct use cases and deployment environments.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 8, 2025 - Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) has reached a major milestone with the delivery of its 1,000th Speedmaster CX 104 press, a 14-unit specialty configuration bound for the fast-growing Chinese packaging printer Hoifu Group, underscoring strong demand for high-performance, value-optimized presses in the premium packaging market.

Global Bestseller Targets High-End Packaging Growth in China

The Speedmaster CX 104 has become the bestseller in HEIDELBERG's portfolio thanks to its attractive price-performance ratio and broad suitability for commercial and packaging applications. The landmark 1,000th unit will be installed at Hoifu Group's new site in Yancheng, where it will run as part of an end-to-end, Prinect-based workflow.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 8, 2025 - Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is turning its "Home of Print" into a global showcase for the next generation of printers, using the first Print Technology World Championship to promote the attractiveness of print careers and strengthen the industry's long-term skills pipeline.

World Championship Turns the "Home of Print" into a Live Skills Arena

In November, HEIDELBERG and the Swiss Printing and Media Association jointly hosted the inaugural "Print Technology World Championship" for young printing professionals at the Print Media Center at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site. The competition was explicitly aimed at emerging talent and designed to draw attention to the relevance of print as a modern, technology-driven profession.