Milwaukee – November 02, 2026 -- Milwaukee Cylinder has launched Active Barrier Chamber (ABC) technology, a cylinder design that flushes contaminants off the rod before they reach the rod seals, to extend service life and improve uptime in highly contaminated industrial environments.

Washington, D.C. – October 31, 2026 -- Emerson says it has made no payments to political candidates, parties, committees, ballot measures, 527 organizations or 501(c)4 organizations over the last five years, according to its government relations disclosure. The company also made no independent political expenditures in that period, to the best knowledge of its Government Relations team.

Global – October 31, 2026 -- Emerson completed the acquisition of all outstanding AspenTech common stock it did not already own in March 2025, the latest step in a portfolio reshaping that began with an all-cash $1.6 billion deal in 2020.

Stuttgart – – October 31, 2026 -- Foreign orders for grinding technology fell 51% in January and February 2026, even as GrindingHub opened in Stuttgart with 462 exhibitors from 28 countries. The trade fair is running against a weak demand backdrop for machine builders, tool makers and industrial users.

Frankfurt am Main – October 31, 2026 -- Fabio Schoppet, a 28-year-old apprentice at K.H. Müller Präzisionswerkzeuge GmbH, won the two-day live "Grinder of the Year" (GOTY) competition at GrindingHub in Stuttgart on May 6-7. He beat Max Bergner (2nd), Laurin Mink (3rd) and Arman Hamidi (4th). Finalists received education vouchers worth between 3,000 and 500 euros.

Frankfurt am Main – October 31, 2026 -- German machine tool orders rose 15 percent in the first quarter of 2026, the first notable upturn after three difficult years, while production fell 11 percent to EUR 2.8 billion, according to the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association).

VDW chief economist Bernhard Geis said the trough has probably been passed but a clear trend reversal is still some way off. The coming months will show whether the recovery holds. Higher uncertainty and costs linked to the Middle East conflict are weighing on investment appetite.

Frankfurt am Main – October 31, 2026 -- GrindingHub 2026 drew about 11,000 visitors and 462 exhibitors from 28 countries, with foreign participation above 50 percent, as grinding-technology suppliers pitched networked process chains to an industry facing falling output.

Frankfurt – October 31, 2026 -- Orders at German machine tool makers rose 12% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, following a 15% gain in the first quarter and bringing the first-half increase to 14%, according to the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association). Domestic orders climbed 16% and foreign orders 13%.

Frankfurt – October 31, 2026 -- Eike Rodenbäck of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) won the VDW Research Institute's Research Project of the Year award on September 17 for identifying where AI can pay off for machine tool manufacturers. The prize was presented at the AMB trade fair in Stuttgart for his work in the KI4WZM project.

Stockholm – October 31, 2026 -- Sandvik lifted third-quarter adjusted EBITA to SEK 8,477 million from SEK 5,539 million a year earlier, a gain of about 53%, as revenues rose to SEK 37,728 million from SEK 29,218 million.

Revenue grows 25% organically while margins widen

At fixed exchange rates, revenue growth reached 26%, of which 25% was organic. The adjusted EBITA margin improved to 22.5% from 19.0%. Adjusted EBIT rose to SEK 7,997 million from SEK 5,103 million, lifting the adjusted EBIT margin to 21.2% from 17.5%.