Paris – September 23, 2026 -- A 200-gram smartphone requires more than 266 kilograms of raw material extraction, part of an annual global total exceeding 319 million tons of upstream materials pulled from the earth to manufacture smartphones alone, according to data cited by refurbished-tech marketplace Back Market.

Jakarta – September 23, 2026 -- Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) presented three energy transition solutions at Enlit Asia 2026, held Sept. 22-24 in Jakarta and attended by more than 11,000 delegates and 280 exhibitors across the ASEAN power sector.

Amsterdam – September 23, 2026 -- Sungrow brought its all-in-one residential energy storage system, PowerHarbor, to the Benelux market for the first time at a dealer event that drew roughly 150 installers, distribution partners and VPP integrators.

Barcelona – September 23, 2026 -- LEPAS, the mid-to-premium new energy vehicle brand under Chery Auto, has secured the Best Interior Design Award in the City Car category at the 2026 Torino Automotive Design Award (TADA) for its L6 model, with results announced on Sept. 11, 2026 in Turin, Italy.

Beijing – September 23, 2026 -- Beijing Tegene Robots Co., Ltd. has introduced a four-model 3D Sorter portfolio for warehouse and parcel operations, with mechanical throughput reaching 40,000 parcels per hour on its highest-capacity unit.

Newington, New Hampshire – September 23, 2026 -- SIG SAUER unveiled the P385 pistol at its invitation-only SIG NEXT event, claiming a 20 percent or greater reduction in muzzle rise depending on the model variant.

Gold Coast – – September 23, 2026 -- Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) has launched CTX Corporate One, an invitation-only trading account that waives its account-opening fee for the first time in the exchange's 18-year history and replaces percentage-based commissions with a flat US$0.10 charge per credit, per side.

San Francisco – September 23, 2026 -- Instacart (Nasdaq: CART) and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) have launched a partnership to offer same-day delivery of the discount retailer's products through the Instacart App and website, with plans to scale to roughly 20,000 stores across 48 states this fall.

New York – September 23, 2026 -- SureDone has introduced Taska AI, an artificial intelligence listing agent now live with select pilot customers on its multichannel e-commerce platform, designed to automate listing creation and error resolution across connected sales channels.

Taska AI merges product data, channel integrations and listing workflows into a single conversational tool

Sellers can direct Taska to examine products, refine titles and descriptions, prepare channel-specific fields and generate scoped listing plans for review before submission.

Berlin – September 23, 2026 -- CRRC, the world's largest rail equipment manufacturer, unveiled three full-size vehicles at InnoTrans 2026, targeting urban transit, mainline freight and intermodal logistics with new low-carbon and AI-enabled technology.