Ft. Meyers – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nanosystems has won two innovation awards in two months, taking a Gold Edison Award for its capacitor films in April and the 2023 German Innovation Award for Excellence in May for its LGRIN lenses.

Capacitor films earn Gold Edison Award in April

The Edison Awards presented the Gold honor at a gala in Ft. Meyers, Florida. The program has recognized excellence in new product development, design, and innovation since 1987.

Valley View – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nanosystems has closed a further $25 million investment from Squadron Capital to fund larger-scale production of optical lenses and development-scale films for capacitors and specialty film applications.

All applications rely on Peak's proprietary nanolayer extrusion technology. The company is the parent of Peak Nano Optics and Peak Nano Films.

Cleveland – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nanosystems has closed a $25mm investment from Squadron Capital to fund its acquisition of Cleveland-based PolymerPlus, giving the nanotechnology group entry into the capacitor market.

Peak Nanosystems is the parent company of Peak Nano Optics and Peak Nano Films. It will also use proceeds to expand in-house optical product development.

Valley View, Ohio – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nano has secured two U.S. patents for dielectric capacitor films that it says deliver four times the energy density of current biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film and hold full capacity up to 135°C, versus the 85°C limit of industry-standard BOPP.

Valley View – – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nano has secured R&D funding from the Greater Akron Polymer Innovation Hub to develop nanolayered biodegradable multilayer polymer films for food, beverage and medical packaging, one of eight projects selected from more than 40 regional proposals.

Valley View, Ohio – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nano has launched NanoPlex Films as a Service (FaaS), a design, prototyping and low-rate manufacturing platform that delivers working nanolayer film prototypes in as few as 6-10 weeks, compared with the multi-year timelines of new polymer development.

Stockholm – October 12, 2026 -- Sandvik has acquired Mastercam India and select assets of CAD/CAM CONSULTING SERVICES INC. (CCCS), two long-standing Mastercam channel partners that together generated net annual revenue of around SEK 120 million in 2025.

Both companies will join the Mastercam business unit and report within the Intelligent Manufacturing business area. The deals follow a series of similar acquisitions Sandvik has made in recent years and are intended to strengthen local capabilities and widen its sales network across regions.

Stockholm – October 12, 2026 -- Sandvik has secured an underground mining equipment order worth around SEK 275 million from Kamoa Copper S.A. for the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sandvik will book the SEK 275 million order in the third quarter of 2026

The package includes trucks and loaders. Two of the loaders will be equipped with AutoMine®, Sandvik's automation solution.

Stockholm – October 12, 2026 -- Sandvik has completed its acquisition of Italy-based Diemme® Filtration, a business with estimated 2026 revenues of about SEK 1.1 billion and an EBITA margin accretive to the Rock Processing business area.

Sandvik creates a separate Filtration division within Rock Processing

Diemme® Filtration will be reported as a new, separate division named Filtration inside Sandvik's Rock Processing business area. The acquisition had been announced previously.

Amsterdam, N.Y. – October 11, 2026 -- Sticker Mule generated more than $2.7 billion in economic activity for New York State between 2016 and 2025, according to an independent study by Epsilon Economics released by the company. The analysis covers the direct, indirect and induced effects of the custom-printing manufacturer's operations.