By Editor , 3 November 2026
Motiva Names Terry Rogers EVP of Human Resources

HOUSTON – November 02, 2026 -- Motiva Enterprises LLC appointed Terry Rogers as Executive Vice President, Human Resources, effective November 1, 2026, adding him to the Executive Leadership Team of the refiner that operates North America's largest refinery.

Rogers takes charge of workforce functions and board-level talent oversight

Rogers will lead Motiva's workforce and human resources functions. He will also serve as Secretary to the Board's Talent and Compensation Committee and advise the Board on talent and culture matters.

By Editor , 3 November 2026

Austin, Texas – November 02, 2026 -- Oasis Management, whose funds own about 9.6% of Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN), a stake worth more than half a billion dollars, has launched a proxy contest. It is seeking two board seats at the ski operator's annual meeting on December 14, 2026, and argues that the stock has lost more than $8 billion in market value over five years.

By Editor , 3 November 2026
Composites One Rolls Out Redesigned Self-Service Digital Platform

Schaumburg, Ill. – November 02, 2026 -- Composites One, a North American composite materials distributor with more than 600 suppliers, has begun a broader rollout of a redesigned digital platform that puts product availability, pricing, invoicing, account tools and technical documentation into a single account view.

By Editor , 3 November 2026
Hull Street Energy Closes Purchase of FirstLight's 1,400 MW Fleet

BETHESDA – – November 02, 2026 -- Hull Street Energy (HSE), a U.S. power-focused investment firm, has completed its acquisition of FirstLight's U.S. platform from the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), taking control of nearly 1,400 MW of clean generation in the Northeast.

Northfield Mountain anchors the portfolio at 1,168 MW

The largest asset is Northfield Mountain, a 1,168 MW pumped storage hydro project in Massachusetts. The source describes it as the largest energy storage facility in New England.

By Editor , 3 November 2026
Nuclearn Launches Link to Turn Plant P&IDs into AI-Queryable Models

Phoenix – November 02, 2026 -- Nuclearn has launched Nuclearn Link for P&IDs, a product that converts a nuclear plant's existing piping and instrumentation diagrams into a connected, AI-ready model of the facility. The company says it is available now.

By Editor , 3 November 2026
DRiV Unveils 30,000+ New SKUs at AAPEX 2026

LAS VEGAS – November 02, 2026 -- DRiV, a Tenneco business group, is introducing more than 30,000 new SKUs globally at AAPEX 2026, including a new Fel-Pro oil filter housing assembly, to widen parts coverage for shop owners and distributors.

Rick Pack, VP of Global Product Management, Engineering & Procurement at DRiV, said the expansion targets the evolving needs of customers who rely on the company's brands. The North American portion adds thousands of parts across light vehicle, commercial truck and off-highway applications.

By Editor , 2 November 2026
Sedin Wins MaximoWorld Award After Zero-Downtime MAS Migration

Sunnyvale – November 02, 2026 -- Sedin Technologies, developer of the EAM360 mobile platform for IBM Maximo, won the 'Excellence in Maintenance Management' award at MaximoWorld 2026 after migrating five resorts onto a single IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) instance with zero downtime to live operations.

By Editor , 2 November 2026
ABR Ships On-Device Speech AI SDK for Alif Ensemble on Zephyr

WATERLOO – November 02, 2026 -- Applied Brain Research (ABR) has made its speech AI software development kit generally available on Zephyr RTOS for Alif Semiconductor's Ensemble family of edge AI processors. On the Ensemble E8, its Niagara ASR engine delivers 133 ms average latency from first audio to first token while drawing 15 mW of active power above baseline.

By Editor , 2 November 2026
Milwaukee Cylinder Launches ABC Tech to Extend Cylinder Life

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.