Toronto – October 07, 2026 -- Vector Science and Therapeutics Corp. (TSXV: PAIN) has made an investment in Scoreboard, Inc., a performance wellness company co-founded by NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity.

Bay Minette, Alabama – October 07, 2026 -- Novelis Inc. has produced the first coil on the cold mill at its $5 billion aluminum recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, advancing the facility toward commercial shipments set for the second quarter of 2027.

Tualatin, Ore. – October 07, 2026 -- API International has completed a major expansion of its Greenfield, Indiana warehouse, boosting Midwest capacity by 75% and cutting delivery times to East Coast and Southern customers from as many as seven business days to as few as one business day.

Greenwich, Conn. – October 07, 2026 -- Silver Point Capital's Direct Lending business has led a $650 million term loan financing to support Stryten Energy LLC's acquisition of C&D Technologies, Inc. and Trojan Battery Company, LLC, creating a combined battery manufacturing platform operating 18 facilities across the United States, Mexico and China.

Delray Beach, Fla. – – October 07, 2026 -- The global AI Cybersecurity Market is set to grow from $31.25 billion in 2026 to $95.25 billion by 2031, a 25.0% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at $22.07 billion in 2025, underscoring an accelerating pace of enterprise adoption as organizations race to counter machine-speed cyberattacks.

Waterloo, Ontario – October 07, 2026 -- Nfinite has demonstrated continuous roll-to-roll production of its proprietary Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (AP-SALD) technology at speeds exceeding 100 meters per minute, a milestone the company says proves recyclable high-barrier paper packaging can now be manufactured at industrial scale.

Ann Arbor, Mich. – October 07, 2026 -- Volt Harbor, a software-defined energy startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will exhibit its MAC-BESS platform at The Battery Show North America 2026 in Detroit, claiming the technology cuts battery energy storage project costs by roughly 40-50% while shrinking physical footprint by half.

The company will demonstrate the system at Booth #6212 from October 12-15 at Huntington Place, positioning MAC-BESS as a single battery-agnostic layer covering the entire front-end power stack from grid connection to data center load.

Cleveland – October 07, 2026 -- Tim Hortons posted the fastest drive-thru service among major quick-service chains with an average total time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds, according to the 26th annual QSR Drive-Thru Report released by QSR magazine in partnership with Intouch Insight.

Tokyo – October 07, 2026 -- NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS (NX Group) and Japan Airlines (JAL) have launched a transport partnership using a Boeing 747 freighter to serve surging demand for AI- and semiconductor-related cargo across intra-Asia and North America-Asia routes.

London – October 06, 2026 -- The global cell culture monitoring biosensors market is set to more than double from USD 413.8 million in 2024 to USD 906.56 million by 2032, expanding at a 10.3% compound annual growth rate, according to a new report from Credence Research Inc. Demand is being driven by biologics manufacturers, cell therapy developers and high-throughput research labs shifting away from manual sampling toward continuous, non-invasive monitoring.