CHAM, Switzerland -- -- EYKON unveiled its new corporate brand on Aug. 31, 2026, completing the separation of the former Landis+Gyr EMEA business into an independent utility infrastructure technology company. The Cham-based firm carries forward more than 130 years of Swiss utility engineering history under its new name. EYKON currently serves customers across more than 75 markets and supports over 100 million connected endpoints in the EMEA region.

Incheon, South Korea and Zug, Switzerland -- Samsung Biologics, through its Swiss subsidiary Samsung Peptide AG, published the formal tender offer prospectus for PolyPeptide Group AG, setting a cash price of CHF 44.31 per share and an implied equity value of approximately CHF 1.46 billion. The filing, made in Zug, Switzerland, follows a pre-announcement issued July 20, 2026, and covers all publicly held shares of the peptide-focused contract manufacturer listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The main acceptance period runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 12, 2026.

JINAN, China -- September 01, 2026 -- Niutech Technology Group Co., Ltd. has signed a sales contract with an unnamed global energy giant to supply an industrial continuous pyrolysis line for plastic waste, the Jinan-based company said Aug. 30, 2026. The line, with a unit capacity of 10,000 to 50,000 tonnes per year, will upgrade one of the client's large-scale refineries to produce hydrotreated sustainable aviation fuel from plastic-waste pyrolysis oil. Niutech called the deal its first entry into the client's equipment supply chain.

HELSINKI -- August 31, 2026 -- UPM-Kymmene Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting approved a partial demerger on August 31, 2026, clearing the way to spin off a new independent company, WISA Group Plc. Shareholders confirmed the demerger plan signed by UPM's Board on April 29, 2026, and approved WISA's Articles of Association, its six-member Board of Directors, and share-issuance and buyback authorizations for the new entity. All resolutions concerning WISA remain conditional on completion of the demerger.

Jinan, China -- September 01, 2026 -- Niutech Technology Group Co., Ltd. signed a sales contract with a major global energy company for an industrial continuous pyrolysis line that converts plastic waste into feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel, the Jinan-based firm said Aug. 31, 2026. The system, rated at 10,000 to 50,000 tonnes per year, will retrofit one of the client's large-scale refineries to run the full chain from plastic pyrolysis oil to hydrotreated SAF. Niutech said the deal marks its first entry into the client's equipment supply chain.

ESPOO, Finland -- September 01, 2026 -- S-Transistors, a startup spun out of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has raised €2.6 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize a new class of superconducting transistors for controlling large-scale quantum computers. Lifeline Ventures led the round, joined by an angel investor, the company announced on Aug. 31, 2026. The capital will fund prototype development for cryogenic signal control, a dedicated cryogenic laboratory, and a manufacturing pilot line for the company's superconducting integrated circuits.

AMSTERDAM -- September 01, 2026 -- SWI Group (AMS: SWICH), an investment firm with 3.6 gigawatts of power capacity across Europe and the US, announced on Aug. 31, 2026 that it has joined the NVIDIA Cloud Partner program as a Preferred Partner. The designation gives SWI Group access to NVIDIA reference architectures and validated configurations for deploying certified AI infrastructure. The move follows SWI's recent acquisition of a majority stake in a 1.3-gigawatt US data center company and its build-out of a 2.3-gigawatt European portfolio.

AMSTERDAM -- September 01, 2026 -- SWI Group (AMS: SWICH), an investment firm with 3.6 gigawatts of operating capacity across Europe and the United States, announced on August 31, 2026 that it has joined the NVIDIA Cloud Partner program as a Preferred Partner. The designation places SWI among a select group of NVIDIA partners with validated capabilities in AI infrastructure. Membership gives the company access to NVIDIA reference architectures and validated configurations to support deployment of NVIDIA-certified compute capacity as it expands its platform.

STOCKHOLM -- September 01, 2026 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson repurchased 2,150,000 Class B shares for SEK 208,051,855 during the week of August 24-28, 2026, according to a filing released August 31. Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE executed the trades on Nasdaq Stockholm on Ericsson's behalf. The purchases form part of a buyback program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson launched on April 16, 2026, running through March 31, 2027.