BOSTON – October 27, 2026 -- Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a venture capital firm investing in climate technologies in North America and Europe, has appointed Aruna Ramsamy as Managing Partner to lead its European operations from London.

LONDON – October 27, 2026 -- Solana Foundation has named 37 additional speakers for Solana Breakpoint 2026, taking place 15-17 November at Olympia London, adding UK political figures and executives from payments, banking and market infrastructure to the program.

BELGRADE – October 27, 2026 -- Specialised Expo 2027 Belgrade expects more than four million visits, over 140 international participants and 8,000 events when it opens on 15 May 2027, with 200 days left on the countdown.

Seven exhibition halls take shape at the Surčin site

Construction is progressing across seven exhibition halls at the Surčin exhibition site. Pavilion spaces are scheduled for handover by 1 December. Organisers are also preparing transport, security and visitor services.

MILTON KEYNES – October 27, 2026 -- Three SMT Corp executives presented at the Counterfeit Awareness & Trusted Supply Chains Workshop, held at BSI's headquarters on September 24, 2026, where aerospace and defence professionals examined counterfeit risk across multi-tier supply chains.

SMT Corp President Mike Schwarm, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing Mark Broadhead, and Vice President of Technology Dr. Nicholas Williams covered supply chain assurance, real-world counterfeit cases, and component authentication and testing.

Espoo – October 27, 2026 -- Valmet has agreed to acquire Tieto's manufacturing execution system (MES) business, which generates annual revenues of about EUR 32 million and runs at roughly 300 pulp and paper production sites worldwide. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions. The release did not disclose the purchase price.

Fulda – October 27, 2026 -- WEMAG, the family-run tool and machinery distributor from Fulda, is marking its 90th anniversary in 2026 with more than 200 employees, six locations in Germany and a range of roughly five million articles, and is now investing in robotic order picking and automated logistics.

Berlin/Florence – October 27, 2026 -- PLAN-B NET ZERO AG, a German energy provider with about 115,000 customers and users and more than EUR 60 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), has won "World's Best Challenger Brand" at the CHARGE Awards Europe 2026.

CHARGE presented the award on October 19, 2026, at its Energy Brand Conference in Florence. The jury recognized PLAN-B's Neo Energy concept, which turns electricity from an interchangeable commodity into a digital energy system.

Hamilton – October 27, 2026 -- Flex LNG Ltd. reported second-quarter 2026 vessel operating revenues of $106.8 million, up from $80.5 million in the first quarter, and net income of $44.9 million, compared with $19.5 million in the prior quarter.

Basic earnings per share reached $0.83 (Q1: $0.36). Adjusted EBITDA rose to $79.0 million from $53.2 million, while adjusted net income climbed to $42.5 million from $16.9 million. Adjusted basic EPS came in at $0.79 versus $0.31, an increase of 155%.

Rauma – October 27, 2026 -- Integris has been selected to supply naval ballistic protective systems for four vessels under construction for Finland's Squadron 2020 modernisation programme at Rauma Marine Constructions.

Integris joined the design process at the earliest stage

Integris engineers worked with the shipbuilder's project team from the start of ship design. The aim was to integrate survivability solutions while holding strict weight and performance targets.

Paris – – October 27, 2026 --

Integris presented ballistic protection products and simulation capabilities across four domains at Eurosatory 2026, a defence show that brought together more than 1,700 exhibitors and over 62,000 visitors from June 15–19.