Boston – October 17, 2026 -- AdvaMed's The MedTech Conference, set for October 18–21, 2026, will host its largest Medtech Campus to date, with 185+ presenting companies and more than 500 speakers across Campus and education sessions. The trade body reports member participation at an all-time high and says nearly half of registered attendees are new to the event.

North Chicago – October 17, 2026 -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) is presenting 20 new scientific abstracts from its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) portfolio at the 2026 United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, held October 17-20 in Barcelona, Spain. The data cover long-term and real-world outcomes for Skyrizi (risankizumab) and Rinvoq (upadacitinib) in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Stockholm – October 16, 2026 -- ASSA ABLOY has agreed to sell HID's PKI business unit to Vista Equity Partners. The unit generated 2025 sales of MUSD 58 (approx. MSEK 570) with a strong operating margin.

Divested unit spans PKI SaaS, credential management and ZeroSSL

The Public Key Infrastructure unit provides digital trust, identity, authentication, encryption and certificate management solutions. The perimeter of the sale covers PKI SaaS, comprising IdenTrust and HydrantID, as well as credential management and ZeroSSL.

Luxembourg – October 16, 2026 -- Beretta Holding S.A. received 3,589,647 validly tendered shares of Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) in its cash tender offer, exceeding the 2,400,184 shares it sought and forcing a preliminary proration factor of approximately 38.45%.

Offer priced at $44.80 per share closes oversubscribed

Beretta Holding offered $44.80 per share in cash for up to 2,400,184 shares of Ruger common stock, par value $1.00. The offer expired one minute after 11:59 p.m. New York City time on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Aurora, Ohio – October 16, 2026 -- RoviSys Building Technologies has promoted Devin Worley, Will Hughes and Chris Smaldino to Regional Director, as the company responds to expanding demand for building automation, mission critical infrastructure and data center solutions.

The company said the appointments are meant to strengthen its regional presence and customer engagement. Two of the three have been with the company since 2013, and the third joined in 2015.

Brussels – October 16, 2026 -- oneworld and all 15 of its member airlines have signed the Buckingham Palace Declaration against illegal wildlife trafficking, making it the first airline alliance to join with unanimous member support.

Ljubljana – October 16, 2026 -- Slovenia presented its pavilion concept for EXPO 2027 Belgrade at a Ljubljana networking event, as bilateral goods trade with Serbia stood at approximately USD 2.04 billion in 2025, according to Serbia's Statistical Office.

Nyköping – October 16, 2026 -- Studsvik has signed a frame agreement with Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) running until 2055, with an estimated total value for Studsvik of SEK 3-4 billion and a contractual minimum of about SEK 875 million. The contract covers transport, treatment and interim storage of spent fuel from Norway's former research reactors at Halden and Kjeller.

Orlando – October 16, 2026 -- A crystalline waterproofing admixture removed roughly 60 days of planned waterproofing work from the rehabilitation of the Dujmovača Tunnel in Split, Croatia, and cut water penetration depth by 83% after ten test cycles, according to Penetron Group.

Paris – October 15, 2026 -- Chongqing Tsingshan Industrial Co., Ltd. is making its Paris Motor Show debut with five powertrain products built on its GI-Drive 2.0 platform, covering electric drives of 60 kW to 400 kW and hybrid configurations from P1 to P13.