Traunstein – October 28, 2026 -- MaxSolar GmbH is now delivering power from 36.5 MWp of German solar capacity to SAP SE under a ten-year corporate power purchase agreement (PPA), after the second of two projects entered operation.

Hamburg – October 28, 2026 -- DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH's face recognition technology and TF60 fingerprint scanner detected all 1,500 presentation attacks in independent testing by certification provider Fime, producing an Attack Presentation Classification Error Rate (APCER) of 0.00% for both.

Berlin – October 28, 2026 -- Almost one in three full-time employees in Germany (32%) can still reach digital resources of a former employer after leaving, and 54% of that group keep using them, according to a new survey by HR platform provider Deel and research firm Censuswide.

Paderborn/Ulm – October 28, 2026 -- Neue Pressegesellschaft (NPG) has moved the job markets of Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten and Schwarzwälder Bote onto its bluum platform and signed Jobware as a cooperation partner covering both Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg.

Berlin – October 28, 2026 -- Property developers in Germany remain legally responsible for site safety even when they hand work to specialist contractors, and failing to act on visible hazards can lead to civil damages claims and, in serious cases, criminal liability, according to statutory accident insurer BG BAU.

WIESBADEN – October 28, 2026 -- German hospitals treated 17.7 million inpatients in 2025, up 1.2% or 203,000 cases on 2024, while bed capacity shrank 0.9% and average occupancy climbed to 72.6%, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Case numbers remain well below pre-pandemic levels. In every year from 2014 to 2019, more than 19 million people received inpatient treatment. Against 2019, when 19.4 million patients were treated, the 2025 total is 9.4% lower.

Velburg – October 28, 2026 -- The new bridge near Pirna, Germany, now costs about €288 million, up from an original €36 million. That is an eightfold increase, which construction cost expert Peter Burnickl attributes mainly to a delay of more than 20 years.

SAN JOSE – October 28, 2026 -- Cavli Wireless plans to triple its manufacturing capacity and expand beyond the Indian market to meet growing international demand, according to the first edition of Cavli360, a new industry publication launched at electronica India 2026 in Bengaluru.

SAN JOSE – October 28, 2026 -- Tensor Auto Inc. and Münchner Taxi Zentrum (MTZ), Munich's largest taxi operator, have signed a letter of intent to deploy up to 500 Tensor Robocars as autonomous taxis in German cities, with a further 10,000 vehicles targeted across Europe.

The initial fleet depends on definitive agreements and Level 4 regulatory approval in Germany. MTZ will operate the vehicles under its own brand.

Essen – October 28, 2026 -- Hieber's Frische Center, Denns BioMarkt and EURONICS won Gold at the 2026 Deutscher Prospekt Award, which drew 130 corporate entries, the German free-newspaper association BVDA said at its annual conference in Essen.

The association presented the awards before about 170 invited guests. The prize honors mainly printed advertising inserts judged on relevance, design, sensible extension into digital channels and sustainability.