News
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Malicious insider risks are rising sharply across surveyed UK organisations. Apricorn’s latest cybersecurity research also identifies increased external breach reporting and persistent weaknesses in controls over employees’ access to sensitive data.
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PackworldUSA explains resistance-based temperature control in industrial impulse sealing equipment. Its established TOSS-based equipment uses the heating band for temperature feedback, while pressure, film behaviour and cooling still determine seal integrity.
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WITT outlines integrated gas mixing, pressure regulation and safety controls. Its FABTECH presentation covered existing MEM+ mixers and protective valves, with equipment selection dependent on gas compatibility, operating pressure and withdrawal rate.
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Chukotka reaches first nuclear reactor start-up milestone at Baltic Shipyard. The starboard RITM-200 unit achieved minimum controlled power on 19 October; the second reactor and full shipboard plant still need further tests.
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Global Laser Enrichment passes environmental review for proposed Paducah plant. The NRC recommends issuing a construction and operating licence, but further safety assessment and licensing decisions must precede any industrial production.
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Holtec has recovered a tilted fuel assembly from Palisades safely. A custom lifting device and transfer canister enabled the authorised move to the used fuel pool; fuel loading, testing and regulatory restart steps remain outstanding.
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Seatrium and RigCo agree further work on four offshore rigs. The S$500m-plus programme includes a drillship due in 2027 and a jack-up due in 2028, while completion plans for two semisubmersibles remain under assessment.
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AM-Europe has established its first committee to coordinate manufacturing priorities. The CECIMO platform will align industrial additive manufacturing interests on qualification, research access and EU policy; the appointment does not itself fund new production capacity.
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Fifty European organisations demand stronger trade defence instruments from Brussels. The coalition wants more investigative capacity, action against circumvention and tools for state-driven overcapacity, but no tariff or new legal mechanism has yet been adopted.
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ING estimates ASML drives substantial Dutch manufacturing economic activity directly. Its projected 2026 share of gross value added is 1.6%, rising to 2.2% when domestic suppliers and investment are included; neither figure is an audited full-year result.
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