TotalEnergies Marketing Italia SpA onboards the fully managed Treon Make Cloud solution to strengthen its maintenance service leadership in the cement and ceramics production sectors

TAMPERE, Finland, April 21, 2026 /CNW/ — Treon, a leader in AI-driven Smart Industry solutions, today announced the launch of Treon Make, a Prescriptive Maintenance solution that combines advanced AI analytics, high-precision sensing, and an integrated workflow manager with a user-friendly, mobile-first experience. Treon Make is delivered as a fully managed cloud service hosted on the secure AWS Cloud and offered with scalable, subscription-based pricing.

“Predictive maintenance has already proven its value in preventing costly production outages and optimizing operations. However, many existing systems generate overwhelming volumes of data,” said Tom Nordman, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Treon. “Instead of simplifying maintenance, this data overload can make analysis and troubleshooting slow and expensive. Treon Make will apply advanced AI to accelerate maintenance workflows without compromising quality.”

TotalEnergies Marketing Italia SpA is collaborating with Treon to evaluate wireless condition monitoring technologies aimed at further strengthening the maintenance services it provides to cement and ceramics producers in Italy.

“We started a collaboration with Treon to support the evolution of our maintenance services in the Italian cement and ceramics sector,” said Nicola De Laurentis, Senior Lubrication Engineer at TotalEnergies Marketing Italia SpA. “At this stage, our focus is on the deployment and evaluation of Treon’s wireless vibration sensors, which are well suited to the harsh operating conditions typical of these plants and provide reliable, high-quality condition monitoring data. The cloud-based architecture offers scalability and flexibility, while Treon’s fully managed approach allows us to concentrate on delivering customized technical advice to our customers based on the collected data. Although advanced AI-driven analytics are not yet part of the current scope, we see strong potential in these capabilities and are interested in assessing them in future phases of the collaboration.”

AI-driven Prescriptive Maintenance

Treon Make accelerates maintenance through an AI-driven approach. Its self-learning anomaly detection algorithm learns the unique operating behavior of each asset. Data from the Treon Industrial Node X high-precision wireless sensor is continuously fed into the AI analytics engine, enabling the analysis of complex events and asset behavior.

The result is fast, reliable fault classification that frees human analysts to focus on the most demanding cases and improving the AI models. With accurate, AI-driven insights, companies across manufacturing, processing, pulp and paper, power generation, and utilities can plan corrective actions well in advance and avoid costly unplanned downtime.

For urgent situations, Treon Make automatically alerts technicians and guides them through repairs using a mobile-first interface, while the integrated workflow manager orchestrates maintenance operations end-to-end.

Sophisticated and Rugged Wireless Sensor

The Treon Industrial Node X, part of the Treon Make solution, is a rugged, high-precision, wireless multi-KPI condition monitoring sensor. Featuring replaceable batteries with multi-year lifetime, robust self-healing wireless mesh connectivity, and ATEX certification, the sensor delivers reliable performance even in the most demanding environments, including oil & gas applications.

Treon will unveil the Make solution at Hannover Messe, April 20–24, 2026.

About Treon

Treon is a global leader in AI-driven Smart Industry technologies, helping businesses boost productivity, enhance operational visibility, and improve long-term sustainability. Its fully integrated Predictive Maintenance cloud solutions combine advanced AI analytics, a mobile-first user experience, automated workflows, and wireless vibration sensors delivered as a managed service with scalable subscription pricing. Treon supports more than 200 customers worldwide across manufacturing, material handling, and logistics. Learn more at www.treon.fi. 

About TotalEnergies Marketing Italia SpA

TotalEnergies Marketing Italia SpA, the subsidiary of the Marketing & Services division of TotalEnergies Company, operates in the distribution of lubricants, special fluids and solvents, racing and aviation fuels. With more than 60 years of presence in Italy, 14 authorized distributors and over 1500 direct customers, our ambition is to become one of the leading players in the Italian mobility market and in the production and marketing of new products and services, while at the same time confirming our position as the most dynamic player in the world of lubricants, special products and competition products.

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LUXEMBOURG and NEW YORK, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HQLAX, a leading provider of digital collateral mobility solutions, today announced that it has secured strategic minority investments from global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., (NYSE: BR), and Digital Asset in its Series C–1 funding round.

The investment will support HQLAX’s next phase of growth, including the continued evolution of its technology platform, collaboration with Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, and a planned migration to the Canton Network. Together, these initiatives will leverage complementary capabilities to support regulated market use cases across the global securities finance and repo industry.

“This strategic investment marks a key milestone for HQLAX as we continue to build critical market infrastructure for collateral mobility,” said Guido Stroemer, CEO of HQLAX. “The backing from Broadridge and Digital Asset reflects growing industry momentum behind interoperable, privacy–preserving blockchain solutions, with the Canton Network enabling connectivity across regulated capital markets.”

“We are pleased to support HQLAX in its next phase of growth as demand increases for scalable, interoperable digital infrastructure across global financial markets,” said Horacio Barakat, Global Head of Digital Innovation at Broadridge. “HQLAX has built a compelling solution that addresses critical inefficiencies in collateral mobility, and we see significant opportunity in combining its innovation with Broadridge’s deep expertise in market infrastructure and market-leading distributed ledger-enabled solutions. This investment reflects our commitment to accelerating the adoption of digital assets and collateral mobility to improve efficiency, resiliency, and capital optimization across the securities finance ecosystem.”

“Collateral mobility is a core requirement for modern market infrastructure, and HQLAX has demonstrated how to deliver it in a way that meets the needs of regulated institutions,” said Kelly Mathieson, Chief Business Development Officer at Digital Asset. “We’re excited to deepen our relationship with HQLAX as it enters its next chapter and to support its work alongside the Canton ecosystem to enable more connected, efficient, and scalable collateral and financing workflows across global markets.”

As part of the transaction, representatives from Broadridge and Digital Asset will join the HQLAX Board.

The planned Board appointments and the migration to the Canton Network are subject to regulatory approval from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).

The strategic investment builds on HQLAX’s broader ecosystem of partnerships across banks, market infrastructure providers, and technology firms, as the company continues to expand adoption of digital collateral mobility solutions across the broader securities finance ecosystem.

About HQLAX

HQLAX is an innovative financial technology firm that leverages Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to deliver efficiencies to the global securities finance and repo industry. Its platform enables banks and asset managers to achieve frictionless, precise, and real–time collateral mobility. Learn more at: www.hqla-x.com

HQLAX Contacts:
Media: nick.short@hqla-x.com

About Broadridge

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) is a global technology leader with trusted expertise and transformative technology, helping clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. We power investing, governance, and communications for our clients – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences.

Our technology and operations platforms process and generate over 7 billion communications annually and underpin the daily average trading of over $15 trillion in tokenized and traditional securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 15,000 associates in 21 countries.

For more information about us, please visit www.broadridge.com 

About Broadridge’s Tokenization Solutions

Broadridge enables on-chain proxy voting and governance, digital asset post-trade infrastructure, and the scaling of digital asset capabilities across multiple asset classes. Through these innovations, Broadridge is helping financial institutions unlock the next era of digital assets investing.

Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR)  solution is the world’s largest institutional platform for settling tokenized real assets, tokenizing approximately $354 billion a day. As tokenization gains momentum across financial services, Broadridge is meeting the complexity of operating across traditional and digital ecosystems with established scale, critical market knowledge, and technological expertise.

For more information, please visit www.broadridge.com/hub/tokenization.

Broadridge Contacts:
Investors: broadridgeir@broadridge.com
Media: Gregg.Rosenberg@broadridge.com

About Digital Asset

Digital Asset is a leading innovator in blockchain technology, transforming traditional and digital financial markets with privacy-enabled solutions that improve capital flow and create a more efficient, fair, and resilient global system. As the creator of the Canton Network, the only public layer one blockchain with privacy, and a founding member of its Canton Foundation, Digital Asset has been a pioneer of this open, secure, and interoperable infrastructure. Founded in 2014, Digital Asset is committed to reshaping the future of finance by enabling real-time efficiencies, 24/7 global transactions, and unlocking the full potential of cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and the continued convergence of decentralized and traditional finance.

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The only major platform enabling users to trade perpetual futures directly using BTC deposits while maintaining full self-custody within Blockchain.com’s DeFi wallet

VALLETTA, Malta, April 21, 2026 /CNW/ — Blockchain.com, a global leader in cryptocurrency services for retail and institutional users, announced today the rollout of perpetual futures trading within its non-custodial DeFi wallet. This new feature enables users to now trade perps where their assets already live, eliminating the need to move funds to third-party exchanges.

Powered by Hyperliquid, Blockchain.com is now removing the friction traditionally associated with derivatives and futures trading. Users can now access high-leverage markets with no contract expiry directly from their own wallets for pure, seamless self-custodial trading.

“We’ve spent the last decade focused on making crypto easy and borderless for everyone,” said Nic Cary, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Blockchain.com. “We want to make the jump from holding your crypto to actually using it feel instant. By letting you fund your account with your own Bitcoin while keeping total control of your keys, we’re proving that managing your own money can actually be the easiest way to trade.”

The perpetual futures feature includes real-time pricing, flexible leverage options, and intuitive risk management tools, all designed to operate seamlessly within the wallet interface. Users can open, manage and close positions while maintaining full control of the private keys.

Key functionalities include:

Fund Directly with BTC: Fund your perps account directly from the funds you hold in your DeFi wallet in a single, one-click transaction. No complex conversions, and no asset fragmentation.190+ Crypto Markets: Users can trade +190 crypto markets with up to 40x leverage. New asset types coming soon, including FX, Stocks and Commodities.Embedded Self-Custody: Trade, manage, and close positions while maintaining 100% control of your assets within the Blockchain.com DeFi wallet. No intermediaries and no loss of ownership at any stage of the trading lifecycle.Risk-First Interface: Features designed for clarity, small default leverage for beginners, and transparent risk explainers. Built to support both new users and sophisticated traders with institutional-grade risk awareness tools.

To learn more or to begin trading, go to Blockchain.com’s dedicated Perps Help Center HERE.

About Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. The global leader in crypto services helping millions across the globe access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has earned the trust of more than 90 million wallets and over 40 million users, and has facilitated over $1.2 trillion in crypto transactions. Visit Blockchain.com for more information.

Media Contact: press@blockchain.com

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