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Lumafield Announces New Battery Analysis Module for Enhanced Safety and Quality in Battery Manufacturing

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Harnessing Industrial X-Ray CT Technology, Lumafield’s Latest Tool Seamlessly Detects Defects and Ensures High-Quality Battery Manufacturing at Scale

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lumafield today announced the launch of its Battery Analysis Module, a powerful new tool designed to enhance the safety and quality of batteries. The module provides automated tools for measuring anode overhang distance, detecting debris and contaminants, assessing can integrity, and identifying common defects such as layer delamination. Combined with powerful trend analysis and statistical process control tools, the Battery Analysis Module provides a total quality solution for battery producers and gives manufacturing managers full confidence in the products they ship.

A powerful new tool designed to enhance the safety and quality of batteries

Lumafield’s Battery Analysis Module is the latest addition to Voyager, the company’s cloud-based software for analyzing industrial X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scans. Voyager is seamlessly integrated with Lumafield’s CT scanners—the office-friendly Neptune scanner and the automated, line-ready Triton inspection solution—to form a single, unified platform that gives engineers unprecedented insight into their products at every stage of the product development process, from initial R&D through high-volume production.

Lumafield will offer live demonstrations of Voyager as well as the Neptune and Triton scanners at IMTS in Chicago, September 9-14 in the East Building, booth #134740.

A press packet with images and animations is available here.

The High Stakes of Battery Manufacturing

The global battery manufacturing industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by increasing demand for electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and portable electronics. This surge is expected to continue, with the battery market projected to exceed $130 billion by 2030. However, with this growth comes significant risk. Battery manufacturing defects have led to catastrophic failures, including fires and explosions, which pose serious safety threats and can result in costly recalls.

Introducing Lumafield’s Battery Analysis Module: A Groundbreaking Tool for Battery Manufacturers

Lumafield’s Battery Analysis Module is a cutting-edge tool designed specifically for battery manufacturers. Leveraging the full richness of industrial CT data, the module offers advanced tools for detecting and visualizing critical defects in lithium-ion batteries, including contaminants, anode overhang irregularities, delamination, and dents and bulges in enclosures. It also tracks these attributes over time, giving manufacturing managers real-time insights into quality issues as they develop.

The Battery Analysis Module may be used alongside Lumafield’s own CT scanners as well as legacy CT systems through Uplink, which allows CT data from any scanner to be visualized, analyzed, and shared in Voyager.

“High-volume battery production is essential to the EV revolution, the global transition to renewable energy, and to the next generation of consumer and professional electronics,” said Eduardo Torrealba, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumafield. “However, the battery industry faces enormous challenges in quality control. Batteries need to be nearly flawless to avoid catastrophic failures, and traditional quality control tools can’t look deeply enough to find every defect. Industrial CT is the best all-purpose inspection tool for batteries, and our Battery Analysis Module gives engineers the tools they need not only to catch flaws in real time, but also to track quality trends and fine-tune their processes.”

The Battery Analysis Module will be available to select partners this fall, and to all customers in early 2025.

About Lumafield

Lumafield  gives engineers the power to see inside their work in unprecedented detail, at every stage of the product development process. Lumafield’s industrial X-ray CT scanners and cloud-based analysis software have transformed both product development and high-volume manufacturing in industries as diverse as medical devices, athletic equipment, electronics, and consumer packaging.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with an additional office in San Francisco, Lumafield has received funding from investors including Lux Capital, Kleiner Perkins, DCVC, Spark Capital, Haystack Ventures, Tony Fadell’s Build Collective, and Figma founder Dylan Field.

Learn more at Lumafield.com, or contact press@lumafield.com.

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2026 Canton Fair Design Award Winners Showcase China’s Innovation Strength

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GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the 140th Canton Fair opens, the winners of the 2026 Canton Fair Design Award (CF Award) have also been announced. Winning products are now on display in Area D of the Canton Fair Complex, offering visitors a closer look at some of the latest advances in Chinese manufacturing and industrial design.

Among this year’s top honorees, a domestically developed high-performance sport motorcycle and an intelligent navigation capsule robot gastric endoscopy system received the Best of the Best Award, the competition’s highest recognition.

The Canton Fair also enhanced the visitor experience with a themed showcase area within the award exhibition. Built around four application-oriented concepts, namely Outdoor Pleasure, Smart Living, Cozy Home and Kitchen Elegance, the immersive displays demonstrate how innovative designs can be integrated into everyday life, helping visitors better understand the practical value behind these award-winning products.

This year, 4,218 products from 2,112 companies competed for the award. Following multiple rounds of evaluation, 222 products from 174 companies were selected.

The award-winning products reflect several key trends shaping the next stage of Chinese manufacturing. Innovation remains a defining theme, with breakthrough technologies ranging from upper limb motor function assistance and enhancement system to exoskeleton robots, underscoring the growing momentum of high-end manufacturing.

Meanwhile, intelligent technologies continue to gain traction across industries. Smart products account for more than 30% of this year’s winners, with AI-powered glasses, intelligent conference terminals and smart healthcare devices extending AI applications across home, office, medical and outdoor environments.

Sustainability is also becoming increasingly embedded throughout the product lifecycle. Green products represent over 40% of the winning entries, while innovations such as integrated energy-saving panels and sugarcane paper demonstrate how environmentally conscious practices are being incorporated into product design, materials selection and manufacturing processes.

Established in 2013, the Canton Fair Design Award is widely regarded as a benchmark for design innovation in China’s foreign trade sector. The award recognizes products that combine design excellence with commercial value, promoting the transformation and upgrading of Chinese manufacturing and supporting high-quality trade development. Entries are evaluated across five dimensions: innovation, quality, functionality, aesthetics and sustainability.

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InstaMall Launches Same-Day Fashion Delivery Experience, Bringing 80+ Brands to Shoppers’ Doors in Miami

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First-of-its-kind shopping app pairs artificial intelligence with same-day delivery, bringing luxury
and contemporary brands directly to customers’ doorsteps 

Featured luxury and contemporary brands include AllSaints, John Varvatos and Aritzia

MIAMI, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — InstaMall, a first-of-its-kind shopping app offering same-day delivery and access to real-time inventory across luxury and contemporary fashion, launches today in Miami, Florida. Now available via iOS and Android, InstaMall provides access to more than 80 contemporary and luxury fashion brands across Miami’s five premier retail clusters, including Balmain, Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, Ganni, Coach, Diesel, Reformation, Aritzia, Cult Gaia, Prada and more. InstaMall will add more brands within the app in the coming weeks and seasons. 

Sitting at the intersection of fashion, technology and commerce, InstaMall brings inspiration and purchase together through a more dynamic way to discover and shop for fashion. The experience combines access to luxury and contemporary brands with the convenience of same-day delivery, bringing the speed customers have come to expect across categories like food and groceries to fashion while maintaining the brand experience retailers and shoppers expect.

Within the app, customers will have access to InstaMall’s AI-powered stylist and virtual try-on features, making it easier to browse, discover and shop styles online. InstaMall’s AI Stylist serves as an intelligent shopping assistant that responds to customers’ preferences in real time. Customers can use the AI Stylist to receive product recommendations, build outfits, ask questions and discover new styles, while its virtual try-on feature allows them to visualize select items on themselves before making a purchase.

“InstaMall was founded on the belief that the convenience customers have come to expect from same-day delivery should extend to the way they shop for fashion,” said Elliot Aboud, Founder and CEO of InstaMall. “As fashion and technology continue to evolve together, we saw an opportunity to create a more seamless shopping experience that brings customers closer to the brands they love, combining a curated assortment, AI-powered styling and virtual try-on with the ease and convenience of same-day delivery.”

Prior to founding InstaMall, Elliot Aboud helped build the Aroma360 and Hotel Collection brands, overseeing the launch of the first retail store and expanding the retail footprint to more than 30 stores across the United States and two in Dubai. InstaMall is bringing fashion and luxury to the next generation with its seamless shopping experience and wide selection of brands.

Customers can download InstaMall through the Apple App Store or Google Play, or by going to instamall.co.

About InstaMall 

InstaMall is a same-day fashion shopping and discovery app reimagining how consumers shop for luxury and contemporary brands. Sitting at the intersection of fashion, technology and commerce, InstaMall brings inspiration and purchase together in an experience that gives consumers a more dynamic way to discover and shop. Where on-demand delivery has long existed for categories like food and groceries, InstaMall brings that same convenience to luxury fashion for the first time, delivering the same day without compromising the brand experience fashion retailers and their customers expect. The company launched publicly in Miami on October 16, 2026, and plans to expand nationally. For more information, please visit instamall.co.

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PTC to Announce Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Year 2026 Results on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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BOSTON, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) will release its fiscal 2026 fourth quarter and full year results on Wednesday, November 4th after the stock market closes. As previously announced on October 5th, 2026, PTC entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Schneider Electric. In light of the pending transaction, PTC is suspending quarterly earnings conference calls and is no longer providing quarterly or annual guidance.

The earnings press release and accompanying financial data tables will be accessible on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at PTC Investor Relations.

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PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) is a global software company that enables manufacturers and product companies to digitally transform how they design, manufacture, and service the physical products the world relies on. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PTC employs over 7,000 people and supports more than 30,000 customers globally. For more information, please visit www.ptc.com.

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