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TAPA AMERICAS Calls on Senate to Advance Combating Organized Retail Crime Act

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CANTON, Ga., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Transported Asset Protection Association – Americas (TAPA AMERICAS) today announced it has sent a formal letter of support for H.R. 2853, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), to U.S. Senate leadership: Majority Leader John Thune, Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Majority Whip John Barrasso, and Minority Whip Dick Durbin. The letter urges the Senate to advance the legislation, which passed the House with a historic bipartisan 348-60 vote.

“Cargo theft is one of the most underreported crimes in the country, in part because there is no uniform criminal reporting category for it — a stolen load might be recorded as auto theft, a property crime, or a burglary depending on which officer takes the report,” said TAPA AMERICAS Chairman Scott Cornell, who authored the bill’s cargo theft provisions. “CargoNet’s data, which represents the industry’s most rigorous tracking effort, captures an estimated fraction of actual incidents. From what I have witnessed firsthand and heard from our membership, cargo theft incident rates are 10-15 times higher than what gets reported to CargoNet. That’s a sample size of a very big problem.”

The data that does exist paints a stark picture. Cargo theft incidents rose 93% between 2021 and 2024. Strategic theft — the most sophisticated and costly form — surged 1,475% in the same period. TAPA AMERICAS membership has grown more than 30% for three consecutive years, driven by companies across every sector of the supply chain seeking protection.

“If cargo theft weren’t a real and escalating crisis, states wouldn’t be standing up task forces, carriers and brokers wouldn’t be calling us saying they’re on the verge of going out of business, and the House wouldn’t have passed this bill with nearly 350 votes,” Cornell said.

CORCA would establish the federal tracking mechanisms needed to understand the full scope of cargo theft in the United States. Further, it would create a dedicated multi-agency task force, designate federal prosecutors focused exclusively on organized cargo crime, and create critical information-sharing pathways between the private sector and federal law enforcement.

The bill underwent rigorous committee review, earned unanimous approval from the House Judiciary Committee, and passed the House with one of the broadest bipartisan margins of any public safety legislation in recent memory. That level of consensus does not happen by accident — it reflects a shared, carefully vetted understanding that the legislation targets organized criminal enterprises, protecting legitimate commerce and civil liberties.

The letter of support was also signed by the chairmen of five U.S. Regional Supply Chain Security Councils: the Southwest, Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast Supply Chain Security Councils, and the Western States Cargo Theft Association.

Click here to read the letter.

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA AMERICAS) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit association formed in 1997 to tackle the multi-billion-dollar problem of cargo thefts from supply chains. It is a coalition of manufacturers, shippers, carriers, insurers, service providers, law enforcement, and government agencies. Our members represent every type of company or organization facing cargo crime within the transportation supply chain.

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Advanced Technology Services Earns Top 10 Ranking Among America’s Best Private Companies

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PEORIA, Ill., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leading provider of technology–driven industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, today announced it has been ranked No. 6 on TIME’s America’s Best Private Companies 2026 list, developed in partnership with Statista.

The inaugural ranking recognizes 500 privately held companies in the United States based on two key measures: employee satisfaction and company impact. According to TIME and Statista, employee satisfaction was evaluated through independent employee survey data, while company impact was assessed across four dimensions: society, knowledge, health, and environment.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition,” said Jeff Owens, CEO of ATS. “Our greatest strength has always been our people. Every day, our team helps manufacturers solve complex problems, improve performance, and prepare for what’s next. As our industry continues to evolve, we’re excited about the opportunities ahead and remain committed to investing in our people, expanding our capabilities, and helping our customers succeed.”

ATS continues to invest in employee development, technical capabilities, and technology-driven service delivery to help manufacturers improve safety, reliability, productivity, and operational performance. Through those investments, the company is helping manufacturers address increasingly complex maintenance and reliability challenges while creating opportunities for employees to build meaningful careers in manufacturing.

About Advanced Technology Services: Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), is a global services provider with over four decades of proven experience as a single source for industrial maintenance, technology, and parts. Established in 1985, the company has grown to be a market leader supporting over 1,400 customer manufacturing sites. Through its industry-leading safetypeopleprocesses, and technologies, ATS is advancing solutions that make its customers’ operations more productive, more reliable, and more data-driven. Learn how ATS makes factories run better and smarter at www.advancedtech.com.

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Maywood Collaborates with S&P Global Market Intelligence to Integrate its Data into Maywood’s AI Workflows

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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Maywood, the first finance-compliant proactive AI built for investment banking, private equity, and the broader financial services industry, today announced it has collaborated with S&P Global Market Intelligence to integrate its data into Maywood’s proactive AI harness. The integration lets Maywood’s agents proactively track important companies, identify key signals, and help teams do more deals.

Maywood’s collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence significantly upgrades the power of its proactive AI agent.

The integration enables Maverick, Maywood’s proactive AI agent, to monitor real-time private and public company financials, transactions, and corporate events as they happen. Financial teams can now stay ahead of the moments that move deals: a target approaching a financing need, a portfolio company nearing an exit, a sponsor’s hold period maturing, a leadership change that signals a new mandate. Rather than running a search after the fact, Maverick watches these signals continuously across a dealmaker’s universe, connects them to the relationships and live deals already in the CRM and deal book, and surfaces the right move, drafted and ready, the moment it matters.

“Senior dealmakers don’t miss opportunities because the data isn’t available. They miss them because no one was watching at the right moment,” said Kent Goodman, Chief Operating Officer of Maywood. “Most artificial intelligence waits to be prompted, which makes the managing director the bottleneck. Maverick inverts that. It’s AI that prompts you, now grounded in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s trusted data, so managing directors and partners are in front of the right person at exactly the right time.”

Maverick is purpose-built for the senior professionals who drive revenue across investment banking, private equity, commercial banking, wealth management, auditing, and business development. It embeds compliant AI into the systems they already use and is built to FINRA and SEC requirements from day one, with human approval at every external boundary.

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Maywood is a leader in proactive AI for finance, spanning investment banking, commercial banking, lending, private credit, private equity, wealth management, auditing, and business development. Its agent Maverick is the first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7, purpose-built for managing directors and partners. Every senior professional carries hundreds of relationships and dozens of live deals, and today’s AI waits to be prompted, making the human the bottleneck. Maywood inverts that: it works in the background across your network and your deal book, surfacing moves, drafting replies, and pushing process forward. For more information, visit www.maywoodai.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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STI Launches EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway for Demanding High-Density Cable Applications

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SOMERVILLE, N.J., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is raising the bar for high-capacity cable management with the launch of the brand-new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway. Engineered to meet the growing demands of today’s data centers and telecommunications infrastructure, ULTRA provides a fire-rated solution for large volumes of data, communications, and power cabling, including high-fill cable tray-supported systems that exceed the capacity of conventional pathway solutions.

ULTRA is specifically designed for cable dense environments, supporting high-fill cable tray systems, main distribution pathways, and backbone routing in data center and telecommunications high-capacity network environments. The fire-rated pathway device promotes efficient, repeatable installation that helps accelerate construction schedules by reducing installation complexity in high-capacity cable environments. Ample entryway headroom accommodates oversized pulling heads or pre-connectorized fiber optic cables for the lifecycle of the device.

The EZ Path® ULTRA accommodates continuous and discontinuous cable tray systems. Appropriately sized devices accommodate 12″, 18″, and 24″ wide cable trays, up to 6″ tall, ensuring firestopping performance for the full capacity of the cable tray.

“We wanted to support the next generation of digital infrastructure with a modern solution purpose-built for cable-dense environments,” says Product Manager Justin Mentuck. “By streamlining installation and simplifying ongoing pathway management, this product helps keep projects on schedule and minimizes downtime in mission-critical facilities.” Documentation for the new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway is available here.

Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is dedicated to advancing life and asset safety through innovative passive fire protection systems and digital solutions that help prevent the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. The company’s SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for simplified installation and high performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. With firestopping as its sole focus, STI concentrates all resources on delivering fully tested, high-quality, and forward-thinking firestopping solutions.

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