Something about Slovenia tends to unfold slowly, almost shyly, until you realize you’ve wandered into a country that keeps outdoing itself without ever raising its voice. The latest travel marketing preview from the Slovenian Tourist Board sketches a 2026 packed with stories that seem to bloom out of centuries-old rituals, Alpine air, and this country’s unusual confidence in doing things its own way. You can almost picture Škofja Loka before dawn on a March morning, mist hanging over the medieval rooftops, as the town prepares once again for its Passion Play—a spectacle so rooted in local memory that the whole community moves in rhythm with it.

A broad multilingual rollout of NetApp’s new partnership with AWS underscores how aggressively hyperscalers are working to streamline enterprise AI adoption. The collaboration enables organizations to move operational and historical datasets directly into AWS AI services, reducing friction around data integration, governance, and performance. The move strengthens AWS’s position as the dominant end-to-end AI environment and pushes NetApp deeper into cloud-native data orchestration — the exact layer where long-term competitive advantage is won.

The announcement feels like one of those moments where a company that’s been quietly building real industrial muscle finally steps onto a global stage. 6K Additive, long known in aerospace and defense circles for producing some of the highest-grade metal powders in the world, has secured A$48 million in fresh capital through its IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company now trades under the ticker 6KA, priced at A$1.00 per CDI, giving it a market cap of about A$267 million.

Amplio, the AI startup reshaping how enterprise manufacturers manage industrial surplus, has closed an $11.1 million Series A round led by Hitachi Ventures and Yamaha Motor Ventures, with continued support from Construct Capital, Slow Ventures, Alpaca VC, and High Alpha Capital. This infusion of capital will allow the company to accelerate its go-to-market strategy, expand into new surplus categories such as rolling stock, raw materials, and finished goods, and deepen its investment in agentic AI systems tailored to complex supply chain environments.

After pushing back the test by a week, the aerospace company conducted a 63-second burn at 6:14 PM in front of an audience of investors, supporters, and the media. September 7, 2024 – BRUNSWICK, Maine – bluShift Aerospace announced today that it achieved a major milestone last night at Brunswick Landing when it conducted a flight-duration test of its full-scale Modular Adaptable Rocket Engine for Vehicle Launch (MAREVL™), a novel hybrid rocket engine that burns nontoxic, carbon-neutral, bio-derived solid fuel.

Oslo, Norway – September 5, 2024 – Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that ASOM-Net, a Danish non-profit ISP, has selected Smartoptics for 400G disaggregated optical networking. The Smartoptics solution is used with the IP Infusion platform to provide flexibility and a compact footprint, reducing total cost of ownership. ASOM-Net is a non-profit managed services organization and ISP with 75,000 subscribers in Denmark. Television, internet and phone services are provided to the ISP’s associated members.

Registration for the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) is now open to international aerospace, defence and space professionals. Taking place 13-15 November, the three-day event has been hailed a ‘gateway to the Gulf’ for organisations looking to do business in the region. Organised by the Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications and the RBAF in association with Farnborough International, BIAS has been designed to reflect aerospace and defence industry demands, in addition to Bahrain’s exponential development, and will harness global expertise to provide crucial thought leadership and insight.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions appoints Jonas Karlsson as Business Unit President for Industrial Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The new role recognizes increased business activity in the region and oversees many of the sectors served by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions including food and beverage, semiconductor, fluid power, energy, off-highway and automotive. The four regional directors responsible for the Industrial EMEA business will now report to Karlsson. Juergen Bosch, Business Area President of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, says: “For almost two decades Jonas has contributed significantly to our success and I am confident that he will continue to advance our industrial business in the region, particularly growing our presence in the Middle East and Africa.

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