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Quantinuum Unveils Generative Quantum AI with Commercial Applications

Quantinuum has announced its Generative Quantum AI framework (Gen QAI), which utilizes unique quantum-generated data to address complex problems that classical computing cannot solve. This framework aims to bring commercial applications in areas such as new medicine development, financial market predictive modeling and real-time optimization of global logistics and supply chains. Quantinuum’s H2 quantum computer...

DMC Global Appoints President of Arcadia Products

DMC Global Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOM) announced Jim Schladen has rejoined its Arcadia Products LLC (Arcadia) business as president, effective Feb. 3. Schladen returns to Arcadia after previously serving as its president from 2000 until his retirement in January 2023. Arcadia is a supplier of architectural building products to the commercial and high-end residential construction industries....

Marki Huston Appointed CEO of Viega North America

Broomfield-based Viega LLC has named Marki Huston as the permanent CEO of Viega North America, effective immediately. This appointment follows a comprehensive search process aimed at finding a leader dedicated to operational excellence, industry innovation and long-term growth. Huston has served as interim CEO since October 2024. Previously, she held the position of COO for...

Ball Corp. Wins Sustainable Innovation Award at Paris Packaging Week

Ball Corp., a Broomfield provider of sustainable aluminum packaging, won the ADF Sustainable Innovation Award at the Global Aerosol & Dispensing Forum (ADF) Innovation Awards during Paris Packaging Week 2025. The award recognized Ball’s 150ml lightweight aluminum aerosol can, developed in collaboration with Henkel for its body care brand ‘Fa’. The new aerosol can features...

DMC Defends Board Actions, Assures Shareholders of Strategic Review

DMC Global Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOM) has responded to Steel Connect Inc.’s recent letter to DMC stockholders. The company’s board emphasized that, in accordance with its fiduciary duties, it routinely engages with third parties, including Steel Connect, that show interest in Broomfield-based DMC and its businesses. Steel Connect, which holds a 9.9% stake in DMC, reiterated...

Lockheed Martin Among 9 Companies to Secure NASA’s $24M Lunar Contract

NASA announced new study contracts aimed at supporting life and work on the lunar surface. The contracts, part of the agency’s Artemis campaign for deep space exploration, were awarded to nine American companies across seven states. These contracts are under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix R and will help address challenges in...

Quantinuum to Establish Quantum R&D Center in New Mexico

Quantinuum, the Broomfield-based quantum computing company, unveiled plans to open a new research and development hub in New Mexico. This site aims to advance photonics technologies, which are essential to the development of Quantinuum’s trapped ion quantum computing technologies. New Mexico has positioned itself as a leader in quantum information sciences and photonics technologies. In...

CoorsTek Subsidiary Teams Up with Aramco for Carbon Capture Tech

Aramco, an energy and chemicals company based in Saudia Arabia, has partnered with CoorsTek Inc. affiliate CoorsTek Membrane Sciences to commercialize advanced metal-ceramic membrane technology. This collaboration aims to enhance pre-combustion carbon capture processes, providing a cost-effective method for reducing carbon emissions in energy-intensive industries. The partnership focuses on improving catalytic membrane reformers that integrate...

Ball Corp. Partners with Meadow for Sustainable Packaging

Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) has announced a minority investment in Sweden-based packaging technology company Meadow. The partnership aims to produce fully recyclable aluminum cans as pre-filled cartridges for personal and home care products. Broomfield-based Ball will supply cans and ends that will be placed in reusable dispensers. This collaboration comes as Meadow scales up its...

U.S. Court Rules for CoorsTek in Trademark Case

CoorsTek Bioceramics, a subsidiary of Golden-based CoorsTek Inc., has won a significant victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, affirming the company’s right to sell its Permallon Tru ceramic hip components in the United States. This decision upholds the 2022 ruling by the U.S. PTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB),...

Lifeloc Technologies Secures $750k to Support Growth

Lifeloc Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK:LCTC) has closed a $750,000 financing transaction through a subordinated debenture agreement with Diamond Bridge Capital LP. The financing includes a warrant granting Diamond Bridge Capital the right to purchase up to 62,500 shares of Wheat Ridge-based Lifeloc’s common stock at a strike price of $4.50 per share. The subordinated debenture...