Western Forest Products closed the sale of its Stillwater forest operation near Powell River, British Columbia, to Qwoqwnes, owned by the Tla'amin Nation. The deal includes Tree Farm Licence 39 with an allowable annual cut of 469,200 cubic meters, and a long-term fiber supply agreement.

Cranex Limited received orders worth approximately ₹12.88 crore: a Letter of Award from Larsen & Toubro Limited for two EOT cranes for the Torrent Anuppur project (₹7.95 crore), and a purchase order from Godawari Power & Ispat Limited for a 15-tonne EOT crane with grab bucket (₹4.93 crore).

Mercer International has reached restructuring support agreements to cut debt via a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing, exchanging about USD 1.1 billion of senior notes for equity and securing USD 400 million in new capital. The plan is expected to be completed by end-2026.

BUMAX, a Swedish manufacturer of stainless steel fasteners, is investing in a new 9,700 m² production facility and headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden. The plant will replace the current facility in Åshammar and is planned to start operations in Q3 2027.

Binderholz completed the acquisition of the Kuhmo sawmill in Finland, which saws about 500,000 m3 of lumber a year and employs 180 people. The deal doubles Binderholz's Nordic sawlog intake to 2 million m3.

Canada's Seatply, a Montreal furniture components producer, plans to buy Autumn House, a curved plywood maker in Granite Falls, North Carolina. It will spend several million dollars on new machinery at the plant.

AMPO POYAM VALVES received an order to supply 18 high-pressure check and globe valves for Saudi Aramco's CRPO 147/157 trunkline project at the Zuluf field offshore Saudi Arabia. The largest valve, 48 inches, is the biggest of its type the company has supplied.

Ardagh Group agreed to sell its entire roughly 42% minority stake in Trivium Packaging as part of the Ontario Teachers' sale to Silgan and American Industrial Partners, with about $90 million net cash proceeds expected. The sale is expected to close in mid-2027.

Vallourec was awarded a major contract by Subsea7 to supply about 130 km of carbon steel line pipe, over 15,000 tons, plus thermal insulation coating for Petrobras' Sepia 2 pre-salt project in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

Novelis, a Hindalco subsidiary, is building a 600 KT greenfield aluminium rolling and recycling plant at Bay Minette, Alabama, now expected to cost around $5 billion. About two-thirds of output is to serve North American beverage packaging, under long-term customer contracts.

Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial portion of Goodwin plc's Mechanical Engineering Division, including Goodwin Steel Castings, Goodwin International, Noreva, Easat and the Pump Division, for up to about £1.1 billion in cash. Closing is expected in Q1 2027.

Western Steel plans a processing and fabrication facility in Fernley, Nevada, as part of state-approved projects announced on 14 August 2026. Investment and job figures for this project were not included in the article excerpt.

Silgan Holdings and American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Netherlands-based metal packaging supplier Trivium Packaging via a new Silgan MCC group, at an enterprise value of about $3.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in mid-2027, subject to regulatory approvals.

Luda Technology Group signed a sales blanket agreement worth about RMB1.6 billion with Shandong Yulong Petrochemical to supply pipeline fittings for phase one of the Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project.

Victaulic broke ground on a new facility at its existing foundry in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 2026. The $100 million investment is expected to create over 200 new jobs.

KZTA has started producing steel wedge valves for the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries at a new enterprise in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investment was 100 million rubles and 50 jobs were created; the plant plans 500 units in 2026 and 1.5 thousand in 2027.

Invopak (Involvement Ltd) and Italy's Metalscatola Spa formed a joint venture that acquired UK-based Falco Packaging Ltd, which is rebranding as Invo Metal Ltd to supply metal tins and lids to UK industrial buyers.

Groupe ADF will invest CAD 10 million to build a new fabrication bay in Terrebonne, Quebec, to increase production of transmission towers for Hydro-Québec's grid. The government supports it with a CAD 1 million ESSOR loan.

Groupe LAR, owned by Groupe ADF since September 2025, will carry out a CAD 40 million expansion in Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, with a Quebec government loan of CAD 4 million plus CAD 10 million from Investissement Québec. The project adds an extension and specialized equipment to increase manufacturing capacity.

Bridgnorth Aluminium won a five-year contract to supply aluminium for US electric vehicle battery production to Lotte Aluminium Materials USA, signed at Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Jouka Oy agreed to sell its metal stamping subcontracting business to Männistö Oy Metallituote, effective 1 August 2026, to focus on its own valve business. Männistö will serve the transferred customers.

BUTTING is building a new housing and component manufacturing complex at its Knesebeck site, with about 10,000 square meters of production space for large series of pump and valve housings and welded assemblies. No investment value was stated.

Vitrinor inaugurated new facilities in Guriezo, Cantabria, as part of an €18 million investment. The project includes a new building, an automated storage system doubling capacity to 14,000 pallets, and an aluminum cookware line expected to create 40 direct jobs.

GF will deliver a turnkey marine intake and onshore pipeline system based on its Weholite solution for SSAB's new electrified green steel mill in Lulea, Sweden, with pipelines of DN 800 to DN 1600 mm totalling about 12 km. The project is scheduled to run from Q2 2026 to Q4 2027.

Somnigroup International agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt in an all-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, with Leggett & Platt shareholders receiving 0.1455 Somnigroup shares per share. The deal is expected to close by year-end 2026, subject to approvals.

Juhe Yulong launched a new production line for stainless steel investment castings of valve bodies and pump housings, with annual capacity of 1,200 metric tons. The line cuts lead times for standard orders from twelve weeks to six.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a five-year IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $654 million to process aluminum plate for multiple Lockheed Martin defense platforms, including the F-35, from January 2027 through December 2028.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a multi-year contract by the US Department of Homeland Security worth up to $2.24 billion to supply and logistically support steel bollards and plates for the Southwest border wall, running through December 2028.

Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc. completed its acquisition of ProFab Corporation, a Lubbock, Texas stainless and carbon steel fabricator serving pump manufacturers. The deal expands Custom Pipe's pump fabrication and machining capacity.

Sellafield Ltd awarded LTi Metaltech a contract worth more than GBP45 million to manufacture and supply containers for the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant, with delivery over a development phase followed by 10 years of volume production.

Sellafield Ltd has awarded a £45 million contract to UK fabricator LTi Metaltech to supply containment products for the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant used for plutonium repackaging.

Angang Steel's Gangjia management unit has awarded a direct procurement contract for booster and pneumatic pumps to Maigesiweite Fluid Engineering Co. The result was announced on 11 February 2026 in Liaoning Province. The contract value is not stated.

Korean fastener maker KPF decided to add a second plant and an automated warehouse system at its Vietnamese subsidiary KPF VINA, with an investment of about 9.6 million USD. The second plant is planned for completion in 2026, with further equipment added through 2029.

Sellafield Limited appointed a single supplier to manufacture stainless steel and polymer SRP containers and consumables for nuclear material storage under contract C14801. The published total value range is £31.7M to £91.7M, and the award notice was published on February 6, 2026.

Achenbach Buschhuetten will supply four OPTIMILL foil rolling mills, an AIRPURE exhaust air purification system and six OPTIFOIL slitting machines for TMIC's new Dammam foil plant. Delivery is scheduled for early to mid 2027.

TMIC plans to build an integrated aluminum foil plant in Dammam with a planned annual capacity of 106,000 tons. Production is expected to start in Q3 2027.

Massilly North America will invest CAD 85 million in a new Brantford, Ontario facility making three-piece metal cans for food packaging, with coil cutting, creating 50 jobs. The Ontario government is providing CAD 5 million through the Ontario Together Trade Fund.

Massilly North America will invest C$85 million to establish a new metal can manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, with new production lines, creating 50 new jobs and sustaining 228 existing jobs. The Ontario government is providing C$5 million in funding.

Massilly North America will invest $85 million in a new facility in Brantford, Ontario, to produce food cans with coil cutting and three-piece can lines. The project creates 50 new jobs and sustains 228 existing ones, with $5 million in support from the Ontario government.

Achenbach won its largest single order to supply a fully integrated aluminium foil plant to Tahweel Metal Industry Corporation for its new complex in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The plant is forecast to have annual capacity of around 106,000 tonnes.

Eastern Pipes Company's board approved a new external steel pipe coating line at its pipe coating plant in Dammam's Second Industrial City, costing about SAR 78.5 million. The expansion aims to double annual capacity from about 4 to 8 million square meters, with commercial production expected in Q1 of fiscal 2027-2028.

Vallourec secured a significant contract from Shell to supply OCTG seamless pipes, VAM premium connections and value-added services for Shell's offshore Orca project in Brazil, with drilling expected from April 2027 and 12,000 to 15,000 tons of pipes.

East Pipes Integrated Company, an associate of Welspun Corp, received a six-month contract from the Saudi Water Authority to manufacture and supply steel pipes worth over SAR 485 million including VAT.

East Pipes Integrated Company signed a six-month contract with the Saudi Water Authority on December 7, 2025, to manufacture and supply steel pipes valued at over SAR 485 million including VAT.

Vallourec committed at least $39 million, up to $48 million, to add a VAM premium threading line at its Youngstown, Ohio facility. The project will create 40 full-time jobs, with completion expected by early 2027.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, unveiled an $80 million, 36,000 square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa, which nearly doubles its production capacity. The project broke ground in 2023.

China Resources Snow Breweries' 2025 Heineken 5L domestic iron beer barrel procurement project awarded tinplate can supply contracts to Hangzhou Huarui Xin Packaging, Shanghai Baoyi Can and Shandong Aoruijin Packaging. The results were published October 27, 2025.

Newway Valve (纽威股份) plans to invest about 1.5 billion yuan, funded internally, in a high-end cast steel pump valve parts and structural parts plant with 40,000 tonnes annual output, to be built between September 2026 and December 2027. The company will also relocate its Suzhou subsidiary there.

ArcelorMittal has partnered with industrial packaging company Greif to produce low-carbon steel drums. The EcoBalance drums use 75% recycled content and aim to match traditional steel drum durability with a smaller environmental footprint.

Vallourec was awarded a long-term Petrobras contract to supply seamless OCTG pipes and VAM premium connections plus services for offshore wells in Brazil from 2026 to 2029, worth up to USD 1 billion.