Dalian Ruiguang awarded ANDRITZ an order to supply a Wetlace line for premium roll goods for eco-friendly flushable wipes, expanding total annual capacity to 40,000 tons, with start-up scheduled for end of 2026.

Kalmar completed an expansion of its Shanghai manufacturing plant in May 2026, centralizing post-assembly tasks and adding capacity for EV assembly to support production growth.

Vallourec will invest in an upgrade of its Vallourec Coating Solutions plant in Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil, to deploy Proxxima resin systems with GDLX subsea insulation technology, becoming the first licensee of the technology.

Vallourec received two additional line pipe orders from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited for the deepwater Hammerhead and Longtail projects in the Stabroek Block, covering more than 145 km of line pipe (approx. 40,000 metric tons).

International Paper broke ground on May 20, 2026 on a $225 million greenfield corrugated packaging plant of 468,000 square feet in Rankin County, Mississippi. Operations are expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.

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.

MyEco Group (ASX: MCO) won a 3-to-5-year contract to supply compostable FOGO caddy bin liners and dog waste bags to Penrith City Council, New South Wales, worth up to $6.83m over five years, starting May 15, 2026.

Freudenberg Flow Technologies acquired Balmoral Comtec, an Aberdeen, Scotland supplier of buoyancy, cable protection and thermal insulation for offshore oil and gas and wind, effective May 19, 2026. The purchase price was not disclosed.

ORPU Pumpenfabrik GmbH celebrated the topping-out of its new company facility, including a production hall and office building, on May 6, 2026. The plant will make pump systems for the chemical, environmental and process engineering industries.

Cable Experts Limited intends to acquire 68.37% of the issued shares in East African Cables PLC from Cable Holdings (Kenya) Limited, a subsidiary of TransCentury PLC. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals.

Hansung Clean Tech secured multiple contracts from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix for wastewater treatment and ultrapure water projects at Samsung's Pyeongtaek Campus and SK hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, including a 14.1 billion won expansion contract for Samsung P5 Phase 1 and a 15.5 billion won contract for DB HiTek ultrapure water expansion.

Hypax GmbH entered into an agreement to acquire Powerbox International AB from Cosel Co., Ltd. The cash consideration was undisclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in August 2026.

Aliko Scientific's subsidiary Hospitex International was awarded a five-year public tender by Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II in Naples, Italy, for the supply of a diagnostic system and liquid-based cytology reagents. The contract has a potential total value of approximately €620,000.

ABF Ingredients (ABFI) announced plans to purchase land in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and invest over $65 million to construct a new facility for its Ohly business. The plant will employ nearly 30 people and complement Ohly's existing Boyceville facility.

Remsons Industries, through its UK subsidiary, secured a ₹30 crore contract to supply hood rods to a global commercial vehicle manufacturer over six years, starting Q1 2027.

Atreon Orthopedics, LLC and RenovoDerm, LLC announced their merger in May 2026, forming Atreon Orthopedics, Inc. to combine synthetic biomaterial technologies for tissue repair.

Firefly Aerospace moved into a new headquarters and expanded its Cedar Park, Texas campus to 144,000 square feet, doubling its size, to enable assembly line production of lunar landers and orbital vehicles.

Somec S.p.A. announced a €56 million contract to supply and install marine glazing systems on four newbuild cruise vessels for a major international cruise line, with work from 2027 to 2036.

Passarelli, leading a consortium with Consbem, Engeform and Enfi, is investing R$609 million in equipment to expand the ETE Parque Novo Mundo wastewater treatment plant in São Paulo. The capacity will increase from 2.5 to 6.5 cubic meters per second, with completion expected in 2027.

JSW Energy has signed definitive agreements to acquire an additional equity stake in Toshiba JSW Power Systems from Toshiba Corporation for ₹150 crore, increasing its shareholding to 20.7% on a non-diluted basis. The transaction is expected to close on or before June 15, 2026.

UPM has acquired the Ray Technology® intellectual property from Avantium, broadening its bio-based glycols IP portfolio. The acquisition supports UPM's scaling of bio-based chemicals production at its Leuna biorefinery in Germany.

Swedish steelmaker SSAB has decided to invest SEK 3.3 billion ($351 million) in a new quenching and tempering line at its Oxelösund site, adding around 100,000 tonnes of capacity for advanced wear and protection steels. Production start is planned for 2030.

Teijin Frontier and Asahi Kasei Advance confirmed their previously announced joint venture will operate under the name TA Frontier, focusing on high-tenacity recycled polyester filament yarns for industrial and apparel applications, with operations set to begin in October 2026.

GE Vernova T&D India Limited's Board approved an investment of ₹550 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Vallam, Tamil Nadu, for disconnectors and drives for 362 kV Dead Tank Circuit Breakers.

Sinfonia Technology is constructing a new aerospace equipment factory at its Ise Works in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The 13,568 sqm, four-story steel-frame building will cost about ¥12 billion, start construction in May 2025, complete in August 2026, and begin operation in January 2027, expanding production capacity from ¥25 billion to ¥40 billion.

South Africa's Coega green ammonia project selected Topsoe to supply electrolyzer cell technology and other equipment in a deal valued around $1 billion. The $5.8 billion plant aims to supply 1 million metric tons of green ammonia by 2030.

JST Power Equipment opened a new manufacturing facility in Wytheville, Virginia, for liquid-filled and pad-mounted transformers. The 45,000 sq ft facility will initially produce about 150 units in 2026, scaling to 1,000 units by 2027, and create 35-50 jobs.

Schaeffler plans to deploy 1,000 to 2,000 humanoid robots from Humanoid across its manufacturing sites by 2032, with initial German factory trials from December 2026 to June 2027. Schaeffler also becomes Humanoid's preferred joint-actuator supplier through 2031.

King Machine announced the construction of a new 26,000-square-meter intelligent manufacturing facility for beverage production equipment. The facility is expected to be operational in 2027.

Analog Devices (ADI) and Empower Semiconductor entered a definitive agreement for ADI to acquire Empower in an all-cash transaction for $1.5 billion. The acquisition expands ADI's power portfolio for AI compute.

Deepak Nitrite announced a ₹11,000 crore investment for India's first integrated polycarbonate facility with a capacity of 165,000 MTPA. The project is expected to be completed by June 2028.

SNsys signed a contract to supply an Integrated Automation System (IAS) for the next-generation icebreaking research vessel (H7052) being built by Hanwha Ocean for the Korea Polar Research Institute. This is the first application of SNsys's navigation control solution to a dual-fuel polar vessel.

Kelso-backed Novvia Group acquired APC Packaging, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida supplier of sustainable luxury beauty packaging. No financial terms were disclosed, and the founding owners will keep running the business.

WinGD secured the first order for its ethanol-fuelled X-DF-M/E engines, for two 325,000-dwt ore carriers booked by Shandong Shipping Corporation and chartered to Vale, to be built by Beihai Shipbuilding in China. Engine deliveries are scheduled for early 2029.

Momentum Group's subsidiary Börjesson Pipe Systems AB signed an agreement to acquire 70 percent of Ceon AB, a Laholm, Sweden valve and actuator specialist focused on the marine sector. Closing was to take place immediately.

Voith signed a contract with Turkish paper producer Aquakraft Kagit ve Ambalaj to comprehensively rebuild the paper machine and stock preparation at its PM 2 containerboard mill in Ferizli, about 170 km east of Istanbul. The rebuild is designed to raise production capacity by around 60 percent.

Cheshire packaging firm Packaging One Ltd secured a £4 million contract with a large technology company, funded by a £700,000 NatWest loan backed by a UK Export Finance guarantee. The export growth has supported at least 50 new full-time jobs at its Middlewich headquarters.

Italy's Fosber S.p.A. has completed the acquisition of Quantum Corrugated, taking full ownership of a company in which it had held a 60% stake since 2020.

Astor Enerji A.S. submitted the highest-ranking bid for a TEİAŞ tender for 11 mobile hybrid modules, valued at 351.1 million Turkish lira.

GMN Paul Müller Industrie GmbH & Co. KG has broken ground on a new production hall for high-precision ball bearings in Nuremberg, Germany, with an investment of approximately €28 million. The facility will have 8,650 square meters of floor space and employ around 85 people at full capacity.

OneRobotics won a bid for Shenzhen's AI Ecological Innovation Community Equipment Procurement and Site Construction Project, worth CNY 44.95 million. The project includes embodied robot bodies, data acquisition systems, and real-world scenarios, and is expected to be delivered within the year.

Fine Organic Industries Limited signed a letter of intent to acquire an 80% stake in Oleofine Organics Sdn. Bhd. from Smoothex Chemicals Pvt Ltd and other shareholders for MYR 34.2 million. The deal was signed on May 19, 2026, and share transfer agreements were executed on September 2, 2026.

Makino Milling Machine Co. opened a new factory in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, and will start operations around June 2026. Combined with existing facilities, production capacity for large machine tools will double to 360 units per year.

AXEL Plastics Research Laboratories acquired TBF Environmental, a Canadian manufacturer of VOC-compliant, HAPs-free solvents. The acquisition expands AXEL's reach into new markets and applications.

GE Vernova T&D India's board approved a ₹550 million investment for new manufacturing capacity for Disconnectors and Drives for 362 kV Dead Tank Circuit Breakers at Vallam, Tamil Nadu.

EMS, a value-added distributor of aluminum products and a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, acquired American Metals Supply, a distributor of aluminum products serving the patio and industrial end markets. The acquisition expands EMS's geographic reach.

Komatsu Europe has produced the first UK-built PC220 crawler excavator at its Newcastle facility, with over 200 employees involved in production. The new generation excavator is described as the company's most technologically advanced model to date.

Captain Polyplast secured a ₹11.80 crore contract from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for solar power infrastructure EPC work.

Comau entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Invent, a Brazil-based intralogistics and warehouse automation company, with closing expected in Q3 2026.

SSAB decided to invest SEK 3.3 billion in a new quenching line in Oxelösund, Sweden, to expand capacity for advanced wear and protection steels, with production start planned for 2030.