UNISOL has built a new automated MBR production line at its Xiamen site, capable of producing up to 500,000 square meters of membrane area per year. The first modules from the new line are already in use.

Severn Trent has awarded AMP8 contracts for Combined Heat & Power (CHP) unit/engines requirements with an estimated value of c£16.55 million including VAT. Clarke Energy Ltd and Veolia Energy & Utility Services UK Ltd have been awarded contracts under Lot 1 (CHP Units).

SK Agrofood Tech Pvt Ltd agreed to supply flexible food packaging to Zesty Bites, the snack arm of Padmaja Packaging Industries, ahead of a planned nationwide launch in May 2026. The article is dated 27 April 2026.

Orora Cans plans a third can line at its Rocklea site in Australia to meet rising demand from customers expanding in Queensland. The project is part of about $364 million invested across Australia and New Zealand.

BEL Valves, part of British Engines Group, won a multi-million-pound contract to supply API 6D expanding gate valves for Indonesia's first large-scale carbon capture, utilisation and storage development.

Mondi announced the closure of three further processing sites, a Consumer Flexibles plant in Hungary and two Corrugated Solutions sites in Germany and Poland, with about 450 jobs lost over the year.

Burckhardt Compression secured orders to supply eight Laby boil-off gas compressor units and one minimum send-out compressor for LNG terminal projects in Thailand and Taiwan.

Envoy Textiles Limited's board approved expanding open-end spinning production capacity from 25 MT per day to 50 MT per day at its existing factory premises in Bangladesh.

Tatra Textil s.r.o., a subsidiary of Goldeck Textil Group Austria, is investing in a batt forming line supplied by Andritz for its new production facility in Slovakia. The line will manufacture thermal insulation for apparel and bedding, with start-up scheduled for March 2027.

EDF subsidiary Arabelle Solutions will invest nearly €100 million to build a 20,000m² factory in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, to manufacture heat exchangers for EPR2 nuclear reactors. The factory will create about 160 local jobs by 2030, with first equipment manufacturing scheduled to begin in 2030.

Nanjing Manta New Materials established a new production facility in Jining, Shandong Province in 2024, dedicated to manufacturing Silane Modified Polymer (SMP) and MS waterproof coating products. The facility includes advanced analytical instruments and an application development laboratory.

Haomei New Materials plans to invest up to CNY 510 million through its Hong Kong subsidiary to build an aluminum profile production base in Morocco. The facility will have an annual capacity of about 44,000 tonnes of aluminum profiles for automotive lightweighting, construction, and industrial applications.

GE Vernova has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Prolec GE, a transformer and grid equipment manufacturer previously a joint venture with Xignux. The deal expands GE Vernova's grid equipment footprint in North America.

Metal Conversions, Ltd. acquired Metropolitan Alloys Corporation and Aluminum Recovery Technologies, Inc. Metro Alloys is a supplier of zinc anodes and alloys, and ART is an aluminum toll processor.

President Yoweri Museveni commissioned Phase One of a 6,000-tonne cement clinker production line by Yaobai Cement (part of West China Cement) in Nanduget, Moroto District, Uganda.

Yaskawa America, Inc. is investing USD 182 million to build its headquarters and manufacturing space in Franklin, Wisconsin. The city approved a tax incremental financing district for the project, which will be completed in phases by the end of 2033.

BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi) plans to invest about USD 1 billion in a new manufacturing base in Vietnam, with construction starting in 2026 and estimated capital expenditure of EUR 10-12 million.

Guangdong Paikesi Water Environment Technology Co., Ltd. plans to build a new factory in Danzao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, with a total investment of approximately CNY 320 million. Construction is planned to start in Q3 2024 and be completed in Q2 2026.

Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG filed for merger control approval to acquire shares in AirAlliance GmbH, a distributor of aviation spare parts and business jets and maintenance provider.

Tatra Textil s.r.o. ordered a state-of-the-art batt forming line from ANDRITZ for its new production facility in Slovakia, to manufacture thermal insulation for apparel and bedding, with start-up scheduled for March 2027.

Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) and Fauji Cement Company Limited acquired a 92.03% controlling stake in Attock Cement Pakistan Limited. The transaction was executed on April 24, 2026.

The $300 million Yaobai clinker factory in Nadunget, Moroto District, Uganda, was officially commissioned. The facility has a 6,000-ton-per-day clinker line and is described as the largest in East Africa.

Volvo Construction Equipment will build a new factory in Eskilstuna, Sweden, at a cost of approximately SEK 700 million. Ground preparation has started, and building construction is set to begin in October 2026.

EssilorLuxottica acquired Faro, an Italian CNC machinery manufacturer specializing in milling and diamond cutting equipment, to enhance its supply chain for eyewear production.

Givaudan inaugurated an expanded fragrance and beauty ingredients plant in Pedro Escobedo, Mexico, and began construction of a new compounding site with capacity up to 25,000 tonnes by 2029. Combined investment exceeds $160 million.

Gormash Global is building a mining equipment plant in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, with an investment of 20 billion rubles. The plant will produce load-haul-dump machines, mine trucks, and drilling rigs, with a capacity of up to 300 units per year, and is scheduled to launch in 2028.

Bhansali Engineering Polymers Ltd.'s capacity expansion project to increase production from 75,000 TPA to 100,000 TPA is progressing on schedule for a September 2026 completion.

Quasar Medical has announced the opening of its newest manufacturing facility in Chonburi, Thailand, its third site in the country. The facility will support high-volume manufacturing of catheter systems, micro-assembly, and finished medical devices.

Premier Graphene, Inc. and its joint venture partner HGI Industrial Technologies SAPI have been awarded a defense contract by Mexico's Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional for specialized belt assemblies with lower back support and integrated ammunition carriers.

Cygnet Texkimp has secured two contracts to supply its high-volume 3D weaving creel technology into the aerospace market. The creels will incorporate between 5,000 and 7,000 bobbins of carbon fiber for producing lightweight engine components.

Sandvik has secured an order from Glencore to supply three DR413i rotary blasthole drill rigs for the restart of the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper mine in Argentina. The order was booked in Q1 2026.

PROMAR is expanding its production plant in Poland with an investment exceeding PLN 100 million, aiming to increase production capacity fivefold. The first phase, including new production lines and warehouse facilities, is planned for completion by end of September 2026.

Munters Group AB won an order worth approximately SEK 2.0 billion ($183 million) from a US colocation data center customer for AI cooling solutions. The order includes modular cooling platforms with CDUs and CRAHs for AI factory deployment, with deliveries from early 2027 through Q1 2028.

Munters Group's Data Center Technologies business area received an order worth approximately SEK 2.0 billion from a colocation data center provider in the US. The order includes custom-designed high capacity CDUs and CRAHs for an AI factory build-out, with deliveries from early 2027 through Q1 2028.

Borex Glass Co. inaugurated a factory in the Ain Sokhna Industrial Zone, Egypt, with investments of $6-8 million. The facility produces heat-resistant household glass products using borosilicate technology, with an annual capacity of 9,000 tons.

KION announced a strategic equity investment in Zikoo, a Chinese provider of pallet storage robotics, to collaborate on AI-driven warehouse automation systems.

CRH Americas Products, Inc. and Oldcastle Infrastructure, Inc. propose to acquire 100% of the partnership interests and voting rights in Axius Water Parent LP, a US supplier of nutrient removal solutions for wastewater treatment.

Maurizio Piantoni, chief executive of Italian crane manufacturer BG Lift, has acquired a majority stake in electric pick & carry crane manufacturer Delta Crane.

CorpAcq has acquired Nonwovenn, a fabric technology specialist based in South West, UK. The value was not disclosed.

NGK Corporation decided to establish a new production facility for semiconductor manufacturing equipment ceramics in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The plant will cost approximately JPY 70 billion, start construction in April 2027, and begin mass production in October 2029, increasing capacity by about 20%.

DGH Design and Fabrication Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cement Australia, proposes to acquire 100% of the Gladstone business assets of Aylward Dowling And Wall, trading as Global Manufacturing Group (GMG). The ACCC approved the waiver application on 11 May 2026.

Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, and Sumitomo Chemical received Japan Fair Trade Commission clearance for the integration of Sumitomo Chemical's polypropylene and linear low-density polyethylene businesses into Prime Polymer, a joint venture of Mitsui and Idemitsu.

Brazilian steel giant CSN is selling its cement business, expected to fetch over BRL 10 billion. Chinese companies Anhui Conch Cement, Huaxin Building Materials, and Sinoma International have expressed intent to bid, along with other international and Brazilian firms.

Bauer Compresseurs inaugurated its new site in Méry, Savoie, on 24 April 2026 in the presence of regional officials and the Bauer group's second-generation owner Heinz Bauer.

Aalberts integrated piping systems announced an investment to manufacture its Apollo PowerPress products at its Pageland, South Carolina facility, with phased completion through 2027 and first US-made products expected in early 2027.

Baker Hughes received a major award from QatarEnergy LNG to supply refrigerant compressor trains and power generation packages for two LNG mega trains at North Field West in Qatar, announced with its Q1 2026 results.

Kemira Oyj was awarded a contract by Luleå kommun for specialty chemicals for water and wastewater treatment (polymer), valued at SEK 7,200,000. The contract was awarded on April 23, 2026, and runs until March 31, 2028.

Hyundai Heavy Industries signed its first US natural gas turbine supply deal with Aperion Energy Group, valued at $423.7 million, covering 684MW of power capacity for data center power infrastructure.

Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH filed for merger control approval to indirectly acquire all shares and sole control of Josef Klösters Kies & Beton GmbH, a ready-mix concrete producer.

Korean Air's aviation division delivered its 5,000th Sharklet wingtip device for the Airbus A320 family on April 23, 2026, at the Busan Tech Center. The milestone marks continued production since 2012.