Piovan Group opened a new production facility for its Food & Powders division in Modena, Italy, on April 8, 2026. The facility triples production space from 5,000 to 14,000 square meters and will employ approximately 100 people.

Group Five Pipe Saudi Company (G5PS) secured a contract worth SAR 176 million ($46.9 million) from Esnad Al Turuq Contracting Company to supply carbon steel HSAW pipes. Supplies began in March 2026 and are to be completed by end of May 2026.

Tecprene, a polyurethane parts manufacturer from Caxias do Sul, Brazil, acquired Ipubras, a nearly 40-year-old company in the same segment. The acquisition strengthens Tecprene's presence in southern Brazil.

SİMA Alüminyum announced that project studies have begun for a new 65,000 m² investment on a 50,000 m² plot in Sakarya Kaynarca, Turkey.

SİMA Alüminyum inaugurated a new production line at its facility in Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey, with a $65 million investment. The line produces high-quality aluminum products for defense, aviation, and aerospace sectors.

Cheboksary Plant of Power Units (ChZSA) has completed construction of a welding and assembly building and begun preparing a production line for heavy-duty forklifts in Cheboksary, Russia. The estimated capacity is up to 4,000 machines per year.

Steele Solutions Inc., a material handling manufacturer, has acquired Maysteel Industries, a manufacturer of metal products for data center and electrical industries, from Littlejohn Capital. Terms were not disclosed.

Schneider Electric held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first of two manufacturing facilities on a new campus in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The first facility spans over 500,000 square feet, and a second building over 540,000 square feet is under construction, both manufacturing custom power distribution products.

Citrus Investment LLC has received CCI approval to acquire an additional 0.4% stake in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd and full control of HCJI Holdings K K through a share buyback.

BARTEC has won a turnkey electric heat tracing contract for Shandong Yulong Chemical Co. Ltd's Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project, supplying 510 km of heating cables and 1000 power distribution panels. The project ran from October 2023 to December 2025.

TCL has opened a new $290 million air conditioning factory in Guangzhou, China, with an annual production capacity of eight million units. The low-carbon facility features automated production lines and AI-driven systems.

Cape Town Container Terminal has finalised the rollout of Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs), completing a modernisation of its RTG fleet after more than a year of phased deliveries.

Heidelberg Materials has delivered the first volume of VPI (Vulcanic Puzzolan Island) to Weber's factory in Riksten, Tullinge, Sweden, under a contract totaling 3,000 tons per year.

Pino Co., Ltd. signed a contract with L&F Co., Ltd. to supply NCM precursors worth KRW 31,220,896,000. The contract period is from March 14, 2026 to May 25, 2026.

OBSC Perfection Limited received a nomination letter from an India-based auto components manufacturer for the supply of machined parts worth INR 22.6 crores over 7 years. Production is expected to start in November 2028 and June 2029.

Superior Crane Corp is in the process of expanding its facility to support further growth, as the company celebrates its 70th anniversary.

Eaton announced an investment of over $30 million to open a new 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bellevue, Nebraska, to produce medium-voltage switchgear. Production is expected to begin in the first half of 2027, creating over 200 jobs.

Sapien Semiconductors Inc. has won a 7.2 billion won order. The announcement was made on April 8, 2026.

Sapien Semiconductors Inc. received a purchase order worth $1.56 million from a major US big tech company (believed to be Meta Platforms) for a Display Driver IC for LED on Silicon displays used in AR smart glasses. The order will lead to mass production of the chip.

Stinis completed a significant expansion of its Dutch manufacturing site in Krimpen aan de Lek, consolidating all core spreader production and service activities into a single enlarged facility called 'NXT'. The expansion includes a repair and refurbishment area more than three times the size of the previous workshop.

Trzuskawica S.A., a CRH subsidiary, merged with Tribag S.A. on August 3, 2026, consolidating CRH's Polish aggregates operations. The merger expands Trzuskawica's product range to include limestone, basalt, and dolomite aggregates, and adds the Nowa Wioska dolomite quarry in Siewierz, Silesia.

Jinling Paint (Jiangsu Jinling Special Coating Co., Ltd.) won the 2026 annual anti-corrosion paint centralized procurement project of Shanghai Baoye Group Co., Ltd. The contract was announced in April 2026.

French private equity fund Ceres Capital has acquired a majority stake in Seyntex, a Belgian supplier of protective materials for military, police and fire services. The family Seynaeve retains a minority stake and operational involvement.

voestalpine's High Performance Metals Division has secured orders in the aerospace sector worth around EUR 1 billion for the next five years, including from Airbus. Production will take place in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag, Austria, and at Villares Metals in Sumaré, Brazil.

Everspin Technologies has entered into an initial 10-year agreement with Microchip Technology to expand on-shore manufacturing capacity for MRAM and TMR sensor products at a Microchip fabrication facility in Oregon.

Cyient Semiconductors has secured a majority stake in Kinetic Technologies for $85 million USD, aiming to accelerate R&D in power management and protection markets.

Bosch Ltd approved the acquisition of a 100% stake in Bosch Chassis Systems India Private Limited (RBIC) from Robert Bosch Investment Nederland B.V. and Robert Bosch LLC for a total consideration not exceeding ₹9,068.68 crore. RBIC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch Ltd.

Hexa-Lotos launched a new automated production line for synthetic woven materials (shade nets, geosynthetics) at the Lotos SEZ in Narimanovsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Total investment exceeded RUB 210 million, with support from federal and regional Industrial Development Funds. The line will create 100 jobs and produce up to 8 million sq m annually.

Imas, a Turkish grain milling technology manufacturer, signed a third agreement with Mokhalad Group to build a 500 TPD flour mill in Iraq. The first 500 TPD mill in Tikrit has been operational since end-2024; the second and third mills are expected to be commissioned by end-2026.

Sedin Engineering Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Huanxiting New Materials (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. for a 27,500-tonne-per-year cycloolefin polymer (COP) new materials project (Phase I: 5,000 t/y). The project is China's first commercial COP plant.

Romanian authorities approved UMB Steel's acquisition of ArcelorMittal's assets in Hunedoara, Romania.

Angelyeast (Egypt) Co., Ltd. awarded a contract for 19 forklifts (including electric and diesel units) for its new comprehensive warehouse project. The total winning bid amount was CNY 939,600.

AxFlow Oceania bought a majority stake in Dowdens Group in Queensland, Australia; the existing owners remain as shareholders.

Valmet inaugurated a new flow control service center and manufacturing unit in Sydney, Australia, offering valve and pump services, spare parts and local assembly for process industries.

Cold Corr of Monterey, a new corrugated sheet producer linked to Cumberland Container, ordered Interpac's patented cold corrugator, the first such order in the United States and third worldwide.

Schaeffler and ROKAE signed a strategic partnership agreement on April 7, 2026, to collaborate on R&D, supply, and deployment of core components for humanoid robot joint modules.

Schaeffler signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese robotics company ROKAE to co-develop and supply key components for humanoid robots, including integrated joint modules, and to accelerate industrial adoption in China.

Rockwell Automation is proposing a massive new plant in New Berlin, Wisconsin, and is seeking subsidies for the project. New details have been revealed in documents published on April 8, 2026.

Sinopec Engineering (Group) has signed an EPC contract worth about $1.093 billion with Kazakhstan Butadiene LLP for a butadiene and rubber project in Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. The plant will have an annual rubber production capacity of 300,000 tons.

Allied Power Group acquired the assets of EthosEnergy's Generator division in Farmington, New Mexico, expanding its capabilities into generator services including high-speed balancing, field and stator rewinding.

Broadcom secured a Supply Assurance Agreement with Google to supply networking components for next-generation AI racks through 2031, and also signed on to develop and supply Google's custom TPU silicon. No financial terms were disclosed.

Dalrada Technology Spain S.L. secured a contract valued at approximately USD $234,000 to install heat pump systems at a nursing home facility in Ferrol, Spain.

The Competition Commission of India approved Torrent Power's proposal to acquire 100% of Nabha Power Ltd from L&T Power Development Ltd for an enterprise value of Rs 6,889 crore. Nabha Power operates a 2x700 MW thermal power plant in Rajpura, Punjab.

Cambi signed a medium-sized contract with NCC to supply two thermal hydrolysis process (THP) systems for the Malad wastewater treatment plant in Mumbai, India. The contract value is between NOK 50 million and NOK 100 million.

Lagercrantz Group AB acquired Michael Smith Switchgear, a Leicester-based switchgear firm, as part of its expansion strategy in the UK, the tenth UK acquisition for the group and first in its Electrify division.

Enercon is investing around €50 million to expand its generator competence center in Magdeburg, Germany, adding new production lines for the latest generator types and creating up to 150 new jobs.

EP Equipment announced a 350 million yuan investment to build new production capacity for core components of intelligent robots and forklifts, including an annual capacity of 50,000 intelligent robots, at its Anji high-end manufacturing park.

Textron Aviation Defense LLC was awarded a $14.1 million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Air Force for the T-6C Vietnam Ground Based Training System, including computer-based training labs, spare parts, and support services for the Vietnam Air Defense Air Force.

Severstal Stalnye Resheniya is building a high-tech production complex for large-sized building metal structures in Oryol, Russia, with investment over 3.5 billion rubles, creating 330 new jobs.

Kerama Marazzi is building a second production line for porcelain tiles at its plant in Oryol, Russia, with total investment over 5 billion rubles. The first line started in 2024; the second is planned for March 2027, raising output to 6 million sq m per year.