Indian automotive components manufacturer Motherson Group will invest approximately HUF 40 billion (EUR 104.6 million) in Hungary across sites in Mosonszolnok, Mosonmagyaróvár, Túrkeve and Kecskemét. The investment will create 154 jobs and expand production capacity for rear-view mirrors and bumpers for BMW and Mercedes.

SPX Technologies is investing $118.8 million to build an HVAC equipment facility in Huntsville, Alabama, creating 350 jobs. The company will renovate a 460,000-square-foot facility at the Huntsville Logistics Park.

Sydvaranger Drift AS, a subsidiary of GRANGEX AB, has entered into a mining services agreement with E. Hartikainen Oy for the restart of the Sydvaranger iron ore mine in Kirkenes, Norway. Hartikainen will provide open-pit mining and earthworks services.

Insulet Corporation will establish a new manufacturing plant in Savia Ciudad Vida, Barreal de Heredia, Costa Rica, with an investment of over US$200 million. The facility will produce medical devices for diabetes care.

Vulcor is constructing a new fiber manufacturing plant in Bergama, Türkiye, with an annual capacity of 400,000 rolls of high-temperature insulation materials. Construction is underway.

Zelus Material Handling, a member of the Ardent Group of Companies, acquired Munck Cranes, an overhead crane manufacturer and service provider in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Uniwater entered an agreement to acquire Biowater Technology, expanding geographical reach and specialist expertise in water treatment.

Macpac installed a new Illig RDKP 72 automatic pressure thermoforming system at its Stockport plant, a £700,000 investment to increase capacity and support global growth.

Leonardo DRS opened a new 140,000-square-foot naval power and propulsion manufacturing and testing facility in the Charleston, South Carolina region, to support U.S. Navy submarine and shipbuilding programs.

Gree Electric Appliances won the bid for China Mobile's 2026-2027 centralized procurement of high-voltage centrifugal chillers, with a total cooling capacity of nearly 100,000 tons and delivery of nearly 50 units over two years.

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, with annual capacity of around 106,000 tonnes.

PiovanGroup entered binding agreements to acquire Mix&Co and BHT, two Italian manufacturers of machinery and components for processing plants, to strengthen its Technical Polymers and Food & Powders divisions.

STK Production Company is modernizing a workshop and building a new production building in Yartsevo, Smolensk region, to increase output of cotton-polyester technical fabrics by 55%, with total investment over 1.5 billion rubles.

Danieli Breda signed a contract with Special Melted Products to supply a 70-MN forging line for special steels, to be installed at SMP's Sheffield facility as part of Project Vulcan.

East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry signed a contract with AliShar Contracting Company to provide steel pipe coating services worth over SAR 60 million ($15.99 million) for six months.

Luminochem commissioned a new UV fluorescent security pigment production unit at its Budapest site in Q1 2026, doubling production capacity and enabling annual volumes exceeding 10 metric tons for core products.

GI Tech signed a KRW 2.5 billion contract to supply slot dies to a North American global battery manufacturer. Slot dies are critical components for battery electrode coating.

Nissha Co., Ltd. decided to acquire 60% of shares of USM Healthcare, a Vietnamese medical device manufacturer based in Ho Chi Minh City, making it a subsidiary. The transfer is scheduled for March 2026.

Belgian building materials group Etex acquired a 25% stake in Kunooz Gypsum, a subsidiary of Kunooz Oman Holding, and formed a joint venture to invest in gypsum-based industrial activities in Oman.

Chinese Techron Automotive has submitted an environmental impact assessment for a factory in Indjija, Serbia, to produce 10.54 million plastic parts per year for Skoda and Chinese Yilian electric vehicles. The factory will employ 65 workers initially.

Oriental Yuhong's subsidiary Tian Dingfeng started production at its new factory in Saudi Arabia, with lines 1 and 2 now operational. The factory will have 4 lines producing polyester tire base fabrics, with total annual capacity of 25,000 tons.

TDT Machine Tools won a multi-million-pound machine tool order to supply four large-scale machines (two Lagun ML10 floor type moving column milling machines and an AWEA LP-3021YZ double column VMC) to Ansaldo Group's manufacturing site in the West Midlands, UK.

Končar and Siemens Energy officially opened the new Končar – Transformer Boilers (KTK) factory in Sesvete Kraljevo, Croatia, with an investment of nearly €20 million. The joint venture will employ over 400 workers and produce about 160 transformer boilers annually for export.

GreenSource Tent Factory signed a procurement contract with a Myanmar client for custom advertising tents (3x3m and 3x6m canopies made of 420D Oxford Cloth). Production is underway.

Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation inaugurated the Unitex Factory, a wholly owned subsidiary, in Ho Chi Minh City. Phase 1 is completed and operational, with a total investment of VND 3,379 billion (USD 125 million) for both phases.

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.

Valmet announced an investment of about US$8 million (R$40 million) in a new plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, housing its Flow Control and Automation Solutions businesses. Completion is planned for the first half of 2026 and capacity will exceed 12,000 valve assemblies per year.

TMC Compressors will supply a complete marine compressed air system to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for SBM Offshore's newbuild FSO Chalchi, destined for the Trion field offshore Mexico. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Smith Anderson & Ara, an Anglo-Turkish paper packaging maker, has opened a new plant in Burgas after investing over 10.2 million euros. The plant employs 60 people, with the investor aiming for at least 160 by summer.

PONAR Wadowice S.A. will invest nearly 100 million PLN in a new production hall of about 1,000 m² and a machinery park at its Wadowice plant, supported under the Polish Investment Zone. The investment is for the defense sector.

Chemsys started construction of a new building in Biruliškės, Lithuania, to manufacture reverse-osmosis membrane housings, plastic equipment components and packaged treatment media. Construction began in Q4 2025.

Wittenstein SE plans to acquire a majority stake in STXI Motion Ltd., a provider of standardized drive systems. The contract has been signed and the deal is expected to close on April 1, 2026, subject to antitrust approval.

Exlabesa announced a €40 million investment to expand its Soure plant in Portugal, tripling its surface area to 30,000 m² and increasing annual production capacity from 16,000 to 45,000 tonnes. The project includes three new extrusion presses and a coating line.

MGS Technical Plastics, an injection moulding business based in Blackburn, UK, was acquired by its three directors Neil Garrity, Judson Smythe and Mark Preston in a full management buyout effective 22 January 2026.

Brentwood Industries, Inc. opened its wholly-owned subsidiary Boqing (Yancheng) Water Treatment Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Yancheng, China, with an investment of $15 million. The facility will focus on bio-tower water treatment technology.

Yuexin Semiconductor launched its Phase 4 project in Guangzhou on January 22, 2026, with a total investment of CNY 25.2 billion. The facility will have a monthly capacity of 40,000 12-inch wafers using analog-mixed signal specialty process technology.

CanSemi Technology Inc launched Phase IV of its integrated circuit project in Guangzhou Development District on January 22, 2026. The project involves a construction investment of over 35.2 billion yuan ($5 billion) and includes a 12-inch analog-mixed signal specialty process production line with monthly capacity of 40,000 wafers.

Anhui Zhongding Sealing Parts has begun construction of a new manufacturing plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico. The facility will cover 60,000 sq m, with operations expected to start in Q1 2027.

PennAero completed its acquisition of TriMas Corporation's aerospace assets, creating a leading independent manufacturer of fasteners, precision components, and assemblies.

TASE Global is constructing a 30,000 sq ft surface treatment facility on the same premises in Sriperumbudur, with an investment of Rs 40 crore.

TASE Global inaugurated a 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, with an investment of Rs 150 crore. The plant will produce aerostructure, aero engine, and precision medical components for export.

BUA Cement Plc signed a $240 million agreement with CBMI Construction to build a new 3 million-ton-per-annum cement production line (Sokoto Line 6) at its existing plant in Sokoto, Nigeria. The project is expected to be commissioned in late 2027.

Scanfil Oyj announced the completion of its acquisition of Italian electronics manufacturing company MB Elettronica on January 22, 2026. The deal was originally announced on July 13, 2025, with an enterprise value of up to EUR 123 million.

Orafol Group is investing EUR 150 million from 2025 to 2027 at its Oranienburg site to build a new highly automated production hall (Halle 14). The building permit was received in January 2026.

Two John Deere dealers in Manitoba, Greenvalley Equipment and Enns Brothers Ltd., are merging to form a single entity with 13 dealerships across the province. The merger is expected to take effect in April 2026.

Recycle Polymer Group plans to build a new secondary film production plant in Kotovsk, Russia, with a capacity of 200 tonnes per month, investing 100 million rubles. Construction is expected to start in 2027 and finish by end of 2028.

Recycle Polymer Group will invest 60 million rubles to double capacity of its existing recycled polymer plant in Kotovsk, Russia, by adding a new production line, expected by autumn 2026.

FTAI Aviation signed a multi-year agreement with CFM International to provide component and repair support for CFM56 engines, including OEM replacement part supply and thrust performance upgrades.

Aurora Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired Anova, a global provider of IIoT solutions for monitoring industrial assets in the industrial gas, propane, fuels, lubricants, and chemicals industries. Terms were not disclosed.

Formül Plastik ve Metal Sanayi AŞ will invest 1 billion Turkish lira to build a new integrated pipe factory in Tekirdağ Çerkezköy, Turkey, on a 75,000 sqm plot with 40,000 sqm closed area.