Pennsylvania Transformer Technology (PTT) broke ground on an expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Raeford, North Carolina. The company will invest more than $102.5 million and add 300,000 square feet across two facilities, creating 217 jobs.

Sellafield Limited awarded a contract to Johnson Controls Building Efficiency UK Ltd for the supply of a replacement compressor for the SIXEP York YK Chiller. The contract value is £87,863 (€100,518).

Thiess secured an alliance agreement with Harmony Gold Mining Company to deliver bulk earthworks, workshop construction, and mining services at the Eva Copper Mine Project in Queensland, Australia. The mining scope is valued at approximately A$700 million over five years.

CERTEX secured a major order to deliver two specially adapted gantry cranes to Vossloh Nordic for handling track switches at its facility in Hallsberg, Sweden. The cranes have a lifting capacity of 32 tons each and a span of 40 meters.

Honeycomb paperboard pallet maker Pallite Group secured a £1.6 million export finance facility from KBC Bank, backed by UK Export Finance. The working capital will support growth in overseas markets.

Ball Corporation agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Benepack's beverage can businesses, which have plants in Belgium and Hungary, for about 184 million EUR; closing is expected in Q1 2026.

Kazakhstan's Ust-Kamenogorsk Valve Plant signed an agreement to supply CPC-K with locally made shut-off valves, pumping units and electric motors, plus maintenance and testing cooperation.

Eaton will open a new manufacturing campus in Henrico County, Virginia, making static transfer switches, power distribution units and remote power panels for data centers, with production expected to start in 2027.

TC Transcontinental, Canada's largest printer, and The Globe and Mail extended their newspaper printing agreement by 10 years, in a partnership dating back 40 years.

Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama (CETARSA) awarded DS Smith Packaging Italia a supply contract for corrugated cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging, worth 903,000 EUR excluding VAT, with deliveries to Cáceres factories from February to July 2026.

Swisher plans a $135 million expansion of its Jacksonville campus in Florida to increase production of nicotine and caffeine oral pouches, adding 240 jobs by 2027.

Senzime announced that a leading UK NHS hospital trust has ordered 70 TetraGraph systems to standardize neuromuscular monitoring. The contract was secured by Senzime's UK partner Healthcare 21, and annual usage is expected to exceed 15,000 TetraSens sensors.

Sellafield Ltd awarded a contract to Wellman Booth (a trading division of The Clarke Chapman Group) for design, manufacturing and installation of a Skiphandler Crane mast, stem, grapple and camera system, valued at £2,967,972.48.

Tianyouwei Electronics, a Chinese automotive instrument maker, announced it will acquire German auto parts supplier Krämer Automotive Systems from MS-ONE Holding for EUR 1 million.

Metso is expanding its pump assembly plant in Lurin, Peru, and investing EUR 20 million in a new Service Center in Arequipa. The expansion aims to increase capacity utilization at the Lurin plant.

Metso was awarded a $65 million contract by Harmony Gold Mining Company to supply a 24MW SAG mill, an 18MW ball mill, crushers, and a flotation circuit for the Eva copper-gold project in Queensland, Australia. A term sheet for a multi-year major goods support agreement was also agreed.

Thiess secured a A$700 million (US$465 million) contract with Harmony Gold Mining Company to provide mining and construction services at the Eva copper-gold project in Queensland, Australia. The five-year contract includes bulk earthworks, workshop construction, and mining services.

Tate, a global leader in data center infrastructure solutions, officially launched a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Pocahontas, Arkansas. The company invested $4 million and added a new product line, creating 52 new jobs.

First Quantum Minerals, through its subsidiary FQM Trident Limited, awarded a major load-and-haul contract to Mineral Link Limited for large-scale movement of ore and materials within FQM's operations in Zambia. The contract is expected to add at least 150 jobs.

Alstom announced a strategic investment of 100 million dirhams to expand its industrial capabilities in Morocco, including the world's first dedicated multi-platform production line for train driver desks, doubling of transformer production capacity, and creation of an engineering office. Over 200 new jobs are expected.

Sanifoam Endüstri announced its new production facility in Sakarya Hendek 2. OSB, with 12,600 m² closed area, is expected to be completed by January 2026 and start production in March 2026. The expansion will increase non-woven production capacity by 80% and total capacity by 30%.

Gold Cup Electric Apparatus Co., Ltd. will build its first European production plant in Planá, Czechia, investing over CZK 2 billion. Production is scheduled to start in Q2 2026, with initial capacity of 8,000 tonnes and eventual 20,000 tonnes, employing 200 people.

Teradyne Robotics announced it will open a new U.S. Operations Hub in Wixom, Metro Detroit, Michigan in 2026. The facility will manufacture Universal Robots cobots and potentially MiR AMRs, creating over 200 jobs.

The CABB Group signed a definitive agreement to sell its US-based production site Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corporation to Anupam Rasayan India Ltd for approximately $150 million. The divestment is part of CABB's strategy to focus on Pharma and Life Science specialties.

Daikin Applied announced a $163 million investment to build a 71,000-square-foot R&D test lab at its Plymouth, Minn., headquarters. The lab will develop next-generation cooling technologies for data centers and HVAC markets, with full completion planned for 2027.

Kuraray decided to transfer all shares of its subsidiary Kuraray Methacrylate (Zhang Jia Gang) to Jiangsu Double Elephant Group, with transfer expected from mid-February to early March 2026.

Spie Belgium won a 4-year contract for full technical maintenance of the Siemens campus in Huizingen, covering over 20 semi-industrial buildings.

Montagu and Kohlberg have agreed to acquire Teleflex Medical OEM from Teleflex Incorporated for $1.5 billion in a carve-out transaction, expected to close in the second half of 2026.

Wolfspeed announced that its automotive MOSFETs will power onboard charger systems for Toyota's battery electric vehicles.

ANDRITZ received a mid double-digit million-euro contract from TVA to supply two Spray Dry Absorber systems for the Shawnee Fossil Plant in Kentucky.

Tata Steel awarded ANDRITZ a contract to supply an acid regeneration plant for its Port Talbot Works in Wales, with commissioning scheduled for late 2027.

RoboSense has secured a supply order from FAW Toyota to deliver nearly one million LiDAR units over five years for a best-selling vehicle model.

InTest Corporation was awarded a $3.7 million follow-on order by an existing medical device manufacturer for multiple functional test systems from its Alfamation business, aiming to test 50 million devices per year.

Diamant Polymer GmbH is installing new plant technology to produce sustainable impregnating agents in smaller batches, funded by a €150,000 grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with the project running between 2024 and 2025.

TransAlta Corporation signed a long-term tolling agreement with Puget Sound Energy to convert its Centralia Unit 2 facility in Washington state from coal to natural gas, with a planned contracted capacity of 700 MW and a 16-year fixed-price contract through 2044.

Sateba Norway entered into a framework agreement with Bane NOR to supply up to 3 million low-carbon concrete sleepers over an eight-year period, with production using cement from Heidelberg Materials' carbon capture plant.

Polytec will supply Tenova with automation panels, electrical parts, and advanced robotic solutions for an electric arc furnace and refining area, as part of a decarbonization project for Tata Steel UK.

Polytec will supply Tenova with automation panels, electrical systems, and robotic solutions for an electric arc furnace and refining area as part of a decarbonization project for Tata Steel UK. The supply includes MCC, power center, power factor correction, and robots for sampling and EBT operations.

Parker Meggitt is constructing a new 9,300 m² plant in Avrillé near Angers, France, to replace its existing 1961 facility. The project involves a public investment of €22 million and is expected to be operational in 2027, with plans to increase local staff from 350 to 500.

Valmet is expanding its facility in Sorocaba, Brazil, with an investment of R$40 million, doubling the plant size from 4,500 m² to 8,800 m² and increasing annual valve production capacity to over 12,000 sets. Completion is scheduled for the first half of 2026.

Saman Cement awarded Gebr. Pfeiffer a contract to supply an MVR 5000 R-4 vertical roller mill for the second production line of its cement plant in Al Mothanna province, Iraq. The mill will grind 450 tph of cement raw material and is scheduled for commissioning in the first half of 2027.

Sibevrovan announced plans to build a production facility for refrigerated trailers and semi-trailers at the Esipovo industrial park in Solnechnogorsk district, Moscow region. The investment is about 700 million rubles, creating 130 jobs, with production capacity of 1,500 units per year. The plant is expected to start operations in 2028.

Alcon announced an amended merger agreement to acquire STAAR Surgical Company for $30.75 per share in cash, representing a total equity value of approximately $1.6 billion. The transaction follows a go-shop period that expired on December 6, 2025.

Senzime AB announced that a leading UK NHS hospital trust has ordered 70 TetraGraph systems for neuromuscular monitoring, secured through partner Healthcare 21. Annual usage is expected to exceed 15,000 TetraSens sensors at full implementation.

Arvind PD Composites commissioned two new multiaxial machines at its Gandhinagar campus in India, enhancing capacity for high-performance technical textiles. A second facility in Gandhinagar specializing in carbon fiber weaving is also progressing.

Arvind PD Composites, a joint venture between Arvind Ltd. and P-D Glasseiden GmbH Oschatz, will inaugurate a new production facility in the United Arab Emirates on February 15, 2026. The plant will manufacture non-crimp fabrics for wind energy, marine, construction, and automotive sectors.

Vattenfall and Cemvision signed a commercial agreement for the supply of near-zero-carbon cement (Re-ment Massive) for use in Vattenfall's onshore wind infrastructure projects across Europe. Deliveries from Cemvision's first industrial-scale plant are scheduled to begin in 2028.

GG Probuild India Limited awarded a domestic purchase order to Regency Ceramics Limited for the supply of floor tiles and associated materials. The total contract value is INR 66,597,079 inclusive of GST, with delivery over approximately six months.

PT Garuda Yamato Steel (GYS) is undertaking a major transformation at its plant in Cikarang, Bekasi, Indonesia, increasing structural steel production capacity from 400,000 to 540,000 tons per year. The expansion is expected to create 800 new jobs.

OCI Global and Orascom Construction have reached an agreement to combine, creating a global infrastructure and investment platform. OCI shareholders will receive 0.4634 Orascom Construction shares per OCI share, holding approximately 47% of the combined entity.