Arclin entered a definitive agreement to acquire DuPont's Aramids business, including Kevlar and Nomex brands, for approximately $1.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2026.

Ahlstrom announced a strategic investment to upgrade an existing line at its Taylorville, Illinois plant to produce advanced synthetic filter materials. The upgraded line is expected to begin operations in Q4 2026.

National Glass Industries Company (Zag) announced that the board of Gulf Guard (a joint venture) has approved a project to produce flat glass and insulated glass. The insulated glass line is expected to start in Q3 2027 and the flat glass line in Q2 2028, pending financing.

The US Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal has awarded a three-year, $2,579,595 firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract to Hentzen Coatings Inc. for Chemical Agent Resistant Coating-Low Solar Absorption (CARC-L) paint. The award was made on December 3, 2025.

Senior plc has been awarded a multi-year contract by Airbus for the design, qualification and manufacture of Aerospace Standard parts for fluid conveyance applications. Initial production will supply components for commercial aircraft platforms, with delivery starting in Q1 2026 from Senior's European facilities.

Bernard van Lengerich Maschinenfabrik (BvL) has completed the expansion of its final assembly hall and built a new loading hall at its Emsbüren site in Germany. The project nearly doubled the assembly area for feed mixer wagons and added 3,600 square meters of storage and loading space.

Vossloh has opened a new A$25 million advanced manufacturing facility in Bendigo, Victoria, for producing railway switch systems and turnouts. The plant is expected to boost machining capacity by up to 50% and currently employs around 60 people.

Rainbow Robotics, together with JCT, won an order from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for 35 sets of collaborative robot welding systems for shipyard environments.

Ishida has acquired Swedish robotics automation company RobotGrader AB, which specializes in high-speed robotic grading and tray-packing systems for protein processors.

PKD Holding, owned by Czech family holding firm JLF Group, has acquired a majority stake in machinery manufacturer Vollert, focusing on heavy-duty intralogistics and shunting systems, securing 160 jobs.

Synektik has signed a contract with the 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Krakow to supply, install and commission a Symani robotic surgery system for micro- and supermicrosurgery, valued at 10.9 million PLN net, with delivery by December 10, 2025.

Samil Enterprise has signed a 76.5 billion won contract with Yuhan Chemical for construction of HC building and auxiliary facilities at Yuhan Chemical's Hwaseong plant, with a contract period until June 30, 2027.

Aeva has been selected as the exclusive Tier-1 supplier of LiDAR for a global top 10 passenger OEM's vehicle platform outside China, with production targeted for 2028.

C Pac Ltd awarded a contract for the supply and installation of machinery capable of weighing and bagging toffee popcorn at CPAC Foods in Foxford, Co. Mayo, Ireland, with a value of £135,000.

Peptron announced a delay in the completion of its new cGMP-grade sustained-release drug production facility investment from December 2026 to June 2027, and an increase in investment amount from 65 billion won to 89 billion won.

Inner Mongolia Jiutai New Materials Co., Ltd. achieved successful ignition of the 4# boiler, a key supporting facility for its 1 million ton per year ethylene glycol project, marking the transition from maintenance to startup phase.

Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test Pvt. Ltd. (TSAT) is establishing a semiconductor assembly and test facility in Jagiroad, Assam, with an investment of ₹27,000 crore. The facility will have a production capacity of up to 48 million chips per day and is expected to generate over 27,000 jobs.

Bigwave Robotics Co., Ltd. won a tender from the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology for a control system for automated heavy large cylinder block machining equipment, with a winning bid of 62.07 million KRW.

Röko AB signed an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in ITIB MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL S.p.A., an Italian machinery company with sales of €19 million. The transaction is expected to close by December 31, 2025.

Kier has secured two Early Contractor Involvement contracts from Southern Water worth a combined £44.4 million to deliver wastewater treatment upgrades at 12 sites across Southern Water's region.

Synchronicity Care Ltd (CDD Services) awarded Burlodge Ltd a 24-month contract worth £226,604 for polypropylene food containers, film and free-on-loan sealing machines, starting 4 December 2025.

Viega opened a new production facility with a seminar center in Mantua, Ohio, after an investment of about $178 million on a 20,400 square meter site. It is the company's second US production site after McPherson, Kansas.

Re:Water agreed a five-year, eight-figure partnership under which Ball Corporation will supply tens of millions of recycled aluminium bottles to support the brand's expansion in retail and hospitality.

Silverstream Technologies will supply air lubrication systems for nine RoPax newbuildings contracted by Grimaldi Group at China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard. It is the largest RoPax order awarded to Silverstream.

Wasco Bhd won a contract worth US$150-200 million from Technip Energies Italy to engineer, procure and fabricate pre-assembled process modules for a low-carbon ammonia project, with delivery within 37 months. Fabrication will be done mainly at Wasco's expanded Batam facility.

Gardner Denver Nash transitioned its regional sales and support partner from Process Controls to Mills Winfield effective December 1, 2025, covering Northern Illinois and NW Indiana for its vacuum pumps and compression systems.

Horton, a cooling solutions manufacturer, is investing $15 million to add 100,000 square feet at its Westminster facility in Oconee County, South Carolina, doubling manufacturing area to increase production of cooling fans and fan clutches.

Jotun Group has signed an agreement to invest USD 330 million in a new high-performance coatings plant and liquid coatings R&D center in Zhangjiagang, China. The plant will have an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes.

TAKRAF Mining Technology (Beijing) and CFHI Tianjin Heavy Industries signed a cooperation framework agreement on December 2, 2025, to jointly target China's open-pit mining equipment market, combining TAKRAF's design expertise with CFHI's manufacturing base.

Xi'an YiCai announced a plan to invest approximately 12.5 billion yuan in a silicon material base project in Wuhan, China, to produce 12-inch silicon polished and epitaxial wafers for advanced semiconductor processes, with a capacity of over 500,000 wafers per month.

The town of Bradford West Gwillimbury held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 2, 2025, for a new $65 million tertiary membrane filtration facility at its Water Pollution Control Plant. The project will increase sewage treatment capacity from 19,400 to 23,300 cubic metres per day.

South Korea's Yura Corporation has begun construction of its fifth production unit in Kairouan, Tunisia, for manufacturing automotive cables and electrical harnesses. The 4-hectare site represents an investment of 50 million Tunisian dinars and will increase total employment to 6,000 people.

BUA Group signed a partnership agreement with Bühler to build a 32 tonnes-per-hour rice processing line in Nigeria, aimed at boosting domestic rice production and food security.

ALUULA Composites executed a binding supply purchase agreement with Airseas (OCEANICWING SAS) to supply composite fabrics for the Seawing towing kite system for cargo vessels. The 12-month agreement covers minimum purchase volumes and fixed prices, effective January 1, 2026.

Munters is expanding its data centre technologies factory in Daleville, Virginia, to 52,000 m². Chiller production for the US will be operational by the end of Q1 2026.

LANXESS is expanding its Rhein Chemie production base in Qingdao, China, increasing capacity for processing aids and pre-dispersed rubber granules by 50% each, with technology upgrades. This is the company's largest global investment in five years, bringing total capacity to 30,000 tons.

Solstice Advanced Materials has broken ground on a $200 million expansion of its electronic materials facility in Spokane Valley, Washington. The project is expected to double production capacity for sputtering targets by the end of 2029 and reduce lead times by 25%.

The SODECIA AAPICO Joint Venture will invest $120 million to build a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to produce ladder frames for Scout Motors. The project will create nearly 400 jobs, with groundbreaking on December 8, 2025, and completion expected in 2027.

Hoffmann Green and Edycem, the concrete subsidiary of HERIGE Group, have reinforced their commercial collaboration to increase the volume of 0% clinker concrete produced by Edycem's network of 35 plants in western France from 2026.

LiveFarm announced plans to install a new factory in Camaçari, Bahia, to produce light agricultural equipment such as tractors, brush cutters, and plows for small family farms. The facility will be located at the Senai Cimatec Park.

Clean Harbors has secured a $110 million contract package to expand PFAS water filtration systems at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam in Hawaii. The three-year project will increase daily filtration capacity to 4.2 million gallons and involves system design, installation, monitoring, and operations.

Marvell Technology has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Celestial AI, a pioneer of Photonic Fabric technology for optical I/O in data center infrastructure. The acquisition aims to strengthen Marvell's connectivity strategy for AI and cloud data centers.

LBM New Energy (AP) Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Lopal Tech, has signed a long-term purchase agreement with Sunwoda Automotive Energy Technology (Thailand) to supply 106,800 tonnes of lithium iron phosphate cathode material from 2026 to 2030. The estimated total value is RMB 4.5-5.5 billion.

Zelus Material Handling, a member of the Ardent Group of Companies, has acquired Munck Cranes, a Canadian overhead crane manufacturer and service provider. The acquisition expands Zelus' footprint and service coverage across Canada.

Fusion for Energy has signed a framework contract worth €60 million with five suppliers to design and manufacture remote handling systems for the ITER fusion reactor. The selected companies are Aritex, Ansaldo Nucleare–Dal Ben consortium, De Pretto Industrie, AVS–Esteyco consortium, and Asturfeito–Tekniker consortium.

Tekhresurs, a resident of the Dubna special economic zone, has received permission to build the second stage of an administrative and production building for components for space, aviation and marine equipment. Total investment is 300 million rubles.

Sylmar Group, a leader in the industrial water sector, has acquired ProChem Water, a provider of industrial and commercial water and wastewater treatment services headquartered in Elliston, Virginia. The acquisition expands Sylmar's presence in the Southeastern United States.

Juggernaut Equipment will construct a 50,000-square-foot plant in Khurda, Odisha, India, to manufacture electric loaders, excavators, forklifts, and other heavy equipment. The factory is expected to open in March 2026.

A consortium led by TPG and MAVCO completed the acquisition of Siemens Gamesa's onshore wind business in India and Sri Lanka, forming a new independent company called Vayona Energy. The company has a portfolio of over 12 GW and a workforce of approximately 1,000 professionals.

Eve Air Mobility selected BETA Technologies to supply electric pusher motors for its eVTOL conforming prototypes and production aircraft, with a potential 10-year contract valued up to USD $1 billion.