Sandvik received a major underground mining equipment order from Northern Star Resources Ltd, valued at approximately SEK 260 million. The order consists of underground trucks and loaders, with deliveries expected to begin in Q1 2026.

Beumer Group inaugurated a new material handling systems manufacturing facility in Reliance MET City, Jhajjar, Haryana, in December 2025. The company invested about INR 2 billion in the plant, which spans over 10 acres and is expected to employ about 750 people.

Thaai Casting announced multiple domestic orders in December 2025: two orders on 17 December valued at INR 805.2 million combined, and additional orders on 28 December worth INR 124.3 million, all to be executed over 36 to 48 months.

Thaai Casting Limited is progressing with capacity expansion at its new manufacturing plant, installing a WFL M50 Millturn machine and commissioning seven Haitian Hision Double Column VMC 1000 II machining centres. The company also raised INR 314.9 million through equity and convertible instruments to support ongoing projects.

LVD Company nv has won a major contract to manufacture a custom Synchro-Form press brake for MT Aerospace AG in Augsburg, Germany. The 800-ton, 7 m press brake will produce components for the ESA Ariane 6 rocket program.

Tibnor, a subsidiary of SSAB, has signed an agreement to acquire Ovako Metals Oy, a Finnish distributor of steel and metals. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close in Q1 2026.

Motilal Oswal Alternates has made a significant minority investment of USD 72 million in Sensa Core, an Indian medical devices company. Sensa Core will commission a new manufacturing facility in Hyderabad's Medical Device Park.

Medtronic has acquired Fortimedix Surgical, a Dutch medical device company specializing in articulating instruments. The acquired entity will form Medtronic Articulating Technologies.

Holcim is acquiring Inversiones ASPI S.A., which holds 50.01% of Cementos Pacasmayo, a Peruvian building materials producer. The transaction values CPAC at approximately US$1.5 billion.

Sandvik has received a large order for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) from Eldorado Gold for its Lamaque mine in Val-d'Or, Québec. The order is valued at around SEK 160 million and was booked in Q4 2025.

Hyupjin Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire N Robotics Co., Ltd. from CITECH Co., Ltd. for KRW 23 billion. The deal includes an initial deposit of KRW 2.3 billion, with completion expected by January 9, 2026.

Yasho Industries signed a 15-year contract with a global MNC to supply specialty lubricant additives, expected to generate about Rs 150 crore annually. The customer will fund the entire capex for the plant.

GE Vernova won a contract from Megha Engineering & Infrastructures (MEIL) to supply nine 150 MW pumped-storage hydro units for the 1.35 GW Upper Sileru plant in Andhra Pradesh, targeted for completion by 2030. The announcement is dated approximately December 2025 based on the article's relative timing.

Edvin Larssons Mekaniska AB (ELMAB) has become the new owner of Melin & Carlsson Hydraulic AB in Tranås, Sweden. The acquisition took effect in December 2025.

ProAmpac signed a definitive agreement to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging from TC Transcontinental for US$1.51 billion (about CAD 2.1 billion). The deal is expected to close in Q1 2026.

Brookfield reached an agreement with DongFang Precision to acquire the shareholdings in Fosber Group, the Italian corrugated machinery maker, including Fosber Italia, Fosber America, Fosber Asia, Tiruña and Quantum Corrugated. Completion is expected in the first half of 2026.

Roper Pump Company announced its acquisition of Ranger Pumps, a Memphis, Tennessee producer of positive displacement pumps, with Ranger's product lines and customers transitioning to the Roper brand.

Halliburton announced that Petrobras awarded it multiple contracts for intelligent completions, electric safety valves and stimulation services in Brazil's deepwater fields, with work expected to begin in 2026.

TransDigm Group completed its acquisition of the Simmonds Precision Products business from Goodrich Corporation, an RTX subsidiary, for approximately USD 765 million in cash including certain tax benefits.

Velan Inc. was awarded a valve order exceeding CAD 20 million by Ontario Power Generation to supply emergency cooling injection valves for three reactors being refurbished at the Pickering Nuclear Generation Station, with deliveries through January 2028.

Hyundai Movex signed a supply contract with Korea Kolmar worth 55.9 billion won (about 16.37% of its 2024 revenue) for logistics automation modules and robots, running until 31 August 2027.

Sibeg, the Coca-Cola bottler in Sicily, selected Sidel to supply a complete aseptic PET production line with an 18,000 bph capacity at its Catania site. The line uses Sidel's Aseptic Combi Predis, EvoFilm Stretch and PalKombi machines.

Guangxi Huawote Group awarded its December 2025 to May 2026 packaging bag procurement tender to four suppliers: Guangxi Chengen Packaging, Guangxi Zhongsu Packaging, Guangxi Haodong Plastic and Dezhirun New Materials. The total volume is about 6 million bags, split among the winners.

USA Compression Partners, LP agreed to acquire J-W Power Company, a privately held natural gas compression services provider, for $860 million, paying $430 million in cash and issuing about 18.3 million common units. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

Kaishan Compressor USA completed an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Alabama facility, doubling its operations there and adding production, testing, warehouse and R&D space. The company plans to create more than 50 jobs over five years.

Vexve Oy agreed to acquire BROEN A/S from Aalberts N.V. on December 1, 2025, with completion expected between January 1 and June 30, 2026, subject to regulatory approval. BROEN reported revenue of about 82 million for 2024.

Berger Engineering signed a contract with SMS group in November 2025 to build, deliver and commission a STEMA JU16 rail stamping machine. The machine will be delivered to Vietnam in July 2026.

Weir Group has completed its acquisition of Belo Horizonte-based Fast2Mine, adding an open-pit fleet and maintenance management platform. Fast2Mine joins Weir's new Software Solutions group.

Sidtek has signed an agreement to expand its OLED microdisplay module fab in Meishan (Phase II) with a total investment of 1.6 billion Yuan ($226 million). The expansion will increase yearly capacity to 13 million OLED microdisplay modules and 3 million headsets, and includes an IC R&D centre and an OEM production line for AR/VR headsets.

The Willamette Valley Company has acquired the assets of Northwest Adhesives Inc. and began operation of their facility in Washougal, WA on December 1, 2025. The business will become part of WVCO's Global Wood Division.

Micron Technology plans to invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a memory chip manufacturing facility in Hiroshima, Japan, to produce advanced HBM chips for AI computing. Construction is expected to begin in May 2026, with shipments starting by 2028. The Japanese government is providing up to 500 billion yen in support.

Daifuku Intralogistics India developed and launched its first stacker crane manufactured entirely in India at its Hyderabad facility, representing a ₹227 crore investment. The 30-metre-tall automated system was designed and built at the new facility inaugurated in April 2025.

Ddev Plastiks Industries is investing Rs. 50 crore in Q3 FY26 to expand its manufacturing capacity by 30,000 MTPA, including HFFR and PVC compounds, funded through internal accruals.

Southwire is launching a $176 million expansion at its Heflin, Alabama plant to enhance medium voltage cable production and modernize operations, adding 340,000 square feet and creating over 85 jobs. Construction is expected to begin in late 2025, with capacity coming online in late 2027.

Ligoo New Energy won a bid for a Stellantis Group project, becoming a supplier to the global top-tier OEM. Ligoo will supply Stellantis with hundreds of thousands of units/sets of related products, with a value exceeding XXXX million euros.

Yaskawa Electric is building a U.S. factory in Wisconsin for AI-equipped robots, with an investment of $180 million. Production is targeted to start by the fiscal year ending February 2029.

AURELIUS, an alternative investor, acquired Winkelmann Automotive Poland (WAP), a manufacturer of torsional vibration dampers based in Poland. The acquisition closed on November 28, 2025, and WAP will be rebranded as MUVIQ-Legnica.

Tega Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Molycop, a leading global supplier of grinding media, from American Industrial Partners and Apollo Global Management, at an enterprise value of approximately $1.45 billion. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

J-Tec Material Handling has acquired Process Integration for an undisclosed amount. Process Integration, founded in Denmark in 2015, specializes in equipment, system solutions, and turn-key projects for industries including aqua feed, pet food, and sustainable proteins.

Urban Mining Industries completed deliveries of its Pozzotive ground glass pozzolan binder for JPMorgan Chase's global headquarters in New York. The binder was produced at its Beacon Falls plant and supplied to SRM Concrete for mixing at its Long Island City plant, replacing 40% of cement content in 39,700m³ of concrete.

Armac concluded the full acquisition of Braslift Equipamentos e Logística for an enterprise value of R$ 155 million. Braslift is a forklift rental company in southern Brazil with a fleet of over 1,000 assets.

Saudi Arabian aluminum extrusion producer TALCO Industries signed a preliminary acquisition agreement with Oriental Aluminum Extrusion Plant to expand its product portfolio and manufacturing capabilities.

Dutch crane rental company Pfeifer Rentals BV took delivery of the first units of a six-crane Grove all-terrain deal, including models GMK5150XL, GMK5250XL-1, and GMK6300L-1, for fleet expansion.

SICK AG expanded its factory in Kunsziget, Hungary by adding three new halls, including an automated small parts warehouse with 52,000 storage locations and 27 autonomous mobile robots from KNAPP, to support growing order numbers.

Presto Engineering Group, a global leader in ASIC supply and semiconductor services, announced the acquisition of UK-based design house Garfield Microelectronics Ltd. The GFMicro brand will be retained as 'GFMicro by Presto Engineering' and continue operating from its UK locations.

Hillside Triumph acquired a majority stake in LafargeHolcim Guinée, the leading cement producer in Guinea, which has been renamed Ciments de Guinée S.A. Hillside Triumph plans to invest in two new cement plants and prefabrication units in the Conakry and Upper Guinea regions.

The Government of India announced an investment of ₹4,500 crore to upgrade and expand the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali. The investment aims to increase wafer production capacity by 100 times from current levels.

The Rampf Group is constructing a new production facility in Tianjin, China, with an investment of €8 million. The facility, located in the Chemical Industrial Park of TEDA, will produce reactive resin systems based on polyurethane, silicone, and epoxy, and is scheduled to start operations in July 2026.

Maharashtra Seamless Limited secured a ₹217 crore order from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the supply of seamless pipes for ONGC's oil and gas operations. The order will be executed through gradual dispatches over the next few quarters.

Gelit S.p.A. inaugurated a new 2,500 sqm plant in Paliano, Italy, featuring modern lines, automated packaging, and increased production capacity. The investment aims to improve response times and quality.