Kingsbury, through its additive manufacturing arm Additure, has been appointed the exclusive dealer of ATLIX 3D metal printing machines and services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the GCC region, starting January 2026.

VDK Groep has acquired Dijksma Koudetechniek, a specialist in complex cooling and freezing installations for the agricultural and industrial sectors based in Emmeloord. The acquisition strengthens VDK Groep's position in cooling technology and industrial installations.

Harro Höfliger handed over a new 9,000 sqm production hall in Debrecen, Hungary, for manufacturing medical technology and pharmaceutical packaging equipment. The investment of HUF 6 billion (with HUF 1.5 billion government support) will triple production area and double employees within a few years.

Patil Automation Limited established a new ~109,450 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Sadumbre, Maval, with an investment of approximately ₹55 crore. The facility will increase installed capacity from 2,304 to 3,454 units annually and create ~200 jobs.

Cosmo First and Korea's Filmax Corporation finalized a 50:50 joint venture agreement. The new entity will introduce Cosmo First's business verticals in South Korea and leverage Cosmo's global network to take Filmax products to international markets.

Varroc Engineering won a contract to supply high-voltage electronics for e-powertrain components to an unnamed EV OEM. Components will be supplied from Varroc's facility in Romania over 8 years, with peak annual capacity of INR 8,000 million.

Portuguese tissue producer Fapajal awarded Andritz a contract to supply a complete tissue production line for its mill in São Julião do Tojal. The line will have an annual capacity of 30,000 tons, with start-up planned for the first half of 2027.

JBM Group and Sodecia Automotive International formed a joint venture to establish a hot stamping manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune, to produce lightweight automotive components.

Volvo Construction Equipment will build a 30,000 sqm factory in Eskilstuna for crawler excavators, with an investment of SEK 700 million and annual capacity of 3,500 machines.

Dilip Buildcon won a 25-year mining and infrastructure contract from NALCO to develop and operate the Pottangi Bauxite Mines, valued at ₹5,000 crore.

Stantec will provide construction services for the expansion of Carleton Place's water and wastewater treatment plants, increasing capacity to support population growth from 15,000 to 25,000 residents.

Skyborn Renewables and Dajin Heavy Industry signed a contract for the provision of transition pieces for the Gennaker offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea off Germany. The 976MW project is anticipated to begin operations in 2028.

Borenton (01333) announced it received a purchase order from Mingyang Mining for the first batch of pure electric wide-body mining trucks equipped with unmanned driving wire-controlled chassis, with an order amount of 65.2 million yuan.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) received an EPC contract from Zeon Corporation to build a Cyclo Olefin Polymer (COP) production plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The plant is scheduled for completion in the first half of fiscal 2028.

NKT is expanding production capacity at its medium-voltage power cable accessories site in Nordenham, Germany, expecting to increase output by more than 50%. The new facilities are scheduled to be fully operational during 2026.

GE Aerospace announced a nearly $53 million investment to expand its West Jefferson, North Carolina facility by over 35,000 square feet, adding new equipment and creating more than 40 jobs to boost production capacity for CFM LEAP engine parts.

AERZEN, a German maker of blowers, compressors and turbos, acquired GPE Turbo of Leipzig, a specialist in single and multi-stage turbo solutions for the process gas industry. The article is dated 24 November 2025.

Cairo Company for Packaging Materials (Cobac) plans a new factory with an investment of EGP 2.8 to 3 billion, which will raise its total BOPP film capacity to 67,000 tonnes per year and support exports to Europe and the US.

Al Taiseer Group Talco Industrial Company signed a non-binding MoU to acquire Eastern Aluminum Extrusion Factory, with feasibility studies and due diligence to follow.

President William Ruto announced a KSh 47.8 billion clinker factory in Kitui County, Kenya, set to launch in January 2026. It will be the largest clinker facility in Kenya, boosting domestic cement production and reducing imports.

Hitachi Energy will invest $70 million to relocate and expand its power transformer factory from Kartal to Dilovası, Kocaeli, increasing capacity by 70% and employment by 30%. The new factory is planned to open in the first half of 2026.

UFlex plans to invest over Rs 700 crore to expand its packaging film manufacturing line in Dharwad, Karnataka, adding 54,000 MTPA of capacity and lifting its global packaging film capacity to 690,160 MTPA.

Top CNC (Tuopu Shukong) opened a new factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan. The 35-mu (approx. 2.3-hectare) facility has an annual capacity of 1,000 turn-mill centers and 2,000 sets of precision components, producing high-end five-axis machine tools.

Shanghai Top CNC Technology Co., Ltd. opened a new smart manufacturing base in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. The 35,800 m² factory is designed to produce 1,000 high-end five-axis turn-mill machining centers and 2,000 precision components annually.

GE Vernova Inc. agreed to acquire the remaining 50% of Prolec GE from Xignux for $5.3 billion. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Patil Automation Limited announced a new 109,450 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Sadumbre, Maval, with a planned investment of approximately ₹55 crore. The facility will increase annual production capacity from 2,304 to 3,454 units and create about 200 jobs.

BirlaNu, part of the CKA Birla Group, will set up a new fibre cement board plant in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. Phase 1 investment is approximately ₹127 crore, creating nearly 600 direct and indirect jobs. Phase 2 will add PVC pipes & fittings and construction chemicals units.

Voilàp Group acquired the Stürtz Group, a manufacturer of automated machinery for PVC processing headquartered in Neustadt, Germany. Stürtz generates revenues of approximately $76 million and has over 350 employees.

Livetouch Investments is expanding capacity at its cement plant in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe.

Shuntai Investments is building an 800,000-tonne-a-year cement plant outside Chegutu, Zimbabwe, with an investment of more than US$100 million.

Huaxin Zimbabwe is setting up a cement plant near Mount Hampden with planned output of 330,000 tonnes of cement per year.

Finolex Cables announced that construction of its optical fiber preform plant in Pune is complete, with production trials expected to start in the next few weeks. The plant was announced in June 2023 with an investment of INR 290 crore.

Topnc (拓璞数控) opened a new factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, on November 22, 2025. The plant, with an investment of several hundred million yuan, covers 35 mu (about 2.33 hectares) and 35,800 square meters, with an annual capacity of 1,000 five-axis machining centers and 2,000 precision component sets.

BEML signed an MoU with Italy's Tesmec to introduce advanced surface mining machinery in India. The equipment enables eco-friendly mining by eliminating drilling and blasting, expanding BEML's mining portfolio.

Stockholm-based Meadow signed a partnership with Stephen Gould Corporation, which will license the MEADOW KAPSUL technology and produce dispensers for brands worldwide, responding to rising US demand for sustainable packaging.

Growth Investment Partners Zambia invested USD 5 million in Boxpack Zambia Limited to install a new production line, tripling monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes. The financing is structured as royalty funding with a 12-month principal moratorium.

Hoskin Group, a portfolio company of River Associates Investments, acquired Davis Controls, a provider of industrial automation and process control products. The transaction closed on November 21, 2025.

Mecmatica S.r.l., a FORUM Family Office group company, has acquired a majority stake in Siint S.r.l., an Italian MES software provider based in Ancona. The deal strengthens Mecmatica's presence in central and southern Italy.

The Barbados Water Authority awarded a $66,000,057.62 contract to a joint venture of China Railway Shanghai Engineering Group Co., Ltd. to upgrade the South Coast Sewage Treatment Plant in Graeme Hall, Christ Church, Barbados, to a tertiary/advanced treatment facility. The contract was awarded on November 21, 2025.

Hastamat Verpackungstechnik opened a new production hall in Lahnau on November 21, 2025, expanding its production area and optimizing processes for packaging solutions. The building is equipped with a heat pump, LED lighting, and a photovoltaic system.

Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan'an Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. started construction of a new carbonyl material project with a total investment of 5.321 billion yuan, producing alcohol, aldehyde, ester series items and downstream PMMA and high-end ethylene propylene rubber.

JOAB inaugurated a new 2,000 sqm production facility in Blomstermåla, Sweden, doubling its capacity for refuse collection vehicles from 3 to 6 chassis assemblies per week. The investment was completed in October 2025.

RenewSys India Pvt. Ltd. has signed a 1.1 GW supply agreement with Kosol Energie Pvt. Ltd. to supply POE encapsulants over ten months from December 2025 to September 2026.

On November 21, 2025, private equity firm EQT acquired Desotec, a European leader in activated carbon purification solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Danfoss (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. inaugurated a new BOCK compressor production line in the Wuqing Development Area, Tianjin, China. The line leverages BOCK's CO₂ and low-GWP technology and uses automated equipment and green manufacturing processes.

Novus, a manufacturer of electronic sensors and controllers, plans to invest R$15 million in 2026 to expand its industrial plant in Canoas, Brazil, by up to 4,000 square meters. The company also invested R$4 million in production automation in 2025.

Stadt Kaufbeuren awarded DMG MORI Technium Europe GmbH a €608,900 contract for the procurement of CNC milling and turning machines, as well as conventional milling and turning machines. The contract was awarded on November 21, 2025.

VAST Industrial Corp., a Canadian holding company that owns Unilux HVAC Industries, acquired The Whalen Company, a Maryland-based manufacturer of high-rise HVAC products. The acquisition consolidates the high-rise HVAC market in North America.

GK Polyplast commissioned the second phase of a high-molecular-weight thermostable polymer production complex in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, with an investment of 20 billion rubles. The new capacity is 130,000 tonnes per year, creating 700 jobs.

Anaergia Technologies LLC was awarded a C$43.8 million design-build contract by the East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority to design, construct, commission and start-up a renewable power generation facility in San Diego, California. Construction is expected to be completed within two years.