ABB was awarded contracts to deliver electrical distribution systems and electromagnetic stirring solutions for Tata Steel's new Electric Arc Furnace facility at Port Talbot, Wales, UK. The EAF is scheduled to begin operations in 2028, with ABB's technologies commissioned in 2027.

L3Harris showcased its new Advanced Manufacturing Facility – South (AMF-South), a 379,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama, for producing inert solid rocket motor components. The company invested over $20 million in renovations and expects to create over 100 additional jobs.

Vertical Aerospace has signed a long-term partnership with Aciturri Aerostructures for Aciturri to supply the entire airframe (wing, empennage, pylons, fuselage) for Vertical's VX4 eVTOL aircraft, including pre-production and certified units.

Sona Comstar (Sona BLW Precision Forgings) will begin supplying differential housings and driveline components from its new joint venture with Jinnaite Machinery (JNT) in China. The company is investing ₹100 crore (USD 12 million) for a 60% stake; operations are expected to start in H2 of the current financial year.

腾亚精工 (Tengya Precision) will invest CNY 4 million for a 40% stake in a new joint venture, Tengya Kezhong, to develop, manufacture and sell robot joints. The JV has registered capital of CNY 10 million and includes partners Nanjing Yunji, Hunan Kezhong and Beijing 393.

United Utilities awarded a £2.4 million AMP8 contract to Unisense for sensors and controllers to detect nitrous oxide in wastewater. The contract covers 120 sensors for immediate deployment with consumables for 5 years.

Qiaoyuan Co., Ltd. signed an investment agreement to build an electronic-grade and medical-grade specialty gas production base in Chengdu New Material Industry Chemical Park. The total planned investment is 302 million yuan, with phase one at 152 million yuan and phase two at 150 million yuan.

BD announced plans to invest more than $35 million and add approximately 50 jobs to expand prefilled flush syringe manufacturing at its Columbus, Nebraska facility. The investment will support new production lines to produce hundreds of millions of additional units annually.

O3-Coatings plans to launch a plant in the Rostov region special economic zone in 2026 to produce organosoluble industrial coatings and packaging. The investment is over 500 million rubles with a capacity of 12,000 tonnes per year.

BlueScope announced it will lead an international consortium with Nippon Steel, JSW Steel and POSCO to participate in the Whyalla Steelworks sale process. The consortium has submitted a non-binding expression of interest for the South Australian steelworks.

PONAR Wadowice received a PLN 15.4 million grant from the Just Transition Fund to build a low-emission production hall at its Łaziska Górne branch in Silesia for drives, controls and special-purpose systems.

AMPO POYAM VALVES was selected by Aramco to supply sour service valves for the Jafurah Gas Wells Tie-in project under purchase orders CRPO 19 and CRPO 23, as reported on 4 August 2025.

Xuanda Industrial Group is building a green smart factory in Yongjia County, Zhejiang, for pumps and valves, with total investment of 300 million yuan. Completion and production start are expected in 2026, with annual capacity of 12,000 tonnes.

Emergency Care Holdings (ECH), backed by Bridgefield Capital, completed the acquisition of the Philips Emergency Care business from Royal Philips. The business will operate as Heartstream and continue to market select products under a Philips brand license.

Prisemi plans to acquire 100% equity of Jishun Technology and 17.15% equity of Shunlei Technology through convertible bonds and cash, totaling approximately 403 million yuan (approx. $56 million). This will give Prisemi 100% control of Shunlei Technology, strengthening its power semiconductor business.

JPFL Films, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jindal Poly Films, will invest over Rs. 700 crore (approx. $84 million) to set up new BOPP, PET, and CPP film lines in Nashik, Maharashtra. Annual capacities are up to 42,000 tonnes (BOPP), 55,000 tonnes (PET), and 18,000 tonnes (CPP).

Mindray Medical opened its global second headquarters in Wuhan, China, with a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan (approx. $630 million). The 620,000-square-meter facility in Wuhan Optics Valley Biolake includes R&D and production bases focused on minimally invasive surgery, orthopedics, and cardiovascular devices.

Anax Power announced that Synchrony, Inc. will supply high-speed permanent magnet generators and active magnetic bearings for integration into Anax's next-generation turboexpander system. The ATE-500 model delivers up to 500 kW of power.

Hitachi Energy Germany AG has been awarded a contract by enercity Netz GmbH for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a gas-insulated 110-kV switchgear at the Wasserturm substation in the Hannover region. The contract was awarded on 21 November 2025.

On August 2, 2025, Ambuja Cements Ltd announced the allotment of 8,700,000 equity shares to eligible shareholders, as part of a capital raising or corporate action.

MIC Electronics Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Neo Semi SG Pte. Ltd. to enter the semiconductor, AI-driven energy, and sustainable electronics sectors. MIC also received in-principle approval to acquire equity shares in Neo Semi SG, subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals.

Bajaj Indef announced the acquisition of an 80% equity stake in Daedalus Lift & Access Equipments Pvt. Ltd., a manufacturer of Aerial Work Platforms and Mobile Elevating Work Platforms based in Chakan, Pune. The acquisition supports Bajaj Indef's Vision 500 growth roadmap.

Xylem Inc. finalized its $7.5 billion all-stock acquisition of Evoqua Water Technologies in May 2023, creating the world's largest pure-play water technology company with combined revenue of $7.3 billion in 2022 and over 22,000 employees.

Jaipur-based Miracle Group will invest Rs 125 crore in capacity expansion across its eight packaging plants in the current financial year, adding new printing and converting machinery and lifting production capacity by up to 30%.

SNF SAS has been awarded Lot 2 of a tender by Laval Agglomération for the supply and transport of emulsion polymers for sludge thickening, valued at €258,120.

iVascular inaugurated its eighth plant in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Barcelona, with an investment of €10 million. The expansion is expected to multiply production capacity by six compared to 2024. The company also forecasts 2025 sales exceeding €100 million.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India Limited rebranded as Bosch Home Comfort India Limited after Bosch completed its acquisition of the company on August 1, 2025, making it a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.

Zhejiang Yutong New Materials Co., Ltd. won a bid in August 2025 to supply marine paint to Huayuanxing Shipping Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Huadian Corporation. The contract covers paint for 27 large ocean-going vessels.

Huaxin Cement completed the acquisition of an 83.81% stake in Lafarge Africa Plc for $773 million, becoming the largest shareholder. Lafarge Africa operates four cement plants in Nigeria with annual capacity of 10.6 million tonnes.

AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA has acquired the European needle roller bearing business from JTEKT Group, which generates over EUR 100 million in revenue and employs around 1,200 across four sites in Germany, France, and the Czech Republic.

Lanco Integrated was awarded a contract by a leading automotive manufacturer to design and build a fully automated assembly system for a new solenoid valve. The system will use RFID-tracked pallets, robotics, and vision systems.

DN Solutions broke ground for a factory in Bengaluru, India, to produce customized machine tools including SVM 4100i vertical machining centers. The company plans to invest over $70 million and hire more than 500 employees by 2032.

GameChange BOS has opened a high-capacity medium voltage transformer manufacturing facility in Taloja, Navi Mumbai, India. The 180,000 sq. ft. factory can produce over 1,800 transformers annually.

Italian truck and spider lift manufacturer Socage has acquired a majority stake in fellow Italian CTE, one of its main competitors. The acquisition should boost Socage group revenues next year to around €190 million.

Michael Byrne Mfg. acquired the auger boring product line and related assets from American Augers, a division of The Toro Co. The transaction includes inventory, equipment designs, intellectual property, and support systems.

Farbenwerke Wunsiedel GmbH and MASTER TEC GmbH chemische Produkte merged on August 1, 2025, with all business activities continuing under Farbenwerke Wunsiedel GmbH. The merger was registered with the local court on that date.

TPEI completed a $1.6 million expansion of its Lehighton, Pennsylvania facility, adding floor space for machining, assembly, and testing to increase production capacity for continuous mixers, extruders, and turnkey compounding lines. The project supports approximately 34 new and retained jobs.

GEA Group was selected by Baladna and the Algerian government to provide dairy farming and processing solutions for the world's largest integrated dairy farm and milk powder facility in Adrar province, Algeria. Construction starts in early 2026, with first milk powder production in late 2027, reaching 100,000 tons per year.

Tenon Medical acquired sacroiliac joint-specific assets from SiVantage, including SImmetry and SImmetry+ technologies, with integration to complete in Q4 2025. The deal includes an upfront cash component and equity issuance.

PT Lami Packaging Indonesia (LamiPak Indonesia) inaugurated the second phase of investment at its aseptic packaging plant in Serang, Banten, Indonesia, increasing annual capacity from 12 billion packs to 21 billion packs.

EMACRYL S.A. was awarded a contract by the Canfranc Underground Laboratory Consortium to manufacture high-transparency PMMA domes for 20-inch photomultipliers for the Hyper-Kamiokande experiment, valued at €866,800 (excluding VAT).

Lanco, a global leader in precision engineering and turnkey automation, secured a contract with a leading medical device manufacturer to design and deliver an integrated automated system for device handling, packaging, inspection, and tracking.

Revergy and Tamoin's wind division are integrating to form a new group providing technical services for wind and solar farms. The resulting group is expected to generate over €50 million in annual revenue and will be led by CEO Javier Coloma.

The Middleby Corporation acquired Frigomeccanica S.p.A, a global leader in drying, defrosting, fermentation, refrigeration and preservation equipment for the food processing industry. Frigomeccanica is based in Parma, Italy, with annual revenues of $30 million.

Groupe Atlantic increased its investment in Clade Engineering Systems and is now the majority shareholder. Clade is a UK manufacturer of natural refrigerant commercial heat pumps.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics secured a $578.7 million firm-fixed price delivery order from the U.S. Navy to supply F-35 initial spare parts. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, with completion expected by June 2030.

Phoenix Silicon International (Shenyang Semiconductor) approved a TWD 4.379 billion capital expenditure to accelerate expansion of reclaimed wafer production, targeting monthly capacity of 1.2 million wafers by end of 2026, up from a previous plan of 950,000.

Construction Equipment Group AS (CEG) has agreed to acquire Ankerløkken Equipment AS, a Norwegian supplier of tools and equipment for the construction industry, to strengthen its position as a total supplier.

Singapore-based Aster has finalised its acquisition of Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals Pte Ltd (CPSC), which operates a 400 KTA HDPE facility on Jurong Island. The announcement was made on 1 August 2025.

Synopex, through its subsidiary Synopex Membrane, completed the acquisition of Lotte Chemical's water treatment business division, including a factory in Daegu Water Cluster National Industrial Complex, 105 patents, technical personnel, and sales network.