Hitachi GLS transferred all its shares in Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture to Bosch and completed the acquisition of the Shimizu Factory in Japan. Hitachi will now expand Hitachi-branded air conditioning products through Bosch's HVAC business.

Tsubaki Kabelschlepp GmbH inaugurated a new 3,000 square meter manufacturing facility in Bengaluru's KIADB Industrial Area via its Indian subsidiary KabelSchlepp India Private Limited. The plant consolidates cable carrier systems and conveyor/protective covers businesses under one roof.

Ajantha Radha Earth Movers secured a contract worth Rs 2,302.85 crore from Northern Coalfields (NCL) for large-scale overburden removal at the Block-B Project in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The five-year contract involves excavation of 221.87 million bank cubic meters of solid overburden.

KONČAR – Power Transformers (KPT), a joint venture between KONČAR and Siemens Energy, is investing approximately €260 million to expand its large power transformer factory in Jankomir, Zagreb. The expansion will increase capacity to 45,000 MVA by 2031 and create about 350 new jobs.

DIC Corporation resolved to build a new epoxy resins production facility at its Chiba Plant in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The investment plan has been approved by METI, and DIC expects a subsidy of up to ¥3 billion.

Sandvik received a major underground mining equipment order from JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd. for use at the Khoemacau Copper Mine in Botswana. The order is valued at approximately SEK 450 million and includes loaders, trucks, drills, and digital monitoring solutions.

JFE Steel and JSW Steel will invest approximately ¥120 billion to expand grain-oriented electrical steel sheet (GOES) manufacturing capacity at J2ES Vijayanagar and J2ES Nashik in India. Total capacity will increase to 350,000 tonnes per year.

Inari Amertron Berhad and Sanan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. have agreed to jointly acquire 100% equity interest in Lumileds Holding B.V. and its 11 Asian and European subsidiaries from Lumileds Subholding B.V. for a total enterprise value of USD 239 million.

KONČAR – Power Transformers (KPT), a joint venture between KONČAR and Siemens Energy, will invest approximately €260 million to expand its large power transformer factory in Jankomir, Zagreb. The expansion will increase capacity to 45,000 MVA by 2031 and create about 350 new jobs.

Lummus Technology announced that Vioneo has selected its Novolen polypropylene technology for a new grassroots plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will be part of the world's first industrial-scale fossil-free plastics production complex, with a capacity of 200 KTA, using green methanol as feedstock.

United Drilling Tools Ltd. received an international order worth INR 56.3 million from Halliburton Offshore Services Inc. for the supply of conductor wall casing pipes with Leopard Multi-Start Connectors. The contract is scheduled to be executed within four months.

Napco Investment LLC, a Dubai-based subsidiary of Napco National, completed the acquisition of Arabian Flexible Packaging from the Ghurair Group, effective 1 August 2025.

ORG Packaging announced on August 1, 2025 that its subsidiary Bena Packaging (Thailand) will build a two-piece aluminium can line with 700 million cans annual capacity at Rojana Ayutthaya Industrial Park, with an investment of about 441.6 million yuan.

OJI Thailand installed and commissioned an Aopack BM3000-HD corrugated box maker at its Thailand facility in August 2025. The machine follows deployments at OJI subsidiaries in Japan.

Tenneco inaugurated a new valve production line at its Powertrain plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a 426.8 million peso investment. Annual valve output rises from 50 million to nearly 85 million units.

Chinese industrial compressor maker ZIQI Compressor has completed its new factory in Dexing, adding production and R&D capacity. The company reported the completion in August 2025, with hundreds of jobs created locally.

Beverage Pack Company S/A plans to invest R$700 million in two new aluminum plants in Minas Gerais: a can plant in Frutal (about R$465 million) and a can-end plant in Governador Valadares (about R$235 million), creating 200 direct jobs.

Cervejaria Cidade Imperial plans to invest about R$130 million to expand its Frutal plant in Minas Gerais, creating an estimated 67 direct jobs.

ACON Investments agreed to sell its controlling interest in Colombian packaging company Amfora Packaging S.A.S. to Albéa Group. Terms were not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Group agreed to acquire CRI-MAN S.p.A., an Italian maker of chopper pumps, separators and mixers for biogas and wastewater treatment, based in Correggio, Italy. The acquisition adds 85 employees and is expected to close in Q4 2025; the price was not disclosed.

SD SYSTEM, an Italian company specializing in commercial refrigeration, joins SYCLEF ITALIA, the Italian entity of SYCLEF.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited awarded a Rs3.16 billion contract to Siemens Energy India Limited for 30×110 MVAR, 765 kV, single-phase reactors under Package 7RT-20-BULK. The contract was finalized on July 31, 2025.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited awarded a Rs3.17 billion contract to CG Power & Industrial Solutions Limited for 30×80 MVAR, 765 kV, single-phase reactors under Package 7RT-21-BULK. The contract was finalized on July 31, 2025.

South Coast Terminals, a portfolio company of Platform Partners Investment Company, acquired Lindau Chemicals, Inc., a specialty organic chemical manufacturer headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The transaction was effective July 31, 2025.

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division awarded a $19.3 million multiple award contract to Rachel Corporation for procurement of metals, alloys, and other materials. The contract was awarded on July 31, 2025.

Seyond's Hummingbird D1 pure solid-state ultra-wide-angle LiDAR was designated for supply to a premium brand under one of China's top automakers, for a high-end intelligent vehicle model.

jpp-KY's subsidiary Jinpao Europe SAS completed the acquisition of 100% of French aerospace sheet metal and structural assembly supplier Segnere, which supplies Airbus and Dassault, in late July 2025.

Triton, a European mid-market investment company, has completed the acquisition of MacGregor from previous owner Hiab (formerly Cargotec). The transaction closed on 31 July 2025 and was announced on 1 August 2025.

Legrand France, a subsidiary of Legrand, has signed a contract to acquire 60.09% of Cogelec from Cogelec Développement for €29 per share. The agreement was signed on 31 July 2025 and announced on 1 August 2025.

Yaskawa America Inc. will construct a robotic manufacturing facility at its new campus in Franklin, Wisconsin, marking the first time its high-volume industrial robots will be manufactured in the U.S. The announcement was made on 31 July 2025.

Grupo Cox completed the acquisition of Iberdrola's assets in Mexico for $4.2 billion, including 2,601 MW of installed capacity from wind, solar, combined cycle, and cogeneration plants, plus a 12 GW project pipeline.

Bosch Group completed its $8 billion acquisition of Johnson Controls' residential and light commercial HVAC business on July 31, 2025. The deal includes Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture and doubles Bosch's Home Comfort division.

WEG S.A. announced an investment of approximately R$160 million to vertically integrate and expand electric motor production at its Linhares unit in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The project includes a new industrial building and equipment for wire manufacturing, with operations scheduled to begin in 2027.

Navitas Semiconductor announced that Xiaomi's next-generation 90W GaN charger will be powered by Navitas' GaNSense Control ICs. The charger is the world's smallest 90W charger, measuring 34x45x34 mm and weighing 65 grams.

Mamata Machinery Limited has received an order worth INR 72 million from a key Indian customer for its first advanced 9-layer blown film plant, part of its co-extrusion product segment. The plant will produce high-barrier films for critical food packaging applications and is to be delivered by March 31, 2026.

Zhejiang Guoen Chemical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guoen Co., plans to invest 960 million yuan to build a 1,000-ton/year PEEK polymerization line, a styrene engineering material pilot platform, and 300,000-ton/year modified/composite material lines in Zhejiang.

JR Machine, part of Schneider Resources Holding, has acquired ETW Inc., a 5-axis CNC machining and custom tooling company in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A $1 million DMG MORI DMU 65 (FD) 5-axis milling center has been installed as part of the deal.

Maschio Gaspardo has become a shareholder in Lynx AG LLC and launched Maschio Gaspardo USA INC, a joint venture to develop large-format precision planters for North America.

BorgWarner has secured a new contract to supply dual inverters to a major Chinese OEM for their hybrid vehicles. Mass production is scheduled to begin by the end of 2025.

ATI Inc. announced the extension and expansion of its long-term titanium products agreement with Boeing. The expanded agreement covers Boeing's full commercial airplane portfolio and will utilize ATI's new Pageland, South Carolina facility for titanium alloy sheet production.

Toyo Aluminium K.K. has completed the acquisition of LQDX's Aluminum Clad Laminate (ACL) intellectual property. The deal enables Toyo to scale up in advanced semiconductor packaging and fine-line IC-substrate sectors.

PCD Tools, controlled by Armònia Italy Fund II, has acquired the entire share capital of Ceresoli Utensili, Lamev and Dorigo Utensili, companies producing polycrystalline diamond tools for precision cutting. The deal aims to create a leading industrial platform.

Innopolymed Company, a joint venture between IRPC Public Company and Innobic Company, will be dissolved by the end of 2025. The venture produced 5,600 tons per year of spunbond and meltblown nonwovens for filtration and medical applications.

Zhejiang GON Chemical Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GON, plans to invest 960 million yuan to build a 1,000 tons/year PEEK polymerization pilot platform and a 300,000 tons/year modified and composite materials project.

GENMA Solutions Rainbow will retire the Kalmar name from its Genma-Kalmar brand in September 2025, in line with its 2022 acquisition agreement.

Envision Energy India plans to invest Rs 500 crore to set up a second blade plant near Ahmedabad and a gearbox facility in Pune, expanding its manufacturing capacity to 5 GW annually.

Safran announced a new aircraft carbon brake production facility at Plaine de l'Ain Industrial Park near Lyon, France, with an investment of over €450 million. The plant is scheduled to begin operations in 2030 and will create about 100 jobs initially, doubling at full capacity.

Hybar Steel will build a new $100 million rebar manufacturing plant adjacent to its existing Osceola, Arkansas facility. Once completed, total annual capacity will reach 700,000 tonnes and over 154 jobs will be created.

HD Hyundai Electric signed a contract with UK power company National Grid to supply 13 ultra-high-voltage transformers (12 x 400 kV, 1 x 275 kV) valued at KRW 140.4 billion. Final delivery is scheduled for 2028.

Meridian Energy has acquired NZ Windfarms Limited via a court-approved scheme of arrangement valued at $91 million. The acquisition will help finance the Te Rere Hau repowering project, involving up to 39 new turbines.