Hayat Egypt, a subsidiary of Turkish Hayat Holding, has broken ground on a new production line for nonwoven hygiene products in the Ain Sokhna Integrated Industrial Zone. The $44 million investment is expected to create over 400 jobs and become operational by March 2026.

Waters Corporation and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) have announced a definitive agreement to combine BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business with Waters in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction valued at approximately $17.5 billion. The combined company is expected to have pro forma 2025 sales of approximately $6.5 billion.

Ferrero Group has agreed to acquire WK Kellogg Co for $23.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of $3.1 billion.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) has entered into an equity transfer agreement to sell approximately 20.3% of its equity interest in its Chongqing joint venture (CQJV) to a strategic investor for $150 million. The sale is expected to close by the end of 2025.

Nantong Sanxi Electronics Co., Ltd. has broken ground on a new R&D and manufacturing headquarters base for high-performance new capacitors in Dongbeitang Street, with a total investment of 500 million yuan. The project will build two factory buildings and a comprehensive office building, aiming to create a smart manufacturing factory.

Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co., Ltd. is building a 18万吨/年 PMMA unit as part of a high-performance resin project with total investment of about 182.53 billion yuan. The unit is scheduled to start production by the end of 2025.

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded contracts worth $906 million for construction of two 380kV substations at Afif and three overhead transmission line projects. Al Gihaz Contracting Company secured a SAR960 million deal for Afif 1, and Al Babtain Contracting Company secured a SAR1.2 billion deal for Afif 2.

Hexagon Composites ASA completed the full acquisition of SES Composites, the alternative fuels business of Worthington Enterprises, after previously holding a 49% stake. The unit supplies high-pressure cylinders and systems for gas storage. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Cooper Machinery Services announced the acquisition of Plant Process Machine Works, a reciprocating compressor service and engineering company, from Rotating Machinery Services. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Philips Machine Tools has inaugurated a new 250,000 sq ft mega facility in Pune, India, for production, assembly, and testing of advanced machine tools and automation solutions. The plant is expected to create over 1,000 jobs and support industries including automotive, aerospace, and electronics.

Boundary Electric joined Ampere Alliance, a newly formed group of electrical infrastructure companies including SABRE Ltd. and Summit Electric, to collaborate on medium- and high-voltage manufacturing and integrated power solutions.

Boundary Electric completed a new facility in Grand Forks, BC, adding modern office space and expanded manufacturing capacity for transformers and switchgear operations.

Kingsley Engineering Service Corporation has been contracted to design, supply, install and commission an MBR sewage treatment plant for Eco Intimates Ltd. in Gazipur, Bangladesh, treating 360 m³ of wastewater per day.

Tokyo Cement Group inaugurated a new fully-automated cement grinding plant in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, adding 1 million metric tons of capacity, bringing total capacity to 4 million metric tons per annum.

Arabi Group laid the foundation stone for a new refrigerator and deep freezer factory in Quesna, Menoufia, on 107,000 m² with $108 million investment in partnership with Sharp Japan. The plant will have capacity of 900,000 units per year and create over 4,000 jobs.

Egypt's Minister of Industry opened a new engineering glass factory in Quesna, Menoufia, built on 20,000 m² with $25 million investment in partnership with Yutachi Japan. The plant produces building glass with capacity of 2 million m² per year and creates 300 jobs.

Daifuku Intralogistics India Pvt. Ltd. has constructed a new manufacturing plant in Hyderabad, India, launching full-scale operations in April 2025. The plant increases production space by four times and will manufacture AS/RS, sorters, and conveyors.

A group with a turnover of nearly €80m has been formed following the acquisition of Padua-based Criocabin and Brianza-based CierreEsse.

Bluu Unit, a group of refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation firms, has signed an agreement to acquire Düsseldorf-based contractor KKL Holding GmbH.

German manufacturer Bosch has announced the suspension of its €280 million investment in a new heat pump factory in Poland.

Thermal management manufacturer XNRGY is to build a new 330,000ft² facility in Mesa, Arizona, dedicated to producing next-generation air-cooled chillers.

Chemical company BASF has broken ground on a new formic acid plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, that will use one of the largest MVR heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation.

Noblelift announced that Phase V of its Future Factory in Changxing, China, is scheduled to begin production in Q4 2025. The project involves an investment of RMB 1.175 billion and will produce 50,000 units of intelligent logistics equipment annually.

Sooil Development announced a four-year contract valued at 300 billion won with Mediq, a European medical device distributor, to supply insulin pump technology across Europe. The deal involves collaboration with Diabeloop and initial shipments have started to Germany.

Sinostar Cable received a Notice of Winning Bid from China Southern Power Grid Supply Chain Group for the First Batch Framework Tender Project for Distribution Network Materials in 2025, with a total bid amount of 379 million yuan.

Safran officially broke ground on its new Safran Turbine Airfoils plant in Chartres-de-Bretagne near Rennes, France. The €80 million facility will produce 500,000 turbine airfoils per year for LEAP and M88 engines and employ 500 people.

Turkish cable manufacturer Cagatay Kablo held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Skopje, North Macedonia, representing a €6 million investment. The expansion will add 200 jobs to the existing 300 at its current plant.

EFI Group's NovaSklo project signed a cooperation agreement with Horn Glass, Zippe, and Bottero to build Ukraine's first float glass plant in the Kyiv region. The plant will have a capacity of 24.8 million m² per year and involve over €240 million investment.

Inteva Products announced plans to invest 150 million Mexican pesos ($8 million) in expanding its Matamoros plant in Tamaulipas, Mexico, creating 500 direct jobs.

PRB, a subsidiary of Holcim, announced the acquisition of Algimouss, a French company specializing in cleaning and protection products for building exteriors. Algimouss has over 85 products and 200 references, with production at its site in La Séguinière, France.

Knorr-Bremse announced the expansion of its largest European truck manufacturing facility in Aldersbach, Germany, with a total investment of around EUR 125 million. The plant will be prepared for high-volume production of electric power steering systems, with operations starting in spring 2027.

Huntsman has expanded its distribution relationship with WOBATEK Kunststoffvertriebs GmbH, a specialist provider of engineering plastics for industrial applications in Central and Eastern Europe.

Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. announced a major new investment to establish a state-of-the-art OPS (one pack systems) production facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Trinseo is closing its methyl methacrylate (MMA) production operations at its Rho, Italy, facility and its acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) production operations in Porto Marghera, Italy.

Intuitive, a leader in robotic surgery, opened its first manufacturing facility in Bulgaria, located in Parvomay. The 17,000-square-meter plant will produce 3D endoscopes for da Vinci surgical systems and can accommodate over 300 employees.

Super Terminais Comercio e Industria Ltda placed a repeat order for three Konecranes Gottwald ESP.10 pedestal-mounted cranes for the Port of Manaus. The contract was booked in Q2 2025, with delivery scheduled for Q3 2026.

Copeland and Daikin announced a joint venture in the United States to introduce Daikin's inverter swing rotary compressor technology to the U.S. residential market. Copeland will hold a majority stake, and operations are anticipated to begin by the first half of 2025.

Garware Technical Fibres Limited, through its UK subsidiary Garware UK, has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire Offshore & Trawl Supply AS (OTS), a Norway-based company specializing in advanced synthetic rope solutions for offshore oil and gas, aquaculture and commercial marine sectors.

Tenstorrent has announced the acquisition of Blue Cheetah Analog Design, a startup specializing in die-to-die interface IP. Tenstorrent plans to open-source Blue Cheetah's chiplet interconnect technology to promote interoperability in the chiplet ecosystem.

Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary Saint-Gobain Brüggemann Holzbau GmbH to the German Köster Gruppe. Brüggemann specializes in prefabricated timber construction solutions and operates a plant in Neuenkirchen, Germany, with around 190 employees and annual revenue of €56 million.

Neo Performance Materials has won a supply contract for rare earth permanent magnets with a new European Tier 1 supplier of EV traction motors and a leading automotive OEM, projected to generate approximately $50 million in cumulative revenue. The magnets will be manufactured at Neo's facility in Narva, Estonia.

NRW Holdings' subsidiary NRW Civil & Mining secured a $167 million contract from Rio Tinto for earthworks, roadworks, and drainage associated with the primary crusher, overland conveyor, and non-process infrastructure at the Brockman Syncline 1 mine in Western Australia.

AAR Corp and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Chonburi, Thailand, to provide next-generation nacelle maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. The joint venture is subject to regulatory approval.

Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich KG awarded ANDRITZ a contract to deliver a complete PrimeLine tissue machine for its mill in Miltenberg, Germany, with a capacity of 37,000 t/a and design speed of 2200 m/min. Start-up is planned for Q4 2026.

GMAX Industries, a manufacturer of medical products, will invest $11.4 million to establish its first North American production facility in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, creating 36 new jobs.

Borouge extended the deadline for EPC bids for a project to increase butene-1 production at its Borouge 2 plant in Abu Dhabi from 39,000 to 60,000 tonnes per year, with EPC contract award planned for Q1 2026.

Toyota Tsusho completed the acquisition of all shares of US-based Radius Recycling, a leading North American recycling company with over 100 locations and a steel mill, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Trelleborg Group finalized its acquisition of Masterseals, a Singapore-based maker of engineered sealing solutions for the energy and industrial sectors. The deal was consolidated on 1 September 2025 after a press release on 11 July 2025.

Russian plastic packaging maker Ai-Plast signed an agreement with the Rostov region government to expand production of plastic containers for cottage cheese at its Azov plant. Total investment exceeds 400 million rubles and about 20 new jobs are planned.

CML Microsystems has signed a 12-year design and supply agreement valued at over $30 million with a leading manufacturer of industrial GNSS equipment. CML will deliver advanced design services and product supply for high-precision GNSS applications.