Leeds City Council awarded Holcim UK Limited a contract to supply coated materials, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates for highway works in Yorkshire. The contract runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029, with a published value of £100 million.

Saixiang Technology (Sai Xiang Ke Ji) received a notice of award for a contract to supply aircraft large-component transport tooling for the second A320 family final assembly line in Tianjin, China. The contract value is 532,930,269.63 yuan (approximately €533 million).

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries supplied VRF climate control systems for the DSİ 25th Regional Directorate campus in Balıkesir, Turkey. The system totals 1120 kW capacity with 11 outdoor units and 318 indoor units across three buildings.

ABB inaugurated the expansion of its plant in Parque WTC Logístico in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a $12.1 million investment and the creation of 223 new jobs. The expansion increases operational capacity by 50% and adds 10,000 square meters to the facility.

Fuxin Jinda Precision Machinery Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of LK Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its gantry CNC complete machine project in Fuxin City. The project covers 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares) with an initial investment of 300 million yuan, expected to generate 500 million yuan in output and create about 100 jobs.

Kanohar Electricals Limited has won a contract valued at Rs 5,686.69 million from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited for the supply of high-capacity power transformers under its bulk procurement programme.

Alfa Laval has completed the acquisition of the cryogenics business unit of Fives Group, now Fives Energy Cryogenics, a maker of cryogenic heat exchangers and pumps. The business joins Alfa Laval's Energy Division as a new separate unit.

ACTOM subsidiary LH Marthinusen launched an industrial fan production facility in Germiston, Gauteng, costing R32 million. The fans will support Eskom's air pre-heater infrastructure.

ACTOM plans to invest R400 million in new production capacity, aftermarket services and acquisitions, to be spent by 31 March 2026. The CEO announced the plan at the launch of a subsidiary's fan facility in Germiston.

SIG will invest an additional $35 million in the first expansion of its aseptic carton plant in Querétaro, Mexico, boosting output by 50%. Production from the expansion is scheduled to start in the second half of 2026.

South32 has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Cerro Matoso ferronickel operation in Colombia to CoreX Holding.

Donghua Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. signed an EPCM contract with Shandong Aigesen for a high-end phenolic, benzoxazine and specialty epoxy resin project in Zibo, Shandong, China. The project will produce 700,000 tpa of phenolic/benzoxazine resin and 200,000 tpa of specialty epoxy resin, becoming China's largest high-end resin base.

Ningbo Blue Medical (Lanye Medical) won a tender from the Egyptian government to supply oral digital medical equipment, including intraoral scanners, to public hospitals. The contract value is not disclosed.

Samsung Electronics announced it will build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas, with an estimated $17 billion investment. The facility will produce advanced logic semiconductors for mobile, 5G, HPC and AI applications, with groundbreaking in first half of 2022 and operations targeted for second half of 2024.

Alstom has received a notice of award for a €2 billion contract to manufacture 316 M-9A commuter rail cars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, with an option for up to 242 additional cars. The cars will be produced at Alstom's facilities in upstate New York.

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries to supply integrated technology packages for nine new Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers being built for Tsakos Group and chartered by Transpetro. The vessels will be built at SHI's shipyard in South Korea with deliveries starting in 2027.

AVL Hamilton expanded its facility in Hamilton, Ontario, by adding Plant D, a 25,600-square-foot production facility. The expansion increases monthly production slots by six and includes four 35-tonne cranes for handling large enclosure systems.

Ideal Power Inc. received an order from a global tier 1 automotive supplier for packaged B-TRAN devices, SymCool power modules, and solid-state circuit breaker reference design boards and drivers.

PKF Shakhtinsky Metizny Zavod signed an agreement to build a 300 million ruble plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia, for manufacturing aerospace components. The facility will create about 100 jobs and produce parts for aircraft engines and civil aircraft.

Center for Testing and Expertise (Tsentr Ispytaniy i Ekspertiz) plans to build a 500 million ruble automotive components plant in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The facility will produce exhaust systems and components for agricultural machinery, with capacity exceeding 40,000 products per year.

Ormazabal announced a €35 million investment plan for 2024-2026 to expand and modernize its Igorre plant and consolidate its new headquarters in Derio, Spain, including mass production of SF6-free switchgear.

Beshtau Technologies will invest 1.2 billion rubles in a two-stage project to produce high-precision printed circuit boards and localize microwave laminate production in Rostov Oblast, Russia, creating 105 jobs.

JFE Steel has selected Danieli to supply a digitally controlled electric arc furnace system for its West Japan Works in Kurashiki, Japan, with operations scheduled to begin in Q1 2028.

Drurys Engineering, a UK precision subcontract machinist, has taken delivery of a new Matsuura MX-330 PC10 5-axis vertical machining centre with 10 pallets for automated production.

Volgodonsk Turbomechanical Plant (VTMZ) will invest 750 million rubles to modernize production of non-standard equipment at its facility in Volgodonsk, Russia, creating about 70 new jobs.

French engineering firm Fives Nordon received an order from EDF to build 300 pieces of boilermaking equipment for six new nuclear reactors in France. Parts construction will begin in 2027, with deliveries through 2038.

O3-Chemicals plans to invest over 500 million rubles in a new paint and varnish plant in the Rostovskaya Special Economic Zone, producing 12,000 tonnes of high-performance solvent-borne coatings annually. Construction is to be completed by Q3 2025, with equipment installation in Q2 2026.

MULTIFIX Group acquired Menaparts, a supplier of metal and plastic components for OEMs and wholesalers based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The acquisition strengthens MULTIFIX's position as a production process partner.

BUMA Australia secured a two-year contract extension from BHP and Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) to continue mining services at the Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland, Australia, extending operations through September 2027.

Changhong Polymer (605008.SH) plans to acquire 100% equity of Guangxi Changke New Materials Co., Ltd. through shares, convertible bonds, and cash. Guangxi Changke produces special synthetic resins including transparent ABS.

Company Armadon (part of Neys Group) plans to invest 850 million rubles in a new machinery plant producing crane-manipulators and logging equipment in the Rostovskaya Special Economic Zone. The plant is expected to start operations in autumn 2025.

Nordex SE received an order from SAB WindTeam GmbH for 13 N163/6.X turbines totaling 91 MW for the Fretzdorfer Heide wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany. The contract includes a 20-year Premium Service agreement.

Tadano Ltd. entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Japan Activation Capital, Inc. to accelerate sustainable growth and enhance long-term corporate value.

Jindal (India) Limited, through its subsidiary Jindal India Steel Tech Limited, received HLCA approval for a greenfield steel plant in Dhenkanal, Odisha, with a Rs 3,600 crore first-phase investment and total planned investment of Rs 15,000 crore by 2030.

Capec Valeo Co., Ltd. signed an MOU to invest 160 billion KRW and create 100 jobs to establish an electric vehicle battery system production line in Yeongcheon High-Tech Park District, South Korea, from 2025 to 2030.

ELKO EP has contractually completed the acquisition of BJC, a Spanish manufacturer of switches and sockets, from Siemens. BJC has an annual turnover of 23 million euros.

Beyer Mietservice KG ordered over 50 rotating telehandlers and heavy-duty telehandlers from Manitou at bauma 2025, with a contract value in the high double-digit millions of euros.

AutoV Corporation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Globaltec Formation Bhd, signed a joint venture agreement with Blue Breeze Sdn Bhd to produce commercial vehicle components in Malaysia, marking AutoV's entry into the heavy-duty commercial vehicle segment.

Moog Inc. acquired COTSWORKS Inc., a designer and manufacturer of fiber optic components for aerospace and defense, for $63 million. COTSWORKS has over 120 employees and operates in Cleveland, Ohio, and Fulda, Germany.

Allnex subsidiary Allnex Technology Materials (Jiaxing) plans to invest 4.73 billion yuan to build a 120,000-tonne-per-year powder coating polyester resin plant in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China.

Company O3 announced a new production facility for industrial coatings in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, with an investment of over 500 million rubles. Construction has started and is expected to be completed by Q3 2026.

Chugoku Marine Paints will supply its bio-based epoxy resin paint for the ballast tanks of a liquefied ammonia tanker being built for Mitsui Chemicals by Kegoya Dock. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in May 2026.

US medtech company Hollister Inc announced an €80 million investment in its plant in Ballina, Ireland.

3Button Group, a Swedish industrial automation solutions company, has acquired Provident Engineering, which operates under the Machine Systems brand, a supplier of packaging machinery in Scandinavia.

Seatrium selected Siemens Energy to supply electric motor-driven compression systems for Petrobras's FPSO vessels P-84 and P-85, under a contract valued at about R$2 billion. Operations are scheduled to start in 2029.

A Spanish firm, not named in the excerpt, won a valves order issued as a sub-contract by a consortium of NMDC Energy and Tecnicas Reunidas, the main EPC contractors on ADNOC Gas's Project Meram.

ZÁLESÍ a.s. is investing almost CZK 90 million in a new high-speed automated laminate tube line using Swiss SAESA 240 technology in Luhačovice, raising plant capacity by 45%. Serial production is planned for January 2026.

technotrans and Windmöller & Hölscher signed an exclusive framework agreement to supply the jointly developed TURBOCLEAN ADVANCED E ink supply system for flexographic printing machines, with an order volume in the low double-digit million euro range.

Naqi Water Co. signed a contract with Middle East Machinery Factory Co. Ltd. (MEMCO) to purchase a bottled drinking water production line for €8.5 million (SAR 37.7 million) for its new factory in Riyadh, expected to increase capacity by 700 million bottles per year.

Rajshree Polypack announced a ₹2.58 crore order to supply plastic rigid sheets to a listed packaging manufacturer, to be executed by August 2025.