Prolec GE Waukesha Inc. announced an expansion of its Goldsboro, North Carolina facility, creating 330 new jobs with a capital investment of $140 million. The 2.5-year project will increase production capacity of medium power transformers from 220 to 420 units per year.

Urschel Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in food cutting technology, announced it will become a minority stakeholder in KRONEN GmbH through a capital investment. The collaboration aims to expand product offerings and strengthen market presence in the USA, Mexico, and Asia. Both companies will remain independent, and sales collaboration will begin in the US and Mexico in July 2025, with Asia starting in 2026.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a sole-source contract modification to General Electric Aviation in Lynn, MA, valued at $32,312,925, for the procurement of long-lead items in support of Lot 10 Full Rate Production T408 Engines for the CH-53K Helicopter Program.

Wuhan Huagong Laser Engineering Co., Ltd. (Huarong Laser), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huagong Technology, will form a joint venture with Luxshare Precision Technology (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. named Suzhou Lihua Technology Co., Ltd. The joint venture will focus on 3D additive SLM manufacturing technology applications in 3C consumer, automotive electronics, and medical fields. Huarong Laser will invest CNY 140 million for a 70% stake, and Luxshare Precision will invest CNY 60 million for a 30% stake, with a total registered capital of CNY 200 million.

Mega Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. announced it will build a new production facility in Fairmuth County, South Carolina, USA, with an investment cost of approximately USD 34 million. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 24,000 tons in the first phase and is expected to employ 135 people, with production starting in the last quarter of 2025.

Traviesas y Prefabricados de Aragón (Travypsa), a Lantania Group company in a joint venture with Travipos, was awarded an €11.8 million contract by Adif Alta Velocidad to supply and transport 85,000 next-generation sleepers for the Lorca-Almería section of the Murcia-Almería High Speed Line.

Associated British Ports (ABP) acquired four Kalmar 45-tonne forklifts with magnetic attachments and two 33-tonne standard fork trucks for its Newport facility in South Wales to handle increased steel volumes.

Samsung Electronics signed an agreement to acquire 100% of FläktGroup, a German HVAC solutions provider, from Triton for €1.5 billion (approx. $1.7 billion). The acquisition is expected to close within the year.

JPFL Films Private Limited, a division of Jindal Poly Films, will invest Rs 700 crore to install new BOPP, PET, and CPP lines at its Nashik facility, adding 42,000 tonnes BOPP, 55,000 tonnes PET, and 18,000 tonnes CPP capacity annually.

Atlas Copco opened its industrial compressor R&D and manufacturing China headquarters campus in Wuxi High-tech Zone on 14 May 2025, a 3 billion yuan project covering about 217,000 square meters.

TMC Compressors signed a contract with China Merchant Heavy Industries to deliver a complete marine compressed air system for a newbuild FPSO hull being built for SBM Offshore under its Fast4Ward concept.

TMC Compressors secured an order from Hanwha Ocean to supply complete marine compressed air systems for 12 LNG vessel newbuilds with 174,000 cbm storage each, being built for an undisclosed LNG shipping major.

Rotating Machinery Services (RMS) announced the acquisition of Fusion Inc., a Houston-based precision grinding and thermal spray coating company, to expand its turbomachinery overhaul capabilities.

Smurfit Westrock's board approved a US$150 million investment to expand and modernize its paper packaging operations in Brazil, to be executed over 18 to 22 months.

The Royal Group announced the acquisition of Northwest Packaging, a maker of point-of-purchase displays and corrugated packaging, for an undisclosed amount. The announcement is dated 14 May 2025.

Van Genechten Packaging Group announced the start of a €10 million expansion at its VG Kvadra Pak plant in Riga, Latvia, adding construction, automation and sustainability upgrades to increase production capacity. UPB Nams is the building contractor for the nine-month project.

EWE awarded NEUMAN & ESSER the contract for three dry-running compressors for the 320 MW hydrogen electrolyzer in Emden, part of the Clean Hydrogen Coastline project, with production planned from 2027.

Huhtamaki Egypt received a Golden License from the Egyptian Cabinet to build a molded fiber packaging plant using recycled wastepaper in Sadat City, with EGP 1.47 billion investment and over 61 direct jobs. Operations are planned to start in August 2026.

Hinojosa Packaging Group has finished a €30 million expansion of its Xàtiva plant in Valencia, adding 15,000 square metres and installing a 3.35-metre corrugator that raises capacity to two million boxes per day. The project began in 2022 and was announced on 14 May 2025.

GE Vernova T&D India will invest about USD 16 million to add a HVDC and FACTS manufacturing line at its Chennai plant and build a new facility in Noida, India.

Titan Abrasive Systems relocated to a new facility with double the space to support ongoing growth and expanded operations.

Shenzhen Prechem New Materials Co., Ltd. (PREC) and its subsidiary Anhui Prechem New Materials Co., Ltd. broke ground on a new facility at the Huaibei New Coal Chemical Synthetic Materials Base. The project will produce 30,000 metric tons of EEP/MMP functional solvents and 30,000 metric tons of EA/MA monomers annually, with a total investment exceeding CNY 200 million.

JSC Aerocomposit's Ulyanovsk branch will receive 1.78 billion rubles ($22.25 million) for production modernisation, including 11 units of equipment such as five-axis milling centres, to expand capacity for manufacturing metal components for the MC-21 aircraft wing. The project will create 46 new jobs.

Elbit Systems Ltd was awarded an approximately $80 million contract by an international customer to upgrade reconnaissance helicopters with advanced avionics and ISTAR solutions. The contract will be executed over two years.

Saint-Gobain's Malaysian subsidiary Saint-Gobain Prima will invest over RM200 million between 2025 and 2029 to build new manufacturing facilities at Kanthan Industrial Park in Chemor, Perak, boosting fibre cement board production.

QualiChem, Inc., a metalworking fluids producer, will invest $9 million to expand its operations into a 48,550-square-foot facility in Salem, Virginia.

The SEER Group acquired S&S Mechanical, a premier HVAC and plumbing company serving Southern Utah, Arizona, and Nevada since 1983, marking its entry into the Utah market.

STMicroelectronics will build a new integrated silicon carbide semiconductor plant at its Catania site, with total investment over EUR 5 billion, co-financed by EUR 300 million from Sicily's FESR program, creating about 3,000 jobs.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, Xinrui Weikai signed a strategic agreement with Oerlikon Balzers for cooperation in PVD coating furnaces.

Zhuzhou Weikai Cutting Tools Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Suzhou Xinrui Alloy Tools Co., Ltd., has started construction of a high-performance CNC insert industrial park in Zhuzhou, China. The project involves a total investment of CNY 500 million and will produce 50 million high-performance CNC inserts annually by 2028.

Fabbri Group has completed the acquisition of G.F. Packaging España S.A. (Teixpac), a Spanish packaging distributor, to strengthen its presence in Europe and expand into North Africa and South America.

Vestelli Oy, part of Operon Group, has acquired all shares of Avalon Nordic Oy. The companies will continue operating under their own brands but combine expertise in wastewater treatment solutions for sparsely populated areas in Finland.

FALCA SRLS has been awarded a €2.48 million contract by Equipos Nucleares S.A. for the revamping of a SCHIESS SIRMU 80DV vertical lathe in Spain. The contract has a duration of 14 months.

Jungheinrich has received an order from Wicke GmbH + Co KG to realise an automated central warehouse in Sprockhövel, Germany. The high-bay warehouse will have 22,596 pallet spaces and a system capacity of 150 double cycles per hour.

Urschel Laboratories will become a minority stakeholder in KRONEN GmbH through a capital investment. The sales collaboration will begin in the US and Mexico in July 2025, and in Asia starting in 2026.

Gradiant was awarded two new contracts by leading technology companies to design and deploy sustainable water solutions at new data centers in the United States and Indo-Pacific.

Flex's Critical Power Business, Anord Mardix, acquired a new manufacturing site in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, doubling its European power product capacity from 616,000 to 1,200,000 square feet to meet AI-driven data center power demand.

DHL Group signed a strategic MoU with Boston Dynamics to deploy over 1,000 additional Stretch robots globally for logistics automation, building on a collaboration since 2018.

Egypt's Prime Minister inaugurated the expansion of Hayat Egypt's nonwoven tissue production plant in Sokhna, within the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The expansion covers 21,000 square metres, involves a $60 million investment, and adds annual production capacity of 60,000 tons.

Aemetis Biogas has signed a $27 million equipment agreement with Centuri Holdings to build biogas cleanup systems for 15 dairy digesters in California.

Coromandel Chemicals Limited, a subsidiary of Coromandel International, has signed agreements to form a joint venture with Sakarni Plaster to manufacture and sell Phospho Gypsum-based Green Building Materials. A facility will be established in Visakhapatnam.

Ardagh Group SA and Element Holding II LP have notified the Moroccan Competition Council of a joint venture, Trivium Packaging BV, in metal packaging manufacturing and distribution.

Hyxo and Weeefiner Oy have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Weeefiner's 4D Sieppari technology into Hyxo's water treatment systems for industrial and municipal applications.

The State Administration for Market Regulation in China has unconditionally approved the planned merger between Konecranes and Cargotec. The companies expect to complete the transaction by the end of H1/2022.

The joint venture OSAT facility in Sanand, Gujarat, between CG Power, Renesas, and Stars Microelectronics, is expected to complete its pilot unit by July 2025, with first chip production by mid-2026. Full-scale production is planned from October 2027.

Gradiant has been awarded two contracts by leading technology companies to design and deploy sustainable water solutions at new data centers in the United States and Indo-Pacific.

DC Norris Group has acquired AE Mixers, a manufacturer of precision mixing systems for food, beverage, chemical, and cosmetic applications. The acquisition strengthens DC Norris Group's position as a provider of processing solutions.

Konecranes completed installation and handover of a 42-ton coil handling crane at Welser Profile's facility in Gresten, Austria. The order was booked in 2023 and finalized in February 2025.

Toyo Printing Inks, under the artience Group, inaugurated a new $70 million production facility in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone, Turkey. The factory will double production capacity and manufacture products like lamination adhesives domestically.

Furukawa Co., Ltd. announced it will acquire EarthTechnica from Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The deal value and terms were not disclosed in the article.