Massoud Steel signed an agreement to establish a metal packaging factory in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, Egypt, with a total investment of USD 19 million. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2026 and create about 130 direct jobs.

Wolong Pump & Valve broke ground on a project in Maolin town, Jing County, Anhui, to produce 10,000 tonnes a year of corrosion-resistant pump and valve castings. The investment totals CNY 210 million on 54 mu of land and is expected to create about 80 jobs.

Wessels Company broke ground on a 57,000+ sq ft factory in Tiffin, Ohio, leased by National Machinery Group to Wessels East for pressure vessel manufacturing. Completion and manufacturing start are projected for November 2025 and about a dozen jobs are planned, rising to nearly 30 more.

Berthold Marx group acquired shares in Obkov, a Slovenian manufacturer of gas springs, through an acquisition and merger, in April 2025. The deal was advised by ALTIOS Corporate Finance.

Holden's Bottling agreed to acquire the small-pack packaging operations of South East Bottling (SEB), taking over its contract packaging volume. The deal was announced on April 28, 2025.

Airbus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire several Spirit AeroSystems industrial assets dedicated to commercial aircraft programmes, including sites in Kinston (US), St. Nazaire (France), Casablanca (Morocco), and production in Wichita, Belfast, and Prestwick. Airbus will receive $439 million from Spirit AeroSystems as compensation.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will transfer its forklift business to Nippon Yusoki via a company split, increasing its voting stake in Nippon Yusoki to 49.4%. Nippon Yusoki will also acquire MHI's forklift subsidiaries in the US, Europe, Asia, and China.

Copeland officially opened its renovated Vilter industrial refrigeration compressor facility in Cudahy, Wisconsin, following a $14 million renovation. The 400,000 ft² site includes enhanced training areas and modernized collaboration spaces.

Mori Seiki (DMG Mori Seiki) signed a Cooperation Agreement to acquire a 24.9% stake in German machine tool builder Gildemeister, strengthening their capital and business alliance. The share acquisition is scheduled for August to September 2025.

Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (TKV) submitted a plan to expand the Lam Dong Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminum Complex from 650,000 mt to 2 million mt of alumina per year, and to build a new 500,000 mt/year aluminum smelter. The expansion's first phase (adding 1.2 million mt/year alumina capacity) is expected to require an investment of 30.676 trillion Vietnamese dong (approximately $1.178 billion).

SIBUR is building a new polypropylene plant (DGP-2) at its ZapSibNeftekhim site in Tobolsk, Russia, with an investment of about 195 billion rubles. The facility will have a capacity of 570,000 tonnes per year and is scheduled to start production in 2027.

Mapei opened the first phase of a new plant in 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt, with an initial investment of $25 million. The facility produces adhesives, marble installation materials, and insulation products, with an initial capacity of 65,000 tonnes of dry cementitious materials and 55 million litres of concrete and cement additives.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., through its Dutch subsidiary Murata Electronics Europe B.V., has agreed to acquire IPDiA S.A., a French silicon passive component manufacturer, to strengthen its capacitor business for automotive and medical markets.

MinebeaMitsumi Inc. and Development Bank of Japan have agreed to acquire all shares of C&A Tool Engineering, Inc., an Indiana-based precision machining company, with MinebeaMitsumi taking 51% and DBJ 49%.

Sands Agricultural Machinery (SAM Sprayers) opened a new £4 million factory on Sutton Road in Catfield, Norfolk, to manufacture crop sprayers, with capacity for 45-50 sprayers per year.

Hindalco Industries Ltd. unveiled a new EV component manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune, built with a capital investment of ₹500 crores, and announced the delivery of 10,000 aluminium battery enclosures to Mahindra for its e-SUVs.

Polyvlies USA, a textile company manufacturing non-woven textiles, is expanding its operations in Winston-Salem with a $31 million investment.

MESDA Group broke ground on the Nanning Industrial Investment Cross-Border Equipment Industrial Park on April 25, 2025, at the former site of Guangfa Heavy Industries in Nanning, China. The park aims to form a 10-billion-yuan cluster focused on mobile crushing and screening machinery.

Geely's Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group and Bosch Commercial Vehicle Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on April 25, 2025, to collaborate on methanol-hydrogen electric technologies, core system integration, and global market expansion.

Sichuan Zigong Transport Machinery Group (Yunji Group) signed a $406 million EPC contract with Silver Valley International SA for a 128 km long-distance belt conveyor system for a bauxite project in Guinea. The contract term is 442 days.

PT Prodia Diagnostic Line (Proline) has opened a new production facility in Kawasan Industri Jababeka, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. The plant increases production capacity for clinical chemistry kits, rapid tests, and diagnostic instruments by up to four times.

TKH Group has divested Dewetron GmbH to ANRITSU CORPORATION for €54 million. Dewetron develops and manufactures high-end electrical measurement instruments such as power analyzers and data recording devices.

BWXT is adding 55,000 square feet to its Coronation Boulevard facility in Cambridge, Ontario, at a cost of $80 million. The expansion will support steam generator and small modular reactor work and create about 200 jobs.

Hitachi Energy announced a $22.5 million investment to expand and modernize its dry-type transformer manufacturing operations in Southwest Virginia. This includes a new 75,000-square-foot facility in Atkins, Virginia, and upgrades to its existing facility in Bland, Virginia, creating approximately 120 new jobs.

Polyvlies USA, a nonwoven textiles manufacturer, has announced the purchase of a greenfield site in Union Cross Business Park, Winston-Salem, for a new facility. The project will generate 28 new jobs and $31 million in capital investment over five years.

Sayward Capital Corp. and Technosteel Construction have executed a definitive share exchange agreement for a proposed business combination, expected to result in a reverse takeover of Sayward by Technosteel. The combined entity will be renamed Technosteel Corp.

Barrick Gold Corporation has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply seven surface drill rigs to replace an aging fleet at its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The order was placed in Q1 2025, with deliveries expected from June to November 2025.

Infineon Technologies AG's supervisory board has approved planning for a new factory for 300-millimeter analog/mixed-signal and power semiconductors in Dresden, Germany, with an investment of about €5 billion, subject to adequate public funding.

Weber Food Technology has equipped Austrian meat processor Schirnhofer with a complete slicer line, including the new weLabel labeller, to automate packaging of over 40 recipes.

NUTEC Bickley has won a contract to supply a four-car shuttle kiln to a major energy technology company for sintering ceramic cores at its investment casting facility.

Hawkins, Inc. has completed the acquisition of the assets of Surplus Management, Inc., doing business as WaterSurplus, a provider of water treatment solutions including membrane separation systems and PFAS removal.

RIVAL A/S has been sold to an investor group that also owns LPM Production A/S, making them sister companies. The group includes Brygge Partners A/S, Lars Gantzel Pedersen, and senior employees.

Henley Stone Specialists has been appointed by Bam Construction to deliver the glass reinforced concrete package for the first phase of the Our Cultural Heart regeneration scheme in Huddersfield, UK.

Siemens Energy has been awarded a project to supply two 500MW gas turbine units for a power plant in Samalaju, Bintulu, Sarawak, supporting the region's clean energy development.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority awarded a £198,767 contract for manufacturing and delivering 510 intermetallic friction welds for MAST-U's cryopump.

Siemens Canada received a C$5.6 million loan from the Quebec government to expand its Drummondville electrical products plant by 60,000 sq ft, add 52 jobs, and integrate digital technologies.

JOSEM Environmental signed a strategic technical cooperation agreement with Midea Chongqing General Refrigeration Equipment to develop a 'Heat Pump + Desiccant Rotor' zero-carbon solution for industrial facilities.

Alstom-led consortium signed a contract with Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport to deliver 35 electric Coradia Stream interregional trains and 15 years of maintenance, with Alstom's share valued at €600 million.

GE Vernova is seeking to sell its 25% stake in the 1,800MW Hamriyah independent power producer in Sharjah, UAE, with BNP Paribas running the sale process.

Royal HaskoningDHV granted METAWATER an exclusive license for the Nereda aerobic granular sludge wastewater treatment technology in Japan.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Conghua, Guangzhou, for a 480 million yuan scroll compressor manufacturing project by Johnson Controls-Hitachi and Guangzhou Industrial Investment Group. The project aims to make the company China's top scroll compressor supplier within five years.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Wanbao Compressor (Guangzhou) held a groundbreaking on April 25, 2025 for a scroll compressor manufacturing project in Conghua's Guangzhou economic development zone, with a total investment of about 480 million yuan.

Valves West Africa, a subsidiary of MT Group, plans to build an industrial valves manufacturing facility in Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, targeting 15,000 valves annually. The plant will serve Nigeria's oil and gas and petrochemical sectors.

Mondi has finalized its ProVantage containerboard paper portfolio, offering brown and white grades for corrugated packaging, honeycomb structures and fiber drums. The range targets e-commerce packaging needs.

DS Smith partnered with TPV Automotive to develop a fiber-based corrugated packaging system for BMW car wheel carriers shipped to BMW's Asian assembly facility. The solution replaces Styrofoam, PS or wood packaging.

Oliver Valves has completed a batch of 2-inch Class 1500 Inconel 625 full bore double block and bleed valves for a Saudi Aramco pipeline project. The valves will be integrated into pigging equipment made by GD Engineering.

Shandong Dawn Polymer Co., Ltd. announced its board approved the acquisition of 100% equity of Shandong Dawn Titanium Industry Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese titanium dioxide producer.

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Group is advancing a new scroll compressor business and platform manufacturing project in Conghua District, Guangzhou, with plans to expand investment and create an internationally competitive compressor industrial park.

Andawell held a topping-out ceremony on April 24, 2025, for phase 1 of its aviation airborne equipment and maintenance industry base in Tianjin Airport Economic Area. The phase includes 5 industrial buildings and is expected to complete construction and acceptance by end of 2025, with partial capacity migration and production startup.

Blackburn Chemicals unveiled a new self-funded factory at its Whitebirk Industrial Estate site on April 24, 2025, dedicated to power defoamers used in construction. The expansion creates a six-fold increase in production capabilities.