Lixin Valve Group's digital smart factory in Yongjia, Zhejiang, with total investment of 318 million yuan and about 70,000 square metres, has started production, with its administrative offices to open in September.

Tenglong Pump and Valve has a new plant in Jingxian County, Xuancheng, Anhui, that is about to be put into use to expand production capacity.

Titan acquired Latekat, a Greek aggregates quarry with reserves of over 100Mt.

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded a CAD 3,933,994.85 contract to Burnco Manufacturing Inc. for the supply of structural steel plate girders for a nine-span bridge on PR 200 over the Red River Floodway. The contract runs from April 14, 2025 to January 30, 2026.

TERLAN Sp. z o.o. and Wuprinż S.A. were awarded a contract for the modernization, expansion, and reconstruction of the wastewater treatment plant in Września, Poland, valued at PLN 30,379,347.

Orient Cable (NBO) secured two major offshore wind export cable contracts: a 500 kV EHVAC subsea cable system for a 1 GW project over 92 km in Guangdong, and a 500 kV HVDC subsea cable system for a 2 GW project over 118 km, both with China Southern Power Grid.

B-K Tool & Design broke ground on a 50,000 ft² expansion at its Kalida, Ohio facility, adding 37 new jobs. The $5.39 million project will enhance capacity for custom automation equipment.

Max Süss GmbH opened an additional production hall (Plant 2) at its site in Germany, expanding capacities for foil cutting of shielding, polyester, and PP foils used in cable manufacturing.

Nestlé Bulgaria invested €44.2 million in a new KitKat chocolate bar production line at its Sofia factory, adding 70 jobs and increasing annual capacity by 15,000 tonnes. The line produces 3 million bars per day.

Superior Polymers India Private Limited inaugurated a greenfield manufacturing unit in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, with an investment of INR 75 crore. The unit is expected to generate hundreds of employment opportunities.

Material Handling Systems (MHS Crane) has opened a 106,000 ft² overhead crane manufacturing facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The facility will manufacture, assemble, repair, and service industrial equipment including overhead cranes, hoists, conveyors, and winches.

Incergo S.A. has agreed terms to acquire Visual Semiconductor, Inc., a US-based semiconductor company specializing in glasses-free 3D technology, for up to €53 million via a loan note convertible to shares.

SOCAMEX S.A.U. was awarded a €6.62 million contract by SOMACYL to construct and commission eight wastewater treatment plants in Burgos and Valladolid provinces, Spain. The contract duration is 30 months.

PT Lautan Luas Tbk, through a subsidiary, acquired an additional 21% stake in PT Lautan Organo Water from Organo Corporation for Rp16.23 billion, increasing total ownership to 70%.

Medikit Co., Ltd., a Japanese medical device manufacturer, acquired Bolt Medical, Inc., a researcher and developer of endovascular treatment devices, as a 100% subsidiary.

Siemens Energy is expanding its plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to increase production capacity and support the country's energy sector, as part of the Rumah 2 and Nairyah 2 power plant project.

Ahluwalia Contracts Ltd. won a ₹396.5 crore (excluding GST) order from Godrej Properties Ltd. for core and shell works at the Godrej Riverine project in Sector-44, Noida, India. The order is to be executed over 25 months.

Reinhausen Manufacturing (RM), a subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, announced the South Side Expansion of its U.S. facility in Humboldt, Tennessee, to bolster grid modernization and meet growing energy demands.

Australian automotive aftermarket leader HSY Autoparts acquired a majority stake in SPEED NZ Limited, New Zealand's largest independent European specialist parts supplier, expanding into the New Zealand market.

CBI Ghana Ltd., producer of Supacem Cement, invested US$100 million in a new LC3 technology plant in Tema, Ghana, the world's largest LC3 plant. The plant uses local raw materials to reduce reliance on imported clinker and created over 160 direct jobs.

Sellafield Limited awarded a contract to W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH for the manufacture and supply of specialist radiation tolerant cables for use with In Cell Cranes. The contract value is £2,819,320.

Intel Corporation agreed to sell 51% of its Altera business to Silver Lake, valuing Altera at $8.75 billion. Intel will retain 49% ownership. Raghib Hussain was appointed CEO of Altera, effective May 5, 2025.

Applied Materials purchased 9% of the outstanding shares of BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) to build upon their collaboration on hybrid bonding technology for advanced packaging.

Enemalta plc awarded a framework agreement for the supply and delivery of 11kV ring main units to Lucy Electric UK Ltd. The contract value is €4,130,064.

PKF Akrodekor will receive 21.7 million rubles from the regional Industrial Development Fund to create a production line for water-based adhesives in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The line is planned to produce about one million tons of repair glue per year and be fully operational by 2029.

Novem Car Interior Design will invest over 306 million pesos to expand its plant in the Querétaro Industrial Park, Mexico. The expansion is expected to generate 150 highly specialized jobs and increase production capacity for automotive interior components.

Pump manufacturer Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for new company buildings in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, including a three-storey office building and a roughly 1,500 sqm hall. The planned investment totals about EUR 8 million, with the move expected to be completed by mid-2027.

Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for a new site in Hilpoltstein, Germany, with about EUR 8 million invested in an office building and a 1,500 sq m hall. The move is due to finish by mid-2027 and provides space for up to 80 employees.

NEUMAN & ESSER will supply EWE two four-crank horizontal piston compressors size 320 for the conversion of a gas cavern at Huntorf in Wesermarsch to hydrogen storage, targeted from 2027. The order was announced on 2025-04-14.

XCMG-Europa held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new assembly hall in Kompin, Poland, to produce advanced horizontal directional drilling rigs. The facility will comply with EU standards and create jobs.

Fujinxiang Graphene Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd. held the groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the Dezhou 140,000 t/a Graphene Light Textile Industrial Park in Lingcheng District, Dezhou, Shandong, with a total investment of 6 billion yuan.

XCMG-Europa Sp. z o.o. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new assembly hall for horizontal drilling rigs at its factory in Kompina, Poland. The expansion will increase production capacity for these machines.

Mawarid Turbine Company launched the first phase of a wind turbine manufacturing facility in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), Oman. The plant will have an annual production capacity of up to 1,000 MW, producing 6.25 MW and 9.6 MW turbines, with investment exceeding $200 million.

Schubert North America has begun construction on new regional facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina, to enhance support services and increase capacity for packaging machinery delivery. The new site is expected to be fully operational by early 2026.

HHLA Sky, a mobile robotics company, has merged with drone manufacturer Third Element Aviation. The combined company will operate under the name HHLA Sky, positioning itself as a European provider of integrated drone and mobile robot fleet automation.

CG MedTech held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new orthopedic implant production facility in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. The plant will triple annual production capacity of metallic orthopedic implants from 200,000 to over 600,000 units and will also produce patient-specific 3D-printed medical devices.

Siemens Ltd is investing Rs 330 crore to expand its manufacturing operations in Goa, focusing on smart electrical and automation products, including gas insulated switchgear and clean air GIS technologies. The expansion is the largest investment by Siemens in Goa.

CGR International was selected by Boeing as a direct supplier for the 737 MAX, 777X, and 787 programmes. Starting in 2027, CGR will produce several hundred thousand precision-engineered springs and window clips at its facilities in Sevran and Blagnac, France.

Chelsea Building Products broke ground on a new 228,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to increase production capacity for PVC window and door profiles and compound blending.

Scania acquired the industrial division of Northvolt Systems, including a production site in Gdansk, Poland, and a development center in Stockholm, Sweden. The division develops battery modules and systems for off-road applications and will operate within Scania Ventures & New Business.

Material Handling Systems, Inc. (MHS Crane) announced the opening of a new 106,000 sqft manufacturing facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to manufacture, assemble, repair, and service overhead cranes, hoists, conveyors, and winches.

Novelis reported that its $4.1 billion low-carbon aluminium recycling and rolling facility in Bay Minette, Alabama, USA is on schedule for commissioning in the second half of 2026. The facility will have a capacity of 600 kt finished goods, with 420 kt for beverage packaging sheet.

Bertelsen & Garpestad has ordered a Cat 340 HD HW and a Cat M317 from Pon Equipment under a framework agreement. The machines will be delivered in early autumn 2025 for use on the E8 Sørbotn-Laukslett and E39 Stormyra-Staurset projects.

Hoshizaki Alliance has entered into an agreement to acquire Structural Concepts, a U.S. manufacturer of food display cases headquartered in Norton Shores, Michigan. The transaction is expected to close by the end of July 2025.

Mont Royal Resources has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Commerce Resources' shares through a court-approved plan of arrangement, creating a Québec-focused critical minerals development company combining the Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Project, Eldor Niobium Project, and Northern Lights Lithium Project.

Yürek Tekstil is investing $350 million to build a facility in Bursa Technology Organized Industrial Zone for the production of polymer chips and POY. The first stage will have a capacity of 360 tons/day, with production planned to start in April 2025.

Novtex plans to launch a production facility for technical textiles made from polyethylene fibers in the Novgorod Special Economic Zone. The first phase involves an investment of over 135 million rubles and will create about 60 jobs, with an annual capacity of 288 tonnes.

Takeuchi Mfg. announced plans to acquire a new factory site and construct a new factory in Aoki-mura, Nagano Prefecture, with an investment of approximately JPY 18.0 billion, to increase production capacity for loaders and excavators.

Osaka Organic Chemical Industry signed a basic agreement with Shin-Nakamura Chemical to establish a joint venture company in the United States to strengthen sales of specialty acrylic acid esters.

Chengde Jianlong, a subsidiary of Jianlong Group, passed product verification and was officially included in BYD's list of qualified suppliers for gear steel products, achieving direct supply.