Haizea Bilbao won its largest contract to date from Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted, adding over 700 million euros of workload in Bilbao over four years, with the contract starting in 2025.

Haizea Bilbao will expand its Port of Bilbao plant by 48,800 square metres to over 100,000 square metres, creating about 350 direct jobs. Expansion work begins before summer 2022 to meet a contract with Ørsted.

Aramco signed an agreement with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Dussur to establish a casting and forging joint venture in Saudi Arabia with a production target of 60,000 tons per year, supplying industrial and process equipment.

Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new manufacturing facility of over 145,000 square feet in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. The expansion will create 90 new jobs and add detention steel door, frame, wall and ceiling production.

GE Power Conversion was selected by Austrian BUMA engineering to supply electrical equipment for a new descaling spray plant at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe's hot rolling mill WBW2 in Duisburg, Germany, under a contract worth about USD 3.6 million, with works running from February to August 2022.

Vallourec was awarded a contract by BOE Exploration & Production to supply OCTG products for the Shenandoah deepwater project offshore Louisiana. Drilling is expected to begin in Q3 2022 with first oil in Q4 2024.

Saudi Aramco and Larsen & Toubro signed a memorandum of understanding for L&T to build a new facility in Jubail Industrial City producing high-pressure modules and vessels, with production expected by Q3 2022.

Hydro is investing NOK 390 million in a new P60 extrusion press and plant expansion at its aluminium plant in Suzhou, China, to serve the automotive and electric vehicle market, creating 75 jobs with first billet expected in mid-2023.

A Oman-China joint piping factory by Hongtong Dukm Piping Company opened in the Duqm Special Economic Zone, the first project in the China-Oman Industrial Park, covering 60,000 m² and making hydrocarbon fluid pipes.

Ljungstrom will manufacture steel foundation components for the Sunrise Wind offshore project at its Wellsville plant, with at least 100 jobs expected in Western New York; the wider $86 million supply contract went to Riggs Distler.

Tunxi High-Pressure Valve Co broke ground on a project producing 10,000 tonnes of industrial forgings per year in the Huangshan high-tech zone, Anhui, China, on August 26, 2021. The project includes a 10,000 square metre plant and about 30 new machines.

Novelis completed a $150 million investment adding 100 kilotonnes each of rolling and recycling capacity at its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil, lifting annual capacity to about 680 kilotonnes of aluminum sheet and 490 kilotonnes of recycling.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG completed its acquisition of Finnish cartonboard and saturating kraft paper maker Kotkamills on 2 August 2021, after regulatory approvals. The deal strengthens MM's virgin-fiber cartonboard position and adds cupstock.

Novelis is investing more than $7 million to hire 37 new employees and restart idled equipment at its Terre Haute, Indiana plant, which will produce aluminium for household foil later this year.

Metso Outotec signed an engineering, technology and licence contract worth about EUR 360 million ($424 million) to supply a copper smelter complex in Gresik, East Java, for PT Freeport Indonesia. The smelter is expected to be commissioned in 2024.

Smulders Projects UK will invest £70 million to increase production of wind turbine transition pieces at its Wallsend site in North Tyneside, creating or safeguarding 325 direct jobs, backed by UK government support.

Sypris Technologies received orders for specialty high-pressure closures for the Golden Pass LNG Export project in Texas and the Cherry Point Refinery renewable diesel project in Washington state. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies received an order for Tube Turns Tool-less closures for filtration systems to upgrade the Cherry Point Refinery's renewable diesel optimization project in Washington state. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received orders for specialty Tube Turns D-bolt closures for filtration systems at three new compressor stations in the $10 billion Golden Pass LNG Export project in Sabine Pass, Texas. Shipments are expected in 2021; terms were not disclosed.

Shengxing Holdings (002752.SZ) plans to acquire all equity of Pacific Can (Qingdao) from Fuzhou Pacific Can Group for RMB 262 million, funded from its own resources, to expand its two-piece can business in Qingdao.

Arconic signed contracts worth US$1.5 billion to supply aluminium can sheet to six canmakers, returning to the US canstock market after five years.

Mayville Engineering Company finalized plans to open a roughly 450,000 sq ft leased manufacturing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, to serve a new strategic customer, planning to hire up to 390 employees and invest $35-45 million.

IGI Investimenti Sei, managed by IGI Private Equity, announced it acquired a 73% stake in OME Metallurgica Erbese and Stampinox, makers of fastening systems for the oil and gas and power generation sectors. The Farina family's holding Anirafa reinvests for the remaining 27%, and Intesa Sanpaolo arranged the financing.

Dalipal was awarded China National Petroleum Corporation's annual centralized procurement bid for oil country tubular goods, covering about 310,000 tonnes and approximately RMB 2.1 billion on 21 May 2021.

Kaiser Aluminum has completed its acquisition of Alcoa Warrick LLC, which holds the Warrick Rolling Mill, from Alcoa for $670 million. The deal closed on March 31, 2021 and was announced on 2021-04-01.

Sandvik will invest in a new hydraulic and instrumentation tubing factory at its Mehsana Mill in Gujarat, India, to meet rising demand. The investment is split into two parts and is expected to be fully operational by early 2023.

Sypris Technologies received an award to supply Tube Turns Tool-less closures for a multiple compressor system upgrade on a North American natural gas transmission pipeline. The closures are 72 inches in diameter and rated to 1,200 psi. Terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received an order for Tube Turns D-bolt high-pressure closures for the Anchor Field development in the Gulf of Mexico. Production started immediately, with completion expected before year-end 2021. Terms were not disclosed.

Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire the aluminum can and aluminum rolling businesses of Showa Denko.

Nippon Steel agreed to acquire a majority stake in Siam Tinplate of Thailand as demand for three-piece tinplate food cans rises in south-east Asia. The announcement is dated 5 January 2021.

Kaiser Aluminum agreed to acquire the Warrick Rolling Mill, Alcoa Warrick, from Alcoa Corporation for $670 million. The aluminium beverage and food can stock plant is located near Evansville, Indiana, and was announced on December 1, 2020.

ZETKAMA sp. z o.o. merged with FAG S.A. of Głuchołazy on November 30, 2020, taking over FAG's assets. ZETKAMA now produces valves and castings at three Polish locations.

Sweden's SSAB has made a bid for Tata Steel's IJmuiden integrated steelworks in the Netherlands, including its packaging steels business. An analyst views the bid as fitting SSAB's focus on added-value sectors.

Framatome has ramped up production of replacement component parts at its Le Creusot forge in France, starting forging of shells for replacement steam generators on 28 October 2020. Production follows validation of qualifications by the French nuclear regulator ASN.

SPIG Industry, a highway guardrail manufacturer, will invest $7.9 million to expand its operation in the Bristol-Washington County Industrial Park in Virginia, building three production plants and a welding shop and hiring 113 people.

Shanghai Ritai Valve Group was shortlisted for the RH project of Baosteel Desheng, with a winning package covering valve station systems and valve products. Production will follow the client's schedule.

Bell Oil and Gas broke ground on a $10 million threading and valve assembly facility at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria. The integrated plant will provide piping, tubular, valve assembly and fabrication services for the oil and gas industry.

Allegro, a joint venture of EVRAZ and Rail Service, signed a contract with ANDRITZ for an integrated railway wheel production line in the Titanium Valley special economic zone in Sverdlovsk region. The overall project investment is estimated at 16 billion rubles (about $200 million), with first equipment deliveries planned for Q1 2022.

Canadian manufacturer Modern Manufacturing selected Eudora, Kansas for a new production facility making railway crossing light systems and steel bungalows, buying a 50,000 sq ft building and about 18 acres, with about 40 new jobs.

Tenaris will invest 11 million US dollars to upgrade the caster line at its Koppel, Pennsylvania facility so it can produce larger steel bars. The project is expected to take 14 months and finish in the second quarter of 2021.

Sypris Technologies received an order for Tube Turns Tool-less closures for the Alberta XPress gas pipeline project, with production to finish before year-end. Terms were not disclosed.

Soudronic AG has bought Can Man AG, together with its latest acquisition Frei AG, from the Umbricht family. Can Man will operate independently as an innovation and manufacturing platform focused on 3-piece metal cans.

Acoustical Sheetmetal Company will invest $15.8 million to add a 100,000-square-foot facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, creating 200 new jobs. The company makes sound-attenuating enclosures for on-site power generation equipment.

Millerbernd Manufacturing is building a 110,000-square-foot modular facility in Winsted Industrial Park, Minnesota, to consolidate its ring and cylinder production and add 100 jobs. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Spanish foundry Ampo Foundry was awarded a contract by a French valve manufacturer to supply 642 valve body castings and 160 valve piston castings for a refinery in China being built by an Italian EPC. The contract is the largest in the company's 56-year history.

Tyler Pipe Company will invest $4.9 million to expand its Marshfield, Missouri manufacturing facility, which makes couplings and gaskets, creating 75 new jobs.

Power Pool Plus is moving all major manufacturing and fabrication of its industrial power generation products to a new 30,000+ square foot facility at 1107 Willard Road in Greenwood, South Carolina, a multi-million dollar investment projected to create 21 jobs.

Special Products & Mfg., a Rockwall, Texas manufacturer of electromechanical assemblies and precision metal parts, leased 28,000 square feet in Round Rock. The facility is planned to open in August 2020 and employ up to 30 people.

Silgan Holdings has completed the acquisition of Albéa's pump manufacturing, metal conversion (Covit in Europe and the US) and Brazil operations. Albéa retains its tubes, rigid cosmetic packaging and beauty solutions businesses, and a transition services agreement was signed.

Gaoth Dobhair-based Irish Pressings has secured a multi-million euro work package from Jaguar Land Rover, with production planned from 2021 and up to 90 additional staff targeted over five years.