EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH has ordered 15 Hybrid Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers with a new modular design. The order was booked at the end of 2024 and delivery is expected by July 2026.

LIBERTY Steel UK's pipes division in Hartlepool has started production on a contract to supply 105 km of offshore pipeline for the Northern Endurance Partnership and Net Zero Teesside Power project. The contract was secured in 2024 and manufacturing will continue until Q3 2025.

RheinEnergie and MAN Energy Solutions have signed a supply contract for Europe's largest river-water heat pump at the Cologne-Niehl site, valued at EUR 280 million. The 150 MW system will supply climate-neutral heating to about 50,000 households.

Energinet Eltransmission A/S has awarded a contract worth €104.8 million to Hitachi Energy Denmark A/S for a 420kV GIS unit with alternative insulation media for the Lindehøj project in Denmark.

Magellan Aerospace and Aequs have signed an MOU to explore establishing a 50/50 joint aerospace sand casting facility at the Belagavi Aerospace Cluster in Karnataka, India.

Sorigué has renewed its agreement with the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) for thermal sludge drying at the Rubí WWTP, a €15 million contract covering plant operation and energy sale.

Sorigué has been granted contracts totaling over €6 million by the Consorci per a la Gestió dels Residus del Vallès Oriental, Consorci Besòs Tordera, and Aigües de Barcelona for biogas production and sludge treatment projects in Catalonia, Spain.

Macmahon Holdings has been selected by PT Citra Palu Minerals as the underground mining services contractor for the Poboya gold project in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The interim contract is expected to add approximately A$317 million ($200 million) to Macmahon's orderbook.

Zumbiel, a paperboard packaging maker, has acquired Crown Valley Co-Manufacturing in Farmington, Missouri, which will operate as ZumBev and offer beverage co-manufacturing with canning and bottling lines.

UFP Packaging, a UFP Industries subsidiary, has opened a 165,000 sq ft corrugated manufacturing facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that began operations in late 2024 and will expand through 2025.

Flux Power Holdings Inc received its first purchase order for battery packs from one of the largest suppliers of medical equipment and supplies in the US. The order was announced on March 6, 2025.

Europea Servizi Terminalistici Srl (EST) ordered a hybrid drive Konecranes Gottwald ESP.8 Mobile Harbor Crane for the Port of Augusta, Sicily. The order was booked in Q1 2025, with delivery expected by end of summer 2025.

S.N.F. SA was awarded a framework contract worth €140,000 over three years to supply polymers to the Communauté de Communes de la Région de Guebwiller, notified on March 6, 2025.

Larsen & Toubro's Water & Effluent Treatment business, in a joint venture with Lantania of Spain, signed a contract with ACWA Power to build the Ras Mohaisen Desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The order is valued between INR 2,500 crore and INR 5,000 crore. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 m³/day.

Huanxiting New Materials (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. plans to invest CNY39.11 million to build a 30-ton-per-year cyclic olefin polymer (COP) production facility in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. The project has been submitted for environmental impact assessment.

Strickland Manufacturing, an attachment manufacturer and distributor, will invest $3.3 million to expand its existing facility in Goochland County, Virginia, creating 20 new jobs.

NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has been awarded a three-year contract by SATORP to provide engineering and technology services for the Sulphur Recovery Complex at SATORP's refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

onsemi has acquired the former NextGen fab facility in DeWitt, New York, where it plans to invest nearly $120 million and create 80 new jobs in the semiconductor industry. The project includes an R&D phase and a manufacturing phase.

ServcoCanada was awarded nearly $60 million in HVAC, plumbing, and process piping scopes for Louis Dreyfus Company's pea protein production plant in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Work is underway with completion estimated in February 2026.

FabArc Steel Supply secured a $100 million contract to produce about 25,000 tons of steel for an automotive project in New Carlisle, Indiana, related to a General Motors and Samsung SDI electric battery plant.

Hitachi Energy laid the foundation stone for a new $180 million production and technology center in Vikby, Mustasaari, Finland. The 40,000 sq m facility will double transformer production and testing capacity, creating approximately 200 jobs.

Chigwell Window Centre is moving its entire production and distribution operations to a new 45,000 sq ft facility at Centurion Business Park in Colchester, UK, with a £4 million investment including new equipment and staff, doubling capacity.

INNIO Group and Hyosung Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a partnership, though details are not provided in the available text.

Blue Star Ltd plans to invest Rs 400 crore in FY26 to expand manufacturing capacity for room air conditioners, commercial refrigeration, and commercial air conditioning. The expansion includes a third phase at its Sri City plant, a commercial freezers unit near Mumbai, and a commercial air conditioner plant in Himachal Pradesh.

Schneider Electric secured a contract from Tata Power to deploy 11kV SF6-Free Ring Main Units (RMUs) using RM AirSeT technology in Mumbai and Delhi, aiming to reduce Tata Power's carbon footprint by up to 75% and achieve cost savings of up to 50%.

Belgian agricultural machinery manufacturer Joskin is expanding its plant in Poland, adding 6 hectares of land and 2.1 hectares of covered space including a new powder coating line, robotic welding, and assembly line. The investment aims to increase production capacity for tankers and manure spreaders.

Italy's Leonardo and Turkey's Baykar announced a joint venture to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aiming to bridge Europe's gap in the drone industry and provide Baykar an EU foothold.

Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe is expanding its plant in Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France, with a €15 million investment. The project includes a new 5,000 m² building to recycle 10,000 tons of plastic waste per year into polypropylene granules, creating 30 jobs.

Huangshi Donper Compressor, a subsidiary of Donper Group, plans to invest about 2 billion yuan to build a high-end variable frequency intelligent manufacturing base in Huangshi Economic and Technological Development Zone. The first phase, worth 581 million yuan, starts construction in March 2025 and is due for completion in December 2025.

Robotize, a provider of autonomous mobile robots, and ROEQ, a manufacturer of mobile robotic equipment, announced a strategic partnership to develop integrated automation solutions for intralogistics. The first solution, the ROEQ TMC300 top module for the Robotize GoPal P35 AMR, is already available.

Changzhou Kingcason Printing & Dyeing Co. Ltd announced two new projects in Egypt's Qantara West Industrial Zone with a $24.5 million investment. The facilities will include dyeing, printing, and finishing operations, spanning 60,000 square meters.

Kineco Aerospace & Defense was awarded a contract by GKN Aerospace UK to manufacture and supply composite components.

Siemens opened a $190 million electrical equipment manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, creating 480 jobs initially and targeting 800 by 2026. The 500,000 sq. ft. plant produces low-voltage switchboards for data centers and AI infrastructure.

Magellan Aerospace and Aequs Private Limited signed an initial pact to explore establishing a 50:50 joint venture sand casting facility at Aequs's Belagavi Aerospace Cluster in Karnataka, India, for commercial and defence aerospace sectors.

atech innovations gmbh acquired a 50% stake in Dutch company X-PORE CEPAration B.V. to expand its technological portfolio in stainless steel membranes for water treatment, chemical processing, and food and pharmaceutical sectors.

Astellas Pharma and Yaskawa Electric have signed a definitive agreement to establish a joint venture to develop a cell therapy product manufacturing platform using Yaskawa's dual-arm robot 'Maholo'. The joint venture will also offer platform access to startups and academic institutions. Capital is 4.5 billion yen, with Astellas holding 60% and Yaskawa 40%. Establishment is tentatively set for September 2025.

Sumika Polymer Compounds is investing €15 million to expand its industrial site in Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France, with a new 5,000-square-metre facility that will transform 10,000 tons of plastic waste into recycled polypropylene granules annually. The project will create 30 jobs over three years.

Port Newark Container Terminal has ordered 15 hybrid Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers. The order was booked in Q4 2024, deliveries are underway, and the last cranes are scheduled for handover in April 2026.

Magellan Aerospace and Aequs have signed an MOU to explore setting up a 50/50 jointly-owned aerospace sand casting facility at the Belagavi Aerospace Cluster in Karnataka, India. The facility aims to meet sand casting demands in the growing aerospace industry.

Welspun Specialty Solutions has emerged as the lowest bidder for a supply contract from Bharat Heavy Electricals to provide approximately 4,050 tonnes of stainless steel seamless boiler tubes for supercritical thermal power projects. The contract is valued at around Rs 2.31 billion (excluding GST) and is pending formal award.

IK Partners, through its IK Small Cap III Fund, has signed an agreement to acquire Tecomatic, a Swedish provider of water treatment and erosion control solutions, from PEQ Invest. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.

RFHIC has signed a contract worth approximately 7 billion KRW (about $5.3 million) to supply high-power GaN-based amplifiers for Leonardo's next-generation radars, with delivery by end of 2025.

Tecnocap plans to invest $4.5 million to buy and renovate a facility in Bellaire, Ohio, consolidating operations for its metal closure manufacturing and creating an estimated 29 jobs.

Eco Guardian is on track to open a new Ontario, Canada facility making compostable and recyclable food service products, with capacity of about 2 billion cups per year, scheduled to open in Q4 2025.

Perolo, part of BIP Group, has opened a new factory in China to add production capacity for industrial valves and fittings and serve key markets more quickly. No city, size or investment value was given.

Huangshi Donper Compressor, a subsidiary of Donper Group, plans to invest about 2 billion yuan in Huangshi Economic and Technological Development Zone to build a high-end variable frequency intelligent manufacturing base. The first phase, worth 581 million yuan, starts construction in March 2025 and is due for completion in December 2025.

Shanghai Xinran Compressor's Jiangsu factory has won a bid from Daqing Oilfield, a PetroChina subsidiary, for compressor spare parts and technical services worth over 32 million yuan. The equipment is expected to cut the oilfield's energy use by about 15%.

Danfoss Power Solutions has broken ground on a 27,000-square-meter greenfield plant in Talegaon, Pune, India, as part of a phased investment of over EUR 100 million. The campus will make pumps, motors, cylinders and valves and include an application development center.

Evonik Industries licensed its hydrogen peroxide production technology to China Pingmei Shenma Group Nylon Technology to build a 200 kiloton-per-year H2O2 plant in Pingdingshan, Henan Province. The plant is expected to start up in 2026.

Evonik will license its hydrogen peroxide production technology to China Pingmei Shenma Group Nylon Technology to build a 200 kiloton per annum H2O2 megaplant in Pingdingshan, Henan Province. The signing was celebrated on March 5, 2025, and startup is expected in 2026.