Servomold invested nearly €5 million to expand its site in Erbach, Germany, adding 750 sqm of production space, a climate-controlled cell, and a 5-axis precision milling machine. The company now employs 35 people, up 10 from early 2024.

Hitachi Energy announced a €30 million investment to relocate and expand its dry-type transformer facility in Zaragoza, Spain, to a new 22,000 sqm site at the Zaragoza Logistics Platform. Completion is set for end of 2026.

FELLFAB has acquired the brand and assets of Miltex Solutions Canada Inc., a manufacturer of textile-based military and tactical products. Manufacturing operations have moved to FELLFAB's Hamilton, Ontario facility.

Safran Aircraft Engines finalized the acquisition of Component Repair Technologies (CRT), a world leader in aircraft engine parts repair based in Mentor, Ohio. CRT will become Safran's center of excellence for large engine parts repair in the Americas.

ABB has been selected by GreenIron to provide ABB Ability System 800xA distributed control system for a first commercial facility in Sandviken, Sweden, using hydrogen-based reduction technology for fossil-free metal production.

Optomed was selected through a public tender by Apotti to deliver a Sectra PACS imaging and archiving system for oral healthcare to the City of Helsinki and the wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava. The project starts January 23, 2025, with implementation by end of 2025.

Fortior Technology and Sanhua Holding Group signed a framework agreement to jointly establish a joint venture with registered capital of 30 million yuan. Sanhua will hold 50% and Fortior 36%. The JV will focus on R&D, design, manufacturing and sales of coreless motors (slotless permanent magnet AC motors).

Lenovo completed its acquisition of Israeli enterprise storage company Infinidat. Financial details were undisclosed; Infinidat had raised $350 million in funding and was valued over $1 billion.

Hyundai Motor aims to sign binding deals with General Motors involving cooperation in joint purchase of vehicle parts and commercial and passenger vehicle businesses.

S-Oil signed an MOU with Ulsan City to build a 121MW natural gas self-powered facility at its Ulsan plant in Onsan National Industrial Complex. Construction will begin in February 2025 and be completed in December 2026.

KASFAB Tools, a subsidiary of KAS Group, has invested ₹200 million in its Doddaballapur facility. The company also plans to establish two more plants in the region.

UHP Technologies, part of KAS Group, will inaugurate a 20,000-square-foot semiconductor equipment manufacturing plant near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. The parent company plans to invest ₹2.5 billion over the next six to twelve months.

Pamcle Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Discovery Eskorea (Envu) for the consignment production of Maxforce gel products at its Hoengseong factory, with main production starting in March 2025.

LiuGong India has started work on a new manufacturing facility in Pitampur, India, expected to be operational by Q3 2025, increasing capacity from 3,200 to 7,000 machines.

Hitachi Ltd. acquired Joliet Electric Motors, a large motor sales and maintenance business in Illinois, to expand industrial equipment sales and maintenance services in North America.

Inotek is building a new production complex in the Uzlovaya special economic zone in Tula region, Russia, to produce Spunlace nonwoven material for hygiene products, with investments over 2.2 billion rubles and completion by end of 2025.

Bondalti Water will expand the wastewater treatment plant of Proláctea in Castrogonzalo, Zamora, Spain, increasing capacity by 40% to 1,400 m³/day using MBR technology, with completion expected by mid-March 2025.

Brother Machine Tools inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Tumakuru, Karnataka, India, to produce the Speedio series of compact machining centers, with the first machine delivered to V Oak Engineers.

Boeing invested $10.3 million CAD in Solace Power Inc. to establish a Surface Mount Technology production facility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and nearly double the local workforce.

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $7,892,138.90 contract to Sidewinders, LLC to rewind both generator units at the Boysen Power Plant near Shoshoni, Wyoming. Work is planned from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.

Sormac, a supplier of fresh-cut fruit and vegetable processing equipment, acquired a majority stake in German food technology manufacturer Foodcons. Foodcons will be absorbed into Sormac GmbH.

Candu Energy Inc. (AtkinsRéalis) in a joint venture with Aecon Group was awarded a contract by Ontario Power Generation for early works on the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station retube, feeder and boiler replacement project. The contract is worth approximately $1.1 billion for early works and $1 billion for the definition phase.

CPI Aerostructures received orders totaling $4.3 million for gunner window assemblies for the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter under a five-year IDIQ contract.

Bailixin Semiconductor (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. has received approval for a 6-inch MEMS wafer manufacturing line project in Lishui, Zhejiang. The total investment is 1.3 billion yuan, with construction from 2024 to 2026.

HACO and Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool announced a strategic industrial partnership at EuroBLECH 2026. Yawei will become the majority shareholder, and HACO's site in Mouscron, Belgium will become the European headquarters and a center of excellence.

RIC (GENMA-KALMAR) was awarded a contract by Brado Logistica to supply 6 rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) and 1 rail-mounted gantry crane (RMG) for terminals in Rondonopolis and Sumare, Brazil. Delivery is scheduled to commence in 2026.

Amcor and Berry Global filed a definitive joint proxy statement for their proposed $13 billion all-scrip merger, with shareholder votes scheduled for 25 February 2025; the combined company would have about 400 plants and 75,000 staff.

Schutz agreed with National Plastic Factory Company (NPF) that NPF will produce Ecobulk 1,000-litre IBCs for Saudi Arabia and the GCC, with a new factory planned near Dammam. Schutz will supply steel and plastic components, with first deliveries scheduled for 2026.

National Gas Transmission awarded a contract for design and build of new gas-compression installations at its ST Fergus Terminal site, to meet Medium Combustion Plant Directive compliance by 2030. The contract notice was published on 23 January 2025.

Novo Holdings A/S and TA Associates Management, L.P. will acquire joint control of Matrix Topco Limited (Biocomposites) through a purchase of shares, as notified to the European Commission on 22 January 2025.

The UK Ministry of Defence awarded a £61 million contract to BAE Systems and Sheffield Forgemasters to produce artillery barrels in Yorkshire for Ukraine, restarting dormant howitzer barrel production.

The San Luis City Council approved awarding a $2,998,000 contract to Kubota Membrane USA for membrane bioreactor equipment for the West Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion.

Arabian Plastic Industrial Co. (APICO) signed a three-year manufacturing and supply agreement for plastic containers with Badael Co., a PIF subsidiary, with financial impact expected from H1 2025.

Daikin Malaysia Sdn Bhd formed a joint venture, Daikin (Taiwan) Air Conditioning Systems, with Ho Tai Development Co and Leading Electric & Machinery Co in Taiwan, with capital of JPY 800 million. Daikin Malaysia holds 51%.

The U.S. Department of Commerce signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with Analog Devices to unlock up to $105 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding for expansion and modernization of facilities in Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Beaverton, Oregon; and Camas, Washington.

Braskem announced an investment of R$ 614 million in seven projects to expand production capacity by about 139,000 tonnes across Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia, and Alagoas, including polyethylene and PVC. Construction starts immediately, with completion dates not yet revealed.

Soluciones Innovadoras y Desarrollos Tecnicos SL was awarded a contract by Fundación para la Transformación de La Rioja to supply magnetic and inductive separation lines for sustainable packaging, worth EUR 175,766 (excluding VAT). The contract was formalized on 2025-03-06.

Anochrome Ltd has invested significantly in its Walsall site, installing a new state-of-the-art electroplating plant and modernizing a bay, boosting production capacity by at least 50%. The new plant is due to arrive in February 2025 for commissioning through March.

Goyal Industries acquired Forrest Machine Products, a precision manufacturing company in Lexington, Ohio. Forrest Machine Products will keep its name, leadership, and remain under local ownership.

Meridian Medical Technologies, a unit of Kindeva, secured a $129 million contract to supply the U.S. with the nerve agent antidote autoinjector DuoDote. The autoinjectors will be produced in St. Louis.

LIMAB has merged with Dynalyse, a company specializing in strength, density, and moisture content measurement for the wood industry. Both companies are part of Dacke Industri.

Toyota Material Handling made a $50 million investment in building, infrastructure and equipment at its manufacturing facilities in Greene, New York, and Muscatine, Iowa.

Toyota Material Handling broke ground on a new 295,000 square-foot factory in Columbus, Indiana, focused on producing electric products. The factory is scheduled to open in 2026.

Mobix Labs has agreed to acquire SCP Manufacturing, a Nevada-based producer of mission-critical electrical components for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2025.

Evonik has merged its Silica and Silanes business lines into a new entity called Smart Effects, effective January 1, 2025. The new business line has 3,500 employees worldwide and is part of the Advanced Technologies division.

Epiroc has unveiled the Terrah Series family of utility vehicles for small-to-medium-sized underground mining and civil construction tunnels, following the integration of AARD Mining Equipment's technology.

Technonicol's Zavod Polimernoy Izolyatsii (Polymer Insulation Plant) is building a new workshop in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, with investments of about 300 million rubles, to produce extruded polystyrene foam insulation boards, adding 30 jobs.

Apache, a leading Argentine manufacturer of seeders, will inaugurate a new 3,600 m² plant in the Parque Industrial Oeste of Las Parejas on February 26, 2025, to produce new seeder models and assemble small tractors.

Sidel has installed three complete high-speed aseptic production lines at CR Beverage's Yixing and Chengdu plants, featuring Combi Predis FMa and Fmac systems for tea, juice, and carbonated drinks.

Michelman has partnered with FibreCoat to launch FibreCoat's aluminium-coated basalt fibre. The partnership involves Michelman's advanced materials expertise supporting the launch.