Copeland opened a new compressor plant in Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of US$22 million and expected to generate 900 to 1,000 direct jobs.

Danish compressed air firm Jysk Trykluft ApS has acquired ALT Trykluft ApS, a compressed air business in southern Denmark. Carsten Zachariassen stays on as managing director.

Macfarlane Group acquired Scotland-based protective packaging maker Pitreavie Group for a maximum cash consideration of £18m, including an earn-out of up to £4m over two years, financed from its existing bank facility.

Swiss company Bourquin SA commissioned a new corrugated cardboard machine from BHS Corrugated at its Oensingen site on November 19, 2024, increasing production capacity by up to 30% and adding a photovoltaic system.

Pili, a French biobased dyes company, partnered with Orta (Turkish denim mill) and Citizens of Humanity (California denim brand) to commercially launch garments dyed with Pili's biobased indigo. The first products debuted in January 2025 in the Spring 2025 collections of Citizens of Humanity and AGOLDE.

AURELIUS has successfully completed the acquisition of FIAMM Energy Technology S.p.A. from Resonac Corporation, taking over all employees and business activities.

Kromberg Schubert, a German automotive cable manufacturer, is expanding its Béja plant on an 8-hectare site, with 4,200 m² for construction. The expansion will add over 4,000 jobs, increasing total workforce to over 8,000 by 2026.

Rippa Group's new intelligent engineering machinery green manufacturing base in Jining, Shandong, China, was officially topped out on January 12, 2025. The plant will increase production capacity for mini excavators and other equipment.

Ameeri Industries is expanding its factory in Hidd, Bahrain, to increase production capacity and meet growing market demands, as highlighted during a visit by the Minister of Industry and Commerce.

TRIPS Automatyka Polska announced the opening of a state-of-the-art production plant in Krapkowice, Poland, to manufacture control cabinets, low-voltage switchboards, and provide automation solutions.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings received a formal letter of award for a development project in the GCC region, valued at over $43 million. Work will be performed from its Abu Dhabi facility, with project commencement expected in Q3 2025.

Honeywell Automation India Limited has secured a contract to provide building automation solutions for phase one of Exide Energy Solutions Limited's 80-acre lithium-ion gigafactory in Bengaluru, India.

ADNOC Gas awarded Petrofac UAE a $335 million contract to build new compression facilities at its Habshan complex for the Ruwais LNG project.

ADNOC Gas awarded China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering a $514 million contract to build new pipelines linking the Habshan complex to the Ruwais LNG project.

ADNOC Gas awarded a $1.24 billion contract to an alliance of Enppi and Petrojet for the initial conditioning plant, compression facilities and pipelines supplying the Ruwais LNG project at Habshan 5.

Kitron received a significant order valued at NOK 46 million from Thales Norway. Production will commence in Q1 2026 at Kitron's facility in Arendal, Norway.

Yili Engineering Machinery Henan Co., Ltd received an order for a mobile concrete batching plant from a Serbian customer after the customer visited the factory and paid a deposit.

SLN, a joint venture between Angolan and Chinese investors, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a cement and clinker plant in Catumbela, Benguela, Angola. The $170 million facility will produce 3,500 tonnes per day of cement and clinker, with construction expected to take 15 months plus 3 months for testing.

Scottish textile firm Wilkie will become the majority shareholder of the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) in Dundee, relocating its manufacturing operations from Kirriemuir and Forfar. The plan involves an estimated £50 million investment in infrastructure, technology and development, with a potential workforce increase to 600.

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR acquired a majority stake in Italian paper-based packaging maker Scatolificio del Garda, via its Agri&Food fund, to support international and product expansion. Completion is expected by April 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

SNC Kherib et Cie. has awarded Andritz an order to supply a complete spunlace line for its plant in Bejaia City, Algeria. The start-up is scheduled for the end of Q3 2026.

Shaanxi Yulin Energy Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd. signed a process package contract with Shanghai Hetu Engineering and Hangzhou Xingchuan New Materials for a 100,000 tonnes per year polyolefin elastomer (POE) unit as part of its epoxy resin integration project in Shenmu, Shaanxi. The unit will be the world's first to produce POE using only ethylene as feedstock.

Hanwha Power Systems signed an MOU with Korea Plant Service on January 10, 2025, to cooperate in gas turbine maintenance services, including local production of consumable parts and integrated management systems.

Iberfoil Aragón, part of the Alibérico group, received environmental authorization to invest €45 million in expanding its plant in Sabiñánigo, Huesca, to produce green aluminum coils. The project will create 40 jobs initially, with a total of 115 jobs expected by 2028.

Lubrizol and Polyhose have signed an MoU to establish a new medical tubing manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, India. The site will increase Lubrizol's local medical tubing volume five-fold and produce tubing for neurovascular and cardiovascular applications.

Wilkie will become the majority shareholder of Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) in Dundee, UK, and move its manufacturing operations from Kirriemuir and Forfar to the site. The move involves an estimated £50 million investment and could create up to 600 jobs.

Indutrade has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in ECOROLL Holding GmbH, a German manufacturer of surface treatment tools. The company has annual sales of approximately EUR 13 million and 65 employees in Celle, Germany.

VINCI Building has purchased two WOLFF 355 B luffing jib tower cranes from WOLFFKRAN for approximately £2.5 million. The cranes will be used at the Sheffield Forgemasters project in Sheffield, UK, to build a new open-die forging facility.

Sandviken Energi AB has awarded Eliquo Malmberg Water AB a contract for design and construction of a new water treatment plant in Sandviken, Sweden. The estimated value is SEK 80 million.

Fpico has formally ordered a LISIM simultaneous stretching line from Brückner Maschinenbau for production of ultra-high-rigidity biaxially oriented polypropylene sheet. The line is expected to start operation in the second half of 2027 at a new plant in Bandō, Ibaraki, Japan.

Megalift SLT, an Irish sideloader manufacturer, made a significant €8 million investment in its 28,000 ft² factory in County Monaghan in 2023 to meet growing global demand.

Ishida Europe supplied 12 Flex Grader systems, 4 RobotGraders, and 4 X-ray inspection systems to Maple Leaf Foods' new C$772 million poultry processing plant in London, Ontario, which processes 27,500 birds per hour.

John Deere announced plans to open a new manufacturing plant in Mexico with a $55 million investment, specializing in small wheel loaders and track loaders, with production expected to begin by 2026.

Gree HVAC Refrigeration Equipment (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. plans to invest 50 million yuan to upgrade its home air conditioner production lines in Caidian District, Wuhan, adding 4 smart production lines and increasing annual capacity to 1 million units.

Kern AG, a Swiss manufacturer of high-performance envelope inserting systems, has acquired Müller Apparatebau GmbH, a German company in the same market segment. The merger aims to combine product portfolios and resources.

Ferrovial and Construcciones Rubau have broken ground on the expansion and upgrade of the Ter drinking water treatment plant in Catalonia, the largest such facility in the region. The project has a budget of €102 million and a 48-month completion timeline.

Tetra Pak has installed its Tetra Pak E3 Flex XH line at Simultan, the largest Romanian-owned dairy processor, making Simultan the first factory worldwide to operate this innovative packaging line for chilled dairy products.

Baosteel and Japan's Kobelco Investment have jointly established Baosteel Kobelco Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Shanghai) Co., with a registered capital of approximately RMB 1.0 billion, to produce and sell automotive aluminum sheet.

Taihan Cable & Solution announced it has received a 100 billion won order from Balfour Beatty to supply 400kV high-voltage cables and accessories for a cable replacement project in eastern Britain.

Daehan Electric Wire announced it will supply a 400kV power grid for Balfour Beatty's aging grid replacement project in eastern England. The contract is worth approximately 100 billion won.

Southern Water awarded contracts totaling approximately £540 million to Lanes Group, Cappagh Browne, and McAllister Bros for wastewater network services across four lots, covering maintenance, manholes, sewer rehabilitation, and sewer sealing. The contracts start in April 2025 and span the 2025-2030 AMP8 period.

PLASTAR Packaging Machinery is planning to build a new factory in Huangtan Park, Wenzhou, China, with an investment of RMB 500 million. The factory will have an annual production capacity of 200 blown film machines and will include an R&D center.

Dürr received a high double-digit million euro order from Italian battery manufacturer FIB (part of Seri Industrial Group) to supply a turnkey tandem-coater system for electrode coating, including four anode and four cathode lines, calenders, slitters and solvent recovery. Installation at FIB's gigafactory in Teverola, Italy is due to begin in autumn 2025, with production starting in 2026.

Wave Electronics (Wavetron) signed a 18.4 billion won contract with LIG Nex1 to supply electronic signal processing units for the P11E mass production project. The contract runs from January 10, 2025 to April 11, 2030.

Freudenberg Performance Materials acquired the core business of Heytex, including production sites in Bramsche, Neugersdorf, and Zhangjiagang, forming a new Coated Technical Textiles division.

Marcegaglia Steel and Manni Group closed a joint venture agreement, with each holding 50% of Isopan Spa. The joint venture will focus on insulated panels and sectional door panels, with an aggregate turnover of about 500 million euros and nearly 700 employees.

Sanden is investing €68 million in a new assembly line for electric-vehicle automotive compressors at its Tinténiac site in Brittany, with 17% financed by the French state under France 2030. The line is being installed since autumn 2024.

Cannon Bono supplied an SG fire tube steam generator with HE SMART package, producing 8,000 kg/h of steam, for a new greenfield corrugated cardboard factory in Extremadura, Spain. The project was delivered as a turnkey solution with a local partner.

Delta-p, Pumpe og Kompressor Systemer AS is set to merge with Haakon Larsen AS to form Shift Energy Holding AS, an industrial platform with pro-forma 2024 turnover of NOK 500 million. Delta-p shareholders will hold a 50% stake in the new group.

HOERBIGER is acquiring the BICERA Explosion Relief Valve product line from Penn-Troy Manufacturing, taking over customers, IP, brand, development and production. The deal strengthens HOERBIGER's safety business in the U.S. market.