Rostec's OAK has started fuselage assembly of the Il-114-300 aircraft, using components from Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO). First flight is planned for November 2020.

AeroVironment received two firm-fixed-price orders totaling $9,804,448 from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency for Raven and Puma 3 AE tactical UAS and spares. The orders were received on March 5, 2020 and April 16, 2020, with delivery by August and October 2020 respectively.

Nexans was awarded a major contract by SSE Renewables to design, manufacture and install HV onshore and offshore export cables for the Seagreen offshore wind farm Phase 1 in Scotland, with construction starting in 2021 and completion in 2022/23.

Savosolar was selected as preferred bidder to deliver two solar heating systems to NewHeat in France: a EUR 850,000 plant in Narbonne and a EUR 700,000 solar field in Pons, with delivery starting in 2020.

Human Unitec International signed a binding purchase agreement with Palladium Investments SA to build the first Grone waste-to-energy plant in Saudi Arabia for $40.8 million.

Triumph Systems & Support has been awarded a four-year long-term agreement by Lockheed Martin for hydraulic utility actuation valves on the F-35 program, making Triumph the sole source provider for the statement of work.

Calian Group has been awarded a contract by the SNC-Lavalin PAE joint venture to support delivery of up to ten 100-bed Mobile Respiratory Care Units for the Government of Canada, with first-phase value expected at $22 million to $26 million.

Autonomous Solutions Inc signed a subcontract with Epiroc to supply its autonomous haul truck solution to Roy Hill in Western Australia, converting 77 haul trucks from manned to autonomous operation.

Fastems entered into a major maintenance agreement with MTU Aero Engines, providing Care Management services for industrial automation systems.

A consortium led by Siemens Gas and Power (Siemens Energy) has been awarded a turnkey contract for two converter stations for the HVDC link connecting Crete with mainland Greece. The order volume is €370 million, and commissioning is scheduled for mid-2023.

Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (TISCO) has ordered a decarburizing and coating line and a flattening and coating line from Fives for its new grain-oriented silicon steel (GOES) plant. The lines are planned to be operational in the second half of 2021.

Arkema has signed a long-term supply contract with Nutrien for anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) for its site at Calvert City, Kentucky. As part of the agreement, Arkema will invest $150 million in a 40,000 tonnes/year AHF facility at Nutrien's site in Aurora, North Carolina, to start up in 1H 2022.

Fortescue Metals Group awarded a contract to Prok for the design, manufacture and supply of approximately 170 conveyor pulleys for the Iron Bridge magnetite project in Western Australia. The pulleys will be delivered in six stages starting January 2021.

AMPO POYAM Valves won a contract to supply more than 600 actuated and manual cryogenic valves for Sinopec's Henan LNG Emergency Storage Center. The facility will be able to store up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas.

Gornozavodskcement has become a major supplier of cement for the construction of the Esplanada multifunctional center in Perm, Russia. The project includes a shopping mall, hotel, and conference center with total investments of RUB 8.6 billion.

Sterling Industries has been awarded contracts by the Federal Government of Canada for 15 million face shields, the Province of Ontario for 11 million, and the Province of Alberta for 1 million, as part of the COVID-19 response. Production is expected to ship by mid-August 2020.

Siemens has been awarded an order from Semco Maritime to provide main electrical equipment for the electrical service platform of the Mayflower Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, USA. The project has a capacity of up to 1.6 GW.

Adani Green Energy won a manufacturing-linked solar tender from SECI to develop 8 GW of solar projects and establish 2 GW of solar cell and module manufacturing capacity, with a total investment of $6 billion.

TenneT has awarded a joint venture of Engie Fabricom and Iemants (a Smulders subsidiary) a contract to construct an offshore transformer station for the Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm zone. The station includes a 45-meter-high jacket and a 4,100-tonne topside. Engineering has started, with construction beginning in October 2020 and load-out planned for fall 2021 (jacket) and spring 2022 (topside).

Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Company (QXTD) has selected Dow and Johnson Matthey's LP Oxo Technology to produce isononyl alcohol (INA) at a new manufacturing facility in China. The plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 200,000 metric tonnes and commence operations in 2023.

Semco Maritime awarded Siemens Energy in Denmark a contract to supply the electrical infrastructure for the Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm off Massachusetts, with a planned capacity of up to 1,600 MW.

Bravida was awarded a contract worth NOK 300 million for technical installations at Norsk Kylling's new 35,000 m² factory in Orkanger, Norway. The contract includes ventilation systems using VoltAir air handling units.

Global Clean Energy Holdings awarded Haldor Topsoe a contract to supply process technology, engineering, equipment and catalysts for converting its Bakersfield, California refinery into a 15,000 b/d renewable diesel plant. The contract value was not disclosed.

SiO2 Materials Science of Auburn, Alabama, won a $143 million federal contract to produce vials and packaging for storing COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. The company expects to hire about 200 more employees for production.

Bilfinger won two contracts worth £350m to design, procure, fabricate and build pipework and specialist equipment for Hinkley Point C nuclear station, creating 350 jobs at UK sites including Warrington, Humberside, Bristol and Somerset.

NUCAP Industries and Rotho Blaas have signed a commercial agreement for the supply of GripMetal technology and products to the timber construction industry. Rotho Blaas has launched products incorporating the technology under the SHARP METAL brand.

Dow and Johnson Matthey have won a contract to supply their LP Oxo technology for a 200,000 t/y isononyl alcohol (INA) plant to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical (QXTD) in Zibo City, China. The plant is expected to go online in 2023.

Vow ASA signed a €230,000 contract with a major European recycling company for an AI-based robotic sorting unit to separate copper from ferrous waste streams. This is a milestone order for Vow's waste sorting robotics.

Israel Aerospace Industries signed a contract worth 1.2 billion shekels (approximately $350 million) with a central European country for intelligence aircraft. The aircraft are developed by IAI's Elta division and feature miniaturized sensing systems and AI-based software.

SiO2 Materials Science announced a $143 million agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and BARDA to accelerate production scale-up of its primary packaging platform for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. The platform uses a plastic container with a microscopic glass coating.

Suez has signed a contract worth about US$ 110 million to build a drinking water plant in Bita, Luanda, Angola. The plant will have a capacity of 260,000 cubic meters per day and is part of a consortium with Mota Engil and Soares da Costa.

Magellan Aerospace has awarded a contract to Airborne for an integrated Automated Kitting solution for its Winnipeg facility. The system will support manufacturing of composite tail assemblies for the F35 fighter aircraft.

Surface Transforms has been selected as the sole supplier of carbon ceramic brake discs for the Koenigsegg Gemera. The contract is worth more than £5 million, with production from mid-2022 to mid-2027.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft awarded a EUR 1,049,040 contract to Auma-Tec Ausbau-, Umwelt- und Anlagen-Technik GmbH for cooling systems at Fraunhofer IME in Schmallenberg, Germany. Work is to start September 29, 2020 and end September 24, 2021.

Von Roll Automotive will supply Audi's future electric vehicle systems with insulating components for electric drives, with a contract volume in the double-digit million euro range.

LISI AEROSPACE signed a long-term supply contract with Lockheed Martin for fasteners for the F-35 program, with an estimated total value of US$60 million over six years (2020-2025).

Ampo Poyam Valves received a new order for more than 800 large highly engineered gate valves from Saudi Aramco and EPC contractor Saipem for the Hawiyah Gas Increment Program in Saudi Arabia, with deliveries in 2020.

Marr Contracting, an Australian heavy lifting tower crane specialist, completed a world-record lift during construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey. A 155-tonne piece of upper cross beam was lifted 318 metres above sea level using one of Marr's M2480D cranes.

BlueScope Steel AIS signed a $2.6 million contract to supply over 1,500 tonnes of steel plate to ASC Shipbuilding for the prototyping phase of the Hunter Class Frigate program in Adelaide, South Australia.

Five Star Electric (FSE) was awarded a $12 million contract to supply variable speed drives, solid state starters and PLC sections for the Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP) Expansion Project in Houston, Texas.

Zoomlion delivered three cranes (ZTC1300V, ZTC950E, ZTC201V) to Tibet Dange'er Lifting Company on June 5, 2020, and signed a contract for a 300-tonne all-terrain crane, expected to be delivered within the year.

Vitesco Technologies, the powertrain spinout of Continental, will use custom silicon carbide (SiC) devices from Rohm in volume production for inverters. The development deal has started, with production planned for 2025.

Oerlikon Nonwoven supplied one of two new meltblown lines to Innovatec GmbH in Troisdorf, Germany, as part of a two-digit million Euro investment to produce an additional 1,500 tons of nonwoven per year for protective masks.

Larsen & Toubro received a large contract from the Telangana government's Irrigation and Command Area Development department for an irrigation project, valued between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 crore, to be completed in 24 months.

Kanthal selected ABB to supply and install a new drive system for the Hallstahammar blooming mill in an order worth $2.5 million.

Macmahon was awarded a A$700 million ($484.2 million) contract extension from Byerwen Coal to continue mining operations at the Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland, Australia, for three additional years with an option for two more.

GE Renewable Energy and PowerChina Zhongnan Engineering have been awarded a contract by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority to supply six Francis turbines and generators for the first phase of the Dasu Hydropower Station. The plant will have a total installed capacity of 2.2 GW and is expected to be commissioned in 2026.

Metair has secured multiple contracts to support Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa's investment and production expansion programme. Metair will build a new manufacturing facility in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal, and a logistics facility in Silverton, Gauteng. Total funding requirements are estimated at R1.3 billion, with capital investment over R900 million. Over 3,300 jobs are expected to be created.

Wison Engineering signed an engineering design contract with Dongying Weilong Chemical for a 2.5 million tons per year PTA project in Shandong, China. The project is expected to start up in Q2 2022.

CardiacSense, an Israeli MedTech company, signed an exclusive distribution agreement in India worth at least $32.4 million with Xplore Lifestyle Solutions to supply its medical watch for remote patient monitoring over four years.