Sinoma International Engineering secured a US$351.5 million engineering procurement contract to build a 1000MW solar power plant in Al-Kut, Iraq for Mass Renewable Energy Production. The turnkey contract will take 21 months, completing by Q3 2026.

Anlagenbau Sandersleben GmbH, a steel construction components manufacturer, has joined the SHW Storage & Handling Solutions group, becoming part of the SHW Unternehmensgruppe.

Ainscough Crane Hire has placed a £40 million order with Liebherr for 14 mobile cranes, comprising seven LTM 1230-5.1 and seven LTM 1300-6.3 units, with the first seven delivered. The order is part of a fleet standardisation strategy.

As part of the acquisition, Acerinox plans to invest approximately $170 million in Haynes International's Kokomo operations over four years for equipment modernization and capacity increase.

Medtronic has bought Fortimedix Surgical, a Dutch developer of flexible articulating instruments for endoscopic and minimally invasive procedures. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Oeno Concept, inventor of automatic riddling for the wine industry, has been integrated into the Univitech Group, a union of four Champagne companies including ACI, Mecamarc, and Mignon Développement Conception.

WEG is expanding its Robertsham, South Africa facility to locally manufacture medium voltage switchgear, MV soft starters, and battery energy storage systems, adding three new 150 t bending brakes. The expansion aims to raise quality standards and meet growing demand across Africa.

Swegon Group signed an agreement to acquire HOWATHERM Klimatechnik GmbH, a German manufacturer of modular air handling units based in Brücken, Germany. The acquisition strengthens Swegon's position in the German HVAC market.

Seoho Electric announced it is undertaking new projects at Jinhae Port, Gwangyang Port and Incheon Port in South Korea, following completion of the Busan New Port project. The company also secured a KRW 48 billion contract with HJ Heavy Industries for Busan New Port West Container Terminal 2-6 phase.

Marel and MMC First Process formed a strategic alliance in early 2024 to offer combined solutions. Hima, a Norwegian trout producer, chose them to supply a full processing plant for the world's largest land-based trout farm, being built with Eyvi.

Kordsa is investing $50 million to expand manufacturing operations at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which produces Nylon 66 yarn for tire-cord fabric.

Avgol is investing several million dollars to add a sixth multibeam spunlaid production line and a laminate finishing line at its Mocksville, North Carolina plant. The new lines are expected to begin operating in summer 2025.

Vysarn Limited completed the all-cash acquisition of Waste Water Services Pty Ltd for $7.5 million, adding manufacturing capabilities for industrial wastewater systems and modular sewage treatment plants.

Stefanutti Stocks is using a fleet of Bell Equipment B30E articulated dump trucks for the construction of a 900-hectare tailings storage facility near Fochville, South Africa. The fleet has expanded to 24 units, with additional deliveries in July and August 2024.

Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board awarded a €500,000 contract to I.T.S. for the design, supply, delivery, installation, and commissioning of a production line and industrial robots.

IK Partners, through its IK X Fund, has signed an agreement to acquire Driescher GmbH, a German manufacturer of medium and low voltage switches and switchgears. Financial terms were not disclosed.

AngloGold Ashanti completed its acquisition of Centamin plc via a scheme of arrangement, with Centamin shareholders receiving US$0.125 cash and 0.06983 AngloGold Ashanti shares per Centamin share.

Staropower's subsidiary Innovex (Singapore) signed a global strategic framework agreement with EVE Energy, under which EVE Energy will order at least 2 billion square meters of battery separators from 2025 to 2030.

ACCIONA was awarded two contracts in Portugal for tertiary water treatment at the Vilamoura WWTP (Algarve) and Carvalhal WWTP (Mafra), totaling €6 million. The Vilamoura plant is expected operational by mid-2026.

Castle Holdings, an investment group, completed the acquisition of SeQent, a provider of industrial automation software. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Master Freios, a joint venture of Randoncorp and Cummins, agreed to acquire European Braking Systems Ltd, a UK supplier of air brake parts, for approximately GBP 56 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.

LESER GmbH & Co. KG began construction of a 15,000 square metre production building in Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein, investing €41.3 million to expand its safety valve factory. Completion is planned for early 2026.

Leser Factory of Safety Valves began construction of a 15,000 square meter production hall in Hohenwestedt, Germany, investing 41.3 million euros. Completion is planned for March 2026, and the hall will consolidate production steps now spread across rented buildings.

Northern Ireland Water published a contract award for framework IF030 covering supply, installation and maintenance of compressors, blowers and diffusers across three lots. The framework ceiling is £15,500,000 over up to seven years including extensions.

Applied Industrial Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hydradyne, LLC, a Dallas-based fluid power distributor with about 500 staff and 33 locations in the Southeastern U.S. Applied expects roughly $260 million in sales and $30 million in EBITDA from the deal.

Shanghai Kaiweixi completed supply of more than 30,000 engineering valves, including 156 full sets of NPS 60 Class 300 axial check valves, for the Amursky GCC ethane and LPG cracking project in Russia. The project has annual capacity of 2.3 million tonnes of ethylene.

Globetronics Technology Bhd formed a strategic partnership with Taiwan's ChipMOS Technologies Inc for integrated circuit services. The three-year agreement has a minimum estimated contract value of RM145 million.

Paramount Mechanical Corporation, a Stonebridge Partners portfolio company, acquired Math Mechanical, an HVAC, plumbing and pipe services provider in Portsmouth, Virginia, on November 21, 2024.

On 21 November 2024, Greenchemicals Srl acquired Polichem Srl, a developer of additives for engineered thermoplastic polymers. The acquisition expands Greenchemicals' portfolio in sustainable polymer additives.

Holcim selected a joint venture between BESIX and DENYS as main contractor for civil works of the upgrade at its Obour, Mons plant. The GO4ZERO project will produce nearly 2.3Mt/yr of carbon-neutral cementitious materials by 2029.

Mississippi Lime Company has offered to acquire 100% of Chilean cement company Cementos Bío Bío for nearly US$400 million. Shareholders are negotiating the sale after a due diligence process authorized in May 2024.

Globetronics Technology Bhd entered into a three-year service agreement with ChipMos Technologies Inc worth RM145 million. Production is expected to ramp up in the second half of 2025.

Shree Surendra Foods and Kiremko signed an agreement for the construction of a new potato flake line in Uttar Pradesh, India.

MBDA and its subsidiary Matra Electronique inaugurated a new 4.0 production facility in Venette, Hauts-de-France, on 18 November 2024. The factory increases weekly electronic component transfers from 200,000 to 500,000 and employs 440 staff.

ResMed announced significant expansion plans in Singapore, in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board, to strengthen manufacturing and research capabilities, including expanding production capacity and further developing its Digital Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

G&W Electric announced the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, quadrupling production capacity and creating jobs to support global demand for power solutions.

Drylock Technologies began construction of its third plant in Brazil, located in Capivari, São Paulo. The first phase includes a 30,000 sqm factory with new machinery and a distribution center, with an initial investment of €24.5 million.

Acerinox, through its U.S. subsidiary North American Stainless, completed the acquisition of Haynes International, a U.S. manufacturer of high-performance alloys. Acerinox will invest approximately $200 million over four years in the combined U.S. business.

Ansys secured a contract to provide digital engineering solutions to the Microelectronics Commons, a CHIPS Act-funded network of eight regional technology hubs focused on domestic semiconductor manufacturing innovation.

Modern Dental Asia Pacific Limited, a subsidiary of Modern Dental, agreed to acquire 74% of Hexa Ceram Company Limited, a Thai dental laboratory, for a total of 936 million Thai Baht.

allnex announced a strategic investment to develop its East St. Louis site as the primary U.S. location for solventborne resin production, while ceasing solventborne reactor operations at its Louisville facility by end of 2025.

Grupo Celsa has agreed to sell 100% of its subsidiaries in the UK and Nordics to Czech investment group Sev.en Global Investments. The deal is part of Celsa's restructuring plan.

EaglePicher Technologies broke ground on a new energetics facility and administration building at its existing Joplin headquarters, investing $20.9 million and creating 100 new jobs.

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has signed a deal to buy the 39.53% stake owned by Sumitomo Corporation and the 1.74% stake from Japan Steel Works in Gerdau Summit for a total of $32.6 million.

Holcim has selected a joint venture of BESIX and DENYS as main contractor for civil works of the GO4ZERO upgrade at its Obour plant in Mons, Belgium, which will produce nearly 2.3Mt/yr of carbon-neutral cementitious materials by 2029.

Ester Industries has chosen to install a Gneuss OMNI 200 recycling system at its new Hyderabad facility to process bottle flakes into food-grade pellets for BOPET film production.

Zambia's DeJinXin Cement, a subsidiary of China's Jiangxi Dejinxin Industrial Co., plans a 1500 tpd integrated cement plant in Zambia with an investment of about US$170 million, including a quarry and captive power plant.

BEML has secured an order worth Rs 246.78 crore from Central Coalfields Ltd to supply 48 BH60M rear dump trucks for mining operations.

Celanese will supply low-carbon methanol-based chemicals to Henkel for use in adhesive production.

Milrem Robotics has selected Texelis as a strategic supplier to manufacture mobility subsystems, including a Tank Electrified Drivetrain, for a new generation of robotic combat vehicles (RCVs).