SPR, part of Armando Álvarez Group, inaugurated its Greenville, Texas, manufacturing facility on November 4, 2026. The 103,000 sq. ft. plant represents a $100 million investment and will produce mulch film, greenhouse cover film, silage film and agricultural stretch film, with an annual capacity of 46.3 million pounds.

Amcor and Berry Global Group have announced the European Commission has granted unconditional approval under the EU Merger Regulation for their combination, satisfying the final regulatory clearance required.

CorrBoard has invested £60,000 to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Scunthorpe, UK, reconfiguring the traffic layout to improve site safety and painting.

SIG has opened its first aseptic carton pack production plant in Ahmedabad, India, with a €90 million investment. The plant has an initial annual capacity of up to 4 billion packs and is expected to create more than 300 local jobs.

Astemo plans to invest more than $11 million in its Muncie, Indiana manufacturing operations, including additional injection molding capacity and a new assembly line for intake manifolds for ICE and HEV vehicles. The new line is expected to start production in March 2027 and add up to nine jobs.

Western Forest Products closed the sale of its Stillwater forest operation near Powell River, British Columbia, to Qwoqwnes, owned by the Tla'amin Nation. The deal includes Tree Farm Licence 39 with an allowable annual cut of 469,200 cubic meters, and a long-term fiber supply agreement.

Egyptian industrial equipment company El-Sakkary Machinery plans to invest EGP 250 million through 2030, including EGP 50-60 million in 2027 and EGP 180 million between 2027 and 2029. The plan includes a technology and industrial center, and local assembly of machinery and components starting in 2028, targeting 25-30% local content initially.

El-Sakkary Machinery announced an expansion strategy including a total investment programme of EGP 250 million through 2030, targeting annual business volume exceeding EGP 1 billion, with plans for local assembly of machinery starting in 2028 and entry into new international markets.

CNPC Kunlun Manufacturing and Kunlun Capital will hold 60% of a new joint venture for industrial embodied-intelligence robot solutions, with Unitree and Beijing Fanjie Intelligence each holding 20%, as disclosed in a Beijing merger notice on November 4, 2026.

Sapura Industrial's unit Sapura Machining Corporation signed a master purchase agreement with Chery Corporate Malaysia to assemble front and rear axle systems for Chery vehicle programmes over four-and-a-half years, valued at RM307 million, to be carried out at a new facility in Bukit Beruntung, Selangor.

Tungaloy Corporation and NTK Cutting Tools announced that, effective January 1, 2027, NTK Cutting Tools will merge with Tungaloy. The integrated organization will operate under the Tungaloy name while retaining the NTK Cutting Tools brand. Plans include a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in the Nagoya area, Japan.

The Central Procurement Platform of China General Technology Group announced design bid candidates for the high-end CNC machining center production line construction project of Shenyang Machine Tool Zhongjie Friendship Factory Co., Ltd. Machinery Industry Sixth Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. ranked first with a bid of 1.72 million yuan.

Hankook Precision Machinery (한국정밀기계) announced receipt of a 35% advance payment (2.73 billion won) for a CNC VTL supply contract with TEI worth 7.8 billion won. The contract period was corrected to end July 3, 2027, based on the advance payment receipt on November 4, 2026. The equipment will be supplied to Turkey.

Cranex Limited received orders worth approximately ₹12.88 crore: a Letter of Award from Larsen & Toubro Limited for two EOT cranes for the Torrent Anuppur project (₹7.95 crore), and a purchase order from Godawari Power & Ispat Limited for a 15-tonne EOT crane with grab bucket (₹4.93 crore).

V-One Tech subsidiary Syscon Robotics signed a contract worth approximately 3.4 billion won with an unnamed semiconductor components and materials company to supply a Machine Tending Robot System for automating semiconductor material processing. The system combines AMRs with robotic arms and AI vision.

China Petroleum Group Kunlun Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Unitree Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Fanjie Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to establish a joint venture focused on industrial embodied intelligent robot solutions. Kunlun Manufacturing and its affiliate will hold 60%, Unitree and Fanjie each 20%.

Sapura Industrial Berhad's subsidiary Sapura Machining Corporation Sdn. Bhd. signed a Master Purchase Agreement with Chery Corporate Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. to assemble front and rear axle systems for Chery vehicle programs. The contract is valued at approximately RM307 million over 4.5 years and will be performed at a new facility in Bukit Beruntung, Selangor.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation was awarded contracts valued in excess of $225 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. to provide advanced propulsion valves, pumps and instrumentation and control systems for U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarines, Columbia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers. Work is performed at facilities in New York and Pennsylvania and will continue through 2030.

Hextar Global Bhd is buying synthetic latex polymers manufacturer TufBond Technologies Sdn Bhd for RM13 million cash, expanding its specialty chemicals sector. The acquisition includes a profit guarantee of RM2 million per annum for three years.

Endurance Technologies commissioned its AURIC Shendra plant in Maharashtra to produce aluminium die-casting components for Indian and global four-wheeler OEMs.

Dumarey Group announced the establishment of Dumarey India, based in Gurgaon, with plans to open offices in Gurgaon, Pune and Chennai to support automotive and non-automotive OEMs.

GP-Act III Acquisition Corp. has agreed to merge with Dronamics Group Limited in a reverse merger valued at $500 million. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027 and will provide Dronamics with approximately $100 million in net cash proceeds.

Covestro inaugurated a new production line for polyester resins at its Meppen site on November 3, 2026. The multi-million-euro investment adds capacity in the double-digit kiloton range and creates some additional jobs in production, filling and shipping.

Belrise Industries has entered into a License and Technical Assistance Agreement with Japan-based YAMATO Co to manufacture and sell filtration and air intake products in the domestic market using YAMATO's technology.

JIT Industries acquired an industrial hard chrome plating and surface restoration facility in Alabama.

Yunnan Xinyao Semiconductor Materials, a controlling subsidiary of Yunnan Germanium, signed a five-year long-term supply agreement with Applied Optoelectronics (AOI) to supply 180,000 4-inch N-type indium phosphide substrates per year from 2027 to 2031, totaling about 900,000 wafers. The 2027 contract is valued at approximately USD 194 million.

Hyvis signed a memorandum of understanding with Highend and the Korea Textile Smart Process Research Institute on November 3, 2026, to localize advanced materials for aerospace and defense, including multi-layer insulation for satellites.

Huvis signed a memorandum of understanding with Hi-NAND and the Korea Textile Smart Process Research Institute to jointly develop high-performance materials for the space and defense industries, including multi-layer insulation for satellites.

Xintai Valve Group was named the provisional supplier for the second valve-material procurement for Shenghua Lianjiang's 200,000-tonne lithium-battery electrolyte installation project in Lianjiang, Fujian, with a submitted package price of RMB 2.85 million.

The US Commerce Department has not approved export licences for American chipmaking equipment that SK Hynix wants for its plant in Dalian, China, affecting the company's proposed investment in new NAND memory plants in New York.

Samsung Biologics won a $324.8 million manufacturing contract from Celltrion Inc., marking their first major production deal.

Algoma Steel was named the primary supplier for a $182 million deal to supply steel for Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers, part of an $11 billion fleet renewal program.

MCC Jingcheng Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. won the EPC contract for Tangsteel's 145MW gas-fired power generation unit project in Tangshan, China, with a bid value of 398 million yuan. The project includes a 430t/h boiler, 145MW turbine, and 160MW generator.

R&S Group Holding AG inaugurated a new power transformer plant in Łódź, Poland, which started operations in October 2026. The plant required a total investment of CHF 29 million and is expected to achieve payback within 18 months.

Clearbridge Health Limited has agreed to acquire 99.996% of PT Alfa Valves Indonesia from Pan Asian Global Pte. Ltd. for S$2.76 million, to be paid in cash and shares. The company plans to diversify into valves and pipes and rename to Duvalco Holdings Limited, subject to shareholder approval.

Zhejiang Aozheng Automatic Control Valve Technology Co., Ltd. will invest CNY 310 million to build an intelligent pneumatic control unit plant in Wuniu Subdistrict, Yongjia County, Zhejiang, China. The project is under construction and expected to be completed by March 2028, producing 1 million intelligent pneumatic actuators annually.

Baoyi Group Co., Ltd. will invest CNY 610 million to build a severe-service special control valve plant in Huangtian Subdistrict, Yongjia County, Zhejiang, China. The project is expected to be completed by December 2028, producing 50,000 sets of severe-service control valves annually.

Maoye Valve Group Co., Ltd. will invest CNY 528 million to build a high-end ball valve precision components plant in Wuniu Subdistrict, Yongjia County, Zhejiang, China. The project is expected to be completed by December 2028, creating 300,000 sets of high-end valve parts annually.

Azizi Developments finalized a AED2.1 billion ($571 million) purchase of machinery and operational assets, including 113 tower cranes and over 500 passenger buses, to secure operational autonomy and speed up project delivery.

Denton's Public Utilities Board is set to consider a $317 million amendment for the second phase of the new Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant, which would bring Sundt Construction's total contract to over $409 million. The new 30-million-gallon plant is due in late 2031.

The City of Phoenix Water Services Department and McCarthy Building Companies completed the $73.5 million major rehabilitation of Plant 2B at the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, modernizing critical treatment infrastructure.

Rolls-Royce and the UK Government announced a £2.5 billion ten-year research and technology partnership to develop next-generation jet engines for commercial and military aircraft, expected to support 3,300 UK jobs by 2029.

Li Bang International agreed on November 3, 2026 to acquire a 50.1% stake in Jiangsu Xinsheng Synthetic Materials for $23 million in cash and 2 million Class A ordinary shares.

Daikin Industries Ltd. signed an agreement to acquire Austrian group AHT, a leader in commercial refrigeration systems, for 881 million euros. The transaction will be completed in January 2019 through Daikin Europe N.V. purchasing all shares from private equity shareholder Bridgepoint.

Panasonic Corporation agreed to acquire the commercial air-conditioning business of Systemair AB at an enterprise value of 100 million Euros, purchasing all shares in Systemair S.r.l, Tecnair S.p.A, and related sales employees in Germany and France.

Accel Compression is expanding from its Odessa, Texas base into a new location in Carlsbad, New Mexico, adding sales and service personnel to serve the Permian Basin oil and gas industry.

The U.S. Navy awarded $114,692,840 to Bell Textron Inc. as a modification to a previously awarded contract. The funding exercises an option for H-1 structural and power improvements under Next-Gen Effects Phase III, procuring 15 A-kits, 4 mission kits, aircraft installations, and spares for AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters. Work is expected to be completed by June 2028.

Analog Devices, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Alif Semiconductor, an AI-native microcontroller and fusion processor company. The deal expands ADI's total addressable market in industrial, data center, defense, energy, robotics, and other applications.

ZREW Transformatory, owned by Swiss group R&S, opened a new 20,000 sqm transformer factory in Łódź, Poland, investing 115 million zł. The plant will double production capacity and employ up to 200 workers.

DS Smith is investing nearly €15 million to modernize its Saint-Jean-de-Bournay corrugated plant in France, including €5 million for autonomous conveyors and robotic warehousing. The investment aims to improve intralogistics and customer responsiveness.