Manner Polymers announced it will invest $54 million in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. The 80,000-square-foot plant will be powered by a 15-acre solar field, creating 60 new jobs and increasing production capacity by 100 million pounds. The facility is expected to open in fall 2025.

Microchip Technology signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hailo, a provider of accelerated edge AI processors and vision processing solutions. The transaction is expected to close towards the end of the quarter ending September 30, 2026. Terms were not disclosed.

Jereh Group's majority-owned subsidiary J&F Power Systems LLC signed a $1.465 billion contract with a major international cloud service provider to supply gas turbine generator sets for overseas AI data centers. Deliveries are scheduled through November 2027 under a five-year master supply agreement.

Jungheinrich Australia Holdings proposes to acquire 100% of the shares in All Lift Equipment Sales and Kretchmer Holding Co (together, All Lift), a national rental provider of material handling equipment. The deal was filed with the ACCC on July 24, 2026.

The Ministry of Rural Development of the DRC awarded a contract to Koto DRC SARL for the construction and installation of the first wall panel factory for housing in Kinshasa province. The contract covers three factories in total, with the first lot valued at $7,158,887.

Jamna Auto Industries Limited announced its board approved the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Owen Springs Limited, a UK company, from OSL Group Holdings Limited. The acquisition is expected to be completed by August 2026.

EPC Groupe subsidiary EPC Mineex Sénégal won a three-year contract valued at approximately €23 million with Boto SA (Managem Group) to supply explosives, blasting accessories, and technical services for the Boto gold mine in Senegal.

Soyuztekstil-ST (ULTRAFILAMENT) commissioned a new spunlace nonwoven production line in Kursk, Russia, with an annual capacity of 6,000 tonnes. Total investment in the capacity expansion program was 1.9 billion rubles.

Eclipse Automation announced a $6 million investment from FedDev Ontario to accelerate its digital manufacturing strategy, establish a new Centre of Innovation (Neuron Centre) on its Cambridge campus, and support Project Neuron.

Mission Critical Group (MCG) entered into a merger agreement with CORE Transformers, adding engineered-to-order transformers to MCG's critical power platform. The transaction is expected to close within 30 days.

Ice Make Refrigeration Limited (ICEMAKE) signed definitive agreements with Galilei Holdings Co. Ltd to raise INR 1,900 million via preferential issue and form a joint venture (60% Galilei, 40% ICEMAKE) to manufacture commercial refrigerators.

South Korean automation firm UDM Tech secured its largest-ever contract worth 1.47 billion won with Jinseong T&C to deploy an AI-driven autonomous manufacturing platform. The project runs from August 2026 to September 2027.

Trench Group's HSP US opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, a $60 million investment to produce high-voltage transformer bushings up to 765 kV. The 170,000-square-foot plant will create up to 140 jobs and has capacity for up to 10,000 bushings per year.

China Fourth Chemical Construction Co., Ltd. (Sihua Jian) and Shandong Zhongtian Technology Engineering Co., Ltd. won the EPC contract for the second bid section of the 50,000-ton/year nano calcium carbonate project of Anhui Huasu Co., Ltd.'s calcium salt industry chain extension green integration project phase one.

Mare Engineering Group signed an agreement to acquire 100% of CTMAVIO Srl, a precision manufacturing specialist for aerospace, for €9.0 million. Closing is expected by November 15, 2026. Mare also plans a €2 million investment to consolidate production into a single hub in Naples, doubling capacity by first half of 2027.

KRN HVAC Products, a subsidiary of KRN Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration, received a domestic order worth ₹50.87 crore for the supply of heat exchanger coils.

Placo Saint-Gobain announced an investment to build the largest drywall production line in Latin America at its Feira de Santana plant, increasing capacity by 75%. Completion is expected in early 2028.

GR Engineering Services has won a $229.5 million engineering, procurement and construction contract at the Ministers North project in the Pilbara, a joint venture between BHP and its Japanese partners.

GR Engineering Services has secured a $229.5 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to build a crushing plant and upgrade infrastructure for BHP's Ministers North iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Hanking Gold has selected CITIC Heavy Industries as the supplier of a ball mill for its Mt Bundy gold project in Australia. The ball mill has a power of 18 MW and a capacity of 688 tons per hour.

Beaulieu International Group has signed an agreement to acquire all shares of IFG Asota GmbH, an Austrian synthetic staple fibers company. Financial details were not disclosed.

Selway Machine Tool Company, Inc. was awarded a $596,000 contract by NASA Ames Research Center to supply a 5-axis CNC milling machine with tooling, warranties, freight, and on-site training.

Schneider Electric and AMD have jointly developed and validated a reference design that integrates compute, power, cooling, simulation, and operational software to support high-density AMD Helios deployments.

Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions will establish a joint venture to develop AI-enabled vision sensor solutions for manufacturing automation, autonomous operations, quality improvement, and maintenance.

Rockwell Automation and Augury are partnering to connect machine health insights, reliability recommendations, maintenance workflows, and production context through integrated Industrial AI agents.

voestalpine has officially opened a new production facility at its Jeffersonville site in Indiana, USA, doubling production capacity to 80,000 tons. The EUR 70 million (USD 80 million) investment will create 110 new jobs, with full production expected by mid-2027.

AGC Inc. has agreed to transfer all of its 50.72% stake in AGC Polymer Material Co., Ltd. (APK) to Saint-Gobain K.K. The transaction is expected to close in or around December 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Terna and Steg awarded Hitachi Energy a €770 million contract to build converter stations for the Elmed HVDC submarine link between Italy and Tunisia. The stations will be built in Partanna, Italy and Mlaabi, Tunisia.

CANPACK Group has approved a $100 million investment in a second line at its greenfield aluminum can facility in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India, adding 1.2 billion cans of capacity. Commercial production is expected in late 2027 or early 2028.

Goglio, through its Brazilian subsidiary Mega Goglio, has acquired Cristal Embalagens, a flexible packaging company in Morro da Fumaça, Brazil. The deal expands Goglio's flexible packaging offering in the Brazilian market.

KZTA has started producing steel wedge valves for the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries at a new enterprise in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investment was 100 million rubles and 50 jobs were created; the plant plans 500 units in 2026 and 1.5 thousand in 2027.

Zhejiang Niudun Fluid Control won a 2026-2028 framework tender from Juhua Group for bellows globe valves, worth 6.8134 million yuan, covering heat transfer oil and hydrogen fluoride service.

Baosi Co plans to inject 500 million yuan cash into its subsidiary Jiangxi Baosi Industrial Chain Service to build a smart factory in Jiangxi making 30,000 refrigerant compressors and heat pumps a year over 18 months.

Ecovative, a mycelium technology company, purchased Lambert Spawn Europa B.V., a state-of-the-art mushroom spawn production facility in the Netherlands, from a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Lambert Spawn Company. The acquisition vertically integrates a major source of mushroom substrate within Ecovative's operations.

Uni Cranes was awarded a CZK 7.31 million contract by Povrly Copper Industries to supply two bridge cranes for an existing crane track as part of a modernization project.

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. secured a contract to supply 3,000 EAGLE V transmissions for a German customer. The contract was announced on July 23, 2026.

Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery signed a letter of intent on 23 July 2026 to explore a collaboration in compact equipment. Hitachi is preparing to rebrand as LANDCROS on 1 April 2027.

Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery signed a Letter of Intent on July 23, 2026, to explore potential collaboration in the compact equipment business, leveraging Yanmar's compact equipment expertise and Hitachi's global infrastructure.

Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery signed a Letter of Intent on July 23, 2026, to explore collaboration possibilities in the compact construction machinery business, leveraging Yanmar's compact equipment expertise and Hitachi's global construction and mining base.

TeraPlast Group inaugurated its TeraPlast Iberia polyethylene pipe factory in Okondo, Spain, with an annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes and 79 employees. The company plans to invest EUR 4 million over three years to increase capacity by 60%.

Yunnan Xinyao Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Yunnan Germanium, signed a long-term supply agreement for indium phosphide wafers valued between 570 million and 855 million yuan. The contract runs from August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.

South Korean buyout firm VIG Partners is set to acquire Yulkok Ltd., an aerospace components producer supplying Boeing and Airbus, for about $300 million.

FOGEL inaugurated a new mega plant in Villa Canales, Guatemala, with a $50 million investment in partnership with Hoshizaki. The facility doubles production capacity to 400,000 refrigerators per year.

TeraPlast announced a €4 million investment in its newly acquired pipe factory in Okondo, Spain, aiming to increase production by 60% over the next three years.

TeraPlast acquired a plastic pipe factory in Okondo, Spain from Aliaxis for about €6.7 million. The company announced a €4 million investment to increase production by 60% over three years.

Arterex inaugurated a new ISO Class 8 cleanroom at its Tecate, Baja California plant, adding 9,000 square feet for medical device molding, extrusion, and assembly. The expansion was announced on July 23, 2026.

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Aerometals, Inc. a $956,492 contract to supply aluminum structural plates. The award was issued on July 23, 2026.

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a $66,542 contract to Yama Manufacturing Incorporated for the procurement of structural aluminum plates, under solicitation SPE4A7-26-T-5734.

Refinity selected Zeton Inc. to design, build, and deliver a 10,000 tonne-per-annum modular waste plastics-to-olefins commercial demonstration plant, to be sited alongside a third-party petrochemical steam cracker.

Schubert North America is constructing a new 45,000-square-foot headquarters in Charlotte, NC, to serve as a hub for sales, engineering, service, customer training, and final assembly of packaging machines. A grand opening is planned for early spring 2027.