Asco Industries, a subsidiary of Montana Aerospace, signed a new Long-Term Agreement with Lockheed Martin to manufacture high-precision structural components for the wings of the F-35 Lightning II, including the Wing Folding Rib and aileron actuation spars.

Liebherr and Fortescue signed a $2.8 billion contract for 475 zero-emission mining machines, including 360 autonomous battery-electric trucks, 55 electric excavators, and 60 battery dozers, to be deployed across Fortescue's Australian iron ore operations.

Epiroc and SANY Group have entered into a strategic partnership to collaborate on mining and infrastructure equipment, combining Epiroc's hydraulic breakers and electrified equipment with SANY's excavators and electric micro grids.

Sona Comstar signed definitive agreements with Denso Corporation to set up two joint ventures for electric and hybrid powertrain systems. One JV focuses on high-voltage liquid-cooled traction inverters, motors and generators for four-wheelers; the other on air-cooled traction inverters, motors, generators and e-Axles for two- and three-wheelers.

Frequency Electronics received multiple contracts totaling approximately $18 million, including an $11 million award from a major aerospace prime contractor for a proliferated satellite program and $7 million in follow-on production contracts for space oscillators and U.S. Government programs.

Siemens Energy broke ground on July 17, 2026 on a $300 million high-voltage switchgear factory in Pearl, Mississippi. The plant will employ up to 300 people and is the company's second in the state.

Indutrade has acquired Controlin, a Dutch electrification specialist. No financial details were disclosed.

Impact CNC, headquartered in Columbia City, Indiana, merged with GMT Corporation in Waverly, Iowa. The combined entity operates 514,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity with 219 CNC machines.

Nippon Paint plans to dissolve a subsidiary, splitting its operations between two coatings businesses as part of a group reorganization to an integrated product and service structure.

A unit of Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd. signed a $1.47 billion deal to supply turbine generator sets. The customer and specific details are not disclosed in the article.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed a long-term agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines to produce and supply turbine ring forgings for the CFM LEAP engine. HAL will manufacture the components at its Bengaluru facility.

Ford Motor Company and Geely Automobile Holdings announced an agreement to form a joint venture at Ford's Valencia, Spain plant to manufacture multi-energy passenger vehicles for the European market. Production is expected to start in 2028.

The Franz Morat Group officially opened an expansion at Framo Morat Polska in Nowa Ruda, increasing production area by approximately 1,800 m² to a total of 4,300 m² for gearbox assembly.

Waldeks Co., Ltd. signed an MOU with Gyeongbuk Province and Gumi City to invest KRW 260 billion from 2026 to 2030 in building semiconductor material production facilities at Gumi National Industrial Complex 5.

Sanathan Textiles is expanding its Technical Textiles capacity at Silvassa from 9,000 MTPA to 18,000 MTPA, with commercial production expected to begin in August 2026.

Russian company Bromo has received a construction permit to build a heat exchanger equipment plant in the Novoorlovskaya special economic zone in St. Petersburg. The investment is about 1.5 billion rubles, with an annual capacity of 10,000 units, and the plant is planned to be commissioned in 2029.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics signed a contract worth about 300 billion won to supply multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for AI servers to a large global corporation. The supply period runs from January 1 to December 31, 2027.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics signed a 295.1 billion won supply contract for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for AI servers with a global major player. The contract period runs from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027.

乔锋智能装备（南京）有限公司 has started construction of its second-phase expansion project in Lishui, Nanjing, with a total investment of 1.05 billion yuan. The project will build a digital factory, R&D center and smart warehouse, adding production capacity of 7,000 medium-to-high-end CNC machine tools per year, and is planned to be completed and operational by 2027.

AI-native manufacturing startup 1872 announced it received US$15 million during its seed funding round to open an automated steel fabrication facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company expects to achieve full autonomy in 2027.

Cymat Technologies has executed a commercial agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan to absorb customers of its aluminum metal matrix composites (MMC) business. Cymat plans to establish MMC manufacturing at its Mississauga facility, with full commissioning anticipated in early Q2 2027.

Burgess Pigment has completed its acquisition of Thiele Kaolin Company, both based in Sandersville, Georgia. Financial terms were not disclosed. Both companies will operate as wholly-owned subsidiaries of a new holding company.

Toyota Industries Corporation has agreed to acquire the materials handling segment of AB Equipment, part of ELF Group, from Anchorage Capital Partners. AB Equipment is a major heavy equipment supplier in New Zealand.

Fortifi acquired SEPAFood Solutions GmbH, which designs and manufactures separation technologies in Germany.

SPX Technologies completed the acquisition of Neptronic Inc. for a total cash consideration of CA$605 million.

The European Commission approved Saica Group's acquisition of Thimm Group's nine corrugated board plants in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, plus a preprint facility in Ilsenburg, Germany. The deal adds 1.2 billion square metres of corrugated capacity and about 2,500 employees.

Ampo Poyam Valves was selected to supply 180 large-sized cryogenic and non-cryogenic gate valves for the Riyas NGL fractionation project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, for Aramco, under an EPC contract awarded to Técnicas Reunidas.

IBT Industrial Solutions, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, acquired Indesco, Inc., a Charlotte, North Carolina distributor of hydraulic, pneumatic and power transmission products; the deal closed June 26, 2026 and was announced July 23, 2026.

LiuGong officially commenced construction of the Indonesia Green Smart Industrial Park at Karawang Artha Industrial Hill Industrial Estate in West Java on July 22, 2026. The facility, Indonesia's first all-electric heavy equipment plant, is scheduled to begin operations in the first half of 2027.

Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer LiuGong will invest approximately US$320 million to build an integrated heavy machinery manufacturing facility in Karawang, Indonesia. The 27-hectare site will produce up to 3,000 units annually and serve as a global export hub.

Yingde Zuotong Chemicals Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to build a plant in Yingde, Guangdong, China, with an annual capacity of 55,000 tonnes of coatings and 10,000 tonnes of additives. The total investment is 181 million yuan, with construction from 2026 to 2028.

SBB CFF FFS Infra-Energie awarded Siemens Energy AG a contract for transformers worth CHF 21,822,158, covering up to 12 contact line transformers and 2 substation transformers for Swiss railway projects.

Nansen, controlled by China's Sanxing Electric Co., inaugurated a new distribution transformer factory in Betim, Brazil, with an investment of R$265 million. The plant has an annual capacity of 144,000 transformers and is expected to create 300 direct jobs by mid-2027.

Consolidated Water received a Limited Notice to Proceed from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, releasing approximately $6 million for procurement of long-lead equipment for the Kalaeloa seawater reverse osmosis desalination facility. The plant will produce 1.7 million gallons per day.

Consolidated Water received purchase orders totaling approximately $10.1 million from a Florida municipality to design, fabricate and deliver nanofiltration membrane water treatment equipment and horizontal cartridge filters. Delivery is scheduled for November 2027.

Saint-Gobain's Placo unit will invest R$450 million to add a second drywall line at its factory in Feira de Santana, Bahia, increasing capacity by 75% and adding 250,000 m² of industrial area. Operations are expected to start in early 2028, creating about 200 jobs.

Allison Transmission has secured an order to supply fully automatic transmissions for approximately 3,000 EAGLE V armored vehicles for the German Armed Forces, with an option for up to 2,000 more. Deliveries start in 2027 via Sterki AG.

Airedale by Modine has begun production at a new chiller plant in Rockbridge, Virginia. The factory has a significant order from Corscale for chillers to be used at its Gainesville, Virginia data center campus.

New Spool is undertaking a multi-year investment program worth over €5.7 million, including new machinery, robotic systems, and AI-based quality control. Construction is also underway on a new facility in Tombolo, Italy for partner company ARBE.

PALFINGER has won an order from Smulders to supply 64 PF 160-5m davit cranes for the East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm operated by ScottishPower Renewables. Deliveries are scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.

Guided Therapeutics received an $80,000 payment from distribution partner Hangzhou Dongye Medical Technology Company Ltd (HDMT) as the fourth installment of a $700,000 purchase order for LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan devices. Four devices are expected to ship later this year.

BIOLASE is investing nearly $1 million to expand manufacturing operations at its Corona, California facility, including new production-support areas, advanced cleanrooms, and upgrades to laser and fiber rooms, to increase production capacity for its Waterlase and Epic dental laser systems.

FTAI Aviation's J&F Power Systems joint venture signed a master supply agreement with a leading international cloud service provider. The initial purchase order is valued at $1.47 billion for Mod-1 mobile gas turbine generator sets, with deliveries scheduled through November 2027.

Sona Comstar (Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd) and DENSO Corporation have signed definitive agreements to establish two joint ventures to develop, design, manufacture and market electric and hybrid powertrain systems for multiple vehicle segments. One JV will focus on high-voltage liquid-cooled traction inverters, motors and generators for four-wheelers and larger vehicles; the other on air-cooled traction inverters, motors, generators and e-Axles for two- and three-wheelers.

Mapei has opened a new production plant in Egypt. The announcement was made on July 22, 2026.

STEER World secured a ₹60 crore export order from a South Korean battery separator technology supplier to supply UHMWPE processing technology for a lithium-ion battery separator manufacturing project in China. Commissioning is scheduled for FY2027.

ITP Aero is investing €35 million to expand its manufacturing facilities in Zamudio, Spain, adding 4,000 square meters and creating up to 150 jobs to support commercial engine programmes.

Kelude Heavy Industry completed a CNY 50 million (about $7.4 million) capacity expansion, adding a 4,800 m² structural fabrication workshop with 8 welding stations and a 600 t complete machine test bench. Annual production capacity increased from 180 to over 300 units.

Autoneum is constructing two new production facilities in Anhui province, China, to manufacture interior and acoustic components for vehicle programmes including contracts with Chery. The larger plant in Wuhu has a planned area of 20,000 m², targeting series production in H2 2026; a second facility in Anqing will have 5,000 m².

SANY delivered four SKT105S 70-tonne wide-body mining dump trucks to a repeat customer in Saudi Arabia's Central Region.