Rolls-Royce is investing $4.5 million at another site in Mankato that also produces generators.

Salzgitter plans to invest in an electric arc furnace at HKM's site in Duisburg to reduce CO2 emissions from steel production by 90% over the long term.

Salzgitter AG will wholly acquire joint venture HKM from co-owners thyssenkrupp Steel and Vallourec. The deal includes plans to cut about 2,000 jobs and reduce crude steel production to 2 million metric tons per year by end of 2028.

Uniwater has acquired WCI, an engineering company specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure based in Somerset, England. The acquisition marks Uniwater's entry into the UK market.

Linxon has signed a contract with Svenska kraftnät to renew the 400 kV Breared substation in Halland County, Sweden. The project includes a new substation and relocation of overhead lines, with construction starting in 2026 and completion planned for 2029.

Sarens has received new Grove rough-terrain cranes and deployed four GRT8100-1 and one GRT780 models to the construction of INEOS Project ONE, an ethane cracker in Antwerp, Belgium. The cranes were manufactured by Manitowoc in Italy.

Marstrom Composite AB, a subsidiary of Scandinavian Astor Group, has secured an order worth approximately SEK 24 million from a leading Western defence industry player for advanced composite products. Deliveries are scheduled for 2027.

HD Hyundai Electric is expanding its second plant in Alabama, United States, with targeted completion in April 2027, expected to increase local production volume by approximately 50%.

Hyosung Heavy Industries will double the production capacity of its Memphis, United States factory to approximately $400 million this year, with plans to grow to $700 million by 2028.

KERN LIEBERS celebrated the opening of its expanded Phase II production facility in Tianjin, China, increasing manufacturing capabilities and capacity at the site founded in 2015.

Apator SA has received a grant notification under the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone and committed to investments totalling PLN 25.7 million to expand its machinery fleet and automate production processes at its plant in Ostaszewo near Toruń, Poland.

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has placed an order with Konecranes to modernize five auxiliary cranes at its smelter complex in Askar, Bahrain. The order was booked in January 2026, with deliveries planned for late 2026 and installation in early 2027.

Vitamin Well Group has agreed to acquire Belgium-based CDMO EMPWR from Waterland Private Equity Investments. The deal aims to strengthen the Barebells protein bar business and includes EMPWR's four manufacturing facilities in Croatia, the Netherlands, the United States and Canada.

Deutz AG has agreed to acquire 100% of FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH for a total purchase price of €1.6 billion, comprising €1.0 billion in cash and newly issued Deutz shares representing up to 29.9% of Deutz's increased share capital.

Titan-Polymer has started installing vertical steel storage tanks at its new PET and PBT production complex in Pskov Oblast, Russia. The project includes four tanks of 900 cubic meters each.

Hydroflux was awarded the design, fabrication and installation of two 45m diameter LogMax® secondary clarifiers for the Pimpama Sewage Treatment Plant upgrade on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Heiber + Schröder Maschinenbau GmbH has installed and commissioned a new CE Pro conical tray forming machine at Martens van Wezel Kartonnages B.V. in Helmond, Netherlands. The machine is expected to deliver incremental production capacity of up to 50 million packages annually.

YILPORT Group placed an order with Konecranes for 53 e-hybrid rubber-tyre gantry (RTG) cranes for terminals in Portugal, El Salvador and Ghana. The order includes 20 automated units for Portugal, 18 for El Salvador and 15 for Ghana, with delivery over two years.

Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp. has built a customized automated bin storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) at Shenling Environment's Foshan intelligent manufacturing base, expanding storage capacity to 12,480 bins.

Rolls-Royce opened a $24 million, 250,000-square-foot logistics and production center next to its mtu power-generation plant in Mankato, Minnesota, expected to more than double output of mtu Series 4000 generator sets by end-2026 and add over 100 jobs.

Terravanta Power Systems, a Kaishan Group geothermal company, broke ground on a $74.5 million, 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loxley, Alabama, making screw and turbine expander systems. The project will create 63 new jobs.

Ruhrpumpen has completed its acquisition of AC Fire Pump, effective July 2, 2026, strengthening its presence in the global fire protection pump market.

Smurfit Westrock plans to invest R$128 million to expand its existing industrial packaging plant in Uberaba, Brazil, adding new facilities and advanced production technology. The project is expected to generate R$526 million in annual revenue and 12 direct and 50 indirect jobs.

Amcor has commenced an expansion at its flexible packaging facility in Dongguan, China, adding a 7,000 sqm manufacturing facility and automated warehouse to expand the campus to over 38,000 sqm, with completion expected by July 2027. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

Baker Hughes received awards from Bechtel Energy and Cheniere for liquefaction equipment, including gas turbines and centrifugal compressors, for Train 7 and a boil-off gas re-liquefaction unit at Sabine Pass in Louisiana, plus fleet-wide gas turbine upgrades. Together they add over 6 MTPA of capacity; the announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

AMPO has been awarded several contracts to supply about 15,000 cryogenic and non-cryogenic valves for the first five trains of the Rio Grande LNG project at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, developed by NextDecade and built by Bechtel. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

Tokk Metalpak is investing RUB 1.1 billion (about USD 13 million) to modernise its Krasnodar Krai plant, installing a new varnishing line and building a 14,000 sqm warehouse in the Kurganinsky District, creating 100 jobs. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

APPLIED Adhesives entered an exclusive arrangement to handle US distribution of Henkel's flexible packaging adhesive and coating range, combining Henkel's portfolio with APPLIED's sales, technical support and logistics. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

Burckhardt Compression was selected by Hydrogen Solutions AS (HYDS) to supply high-pressure hydrogen compression solutions, reaching up to 515 bar for tube trailer filling, for renewable hydrogen projects of 20-40 MW production capacity in the Nordics. The announcement was made on 9 July 2026.

Hanwha Ocean contracted Oslo-headquartered TMC Compressors to deliver complete marine compressed air systems, with service and control compressors, for two 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for a Greek shipowner. The contract value was not disclosed.

Neosem signed a contract with Samsung Electronics to supply CLT memory testers valued at 8.6 billion won, marking the first large-scale supply of next-generation memory testing equipment.

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials is expanding its Reading, Pennsylvania plant with a $20.3 million investment. The project includes renovations, construction of a new facility, and installation of new machinery, creating 42 new jobs and retaining 441 existing jobs.

Entegra Attachments, LLC acquired TEI Rock Drills, Inc., a manufacturer of specialized drilling machinery. The deal expands Entegra's pile driving and drilling capabilities.

Axalta and AkzoNobel announced a proposed all-stock merger to create a combined global coatings company, with identified run-rate cost synergies of $600 million. Pro forma ownership is targeted at 45% Axalta and 55% AkzoNobel shareholders.

The City of Reims, France, awarded a €218,900 contract to SABE-PACK for the acquisition, delivery and installation of a food packaging machine for its municipal school kitchen.

Wolter, a material handling solutions provider, has acquired Delta Materials Handling, a Clark dealer serving the Mid-South US for over 65 years. The acquisition expands Wolter's reach into Memphis, Jackson, Tupelo, and Jonesboro.

As part of the Apple agreement, Broadcom will modernize and expand its production site in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a $1.5 billion investment.

Apple announced a multi-year agreement with Broadcom for over $30 billion in US-made chips, covering more than 15 billion processors designed jointly. Broadcom will invest $1.5 billion to expand its Fort Collins, Colorado facility.

Hi-Lex Italy won the tender to supply the complete window regulator system for the new Fiat Ducato XeV My2029 from Stellantis. Production is scheduled to start in March 2029.

LG Innotek received an Investment Registration Certificate for a $1 billion investment to build a new semiconductor substrate manufacturing base in DEEP C Hai Phong 2 industrial zone, Vietnam. Construction is scheduled for Q3 2026 with completion targeted for Q4 2027.

Texxon Holding Limited commenced polystyrene production at its new facility in Taiqian County, Puyang City, Henan Province, China, in June 2026. The plant has an annual capacity of 600,000 tons of polystyrene, producing GPPS and HIPS products.

ASG Plastic Factory Company expects to start construction of its fourth expansion project in Sudair Industrial and Business City in Q3 2026. The project is estimated to cost SAR 50 million ($13.18 million) and is expected to be completed with commercial production starting in Q1 2028.

Vector Controls and Automation Group and Endress+Hauser broke ground on an 18,000-square-foot expansion of their Pearland, Texas campus. The expansion will focus on light assembly, fabrication and materials handling to support growing customer demand.

Baby Egypt signed a contract to build an industrial glove manufacturing plant in the Sokhna industrial zone, with investments of $1.5 million (EGP 74.4 million). The facility will cover 2,800 square meters and create 100 direct jobs, with operations expected to start by end of 2026.

DiloGroup secured a significant order for a complete needling production line for hygiene-grade nonwoven materials from a U.S. customer, covering fiber preparation to finished fabric.

Airbus and MTU Aero Engines intend to establish a joint venture to develop and commercialize a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell engine for aviation, with operations expected to start in 2027.

EDX Medical Group has been appointed to supply Caris-branded tumour profiling tests to Astron Health under a UK service agreement, with no financial terms disclosed.

H-One Co., Ltd. announced it will build a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, investing at least $100 million and creating 170 jobs, with operations expected to start in April 2028.

Siemens Healthineers is investing approximately 74 billion won ($51 million) from 2026 to 2031 to expand its Pohang plant, doubling annual production capacity of intracardiac ultrasound catheters from 500,000 to 1 million units.

Taihan Cable & Solution Co. secured a 45 billion-won ($30 million) turnkey contract from Transgrid to supply a 330kV HVAC cable system for an AI data center under construction in Australia.