Steel and Metal Products

AMPO POYAM VALVES received an order to supply 18 high-pressure check and globe valves for Saudi Aramco's CRPO 147/157 trunkline project at the Zuluf field offshore Saudi Arabia. The largest valve, 48 inches, is the biggest of its type the company has supplied.

Ardagh Group agreed to sell its entire roughly 42% minority stake in Trivium Packaging as part of the Ontario Teachers' sale to Silgan and American Industrial Partners, with about $90 million net cash proceeds expected. The sale is expected to close in mid-2027.

Vallourec was awarded a major contract by Subsea7 to supply about 130 km of carbon steel line pipe, over 15,000 tons, plus thermal insulation coating for Petrobras' Sepia 2 pre-salt project in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

Novelis, a Hindalco subsidiary, is building a 600 KT greenfield aluminium rolling and recycling plant at Bay Minette, Alabama, now expected to cost around $5 billion. About two-thirds of output is to serve North American beverage packaging, under long-term customer contracts.

Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial portion of Goodwin plc's Mechanical Engineering Division, including Goodwin Steel Castings, Goodwin International, Noreva, Easat and the Pump Division, for up to about £1.1 billion in cash. Closing is expected in Q1 2027.

Western Steel plans a processing and fabrication facility in Fernley, Nevada, as part of state-approved projects announced on 14 August 2026. Investment and job figures for this project were not included in the article excerpt.

Silgan Holdings and American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Netherlands-based metal packaging supplier Trivium Packaging via a new Silgan MCC group, at an enterprise value of about $3.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in mid-2027, subject to regulatory approvals.

Luda Technology Group signed a sales blanket agreement worth about RMB1.6 billion with Shandong Yulong Petrochemical to supply pipeline fittings for phase one of the Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project.

Victaulic broke ground on a new facility at its existing foundry in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 2026. The $100 million investment is expected to create over 200 new jobs.

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.

Invopak (Involvement Ltd) and Italy's Metalscatola Spa formed a joint venture that acquired UK-based Falco Packaging Ltd, which is rebranding as Invo Metal Ltd to supply metal tins and lids to UK industrial buyers.

Groupe ADF will invest CAD 10 million to build a new fabrication bay in Terrebonne, Quebec, to increase production of transmission towers for Hydro-Québec's grid. The government supports it with a CAD 1 million ESSOR loan.

Groupe LAR, owned by Groupe ADF since September 2025, will carry out a CAD 40 million expansion in Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, with a Quebec government loan of CAD 4 million plus CAD 10 million from Investissement Québec. The project adds an extension and specialized equipment to increase manufacturing capacity.

Bridgnorth Aluminium won a five-year contract to supply aluminium for US electric vehicle battery production to Lotte Aluminium Materials USA, signed at Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Jouka Oy agreed to sell its metal stamping subcontracting business to Männistö Oy Metallituote, effective 1 August 2026, to focus on its own valve business. Männistö will serve the transferred customers.

BUTTING is building a new housing and component manufacturing complex at its Knesebeck site, with about 10,000 square meters of production space for large series of pump and valve housings and welded assemblies. No investment value was stated.

Vitrinor inaugurated new facilities in Guriezo, Cantabria, as part of an €18 million investment. The project includes a new building, an automated storage system doubling capacity to 14,000 pallets, and an aluminum cookware line expected to create 40 direct jobs.

GF will deliver a turnkey marine intake and onshore pipeline system based on its Weholite solution for SSAB's new electrified green steel mill in Lulea, Sweden, with pipelines of DN 800 to DN 1600 mm totalling about 12 km. The project is scheduled to run from Q2 2026 to Q4 2027.

Somnigroup International agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt in an all-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, with Leggett & Platt shareholders receiving 0.1455 Somnigroup shares per share. The deal is expected to close by year-end 2026, subject to approvals.

Juhe Yulong launched a new production line for stainless steel investment castings of valve bodies and pump housings, with annual capacity of 1,200 metric tons. The line cuts lead times for standard orders from twelve weeks to six.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a five-year IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $654 million to process aluminum plate for multiple Lockheed Martin defense platforms, including the F-35, from January 2027 through December 2028.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a multi-year contract by the US Department of Homeland Security worth up to $2.24 billion to supply and logistically support steel bollards and plates for the Southwest border wall, running through December 2028.

Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc. completed its acquisition of ProFab Corporation, a Lubbock, Texas stainless and carbon steel fabricator serving pump manufacturers. The deal expands Custom Pipe's pump fabrication and machining capacity.

Sellafield Ltd awarded LTi Metaltech a contract worth more than GBP45 million to manufacture and supply containers for the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant, with delivery over a development phase followed by 10 years of volume production.

Sellafield Ltd has awarded a £45 million contract to UK fabricator LTi Metaltech to supply containment products for the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant used for plutonium repackaging.