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  • Siemens Energy backlog reaches €162 billion

    Siemens Energy achieved record quarterly orders, revenue, and profitability levels. Grid equipment, gas services, industrial systems, and wind power all contributed to growth.


  • Voestalpine advances electric steelmaking investment programme

    Voestalpine is advancing electrified steelmaking while improving first-quarter financial performance. Further infrastructure investment could enable fully electrified production at Donawitz from 2030.


  • Tubex seeks more Scottish tree shelter hubs

    Tubex is seeking more Scottish collection partners for used shelters. The recycling programme recorded a 39 per cent increase in returns during 2025.


  • Advanced manufacturing faces 148,000-worker skills requirement

    Advanced manufacturing requires 148,000 workers across priority occupations by 2035. Replacement demand will considerably exceed employment growth as experienced employees leave the sector.


  • Zotefoams restructures Croydon as Vietnam production starts

    Zotefoams is restructuring UK production while accelerating its Asian expansion. Rising revenue is supporting a wider shift in manufacturing geography, capacity, and technical capability.


  • Building safety approvals rise as delays fall

    Building safety approval rates have reached 82% across higher-risk projects. The regulator is cutting determination times while processing a larger and increasingly complex caseload.


  • Piramal adds contained peptide spray-drying suite

    Piramal has added contained spray drying at its Turbhe site. The closed-loop suite supports potent peptides, HPAPIs, and other biomolecules under controlled solvent, cleanliness, and operator-isolation conditions.


  • MDA expands Montréal satellite production contract

    MDA Space has added C$474m to its Lightspeed satellite contract. The award adds 27 spacecraft, military Ka-band capability, and long-lead work for production at the company’s Montréal factory.


  • Ore Energy funds first iron-air battery factory

    Ore Energy has raised $43m to establish its first factory. The Dutch company is targeting gigawatt-hour production in 2028 for iron-air systems designed to store power for up to 100 hours.


  • Automated Ostrava plant nears first production

    Sungwoo Hitech is nearing completion of its automated Ostrava factory. The 32,600-square-metre facility will begin robotic welding before later adding hot stamping, pressing, and material cutting.