Capacity Expansion

MIDLAND, Texas – November 02, 2026 -- Dark Horse Cranes LLC has secured $5.6 million in aggregate contract awards that fully commit five heavy all-terrain cranes for terms of two to six months, the company said.

The awards cover three midstream energy developments across the Permian Basin and a multi-month structural engagement on a major data center campus. They are the company's first major commercial contracts.

Permian crews run 12-hour shifts across three counties for a top-25 E&P operator

Dark Horse is providing operated crane services for compressor station and midstream infrastructure installations. The client is a top-25 exploration and production operator. Field crews are working intensive 12-hour shifts in Midland, Martin and Howard counties.

Woodinville, Wash. – October 29, 2026 -- Group14 Technologies closed a €150 million (about $169 million) Series D equity extension from a new, undisclosed investor, lifting the round to more than $665 million and unlocking a third large-scale battery active materials site in Sagunto, Spain.

BAM-4 in Spain adds 10 GWh and lifts near-term capacity to 40 GWh

The Sagunto plant, designated BAM-4, will produce Group14's SCC55 silicon-carbon material and is the company's first industrial-scale module in Europe. It brings Group14's near-term manufacturing footprint to 40 GWh.

That total comprises three sites:

SHANGHAI – October 29, 2026 -- DODGEN supplied devolatilization technology to three Chinese polyolefin elastomer (POE) projects in 2026. Two plants, at CNPC Daqing Petrochemical and Xingchuan New Materials, have started up on the first attempt, and a third customer, Shaanxi Yuneng, has signed a supply contract.

Daqing Petrochemical produced on-specification POE three days after completing its process flow

CNPC Daqing Petrochemical's 30,000-tonne-per-year industrial demonstration plant completed its full process flow on September 23. It produced on-specification product on September 26. DODGEN engineered and supplied proprietary core equipment for the plant's devolatilization section.

ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- Georgia-Pacific is investing approximately $150 million to rebuild a paper machine at its Palatka, Florida, mill, with completion expected in the second quarter of 2028.

Georgia-Pacific replaces the Number Four machine installed in 1980

Work on the project has already begun. The investment replaces the Number Four paper machine, which produces paper for Angel Soft bath tissue. Georgia-Pacific says the rebuild will preserve existing production while increasing the mill's manufacturing capabilities.

Updated technology and safety systems are intended to improve safety, reliability, quality and productivity.

Columbus – October 29, 2026 -- Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT) reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $4,313 million, up $1,637 million or 61% year over year, and raised its full-year sales guidance by $650 million as organic orders growth topped 100%.

Organic growth of 55% drives the sales jump, with acquisitions adding about 6%

Organic sales growth reached 55%, and acquisitions contributed approximately 6% of the increase. Growth was broad-based across all regions. The Americas rose 75% (66% organic), APAC 50% (48% organic) and EMEA 23% (19% organic).

Vertiv cited strong demand visibility, ongoing capacity investments and disciplined execution as the basis for raising its outlook.

Shanghai – October 15, 2026 -- WuXi XDC (2268.HK) has won "Best CDMO" at the 2026 World ADC Awards for the fourth consecutive year and "Best CRO" for the second, making it the only contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) to take both titles two years running.

WuXi XDC reports record 51 new iCMC projects in first half of 2026

According to the company's 2026 interim results, WuXi XDC had more than 810 global clients as of June 30, 2026. Fifteen of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies by revenue are among its partners. The company has helped clients submit more than 160 IND applications and now holds 328 iCMC projects. The 51 signed in the first half of 2026 are a record.

Headcount exceeds 3,600, and more than 50% of employees hold a master's degree or higher.

St. Charles – October 14, 2026 -- CuBE Packaging Solutions Inc. is investing more than $30 million to expand its U.S. manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Illinois, adding new high-speed injection molding machines and integrated end-of-line automation to raise domestic production capacity.

CuBE funds multi-phase build-out through 2027

The investment covers renovation of the facility and a multi-phase installation of injection molding equipment and automation. The initial phase is complete and in production. Additional phases are underway and planned through 2027.

The St. Charles plant entered production in late 2025. It anchors CuBE's U.S. manufacturing footprint and complements its flagship site in Aurora, Ontario, described by the company as one of the largest single-site food storage injection molding facilities in North America.

Council Bluffs – October 13, 2026 -- Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC (SIRE), a farmer-owned ethanol producer, has acquired GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC, lifting its combined capacity to approximately 230 million gallons of ethanol per year across two plants in Iowa and Nebraska.

The seller is Pilot Travel Centers LLC, which owned GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC as a subsidiary. The target operates an approximately 70 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant in Ord, Nebraska. The transaction closed October 13, 2026. Financial terms have not been disclosed and remain confidential.

Tracy, California – October 13, 2026 -- MachineryMax will sell more than 700 lots of late-model cabinet manufacturing equipment from Volumetric Building Companies' (VBC) Tracy facility in a two-day online auction, with bidding closing October 28 and 29.

VBC releases equipment as it expands modular manufacturing capacity

VBC is selling the assets as it expands its modular manufacturing capacity. MachineryMax is running the sale with Holland Industrial Group. Targeted buyers are cabinet makers, millwork shops, furniture manufacturers and panel processors.

Dubai – October 12, 2026 -- Robo.ai Inc. (Nasdaq: AIIO) plans to set up ALIF Composites in the UAE with a targeted annual capacity of 10 million square meters of composite raw materials in 2027, with production due to start in Q4 2026.

ALIF Holding, Robo.ai's majority-owned subsidiary, will establish ALIF Composites as a majority-owned subsidiary. The unit is meant to expand the Group's advanced manufacturing business.

ALIF Composites targets the Umm Al Quwain industrial park, where Phase I broke ground on September 25, 2026

ALIF Composites plans to operate at the ALIF Holding Group Industrial Park in Umm Al Quwain. Its planned portfolio covers carbon fiber composites, prepregs, custom components and engineering services. Target customers are in the marine, mobility, energy and industrial sectors.

Materials supply and custom manufacturing are intended to support regional business development.