Cimpor, a Portuguese concrete maker subsidiary of Taiwan Cement, announced a $175.19 million investment in modernizing Kiln 7 and establishing a new research and development center. The new R&D center will serve as a hub for innovation in sustainable construction, materials science, and digital transformation.
Diehl Aviation is strengthening its global presence with the establishment of a new production site in Romania. The facility will primarily manufacture products and components for passenger aircraft.
TSMC broke ground on its third fabrication facility in Phoenix, Ariz., marking a major expansion of the company’s U.S.-based manufacturing. The new fab, part of a US$100 billion additional investment by TSMC, is expected to significantly boost the country’s semiconductor capacity.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute welcomed the second cohort of Hudson Valley Community College students to the Semiconductor Scholars Program, an initiative supported by NORDTECH DoD Microelectronics Hub.
Lucid Group, Inc. and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology announced a strategic partnership designed to shape the future of electric vehicle technology. Joint efforts will focus on the design and prototyping of next-generation components and systems as well as integrating disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical engineering.
LATSAT, Latin America’s premier space conference, will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, from November 19–20, 2025. This two-day event will feature discussions and insights into critical challenges and opportunities impacting the space sector, both regionally and globally.
The European Space Agency is assessing how proposed cuts to NASA’s budget could impact it and its member states as major cooperative missions face the threat of cancellation.
Moorcroft Pottery in Burslem became the latest ceramics firm to collapse, with its 57 employees all made redundant. It is the third company to shut since the start of the year, which has sparked concerns over the future of an industry beset by rising costs, largely caused by increased energy prices.
Spain and Portugal recently lost power in their worst blackout. Authorities are investigating the cause, but whatever the findings, analysts and industry representatives say infrastructure investment is essential.
India, currently a minor player compared to China, is investing heavily in solar and battery manufacturing through subsidies and trade policies to reduce reliance on Chinese imports.
Holcim partnered with architectural firm ELEMENTAL on a new biochar technology that transforms buildings into carbon sinks. Presented in Venice during the 2025 Architecture Biennale, the technology is applied for the first time in a full-scale Basic Services Unit housing prototype.
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies and French paper cycler Norske Skog Golbey are working to integrate ash from the paper-making process into the production of Hoffmann Green’s 0% clinker cement.
AGY, a producer of high-performance glass-fiber reinforcements, developed a new single-end lightweight S2 glass roving. Compared to standard glass fiber, S2 glass offers 15% higher impregnated strand tensile strength and 25% greater modulus.
