SCHOTT broke ground on its first electrified melting tank in Mitterteich, Germany. The €40 million investment is partially funded by the German government. Using 100% green electricity, the tank will produce SCHOTT’s FIOLAX Pro Optimized Carbon Footprint tubing.
Coherent Corp., a leading semiconductor producer in the U.S., inaugurated its third Vietnam factory, located in the southern province of Dong Nai. The new facility Coherent Nhon Trach, with an initial investment capital of $127 million, came following the ones in Binh Duong and Bac Ninh provinces.
Indian contract manufacturing company Dixon Technologies appointed India-based system integrator Tech Mahindra to lead its “AI-powered Industry 4.0 automation” initiative across all of its 24 manufacturing facilities and six R&D sites in India.
Following a comprehensive strategic review of its molded glass business, Gerresheimer decided to separate the business and intends to subsequently initiate a sales process for the business unit.
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced six major awards through its EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations, investing $29.2 million across 11 jurisdictions to strengthen research capacity and drive translational research across the nation.
Syria and Saudi Arabia signed 47 investment agreements, valued at over $6 billion, at the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum. The agreements cover a wide range of sectors, and planned projects include housing, the reconstruction of war-damaged areas, the development of tourism, medical and entertainment sites, skyscrapers, and three new cement factories.
Zoltek, a leader in industrial-grade carbon fibers, celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary since its founding in July 1975. Zoltek began as a small industrial distributor launched by Zsolt Rumy, a Hungarian-born engineer who came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1957.
Wolfspeed is continuing to bring on veterans of the semiconductor industry to help lead the company as it works toward long-term sustainability, with the appointment of Bret Zahn as vice president and general manager of its automotive business.
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and founder of Dangote Cement Plc, retired as chairman of the company’s board effective July 25, 2025. The board named Emmanuel Ikazoboh, an independent nonexecutive director, as the new chairman of Dangote Cement.
Apple announced a new $100 billion commitment that brings its total U.S. investment to more than $600 billion over the next four years. The company also announced a new American Manufacturing Program, which will help fund a major expansion of Apple’s long-standing partnership with Corning to produce smartphone cover glass.
The National Academies announced the appointment of executive directors for three of the institution’s new centers and offices. Tina Bahadori will lead the Center for Advancing Science and Technology; Elizabeth Eide will lead the Center for Health, People, and Places; and Vaughan Turekian will lead the Office of International Networks, Collaboration, and Security.
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. At least a dozen states are eyeing ways to make data centers pay higher local transmission costs.
Australia is considering setting a price floor to support critical minerals projects, including rare earths, according to Resources Minister Madeleine King. These comments led to a rally in share prices for Australian-listed rare earths miners.
Verallia UK unveiled Vista, a packaging solution made from 100% post-consumer recycled glass. York Gin is the first brand to adopt Vista, applying the fully recycled glass to its latest packaging design.
SINTX Technologies, Inc. announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study that validates the use of silicon nitride surface coatings on carbon fiber–reinforced polyetherketoneketone trauma plates.
Agnikul Cosmos, a space-tech startup in India, developed what it touts as the world’s largest single-piece rocket engine, manufactured using 3D printing. The new engine, measuring a full meter in length, is constructed from the high-performance nickel–chromium superalloy Inconel.
