Ximin Glass Egypt has begun construction on a $70 million glass factory located in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The plant is a joint project between Elsewedy Industrial Development and Xinmin Glass Egypt, a subsidiary of Chinese parent company Anhui Xinmin Glass. The factory will produce glass tableware, borosilicate products, and kitchenware.
Amrize commissioned the production expansion of its cement plant in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. The expansion adds 660,000 short tons of production capacity per year, increasing the plant’s total capacity to 5.5 million short tons annually.
Spain-based Vidrala signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Cristalerías Toro, a Chile-based manufacturer of glass containers for the food and beverage segments. This acquisition is part of Vidrala’s internationalization strategy, through which the company maintains significant positions in Southern Europe, the United Kingdom and, since 2023, Brazil.
Trump Media and Technology Group, U.S. President Donald Trump’s loss-making social media business, unveiled an extraordinary merger worth more than $6 billion with fusion power company TAE Technologies.
The French Aerospace Lab ONERA is working with 3DCeram to explore additive manufacturing for ultrahigh-temperature ceramics. 3DCeram successfully 3D-printed ZrB₂–SiC components on its M.A.T platform using Zetamix UHTC filaments developed by Nanoe and ONERA-defined test geometries.
Colorado School of Mines entered an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Australian-headquartered mining company Bayan Mining and Minerals Limited and its U.S. subsidiary for a suite of four patented rare earth element processing technologies that target higher rare earth element recovery and lower processing costs from bastnaesite-dominant ores.
Furno Materials signed an agreement with ready-mix concrete producer Maschmeyer Concrete for the use of its compact modular cement kiln technology. Maschmeyer Concrete plans to operate the kilns using its 90,000t/yr of waste concrete as a feedstock. The company will build an initial 50,000t/yr-capacity mini cement plant in Florida.
New York Governor Kathleen Hochul and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a landmark cross-border agreement aimed at expanding the development of advanced nuclear energy technology in New York and Ontario.
Verallia was honored at France’s AI Transformation Awards for its IS Watch Dog project, which uses artificial intelligence to improve safety and efficiency in glass manufacturing by detecting anomalies in production lines and reacting instantly to prevent incidents.
China’s Commerce Ministry said the country had granted several general licenses for rare earth exports, a new category of permit that aims to speed up shipments of the vital elements. Reuters reported that suppliers to U.S. automaker Ford received the new licenses, but no European company has yet confirmed receiving one.
At the end of 2025, North Carolina’s solar sector finds itself facing headwinds from federal policy changes and tariffs, but it sees new growth opportunities in advances in storage technology and rising demand for distributed power sources, especially in rural areas.
Vitro Architectural Glass signed a multiyear research agreement with The Pennsylvania State University to scale up LionGlass technology for use in flat glass applications across architectural and automotive markets.
