Hyundai Steel has awarded Uhde €150m to build a new coke plant consisting of four coke oven batteries and a large single-train gas treatment unit.

Thales has been awarded €252 million by the French defence procurement agency to act as prime contractor for the Melchior communications programme.

Alstom has signed two contracts, worth approximately €450m, to supply Grosskraftwerk Mannheim with boiler and turbine units at the Mannheim 9 project in Germany.

GE Energy has signed contracts worth more than $500m to supply advanced power generation equipment and long-term services for the Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project.

Deere & Company is to acquire the remaining 50% share of its tractor joint venture in Pune, India for an undisclosed sum.

ABB has been selected by E.ON UK to design, manufacture, supply and commission the replacement steam turbine supervisory system for Connah’s Quay power station.

BAE Systems has announced a $65.8m contract with the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance to produce the Mk 45 Mod 4 Gun for the Royal Australian Navy.

Weston has signed a multi-million pound long-term agreement with BE Aerospace to provide precision aircraft seat components for its Spectrum product family.

ABB has won a $76 million turnkey substation contract with the UK utility, National Grid, to strengthen the power supply southeast of Manchester.

ABB has won an $18 million contract from The Barbados Light & Power Company to upgrade the power network in the north of the island.