Terex Corporation has agreed to acquire Belgian mobile crushing and screening specialist Keestrack, folding it into the Terex Materials Processing division while retaining Keestrack as an independent brand. Keestrack, founded in 1988 and supplying mobile crushers, screening units and processing plants in more than 65 countries through over 70 distributors, will keep its existing management structure, with Peter and Frederik Hoogendoorn remaining in leadership roles. Completion is targeted for Q4 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, with both firms trading separately until closing.

Lawton Tubes has launched its first stainless steel product range after more than 100 years focused solely on copper tubes and fittings, adding systems specifically designed for corrosive environments. The new stainless steel lines target applications where copper suffers from pitting or stress corrosion, such as aggressive industrial process pipework and chemically treated water systems. For specifiers and contractors, this widens material options on mixed-metal installations and may shift lifecycle cost and corrosion-risk calculations on future building services and infrastructure projects.

Radical AI has built a commercial “self‑driving lab” at Brooklyn Navy Yard that uses AI, robotics and an active learning loop to design, manufacture and test 50–200 g alloy samples, generating 300 new compositions in about 16 weeks for aerospace and defence clients. Backed by RTX and Nvidia and partnering with Sandia National Laboratories on metal–hydrogen interactions, the platform lets users exclude supply‑constrained elements such as hafnium while targeting specific strength, oxidation and hypersonic‑relevant high‑temperature properties. By collapsing 10–20 year alloy development cycles to roughly 1–3 years, the approach could reshape demand patterns for certain critical minerals.