Zhejiang Taitian Compressor Co. plans a technical renovation project to produce 300,000 compressor units per year at an existing plant in Luqiao, Taizhou, with an investment of about 121.66 million yuan. The environmental impact assessment approval notice was published on 18 January 2022.

Chinese concrete machinery maker JIUHE Heavy Industry is building a new plant and heavy industry machinery industrial park in Jimo District, Qingdao, with a planned total investment of 600 million yuan over 173,500 square meters, with completion expected around March 2022.

Shangfa Valve (上阀股份) signed an agreement with the Changsanjiao (Huzhou) cooperation zone for a high-end intelligent industrial fluid control equipment manufacturing project with total investment of 1.2 billion yuan and annual output of 500,000 units. Signing took place on January 8, 2022.

Shanghai Valve Factory signed an agreement with the Yangtze River Delta (Huzhou) Industrial Cooperation Zone for a high-end smart fluid control equipment plant with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan and annual capacity of up to 500,000 units.

GN Solids Control supplied two 1000GPM drilling mud solids control systems to a customer in Shanghai, as reported in January 2022.

Wärtsilä has been selected to supply power solutions for 12 LNG-fueled newbuild containerships ordered by CMA CGM from Chinese shipyards Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan. Equipment delivery to the yards starts in 2022, with the first vessel expected to launch in Q3 2023.

UFI Filters Group signed an agreement with the JiaXing XiuZhou High-Technology Industrial Park Administrative Committee for a new plant in Zhejiang Province producing filtration systems and thermal management products for new energy vehicles. The investment is valued at around 25 million euros, and production is set to start in 2023.

Zhejiang Xiangke Pump Industry Co. plans a technical renovation project to produce 30,000 pumps per year at its site in Luqiao district, Taizhou, with an investment of 2 million yuan in equipment; the environmental approval notice was published December 28, 2021.

Grundfos will spend USD 100 million building a new high-end pump manufacturing plant in Changshu, Jiangsu province, expected to be ready by 2023 and at full capacity by 2026.

Jiangxi Tobacco Company's Ganzhou branch named Nanxiong Jinye Packaging Materials Co. as the winning bidder for its 2022-2023 cigarette packaging heat-shrink film procurement, with a winning amount of 2,180,400 yuan.

Burckhardt Compression signed a contract to equip three EVA and LDPE production lines at Jiangsu Hongjing New Material's petrochemical mega-plant in Lianyungang, China, with Booster-Primary and Hyper Compressors. The plant will have an output of 600 kilotons per year of EVA/LDPE. The contract value was not disclosed.

Juhua Co. board approved two fixed-asset investment projects at its electrochemical plant: a 48kt/a VDF expansion (CNY 979 million) and PVDF projects (CNY 693 million), expected to be completed and operational in Q4 2023.

Zhejiang Mingrui Machinery moved production from three sites into a new 50-mu plant in Ruian, Wenzhou, whose construction began in October 2020 and was completed in late 2021.

Exergy, through parent Nanjing TICA Thermal Technology, won a contract to supply two ORC waste heat recovery units totaling 5.8 MWe to Jiangyin Xingjia New Material for its greenfield PET plant in Jiangsu, due for completion by end of 2022.

German compressor maker Bitzer is establishing a joint venture in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, to manufacture small-capacity rotary compressors in a 90,000 m2 plant under construction, with production planned for the first half of 2022.

BAOYI Group Co., Ltd. was awarded Section 2 of the Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project (Phase I) by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd. The article does not state the value of BAOYI's contract.

Xifolong Valve Group won lots 1, 4 and 5 of a valve procurement tender from China National Nuclear Corporation, with a combined award of 41.3072 million yuan. The results were published on November 10, 2021.

Xi'an Aerospace Yuanzheng Fluid Control won an oil transfer valve project from an unnamed Shandong enterprise with a contract value of 51.58 million yuan, announced on 12 November 2021. The company describes it as its largest single valve contract to date.

Shaangu Group signed a procurement framework agreement for zinc ingots valued at $380 million with Korea-based Sorin Corporation at the 4th China International Import Expo on November 5, 2021.

Gaxi Bella broke ground on a smart compressor project in Nanhu District, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, on 30 October 2021. The RMB 1.3 billion project will produce 20 million high-end refrigerator compressors and 1 million new energy vehicle air-conditioning compressors per year.

CNOOC's Shenzhen branch awarded lot one of the electric valve tender for the Enping 15-1 oilfield group development project to Fangzheng Valve Group for CNY 6,248,843.50 including VAT, announced October 28, 2021.

Hydro is investing NOK 390 million in a new P60 extrusion press and plant expansion at its aluminium plant in Suzhou, China, to serve the automotive and electric vehicle market, creating 75 jobs with first billet expected in mid-2023.

UK-listed Sprintex has signed a three-year strategic procurement and cooperation agreement with Chinese firm Nanjing RGE Membrane Tech to design and supply high-speed centrifugal air compressor systems for China's water treatment industry, with a minimum of 400 units.

Qingdao Weilong Valve was named winning bidder for the Shenzhen Water Group 2021-2023 secondary water supply tender for stainless steel pressure reducing valves, air release valves and filters, with a bid amount of 106 million yuan, subject to a final contract.

Qingdao Weilong Valve was named winning bidder for the Shenzhen Water Group 2021-2023 secondary water supply tender for stainless steel multifunction pump control valves and check valves, with a bid amount of 145 million yuan, subject to a final contract.

Nantong Longyuan Power Station Valve won a bid from the Northwest Electric Power Design Institute to design and manufacture F91 integral forging shut-off valves for the heating transformation of the Ningdong thermal power unit. The contract was won in October 2021.

SUPCON won PetroChina's annual pneumatic control valve procurement project for 2021 to 2023 on September 22, 2021, after supplying over 200 valves for a Guangdong petrochemical project.

Shenzhen Atco Automation Equipment won a CNY 684,301 procurement award from CNOOC Development's Shenzhen regional center for pneumatic shutoff valves and safety valves. The award was published on 15 September 2021.

Dongjie Intelligent received a winning bid notice from Jiangsu Jinshiyuan Liquor for manufacturing and installing the logistics equipment system of its smart finished-liquor packaging logistics center, worth 132 million yuan, about 12.76% of Dongjie's 2020 audited revenue.

MAN Energy Solutions subsidiary DWE won an order from Wanhua Chemical to deliver three salt-operated reactor systems for a new maleic anhydride plant in China, with an overall capacity of 200,000 tons per year. The plant produces PBAT for biodegradable plastics.

Hengli Hydraulic plans to issue new shares to as many as 35 institutional investors to raise CNY5 billion (USD773 million), with funds going to projects in Mexico, Changzhou and working capital.

Tunxi High-Pressure Valve Co broke ground on a project producing 10,000 tonnes of industrial forgings per year in the Huangshan high-tech zone, Anhui, China, on August 26, 2021. The project includes a 10,000 square metre plant and about 30 new machines.

Haite Power Co. is building a hydraulic pump and valve production plant in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, with a planned capacity of 400,000 hydraulic pumps and 800,000 hydraulic valves per year. The project is listed with an investment of about 2.091 billion CNY and is in main construction stage.

Switzerland-based SIG has finished building its second production plant in China, a site near its Suzhou Industrial Park plant. By 2024 it is expected to produce eight billion carton packs a year.

Yangquan Valve Co. began trial production at phase one of its 20,000-tonne large-diameter gas valve project in the Yangquan High-tech Zone, Shanxi, after equipment installation was completed. Phase one cost 160 million yuan and has already received an order from a Hebei company.

Norway-based TMC Compressors won a contract of undisclosed value from Jiangnan Shipyard to supply marine compressed air systems for six 93,000cbm LPG carriers being built for Petredec.

Huarun Shuanghe Limin Pharmaceutical (Jinan) has issued a public tender for nine lots of cartons, boxes and drug instruction leaflets, with bid opening on 23 August 2021. The total value is not stated.

Yangzhou Runyang Packaging Products was selected as the winning bidder for a packaging carton procurement tender run by Yangzhou Yezhi Food Production and Distribution. The contract price is 1,627,607.93 yuan per year including 13% tax.

Qingdao Todo Rubber completed a 2020-2021 equipment investment program adding 10 sets of vacuum vulcanizing machines, now in full production to increase output and shorten delivery cycles.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas a contract to supply the marine compressed air system for the Liza Unity FPSO, which will operate at the Liza field offshore Guyana. The contract value was not disclosed.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has placed an order with TMC Compressors of the Seas for a complete marine compressed air system for a pipelay vessel it is building. The contract value was not disclosed.

Wärtsilä will supply steerable and tunnel thrusters for two wind turbine installation vessels being built for China Three Gorges Corporation at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu); orders were placed in May 2021.

A 20,000-ton new large-diameter gas valve project with a total planned investment of CNY 300 million, part of the relocation and restructuring of Yangquan's valve and pump companies, has entered the equipment installation stage in the Yangquan economic development zone.

Shimadzu's Chinese subsidiary Tianjin Shimadzu Hydraulic has built a new factory in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area of Tianjin to make hydraulic gear pumps and control valves for forklifts. The $20 million plant has capacity of 500,000 pumps and 200,000 valves a year, with full operation planned for October 2021.

Zhongmi Holding said it plans to buy production equipment for its Riji Seal and Huayang Seal units to expand capacity, with about 15 million yuan of new investment. The added capacity is expected to generate 100-200 million yuan in annual output value.

Shengxing Holdings (002752.SZ) plans to acquire all equity of Pacific Can (Qingdao) from Fuzhou Pacific Can Group for RMB 262 million, funded from its own resources, to expand its two-piece can business in Qingdao.

Holy Valve won a restriction orifice contract worth 4.9 million yuan from PetroChina Liaohe Oilfield, its largest single restriction orifice order to date, after ranking first among four bidders.

Shanghai Yiyatong Supply Chain won a tender for cryogenic ball valves for the Tangshan LNG receiving terminal project, tendered by Offshore Oil Engineering, with a bid value of EUR 1,990,000 (CIF Tianjin port).

Garrett Motion plans to expand and modernize its Wuhan plant by about 50%, with completion scheduled for Q1 2022. The plant opened in 2013 and serves major automakers.

Geko Flow Control Technology (Changzhou) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Changzhou's Tianning District. The plant is planned to start in June 2022 with estimated annual output of 120 thousand control valve sets.