SLPT Automotive announced the acquisition of BorgWarner's water pump business and operations in Ningbo, China, which will become a new division within the SLPT Automotive Group.

HCP Group acquired the remaining 50% stake in Hetian Packaging (Huai'an), making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Hetian is an aluminium parts forming and anodising factory in China that has supplied HCP since 2013.

FNA Compressors opened a new 36,000 sqm production plant in Haiyan, Zhejiang province, China, its fifth worldwide, employing over 600 people.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, received its largest single vessel contract to date from OHT for a monopile lifting, skidding and transfer system for the Alfa Lift offshore wind installation vessel being built at China Merchants Heavy Industry in Jiangsu, with delivery in Q4 2021.

Dana Incorporated opened a new manufacturing and assembly plant of about 16,000 sq m in Yancheng, China, its 24th in China, to produce off-highway drive and motion components. The plant can produce about 160,000 units per year.

Beijing Fengdian Jinkaiwei Group signed an agreement on August 19, 2020 to set up a 300 million yuan hydrogen compressor project in the Changshu High-tech Zone, with a 25,000 sq m plant and annual sales of 500 million yuan expected at full production.

Miura Industry's Chinese subsidiary started operating a new plant in Suzhou making gas-fired industrial boilers, raising combined annual capacity to 5,000 units, about 2.5 times the previous level. The investment was about 2.6 billion yen.

Xingang Thermal Energy broke ground in Zhangzhou Development Zone on a 150 million yuan plant making large permanent-magnet screw air compressors, with 8,000 wan yuan projected annual sales.

Zhangzhou Manma Li Automation Machinery broke ground on a high-speed internal mixer manufacturing project in Zhangzhou Development Zone with about 160 million yuan investment, expected to start production in 2022.

Tiefenbach Control Systems will plan and supply a second complete electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-height longwall roof supports ordered by Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (ZMJ), worth about EUR 2.7 million. The supports will be used by China Shenhua.

Oliver Valvetek signed a GBP 3 million contract to supply nearly 400 chemical-injection subsea gate valves to a Chinese subsea end user for a project in the South China Sea off southern Hainan.

Yuanda Valve Group won a valve contract worth over CNY 100 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, becoming a main supplier.

Shuangheng Valve Group won a valve supply contract worth about CNY 124.59 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

Shuangheng Valve Group won a valve supply contract worth CNY 124.59 million for Shenghong Refining's 16-million-tonne integrated refinery project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. The announcement is dated 3 August 2020.

COFCO Coca-Cola began construction on its 20th bottling factory in China in Guian New Area, Guizhou province, on July 28, 2020. The first stage has an investment of 270 million yuan and an annual capacity of 170,000 metric tons, with operations expected by end-2021.

China's JDB Group selected PPG INNOVEL non-BPA coatings for beverage cans for its Jia Duo Bao herbal tea, after testing against Chinese and international food contact standards.

Voith won a contract for engineering, manufacturing, on-site installation and commissioning of six units at the Wu Dongde hydropower plant on the Jinsha River, China, as the first units began operation. The article is dated 2020-07-13 and gives no contract value.

TMC Compressors of the Seas won a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply a marine compressed air system, including four large compressors, for a newbuild FPSO being built for SBM Offshore. The contract value was not disclosed.

Alfa Laval won a SEK130 million order to supply Framo marine pumping systems for an FPSO vessel being built in China. Deliveries are scheduled for 2021.

Azbil announced it will construct a new factory building at its subsidiary Azbil Equipment (Dalian) in Dalian, Liaoning Province, to expand production capacity, with completion planned for early 2022. The article states an investment of 4600 million yuan, though its yen equivalent is inconsistent.

Neles has started operations at its new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, announced in October 2018. The plant will produce over 100,000 standard valves per year for customers in process industries.

Rheinmetall Automotive secured orders worth EUR 250 million (about USD 283 million) for electric vacuum pumps in Mainland China from an undisclosed automaker. The pumps are manufactured by PHP Technology, its joint venture in Shanghai.

Gaosen Packaging is constructing its fourth beverage can plant in China at Xinzheng in Henan province, invested at RMB350 million (US$50m). It plans trial production of two-piece beverage cans by the end of the year.

Tiefenbach Control Systems received a follow-up order from ZMJ to plan and supply a second electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-size roof supports for China Shenhua Energy. The order is valued at approximately €2.7 million.

Unilever laid the groundwork for a new China food production base in Taicang, Jiangsu, with a total investment of 100 million euros. The site, scheduled to start operation in early 2022, will initially produce Wall's ice cream with annual capacity of 150,000 metric tons.

Spanish foundry Ampo Foundry was awarded a contract by a French valve manufacturer to supply 642 valve body castings and 160 valve piston castings for a refinery in China being built by an Italian EPC. The contract is the largest in the company's 56-year history.

Swagelok completed a 7,400 square meter manufacturing expansion at its Changshu, China facility, doubling its size and adding local jobs. The company also opened a regional office in Singapore for its Asia-Pacific business.

Shijiazhuang Kangpusi Compressor broke ground on 2017-05-23 on a new 75-mu site in Luancheng, Hebei, for permanent magnet variable-frequency screw compressors and mobile air compressors. The project is estimated at 120 million yuan over 18 months and is expected to produce over 7,000 units a year.

Suzhou Newway Valve began building a high-performance smart valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone. Phase one has a total investment of CNY 350 million, 50 mu of land and planned total capacity of CNY 1 billion, expected to be completed in May 2021.

Tetra Pak will invest 700 million yuan ($98.9 million) to build a large intelligent closure facility in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, expected to be operational next year. The plant will produce DreamCap closures with an annual capacity of 10 billion caps.

AMPO POYAM Valves won a contract to supply more than 600 actuated and manual cryogenic valves for Sinopec's Henan LNG Emergency Storage Center. The facility will be able to store up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas.

Kobe Steel has acquired an additional 25.7% stake in Wuxi Compressor from Wuxi Victor Group, raising its holding to 70% and making it a subsidiary. Wuxi Compressor makes non-standard process gas compressors in Wuxi, Jiangsu.

BP will license its latest PTA technology (BP PTA g5) to Weilian Chemical, a subsidiary of Dongying United Petrochemical, for a 2.5 million tonne per year PTA unit at the Dongying Port Economic Development Zone in Shandong. First production is anticipated by Q2 2022.

AMPO POYAM Valves will supply more than 600 actuated and manual cryogenic ball, gate, globe and check valves for Sinopec's Henan LNG Emergency Storage Center, which will store up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas.

Takeuchi Construction Machinery (Qingdao) began production of 40,000 sets a year of small hydraulic excavator and loader components in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

WABCO Automotive Control Systems started production of a heavy-duty truck automatic transmission shift mechanism project in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

Shandong Xinghua Construction Group put into operation phase one of its Xinghua Logistics Innovation Industrial Park in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

Qingdao Wanbao Compressor Co. put into operation a technical upgrade for producing VK-series small high-efficiency variable-frequency refrigerator compressors in Qingdao West Coast New Area.

Ruizhi (Qingdao) Precision Electromechanical Co. started production of an expansion adding 3 million compressors, bringing total annual capacity to 12 million units. The project is in Qingdao West Coast New Area and adds about 600 million yuan in output value.

Coca-Cola's bottler COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages set up a new fully automated production line at its Chengdu, Sichuan facility capable of 120,000 cans per hour, which it says is the fastest such plant in the world.

Industrial valve maker CIRCOR has opened a new 6,000 square metre plant in China. The city was not named in the article.

Norway's TMC Compressors of the Seas has been contracted by Jiangnan Shipyard to supply marine compressed air systems for two very large ethane carriers being built for Pacific Gas (Hong Kong) Holdings. Contract value was not disclosed; deliveries are due in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022.

Ball Corporation agreed to sell its metal beverage can and end plants in Beijing, Foshan, Hubei and Qingdao, China, to ORG Technology for approximately $225 million, plus potential additional consideration. Ball will license its technology to ORG and reinvest about $50 million in ORG's shares.

China Post's Shanxi branch published the shortlist for a supply contract for new packaging boxes, with Guangdong Tianyuan Industrial Group as first candidate at about CNY 229,265. The announcement was made on 13 May 2020 in Taiyuan.

TMC Compressors won a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) to supply a marine compressed air system, including four large compressors, for a newbuild FPSO SWS is building for SBM Offshore in China. The contract value was not disclosed.

Chinese easy-open-end maker Guangdong Enpack Packaging plans to raise RMB 500 million (US$70.4 million) through a private share placement to fund facility upgrades and ten new production lines in Shantou.

Lincotek Medical is investing in its Wuxi, Jiangsu manufacturing centre by doubling coating capacity for orthopaedic implants with a second CAPS Intercooler and adding a cleaning and packaging line.

Alfa Fluid Control began building phase two of its operations, including a smart valve manufacturing workshop of about 3,900 square metres and a 5,200 square metre office, R&D and quality building. The roughly 50 million yuan project is planned for completion in November 2020.

Hua Xi Holdings disclosed that its subsidiary Shantou Xinda Color Printing Packaging Materials was named a preferred supplier to cigarette makers in Guangdong and Shanghai. The supply terms run through 2022 and 2021 respectively.

Huaneng Tianjin Coal Gasification Power Generation published preferred bidder candidates for 2020-2023 maintenance of IGCC pneumatic and hydraulic control valves. Yueyang Dongfang Automation ranked first with a bid of about CNY 2.79 million.