Barton Valve (Hangzhou) and Saint Hans Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement, becoming strategic partners, according to Barton's company news. The article dates the signing to April 10, 2020.

Metso agreed to sell its 50% stake in Shanghai-Neles Jamesbury Valve Co. to Shanghai Electric International Economic & Trading, its joint venture partner. Metso will move Jamesbury valve production to its Shanghai Technology Center.

Tsingtao Brewery has begun key construction projects costing 1 billion yuan (about $144 million) in Pingdu, Shibei district and the West Coast New Area in Qingdao, Shandong. The Pingdu smart industrial park will include a logistics center, custom production platforms, a package printing factory and yeast processing plants.

Dongguan Hsinpu Paper Co installed a 2.8m Fosber Asia Pro/Line corrugator at its Dongguan plant, replacing two older 1.8m machines; the machine was commissioned on 30 June 2019.

Wuxi Bike Hydraulic Co. is expanding its precision hydraulic component manufacturing on 23 mu of land in Zhutang town, Jiangyin, with 16,000 sqm of new buildings and 108 sets of equipment. The total investment is CNY 120 million, agreed at a signing ceremony on April 2.

Suzhou Neway Valve Co. began construction in April 2020 of a smart high-performance valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone, with phase one investment of RMB 350 million due for completion in May 2021 and total capacity up to RMB 1 billion.

COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages signed an agreement with Guian New Area on March 27, 2020 to build a beverage factory with two soft drink production lines and a 270 million yuan investment. Completion is expected by end of 2021.

XCMG Hydraulic Parts is upgrading its hydraulic valve production line in Xuzhou's economic development zone under a total investment of 700 million yuan. The project adds capacity of 30,000 hydraulic valve sets and 30,000 high-tonnage hydraulic cylinders per year, with full production expected by June 2020.

Valmet will supply a coated board making line (PM 2) with automation and Industrial Internet solutions for APP's Guangxi Jingui Pulp and Paper mill in Qinzhou, China. Start-up is scheduled for 2021, and the order value was not disclosed.

NEW ENERGY has completed its headquarters and production base in the Guangzhou Technology Development Zone, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan and annual capacity above 1 million air source heat pump sets. The article gives conflicting timing, with production scheduled for June 2019.

Chongqing Brewery's wholly owned subsidiary Chongqing Brewery Yibin plans to build a beer can filling line with up to 150,000 kiloliters annual capacity, with investment of up to RMB 264 million. Construction is expected to start July 2020 and trial production May 2021.

Shenzhen-based Mys Group won a tender to provide packaging services for auto parts for BMW China Services, with financial terms to be set by client orders. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Rheinmetall's Automotive arm won an eight-year order from an unnamed international automaker to supply electric water recirculation pumps, with lifetime value of EUR130 million, produced at its Pierburg Huayu joint venture plant in Shanghai.

MAN Cryo, part of MAN Energy Solutions, signed a contract to supply LNG fuel-gas supply systems and MAN Energy Solutions will supply dual-fuel engines for two RoRo newbuildings at Yantai Raffles shipyard in China for Wallenius SOL. Delivery is scheduled for 2021.

SUPCON Fluid won a Sinopec International Business framework tender for 2020 control valves, including rotary control valves, control ball valves and eccentric rotary valves, announced January 20, 2020 in China.

Linde Hydraulics opened a new production plant in Weifang, China, a 36,000m² facility for assembling high-pressure pumps, motors and valve technology, with capacity of 100,000 units per year.

K2 Industrial Control Equipment (Dalian) won a supply agreement for Trimteck/Optimux 20-inch pneumatic ball and butterfly valves for a compressor package at the PetroChina Kunlun LNG project in Hubei, worth RMB 1 million. The announcement was dated January 17, 2020.

A planned 40,000-unit-per-year high-end valve project in Lishui Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang, with total investment of RMB 105 million, will lease a plant from Lishui Heli Pump & Valve Manufacturing. Production is expected to start in March 2021. The report is dated January 17, 2020.

Packaging company Albéa is to open a new plant in Huai'an, China, which will manufacture metal tubes.

A tender listing describes a project to expand annual production to 5,000 compressor heads and build supporting facilities, including a fourth-phase plant extension, at an Atlas Copco compressor company site in Jiangsu. Most details are hidden behind a membership paywall.

Chuanrun (002272.SZ) plans to buy a 75% stake in Jiangsu Ousheng Hydraulic Technology, a maker of hydraulic plunger pumps and valves in Qidong, for RMB 41.25 million funded from internal resources.

CIRCOR International announced a new centrifugal and displacement pump manufacturing facility in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, to open in 2020. It will support customers in Asia.

KBR was awarded a contract by Hainan Huasheng New Material to license Mitsubishi Chemical's BPA technology and provide engineering design for a 240,000 tons per annum plant in Dongfang City, Hainan Province.

Dalian Qianyi Heavy Industry Group's Juyi Heavy Industry turbo compressor production line project broke ground in Deyang, Sichuan, with a total investment of 1.18 billion CNY on a 150,000 square metre site, built in two phases.

Rotork won a contract to supply 400 IQ3 electric multi-turn actuators for the third phase of Shenzhen Energy Environmental Company's energy-from-waste plant in China. The plant is set to become the world's largest by feedstock, at three million tonnes a year. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Two Rivers Packaging won a contract to supply printing and packaging materials to ZF's Qingdao factory, packaging ZF brake pads for worldwide delivery.

Gerresheimer officially opened a new plant in Changzhou, China, producing plastic primary packaging for pharmaceuticals. The facility operates in clean rooms of class 9 and 7 and has FDA registration for US-type containers.

Svanehøj Group won an order for 33 Deepwell pumps and 4 diesel-driven firewater pump packages for a floating production storage and offloading unit being built in China for operation in a Brazilian field. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2020.

Shuangheng Valve Group was selected under a framework agreement to supply high-temperature, high-pressure valves for Sinopec's Gulei integrated refining and petrochemical project, after winning a competitive tender against dozens of rivals.

Ansaldo Energia won new supply contracts for six Class F gas turbines in China, four for China Datang and two for SPIC, during the CIIE 2019 expo. Its five-year partnership with Shanghai Electric has generated production orders worth nearly half a billion euros for the Genoa factory.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas a contract to supply the marine compressed air system for the Liza Unity FPSO, to be deployed at the Liza field offshore Guyana; value undisclosed.

KHS broke ground on a new plant and service center in Kunshan, China, a roughly 10,000 square metre factory with a total investment of about €10 million. The groundbreaking took place October 17, 2019.

Nantong Yikadi Industrial Technology plans a 1 billion yuan project in Tongzhou district, Nantong, to make oil-free air compressors, brushless inverter compressors and door closers on a former Caterpillar site. The project is pending government approval, with 400 jobs planned.

Amsted Seals acquired Clark Seals Ningbo, to be renamed Amsted Seals Ningbo, an IATF-certified seal plant in Ningbo, China. A 10-year commercial agreement makes Clark Seals LLC a preferred distributor.

HCP Group held an official opening ceremony on October 29, 2019, for a newly completed 37,000 m2 factory at its Huai'an location in Jiangsu province. The facility adds injection molding and decoration capacity for cosmetics packaging.

Veolia Water Technologies won a contract from Lee & Man to supply its HPD Enhanced Chloride Removal Process at the company's pulp mill in Chongqing, China, to treat precipitator ash and reduce chloride and potassium.

Hongta Liaoning Tobacco Co awarded a carton procurement project to two winning bidders, with a winning value of about 75.99 million yuan. The tender notice was published on 8 October 2019. Winning bidder names are masked in the source.

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

Dezhou Taiding New Material signed a contract with Big Finger Equipment for a PM7 paper machine speed-up project, with Dazhi Paper Machinery supplying key headbox, sizing and screening equipment.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) placed a substantial 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.

Alfa Laval has won two orders worth SEK165 million to supply Framo marine pumping systems for FPSO vessels being built in China. Deliveries are scheduled for 2020.

Webasto opened a new production facility in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, costing about EUR50 million. The plant makes sunroofs, panorama roofs, high-voltage heaters and charging solutions, with capacity for around 2 million roof systems per year.

HCT announced it has acquired 100% control of HCT Kent Packaging Ltd., a Chinese plant co-founded in 2006 with Taiwanese businessman Kent Lee. The 47,000 square metre facility makes plastic injection-moulded, extrusion-blow and injection-blow moulded packaging for beauty brands.

Xi'an Pump & Valve Plant Co. received an appraisal on 4 September 2019 in Xi'an for its independently developed titanium forced circulation pump, which experts said fills a domestic gap and reaches advanced world-level performance.

BLZF held a foundation stone laying ceremony for its 120,000 square meter Ninghe industrial base in Ninghe Industrial Park, Tianjin, for oil equipment and high-level valve manufacturing, with an expected investment of one billion RMB and about 1,000 jobs. The article dates the ceremony to July 12, 2012.

Marelli and Shanghai Highly signed a memorandum of intent to form a joint venture operating Marelli's compressor and HVAC business, with a definitive agreement targeted for January 2020.

Marelli agreed an equity transfer agreement with Johnson Controls-Hitachi to acquire an equity interest in Shanghai Highly New Energy Technology, an electric compressor maker, with completion estimated in Q3 2019.

Premier Tech and Switzerland's Bühler formed a strategic co-operation for industrial flexible packaging solutions and plan to build a design and manufacturing centre in China by 2020.

Silverstream Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding with Hudong-Zhonghua, a CSSC subsidiary, to integrate its air lubrication system into future LNG carrier designs, cutting fuel costs and emissions by 6% to 8%.

Shenzhen Chenguang Dairy published three shortlisted bidders for a tender to supply about 217.9 million standard roof-type beverage filling cartons. The shortlisted firms are Jinan Quanhua, Weilü Packaging Shanghai and Gulin Paper Converting Shanghai.