China Haoran agreed to supply about 32,000 tonnes of food packaging paper products to Ningbo Chengyi Paper, worth about 38 billion won, through June 2018, with output ultimately going to McDonald's. The deal was disclosed on June 22, 2017.

Del Shares (Delar) plans a project in Fuxin, Liaoning to add 1 million automatic transmission oil pumps a year, with a total investment of about CNY 337.9 million.

Ulstein Design & Solutions was awarded a contract by China Merchants Group to design and supply equipment for an expedition cruise vessel for SunStone Ships, with options for nine more; the ship will be built at China Merchants Heavy Industry and delivery is planned for 2019. Ulstein Power & Control also won the system delivery contract, with equipment delivery in Q1 2018.

Sealed Air opened a production line for Korrvu retention packaging at its Qingpu facility in Shanghai, with an investment of more than US$1 million, bringing the site to nine lines.

Shijiazhuang Kangpusi Compressor Co. held a groundbreaking on 23 May 2017 for a new 120 million yuan plant in Luancheng, Shijiazhuang, Hebei. The 18-month project will make permanent magnet variable-frequency and mobile air compressors, with annual output of over 7,000 units.

The Continental-HASCO joint venture Continental Huayu Brake Systems (Chongqing) started operation at a new 80,000 square meter plant in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, with over CNY 600 million invested, to make brake calipers, vacuum boosters and electric parking brakes.

Rheinmetall Automotive's KS Kolbenschmidt signed a licence agreement with ZYNP to produce and market commercial vehicle steel pistons in China, with a new plant in Mengzhou, Henan province, funded by an unspecified double-digit million euro investment.

MAHLE opened its new air conditioning compressor plant in Changshu, Jiangsu, relocated from Suzhou with doubled capacity. Equipment investment has reached RMB 180 million, with further investment planned.

Wärtsilä will supply dual-fuel engines, propulsion machinery and its LNGPac fuel storage and supply system for the 'Orion', a 210-metre offshore construction vessel being built at the Cosco shipyard in China for Belgian operator DEME.

Wenzhou Dingxin Valve Co. plans to produce 500 tonnes of check valves a year at a leased 1,800 m² workshop in Longwan District, Wenzhou, with a total investment of 1 million yuan.

Newway Valve (Zhejiang) was named winning supplier of high-end gate and check valves for units 3-4 of the CGN Fangchenggang project, with a bid value of RMB 16,238,976. The award was disclosed on 28 March 2017.

Su Salt Group's high-parameter long-distance pipeline valve project in the county industrial park, with total investment of 500 million yuan on 190 mu of land, is due to start first-phase production in April 2017. Output will supply PetroChina and Sinopec.

hGears signed a lease for a new 17,000 sqm miniGears Suzhou plant at 9 Yangpu Road in Suzhou, China, to support e-mobility growth. The site's inauguration is planned for October 2017 and hGears plans investments of more than EUR 3 million.

Valmet will supply two containerboard production lines and automation systems for Nine Dragons Industries at Quanzhou and Chongqing, producing testliner and fluting from recycled fiber, with start-ups scheduled for 2018.

Flowserve was awarded an $80 million contract to supply nearly 200 pumps and ebulators for the Hengli Integrated Refining Complex, a 400,000 barrel-per-day refinery on Changxing Island in Dalian, China, with phased deliveries from early 2018.

KSB, through joint venture SEC-KSB Nuclear Pumps & Valves, received a 'triple digit' million euro order to supply six RSR 750 reactor coolant pumps for the first two units of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian, China, with delivery in 2020 and 2021.

Rolls-Royce won a contract from PetroChina to supply gas turbine compressor systems for a new 820-km natural gas pipeline in China. The announcement is dated 2017-02-23.

Cameron has agreed with CNPC to set up a joint venture to manufacture pipeline ball valves. The valves will mainly support CNPC's pipeline construction across China over the coming decade.

Converteam was awarded a contract by PetroChina to supply nine Variable Speed Drives Systems for the West-East Gas Pipeline Project in China. The project is one of China's largest infrastructure projects.

Flowserve received an order of close to $80 million to supply nearly 200 pumps and ebulators for the Hengli Integrated Refining Complex in Dalian, Liaoning, with deliveries from 2018. Work is coordinated with SINOPEC Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corporation.

Neway Valve (Suzhou) signed a supply contract with Offshore Oil Engineering Co. for subsea ball and gate valves for the WC9-2/9-3/10-3 gas field cluster project off Hainan. The contract was reported on February 14, 2017, and its value was not disclosed.

Thyssenkrupp plans to produce springs and stabilizers at a new plant in Pinghu, China, according to an Automotive News report dated 2017-01-26.

Jiangsu Suzhou Newcon Valve has won supply contracts from CGN Engineering for nuclear island valves for units 3 and 4 of the Fangchenggang Hualong One project in Guangxi, covering about 8,000 valves. The contracts were signed in October and December 2016.

Stora Enso is reconsidering its plan to build a hardwood pulp mill next to its Beihai consumer board plant in Guangxi, China, and may buy pulp on the market instead. The existing plant, with a 450,000 tonne board machine, is not affected.

Chinese supplier Nanjing Aotecar New Energy Technology won a supply order from Groupe PSA for automotive air-conditioning compressor units, issued on 5 January 2017. A formal contract is expected to be signed later.

The CSSC Wärtsilä Engine joint venture formally opened a 20,000 m2 production plant in Lingang, Shanghai, producing large-bore and medium-bore marine diesel and dual-fuel engines with planned capacity of 180 engines per year.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong's Yueyang plant announced the tender result for export wooden boxes, wooden pallets and disposable wooden pallets, awarded to Yueyang Linsong Packaging with an estimated total of 1,127,000 yuan including VAT.

KSB's joint venture SEC-KSB Nuclear Pumps & Valves won a 'triple-digit million euro' order from CNNC subsidiary China Nuclear Power Engineering to supply six RSR 750 reactor coolant pumps for the first two units of the Zhangzhou nuclear plant in Fujian, announced 15 December 2016.

KSB, via its China joint venture SEC-KSB Nuclear Pumps & Valves, won a triple-digit million euro order from CNNC subsidiary China Nuclear Power Engineering to supply six RSR 750 reactor coolant pumps for the first two Hualong One units at Zhangzhou, Fujian, with delivery in 2020-2021.

Sempell GmbH was awarded a contract to supply 6 pressurizer safety relief valve stations and 6 main steam relief isolation valve stations for Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant units 3 and 4 in China. The Hualong-1 reactors are based on a three-loop design.

Yangquan Pump & Valve Group broke ground on its relocation project in the Zhangzhuang new industrial park of Pingding County, Shanxi, on December 14, 2016, with a first-phase investment of 445 million yuan.

Velan was awarded supply contracts for forged, high-pressure ASME Class 1 nuclear valves from several Chinese nuclear engineering companies. The orders are worth about €33 million (US$36 million) and are for five nuclear power plants, with delivery in 2018 and 2019.

Velan's French subsidiary in Lyon was awarded contracts to supply nuclear-class valves to several Chinese nuclear engineering firms for new reactors, with orders valued at about $36 million, recorded in backlog November 28, 2016, with deliveries in 2018-2019.

Stora Enso has started up a new 220,000 tonne-per-year BCTMP line at its Beihai mill in China. The wider 800-million-euro consumer board mill is expected to reach full production of 450,000 tonnes within 18-24 months.

Inteva Products has opened a new manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, China, making closure systems and motors and electronics for customers. The plant already employs more than 600 people.

Vallourec closed the purchase of a 50.61% stake in Chinese seamless tube maker Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe, raising its total holding to 70.07%. The two transactions valued TOP's share at about 175 million US dollars.

Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens Power and Gas, received an order from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Hangzhou for an innovative compressor train for an air separation plant in China.

Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Company was contracted to supply two 16-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 engines for a new sand pumping vessel being built at the Dongguan Xiandai Shipbuilding yard for a private Chinese operator. Delivery of the engines is scheduled for mid 2017.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies unit, won nearly $800 million in contracts from Air China and Shenzhen Airlines to supply V2500 engines for A320ceo aircraft, announced at Airshow China.

Amcor agreed to acquire Hebei Qite Packing, a Chinese flexible packaging company, for RMB 185 million (about USD 28 million). The deal is expected to expand Amcor's flexible packaging business in Asia.

Belgian company Keppel Seghers will supply waste-to-energy technology for an extension of a waste energy installation near Shenzhen, Guangdong, worth about $26.7 million. The plant is due for completion in 2018.