Rotork received major contracts to supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators and gearboxes, including about 2,000 explosionproof units, to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery for its Changxing Island complex in Dalian.

Ruizhi (Qingdao) Precision Electromechanical broke ground in Qingdao's West Coast New Area on a project adding 3 million compressors of capacity, with a total investment of RMB 387 million and about 41,000 square metres of new plant. Output is expected to rise from 9.36 million to 12 million units.

Bucher Hydraulics agreed to acquire an 80% stake in Wuxi Deli Fluid Technology, a Chinese hydraulic pump and compact power unit maker, forming a joint venture in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The deal is subject to Chinese government approval.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Shanghai Hanye, an OEM supplier of air treatment products in China, as part of three acquisitions totaling about $35 million in cash.

Kaji Technology Corporation received an order for three additional reciprocating compressors from China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) for a refinery and petrochemical complex in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, built by a SINOPEC and KPC joint venture. The compressors will serve a 750,000 tons/year polypropylene plant.

Hengli Hydraulic announced plans to invest 500 million yuan of its own funds in phase two of its hydraulic casting project in Wujin, Changzhou, adding 30,000 tonnes a year of capacity. The announcement was made on 28 February 2018 and the build takes one year.

TMC Compressors won a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply a marine compressed air system, including four 400 kW service air compressors, for a newbuild FPSO being built for SBM Offshore. The contract value was not disclosed. The article is dated January 28, 2018.

Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) won an undisclosed-value contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply a compressed air system for a FPSO being built in Shanghai for SBM Offshore.

Endress+Hauser has opened a 16,500-square-meter third plant in Suzhou Industrial Park, west of Shanghai, for about EUR 44 million. The facility adds capacity for flow measurement, liquid analysis and temperature measurement, and includes a large calibration facility.

GENERON IGS was awarded a contract in October 2017 to supply four additional membrane nitrogen generator shipsets, each rated at 4,500 m3/hr at 95% purity, to Chinese shipyard Hudong for 49,000 DWT chemical and oil product tankers for Norwegian owner Odfjell.

Valmet will supply board machine key technology and control systems, including six headboxes and three press sections, for three new containerboard machines in China. The machines are slated to be operational in 2019.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the DAW plant air compressor tender to Hangzhou Sanbao Compressor for CNY 636,000, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Xianyang plant air compressor tender to Xi'an Hengli Fluid Machinery for CNY 160,000, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Xiangyang plant air compressor tender to Xiangyang Ningyang Electromechanical Equipment for CNY 566,800, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Puyang plant air compressor tender to Xi'an Hengli Fluid Machinery for CNY 570,000, including tax and freight.

Sichuan Juyi Heavy Industry, a unit of Dalian Qianyi Group, broke ground in Deyang on December 11, 2017 on phase one of a turbo compressor production line invested at 580 million yuan, due to start production by June 30, 2019.

Elliott Group was awarded a contract to supply 22 compression trains and 28 casings for Hengli Petrochemical's refining and petrochemical complex under construction in Dalian, China, due online in 2019.

Haohua Junhua Group awarded a tender for a temperature control valve for its air compressor at a thermal power plant workshop to Zhumadian Kaishan Electromechanical Equipment, with the project closed on 2017-11-23.

TMC Compressors won a contract from AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding to supply compressed air systems and feed air compressors for two chemical tankers being built for Norway's Utkilen AS at the Jiangsu shipyard, with delivery scheduled for 2019.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.