Engineers India Ltd received project execution orders worth more than Rs 5,000 crore from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited for the 9-million-tonne greenfield refinery at Pachpadra, Barmer district. The project has a mechanical completion target of October 2022.

Fiem Industries signed a technical assistance agreement with Toyodenso of Japan to manufacture bank angle sensors in India, with production expected from April 2019.

Fiem Industries, Aisan Industry and Toyota Tsusho signed a joint venture agreement to manufacture fuel pump modules and IC connectors for two- and three-wheelers in Rajasthan, with initial share capital of Rs. 1 billion and production starting April 2019.

Amcor and Huhtamaki are reportedly in preliminary talks with the promoters of Essel Propack to acquire a controlling stake in the Indian laminated tube maker. Morgan Stanley is handling the sale, according to unconfirmed reports.

Sichuan Nitrocell, a subsidiary of Norinco, won a USD 800,000 contract to supply desulfurization, circulating and slurry pumps to Bharat Heavy Electricals for the National Capital Power Station Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. Delivery will take 30 months.

BorgWarner expanded manufacturing at its Kakkalur facility in Thiruvallur near Chennai by adding 1,500 square metres to its production line, hiring more than 80 people and starting variable cam timing system production.

Nilpeter opened a 3,500 sqm manufacturing and development facility with a technology center in Mahindra World City, Chennai. The site houses over 70 employees and will more than double the press manufacturing capacity.

Schwing Stetter India announced a new 53-acre concrete equipment manufacturing facility in SIPCOT Industrial Area, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 350 crore in two phases.

Marquardt India plans to set up an all-new manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Pune, aiming to start production in the run-up to CY2020. No investment value was stated.

Marquardt India plans to move its R&D operations into a bigger Pune facility with labs and prototyping, and to grow engineering headcount from 250 to 500 within about two years. The land for the new facility has already been bought.

Elgi Equipments, an air compressor maker, will commission a motor production facility on its Kinathukadavu campus near Coimbatore, probably in Q1 of the next financial year, with an investment of ₹18 crore. The motors will be for captive use in its compressors.

WIKA India put an extension building at its Pune production site into operation at the end of September 2018, boosting production of level measurement, WEgrid and calibration technology.

GE Power won a Rs 220 crore order to supply a 6F.03 gas turbine and generator for a captive power plant at HPCL's Visakhapatnam refinery in Andhra Pradesh. The order was placed by BHEL, the principal contractor, and is part of HPCL's refinery expansion from 8.33 to 15 MTPA.

Godrej Process Equipment, a unit of Godrej & Boyce, has acquired the Yuba and Ecolaire brands and design technologies from SPX Heat Transfer, a subsidiary of SPX Corporation, to make feedwater heaters and heat exchanger auxiliaries for power plants in India.

TechnipFMC was awarded a substantial contract to build a grassroots hydrogen generation unit at HPCL's Visakhapatnam refinery expansion in India, announced on 20 July 2018. The value was not disclosed.

Crane inaugurated a new aseptic valve factory for Crane Saunders Aseptic Valves in Satara, India, featuring 5-axis CNC machining centres and new inspection equipment. The ceremony was attended by over 300 industry professionals, customers and distributors.

The board of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd approved a ₹2,520 crore outlay for a phased expansion at unit II of its Tiruchi plant, including a pulp mill of 400 tonnes per day and 1.65 lakh tonnes of printing and writing paper capacity.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Hydro Prokav Pumps (India), a pump maker, as part of three acquisitions totaling about $35 million in cash. The deal adds progressive cavity pump market penetration.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy celebrated the inauguration of its newest location, an aseptic diaphragm valve factory in India. The announcement was made on May 22, 2018.

Mumbai-based Huhtamaki PPL commissioned an HP Indigo 20000 digital press at its Thane plant in January 2018, adding digital printing to its flexible packaging and label operations. The press was formally unveiled on 23 April 2018.

Sulzer India was contracted by GE Power India Limited to supply 21 barrel-type boiler feed pump sets, as announced by Sulzer AG on April 24, 2018.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering signed a Transfer of Technology agreement with CESA, a subsidiary of EADS, under which CESA provides technology and transfers manufacturing workload for aerospace components to Wipro.

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering has set up a new aerospace and defence facility in the Aerospace SEZ in Bangalore to manufacture precision hydraulic components such as actuators and valve blocks.

Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a business of Crane Co., inaugurated a new factory in Satara, India, dedicated to Saunders HC4 aseptic diaphragm valves and actuators. A customer event is planned for 10 May 2018.

Honeywell will double the operational space of its Fulgaon facility in Pune to 151,000 square feet to meet growing demand for automation solutions. No cost was given.

Germany's NORMA Group SE agreed to acquire Kimplas Piping Systems Ltd, a Nashik-based maker of fittings, valves and micro-irrigation equipment, for an undisclosed amount. The deal was agreed on April 6, 2018 and is expected to close by mid-2018.

The Indian defence ministry signed a Rs 639 crore contract with SMPP Pvt. Ltd to supply 1.86 lakh boron carbide bulletproof jackets to the Army. The contract is aligned with the Make in India policy.

Danish pump maker Grundfos has set up its third Indian facility in Ahmedabad, with annual capacity of 14,000 pumps, investing INR 12 crore; operations are to commence in June.

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire the valve automation division of India-based Rotex Manufacturers and Engineers. The division has two manufacturing facilities near Mumbai, about 275 employees, and sales of approx. INR 1,550 million; closing is expected in July 2018 and the price is undisclosed.

Constantia Flexibles Group agreed to acquire a majority shareholding in India's film-based laminates producer Creative Polypack for an undisclosed fee, as reported on 28 March 2018.

Larsen & Toubro received a Rs 747 crore order from NPCIL to supply steam generators and end shields for 700 MWe PHWR units at GHAVP in Fatehabad, Haryana, to be manufactured at its Hazira complex in Gujarat.

Mack Valves India, a joint venture between Herose GmbH and the Ador Group, announced new senior-level appointments within its Indian operations. The article does not name the appointees.

NPCIL awarded KSB Pumps Limited an order worth €55 million (Rs 4130 million) for eight RSR 400/2 primary coolant pumps for its Gorakhpur project in Haryana. Manufacturing will take place at KSB's Shirwal plant near Pune, with delivery from June 2021 and completion by March 2023.

Germany's Homa Pumpenfabrik and India's Ekki Group signed a 50:50 joint venture to make waste water pumps, with a plant planned in Coimbatore expected to be commissioned in about a year. Homa's Indian sales arm will merge into the venture.

Constantia Flexibles is investing millions to expand production capacity at its Indian subsidiary Parikh Packaging in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with operations expected to start in 2019. A greenfield site near the existing plant has already been broken ground.

Aisan Industry, a Toyota group company, will set up a joint production company with Fiem Industries near New Delhi to make fuel pumps for two-wheelers, targeting 5 million units a year by the end of 2020 with an investment of several billion yen.

KSB Pumps secured orders worth Rs 413 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India to supply primary coolant pumps and electric motors with auxiliaries for the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana I and II project. Deliveries are phased over 2022 and 2023.

HSIL plans to expand its security bottle caps facility in Telangana with a Rs 100 crore investment, raising capacity from 230 million to one billion units per year, with commissioning expected by September 2018.

HSIL Ltd has commissioned a Rs 160-crore pipe manufacturing plant at Ishnapur in Medak district, Telangana, with capacity of 30,000 mt, to enter the CPVC and UPVC pipes business, using CPVC resin supplied under an alliance with Sekisui Chemical.

Jaquar Group plans to spend Rs 150 crore to raise faucet output at its Bhiwadi, Rajasthan facility from 80,000 to 100,000 units per day, with commissioning expected within six months.

In 2018, Advent International acquired a 77% stake in Indian rigid plastic packaging maker Manjushree Technopack from Kedaara Capital and the promoters. The deal value was not disclosed.

MacDermid appointed Mumbai-based Kanan Graphics as its distributor for the Western region of India to supply and distribute its flexo plate range.

Bharat Heavy Electricals won the EPC order from Tangedco for the 2x660 MW Udangudi supercritical power project in Tamil Nadu, estimated at over Rs 7,300 crore. It is Tangedco's fourth successive supercritical order awarded to BHEL.

IL&FS Engineering and Construction received a fax of acceptance from GAIL for pipeline laying in Jharkhand and West Bengal, worth Rs 215.79 crore excluding GST. The work covers 157.8 km of 30-inch pipeline and 13.28 km of spurline and is to be completed in 15 months.

IMI Precision Engineering held a ground-breaking in Noida near New Delhi for a INR 200 million (about $3.1 million) facility of 67,000 sq ft that will raise production capacity for the Indian market.

Tri-Wall Japan acquired a 90% stake in Pronk Multiservice India Private Limited, which operates heavy-duty packaging manufacturing in Bangalore, Faridabad, Mumbai and Chennai.

Sunshield Chemicals entered a supply agreement with Elantas GmbH Germany to supply THEIC product through 31 December 2020, worth about Rs 28 crore over 12 months.

UK valve supplier Orseal is supplying oxygen service valves to NMDC's Nagarnar steel plant and to an EPC contractor upgrading SAIL's BF-1 at Rourkela Steel Plant in India.

Grundfos India opened a new manufacturing facility in Dantali, Central Gujarat, to supply stainless steel products, boosters and box products to western and northern India and export stainless steel components to Grundfos plants in Europe, the Americas and China. The launch was announced on November 9, 2017.

Oriental Containers will sell a 51 percent stake in Oricon Packaging to Pelliconi & C.S.P.A. for about 4.19 billion rupees under a business transfer agreement signed by Oricon Enterprises.