KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools plans to expand its Cincinnati, Ohio, facility with new manufacturing equipment and robotic automation, creating 37 jobs.

Summit Products plans to add 30,080 square feet to its existing Altoona facility with robotics, automation, laser work center and metal panel bending equipment. The $5.73 million investment is expected to create 21 jobs, supported by $193,000 in state tax credits.

NIBCO has completed its acquisition of UniTorq Actuators and Controls, a Lawrenceville, Georgia maker of pneumatic and electric valve actuators, adding actuation and controls to its valve portfolio.

Amberjack Capital Partners completed its acquisition of PMV Automation, a valve positioner and automation products maker, from Flowserve, with industry veterans Joseph Jobe and Micah Floyd leading the company post-closing.

Airline Hydraulics Corporation, a distributor of industrial automation, fluid power and controls, announced the acquisition of Industrial Automation Supply, headquartered in Portland, Maine. The article gives no deal value.

Ranpak expanded its partnership with Medline Industries, with Medline deploying Ranpak's Cut'it EVO right-sizing machine and Form'it case erector in its high-volume outbound operations.

Ranpak will install numerous AutoFill void-fill systems across Walmart's five Next Generation Fulfillment Centers under a multi-year agreement announced August 26, 2025. The upcoming deployment includes sites in Greencastle PA, Joliet IL, Lancaster TX and Stockton CA.

RIDGID, part of Emerson, completed a 30,000 sq ft press jaw manufacturing expansion at its Elyria, Ohio headquarters with robotic systems and milling machines. The investment doubles annual jaw set production capacity and cuts lead time by 30 days.

Emerson agreed to acquire all AspenTech common stock it does not already own at $265.00 per share via an all-cash tender offer. The minority stake is valued at $7.2 billion and the total company at $17.0 billion market capitalization.

Emerson proposed to acquire all AspenTech shares it does not already own for $240 per share in cash, after already holding about 57%. The proposal would make AspenTech a wholly owned subsidiary.

Ferndale, Michigan-based ROSS Controls has acquired Master Pneumatic, maker of filter, regulator and lubricator pneumatic air preparation products in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The announcement is dated September 3, 2024.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded contracts valued in excess of $130 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery to supply propulsion valves, pumps and instrumentation and control systems for Virginia-class, Columbia-class and Ford-class programs, with work running through 2029.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) acquired General Machinery Company, Inc., a Birmingham, Alabama distributor of automation and electrical products, process pumps and compressed air products. GMC will keep its name and operate under its existing leadership.

BBP, a Louisiana automation solutions manufacturer, is building a new facility at its Baton Rouge headquarters with a $4.2 million investment. The project will create 75 direct jobs over 10 years and retain 51 positions.

Relevant Industrial, LLC, a distributor of instrumentation, automation, rotating equipment and valve solutions, announced a formal agreement to acquire Marshall W. Nelson & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Westrock Coffee plans to invest over $300 million and create 600 new jobs over five years at its development, production, packaging and distribution facility in Conway, Arkansas, with the facility using advanced robotics.

Honeywell agreed to acquire Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC), a turbomachinery control provider, from INDICOR LLC for $670 million in an all-cash deal announced April 26, 2023. The deal is about 15x 2023E tax-adjusted EBITDA.

ABB is constructing a $100 million, 275,000-square-foot plant and offices in New Berlin, Wisconsin, adding 100 jobs, with opening scheduled for fall 2024 as part of about $170 million US investment.

Emerson will supply automation technologies, software and control systems for the Golden Triangle Polymers Project in Orange, Texas, a $8.5 billion ethane cracker and polyethylene complex. Operations are expected to begin in 2026.

Bobcat Company completed a $9.3 million investment in automated punch press technology at its Gwinner, North Dakota plant, built with AP&T North America, and added $1.2 million in building upgrades. The new line began production and is expected to more than double press capacity.

Finnish technology group Valmet has completed its acquisition of the US-based Process Solutions business of NovaTech Automation. The deal was announced in November 2022.

Eastern Controls, Inc. expanded its authorized representation of SICK to cover Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and New York, building on its existing western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio territories.

Bosch Rexroth intends to invest in its mobile hydraulics site in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, to develop electrification of mobile machinery and related software. No investment amount was disclosed.

Festo is expanding its Technology Engineering Center at the Mason, Ohio campus, with the expansion expected to be complete by the end of September 2022.

Festo U.S. announced a new Global Production Center at its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio, scheduled to begin production by year end 2022, its first such center in North America.

Premier Tech is investing $33 million in a 165,000-square-foot facility in Montgomery, Alabama, for its Systems and Automation group, serving as its US headquarters. Operations start gradually from March 2023.

MFP Automation Engineering, a fluid power and automation company, is investing $824,013 in a 10,000-square-foot expansion of warehousing and office space at its existing facility in Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan. The expansion is expected to create five new jobs.

ABB was selected by ioneer for a significant automation engineering and equipment contract at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, covering process automation, power management and electrical distribution. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Valve actuator maker Harold Beck & Sons converted to a 100% employee stock ownership plan at the end of 2021, with 135 employees, according to the company's president Doug Beck.

Henkel closed its acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies, a metal packaging sealants supplier based in Cambridge, MA, for US$1.05 billion, and the Sonderhoff Group, a Cologne-based foamed gasketing and dosing equipment maker, with undisclosed terms.

United Flow Technologies, a platform owned by H.I.G. Capital, completed its acquisition of Tesco Controls, a Sacramento-based control system integrator for water and other sectors. Terms were not disclosed.

Autonomous military and aerospace solutions provider Gen3 Defense & Aerospace will expand into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with an $8.69 million capital investment and 269 new jobs, supported by a $1 million state grant.

Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is moving into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with a $8.7 million capital investment expected to create up to 269 high-wage jobs. Michigan was chosen over a site in Florida.

KKR has agreed to acquire Flow Control Group, a Charlotte, North Carolina distributor of flow control and industrial automation products, from Bertram Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Promess, a Michigan maker of sensing and motion control equipment, bought a 45,000-square-foot facility on Lochlin Drive in Green Oak Township and plans to move its Brighton manufacturing there by end of March, with a $4-5 million investment and about 20 new jobs.

Japan-based CKD Corporation will establish its first U.S. production site in Austin, Texas, with a $13 million investment creating up to 70 jobs. The facility will make fluid control components for the semiconductor industry and is scheduled to start operations in Fall 2021.

Parent companies of Cattron and LOFA Industries, both Harbour Group companies, merged to form Control Solutions, a control systems platform for engine and pump management. Terms were not disclosed.

Intertape Polymer Group agreed to acquire Schaumburg, Illinois-based Nortech Packaging and Tishma Technologies, makers of automated packaging machines. XLCS Partners advised the sellers.

IMI plc agreed to acquire Bimba, a Monee, Illinois maker of actuators and pneumatic cylinders, for $198 million in cash, with a further $2.5 million set aside for staff retention. Completion is subject to merger clearance and approval by Bimba's ESOP.

Emerson will invest more than $100 million in Boulder, Colorado, to expand manufacturing space by nearly 180,000 square feet and open a new innovation center for advanced flow measurement products.

New-Indy Containerboard selected ABB to provide integrated electrical and automation systems and equipment for the rebuild of its Number 3 paper machine at the Columbia project in Catawba, South Carolina. The announcement is dated March 24, 2020.

Intertape Polymer Group agreed to acquire substantially all operating assets of Nortech Packaging, a maker of automated packaging machines near Chicago, Illinois, for about $36.5 million in cash plus potential earn-out. The deal was announced on February 10, 2020.

Shorehill Capital acquired an ownership interest in Triad Technologies, a Vandalia, Ohio distributor of industrial fluid power and automation products, alongside management and the Wissman family; terms were not disclosed.

ENGlobal's subsidiary ENGlobal Government Services won one of three prime contractor spots on a US$124 million multiple-award contract for the Defense Logistics Agency's Automated Fuel Handling Program. The five-year contract covers fuel monitoring and control systems worldwide.

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial automation equipment distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, alongside management. The deal was announced on April 9, 2019 and no value was disclosed.

Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger agreed to create Sensia, a joint venture offering integrated automation and measurement solutions to the oil and gas industry. The transaction is expected to close and begin serving customers in summer 2019, subject to regulatory approvals.

Hartfiel Automation acquired Fiero Fluid Power, a distributor of pneumatic, automation, motion control, robotics and instrumentation products with stocking locations in Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. The combined business will operate as Fiero Automation.

A-T Controls acquired the assets of Mighty Instruments of Houston, Texas, according to a Valve Manufacturers Association notice dated 15 November 2018.

Swiss instrumentation maker Endress+Hauser will build a 100,000 square foot industrial and office facility in Pearland's Lower Kirby District, employing about 110 staff for its growing US business.

Festo announced the acquisition of Fabco-Air, a Gainesville, Florida manufacturer of pneumatic automation components, which will continue to operate independently in Gainesville.