Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens Power and Gas, received an order from BP to supply two DATUM compressor trains with Siemens electric motors for the Mad Dog 2 floating production platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Equipment ships in 2018 and oil production is expected to begin late 2021.

Milacron will invest about $5 million to expand its Greenville, Michigan plant, creating up to 70 jobs as it consolidates machining operations from its Youngwood, Pennsylvania plant.

Hitachi has agreed to acquire Accudyne Industries' subsidiaries and related assets that make and sell Sullair-branded air compressors. The deal gives Hitachi access to Sullair's sales network, mainly in North America.

Bosch Rexroth announced an $80 million expansion of its Fountain Inn hydraulics manufacturing operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, adding a building and land, and expected to create 160 jobs over five years.

Wisconsin Oven Corp. bought a 130,000-square-foot former Plymouth Tube facility in East Troy, Wisconsin, for $1.7 million to expand its industrial oven production. It plans to hire 80 to 90 employees between 2017 and 2019.

SWF Companies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dover Corporation, acquired Tisma Machinery Corporation of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a maker of high-speed cartoning machinery.

Atlas Copco has started production at its new 180,000 sq. ft. facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, with the first XAS 185 portable air compressor, replacing its original Rock Hill site.

Bidell Gas Compression unveiled its renovated Weirton facility, a 100,000-square-foot former ArcelorMittal building, after investing more than $3 million. Production of gas compressor systems is set to start in the coming weeks.

Bidell Gas Compression, a subsidiary of Canadian Total Energy Services Inc., will repurpose a 100,000-square-foot decommissioned machine shop in Weirton, West Virginia, to fabricate, sell, lease and service natural gas compression equipment. The operation expects around 60 jobs in 2017, rising to 130 by 2019.

Dana Incorporated debuted off-highway drivetrain and power-transmission offerings at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, including a complete drive system for 55- to 110-ton cranes and new Brevini construction solutions.

Parker Hannifin and CLARCOR have entered into a definitive agreement under which Parker will acquire CLARCOR for about $4.3 billion.

Milacron announced the closure of its Youngwood, Pennsylvania plant, putting 63 employees out of work, with the plant to close in summer 2017 as machining moves to Greenville, Michigan.

Nel Hydrogen, a division of Nel ASA, signed an exclusive framework contract with Royal Dutch Shell to supply, build and maintain H2Station hydrogen fueling stations in California, with a potential value above NOK 140 million.

Crown Paper Group's Montebello Container installed an automated dry end at its La Mirada sheet feeder plant plus conveyors, unitizers and wet-end upgrades, and improved safety and waste at Pico Rivera and Santa Fe Springs. Montebello increased production more than 20 percent in 2016.

Gardner Denver is building a 27,000-square-foot addition to its Princeton facility to add production cells and warehousing, with completion expected by the end of March 2017. It is the first new US building the company has added in 18 years.

Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial equipment distributor based in Columbus, Ohio, acquired C & C Industrial Sales (Gallatin, Tennessee) and Midway Industrial Supply (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Both become divisions of OTP Industrial Solutions, which sells spray finishing, sealant, adhesive, automation and fluid power systems.

Fabco-Air Inc. of Gainesville, Florida acquired the Humphrey stainless steel disposable cylinder product line, including the volume chamber line and cylinder accessories, in a transaction completed December 16, 2016.

Amcor Rigid Plastics purchased a Sacmi CBF20 20-cavity compression blow forming machine for making HDPE pharmaceutical bottles at its Youngsville, North Carolina plant, announced in late 2016.

Parker-Hannifin agreed to acquire CLARCOR, a Franklin, Tennessee filtration manufacturer, for $83.00 per share in cash. The deal values CLARCOR at about $4.3 billion including net debt.

Newly formed Aero Technologies plans a $1.1 million facility in the Blue Grass Industrial Park in Adams County, Iowa, to make heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment and products. The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $225,000 in direct assistance plus tax benefits, and the plant is expected to create 25 jobs.

Danos has finished fabricating three boarding valve skids and one service line skid for Shell's Appomattox deepwater facility in Amelia, Louisiana. The roughly 12-month project was delivered on budget.

Nordson Corp will relocate three manufacturing operations to the former Tamarkin warehouse at 375 Victoria Road in Austintown, Ohio, in a 25 million dollar project. Austintown trustees approved a 60% 10-year Enterprise Zone tax abatement to help fund it.