SKF is investing approximately $28 million to expand and automate manufacturing at its Sumter, South Carolina factory, which will consolidate production from Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina. The investments take 12 to 18 months to implement.

Compass Energy Systems signed an agreement to acquire Exterran's U.S. natural gas compression assets, including its Brittmoore Road facility in Houston, with closing expected in Q4 2020.

Schulz of America, a US subsidiary of Joinville-based Schulz Compressores, opened a new facility in Acworth, near Atlanta, Georgia, after investing about US$2.5 million to expand its presence in the North American market.

MHI Compressor International will supply syngas and ammonia refrigerant compressor trains for Gulf Coast Ammonia's ammonia plant in Texas City, Texas, which Air Products will build and operate.

Dover Precision Components opened a new roughly 12,000 sq ft Innovation Lab in Houston, Texas, housing test rigs for fluid film bearings and reciprocating compressor components.

Kubota will transfer part of its compact track loader production for North America to a new plant in Salina, Kansas, run by subsidiary Great Plains Manufacturing. Mass production is set to start in 2022, with an investment of about $53 million.

Rotating Machinery Services (RMS) announced the acquisition of the AC Compressor business from Baker Hughes, a GE Company, including its personnel, intellectual property, tooling and CONMEC compressor drawings and designs.

CECO Environmental agreed to form a joint venture combining its Effox-Flextor damper business with the damper business of Mader Machine Co., a CHIEF Capital portfolio company. CECO will hold 70 percent of the equity and consolidate the joint venture.

Big Shoulders Capital of Northbrook, Illinois acquired F.H. Ayer Manufacturing Company, a Chicago Heights rebuilder of industrial pumps, turbines, gearboxes and valves, in a deal advised by Houlihan Capital. The sale was reported as August 2020.

Neuman & Esser Group acquired Norwalk Compressor Co. of Stratford, Connecticut, including its manufacturing assets, products, trademarks and workforce. The announcement was made on 2020-07-31.

KPS Capital Partners agreed to acquire substantially all assets of Briggs & Stratton, including foreign subsidiary equity, for about $550 million as Briggs & Stratton filed for Chapter 11, with KPS also providing $265 million in DIP financing.

Denver-based private equity firm Lion Equity Partners acquired Global Compression Services from Warren Equipment Company, a Midland, Texas provider of heavy equipment. The deal was announced December 31, 2024.

Global Compression Services opened a new 14,000-square-foot facility in Bloomfield, New Mexico, to serve customers across the San Juan Basin and replace its Farmington site. The announcement is dated June 5, 2025.

Alfa Laval won an order worth approximately SEK 160 million to supply Niagara air cooler systems to a US gas processing plant, with delivery scheduled for 2021.

BendPak Holdings, a subsidiary of BendPak, Inc., acquired certain assets and intellectual property from Garage Equipment Supply, Inc. and its IP holding company, including the Dannmar, MaxJax and Garage Equipment Supply brands. Terms were not disclosed.

Paul Mueller Company announced a $17.9 million, 20,000-square-foot expansion of its Components Products facility in Springfield, Missouri, increasing capacity for tank heads, cones and shells. The announcement is dated April 15, 2025.

Siemens Gas and Power will supply three cryogenic boil-off gas compressor trains, plus motors and steam turbine generator sets, for the Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. The contract was awarded by CCZ JV, reported on 2020-05-27.

Siemens Gas and Power won a contract from CCZ JV to supply three cryogenic boil-off gas compressor trains for the Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, with each package driven by a 6.8 MW electric motor.

AVW Equipment, a family-owned car wash equipment manufacturer, plans to build a single-story 10,000-square-foot facility next to its current Maywood plant, after zoning variances were recommended.

Nabell USA, a bellows manufacturer and subsidiary of Japan's Nabell Corporation, plans to invest about $2.9 million in its existing Albemarle, North Carolina facility and create 15 new jobs within 24 months.

Trane Technologies spun off its industrial business, which combined with Gardner Denver to form the new Ingersoll Rand in a deal valued at $15 billion; the transaction has been completed.

Siemens Gas and Power won a contract to supply two SGT-400 gas turbine compression packages totaling 39,000 horsepower for an expansion of Midcoast Energy's CJ Express pipeline at an existing compression station in east Texas.

Siemens Gas and Power won a contract to supply two SGT-400 gas turbine compression packages with 39,000 horsepower for an expansion at an existing compression station on Midcoast Energy's CJ Express pipeline in east Texas. WHC Energy Services is the EPC provider.

Dearing Compressor has acquired Kruman, a Pittsburgh company, and will keep the Kruman name as a division of Dearing. The deal expands Dearing's territory across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland.

Elgi Equipments' wholly-owned subsidiary Elgi Compressors USA Inc formed a joint venture company with Bryan Becker, managing partner of the LLC, on 19 March 2020, disclosed to exchanges on 11 May 2020.

R&D Dynamics Corporation of Bloomfield, Connecticut was awarded a production contract to supply oil-free, foil-bearing compressors for a major fuel cell manufacturer, to be made at its Connecticut facility.

Atlas Copco has acquired Dekker Vacuum Technologies, a Michigan City, Indiana maker of highly engineered vacuum pumps and systems. Prairie Capital Advisors was exclusive financial advisor to Dekker. Terms were not disclosed.

Nidec Press & Automation is building a 25,000 sq ft addition to its service, repair parts, machining and remanufacturing facility at its headquarters in Minster, Ohio. The expansion is part of a global push in remanufacturing capacity.

Charlotte-based Wastequip signed a definitive agreement to acquire Van Nuys, California waste container manufacturer Consolidated Fabricators Corp., which has California facilities and a plant in Tijuana, Mexico.

Barber-Nichols held a groundbreaking for a new 43,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing facility in Arvada, Colorado, with completion scheduled for early 2021. The company plans to hire more than twenty new full-time employees in 2020.

Siemens was awarded a contract to supply three boil-off gas compressor packages for Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Kiewit, the EPC contractor, selected Siemens for the balance-of-plant scope.

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.

Gardner Denver completed its merger with the Ingersoll Rand Industrial segment on 29 February 2020, forming Ingersoll Rand Inc. with over 16,000 employees. The combined company makes air compressors, pumps, blowers and fluid management systems.

Danish engineering company Danfoss agreed to acquire Eaton's Hydraulics business for a cash price of $3.3 billion (about EUR 3.0 billion), as reported in a January 21, 2020 law firm roundup.

Atlas Copco acquired Hydra Flow West, a distributor of spare parts and accessories for compressor service based in Walnut, California. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement was made on January 16, 2020.

VEGA Americas acquired about 50 acres in Mason, Ohio's Research and Development Park for a new North American headquarters and advanced manufacturing facility.

Pye-Barker Engineered Solutions acquired Florida Air Technologies, LLC of Orlando, taking over its compressed air equipment, vacuum pumps and repair parts. All employees keep their jobs, and the deal was announced on January 9, 2020.

Warburg Pincus agreed to acquire Sundyne, a maker of centrifugal pumps and compressors, from BC Partners and The Carlyle Group. Terms were not disclosed and management under CEO Mark Sefcik will continue.

ELGi Compressors USA, a subsidiary of ELGi Equipments, acquired Michigan Air Solutions, an independent air compressor distributor with locations in Grand Rapids and Plymouth, Michigan.

Valmet received a repeat order from Irving Consumer Products in the United States for a complete tissue production line with an Advantage ThruAir machine. The line will add 75,000 annual tonnes of tissue capacity and is planned to start up in 2022.

ELGi Equipments received approval to acquire 100 percent of Michigan Air Solutions LLC, a Michigan-based air compressor distributor, through its US subsidiary. The total consideration is around US$6 million.

Iowa Fluid Power (IFP) has begun construction on a $5.7 million expansion adding 44,000 square feet at its Cedar Rapids, Iowa site for manufacturing and distribution. The article is dated November 2019.

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.

Fluid power distributor SunSource joined forces with The Hope Group, a Northborough, Massachusetts distributor of hydraulics and pneumatics, as announced in a letter to customers and vendors on November 5, 2019; the deal was announced internally on October 31, 2019.

Kaman Corporation agreed to acquire Bal Seal Engineering, a maker of precision springs, seals and contacts, for $330 million in cash. Bal Seal expects about $95 million in revenue for 2019.

Johnson Controls announced it acquired Synchrony, a Roanoke, Virginia developer of active magnetic bearing technology, from Siemens Gas and Power. The deal closed November 1, 2019 and will improve its centrifugal chiller products.

RegO, a maker of valves and controls for propane and LNG, is expanding its Whitsett, North Carolina manufacturing facility with new automated machining stations, adding about 50 jobs. The machines will be installed over eight months and roughly double plant capacity.

Atlas Copco Compressors LLC acquired the assets of California distributors Accurate Air Engineering and Compressed Air of California, which will become factory direct branches across five locations from San Diego to Sacramento. More than 50 staff join Atlas Copco.

Kaishan group held a ribbon cutting and grand opening on October 4, 2019 for its new 65,000 sq ft U.S. corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Loxley, Alabama. The site brings 62 manufacturing jobs and more than $11 million in capital investment over its first three years.

Sullair broke ground on a nearly $30 million expansion of its Michigan City, Indiana air compressor plant, including a new 80,000 sq ft facility. The company plans to hire at least 33 more employees.