ebm-papst is taking over an existing production building in Johnson City, Tennessee, to make fans for refrigeration and HVAC applications from September 2019. It also bought 12 hectares to build a new plant there, planning to invest about USD 37 million and employ up to 200 people over five years.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to merge its air compressor, pumps, and fluid and materials handling business with Gardner Denver, spinning off its industrial business. The climate solutions business will receive $1.9bn in cash from the merger financing.

Kelvion has opened an HVAC heat exchanger and cooling systems factory in the former Rocore plant at 5050 S. National Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee, after investing more than $7 million. It employs 50 people and plans to add about 60 more jobs.

Nidec agreed to sell its entire Secop refrigeration compressor business to ESSVP IV and Silenos GmbH, subject to approvals in Germany, Austria, Spain and by the European Commission.

The European Commission approved Nidec's proposed acquisition of Whirlpool's Embraco refrigeration compressor business, conditional on Nidec's divestment and investment commitments. The purchase price was $1.08 billion, agreed on 24 April 2018.

The European Commission approved Nidec's proposed acquisition of Embraco, Whirlpool's refrigeration compressor business, subject to Nidec's commitments. The clearance decision was dated 12 April 2019.

Elliott Group completed the merger of Ebara International Corporation, based in Sparks, Nevada, with its Jeannette, Pennsylvania operations, effective from 1 April 2019. Cryodynamics cryogenic pumps are now made at Elliott's Jeannette factory.

CEO Viren Patel completed the acquisition of Fluid Energy Controls, a City of Industry, California maker of custom accumulators and fluid power distributor, effective April 1 (2019).

Daikin Applied is leasing additional office space at its Plymouth, Minnesota headquarters to support existing staff and planned new positions. The size of the space was not disclosed.

Alfa Laval won an order worth about SEK 110 million to supply Niagara air cooler systems to a US gas processing plant. Deliveries are scheduled for 2019.

Kensa Heat Pumps and Kensa Contracting will fulfil a GBP 7.5 million order to install ground source heat pumps in over 700 dwellings for Together Housing across Lancashire and Yorkshire over three years.

Emerson announced an expansion of its Copeland Discus III semi-hermetic compressor line with new 4DA/4DE and 6DU/6DV/6DZ models, available now for purchase and installation. The six-cylinder models increase capacity by more than 20 percent.

Kensa Heat Pumps and Kensa Contracting will install ground source heat pumps in over 700 Together Housing dwellings across Lancashire and Yorkshire under a £7.5 million order over three years.

T/CCI Manufacturing opened a 16,000 square-foot facility in Noida, India, to manufacture and distribute 5H and 7H wobble plate compressors for heavy-duty truck, construction and bus markets. The first year target is 50,000 units, rising to 300,000 by 2021.

SANHUA AWECO held a grand opening ceremony for a new 1000 square metre production building inside its existing Tychy plant in Poland, to produce expansion valves for European automotive customers. The first production start is planned for May 2019.

Chemours has started up a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi site in Ingleside, Texas, completing a $300 million project that triples its global capacity for this product.

Thermax opened a new manufacturing unit at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, built with an investment of INR 166 crore. Phase 1 capacity is 400 machines a year, with initial staff of 60 rising to over 300.

Kaeser Kompressoren is building a 2,300 square metre extension in Gera for refrigerant dryer production, with a total investment of about nine million euros; production could start in June 2019 after topping out on January 20, 2019.

NOVENCO Building & Industry received two significant orders from Facebook to supply free-cooling solutions using fan arrays and relief fans for two new Facebook data center buildings in the USA, with all equipment to be delivered in 2019.

NOVENCO Building & Industry received two significant orders from Facebook to supply direct free cooling solutions with fan arrays and relief fans for two new US data center buildings. All equipment will be delivered in 2019.

Turkey's Competition Board placed Nidec Corporation's acquisition of sole control of Whirlpool's compressor unit Embraco under final examination, a decision dated 20 December 2018 and announced 16 January 2019. The deal is suspended until a final decision.

Gas boiler maker Remeha announced it is taking over Dutch heat pump specialist Techneco, which will continue as an independent subsidiary. The deal is aimed at making Remeha a market leader in heat pumps.

Alfa Laval won an order worth about SEK 110 million to supply Niagara air cooler systems to a gas processing plant in the U.S., booked in late December 2018 with deliveries in 2019.

San Francisco International Airport named Southland Industries mechanical engineer of record for the $650 million Terminal 3 West Modernization Project, with completion slated for December 2022. Southland will provide design-build mechanical, plumbing and building automation services.

Munters received three orders from an unnamed leading Chinese vehicle and electronics company for low-humidity climate solutions for lithium battery production, with a total value of about SEK 120 million. Delivery is expected in the first half of 2019.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, Florida, expanding its footprint in Innovation Park and creating 120 new jobs, as announced by Governor Rick Scott. Construction was expected to be completed in 2019.

The European Commission opened an in-depth merger investigation into Nidec's proposed acquisition of compressor maker Embraco from Whirlpool, citing concerns about competition in refrigeration compressors. The Commission has until 15 April 2019 to decide.

Valeo will build a 4,000 square metre production hall in Žebrák, Czech Republic, for battery cooling modules for electric vehicles. The investment is 450 million CZK, with production due to start at the end of 2019 and up to 1.2 million modules a year.

Guangdong Meizhi Compressor (GMCC), a Midea Group company, is setting up its first compressor manufacturing facility outside China at Supa Parner Technology Park in Maharashtra. Midea plans about INR 1,350 crore of investment there and expects operations to begin in 2020.

NOSKE-KAESER Maritime Solutions received an order from the K130 consortium, led by Lürssen, for air conditioning, refrigeration and fire protection systems for five more corvettes for the German Navy. Deliveries of the first components are scheduled for 2019.

Danfoss inaugurated its extended ATEX compressor laboratory in Trévoux, France, which now covers 3,000 square metres and is the first of its kind in Europe. The investment totalled 16 million euro.

Emerson completed the first phase of upgrades to its Rushville, Indiana plant, totaling nearly $8 million, to enhance Copeland compressor remanufacturing and OEM manufacturing. Emerson has invested $13 million in the plant since 2013.

Daikin Applied Americas announced a $40.3 million investment in a new 300,000 sq ft manufacturing operation in Faribault, Minnesota.

NIBE Industrier AB signed an agreement to acquire 51% of the EMIN Group, a 340-employee maker of fluid coupling systems with operations in Turkey and Serbia, with a call option on a further 29% in 2025. Completion is expected in eight weeks, subject to Turkish competition approval.

Camfil USA is expanding its facility in Crystal Lake, Illinois, according to a report published on 2018-08-01. No investment amount or job figures were given.

China's Sanhua Holding Group acquired American Tubing International, a Springdale, Arkansas maker of copper tubing for air conditioning and refrigeration, in July 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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.

Uponor North America completed renovations on its $6.35 million, 237,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, bought in July 2017, six months ahead of schedule. PEX pipe production is underway.

Nidec completed its acquisition of Whirlpool Corporation's compressor business, Embraco, on 2 July 2019 after European Commission approval. Embraco operates in Brazil.

Nidec signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Delta production line from Secop Austria through its Nidec Global Appliance Italy subsidiary and Austrian company. The agreement was signed on 31 March 2020.

Nidec Corporation acquired 100% of CIMA S.p.A., a Vicenza-based maker of commercial motors for ventilation and fans, on July 2, 2018. The deal strengthens Nidec's European commercial motor business.

GE Appliances plans to invest $115 million to expand its Decatur, Alabama manufacturing plant by about 40,000 square feet, adding 255 full-time jobs and boosting production of top-mounted freezer refrigerators.

Wieland will invest 20 million USD over 12 months in a new production facility adjacent to its Wheeling (Chicago), Illinois plant for enhanced surface tubes. The facility, scheduled for completion by spring 2019, will double its US capacity for these tubes.

Smardt Chillers opened a new and expanded facility on Alexandra Road in Technopark Singapore on 29 June 2018. The site adds a workshop, spare parts warehouse and training facility for oil-free chiller technology built on Danfoss Turbocor compressors.

Danfoss acquired additional shares in Finnish IoT building-energy firm Leanheat, bringing its total ownership to 46 per cent from 23 per cent acquired in 2016. The deal strengthens its building energy optimization offering.

Danfoss inaugurated its flagship district heating facility in Anshan, Liaoning Province, China, with an investment of 170 million RMB. The plant produces control valves, stations and heat exchangers and expands the Anshan campus fivefold.

Saudi Hajj authorities selected Breezair evaporative air conditioners, supplied by Seeley International, to cool pilgrim tents in Mina, creating the world's largest installation of more than 50,000 evaporative coolers.

Provides US, a heat exchanger manufacturer, will invest $897,000 to expand its operation in Augusta County, Virginia, adding 50,000 square feet of production space and 20 jobs. The parent company is headquartered in Latina, Italy.

Liebherr-Transportation Systems won an order from Wuhan CRRC to supply air conditioning systems for 31 trains on the Wuhan Metro, comprising 372 air-conditioning units and 62 driver cab ventilation units. The order was announced on 25 May 2018.

Halton Co. will build a 55,000-square-foot $6.66 million second facility in Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to house its Halton Air Moving division making emission control devices and air handling units.