Integrated Power Services (IPS), a motor and generator repair and distribution provider, signed a partnership with Gefran Drives and Motion Control Group to offer drive and motion control products and services in North America. The agreement was announced on June 14, 2017.

Smith Anderson is setting up a joint venture with a major packaging supplier to open a new facility in the south of Poland, with McDonald's Europe supporting the venture. Staff will be trained in Kirkcaldy.

Rheinmetall Automotive's KS Kolbenschmidt signed a licence agreement with ZYNP to produce and market commercial vehicle steel pistons in China, with a new plant in Mengzhou, Henan province, funded by an unspecified double-digit million euro investment.

Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation formed a joint venture called Advanced Airfoil Components to produce castings.

Merck KGaA and Swiss UV coatings firm Schmid Rhyner are partnering to bring Merck's three-dimensional-effect pearlescent pigment technology to the package printing market.

Tunisian group UTIC merged its subsidiary STEM with the Tunisian subsidiaries of Austria's Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (TEC MMP and MMP Tunisia), creating a leader in folding carton and fluting paper in Tunisia. MCF advised UTIC on the deal, announced in May 2017.

Solegear Bioplastic Technologies and Braskem announced a three-year partnership in which Solegear will use Braskem's I'm green bio-based polyethylene to produce and distribute household recycling containers under its good natured brand.

Danone and Nestlé Waters launched the NaturALL Bottle Alliance with California startup Origin Materials to develop 100% bio-based PET bottles made from non-food feedstocks. The partners expect first bottles in stores by 2020.

A&R Carton, a unit of AR Packaging, signed a strategic partnership with Packages to jointly manufacture, sell and distribute cardboard packaging in Pakistan and neighbouring countries. The deal does not include a joint venture or equity stake.

A&R Carton AB of Sweden and Packages Limited of Pakistan signed a strategic partnership to make, procure, sell and market paper-based packaging in Pakistan and neighboring markets. The agreement is not a joint venture or equity participation.

Kenyan packaging maker Statpack Industries signed a deal to be the sole distributor of Minebea Intec's factory X-ray inspection machines and weighing scales in Kenya, effective immediately.

Massachusetts-based REXA and Compressor Controls Corporation announced a joint initiative to modernize steam turbine controls using REXA's flow match valve actuator and CCC's Speed Control.

Grundfos expanded its use of ANSYS simulation software under a multi-year agreement via channel partner EDRMedeso to build digital twins. The announcement is dated 2017-02-24.

Massachusetts-based REXA and Compressor Controls Corporation announced a joint initiative to modernize steam turbine controls. The announcement is dated 2017-02-24.

Graphic Packaging International will supply a QuikFlex 2100 beverage cartoning machine to City Brewing Company's Memphis, Tennessee packing site. The variety pack line adds 9.5 million cases a year to the plant's 50 million case capacity.

Lontra has licensed its Blade Compressor technology to Sulzer for production within the municipal and regulated wastewater sector. Aeration equipment using the technology will be sold across 150 countries under a multi-million pound deal.

Valmet signed a value-added reseller agreement with Consulta Enterprises for power and process industry automation, covering India, UAE, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Hunosa signed an agreement with Hunaser to advise bottler Aguas Fuensanta on installing a biomass system at its Nava plant in Asturias, expected to cut energy costs by 22% and emissions by over 640 tonnes of CO2 a year.

Qatar's Muntajat signed its first international agency marketing agreement with Total at K Trade Fair 2016 in Dusseldorf. From January 2017, Muntajat will market Total's metallocene polyethylene and polystyrene grades in the Middle East and Egypt.