Anaconda Equipment has broken ground on a new 2,900 m² (31,000 ft²) factory in Ardboe, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, including a paint shop, blast area and assembly shed. The expansion will increase production capacity by up to 30% and create new jobs.

Wirtgen China celebrated the rollout of the first products from Phase 2 of its Langfang factory in Hebei, China. The expansion, with a total investment of 700 million RMB, increased production capacity by 50% and introduced Industry 4.0 digital production concepts.

Lontra is opening a £17 million smart factory in Doncaster to make energy-saving compressors, with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority providing grant and loan support of over £7 million and over 300 new jobs expected.

Schumacher Packaging has commissioned Voith to rebuild paper machine PM 2 at its Myszków site in Poland, doubling light-weight containerboard output from 500 to 1000 tons per day, with restart scheduled for mid-2023.

Hefei Haiyuan Machinery Co., Ltd. and Germany's KION Group signed an agreement to establish a joint venture, with Hefei Haiyuan as the majority owner, to supply axle assemblies, hydraulic cylinder assemblies and related parts for KION's industrial trucks and warehouse equipment. Phase 1 is under construction and expected to be completed by June 2022.

Dellner Bubenzer acquired Hydratech Industries, a Danish supplier of hydraulic systems for wind, offshore, marine and industry applications. The company will operate as Dellner Hydratech Group, adding 300 employees.

Palmgren has become the exclusive North American joint venture partner for Arboga, offering Arboga's gear head drill presses in North America.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Australia (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Bridgestone, has acquired 100% of the shares of Otraco International (Pty) Ltd from Downer EDI Mining. The acquisition was approved by the Competition and Consumer Authority of Botswana on October 27, 2021.

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore is assessing the proposed merger between Cargotec Corporation and Konecranes Plc, inviting public feedback. Both are Finnish companies supplying container handling and material handling equipment.

Fabryki Obrabiarek RAFAMET S.A. confirmed an order from Hebei K.N.T. Technology Development Co., Ltd for a tandem underfloor wheel lathe 2UGE 150N for the Beijing Metro, valued at EUR 1,330,000. Delivery is scheduled for October 2022.

Compressor Controls Corporation was awarded a contract by Aker Solutions to supply seabed compressor control technology and engineering support for the Chevron-operated Jansz-Io Compression project in the Indian Ocean.

Schumacher Packaging commissioned Voith to rebuild its PM 2 line at the Myszków site in Poland, doubling light-weight containerboard output from 500 to 1000 tons per day, with restart scheduled for mid-2023.

Tadano announced it will launch its first crane developed with combined Demag and Tadano DNA, a two-axle crane, in January 2022. The crane will feature the IC-1 Plus control system and standardized cab.

Guyson Corporation USA completed the engineering, design and build of two custom robotic wet blasting systems for a Tier 1 automotive supplier. The systems are designed for descaling and surface preparation of high volume drive line components.

COFCO Engineering & Technology (Zhongliang Gongke) signed agreements to acquire 55% of Dongying Yingchun Precision Machinery and 55% of Hunan Yingchun Siborui Intelligent Equipment for a total of CNY 62.06 million, to expand its equipment manufacturing capabilities.

Adler Industrial Solutions purchased a new Yasda machining center for its subsidiary Shorts Tool and Mfg., including two mills for graphite and steel, as part of planned investments after acquiring Shorts in May 2021.

Grob China held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 25, 2021 for its fifth new factory in Dalian, China. The plant will cover 35,000 m², with an investment of about 130 million CNY, and is scheduled to be completed and operational by August 2022.

UK-listed Sprintex has signed a three-year strategic procurement and cooperation agreement with Chinese firm Nanjing RGE Membrane Tech to design and supply high-speed centrifugal air compressor systems for China's water treatment industry, with a minimum of 400 units.

KEB America has completed a two-year expansion of its headquarters in Shakopee, Minnesota, nearly doubling floor space from 80,000 to 150,000 square feet to increase production capacity and warehousing for North American demand.

Vow ASA has received a purchase order valued at NOK 215 million to supply process equipment, engineering, and project support for Vow Green Metals' biocarbon plant at Follum, Norway. The equipment will be shipped during 2022.

Liebherr-Great Britain has begun an £8 million expansion of its Biggleswade headquarters, adding 15 acres for preparation workshops and a customer centre. The project is expected to complete by March 2022.

South Korean beverage producer Samyang Packaging ordered two complete aseptic turnkey lines from Krones for its Seoul facility. The lines, each with a capacity of 12,000 PET bottles per hour, were commissioned in June 2021.

Mellott announced a partnership with MFG Partners and PNC Mezzanine Capital to support growth and expansion, while continuing to operate as a family business.

JCB do Brasil announced R$ 120 million in investments for 2022-2024 at its Sorocaba factory, creating about 300 new jobs. The factory produces construction equipment like backhoe loaders.

Japanese motors and drives manufacturer Nidec has acquired Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool, a machine tool and cutting tools company, for an undisclosed sum. The business is renamed Nidec Machine Tool Corporation.

DWD Engineering was awarded a project to repair, upgrade and revamp Botswana Railways' Rescue Crane, with an official ceremony held on September 24, 2021.

Tornado Global Hydrovacs Ltd. has opened a new 68,500 square foot facility in Red Deer, Alberta, tripling its hydrovac manufacturing capacity from 80 to 240 units annually.

Guangdong Enkongs Machinery Co., Ltd. is expanding by building a new 10,000 square meter factory in Jiangmen, China, to increase production capacity for glass machinery, expected to produce 100 glass one-sided machines and 20 glass bilateral lines per month starting in May.

Valmet will supply key board machine technology to Zhejiang Forest United Paper for a new container board machine (PM6) in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. The order is valued at around EUR 10 million, with start-up scheduled for 2023.

Hubei Hangte Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. awarded a contract to Wuhan Zhicheng Changsheng Machinery Co., Ltd. for one Grob G550A horizontal five-axis machining center for 5.085 million yuan.

Citizen Machinery will increase production capacity of CNC automatic lathes at its Ayutthaya, Thailand plant by 50% to 350 units per month by November 2022. A new building will be constructed with a total investment of about ¥600 million, and employment will increase by 70 to about 370 by 2023.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc. signed an agreement to acquire Koch Machine Tool, a machine tool dealer in Texas. The acquisition is expected to close by January 1, 2022. Koch's offices in Dallas and Houston will become Methods' facilities.

MJTEK LLC, doing business as Tronix3D, acquired Agile Additive's polymer division on October 18, 2021. Financial terms were not disclosed. The division will operate under the Tronix3D brand.

Cymat Technologies announced a $2 million capital investment program to upgrade and modernize its Mississauga, Ontario plant, aiming to increase output to approximately $75 million and deploy automation.

Jinlong Electromechanical plans to relocate its wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Jiaai Motor's factory to the Dongguan Liaobu factory, incurring costs of about 24.6 million yuan.

TDG Clamping Solutions closed an order with Geminis Lathes to supply two special 4-jaw multiplier chucks (2.7m and 3.0m diameter) for a new-generation GT11i lathe, one of the largest in the market.

Autowell's subsidiary Wuxi Songci Electromechanical won a bid for Yuzi Semiconductor's '1600 single-crystal furnace procurement' project worth about ¥140 million (including tax). Deliveries will begin in November 2021.

The Safe Metal branch of Groupe Safe has acquired Mécanique 2L, a French specialist in machining for aerospace, agricultural, and other industries. The acquisition aims to enhance Safe Metal's machining capabilities.

Stafford Crane Group (SCG) has acquired Portuguese tower crane manufacturer Soima Cranes. The acquisition gives SCG control over design and production of tower crane equipment.

Brückner Maschinenbau has placed an order with Coperion for more than 50 ZSK Mc 18 twin screw extruders, which will be integrated into plants for the production of flexible BOPET packaging films in China.

Alstom has been chosen by Ile-de-France Mobilités and RATP to supply 37 Citadis X05 trams worth around €130 million for the T1-Line in the Ile-de-France region, with an optional tranche of 83 additional trams. The trams will replace current rolling stock and increase capacity by 15%.

TLprogres s.r.o. awarded a contract to GF Machining Solutions s.r.o. for the supply of technological equipment for metalworking, including a 3-axis machining center and an electronic wire cutting machine. The contract value is EUR 156,000.

ANDRITZ received an order from Walsin Lihwa to supply two Pyromars mixed acid recovery plants for wire rod production sites in Yantai, China, and Yenshui, Taiwan, with capacities of 4,500 l/h and 6,500 l/h. Start-up is scheduled for Q1 2023.

Valmet Oyj will supply a repeat order of an OptiConcept M board production line to Pratt Paper LLC, a subsidiary of Pratt Industries, for its new Henderson, Kentucky mill. The contract value was not disclosed.

ABB completed a $941K upgrade of a 3-zone process line for a top copper/brass producer in Buffalo, New York, including drives, motors, and control systems.

Marchesini Group acquired 70% of the shares in Dott. Bonapace, a manufacturer of laboratory machines for R&D and small industrial production of consumables. This marks Marchesini's entry into the laboratory machinery market.

Tadano invested JP¥21.5 billion in its Kozai smart plant, which opened in 2019. The 47,000 square-metre facility produces rough terrain cranes, truck cranes, and main parts, and is becoming Tadano's primary production base in Japan.

Eriez doubled the space of its Eriez Service and Repair Center.

Canadian-based Exchanger Industries acquired HRS Heat Exchangers, a supplier of heat exchangers and custom process systems for environmental, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors. The two companies will continue to operate separately.

CPM Holdings Inc., a global supplier of process equipment, acquired Bliss Industries LLC, a manufacturer of hammer-mills, pellet mills, and peripheral equipment for biomass, pet food, and animal feed industries. Bliss is headquartered in Ponca City, Oklahoma.