Yuhuan CNC (002903.SZ) signed two procurement contracts with Jabil Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. on April 22, 2021: one for high-precision CNC double-end surface grinders (CNY 13.2144 million) and one for CNC multi-station polishing machines (CNY 99.5078 million), totaling CNY 112.7222 million (including tax).

AirPro Fan & Blower Co. announced its intent to expand its two factories in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, increasing overall square footage by 40 percent. The expansion, pending permitting, will add production capacity and team members.

Doosan Bobcat completed a $26 million expansion of its Litchfield, Minnesota plant, tripling its size to 200,000 square feet. The plant makes attachments for skid-steer loaders, track loaders and excavators, and will add 160 workers, aiming for 300 total employees.

Robotic Automation Systems broke ground in early April 2021 on a new 13,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Waunakee, Wisconsin, expected to be completed by October 2021. The facility will replace its existing 8,000-sq-ft site and consolidate all operations.

Fanuc México has begun construction of a new operations center in Aguascalientes, Mexico with an investment of $8 million. The facility will include an assembly area, offices, showroom, manufacturing floor and warehouses, and is expected to start operations next year.

Smitty's Supply completed a multi-million-dollar expansion of its blending and manufacturing facility in Roseland, Louisiana, creating 63 new jobs and increasing bottle manufacturing and lubricant filling capacity.

ABB has been contracted by Arauco to modernize the distributed control system at its Licancel Cellulose Plant in Chile, upgrading to ABB Ability System 800xA version 6.1 and migrating from older DCS Infi 90 systems.

DMG Mori will invest about 3 billion yen to double the capacity of its Tianjin factory in China, building a new 20,000 sqm plant within the existing site. Annual capacity will increase to 1,000 units, with production expected to start in 2025.

The U.S. Navy awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to Integrated Marine Services, C & N Universe, Marine & Restaurant Fabricators, and Miller Marine for sheet metal repairs on Navy ships. The combined maximum value is $15,031,323 over five years.

Construction is underway on Linuo's high-performance control valve production and R&D project in Ruian, Zhejiang, with total investment of 350 million yuan. Completion is expected in 2022 with annual output value of 1 billion yuan.

US based lifting gear and rigging manufacturer Crosby group has acquired UK crane safety systems company BlokCorp.

Milwaukee Tool announced a new 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Grenada, Mississippi, expected to create 1,200 jobs and open in late 2022. The company is investing $60 million in advanced technology and manufacturing equipment for the plant.

Milwaukee Tool announced a $60 million investment to construct a 500,000-square-foot accessories manufacturing facility in Grenada County, Mississippi, creating 800 new jobs at the site and 400 more across existing Mississippi locations. The facility is expected to open in late 2022.

Quaker Houghton has entered into an exclusive joint venture with Grindaix GmbH, a German provider of coolant control and delivery systems for metalworking.

Air Products' Kochi Industrial Gas Complex has started supplying syngas to BPCL's Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project at the Kochi Refinery. This is Air Products' second supply contract with BPCL at Kochi.

TOBROCO-GIANT plans to increase production to 9,500 machines annually by 2025, doubling its current output, and will build new production halls at a new location in Oisterwijk.

Rockwell Automation and Comau announced a partnership to offer unified robot control solutions, combining Rockwell's Logix-based controllers with Comau robot arms for easier programming and lifecycle management.

Oslo-based offshore and marine compressor supplier TMC Compressors has appointed Christian Ness as CEO, succeeding Per Kjellin in a planned generational change. Kjellin stays on as advisor and joins the board.

Geminis Lathes, SA was awarded a contract by Swiss Federal Railways (CFF) to supply a CNC lathe and maintenance services for EUR 1,935,156.

The Wirthwein Group is constructing a new production hall at its headquarters in Creglingen, Germany, on the site of a former lumber mill. The project follows a high volume of new orders and a groundbreaking ceremony was held.

Andritz has ordered a large MX9-RAM travelling-column boring-milling machine from JUARISTI for its plant in Savolinna, Finland, to machine large components for the pulp and paper industry.

ANDRITZ received an order from Amarande SAS to supply an elliptical cylinder pre-needler for their plant in Lussac les Châteaux, France. Installation and start-up are scheduled for Q2 2021.

Kinshofer, a manufacturer of attachments for cranes and excavators, acquired a majority stake in Cangini, an Italian family-owned maker of attachments for excavators and front loaders. The deal enhances Kinshofer's product range and manufacturing presence in Italy.

EVA Precision Industrial Holdings, through its subsidiary, agreed to acquire 100% equity of Futaba Metal Products (Shenzhen) for RMB 57.86 million, a manufacturer of office equipment parts.

John Deere has announced a preferred supplier agreement with engcon to offer tiltrotator models EC204 through EC233 through John Deere and Hitachi excavator dealers in the United States and Canada, starting in the second half of 2021.

GEOTEC moved into a new production hall in Brixnerstraße, Wörgl, in 2021, with installation and commissioning of new machines completed successfully.

Siemens Mobility awarded a £40 million contract to GMI Construction Group to build its new train manufacturing plant in Goole, Yorkshire. The facility is part of a £200 million investment and is scheduled to open in 2023.

Lawrence Brothers, Inc. will invest $3.2 million to expand its battery tray fabrication facility in Bluefield, Virginia, upgrading machinery to double production and create 40 new jobs over five years.

Hyperion Materials & Technologies, a global materials science company, acquired Crafts Technology, a high-precision provider of tailor-made cemented tungsten carbide solutions. The acquisition aims to strengthen Hyperion's offerings in advanced hard and super-hard materials.

CBMI Construction awarded a contract to FLSmidth to supply three control systems for one new and two existing production lines at the Kirène cement plant in Thiès region, Senegal. The systems will use FLSmidth's ECS/ControlCenter platform.

United Rentals Inc. acquired Franklin Equipment LLC, an equipment rental, sales and services company with 20 locations in the Midwest and Southeast United States. The acquisition adds over 300 employees.

WINKEL GmbH completed the construction of large assembly hall 3 in Illingen, Germany, after 8 months and an investment of 4 million euros. The expansion increased production area from 4,800 sqm to 7,300 sqm and created 20 new jobs.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. established a new parts remanufacturing plant for medium to large-sized hydraulic excavators on the premises of P.T. Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia's Cibitung 1 Factory in West Java, Indonesia. The plant will start operation in June 2021.

Beijing No.1 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. signed two large orders on April 14, 2021: a contract for an XKAG25 series 5-axis gantry boring and milling machine with Beijing Tianshun Yongchang Mechanical Equipment Co., Ltd., and a production line contract for 10 VA400L high-precision vertical machining centers with Taizhou Weikelangsi Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

Metsä Fibre has signed machinery supply agreements with Raumaster Oy and Raumaster Paper Oy for the new Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland. Raumaster will supply chip and bark processing machinery, conveyors, and automated bale handling equipment for the port warehouse.

KEBA announced plans for an additional location at Technologiering in the municipalities of Leonding and Pasching, Austria. The company will build office and production space on a 100,000 m² site, with construction starting in 2023 and phased over five years, creating 600 jobs.

E-PAK Machinery held a groundbreaking for a 30,000 square foot expansion at its LaPorte, Indiana plant. The addition will increase capacity for liquid filling machines and is expected to be completed in September 2021, adding 10 new employees initially.

On April 13, 2021, Beijing No.1 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. and Heilongjiang North Tool Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement to upgrade their relationship to a strategic cooperative partnership.

BID Group will invest over $2.5 million in a Correa Axia-70 CNC milling machine at its South Carolina operations. The machine will be installed in July 2021 and begin operation in September 2021, creating three jobs.

Materialise has acquired an option to buy Link3D Inc., an additive workflow and MES company, and will exercise the option before the end of 2021. The acquisition will extend Materialise's ability to help companies scale additive manufacturing.

Swedish investment group Lifco AB has acquired Cangini Benne, an Italian manufacturer of attachments for earthmoving machinery based in Sarsina. The acquisition was announced on April 13, 2021.

The BEAMIT Group, backed by Sandvik, acquired 3T Additive Manufacturing from AM GLOBAL Holding GmbH. 3T, based in Newbury, UK, has about 40 employees and specializes in metal additive manufacturing for aerospace, medical and other industries.

FountainVest Partners, an Asian private equity firm, led a consortium to acquire a majority stake in SPT Group (Small Precision Tools), a micro miniature products manufacturer with over 1,000 employees worldwide. The founding family retains a minority stake.

DMG Mori plans to build a 35,000 sqm highly automated plant for 5-axis milling machines in Pinghu, China, with an investment of EUR 75 million. Annual capacity is over 2,200 machines; grand opening is scheduled for end of 2022.

Mapal subsidiary Weisskopf Werkzeuge has opened a second production hall and administration building in Meiningen, Germany, doubling production capacity. The EUR 8.5 million investment created 25 new jobs.

CNF Precision has purchased a new facility with 600% more floor space and invested in additional multi-pallet 4- and 5-axis Matsuura machine tools, increasing automated pallet capacity to over 100.

Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. will invest $38.2 million to construct a 135,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Trivium Corporate Center, Hickory, North Carolina, creating 73 jobs. The plant will produce liquid filtration media and devices for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

Hengsheng Packaging, a Xinsheng Group subsidiary, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Fosber Asia for a 2.5m Fosber Pro/Line corrugator. The deal is part of a planned packaging technology industrial park of nearly 1,000 acres in western China.

Linde Engineering won the contract to design and build an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR in Herten, Germany, with PEM electrolyzers and an annual output of about 440,000 kg of hydrogen. The project receives up to EUR 6.2 million in federal funding.

Ingersoll Machine Tool broke ground on a 40,000 square foot expansion at its Rockford, Illinois facility to build key components for the Giant Magellan Telescope.