Eriez announced the completion of a major expansion to its Wager Road facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, adding 38,000 square feet to the existing building, bringing it to 148,000 square feet. The expansion includes a new Recycling Test Center, expanded Aftermarket Repair Center, new R&D area, and a new Electronics Lab.

Siemens Energy secured a contract from Técnicas Reunidas to supply 21 high-efficiency compressor trains for Saudi Arabia's planned Tanajib gas processing plant, which will process gas from the Marjan, Safaniyah and Zuluf oil field expansions.

Antares Vision Group acquired Applied Vision Corporation, a machine vision solutions provider for metal container inspection, for $45 million. The deal was completed in December 2020.

BAE Systems Naval Ships awarded a tube bending machinery contract to AMOB, a Portuguese manufacturer. AMOB will supply CNC mandrel benders for warship production, building on a relationship since 2018.

The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has approved the acquisition of Flender GmbH by Zephyr German BidCo GmbH, a vehicle controlled by Carlyle, from Siemens AG. Flender supplies mechanical and electrical drive systems.

Tenaris supplied the full strings of conductor casing and other OCTG products for Total's Gulf of Mexico South Platte project through its Rig Direct model, including technical support for a 33,000 ft. exploration well.

Columbia Machine's Palletizer Division and Integra Systems executed a license agreement allowing Integra to produce Columbia Palletizers and Load Transfer Solutions in Brazil.

Greenkote completed a major expansion of production capacity at its headquarters facility in Brook Park, Ohio, in response to increased demand for anticorrosion coatings on metal fasteners and hardware.

Veramaris, a joint venture of DSM and Evonik, upgraded automation and equipment at its Blair, Nebraska facility to scale up production of Omega-3 oil from marine algae.

BC Partners, alongside the Vacchi family, completed the take-private of IMA Group, a world leader in automatic packaging machines, delisting it from the Milan stock exchange. BC Partners and the Vacchi family now control 100% of IMA.

Siemens Mobility awarded a £40m contract to GMI Construction Group to build its new rail manufacturing facility in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire. The facility is part of a £200m investment.

Transcom Group and Whirlpool Corporation will jointly set up a state-of-the-art refrigerator plant in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh, covering approximately 85,000 sq ft.

Global TBM Company, newly established by Lok Home, purchased substantially all the assets of The Robbins Company, a tunnel boring machine manufacturer. The company will operate as Robbins with Home as President and CEO.

Chinese canmaker Jiamei Food Packaging agreed to buy canmaking equipment from Suzhou SLAC Precision.

Gerber Technology, a provider of software and automation solutions for apparel and industrial customers, was acquired by Lectra on February 8, 2021.

INOX Air Products has been awarded a contract by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India to set up its 5th cryogenic Air Separation Unit at the Hazira plant in India. The unit will produce 700 TPD of gaseous oxygen and 300 TPD of gaseous nitrogen, with an investment of INR 300 crore.

Uptake announced its acquisition of Edmonton-based ShookIOT to strengthen capabilities for digital transformation in asset-intensive industries such as chemical, oil & gas, and process industries.

Ajax Engineering is investing an additional Rs 40 crore to expand its existing facility in Gowribidanur, about 80 km north of Bengaluru, where batching plants and transit mixers are produced.

Ajax Engineering has earmarked around Rs 100 crore for land and a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India. The 20-acre factory will produce concrete slip-form pavers, boom pumps, and self-propelled boom pumps, with annual capacity exceeding 100 boom pumps and 50 slip-form pavers.

Siemens Energy will supply 21 electric motor driven compressor trains for the expanding Marjan oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia, ordered via Technicas Reunidas for Saudi Aramco's Tanajib Plant. Packaging will be done at Siemens Energy's Dammam facilities.

MaxiTrans, Australia and New Zealand's largest heavy-duty trailer maker, has opened a new factory in Ipswich, Queensland, with a budget of $9.27 million, and plans to double its workforce from 70 to 140 over five years.

Vermeer purchased a minority equity share in Italian OEM MultiOne, expanding their partnership to sell Vermeer-branded compact articulated loaders globally. MultiOne will continue manufacturing under its own brand outside North America.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 34.97% stake in Doosan Infracore, a construction equipment maker, for 850 billion won ($757 million) from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction. The deal is expected to close around Q3 2021.

Bowmer & Kirkland has been appointed as stage 1 contractor for the construction of a £54 million Glass Futures centre of excellence for glass manufacturing on the former United Glassworks site in St Helens, UK. The 160,000 sq ft facility will include an experimental glass melting furnace and is subject to planning approval.

OOO Zavod-Reductor is expanding its machine tool park at its Mozhga facility. The first stage involves installing three turning centers to accelerate production of gearbox parts, with foundations being poured for horizontal and vertical CNC milling centers.

Siemens' Congleton factory is ready to market the new Sinamics G115D distributed drive system for horizontal conveyor applications. The system comprises motor, frequency converter, and gearbox in one unit, with a nine-month production capacity of 11,000 units.

Whale Tankers of Solihull launched a recruitment drive to add 100 employees in 2021, and is undertaking a major expansion and investment programme named Vision 22 at its Ravenshaw manufacturing site. The programme includes phased site expansion and product development.

3D Systems will invest $13 million to expand its Rock Hill, South Carolina headquarters with a 100,000-square-foot facility, adding 50 jobs. The expansion is expected to be completed by early 2022.

QuaLex Manufacturing, a sheet metal fabrication company, is expanding operations in Ridgeway, South Carolina with a $2 million investment that will create 60 new jobs. The expansion will increase sheet metal operations for air conditioning clients and is expected to be completed by August 2021.

MCE, a fluid power and lubrication supplier based in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, acquired Swanson Flo, a regional distributor of process instrumentation and flow control valves based in Plymouth, Minnesota, with 92 employees.

EMAG Group acquired Samputensili Machine Tools and Samputensili CLC, including 87 employees across two sites near Bologna and Reggio Emilia, Italy, on February 3, 2021. The companies will be integrated into newly founded EMAG SU Srl.

GEA Group AG extended its production facility in Berlin for cooling compressors, installing a Demag KBK light crane system. The system has been extended five times since initial installation to support growing demand.

Schoellershammer paper factory in Düren, Germany, doubled its production capacity to 500,000 t per year with the commissioning of PM 6 and installed two Demag process cranes for automated storage in a new shipping store.

Swedish investment group Lifco has acquired a majority stake in MultiOne Srl, an Italian manufacturer of articulated mini loaders and accessories for agriculture, gardening, and construction. MultiOne will be consolidated into Lifco's Demolition & Tools business area.

Honeywell has been awarded a major contract by SEPCO to supply connected control, telecommunications, safety and security systems for the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services shipyard being developed by Aramco in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.

Jiangxi Sitong Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. plans to invest 120 million yuan to build a new facility in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, with 12,000 m² of production space, to produce 100 intelligent articulated tunneling robots per year.

TMC of Oslo won a contract to supply the complete compressed air system for the Bacalhau FPSO being built by MODEC for Equinor. The FPSO will be deployed at the Bacalhau field offshore Brazil. The contract value was not disclosed.

Corken Inc. will expand its Oklahoma City facility and relocate operations from Chicago, consolidating with Liquid Controls under the name Advance Flow Solutions. The plan creates 120 jobs over five years and seeks an incentive of up to $300,000 from the city.

ANDRITZ received an order from Lotus Teknik A.Ş. to supply a neXline wetlace CP line for the production of biodegradable, plastic-free wet wipes. The line is scheduled for start-up by the end of 2021.

Momentum Group agreed to acquire 100 percent of Öbergs i Karlstad AB, a Swedish pneumatics specialist with annual sales of about 50 MSEK and 12 employees. The takeover took effect on 5 February 2021.

Sundyne expanded its manufacturing and testing facility in Dijon, France by 1,200 square metres, adding space for package assembly and full unit tests on larger machines. The expansion was announced on 2 February 2021.

Petrofac was awarded two contracts in Oman with a combined value of approximately US$300 million.

Auburn Bearing & Manufacturing Inc. has acquired the assets of Aurotek TSB, Inc., a specialist in precision thin section bearings. The operations will be moved to Auburn Bearing's facility in Macedon, New York.

Nidec Corporation has approved the acquisition of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd. and related overseas subsidiaries from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The deal includes machine tool design, manufacturing, and sales operations.

Renewcell signed a contract with Valmet Oyi for Valmet to be the main equipment supplier for a planned textile recycling plant in Sundsvall, Sweden, with a capacity of 60,000 tons/year and a contract value of SEK 232 million (€22.8 million).

Zhejiang Pandelu Rail Technology Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Tiantie Co., Ltd (300587.SZ), won a bid to supply fasteners for the Taizhou City Rail S1 Line Phase I project, with a contract value of CNY 64.9941 million.

Wuxi Wanhua Machinery Co., Ltd invested in two turnkey press hardening lines from AP&T for its new manufacturing facilities in Wuxi, China. The first line became operational in October 2019 and the second in 2020.

SPINNER Machine Tools began production at a new facility in Bulgaria in September 2020, assembling up to 400 machines per year for Eastern European markets.

Sullair completed a roughly $30 million expansion in Michigan City, Indiana, including a new 80,000-square-foot fabrication shop that increased compressor manufacturing capacity and added more than 25 full-time jobs. The project was completed in February 2021 and reported on its first anniversary.

Busch Vacuum Solutions USA acquired the vacuum pump, blower and service business of Jennings Associates (dba Jennings Alberts), a distributor in the Eastern Central Region of the US. Jennings Alberts co-owners Bill Altier and Lisa Dugery joined Busch as managers.