Lam Research and VELO3D announced a joint development agreement to collaborate on metal additive manufacturing applications for semiconductor capital equipment. Lam Capital will also invest an undisclosed amount in VELO3D.

Schneider Electric finalized the acquisition of ProLeiT AG, a provider of process control systems and MES for food & beverage and chemicals, after antitrust approval.

CECO Environmental agreed to form a joint venture combining its Effox-Flextor damper business with the damper business of Mader Machine Co., a CHIEF Capital portfolio company. CECO will hold 70 percent of the equity and consolidate the joint venture.

Sonoco acquired Can Packaging, which makes paper cans and packaging machines at two French facilities in Habsheim, for a transaction valued at EUR 41.7 million. The deal was announced on August 4, 2020.

PolyVision, a global leader in CeramicSteel manufacturing, acquired Marsh Industries Inc., an Ohio-based visual display board manufacturer. The acquisition aims to expand PolyVision's architectural panel business in North America, increase capacity, and shorten lead times.

Motion Industries, a distributor, acquired TRC Hydraulics, a Canadian-based supplier of hydraulic products and services with facilities in Atlantic Canada and Spartanburg, South Carolina.

BC Partners agreed to acquire up to 45% of SOFIMA, the controlling entity of IMA S.p.A., and will launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares, valuing IMA at €2.93 billion, aiming to delist from the Milan Stock Exchange.

Sotera Health announced on August 3, 2020, that it has acquired Canadian-based Iotron Industries, a provider of electron beam sterilization with facilities in Indiana, British Columbia and Alberta. The acquisition expands Sterigenics' EBeam footprint.

Atlas Copco acquired the assets of THN Druckluft and Produktions GmbH & Co.KG, a compressed air and service provider based in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on August 4, 2020. The purchase price was not disclosed.

HMS Group signed a RUB 4.5 billion contract to engineer and manufacture gas compression units for a client's gas booster station, with delivery planned for 2021. The announcement is dated 3 August 2020.

IMCO Carbide Tool Inc. has been acquired by IMC Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company. IMCO will continue operations from Perrysburg, Ohio, producing end mills under the IMCO brand.

Chiron Group acquired Mecatis SA, a Swiss specialist in small, high-precision machining centers, effective August 1, 2020. Terms were not disclosed.

UBE Machinery and U-MHI Plastech Co., Ltd. (formerly Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology) merged as of August 1, 2020, with the combined company operating under UBE Machinery, headquartered in UBE City, Japan.

Timberwolf Manufacturing Corp., now part of Automated Biomass Systems, has added to its plant and workforce, increasing employment from 12-15 to about 30. Sales have doubled since the 2017 acquisition. The company invested in a CNC plasma machine and gantry system to increase manufacturing capacity.

United Tool and Machine has acquired Morton and Company. No financial details were disclosed.

Glebar Company has acquired Everite Machine Products. No financial details were disclosed.

Motion Industries, a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, acquired TRC Hydraulics, a Canadian hydraulic products supplier, and F&L Industrial Solutions, a distributor of T-slotted aluminum extrusion components. Both transactions closed effective August 1, 2020.

Big Shoulders Capital of Northbrook, Illinois acquired F.H. Ayer Manufacturing Company, a Chicago Heights rebuilder of industrial pumps, turbines, gearboxes and valves, in a deal advised by Houlihan Capital. The sale was reported as August 2020.

Siemens Energy received an order for centrifugal compressor systems for Saudi Aramco's Hawiyah Unaizah Gas Reservoir Storage project, placed by Samsung Engineering in August 2020.

Compressor Controls Corp. won multiple contracts to provide turbomachinery controls and optimization for the three 6.6-MMtpy LNG trains of Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia's Yamal-Nenets region. The article is dated 2020-08-01 and the contract timing is not precisely stated.

Air Products was selected to supply its AP-X liquefaction technology and equipment to Qatargas for the first phase of the North Field East LNG expansion in Ras Laffan, Qatar, with four trains of 7.8 million tonnes per year each.

Zhongshan JSWAY CNC Machine Tool Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new precision CNC machine tool production plant in the Intelligent Industrial Park, Banfu Town, Zhongshan City, China. Construction has fully started.

GS건설 signed a KRW 1.4505 trillion contract with GS칼텍스 for the MFC Project construction. The contract period is from August 7, 2018 to August 31, 2021.

Advent International and Cinven completed the acquisition of thyssenkrupp Elevator, which will operate as an independent company. The deal received unconditional regulatory approval.

Neuman & Esser Group acquired Norwalk Compressor Co. of Stratford, Connecticut, including its manufacturing assets, products, trademarks and workforce. The announcement was made on 2020-07-31.

Gerhard Springmann, managing shareholder of Springmann Maschinenbau GmbH, has acquired the business of Leipert Maschinenbau GmbH from Anja van de Ven. The acquisition was announced on July 30, 2020.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will move production of its concrete mixers from its Minnesota campus to sister company London Machinery's facility in London, Ontario, and parent Oshkosh Corporation's facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to increase capacity and efficiency.

Ecogensus and Titan Production Equipment signed a Letter of Intent for Titan to produce Ecogensus' EGS-5000L waste processing systems at Titan's Columbus, Texas facility, with initial capacity of one system per day and expansion to over 1,000 per year.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. won a three-year contract as preferred supplier for metalworking and MRO categories at Sulzer's 25 UK facilities. MSC will implement vending solutions at five sites and support Sulzer's Birmingham relocation.

CATL and Advanced Intelligent Maintenance Systems (AIMS) registered a joint venture, AIMS CATL Intelligent Manufacturing (Ningde) Co., Ltd., with registered capital of 40 million yuan, focused on intelligent manufacturing equipment, industrial robots, and smart material handling vehicles.

Fiocchi of America announced plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, investing $15 million and hiring 85 skilled employees.

Navatek LLC and the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center won a $5 million contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to research additive manufacturing for Navy and Marine Corps vessels.

CORE Industrial Partners acquired Incodema, a precision sheet metal engineering provider, and Newcut, a photo chemical etching manufacturer, forming Incodema Holdings. The acquisitions were announced on July 29, 2020.

Pressta-Eisele is completing an expansion at its headquarters in Bullay, Germany, with an investment of over €1 million. The expansion adds a new building for the manufacturer of special machines for aluminium processing.

Itema Group, through its subsidiary Itema Tech s.r.l., has finalized the acquisition of PTMT (formerly Panter), a company in business lease since April 2019, to expand its product portfolio in technical textiles.

Metalúrgica Hermann will expand its plant in Gualeguaychú, increasing production capacity from 7 to 10 trailers per month, adding 1,500 square meters to reach 26,500 square meters, and hiring 80-100 new employees.

Touki Kikai (Zhejiang) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Pinghu, China. The expansion involves an investment of $17.02 million, adding 6,733 square meters of floor space, and will produce high-speed precision stamping presses up to 1,000 tons.

Flender Australia, a Siemens subsidiary, announced an expansion in Western Australia with a new 3,500-square-metre facility to meet demand from mining and wind energy sectors.

Puglia regional government approved Nuovo Pignone srl to present a definitive project for an investment of about €19.26 million at its Bari plant, with a regional grant of €6.74 million and four new jobs.

Siemens Energy was selected by Samsung Engineering to supply 20 centrifugal compressor trains for Saudi Aramco's Hawiyah Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage project, 260 km east of Riyadh. The units will be built at Siemens Energy's Dammam facility.

Engineering Technologies Group signed a multi-million-pound contract with Pexion Group to manage technology across its manufacturing businesses. The first stage includes delivery of six machine tools.

Micro-LAM, Inc. announced it was acquired by IDEX Corporation on August 1, 2025. The deal marks a new chapter for the advanced manufacturing company based in Portage, Michigan.

Mecafi chose Sodileve, a Verlinde partner, to supply all hoisting and lifting equipment for its new 8,700 m² Eolia plant in Châtellerault, France. The project was launched in 2015 and delivered three years later.

The shareholders of SOFIMA, which controls IMA S.p.A., agreed to sell approximately 20% of their shareholding in SOFIMA to funds advised by BC Partners LLP. The transaction is expected to close in November 2020.

Arlington Plating Company announced a new partnership/acquisition with Midwestern Rust Proof and Enameled Steel, forming a group with over 200,000 sq ft of metal finishing production space.

Ellis Patents secured a specification to supply its cable cleats to pulp and paper producer Metso Brasil, continuing its South America expansion.

Nanjing Estun Automation and Guangzhou Hongyashuma signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop motion control, servo, and robot products for the smart furniture machinery industry. Hongyashuma committed to purchasing at least 50,000 Estun servo axes and 100 robots by end of 2023.

GGI Motors, owned by Alter Trading Corp's owner Bob Ellis, acquired American Industrial Motor Service (AIMS) in Milwaukee, an industrial motor repair company. All 27 employees were retained.

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, completed an expansion at its UK site to increase manufacturing capabilities for canmaking equipment, driven by growing demand for D&I beer & beverage can machinery.

Liebherr delivered the tenth 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top tower crane to the Grand Paris Express project in France since May 2018. The cranes are used to supply tunnel boring machines with pre-cast tunnel lining segments.