Baker Hughes was awarded a contract by Venture Global under a master equipment supply agreement to provide a modularized LNG liquefaction train system and power island for US projects, with the contract booked in Q3 2023.

Kaeser Kompressoren introduced its CSD/CSDX compressor series, with motor outputs of 45 to 110 kW, IE4 or IE5 efficiency classes and a refrigerant dryer option.

Yinson ordered nine radial compressor strings and two screw compressor strings from MAN Energy Solutions for an FPSO vessel operated by Azule Energy at the Agogo field, about 180 km west of Angola.

Kirloskar Pneumatic opened a new manufacturing facility in Nashik with a 32-tonne forge hammer and fabrication shop, initially producing about 6,000 tonnes of forged parts a year. About 25% of capacity will serve external customers.

Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. completed its first acquisition by merging with Pittsburgh-based Kruman Equipment, a Gardner Denver industrial air compressor distributor, roughly doubling its industrial air compressor business.

National Vacuum Equipment announced further investment in new automated machinery at its Traverse City, Michigan factory to increase manufacturing capacity for industrial vacuum equipment.

T.G. Nuttall Packaging Ltd signed a sales contract with GTS Europe for a two-colour Weipong Venus 820 casemaker, to be installed at its Manchester site in the second quarter of 2024.

McElroy Manufacturing, a maker of thermoplastic fusion equipment, announced a strategic partnership with Lawrence, Massachusetts-based thermoplastic valve and pipe maker Asahi/America, providing a tool fleet for butt and socket fusion of pipe up to 630 mm plus an online welding certification system expected in early 2024.

Poclain installed two new machines at its Žiri plant in Slovenia, its main valve manufacturing site, making fine machining five times faster and improving flexibility.

Sauer Compressors USA, an affiliate of J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH, announced plans to expand its facilities and workforce and to pursue strategic acquisitions in North America.

Ametek Dynamic Fluid Solutions and Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. combined into a single business named Bison, headquartered in Kent, Ohio, as a unit of Ametek Inc.

Siemens Energy was selected by Spanish EPC firm Tecnicas Reunidas to supply 21 electric motor driven compressor trains for Saudi Aramco's Tanajib Plant under the Marjan Onshore Packages 9 and 11 project. Packaging will be done at Siemens Energy's Dammam facility.

BUTTING Anlagenbau received an order for containers and pipeline construction for Stora Enso's O750 Oulu project, which converts a paper machine in Oulu, Finland into a packaging board line producing about 750,000 tonnes per year. Production is expected to start in early 2025.

AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions and Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. combined on September 7, 2023 into a single business named Bison, a business of AMETEK, Inc., offering fluid-moving, motor and gear drive products.

Baker Hughes agreed to supply eight main refrigerant compression packages, including LM6000PF+ gas turbines and refrigerant compressors, for Phase 1 of Tellurian's Driftwood LNG project. The agreement supports initial LNG production targeted for 2027.

ITT's i-ALERT and Hexagon's j5 Operator Rounds will combine machine health data tracking and analysis features to help heavy industries cut maintenance costs and unplanned downtime for pumps and motors.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK has opened a 6,000+ square metre new building at its Losenstein site in Upper Austria, a rescue equipment competence center. The family company invested about 12 million euros in the extension.

Hanwha Ocean selected TMC to supply control, service air and nitrogen feed air compressors for six LNG carriers of 174,000 cubic meters each. TMC will manufacture the equipment in Europe and ship it to South Korea; the contract value was not disclosed.

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN CHINA established a 7,000 sqm manufacturing facility in Taicang, Jiangsu near Shanghai to meet rising demand for its new BM medium-pressure compressor series.

MAN Energy Solutions received three orders from Aker Solutions and Aibel for seven compressor systems for Aker BP's Hugin A, Munin and Valhall PWP-Fenris platforms in the Norwegian North Sea.

ANDRITZ received its ninth PrimePress X shoe press order from Lee & Man Paper for the PM26 containerboard machine at the Best Eternity Recycle Technology mill in Banting, Malaysia, with start-up planned for end of 2024.

Hanwha Ocean selected Norway-based TMC Compressors to supply compressed air systems for six LNG carriers being delivered to Mitsui OSK Lines. The contract value was not disclosed.

Danfoss has finalized its approximately $3.3 billion acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business after receiving all regulatory approvals. The business will be combined with Danfoss Power Solutions, adding about 10,000 employees.

Atlas Copco has started construction of a new manufacturing plant in Talegaon, Pune, India, to make air and gas compressor systems for local and export markets. The investment is about INR 1,400 million and the plant is planned for completion by Q2 2024.

Greenply Industries has successfully produced its first fibers with a new high-performance pressurized refining system supplied by ANDRITZ. The article does not give a location or capacity.

R&D Dynamics Corporation received a contract from Airbus UpNext to develop air compressors for a hydrogen fuel cell non-propulsive power demonstrator aircraft based on an A330. The announcement was dated August 22, 2023.

The EPCM Group launched a new cathode manufacturing and maintenance center in Ahmedabad, India, with production starting May 2023 with 20 local employees. The inaugural project is manufacturing 81,577 copper cathodes for Kutch Copper Limited, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises.

XANO signed an agreement, through a subsidiary, to acquire all shares in Integrated Packaging Solutions and its subsidiaries, based in Denver, Colorado. IPS supplies machine equipment and integration technology to metal can manufacturers.

Ingersoll Rand completed its all-cash acquisition of Howden Roots from Chart Industries for approximately $300 million, adding low-pressure compression and vacuum technologies. The Connersville, Indiana manufacturing facility transferred to Ingersoll Rand.

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) awarded a framework agreement for manufacturing and installing full pipe systems on vessels to three winners: Malakoff Limited, Hydrasun Limited and HB Hydraulics. The framework maximum value is €23,393,728.

Emerson announced a definitive agreement to acquire Afag Holding AG, a Swiss maker of electric linear motion, feeding and handling automation solutions, to strengthen its factory automation business. The deal expands Emerson's served market by more than $9 billion.

Elliott Group, a subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, secured an order to supply cryogenic pumps, expanders and compressors for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas, awarded by Bechtel Energy. The project's total capital expenditure is estimated at $13 billion.

Elliott Group won a contract from Bechtel Energy to supply cryogenic pumps, expanders and compressors for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas, developed by Sempra Infrastructure. The article gives no contract value.

Elliott Group won an order from Bechtel Energy to supply cryogenic pumps, expanders and boil-off and flash gas compressors for Sempra Infrastructure's Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas.

Michigan City-based Hitachi Global Air Power US acquired Henry Production Inc., parent of Pumps and Service, in Farmington, New Mexico. Pumps and Service distributes and services Sullair air compressors and pumps, and Henry Production builds gas compression packages.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received an award to supply specialty high-pressure closures for Venture Global's CP2 LNG export terminal and CP Express pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Shipments are expected to be completed by year-end 2023; terms were not disclosed.

Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger will deliver two recoSTAR PET 165 iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling lines to Srichakra Polyplast, with delivery expected at the start of 2024. The rPET will supply Coca-Cola India's Kinley water bottles.

Compressed air specialist Boge Kompressoren acquired Inmatec Gasetechnologie, a manufacturer of nitrogen and oxygen generators, effective 1 August 2023. Inmatec keeps its Herrsching site as an independent business unit under its own name.

Honeywell agreed to acquire Compressor Controls Corporation from Indicor for $670 million to expand its Forge Performance+ asset performance management offering. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2023.

Fox Innovation & Technologies Inc. acquired Texas-based Revak Keene Turbomachinery and Industrial Storage Services, gaining a manufacturing facility and aftermarket parts and repair business for compressors, backed by Bluewater.

DYPNF signed a contract worth KRW 19.7 billion with Hyundai Engineering to supply silo equipment for Aramco's Shaheen petrochemical project in Ulsan, South Korea. It is the company's second award on the project.

ANDRITZ received an order from Infinya Containerboard for a complete OCC line with reject treatment system at its recycled paper mill in Hadera, Israel. The line will have a capacity of 1,080 bdmt per day, with start-up planned for Q3 2024.

Wabtec Corporation will invest $2.7 million to expand its Graham-White facility in Salem, Virginia, relocating pneumatic braking system manufacturing lines there. The move is expected to create 38 new jobs.

Air Products awarded MAN Energy Solutions an order for six air-compressor trains for the air-separation unit of its Clean Energy Complex in Darrow, Louisiana, which will produce blue hydrogen and blue ammonia. The article is dated July 17, 2023.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems officially opened a plant extension in Triembach au Val, Alsace, on July 13, 2023, after investing around 15 million euros in new production and logistics space for industrial sensors.

Neptune Brasil & Marine, a subsidiary of Houston-based Neptune Americas & Marine, agreed to acquire 51% of Brazilian engineering and equipment maker Natec Equipamentos as of July 1, 2023. Natec will operate as Natec Equipamentos Ltda – A Neptune Marine Company.

MAN Energy Solutions won an order from Air Products for six air-compressor trains for an air-separation unit at Air Products' Clean Energy Complex in Darrow, Louisiana. The complex will produce blue hydrogen and blue ammonia and is expected to start commercial operation in 2026.

STATS Group signed a share purchase agreement to sell 100% of its share capital to Mitsui, and the acquisition has been completed. The article does not give a deal value.

Baker Hughes won a Bechtel contract to supply three main refrigerant compressors, six Frame 7 turbines and 18 centrifugal compressors for three liquefaction trains of NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, with 17.61 MTPA nameplate capacity.

Bechtel Energy awarded Baker Hughes an order to supply three Main Refrigerant Compressors for the first three liquefaction trains of NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, including six Frame 7 gas turbines and 18 centrifugal compressors with 17.61 MTPA nameplate capacity.