Aviation Glass & Technology, a manufacturer of laminated glass for aircraft interiors, is outgrowing its current premises and plans to extend its production facility in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. The company has expanded machinery and tripled its team.

Glebar Co., a precision grinding solutions company, acquired Tridex Technology, a specialist in electrochemical grinders and cut off machines. The acquisition expands Glebar's reach in medical and aerospace industries.

ELGi Compressors USA, a subsidiary of ELGi Equipments, acquired Michigan Air Solutions, an independent air compressor distributor with locations in Grand Rapids and Plymouth, Michigan.

CVC Capital Partners completed the acquisition of Bosch Packaging Technology on January 2, 2020, and renamed it Syntegon Technology. The business employs 6,100 people at over 30 locations and posted EUR 1.3 billion in sales in 2019.

TDI Refrigeration was awarded a $3M+ project in 2017 to design and install an ammonia refrigeration system for a trona mining operation. Construction began in 2018 and the system was successfully started in 2019.

Impact CNC, a precision machining firm in Columbia City, Indiana, won a contract from John Deere to produce components for the 8000 series tractors. The company will invest $6 million in new machinery and add 35 jobs.

Kählig Antriebstechnik GmbH added a 2,400-square-meter annex to its existing building in Hanover, Germany, to accommodate new production lines. The expansion was completed in early 2020.

Victor Taichung Machinery opened a new $120 million smart factory in Taichung City Precision Machinery Innovation Technology Park, Taiwan, moving from its previous factory.

Milwaukee Tool plans to build a $26 million manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wisconsin, to produce hand tools for electricians and utility linemen. The first phase will create 50 jobs, with plans for 100 by 2025.

On January 1, 2020, Zeppelin GmbH took over sales and service of Caterpillar machinery and components in Denmark, Sweden, Greenland and the Faroe Islands from the Dutch Pon Group. The deal also includes MaK engine sales in the Baltics, Finland, Iceland and Faroe Islands, and about 800 employees transferred to Zeppelin.

The Zeppelin Group has taken over distribution and service of Caterpillar products in Sweden, Denmark, and Greenland, and MaK engines in the Baltic region, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, effective January 1, 2020.

Elbit Systems was awarded a contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense valued at approximately $144 million for the supply of small caliber ammunition to the Israeli Defense Forces. The five-year contract will commence in 2021.

DMG MORI announced a strategic partnership with IN4.OS US LLC.

Spudnik added around 200,000 square feet of production space, more than doubling its building size and increasing production lines from four to eight. The expansion was announced in January 2020.

Sandvik AB acquired privately owned Thermaltek Inc., a manufacturer of high temperature furnace systems and metallic heating elements headquartered in North Carolina, USA.

CB-CERATIZIT, a joint venture of CERATIZIT, acquired 70% of Changzhou CW Toolmaker Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of carbide cutting tools for electronics and other industries.

Danish engineering company Danfoss agreed to acquire Eaton's Hydraulics business for a cash price of $3.3 billion (about EUR 3.0 billion), as reported in a January 21, 2020 law firm roundup.

Zhengzhou Haloong Machinery Manufacturing Co. installed and successfully tested a 1,000-ton servo CNC forging press at SIM's factory in Russia at the end of 2019. Haloong was the supplier for the forging equipment.

WHI Global purchased a Makino MAG3 5-axis CNC milling machine and four Makino A81/A88 CNC milling machines, to be installed in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Fairfield, New Jersey, expected online in Q1 2020.

Pitti Engineering bagged orders worth ₹500 crore from GE India for supply of traction motor related products for Indian Railways, to be supplied over 10 years.

Pitti Engineering plans to invest ₹90 crore over two years in the second phase expansion of its Aurangabad plant, increasing capacity from 26,000 tonnes of electric laminations and 36,000 hours of machining. The company also announced orders worth ₹500 crore from GE India.

Solnhofer Portland Cement has awarded Intercem a contract for the engineering, planning and installation of two coal dust dosing systems at its cement plant. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2020.

Hydratec Industries NV completed the acquisition of a 75% interest in Stork Plastics Machinery BV and Rollepaal Holding BV from Wadinko, which retains 25%.

Yishunda Intelligent Packaging Machinery is building a new plant in Zhangzhou High-tech Zone, Fujian. The 32-mu facility will produce 40,000 intelligent strapping machines and 20,000 packaging machine parts annually, with an output value of CNY 200 million. Construction started on November 10, 2019, and the first phase (Building 3) is expected to be completed and operational by May 2020.

Citic Heavy Industries plans to sell its 60% stake in subsidiary Luoyang Zhongzhong Transportation via Beijing Equity Exchange, with a minimum price of 69.2072 million yuan.

A tender listing describes a project to expand annual production to 5,000 compressor heads and build supporting facilities, including a fourth-phase plant extension, at an Atlas Copco compressor company site in Jiangsu. Most details are hidden behind a membership paywall.

Milwaukee Tool plans a $7.5 million expansion in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, that will create 100 new jobs by 2025.

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. has closed on 71 acres in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, for a multi-purpose campus. The company plans a $100 million investment that will create 770 new jobs by 2025.

Sahm purchased a new highly automated turning-milling-grinding center for EUR 900,000.

Sahm, a German machine builder of winding machines, is investing EUR 2.3 million in a new logistics hall at its Eschwege site, with an additional EUR 2-2.5 million for interior fit-out. A first phase of EUR 600,000 was completed in 2018.

Zoomlion celebrated the commencement of phase II of its intelligent tower crane factory in Changde, China, with a total investment of 950 million yuan ($135.86 million). The expansion will add 16 production lines and 150 robots.

UEC-Gas Turbines will manufacture and supply four GTN-16R-PS gas pumping units for a booster compressor station at the Zapolyarnoye oil and gas condensate field. The units are due to be commissioned in 2021.

Prism Surface Coatings Bangalore has secured an exclusive global contract from BASF Germany to supply all of its paint spray booths worldwide, covering Europe, Thailand, Japan, China, and India.

Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen GmbH (HQIB) merged its portfolio companies Rausch GmbH & Co. KG and minCam GmbH, both specialists in pipe inspection technology, into a joint group. The companies will remain independent brands but operate strategically and operationally together.

EXEL Industries, through its subsidiary Sames Kremlin, agreed to acquire 100% of German company Eisenmann Intec GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of gluing equipment for the automotive industry, for an undisclosed amount.

Voith Group signed a purchase contract on December 20, 2019 to acquire 70% of shares in Austrian electric motor manufacturer ELIN Motoren GmbH. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2020.

Voith Group signed a purchase contract to acquire 90% of shares in Toscotec S.p.A., a global supplier of tissue machines for the paper industry based in Lucca, Italy, with around 200 employees and €100 million turnover.

Milwaukee Tool will invest over $100 million to build a new campus in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and $7.5 million to expand its Imperial Blades manufacturing operation in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The expansions are expected to create 870 jobs by 2025.

Sumitomo Machinery acquired LUFTEX GEARS, a provider of aftermarket repairs and services for industrial gearboxes, on December 19, 2019. The terms were not disclosed.

Zahoransky Moulds and Machines Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Zahoransky AG, expanded production capacities at its Coimbatore factory with an investment of INR 18.5 crore. The factory also achieved the highest IGBC green factory building rating in India.

Alloy Bellows and Precision Welding completed assembly of a new tube mill that will expand thin-walled tube-manufacturing capabilities. Final testing is underway, and production runs are expected to begin early in 2020.

B&C Custom Manufacturing entered into two joint ventures: one with Highwood Global, including acquisition of Highwood's machine shop and relocation to a larger facility; another with Global Products & Development LLC, which will move into the same space. The company also acquired a local tool and die shop.

ANDRITZ received an order from Bracell to supply pulp production technologies and key process equipment for Bracell's Project STAR pulp mill in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021.

ANDRITZ has received an order from Bracell to supply pulp production technologies and key process equipment for the STAR pulp mill project in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, with start-up scheduled for Q3 2021.

Xtreme Mfg. LLC announced plans to expand its operations in Henderson, Nevada. The company manufactures heavy equipment and construction machinery including lifts, loaders, and telehandlers.

Europe Technologies announced the merger-absorption of SONATS, effective January 1, 2020, to improve organization and offer multi-skilled services on metallic and composite materials. SONATS will remain a trademark.

Shinsung E&G won a KRW 14.23 billion contract from Samsung C&T to supply clean room construction, with a contract period until August 2020.

Kirovsky Zavod completed the first stage of an investment programme to upgrade production assets at its Kirov Energomash Plant in Russia, including the commissioning of a ŠKODA HCW3-262 horizontal milling and boring machine costing EUR 5.95 million.

Valmet will supply an Advantage ThruAir tissue machine to Irving Consumer Products for its mill in Macon, Georgia, adding 75,000 annual tonnes of capacity. The order value was not disclosed.

Valmet received a repeat order from Irving Consumer Products in the United States for a complete tissue production line with an Advantage ThruAir machine. The line will add 75,000 annual tonnes of tissue capacity and is planned to start up in 2022.