Alfa Laval won an order worth about SEK 70 million for OLMI air-cooled heat exchangers for a gas injection enhanced oil recovery facility near the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan. Deliveries are scheduled for 2020.

Ohio Transmission (OTP Industrial Solutions) acquired Keller Electrical, a Phoenix-based industrial motor manufacturing and repair company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zoomlion provided over 35 self-developed tower cranes as the main lifting equipment provider for the Pingtan road-rail bridge project in China, the world's longest road-rail cross-sea bridge. The cranes completed lifting operations for the project.

Kockums Maskin, a Scandinavian manufacturer of machined castings, is making a long-term investment of approximately 25 million SEK in its facility in Kallinge, Ronneby, Sweden. Jonas Olsson has taken over as CEO.

ELGi Equipments received approval to acquire 100 percent of Michigan Air Solutions LLC, a Michigan-based air compressor distributor, through its US subsidiary. The total consideration is around US$6 million.

TerraVest Industries acquired the assets of Argo Sales Inc., an Alberta-based manufacturer of wellhead processing and production equipment for the Canadian oil and gas market. The deal was funded with existing cash and credit facilities.

Forney Corporation opened its Combustion Research Center (CRC) on-site at the Monterrey facility in 2016, with a total firing capacity up to 50 MBTU/hr.

Forney Corporation added a 6,700 sq/ft bay in 2016 for manufacturing large dampers and pressure vessels, and built a damper test stand in 2017 at its Monterrey, Mexico facility.

A leading Chinese titanium mill placed an order with Wuxi Zhongshuo Machinery for two sheet-to-sheet grinding lines, 1.3m width. The lines are scheduled to install and start up in May 2020.

R-V Industries acquired a 44,000 square foot facility on 13 acres adjacent to its headquarters in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, to consolidate locations and support growth plans. The company operates 160,000 square feet across four Pennsylvania locations.

Altor Fund III, Fort Knox Förvaring AB and management investors signed an agreement to divest Ålö Holding AB, a world leader in agricultural front loaders, to JOST Werke AG. The transaction is expected to close in early 2020, subject to merger control approval.

Kobelco Construction Equipment India (KCEI) inaugurated an additional production unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, its fifth consecutive expansion. The company invested around Rs 100 crore to increase annual capacity to 3,600 units and create 50 direct jobs.

Endress+Hauser India plans a ₹100-crore expansion at its Aurangabad facility focused on flow technologies and smart products, with completion likely in 2021.

Romaero S.A. awarded a contract worth RON 6,975,000 to Knuth-Allmetech for the supply of a production line for military product components, including 5-axis CNC machining centers and other machine tools. The award was granted on 2019-12-12.

Sumitomo invested several million euros to expand machinery and warehouse logistics at its Markt Indersdorf site, aiming to double annual production in the Motion Control Drives segment.

k-Space Associates, Inc. broke ground on a second building in Dexter, Michigan, to expand production capacity and R&D space for thin-film and industrial metrology tools. The facility is expected to be ready for move-in in June 2020.

EnWave Corporation signed an exclusive royalty-bearing commercial license with Helius Therapeutics Ltd. for use of its REV™ dehydration technology for drying cannabis in New Zealand. Helius purchased a 10kW REV™ machine and must purchase additional machinery by June 2021 to retain exclusivity.

Tadano opened its Kozai Plant in Takamatsu, Japan, in August 2019. The plant, which began full operation in August, involved an investment of over ¥20 billion and employs 160 workers.

The Industrial Development Fund approved a loan of RUB 464.1 million to the Transport Electrical Equipment Plant in Naberezhnye Chelny to upgrade and expand production of EDU-133PCh electric motors for diesel locomotives. Total project budget is RUB 590.3 million.

Otto Fuchs KG has ordered an Ecomelt-PS150 multi-chamber melting furnace and two tiltable holding and casting furnaces from Hertwich Engineering for its casthouse expansion in Meinerzhagen, Germany. The recycling furnace has a capacity of 7.7 tons per hour, and the casting furnaces are designed for 20 tons each.

Dalian Qianyi Heavy Industry Group's Juyi Heavy Industry turbo compressor production line project broke ground in Deyang, Sichuan, with a total investment of 1.18 billion CNY on a 150,000 square metre site, built in two phases.

Naval Group Australia signed contracts worth around $20 million with Berendsen Fluid Power and H.H Machine Tools Australia to supply presses and milling machines for the Attack-class submarine program. Berendsen partnered with French supplier Pinette, and H&H partnered with German supplier Starrag.

The Western Australian Government signed a 10-year contract with Alstom to build 246 METRONET railcars and a manufacturing and assembly plant in Bellevue, Western Australia. The contract is valued at $1.253 billion, $347 million under budget, and will create over 200 direct jobs. At least 50% of the contract value will be delivered locally.

Tohan S.A. awarded a contract worth RON 810,900 to PROMA MACHINERY S.R.L. for the supply of one 250 tF hydraulic press for modernization and productivity increase. The award was granted on 2019-12-09.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded a contract to Thales Australia Limited for the supply of industrial process machinery, valued at $1,741,757.60.

Rotork Controls Inc. broke ground on a $10 million expansion at its Mile Crossing Boulevard location in Gates, Monroe County, adding 52,000 square feet and up to 56 new jobs over five years.

White Knight Fluid Handling Inc., a subsidiary of Graco Inc., announced the acquisition of Imtec, a California-based manufacturer of quartz fluid management and heating equipment for the semiconductor and solar industries.

GA Pet Food Partners installed four case erectors and an automatic random case sealer from Endoline Machinery to automate the packing process for the 80,000 tonnes of dry extruded pet food it supplies annually.

Doosan Bobcat announced a $26 million expansion of its Litchfield, Minn., manufacturing facility, more than tripling its footprint to nearly 200,000 sq ft and tripling its workforce from 100 to 300 employees. Construction is underway with completion expected by September 2020.

Epiroc is expanding its Örebro facility with two projects: a 1,400 sqm heat treatment plant for rock drilling machines expected to open in Q4 2020, and a 10,000 sqm expansion of a separate factory for assembly. The heat treatment plant will operate 24/7 with automation.

TTS Tooltechnic Systems, known for the Festool brand, has taken over U.S. startup Shaper Tools, Inc., which makes the handheld CNC router 'Origin'. Shaper Tools will remain an independent company within the TTS Group.

UK crane contractor Commhoist took delivery of four Liebherr all-terrain cranes: one LTM 1040-2.1, two LTM 1060-3.1s, and one LTM 1130-5.1.

Paper machinery producer PMP has signed a contract to deliver four new Intelli-Tissue 1800 EcoEc Premium tissue machines to APP's Oki mill in Indonesia, to be executed by PMP's Polish and Chinese divisions.

Amada America officially opened its 190,000-square-foot Carolina Manufacturing Center in High Point, North Carolina, for production of press brakes and laser automation. A 62,000-square-foot technical center will open in 2020.

Chamberlin's Scunthorpe-based foundry Russell Ductile Castings has won an order for flap valves for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. The initial order is for £900,000, with total contract value up to £1.8 million.

Sangsangin Ship Machinery has signed a contract worth approximately 19 billion KRW (about $19 million) with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) of India to supply a 250-ton goliath crane. The crane will be installed at GRSE's shipyard in India by September 2020.

Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) has commenced manufacture of the CMX 600 Vi vertical machining center for DMG Mori, initially producing 10 units per month for the Indian market. The machines will be assembled in India with critical components imported from Japan.

Perfect Bore Manufacturing has announced a £1,000,000 investment in deep hole boring capacity, including the acquisition of a Tibo deep hole boring machine, a dedicated honing machine, and an extension to its facility.

Nidec Leroy-Somer inaugurated new production equipment at its Rabion/Angoulême foundry on December 5, 2019, including a €1.3 million shakeout system installed in August 2019, to improve competitiveness and increase daily production from 20 to 50 tonnes per day.

Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG has held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new production hall at its headquarters in Elgersweier, Offenburg, as part of a total investment of 12 million euros.

H-E Parts has completed its acquisition of machining services provider Allgo, which included a multi-million-dollar investment in a new 100-tonne facility and equipment upgrades to handle large mining components for the Western Australian market.

Tiger Elec announced a 14.4 billion won investment for capacity expansion and new product production, with the investment period from December 16, 2019 to March 31, 2020.

Bobruiskagromash and Serbia's Agropanonka MTZ Finke d.o.o signed a contract for delivery of Belarusian farm machinery worth over €500,000 in 2020.

Didelon Machines Outils has been awarded a contract by Région Bretagne for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of CNC lathes and machining centers for training in vocational schools in Brittany, France, for an amount of EUR 831,730.

Enerflex completed the Mila midline compressor station at Bombala, New South Wales, for Jemena, five weeks ahead of schedule. The station boosts capacity of the Eastern Gas Pipeline.

Enerflex will provide core maintenance and overhaul services for over 130 gas compressor packages supporting QGC's Queensland Curtis LNG project in Queensland, Australia. The contract is worth approximately $70 million over eight years.

Valmec signed an agreement with APA Group to build a compressor station at the Murrin Murrin facility on the Goldfields Gas Pipeline in Western Australia. Valmec's new contracts reportedly total about $30 million combined.

Bauer Kompressoren Australia was awarded a contract to supply a high pressure breathing air bottle fill system to the Australian Department of Defence, valued at AUD 136,538.60.

Rotterdam-based Peinemann Mobilift Group B.V. takes over the Veenendaal family business G. van Harten B.V., a specialist in industrial relocations with lift systems up to 1,100 tonnes.

Nobia's Board of Directors made a directional decision to invest in a new highly automated production plant in Jönköping, Sweden, to replace its existing factory in Tidaholm. The investment in automation and other production equipment is estimated at SEK 2 billion, with the plant planned to be in full operation by 2024.