KUKA supplied and configured six KR QUANTEC robots for Tricor Packaging & Logistics' corrugated board production in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, after KUKA Customer Service stepped in to complete a stalled robot system.

ENGlobal's subsidiary ENGlobal Government Services won one of three prime contractor spots on a US$124 million multiple-award contract for the Defense Logistics Agency's Automated Fuel Handling Program. The five-year contract covers fuel monitoring and control systems worldwide.

Emerson has been awarded a five-year contract by BP to provide predictive maintenance and operational support for the Clair Ridge platform and Glen Lyon FPSO in the North Sea.

Valmet will supply a containerboard making line (PM 5) with mill-wide automation and services for Papierfabrik Palm's Aalen-Neukochen mill in Germany, with start-up scheduled for 2021; the order value was not disclosed.

Valmet was selected to supply a high-capacity containerboard machine and automation solutions for the second paper machine at Hamburger Rieger's Spremberg mill. The announcement is dated 15 November 2018.

ABB received a US$79 million order from CPECC for an integrated automation, electrification and telecommunication upgrade of the Bab Onshore Field in Abu Dhabi. The report is dated 13 November 2018.

ABB was awarded a $79 million contract by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation to provide integrated automation, electrification and telecommunications for the upgrade of Abu Dhabi's Bab Onshore Field.

Emerson, with partner Fores Engineering, signed a USD 32 million contract with Sonatrach to modernise the Alrar gas processing plant in Algeria, including control and safety systems, fire and gas systems and valves.

Sonatrach awarded Emerson Electric, in partnership with Fores Engineering, a $32 million contract to modernize the Alrar natural gas processing plant in southeast Algeria with new control and safety systems.

Honeywell was selected to refurbish server virtualisation, process visualisation and cybersecurity technologies at Sappi Austria Produktions' paper mill in Gratkorn, Graz-Umgebung, Austria.

Valmet will supply an automation and safety system, including Valmet DNA and Hima safety systems, to the new Inkoo gas compression station of the Balticconnector pipeline for Baltic Connector Oy. Start-up is scheduled for June 2019.

ProMach and its Brenton brand supplied a custom robotic case erecting and end-of-line packaging system for an unnamed major PET and HDPE plastic container manufacturer, which started up quickly after factory testing.

KUKA received an order to supply about 430 industrial robots to GAC NE, a subsidiary of GAC Group, for a new electric car production facility in Guangzhou. The order value is in the high double-digit million euro range and was booked in Q2 2018.

Rotork received major contracts to supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators and gearboxes to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery for its new refinery and petrochemicals complex at Changxing Island in Dalian, China. The latest order includes about 2,000 explosionproof electric actuators.

Servelec Controls was awarded several contracts via Costain to develop integrated control and safety systems for two new National Grid compressor stations at Huntingdon and Peterborough.

Finnish automation supplier Valmet secured a contract to supply a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, with delivery expected later in 2018 and an order below EUR 1 million.

Valmet will supply an automatic warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, for delivery in late spring 2018. The order value was not disclosed.

Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) won an EPCC order from PETRONAS to supply an analyzer house with process analyzers and sampling devices, plus tank quality and pipe tracking solutions, for the RAPID project's oil storage facilities at Pengerang. Construction is due to finish by August 2018 and operations start in 2019.

Russian manufacturers Veza, Arktos and SovPlim will supply about 1,000 supply-air units, over 100 exhaust units and climate equipment for the ZapSibNeftekhim complex in Tobolsk, part of contracts totalling about 1.5 billion rubles. LIK Forside will supply Siemens-based automation systems.

Valmet's three IQ Moisturizer systems delivered to Dunapack Mosburger's corrugated line in Strasswalchen, Austria, have been started up to improve box quality and plant performance.

Recon Technology won contracts worth about RMB 6.1 million ($0.9 million) to develop four IoT oil and gas production projects for three plants of PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company in Shanxi Province. Work is to be completed by 31 December 2017.

Emerson selected Caltrol as the new provider for former Pentair Valves & Controls products and support in California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii, effective 5 July 2017. Emerson purchased the business unit from Pentair on 28 April 2017.

Ulstein Design & Solutions was awarded a contract by China Merchants Group to design and supply equipment for an expedition cruise vessel for SunStone Ships, with options for nine more; the ship will be built at China Merchants Heavy Industry and delivery is planned for 2019. Ulstein Power & Control also won the system delivery contract, with equipment delivery in Q1 2018.

Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) won an EPCC contract from PETRONAS to supply a process analyzer house and related systems for the oil storage facilities of the RAPID project in Pengerang, Malaysia, with construction due by August 2018.

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract worth $8 million to provide process automation engineering services as main automation contractor to TPC Group's Texas and Louisiana facilities.

Heerema Marine Contractors chose Emerson Automation Solutions to supply a valve remote control system for the SSCV Sleipnir, under construction at Sembcorp Marine's shipyard in Singapore.

Rotork shipped fifteen IQ3 electric actuators from its Calgary facility to Suncor's Fort Hills oil sands mine in Alberta, with over 1,000 pneumatic actuators also supplied from Italy and South Korea.

Wood Group won a USD 40 million contract from ExxonMobil Chemical to provide main automation contractor services, covering detailed design and construction of process control systems for a new polyethylene plant in Beaumont, Texas.