Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH was awarded a EUR 1,041,250 contract by TITK e. V. Thueringisches Institut fuer Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung e. V. for a two-stage extrusion unit for reactive production of T-NIPUs.

Marbach America Inc. is relocating and expanding its manufacturing facility to Michigan City, Indiana, investing over $4 million and creating 30 jobs.

Toshul has completed pre-reception of a Basicturn 1600 vertical turret lathe for Valmet's Valkeakoski site. The machine will be installed in week 20 of 2019, with final reception before midsummer.

Chiron Group is building a new, highly digitalized machine tool factory in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, with an investment of over €30 million. The factory is scheduled to open in October 2019.

CHIRON Group (巨浪集团) opened its 'Taicang Future Factory' in Jiangsu Province, China, on May 28, 2019. The €15 million facility covers 36,000 square meters, with initial annual capacity of 200 machine tools, producing four types of machining centers for automotive, aerospace, medical, and precision manufacturing sectors.

Valmet will supply a complete Advantage DCT 100HS tissue production line to Faderco in Algeria. The order includes automation and a rewinder, with start-up planned for June 2020.

A new high-tech factory with Turkish-German capital is being built near Kuklen, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, worth BGN 12 million. It will manufacture CNC machines for export and is expected to create about 100 jobs, with production starting in September 2019.

Haozhi JiDian (Haozhi Hong Kong) signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Infranor Group and Bleu Indim from Perrot Duval for CHF 33.4038 million (approx. CNY 221 million). The acquisition adds CNC systems, servo drives and servo motors to Haozhi's product line.

CZM Foundation Equipment announced it will construct a 40,000-square-foot expandable facility in Interstate Centre II in Bryan County, Georgia, and relocate its international headquarters and engineering from Brazil to the same location. The company expects to reach 75 employees over three years and double machine production capacity.

Continental Diamond Tool announced a $5.5 million expansion of its New Haven, Indiana facility, adding 15,000 square feet and creating up to 226 jobs over four years. The expansion began in late 2018 and is expected to be completed by July 2019.

Italian machinery group CFT acquired the entire share capital of Siapi S.r.l., a maker of two-stage stretch blow-molding machines, for EUR 3 million plus a possible earn-out of up to EUR 2.4 million. Siapi recorded revenues of about EUR 11 million in 2018.

Absolute Machine Tools established a partnership with Sussex Tool & Supply, relocating its Elgin, IL operation to Rockford, IL, and expanding service and engineering departments.

Soraluce officially opened a new factory in Bergara, Spain, dedicated to the assembly of portal-type machining centres. The facility cost EUR 9 million and houses a 4,900 m² assembly shopfloor.

KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH launched a newly developed machine for the efficient production of thermoplastic UD tapes, combining spreading and impregnation technologies for mass production.

Gea Vipoll, a manufacturer of filling lines, will start building a new production plant at its existing location in Križevci pri Ljutomeru, Slovenia, with an investment of €7 million, creating around 30 new jobs.

Japanese Nissei and Italian EVIRT Italia, both rolling machine makers, have co-established a brand named 'Nissei·EVIRT' to co-develop Japan and EU markets. They will first purchase main products from each other.

Mitsubishi Electric and Schaeffler Technologies formed a global strategic partnership to collaborate on Industry 4.0 solutions, combining Schaeffler's mechatronics and condition monitoring with Mitsubishi's factory automation technologies.

SPI Blow Molding, LLC purchased and placed into production a new AH 550-100 blow molding machine from Pet All Manufacturing Inc. at its Coloma, Michigan plant to increase production volume and efficiency.

SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG has acquired CABA-Blind Antriebsaggregate GmbH, a specialist in mechanical engineering and gearbox manufacturing based in Kehl, Germany.

Heinrich Georg Maschinenfabrik received an order from Vítkovické Slévárny for a roll lathe, the third supplied to the Czech roll manufacturer. The new machine will be linked with an existing lathe to double capacity.

Baker Hughes, a GE company, will supply turbomachinery with four compressor trains for the first phase of BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, awarded via Black & Veatch for Golar LNG.

Grand Forks-based True North Equipment announced it will acquire Evergreen Implement, a John Deere distributor with stores in Minnesota. The acquisition will combine the businesses, employing about 180 people, with no job losses.

Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the first phase of its new production logistics center in Kirchdorf an der Iller, Germany. The company is investing around €35 million in the project, with the first phase to be completed by end of 2019 and the second by end of 2020.

Dongfeng Forging Co., Ltd. has placed an order with SMS group for a 5,000-ton eccentric forging press for its plant in Shiyan, China. The press will manufacture light-truck crankshafts and is scheduled for commissioning in Q2 2020.

Atlas Copco has acquired Bold & Cichos GbR, a compressor distributor based in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, with about 15 employees. The company also offers service and engineers air package container solutions. The purchase price was not disclosed.

C&C Manufacturing is expanding its complex in Centerville, Iowa, with a $2 million investment. The expansion adds 12 acres adjacent to their current property and is their third expansion at the Centerville facility.

CBC Manufacturing will invest $4.45 million to build out the XLI Manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York, creating 80 new jobs. Relocation work is expected to be finished by end of 2019.

Nior Holdings Ltd, owned by the Golan family, is investing over EUR 10 million to modernize and double production capacity at the Kiepin sawmill in Mäntyharju, Finland. The investment includes a new log X-ray from Finnos Oy.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries held a ceremony for a new plant in Bangalore, India, for hydraulic pumps and motors for construction machinery, with an investment of about 800 million yen and annual capacity of 20,000 units, doubling total capacity in India to 40,000 units.

Kyocera Corporation agreed to acquire 100% ownership of SouthernCarlson, Inc., a US-based distributor of tools, fasteners, packaging, and facility supplies headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. SouthernCarlson will operate as a US-based subsidiary of Kyocera.

Gleason announced it will acquire the Faessler Honing Business from the Daetwyler Group. The acquisition was reported in May 2019.

Sealed Air signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based automated bagging systems maker Automated Packaging Systems for a total consideration of $510 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

Honeywell UOP will provide engineering, procurement and fabrication services for gas pretreatment technologies at Venture Global LNG's Calcasieu Pass export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The complex will produce 10 MTPA of LNG.

West Salem Machinery finished installation of a new Doosan 3-axis vertical milling machine and is expanding its warehouse to triple storage capacity in Salem, Oregon.

C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Co. purchased T & T Tool of Spooner, Wisconsin. The announcement was made on April 30, 2019.

Purvis Industries has acquired substantially all assets, brand rights, websites, and intellectual property of Foresight Automation, a systems integrator based in Fort Worth, Texas, effective March 29, 2019.

CMS Cepcor has completed the purchase of a 6,000 m² warehouse facility adjacent to its Technical Centre in Coalville, Leicestershire, to serve as a new dedicated Global Parts Centre, expanding capacity due to sustained growth.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated acquired Hosco Fittings, a manufacturer of precision stainless steel fluid handling components, and Integrated Dispense Solutions (IDS), a designer of dispensing solutions for high viscosity materials. Both will become part of the Carlisle Fluid Technologies segment.

JCB has secured a contract worth almost £17 million to supply 300 JCB Loadalls, 50 compact excavators, site dumpers and tandem rollers to Plant Hire UK. The machines will be supplied and supported by Gunn JCB.

Lockport, NY packaging converter Bison Bag ordered a 10-color MIRAFLEX II AM flexographic press from Windmöller & Hölscher, its first from that supplier. The press is scheduled to start up in Q4 2019.

Garner Aluminium Extrusions (Garnalex) received delivery of a state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion press in Nether Heage, Derbyshire, UK, representing a £9 million investment.

Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd. and Voltas Ltd. have entered into a distribution agreement for sales and marketing of Shima's textile machinery products in India.

AQ Group AB signed an agreement to acquire 100% of LTI Holding Oy and its subsidiary Trafotek Oy for EUR 28 million, expanding its inductive components business.

HQW Precision GmbH signed an agreement to acquire The Barden Corporation (U.K.) Ltd from Schaeffler AG on April 26, 2019. The Barden brand will be used worldwide except in America.

Load King LLC announced the acquisition of Terex Corporation's boom truck, truck crane and crossover product lines. The acquisition expands Load King's manufacturing portfolio.

SOP-Metal acquired an 18.75% stake in Origo Engineering, a Finnish company specializing in mechanical design and 3D printing. Leinolat Group also acquired a similar stake. The deal was completed on April 12, 2019.

Beijing No.1 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. won a bid to supply two CNC fixed-beam gantry boring-milling machines to Lanzhou Vacuum Equipment Co., Ltd. for CNY 5.69 million.

Ingersoll-Rand plc agreed to spin off its Industrial business and merge it with Gardner Denver Holdings in a cash-and-stock Reverse Morris Trust deal valued at about $15 billion, announced April 30, 2019.

Parker-Hannifin entered a merger agreement under which it will acquire LORD Corporation for $3.675 billion in cash on a cash-free, debt-free basis, to be financed with new debt.

PEER Bearing relocated its tapered roller bearing production from Changshan, China into a new 145,000 sqm facility built by parent SKF, with a total investment of SEK 200 million.