Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH acquired All-Print Holding AB, which owns Svenska Allen AB and All-Print i Linköping AB, to expand its marking, coding and print-and-apply business in Scandinavia.

Havyard Group ASA has signed a Head of Terms to sell its 75% ownership in MMC First Process AS to a consortium of First Process Holding AS and Credo Partners, and will buy back MMC First Process's 77% stake in MMC Green Technology AS.

Okuma Corporation announced an investment agreement to establish Okuma (Changzhou) Machine Tool Co. Ltd as a machine tool production subsidiary in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Laroche, a manufacturer of textile recycling and airlay web-forming equipment, invested more than €6 million in machinery at its technical centre in Cours-la-Ville, France, including a double-belt thermobonding oven from Schott & Meissner and a needle-loom from Andritz.

Motores Reynosa (Nidec) will invest 25 million USD to expand its operations in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, adding a 126,000 sq ft industrial facility and creating 350 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs.

GMM Pfaudler Ltd has acquired the Industrial Mixing Solutions Division of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd, Pune, to enhance its industrial mixing business vertical.

SAMOA Industrial, headquartered in Gijón, Spain, acquired Italian manufacturer Larius Srl, which makes transfer pumps, paint spray equipment and extrusion systems. The deal was announced on 12 April 2019.

Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.

Niigata Machine Techno purchased a plant building near its headquarters on April 11, 2019, to operate as an assembly plant for injection molding machines. Total floor space is about 9,000 square meters, with expected monthly production capacity of 40 units.

Ima completed the acquisition of 61.45% of Tecmar, a maker of automatic packaging machines for coffee and food, for about EUR 1.7 million.

Witte y Solá plans to expand its facilities by 1,000 square meters in autumn 2020, with an investment of 4.2 million euros. The expansion includes a seventh production line, new warehouses, a loading dock, and a technology development center, and will increase the workforce to 175.

Makino Milling Machine has completed the reorganisation of its main factory buildings in Aiko District, Kanagawa, Japan, increasing tool grinder production capacity by 36% to 180 units per year. The company invested about 2.5 billion yen in the project.

CSI Compressco LP completed the relocation and expansion of its East Texas facility from Longview to a 15-acre site in Kilgore, Texas, creating a Center of Excellence for compressor repair, overhaul and aftermarket parts. The facility is staffed by 35 personnel.

Siemens will supply three Dresser-Rand 5HHE-VL reciprocating compressors for a new steam methane reformer in Texas, which will become the largest hydrogen production unit in the U.S. when completed in 2021. Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020.

AIMS Companies, a national industrial services company, acquired Landshark, a hydro-excavation company based in Pearland, Texas, to expand its operations in the Texas market.

Metalex Manufacturing Inc. ordered a 6-axis Droop+Rein T portal machining center from Starrag for its new Center for Advanced Large Manufacturing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sandvik has completed the acquisition of OSK, a Chinese supplier of solid carbide round tools. OSK will become part of the Seco division in Sandvik Machining Solutions. The purchase price was not disclosed.

PALFINGER has been awarded a contract by the Modification Alliance (Aker BP and Aker Solutions) to deliver one fully electric offshore pedestal crane and overhead travelling cranes for the Valhall Crane Replacement Project in the North Sea.

Liebherr USA, Co. is expanding its Newport News, Virginia campus with a $45 million project including a new headquarters building and a second workshop for mobile and crawler cranes, adding over 251,000 square feet. Completion is scheduled for 2020.

Dragon Products, LLC completed the acquisition of specific assets of Vantage Trailers, Inc., including assets, trademarks, patents, and design rights for aluminum bulk aggregate, dump, and pneumatic trailers. Terms were not disclosed.

Guangxi LiuGong Machinery has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (southeast) Limited (CPMS), its exclusive dealership for England, Wales and Scotland, establishing LiuGong's first international retail operation.

Zierke Built Manufacturing plans to purchase a laser cutter and a brake press and hire 20 additional employees over three years at its Fairmont, Minnesota facility. The Fairmont Economic Development Authority approved forgiving $60,000 of a $300,000 state loan to support the expansion.

Stanadyne LLC acquired Pure Power Technologies Inc., a leader in diesel fuel injectors and turbochargers headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The acquisition combines complementary product lines in fuel and air management systems.

FANUC will build a new servo motor parts machining factory in Oshino-mura, Yamanashi, Japan, combining two existing factories. The investment is approximately 12 billion yen, with completion scheduled for September 2019.

Atlas Copco acquired PSI Compressors of Brockville Incorporated, a compressor distributor in south-eastern Ontario, to expand direct sales and service in eastern Ontario. The price was not disclosed and the company joins the Compressor Technique division.

Yaskawa opened a new industrial robot factory in Kočevje, Slovenia, after two years of construction. The facility will produce 10,000 robots per year and employ 150 workers by 2023, with an investment of around 25 million euros.

Campen Machinery A/S is building new pilot test facilities at its headquarters in Hornslet, Denmark to demonstrate a new airlaid forming head and hammer mill system that reduces energy usage.

MacLean Engineering completed a 15,000 square foot expansion of its Owen Sound, Ontario manufacturing facility, doubling assembly capacity from five to ten bays. The project was initiated in Q4 2018 and completed in Q1 2019, with plans to add 50-60 new jobs.

Kyocera has started construction of a new facility at its Yasu manufacturing complex in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, to develop and produce proprietary automated production equipment for smart factory use. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 3, 2019.

Motala Verkstad Group (MVG) and Blue Future Sweden have agreed to merge their operations in Kristinehamn, Sweden. The combined entity will operate under the Blue Future name, with Linda Take as CEO of the three Kristinehamn facilities.

SANY America, the U.S. subsidiary of China's SANY, will transition from semi-knocked-down assembly to completely-knocked-down manufacturing of excavators at its Peachtree City, Georgia plant in June 2019. The company plans to increase manufacturing jobs from 25 to over 300 within five years and eventually build a larger facility.

AVEVA announced the acquisition of the software assets of MaxGrip, a partner since 2017, to enhance its Asset Performance Management portfolio. The transaction is subject to MaxGrip's shareholder approval.

The Felss Group acquired all shares in Heinrich Müller Maschinenfabrik GmbH and HMP Umformtechnik GmbH from the Müller family. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.

Emerson announced a $49 million investment in a 140,000 sq ft global headquarters in Brookfield, Connecticut, for its Branson assembly technologies line. Groundbreaking is set for June 2019 with opening expected in late 2020.

DI-MOND announced the launch of a state-of-the-art truck body manufacturing facility in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario. The investment amount and timeline are not specified.

HORNOS PUJOL and TVITEC signed a commercial collaboration agreement for PUJOL to exclusively design an EVA and HST laminate oven for TVITEC's curved glass production lines. The agreement includes the HST LAM Multichamber Super Jumbo model for TVITEC's plant.

NEU, the air treatment division of GROUPE SFPI, acquired 98% of the shares in Danish company JKF Industri A/S, a manufacturer of dust extraction equipment with factories in Denmark, Poland and Malaysia.

Siemens Digital Industries secured a major international productivity and technology program with Boortmalt Group, starting at Boortmalt's Malton facility in North Yorkshire, UK. The program aims to reduce costs by up to 30% and includes a digital-as-a-service business model.

KINSHOFER, a manufacturer of excavator and loader crane attachments, acquired Hammer SRL, an Italy-based manufacturer of demolition, excavation, recycling and material handling attachments, gaining a hydraulic breaker line.

Pharmaceutics International (Pii) has purchased a GENiSYS R aseptic small batch filling and closing machine from Automated Systems of Tacoma (AST) and will collaborate on its installation at Pii's Hunt Valley, MD facility. The companies will also co-promote the system.

PID, a subsidiary of POSSEHL Identification Solutions, acquired a majority stake in Datakamp System GmbH & Co. KG, a developer and manufacturer of electronic system components for industrial applications based in Buxtehude, Germany.

Ferropatent Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Zrt. awarded a EUR 235,000 contract to Igm Robotersysteme AG for the design and supply of a complete welding robot system.

Shenzhen Capchem Technology awarded a CNY 3.65 million contract to Wuxi Lima Chemical Machinery for reactors and storage tanks (clad plate material) for its Capchem Phase III project (lithium-ion battery electrolyte key materials R&D and industrialization).

Atlas Copco acquired S.A.S. Air Diffusion, its distributor of compressors based in St. Etienne, France, through its subsidiary Exlair. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement was made on 2 April 2019.

thyssenkrupp Gerlach has ordered a Farina GLF 16000 forging press from Schuler for its Homburg site. The press, one of the world's largest mechanical presses, will produce truck front axles and crankshafts starting in 2021, with an annual capacity of 360,000 forged components.

Tinby held the grand opening of a new 11,000 m2 factory in Stawiszcze, Poland in April 2019, built over about one year. The facility produces stall ventilation, machine tools, and mats.

Better Way Products, a fiberglass manufacturing company, is expanding into a 217,000-square-foot facility in Valdosta, Georgia, bringing 86 jobs. The company began operations on April 1, 2019.

G.D USA, a member of the Coesia Group, will invest $3.73 million to increase capacity and enhance technology at its facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia, creating up to 26 new jobs.

Carraro Group opened a new R&D centre (Carraro Technologies India) and a new production line for T10 transmissions at its Carraro India facility in Pune, expanding its presence in India.

China National Building Material Company (CNBM) and Fives signed a strategic agreement covering at least €600 million in business over three years, focusing on upgrading CNBM's cement plants in China, building new plants outside China, and creating a Joint Engineering Centre in Shanghai.