AddUp, the joint venture between Fives and Michelin, has announced the 100% acquisition of BeAM, a company specializing in Directed Energy Deposition (DED) 3D printing for large parts and repairs in aeronautics, defense and energy markets.

St. Johns Packaging purchased a Comexi Nexus Dual laminator, installed in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in Q1 2021.

Altrad Group completed the purchase of approximately 90% of the share capital of Prezioso Linjebygg. The transaction received approval from the works council and merger authorities.

Erdemtaş Makine, a member of the ESO Group, has been chosen by Pirelli to produce production lines and machines for a capacity expansion project at its Turkish branch. The project includes automation by ESO Endüstriyel Otomasyon.

Baker Hughes, a GE company, will supply six gas turbines and compressors for the third liquefaction train at Cheniere's Corpus Christi LNG project in Texas, ordered through Bechtel. The project's aggregate capacity is about 13.5 MTPA once all three trains are complete.

Belcan, a global supplier of engineering and supply chain services, acquired Allegiant International, a professional services network with over 750 professionals. The transaction closed on June 13, 2018.

Vigians, a subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, won a multi-million euro contract from DuPont de Nemours to supply a Spin Cell module for a new Tyvek production site in Luxembourg. The project, managed by Vigians' subsidiary Van Dam in the Netherlands, includes doors and partitions and has started with an 18-month duration.

Sinosteel Mecc group purchased lathes from Elite (Shenyang Elite CNC Machine Tool Co., Ltd.) and the machines were delivered to Africa.

Andlinger & Company announced the planned sale of SUSPA GmbH, a manufacturer of gas springs and dampers, to the private investment arm of Belgian entrepreneur Pascal Vanhalst. The transaction is subject to antitrust approval expected by end of June 2018.

The Donaldson Company is planning a $35 million expansion of its existing plant in Frankfort, Indiana, which would add close to 85 new jobs. The Frankfort City Council approved tax abatement resolutions for the project, which is still subject to a public hearing.

TRUMPF Inc. expanded its training center in Farmington, Connecticut by 18,000 square feet to a total of 40,000 square feet, with an investment exceeding USD 3 million. The center now offers classroom and hands-on instruction for precision sheet metal fabrication customers and employees.

Horstra Technology, a specialist in high-tech precision milling, is expanding its facility in Hardenberg, Netherlands, by building on an adjacent 2,700 m² plot. The expansion will more than double the existing building and house a new portal milling machine.

Quintus Technologies supplied a Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) to Pankl Racing Systems for their new Pankl Additive Manufacturing Competence Center (PAMCC) in Kapfenberg, Austria. The press will be used for HIP post-treatment of AM parts.

Avic Guizhou Anda Aviation Forging Co. Ltd. placed a contract with SMS group for a new RAW 400(500)/200(250)-2500/800 DM ring-rolling machine for its plant in Anshun, China. Production is expected to begin in mid-2019.

Yaskawa is planning to build new production facilities in Kočevje, Slovenia, for the manufacture of inverter drives, servo drives and servo motors, close to its existing robot factory. The first European-made Motoman robots are expected by end of 2018.

Nordson merged its BKG pelletizer and melt delivery equipment businesses into Nordson BKG GmbH, headquartered at a Münster facility that more than triples in space. Full relocation of operations will be completed by fall 2018.

ATEK Metal Technologies is expanding its low-pressure casting capacity by 40%, adding precision machining, and will install a robotic system for de-gating and deburring at its New Hampton, Iowa foundry. A building expansion consolidating warehousing and shipping is also planned.

The KraussMaffei Group acquired a stake in GINDUMAC GmbH, a digital used machinery trading platform, to expand its digital product range and enable integrated sales of new and used plastics processing machinery.

PTC Inc. agreed to sell 10,582,010 shares of its common stock to Rockwell Automation at $94.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.0 billion, as part of a strategic partnership.

Corrugated Synergies International, a sheet feeding equipment maker, is opening a facility near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in New Mexico. The company is investing nearly $40 million and expects to create about 120 manufacturing jobs.

Hyundai Construction Equipment will expand its Pune, India factory's annual production capacity to 10,000 units by end of 2019, up from 6,000, to meet growing demand.

Steel Tech, a manufacturer of outdoor wood and coal burning furnaces, is building a new 35,000 sq ft facility in Winkler, Manitoba's Clover Creek industrial park. The expansion aims to quadruple production and double staff within a year.

Brosses Lacasse invested $300,000 in a new CNC machine tool to produce roller brushes and straight brushes, increasing production capacity and accessing new markets, with $86,000 from DEC.

Bath Iron Works was awarded a $49,817,723 contract by the U.S. Navy for lead yard services on DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, with options that could bring the total to $304,843,466 over five years.

Southco has started construction of a new plant in the Podkarpackie Science and Technology Park Aeropolis in Jasionka, Poland. The facility will initially house a distribution center and create about 80 jobs, with completion expected in March 2019 and production starting in April 2019.

Processing Technologies International LLC has opened its Technology Development Center, a demonstration center dedicated to product development and process trials for customers on production-scale systems.

iwis holding company (Joh. Winklhofer Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG) has acquired the Unimet Group, comprising Unimet GmbH, Leukert GmbH and Unimet Pty, with antitrust approval. The group specializes in high-precision sheet metal stamping and bending.

Tiger Trailers began construction of a new £22 million factory in Winsford, UK, which will double annual production to 3,000 trailers and create 120 skilled jobs over three years.

ASELSAN and Nurol Makine ve Sanayi AŞ signed a $149.96 million contract for an overseas customer, with deliveries planned to be completed within 2018.

Toa Koki has completed a new factory in Kashima, Saga Prefecture, Japan, with an investment of 250 million yen, to manufacture and repair machine tools for in-house use. The first project is a CNC 2-axis port processing machine.

Dorner Europe has completed a major expansion of its facility in Jülich, Germany, doubling production space to 2,120 square meters and adding jobs. The expansion enables production of the 2200 Series conveyor line.

A German company opened a new factory for vacuum packaging machines in Bozhurishte, Bulgaria, with an investment of over €18 million, creating 153 jobs.

Siemens Austria and Serbia Cargo signed a EUR 32 million contract for the supply of 8 Vectron multisystem locomotives. The locomotives will be delivered by the end of March 2019.

PBC Linear will invest $10 million over two years to expand its South Beloit campus, including a new 66,000-square-foot building and $3.75 million in equipment. The expansion was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on June 6, 2018.

Trimill a.s. will officially open a new production hall in Vsetín on June 15, 2018. The investment exceeded 190 million CZK. The company plans to increase production by up to 50 percent within five years and create 30-40 new jobs.

Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc. has received an order from IKEA for two large automatic 2-zone progressive kilns with annual capacity of about 55,000 cubic metres. The kilns will be installed at IKEA's production plant in Stalowa Wola, Poland, and taken into production in early 2019.

Weber Maschinenbau has broken ground on a seven-figure investment in an office building and workshop of about 6,000 square meters in Werther, Germany, for producing components and tools for thermoforming packaging machines; around 50 employees are to move in by mid-2019.

Dürr is acquiring 100% of three Babcock & Wilcox subsidiaries (MEGTEC and Universal segments) for an enterprise value of about EUR 110 million, with closing expected in Q3 2018.

EMS and Bosch signed a strategic partnership to implement Industry 4.0 solutions at EMS's plant in Hortolândia, Brazil, starting with a pilot on a packaging line and maintenance management.

Massman Automation Designs acquired Ideal-Pak, a liquid filling and packaging machine manufacturer based in Madison, WI. The acquisition aims to strengthen Massman's foothold in the liquid filling machine market.

Doosan Bobcat Inc. has opened a backhoe loader plant in Chennai, India. The 15,000 square-meter factory is capable of producing about 8,000 backhoe loaders a year and will start operation from the latter half of 2019.

Italy's Machining Centers Manufacturing (MCM) has been confirmed as the winning bidder to supply two processing centers to Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a subsidiary of AVIC, for a $24.6 million contract.

Valmet will supply a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, to reduce warp of the final product and improve plant performance. The announcement was dated 5 June 2018.

technotrans AG acquired the business operations of Reisner Cooling Energy GmbH in Holzwickede for a purchase price in the middle six-figure range. The asset deal includes taking on all 33 employees and preserving the location, strengthening technotrans' market position in the plastics industry.

Japanese crane maker Tadano Global purchased 2,918,542 shares of Manitex for approximately $32.7 million, giving it 15% ownership and the right to designate a board member. The deal is expected to close May 30, 2018.

BW Papersystems, a division of Barry-Wehmiller, acquired Dongguan K&H Machinery Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of complete corrugators for corrugated sheets.

Winterhalter, a professional warewashing equipment manufacturer, opened a new subsidiary in Las Pinas City, Manila, Philippines, expanding its sales and service network in Asia.

MCM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rifa Precision Machinery, received a notice of winning bid from AVIC International Economic and Trade Development to supply five-coordinate vertical-horizontal machining centers and five-coordinate horizontal machining centers to Chengdu Aircraft Industry (Group) for a total of $24.6 million.

Prima Industrie, through its subsidiary Prima Power Suzhou, resolved to acquire a 19% stake in Suzhou Lead Laser Technology for approximately 50 million renminbi (€6.7 million), with an option to acquire an additional 41% by 2020.

ODIN Engineering commissioned a new Hedelius T7 2600 Magnum 5-axis milling machine at its facility in Denmark to increase capacity and relieve its Zayer milling machine.