Alliance Packaging purchased an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital corrugated press for installation at its Seattle headquarters facility, with installation scheduled for completion in May 2018.

The Bowmill Group installed a Chiron FZ12 FX Magnum Vario machining centre at its Tewkesbury facility as part of a £3.5 million investment. The facility is producing 1,500 units per month and has created 17 jobs.

The European Commission approved the acquisition of joint control over a Russian joint venture by General Electric and Rosneft subsidiary Sibintek, focusing on industrial IoT applications based on GE's Predix platform.

Kunming Machine Tool sold a VMG6 five-axis boring and milling machine to Shandong Haomai Machinery Technology for 40 million yuan via public listing.

French group Diverre, based in Grigny, acquired the shares of BMV, which has about 15 employees and an industrial site in Bouttencourt, to diversify its glassware-industry products.

FORCE America Inc. broke ground on a new 20,000 sq. ft. sales and service center in Limerick, PA, on April 5, 2018. The facility will increase capacity by 70% and is expected to be completed at an unspecified future date.

Parker Hannifin Corporation will expand its manufacturing operations in Lakeview, Michigan, adding 30,000 sq. ft. and creating at least 46 jobs. The expansion will consolidate operations from Ohio into the Lakeview site.

Valmet secured an order to deliver a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland, to improve performance and reduce product warp.

Korean KOSDAQ-listed Yesti signed a supply contract worth about KRW 7.8 billion for display manufacturing equipment, as disclosed on 5 April 2018.

3M signed a multi-year contract with C3 IoT to deliver AI-based applications, starting with predictive healthcare and supply chain analytics, using the C3 IoT Platform on Microsoft Azure.

BHS-Sonthofen acquired all shares of AVA GmbH & Co. KG in Herrsching, Germany, effective April 4, 2018. The purchase price was undisclosed. AVA's site and employees will be retained.

Capital Equipment Group (CEG), a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings, completed a R59 million assembly plant in Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal. The 5,500 m³ facility on 14 hectares is now fully operational for assembling agricultural and construction equipment and forklifts.

Dhollandia MFG broke ground on a 160,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bessemer City, North Carolina, to produce hydraulic lift gates for trucks. The project involves over $30 million investment and is expected to create 150-200 jobs.

Kockums Maskin will invest SEK 20 million in 2018 to add new machine capacity at its Kallinge facility, including two new horizontal multi-operation machines with multi-pallet systems.

Modig Machine Tools will break ground on April 10, 2018 for a new factory and headquarters near Värsnäs in Kalmar, Sweden. The facility is expected to be ready for occupancy in Q1 2019.

Calgary-area Sage Energy Corporation and NGC Compression Solutions merged their businesses, effective immediately, to form NEXT Compression Corp. The company makes natural gas compression equipment and is led by CEO Shane Guiltner.

OOO Valtsmatik has been granted resident status at the Feniks industrial park in Smolensk, Russia. The company plans to invest 165 million rubles to build a new plant for manufacturing import-substituting equipment for agro-industrial and logistics complexes, relocating production from the Moscow region. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

Custom Truck One Source has entered into an exclusive partnership with Tornado Global Hydrovac, making Custom Truck the single distributor for Tornado products in the United States. Custom Truck will increase its Tornado fleet and offer parts and services across all locations.

Custom Truck One Source announced it will expand its operations in Sedalia, Missouri, dedicating its existing facility and an additional 28,000 square feet in Thomas Meadows Industrial Park to its OEM subsidiary Load King. The expansion will add capacity to upfit up to 1,000 additional vocational trucks per year and create 25 to 35 new jobs.

Timber Automation, a portfolio company of Blue Sage Capital, has acquired Québec-based VAB Solutions, a provider of technology solutions for lumber production lines. The acquisition complements Timber's custom-engineered equipment and control systems for woodyards and sawmills.

AXYZ International, a Canadian manufacturer of CNC router and knife systems, acquired WARDJet, a US manufacturer of waterjet cutting machines.

Croatian oil company INA awarded Hoerbiger Service Hungaria Kft. a contract worth HRK 116,835 for compressor valves and other spare parts for Ariel gas compressors. The award is dated 2020-07-17 in the notice, while the publication date is 2018-04-03.

Bothani Mechanical and Engineering Equipment Trading, in a joint venture with ENG cranes, will set up the Middle East's first tower crane manufacturing facility in the UAE. Production is expected to start in July 2018.

Nortek received a second order, in cooperation with Sacyr Fluor, to renew the turbine and compressor lubrication system at Repsol's Tarragona complex. The system will use two pumps driven by an electric motor and a steam turbine, at a flow rate of 1,160 lpm.

Nortek received an order to supply API lubrication and cooling systems for a boiler feed water pump at Repsol's Tarragona industrial complex, to be supplied to Flowserve. The announcement was dated 2 April 2018.

Starlinger delivered the 100th lamiTEC coating and laminating machine to Fatima Packaging Limited in Pakistan in April 2018. The machine is used for coating woven plastic sacks.

The RÖHM Group has been acquired by Dr. Helmut Rothenberger Holding GmbH. The company's 1,400 employees join the ROTHENBERGER Group.

Fives has acquired the Machine Tool Service Division of Konecranes.

Sunnen Products Company has acquired BTA Heller Incorporated, a US-based manufacturer of deep hole tooling and systems. BTA Heller will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Dalgakiran Compressor Ukraine delivered a second batch of compressor stations and air dryers to the Vinnytsia poultry farm of MHP after winning a tender in late 2017. The delivery was completed in April 2018.

GE Power's Automation & Controls business and SEW-Eurodrive signed a partnership to sell controllers and drive-based automation portfolios worldwide, providing complimentary solutions for drive and controller-based motion control.

Citizen Machinery will invest about 500 million yen to double the monthly production capacity of NC automatic lathes at its Philippines plant from 40 to 80 units. Construction starts in April 2018, with completion by end of 2018 and operation in January 2019.

Jupiter Machine Tool Inc. will build a $2.75 million, 10,000 sq. ft. facility on Enterprise Avenue in Galesburg, Illinois, creating 52 jobs over three years.

DMG Mori Seiki will invest 7 billion yen in Japan and Europe during fiscal 2018 to increase production capacity for simultaneous 5-axis machines. In Poland, the factory will be expanded for in-house parts processing, and in Japan, land will be secured for a dedicated factory for production line design and testing.

Platinum Equity completed its acquisition of Husky Injection Molding Systems, based in Bolton, Ontario, from Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity for $3.85 billion, announced on 29 March 2018.

ALE and Roll-Lift have terminated their Canadian joint venture, ALE Roll-Lift Canada, which was established in 2012. ALE will now operate in Canada as a single business entity from branches in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto.

Metso is expanding its Metso Park factory in Alwar, India, increasing crushing and screening plant production capacity by 35% to meet growing demand. The expansion will be completed by the end of 2018.

Stadler will invest EUR 32 million (HUF 10 billion) to double the annual capacity of its bogie manufacturing unit in Szolnok, Hungary, from 250 to 500 bogies. The project includes a new plant and warehouse, creating about 15 new jobs.

Bucher Emhart Glass will acquire the remaining shares of its Chinese joint venture Shandong Sanjin Glass Machinery, which specializes in glass forming machinery. The complete takeover will be concluded over the next few months.

Hyundai Elevator broke ground on a new elevator plant in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park, costing 120 billion won ($112.5 million), with an annual capacity of 25,000 units, set to be completed by late 2019.

Opero Energy, an affiliate of Audubon Companies, has opened a new 60,000 square foot fabrication facility in Houston, Texas, for modular fabrication and assembly services for the oil and gas industry. The expansion is expected to add approximately 40 new jobs.

The Product Inspection Group of METTLER TOLEDO has moved into a new 270,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Pasco County, Florida, with an investment of over $30 million. The facility will house four business units and create new jobs.

Mitsubishi Electric announced a ¥40 billion investment to build a new factory automation equipment plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and consider new plants in China and India, aiming to increase global production capacity by about 40%.

Lontra, with partner Shield Engineering Group, will build a high-tech onshore factory in Warwickshire to make its Blade industrial compressor, creating 75 jobs by 2020. About £65 million will be invested by 2021.

Bouygues Construction and Colas Rail have been chosen to acquire Alpiq Engineering Services, a Swiss energy, industrial services and rail infrastructure company with ~7,650 employees and 2017 sales of ~1.7 billion Swiss francs.

UP Ha Tinh Limited Co broke ground on a VND170.8 billion ($7.5 million) mechanical products, machinery and spare parts factory in Vung Ang Economic Zone, Ha Tinh, Vietnam. The 25,900 sqm factory will produce 1,800 steel mills and rollers, 100 conveyor belt rollers, 500 tonnes of wear-resistant plates and 800 tonnes of mechanic products annually.

Vermeer Mid Atlantic (VMA) acquired three dealerships owned by Vermeer Sales and Service Inc. (VSSI) in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toledo markets. The acquisition expands VMA's regional service area to include Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Vermeer All Roads (VAR) acquired three dealerships owned by Vermeer Sales and Service Inc. (VSSI) in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toledo markets. The acquisition expands VAR's regional service area to include Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Mining Machinery Company Rudgormash initiated a project to establish an industrial park on its territory in Voronezh, Russia, with plans for domestic production of electric, casting and engineering machinery.

Sigma Industries, through its subsidiary René Matériaux Composites, is investing $10.5 million to implement an automated production line at its composite parts plant in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, Quebec, creating 38 jobs. The Quebec government is providing a $3.5 million interest-free loan.