Valmet will supply headboxes, press sections, and machine control systems for three new containerboard machines in China. Two machines will produce liner and one will produce fluting. Start-ups are scheduled for 2019.

Valmet will supply board machine key technology and control systems, including six headboxes and three press sections, for three new containerboard machines in China. The machines are slated to be operational in 2019.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the DAW plant air compressor tender to Hangzhou Sanbao Compressor for CNY 636,000, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Xianyang plant air compressor tender to Xi'an Hengli Fluid Machinery for CNY 160,000, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Xiangyang plant air compressor tender to Xiangyang Ningyang Electromechanical Equipment for CNY 566,800, including tax and freight.

Beijing Oriental Yuhong awarded the Puyang plant air compressor tender to Xi'an Hengli Fluid Machinery for CNY 570,000, including tax and freight.

Mammoet has ordered 14 Terex and Demag cranes, including 10 all-terrain cranes, three pick & carry cranes, and a lattice boom crawler crane.

Agricultural machinery manufacturer A. Pöttinger is investing approximately 230 million Czech koruna in its Vodňany plant to expand welding, machining, sheet metal processing, and assembly capacity, and plans to hire 30 new employees.

Constellation Brands is expanding its Nava plant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, with Siemens automation to triple capacity to about 27.5 million hectoliters per year. The third phase adds 2.5 million hectoliters and three packaging lines, on track for Spring 2018.

Pakistani packaging printer Rehmpack selected Koenig & Bauer's Rapida 106 sheetfed offset press for its newly built 200,000 sq ft facility in Port Qasim Industrial Area, Karachi. The facility is scheduled to be operational in 2018.

OMERS and Berkshire agreed to sell Husky to Platinum Equity for $3.85 billion. Husky makes injection molding systems.

Iskra-Neftegas Company manufactured and supplied two GPA-16 gas pumping units for the booster compressor station of the Beregovoye field, operated by Sibneftegas. The units use NK-16-18STD gas turbines rated at 16 MW.

INGK Company supplied a gas pumping unit with a PKU016 compressor plant for a compressor station at the Pyreynoye field for customer Sibneftegas PJSC. The unit compresses natural gas.

Schlumberger plans to develop an industrial manufacturing center on 500,000 square meters within the King Salman Energy Park in Saudi Arabia. The first phase, including land rig manufacturing, is planned for completion in Q2 2018.

Parker Hannifin is expanding its Racor Division in Holly Springs, Mississippi, converting it to the Engine Mobile Original Equipment Division. The project creates 50 jobs and involves relocating existing manufacturing to other states.

VanZandt Controls, an OFS Energy Fund portfolio company in Odessa, Texas, acquired the machining assets of Flatland Forge to machine valve packaging components in-house.

The Wieland Group has acquired a majority stake in Kessler Sales & Distribution (KSD), based in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The company will operate as Wieland-Kessler, LLC, expanding Wieland's North American sales and service organization.

HFM Group (Hefei Metalforming Intelligent Manufacturing Corporation) acquires 100% of Lauffer Pressen, a German manufacturer of hydraulic presses. The deal was announced on December 14, 2017.

HBD Industries, a diversified manufacturer, acquired True Position Technologies LLC, a provider of complex machined components for flight control applications based in Valencia, California.

Acromil Corporation ordered two Cincinnati Wide-Range Titanium Profilers and a Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Boring Mill from Fives Machining Systems Inc. as the start of a two-phase expansion to establish a hard metals manufacturing center.

Spectris plc signed an agreement for Macquarie Capital to acquire 50% of its environmental monitoring business EMS Brüel & Kjær for AUD 76.6 million (GBP 43.4 million). The joint venture is expected to close early in Q2 2018, subject to regulatory approvals.

PA Power Automation AG has secured a EUR 3.3 million order from a European producer of 4- and 5-axis milling machines for dental implants. The four-year contract includes the PA 9000 series, drives, motors, and I/O components, with serial production starting in 2018.

Xuzhou Handler Special Vehicle Co. plans to invest CNY1.8 billion (USD272 million) to build an intelligent manufacturing base in Dalingshan, Dongguan, focusing on power management, lithium batteries, smart manufacturing solutions, and industrial robotics.

Horb-based press maker Lauffer Pressen has combined with Chinese press manufacturer HFM (Hefei Metalforming Intelligent Manufacturing), which will become a strategic partner. Lauffer reported 2017 order intake of about EUR 50 million and sales of EUR 45 million, and says it will remain independent.

Saudi Aramco awarded Baker Hughes, a GE company, a $175 million contract to supply 27 gas compression trains for the Haradh and Hawiyah gas fields in Saudi Arabia. Equipment will be packaged, assembled and tested at BHGE's facilities in the Kingdom.

Hexcel Corp. will expand its existing Decatur, Alabama production site to create its first integrated U.S. carbon fiber and PAN production facility. The $200 million project will add about 90 jobs, with production expected to begin in 2021.

Fabplus plans a three-year expansion with £7 million investment, including expanding factory space, storage and R&D facilities, and creating 83 new jobs by 2019.

Valmet will deliver an OptiConcept M containerboard making line to Shanying International in Jingzhou, Hubei, China. The order value is typically €40-50 million. The machine is slated to begin operations at the end of 2018.

Indian Caterpillar dealer TIPL is planning a new manufacturing plant in West Bengal.

Xuzhou Handler Special Vehicle Co. plans to invest CNY 1.8 billion (USD 272 million) to build an intelligent manufacturing base in Dalingshan, Dongguan, Guangdong, China. The facility will focus on power management, lithium batteries, smart manufacturing solutions, and industrial robotics.

AO STP-Lipetsk Machine Tool Enterprise opened a new plant for producing grinding machines on a 4,500 sqm area, with capacity of 320 machines per year and 90 new jobs. The project cost over 507 million rubles.

Liebherr Machines Bulle has signed a new contract with German industrial group Voith to develop engines for railway vehicles, opening a new market.

Diversey has entered into an agreement to acquire Twister Holding AB, a manufacturer of diamond cleaning pads, from private equity firm Polaris for an undisclosed amount.

Sepro Group and Nortec Maschinentechnik GmbH, representing Woojin Plaimm GmbH, have concluded an agreement to manufacture 3- and 5-axis robots to be sold with Woojin Plaimm injection-molding equipment in Germany.

HEROSE has started operating three new CNC lathes at its Bad Oldesloe site, two replacing outdated machines, to expand prefabrication capacity and reduce delivery bottlenecks.

Kencor, Inc. Elevator Systems has acquired certain assets of ResCom Elevators LLC, a residential and commercial elevator provider. The acquisition expands Kencor's service area to Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia.

Fairmount Santrol and Unimin have merged in a $170 million deal. The new company will also operate a 96-terminal logistics division.

WEG invested over €30 million to build a new plant in Santo Tirso, Portugal, its largest in Europe, to produce standard and customized low-voltage motors for the European market. The factory covers 45,000 m² with capacity for expansion to 100,000 m² and employs about 150 people.

Cincinnati Incorporated (CI) has acquired New Valence Robotics Corporation (NVBOTS), a provider of large-scale additive machining. All NVBOTS employees will be retained and operations will remain in Boston, MA.

Swedish tiltrotator manufacturer Steelwrist will move operations to a new fully automated production plant in Rosersberg in 2018, tripling production area and more than doubling machining capacity with a new Mazak machining center.

UK sub-contract machinist Reginson Engineering installed ten Hyundai Wia vertical machining centres and CNC lathes from Ward CNC to meet increased demand for aero-engine components.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Restek Corp. have entered into a partnership under which SSI will promote and sell Restek consumables in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Ajax Fiori announced a Rs 100 crore expansion of its operations near Bangalore, including a new manufacturing facility at Doddaballapur for self-loading concrete mixers and expansion of its Gowribidanur facility for transit mixers.

Rockwell Automation, through Auto Control Systems, supplied an Allen-Bradley CENTERLINE 2500 motor control center to an Eastern European explosives manufacturer, acquired via International Explosives Equipment.

Sichuan Juyi Heavy Industry, a unit of Dalian Qianyi Group, broke ground in Deyang on December 11, 2017 on phase one of a turbo compressor production line invested at 580 million yuan, due to start production by June 30, 2019.

Hennig Inc. and sister company Advance Machine & Engineering will invest $7 million in three building expansions in Rockford and Machesney Park, adding 100 manufacturing jobs over two years.

Renk Aktiengesellschaft acquired Damen Schelde Gears B.V. from Damen Shipyards Group N.V. on December 8, 2017.

KKR agreed to buy industrial tool components manufacturer Hyperion from Sandvik for 4 billion Swedish crowns.

Spanish company Fagor Arrasate inaugurated a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, to supply industrial machinery such as presses to automotive and appliance clients.

Newburgh Precision won its first direct contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, supported by a £500,000 investment in a CNC gantry machining centre at its Rotherham facility. The contract was awarded in the first quarter of 2017.