Nordson SEALANT EQUIPMENT moved its line of business from Plymouth to a renovated Wixom, Michigan facility adding 30,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space and new demonstration and test areas.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled BEML's third metro manufacturing line in Bengaluru on August 26, 2017, increasing production capacity from 18 to 27 metro cars per month by augmenting jigs, fixtures, and machines.

AS Hekotek has concluded an agreement to supply wood pellet production equipment to Ksilotek-Sibir LLC, an affiliate of Segezha Group, for a 100,000 tonnes per annum capacity plant in Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia. The order value is approximately EUR 6.9 million, with startup planned for late 2018.

Hunan Deli Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. is expanding its factory in Yongzhou, Hunan, adding about 5,000 square meters. The expansion will increase annual output by approximately 30% and includes new laser cutting equipment.

Mercatus Engineering AB will deliver seven complete chip handling and coolant filtration systems for 14 Modig RigiMill portal milling machines, destined for an aerospace customer in the USA.

Pottery maker Emma Bridgewater's Stoke-on-Trent factory has installed a BOGE C25F variable-speed compressor and DS50 refrigerant dryer, supplied and installed by BOGE distributor Aroplus (UK) to cut energy use and maintenance.

China-based CW Bearing and Cixing Group Co. has acquired Drake Manufacturing Services Inc., a manufacturer in Champion Township, Ohio.

INVENT Group of Companies and German Pfisterer Holding AG have dissolved their joint venture Pfisterer RUS, which was established in 2014 to produce cable accessories in Tatarstan.

Mazak is building a new iSMART Factory in Inabe City, Japan, which will begin producing machine tools in 2019.

Mazak has fully digitised its manufacturing plant in Oguchi, Japan, using MTConnect and SmartBox technology. The company is also building a new iSMART Factory in Inabe City, Japan, which will begin producing machine tools in 2019.

Otto Vollmann GmbH & Co KG acquired AZ Ausrüstung und Zubehör GmbH & Co KG for an undisclosed amount, completing the insolvency proceedings in self-administration. The deal secures the Hattingen site with 89 jobs.

Kosmo Machine Inc. will invest $1 million in new equipment to increase production capacity at its precision manufacturing facility in Henrico County, Virginia. The expansion will create 36 new jobs.

Hoist Liftruck plans to hire 50 workers to build a new terminal tractor line at its East Chicago factory. The company aims to employ up to 500 by 2022.

Kosmo Machine Inc. will invest $1 million in new equipment to increase production capacity for precision components. The investment will create 36 jobs.

Ifor Williams Trailers is opening a new £5 million production facility in Sandycroft, Flintshire, to build livestock trailers. The move will create 55 permanent jobs.

Metallenium, based in Lubbock, Texas, announced its strategic merger with Service Compression, a rental compressor fleet operator in Van Buren, Arkansas, for undisclosed cash and stock. The transaction closed in the second quarter of 2017.

Seven Group Holdings has agreed to sell its WesTrac China division to Lei Shing Hong Machinery for $540 million. The sale allows Seven Group to reallocate capital to Australia, including investment in the local WesTrac business.

Wison Engineering's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Wison Petrochemicals has entered into a pipe rack module manufacturing contract with Wison Nantong for the FPC LDPE project, valued at $7.3757 million. Wison Nantong will supply pipe rack modules for the project.

Maskin Fransson AB has delivered two Enshu GE480H horizontal machining centers to Microprecision AB. The machines feature 500×500 mm pallets, 15,000 rpm spindle, and 90 m/min rapid traverse.

SCA is investing SEK 7.8 billion (about $970 million) to expand its Östrand kraft pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden, creating the world's largest production line for bleached softwood kraft pulp. ABB will supply the integrated automation system, with the new line expected to come online in June 2018.

Komax Group held a ground-breaking ceremony in mid-August 2017 for a new production and office building at its head office in Dierikon, Switzerland. The CHF 70 million project will have over 20,000 m² of floorspace and is expected to be ready for occupancy in the second half of 2019.

HP Indigo, the Israeli digital printing unit of HP, has won an expanded order from Shutterfly worth up to $650 million over five years. Shutterfly will buy 20 more HP Indigo 12000 presses, for a total of 45, for delivery within a year, and names HP Indigo its preferred digital press provider.

New York Air Brake will expand its Premtec Division plant in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, creating 28 jobs and investing over $1 million. The project is supported by a $50,000 One North Carolina Fund grant and could reach 40 jobs long term.

Thermamax Inc. expanded its facility in Aurora, Illinois by nearly 50,000 sq. ft. to enable production of almost the entire Thermamax product portfolio, including sheet metal insulation for larger diesel and gas engines.

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG sold three-quarters of its shares in Romaco Group to Truking Group, a China-based engineering company. DBAG will retain a 24.9% interest for up to three years.

Loesche is supplying four vertical roller mills to the new Soma cement plant of German technology firm Aunde.

Alstom has been awarded a $4.7 billion contract by the federal government to build 313 passenger cars for VIA Rail. The cars will be manufactured at Alstom's Thunder Bay facility and in La Pocatière, Quebec, creating approximately 700 jobs.

Zhongde Aoruike Elevator (Aoruike Elevator) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its R&D and manufacturing base in Haikou National High-tech Zone. The project involves a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan (about $225 million) and is expected to produce 20,000 elevators annually and create 2,000 jobs.

Weihua Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing ABB Electric Transmission Company on August 17, 2017, to collaborate on technology exchanges, joint research, and special equipment manufacturing.

GE Appliances will move the production of hotel lines from Kentucky to Tennessee.

United Rentals agreed to acquire Neff for $1.3 billion in cash, or $25 per share, winning a bidding war against H&E Equipment Services.

D&H Industries purchased a Sesco large coil feed line (30,000 lb capacity, .150" x 30" thick) and a US Machine large coil feed line (30,000 lb capacity, .500" x 30" thick) for its large mechanical presses in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Larsen & Toubro announced it will sell its entire stake in L&T Cutting Tools to IMC International Metalworking Companies, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, for Rs 174 crore.

Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of the Global Precision Bearing Components Business from NN, Inc. for approximately $390 million on August 17, 2017.

Brand Industrial Services (BrandSafway) signed an agreement to acquire Venko Groep BV, a Netherlands-based offshore and onshore coatings maintenance provider, to expand its services in Europe.

M.H. Eby, a manufacturer of aluminum trailers and truck bodies, acquired a 95,000 sq. ft. production plant in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, to consolidate its Pennsylvania manufacturing operations.

Yiyang Rubber Machinery signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Fraunhofer IPA for an Industry 4.0 project. The project involves building a digital manufacturing base for intelligent rubber machinery in Yiyang, China, with a planned investment of 500 million yuan.

Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery Group (YRPM) and Fraunhofer IPA started a strategic cooperation to build a digital manufacturing base for smart rubber & plastics machinery east of Yiyang, China. The project has a total investment of RMB 500 million (€62 million).

Endless LLP completed the management buy-out of Sewtec Automation, a designer and engineer of automated manufacturing and packaging systems, in August 2017.

Yiyang Rubber & Plastic Machinery Group and Fraunhofer signed a strategic cooperation agreement on August 15, 2017, to build an intelligent rubber machinery digital manufacturing base in Yiyang, Hunan, with an investment of 500 million yuan.

Northeast Tool announced a $2.5 million capital investment in new machine tool technology at its Charlotte, North Carolina facility. The investment includes four new milling and turning machining centers from DMG Mori USA.

Kadant Inc. completed the acquisition of certain assets of Unaflex, LLC, a manufacturer of expansion joints for process industries, for $31 million in cash. Unaflex has about 140 employees and 2016 revenue of $18 million.

TTS Tooltechnic Systems, parent company of Festool, acquired SawStop LLC for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes all of SawStop's patents, intellectual property, products and facilities.

Jiangsu Changxin Foundation Engineering Group received approval to build a new automatic separator production line in Yixing's Zhouzhen Town, with an investment of 60 million yuan and annual capacity of 200 units.

DynaEnergetics plans to triple quarterly DynaStage production by Q4 2017 and open a 40,000-square-foot assembly center at its Blum, Texas campus in Q2 2018. Total expansion investment is expected to be $18 million to $20 million, funded from operating cash flow.

Nabors Industries signed an arrangement agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Tesco Corporation, with each Tesco share exchanged for 0.68 Nabors shares. The deal values Tesco at $4.62 per share and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH awarded a EUR 269,900 contract to Firma Solidpro GmbH for the procurement of a system for processing polymer powders (mainly polyamides) for additive manufacturing via selective laser sintering. The award was granted on 2017-11-17.

Hyundai Construction Equipment has announced a deal with CNH Industrial to produce 2,200 mini-excavators. The company expects to collect 500 billion won ($449 million) by the end of 2021 from the deal.

BID Group, a provider of equipment and solutions to the forest products industry, acquired MoCo Engineering and Fabrication Inc, a manufacturer of sawmilling equipment in Spokane Valley, Washington.

Precision Technologies Group (PTG), a subsidiary of Chongqing Machinery & Electric, completed a new joint venture machine tools factory in South Carolina, USA, in 2017.