McClarin Plastics has acquired Custom Composites, an Oklahoma City-based manufacturer of polypropylene and composite fiberglass products. McClarin plans to invest additional capital and add over 50 jobs at the facility.

Siemens built a new production line for digitalized Simotics SD motors at its plant in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic, for CZK 130 million. The company plans to hire up to 200 new employees by April 2018 and invest a total of CZK 410 million in 2017-2018.

Hedelius sold its first Acura 65 EL 5-axis machine to Duomek, a Swedish contract manufacturer. The machine will be delivered in mid-May 2017 after being shown at Värnamo IndustriExpo.

FAMUR SA submitted an offer to purchase 65.8% of shares in KOPEX SA from TDJ, consolidating Polish mining machinery manufacturers. The integration is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018.

Okuma Corporation started production at its new headquarters factory Dream Site 2 (DS2) in Oguchi, Japan, enabling 24/7 production of parts for small and medium lathes and grinders. Investment was ten billion yen (about eight million euros) and the facility has 11,000 m² floor space.

LINAK U.S. Inc. broke ground on a $33 million expansion of its Louisville, Kentucky plant, adding approximately 145,000 square feet to double the facility's size. The project will create 413 full-time jobs and includes new production equipment.

Gasco Engineering executed a design, supply, installation and commissioning contract worth USD 4 million for a 120 MMscfd gas pressure boosting compressor station on the Mari Gas Pipeline at Daharki for client CPGCL.

BillerudKorsnäs has selected AFT to supply a compact POM System for all three layers of its new 550,000 tonnes per year board machine at the Gruvön mill in Sweden. The system will come on stream in early 2019.

Andritz received a contract to supply a new DD-Washer washing line for BillerudKorsnäs' new cartonboard machine at Gruvön mill. The order is part of BillerudKorsnäs' billion-SEK investment. Startup is planned for Q1 2019.

Xerium Technologies was awarded orders for machine clothing and rolls technology for Fibria's new pulp machine at the Tres Lagoas mill in Brazil, scheduled to go online in Q3 2017, adding 1.95 million tons of market pulp annually.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven has received an order from TTL, Germany, to supply a complete needlepunch line for producing industrial textiles, with start-up scheduled for summer 2017.

NIBE Industrier AB acquired 80% of the shares of HT S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of heating solutions for HVAC, commercial food products, packaging and industrial applications. HT has facilities in Italy and Romania, with 2016 revenue of approximately EUR 23 million and 330 employees.

Tata Technologies entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Escenda Engineering AB, which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Technologies Europe. The acquisition aims to expand Tata Technologies' presence in Europe.

Kyocera SGS Precision Tools broke ground on a $9.5 million Tech Hub in Danville, Virginia, a 30,000-square-foot facility expected to create over three dozen jobs. The hub will support engineering and manufacturing of cutting tools for automotive, aerospace, medical and power generation industries.

DE-STA-CO, a Dover Corporation company, acquired Industrial Motion Control, LLC (IMC), a manufacturer of mechanical motion control products with annual revenues of approximately $50 million. Terms were not disclosed.

Mark Andy Inc., a Dover Corporation company, has acquired Comco, a global supplier of narrow and mid-web flexographic printing presses for folding carton and flexible packaging markets.

Vioral has completed construction of a new aluminum high pressure die casting plant in Oradea, Romania. The plant has a total area of 5,000 sqm, expandable to 10,000 sqm, and will add 2,000 tons of production capacity. Full-scale production is planned to start in September 2017.

Alfa Laval won an order worth approximately SEK 85 million to supply evaporative air cooler systems to a gas processing plant in the U.S. Deliveries are scheduled for 2017.

Tadano has agreed to establish a joint venture with its Thai distributor Italthai Industrial to increase truck loader crane sales in Thailand.

Osbra GmbH is investing in a new 5-axis milling machine to expand its machinery and enhance manufacturing capabilities for toolmaking.

The National Composites Centre (NCC) has awarded a £1,332,166 supply contract to Engel UK Ltd for an injection over-moulding cell to support automated composite manufacturing projects. The contract runs from March 31, 2017 to March 30, 2022.

Ohio packaging firm Sandusky Packaging chose a KBA Rapida 106 seven-color press with UV capability for its 50,000 sq ft facility in northeast Ohio, with operation to begin in late summer 2017.

Pro Mach, a packaging machinery manufacturer, has acquired Stork-Texwrap, a manufacturer of fully automatic shrink wrapping systems. The acquisition expands Pro Mach's secondary packaging product line and will maintain Texwrap's facility in Washington, Missouri.

Tamrotor Marine Compressors signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete marine compressed air system for a floating storage and regasification unit being built for Hoegh LNG. The newbuild is under construction at the South Korean yard.

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) is divesting about three-quarters of its shares in Romaco Group to Truking Group, a Chinese engineering company. DBAG and DBAG Fund V will retain a 24.9% interest for up to three years. The sale price is more than double the original investment.

Roosen Industries, a Dutch metalworking and engineering family business, has acquired Smits Machinefabriek and its subsidiary A.S.T. Suspension, adding a fifth location in Valkenswaard and 60 specialized employees. The deal marks the fourth acquisition in five years for Roosen, which now employs 300 people.

Valmet will supply a new bleaching plant to CENIBRA's pulp mill in Belo Oriente, Brazil, with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of pulp per year. Start-up is scheduled for April 2018. The order value is around EUR 30-50 million.

Huadong Heavy Machinery (华东重机) announced it will acquire 100% of Runxing Technology (润星科技) for 2.95 billion yuan, paid via stock and cash, to enter the CNC machine tool business.

Honeywell Process Solutions will upgrade four process control systems at Jinlong Copper Industry Ltd.'s plant in Tongling, China, using its Experion PKS suite to improve reliability and prevent unplanned shutdowns.

JDR installed a new 40m-long horizontal layup machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool facility, the largest of its type in the world, to manufacture steel tube umbilicals for offshore oil and gas and renewables.

Emak, through subsidiary Comet S.p.A., signed a binding contract to acquire 83.1% of Lavorwash Group from the Lanfredi and Migliari families for about EUR 54.8 million. The deal was reported in May 2017.

Valmet will supply a new bleaching plant to be installed at CENIBRA's pulp mill in Belo Oriente, Brazil. The announcement was reported on 2017-05-01.

BillerudKorsnäs selected AFT (Aikawa Fiber Technologies) to supply a compact POM System for all three layers of their new 550,000 tonnes per year board machine at the Gruvön mill in Sweden. The system will come on stream in early 2019.

The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine & Industrial Applicators and QED Systems positions on a potential $260.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to preserve and install coatings on naval ships. Work will occur in Washington state through May 2022.

Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH awarded a contract to Kurtz GmbH for a molding machine for processing expanded thermoplastic particle foams, including E-TPU, for EUR 290,170. The award was made on 2017-08-16.

ITEMA, an Italian textile machinery manufacturer and member of RadiciGroup, has signed an agreement to acquire 61% of shares in Lamiflex, a supplier of composite materials and industrial textile machinery.

Lewis Machine and Tool broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Eldridge, Iowa, moving from Milan, Illinois. The $6 million expansion will bring 170 current jobs and add 30 more, with the plant expected to be operational by April 2018.

Emerson Automation Solutions has inaugurated a new building in Ölbronn-Dürrn, Germany, as a Center of Excellence for the development and manufacturing of miniaturized valves for analytical, medical, and industrial proportional valve technology. The facility includes a 720 m² cleanroom and 740 m² office space, housing about 100 employees.

Mutares AG has sold Fertigungstechnik Weißenfels GmbH (FTW), a manufacturer of NC rotary table systems and special fixtures for the machine tool industry, to a German family office (family Klement). The deal was advised by Livingstone.

Bromford Industries is installing nine Okuma MU-6300V mill-turn centres at its Birmingham factory, ordered through NCMT for £7 million. Seven machines are already installed, with two more due in Q4 2017.

The Government of Canada, through the Build in Canada Innovation Program, awarded Burlington, Ontario-based Thordon Bearings a CAD 339,000 contract for its SeaThigor Marine Mechanical Face Seal, which is being tested by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Louisiana Machinery Company (Louisiana Cat) announced a 60-job expansion of its New Iberia, Louisiana facility, which rebuilds and services engines for marine, oil and gas, industrial and utility companies.

Chengdu Aerospace Plane Aviation Machinery Equipment Ltd. ordered a digitally networked flexible manufacturing system with six ECOSPEED F 2060 machining centers from Starrag Group for its aircraft factory in China. Installation will take place from January 2018 to summer 2019.

Wemco Co. moved into a new 65,000-square-foot production facility in Airway Heights, Washington, tripling production capacity and doubling revenues and workforce over two years. The company plans to hire 30 more employees over three years.

RUPES USA held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art facility in Louisville, Colorado, which will house manufacturing, sales, training and support. Completion is expected in late 2017.

Tiger Trailers is investing £22 million in a new factory in Cheshire, creating 270 jobs. Construction will begin in early 2018, with production moving by end of 2018.

Lincoln Electric Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Air Liquide Welding from Air Liquide for €115 million (approximately $125 million), enhancing its specialty consumables portfolio and European reach.

Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens Power and Gas, received an order from BP to supply two DATUM compressor trains with Siemens electric motors for the Mad Dog 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Equipment ships in 2018 and production is expected to begin late 2021.

Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens Power and Gas, received an order from BP to supply two DATUM compressor trains with Siemens electric motors for the Mad Dog 2 floating production platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Equipment ships in 2018 and oil production is expected to begin late 2021.

Zhengzhou Mingtai Transportation New Materials has placed follow-up orders with SMS group for a 125-MN extrusion press and a 60-MN tube press for its new works in Xingyang, China. The presses will produce extruded products for underground trains and high-speed railway wagons.