Oerlikon held a groundbreaking ceremony for a greenfield manufacturing facility in Plymouth Township, Michigan, to produce advanced metal powders for additive manufacturing and high-end surface coatings.

Sumitomo Corp., through its subsidiary SMS International Corp., acquired the remaining 20% interest in Sunstate Equipment Co., making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition was announced on March 2, 2017.

Wausau Equipment Company completed its expansion into a newly acquired 46,900 square foot building in New Berlin, Wisconsin, housing a service parts warehouse, assembly line for SnoGo snow blowers, and office space.

UK glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has invested £3 million in Bottero's IS bottle forming machines for two production lines to speed up production and improve quality.

Xinyu Hengqing Feed Co., Ltd. broke ground on a 600,000-ton pig stock feed mill project in Xinyu, China, with a total investment of 120 million yuan (US$18.84 million). Richi Machinery is supplying the fully automated processing equipment. The first phase is expected to be completed in June 2018 per contract, but possibly earlier in August 2017.

In March 2017, Dejana opened a new 35,000 sq ft facility in Chalfont, PA, with a showroom, 12 manufacturing bays, and two paint spray booths. The Red Hill, PA facility was closed.

XinHongChang Heavy Industry Group began construction of a new factory for HongChang Tianma truck-mounted cranes in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, on March 1, 2017. The plant represents an investment of over 1 billion RMB and is expected to be completed by September 2017.

IDEC Corporation entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of APEM Group from Intermediate Capital Group and management, creating a global HMI and industrial control powerhouse.

Ju Teng International's subsidiary Zhenye signed an equipment agreement with Yamazen to purchase compact machining centers and related parts for JPY 846.3 million for its production plants in China.

Milacron announced the closure of its Youngwood, Pennsylvania plant, putting 63 employees out of work, with the plant to close in summer 2017 as machining moves to Greenville, Michigan.

MAN Diesel & Turbo will deliver two compressor trains, each an axial compressor driven by a roughly 30 MW steam turbine, to the Dangote refinery in Lagos, Nigeria. Delivery is due in 2018 and full refinery commissioning in 2019.

ANDRITZ Küsters and consultant Rolf Ramisch signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to strengthen ANDRITZ Küsters' market position in the textile calender business by integrating the ramisch, Racolan, Raconip, and Racoflex brands.

Doosan Skoda Power officially inaugurated a new GEORG ultraturn MC horizontal machining center at its Pilsen works in the Czech Republic on February 28, 2017. The machine is used for machining turbine rotors up to 140 tons and reduces overall machining time from about 1,000 to 550 hours.

Yamazaki Mazak extended its contract as sole Official Supplier of CNC machine tools to the McLaren-Honda Formula One team, with eight additional machines to be installed at the McLaren Technology Centre.

Canlar Mekatronik, a Turkish textile machinery manufacturer, plans to increase production capacity by 40% in 2017, targeting 35 machines per month, up from 25, by installing a new robotic welding line.

The University of Sheffield awarded DMG Mori UK Ltd a £1,647,805 contract for the supply of a Machine Tool for Advanced Machining of Composites for use at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Catcliffe, Rotherham.

Rörick Elektriska Verkstad AB, a subsidiary of B&B TOOLS, has acquired all shares of Arboga Machine Tool AB, a service company specializing in ball screw and spindle renovation. The acquisition strengthens Rörick's electromechanical service offering.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions won its biggest-ever single cement contract for a 20,000tpd turnkey cement plant to be built in Saudi Arabia. The contract was secured in fiscal year 2016.

Kenyan packaging maker Statpack Industries signed a deal to be the sole distributor of Minebea Intec's factory X-ray inspection machines and weighing scales in Kenya, effective immediately.

Italian Nord Fluid S.p.A. signed a contract to acquire a stake in the share capital of OMV S.p.A., a company that designs and produces hydraulic cylinders.

A concern (unnamed) began construction of a factory for industrial electric motors in Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland. The investment is $30 million, production is to start on April 1, 2009, and the plant will employ 160 workers producing 40,000 motors annually.

PMC Hydraulika is expanding its Rosówek plant near Szczecin by another 1.5 thousand square meters, to 3.8 thousand square meters by the end of August 2017, with 20-30 new jobs expected within 12-18 months.

Larsen and Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering won an onshore EPC contract worth Rs1,100 crore from Indian Oil Corporation to set up a fluidised cracking unit and LPG treatment facility at the Bongaigaon refinery in Assam.

China's XCMG and Brazil's OAS are in talks to form a joint venture.

Nidec announced plans to build a plant in Ohio and two plants in northern Spain to produce large servo press machines for the U.S. and Mexican markets. The plants are estimated to cost US$ 88.1 million and will come online by 2020.

Scrabster Harbour Trust awarded a contract to Frionordica AS for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a containerised ice generating plant at Scrabster Harbour, Thurso, Scotland, valued at £787,300.

The Sterling Group has acquired Time Manufacturing Company, including its Versalift brand, from O'Flaherty Holdings Limited. Time is a designer and manufacturer of vehicle-mounted aerial lifts.

Marin Teknikk has been awarded a design and engineering contract by DOF to prepare the vessel Skandi Darwin for a five-year contract with Shell Australia, supporting the Prelude FLNG installation.

Caterpillar Inc. plans to significantly increase manufacturing capabilities and capacity for hydraulic excavators at a facility under construction in Victoria, Texas.

Rolls-Royce won a contract from PetroChina to supply gas turbine compressor systems for a new 820-km natural gas pipeline in China. The announcement is dated 2017-02-23.

ASMAG Group, a machinery and plant engineering company, acquired Ingenia, a provider of crane and handling technology in Linz, Austria.

Fives commissioned two new cement milling units at Qatar National Cement Company's fifth production line in Umm Bab, Qatar, on January 25 and February 6, 2017. The line is a turnkey 5000tpd plant still under construction, with equipment including two 4200kW FCB B-mills for cement grinding.

KraussMaffei delivered its 100th injection molding machine to Grohe, a milestone in their supply relationship. The delivery was announced on February 22, 2017.

CeramTec UK Ltd. completed the acquisition of the UK Electro-Ceramics Business from Morgan Advanced Materials plc for £47 million. The deal was announced on February 22, 2017.

Mesnac signed a strategic agreement with Rockwell Automation to cooperate in automation and industrial safety for smart tyre manufacturing, signed on 22 February 2017 in Beijing.

Absolute Machine Tools Inc of Lorain, Ohio, acquired Advanced Machinery Solutions of Columbus, Ohio, becoming the exclusive importer/distributor of LICO Machinery Company of Taichung, Taiwan.

EDAC Technologies received a loan under Connecticut's First Five program to expand its Cheshire facility, retaining 349 jobs and creating 200 new jobs. The funding will assist in acquiring machinery and equipment.

MESNAC (Soft Control) and Rockwell Automation signed a strategic cooperation agreement worth 100 million RMB (approx. $14.5 million) to jointly develop information and automation technologies for the rubber and tire industry.

Printing and Packaging Co Ltd of Hinckley, Leicester has bought a Rapida 106 seven-colour double coater press from Koenig & Bauer to add capacity and coating options. The press is due to be installed at the end of March 2017.

Multi Packaging Solutions became the first pilot user of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen's Primefire 106, described as the first industrial digital printing system in B1 format, which is powered by Fujifilm inkjet technology.

Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions has been awarded a contract by MAG Group to build a 60 tonne per hour municipal solid waste recycling facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

BELAZ, a Belarusian manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, chose SECO/WARWICK to provide a roller hearth furnace line for press hardening large bearing rings. The technology will be delivered by the end of 2017.

Southeastern Tool & Design merged with Keystone Machine Technologies, a robotic integrator, to expand its automation and robotics capabilities for manufacturing customers.

Norican Global A/S has entered into a binding agreement to purchase 100% of the shares in Light Metal Casting Solutions Group from Auctus Fund III and fellow investors. LMCS owns StrikoWestofen, ItalPresse, and Gauss brands for aluminium parts formation.

Yamazaki Mazak is increasing capacity at its European manufacturing plant in Worcester, UK, by installing two new Versatech 5-axis double-column machining centres. The machines will be used to precision machine cast iron beds for the company's machine tools.

Nel Hydrogen, a division of Nel ASA, signed an exclusive framework contract with Royal Dutch Shell to supply, build and maintain H2Station hydrogen fueling stations in California, with a potential value above NOK 140 million.

Walter AG has joined with software partner Comara to create a new company under joint leadership, with Walter holding a majority stake. The joint venture will focus on smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 solutions, including connectivity and real-time data systems.

Havells India Limited announced the acquisition of Lloyd Consumer Durable Business Division from Lloyd Electrical and Engineering Limited and Fedders Lloyd Corporation Limited at an enterprise value of Rs 1,600 crore. The deal marks Havells' entry into air-conditioners and washing machines.

Motor City Fastener has acquired EMCO, Inc., a Charlotte, NC-based industrial distributor, doubling its size and forming Motor City Industrial. EMCO's president Alan Williams will remain with the business.

Hunt Valve Company, a portfolio company of May River Capital, acquired the assets of Precision Technology, a maker of linear motion actuators for automation and material handling. The business will be rebranded as Hunt Valve Company Actuator Division.