Celestica completed the purchase of business assets of Lorenz, Inc. and Suntek Manufacturing Technologies (Karel Manufacturing), gaining manufacturing assets in Mexicali, Mexico and Calexico, California, and adding aerospace and defense capabilities.

Ashtead Plant Hire Company (A-Plant) has bought three divisions of the Hewden Group for £29m after it went into administration. 133 staff will transfer to A-Plant, while 251 staff were made redundant.

ENGIE Romania, via its subsidiary ENGIE Servicii, has purchased Cofely Building Services & Maintenance to create ENGIE Building Solutions SRL. The deal diversifies ENGIE's energy services for buildings and industrial spaces in Romania.

KBR's Saudi Arabian joint venture KBR-AMCDE signed an amendment to extend its general engineering services plus (GES+) contract with Saudi Aramco for an additional five years. The contract covers front-end engineering design, detailed design, material procurement and project management services for Saudi Aramco's capital programmes in Saudi Arabia.

Trützschler signed an agreement with Zhejiang Wang Jin Nonwoven for two spunlace lines. The first line is a high-speed carding line with random roller technology, and the second is a crosslapper. The lines will begin production in 2017.

German textile machinery producer Brückner installed a range of machines for production of technical textiles at Nomateks, a Russian company. The line can coat over 15 million m² of nonwovens per year for automotive use.

Gray Tools Canada Inc. acquired and commissioned a new vertical machining centre at its Brampton, Ontario facility for $300,000, enhancing production of large wrenches.

DMG Mori has announced a production reorganization that includes closing the Dixi factory, selling off the Tobler and energy solutions businesses, and closing the Shanghai, China factory. The company has posted a one-off charge of JPY 13 billion for this restructuring.

Karl Mayer Rotal S.r.l., a member of the Karl Mayer Group, unveiled a 3,100 square meter expansion at its production facility in Italy. The 2.7 million euro ($2.9 million) investment aims to strengthen the company's international position.

Fom Industrie srl, a leading manufacturer of aluminum working machinery, has acquired a stake in the share capital of Graf Synergy srl, a company specializing in PVC tool machines manufacturing. The combined group has a turnover of 110 million euros and 500 direct employees.

TEK4, a manufacturer of specialty machines for drilling cooling holes in turbine blades, has doubled the size of its Leicester shopfloor to over 5,000 ft². Sales revenue is expected to quadruple to £6 million year-on-year.

KROHNE MARSHALL, a joint venture of KROHNE and Forbes Marshall, inaugurated a new 10,000 sq m factory campus in Pune, India on 16 November 2016. The site consolidates manufacturing, testing and calibration for flow meters and level gauges.

Luoyang Dahua Heavy Industry started construction of a 10,000-ton-per-year large-scale mining machinery project on November 18, 2016. The project adds CNC laser, plasma, robotic welding, and other advanced equipment.

CASE Construction Equipment invested R$36.5 million to launch and nationalize six C Series hydraulic excavator models (13-37 tons) at its Contagem, Brazil plant, increasing local production by over 40%.

Siemens opened an expanded additive manufacturing (3D printing) center in Finspång, Sweden, for prototyping, manufacturing, and repair of metal parts for gas turbines.

CRCC Heavy Industry (Tiejian Heavy Industry) has started construction of a high-end underground equipment manufacturing project in Changsha Economic Development Zone, Hunan. The project has a total planned investment of CNY 5 billion, with phase one investing CNY 3 billion, and is expected to create about 3,000 jobs with an annual output value exceeding CNY 10 billion.

Industrial connectivity company Weidmuller expanded its condition monitoring capabilities by purchasing Bosch Rexroth Monitoring Systems GmbH.

Bharat Forge announced the acquisition of US-based Walker Forge Tennessee for $14 million. The acquisition gives Bharat Forge a manufacturing presence in North America and expands its product offering into passenger car, commercial vehicle, construction, mining, and industrial sectors.

MAPAL's subsidiary Weisskopf Werkzeuge in Meiningen opened a second production hall with administration wing, doubling production capacity. MAPAL invested €8.5 million and created 25 new jobs.

Newly formed Aero Technologies plans a $1.1 million facility in the Blue Grass Industrial Park in Adams County, Iowa, to make heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment and products. The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $225,000 in direct assistance plus tax benefits, and the plant is expected to create 25 jobs.

Ziehl-Abegg is investing 28 million euros in a new building and machinery in the Hohenlohe Business Park in Kupferzell, Germany, for making energy-saving EC fans and drives. Relocation from Künzelsau is due at the end of 2017, with 140 jobs transferred.

Dana Incorporated agreed to purchase an initial 80% stake in the power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Italy's Brevini Group, with an option for the remaining 20% by 2020. The 100% value is set at €325 million including about €100 million of net debt; closing is expected in early 2017.

Konecranes is acquiring Terex's Material Handling & Port Solutions division, which includes the Demag and Gottwald brands, for approximately EUR 1.1 billion. The deal was agreed in May 2016 and has received EU and US approval.

Small Parts Inc. announced plans to invest $7.2 million in new manufacturing equipment and add 40 jobs at its Cass County plant in Logansport, Indiana. The expansion is contingent on a tax abatement vote by the Logansport City Council on December 5, 2016.

AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG has agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in CLAAS Hessen GmbH, subject to approval by the German Federal Cartel Office. The acquisition aims to expand AGRAVIS's market position in regional agricultural technology trade.

Cellwood Machinery Trading Shanghai signed an agreement to deliver a 260 Tpd Krima Hot Dispersing Unit to Shandong Tiandiyuan Paper for its new test liner project in China. Delivery is scheduled for early 2017.

General Electric's software unit acquired ServiceMax, a cloud-based provider of field service management software, for $915 million as part of GE Digital's Industrial Internet strategy.

Aecon Group was awarded a Master Turnaround Agreement by Spectra Energy for shutdown services on natural gas processing facilities in British Columbia, and a Multiple Use Agreement by a major oil producer for reclamation and mine support services in Alberta's oil sands. Both agreements run from Q4 2016 through 2020-2021.

AJ Machine, a machining company, will invest $1 million to build a new 15,000-square-foot facility in Columbia City, Indiana, adding 14 new jobs over five years.

Danos has finished fabricating three boarding valve skids and one service line skid for Shell's Appomattox deepwater facility in Amelia, Louisiana. The roughly 12-month project was delivered on budget.

Nordson Corp will relocate three manufacturing operations to the former Tamarkin warehouse at 375 Victoria Road in Austintown, Ohio, in a 25 million dollar project. Austintown trustees approved a 60% 10-year Enterprise Zone tax abatement to help fund it.

CRRC Corporation signed several major contracts between July and November 2016 totaling approximately 25.24 billion yuan, including a 7.14 billion yuan contract with China Railway for freight cars, a 4.56 billion yuan contract for locomotives, and a 3.13 billion yuan contract for high-speed train maintenance.

Diamon-Fusion International sold its largest glass protective coating machine, the FuseCube Model XL Jumbo, to IKK Industrial Group's subsidiary IKK Glass Works for a factory in the Middle East.

The Chelyabinsk Heavy Machinery Plant (in Miass) announced plans to expand production with new assembly shops, investing 500 million rubles. The project is expected to create 500 jobs within three to four years.

Pan Mixers South Africa supplied a new PMSA VB4X concrete brick and block manufacturing plant to Dukathole Brickworks in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, in September 2016. The plant will produce various bricks and paving for construction projects.

Federal Cartridge Co. announced a $33.9 million expansion of its ammunition manufacturing facility in Anoka, Minnesota, including machinery upgrades and plant renovations. The project is expected to create 50 jobs.

Estampaciones Metálicas La Muleña, in alliance with Italian group TVZ, plans to build a new factory in Mula, Spain, to manufacture agricultural machinery components. Construction is expected within 2017, creating about 20 jobs.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, its subsidiary MHI-MME, and Kobe Diesel signed a basic agreement to integrate their marine diesel engine businesses. The integration is targeted for April 2017, pending regulatory approvals.

Jingcheng Jidian's subsidiary Langfang Tianhai High-Pressure Container and Kuancheng Shenghua Pressure Vessel Manufacturing signed a strategic cooperation letter of intent on November 10, 2016, to form a joint venture named Kuancheng Tianhai High-Pressure Container, with Jingcheng Jidian holding 51-55% stake.

Caframo is investing in a significant facility expansion that will ultimately double the size of its manufacturing, warehousing and product testing space in Wiarton, Ontario. The expansion is scheduled to begin next year.

Toptec announced on November 10, 2016 that it has won a contract worth 84.3 billion won to supply manufacturing equipment. The customer's name was not disclosed due to confidentiality.

Siemens and Bentley Systems formalized a strategic alliance to develop joint digital engineering solutions for infrastructure and industry. They will invest at least €50 million in joint solutions, and Siemens acquired approximately €70 million of secondary shares of Bentley's common stock.

Kato Works has agreed to acquire all shares of IHI Construction Machinery, expanding its range of construction equipment including mini excavators, compact loaders, and cranes. The deal is expected to close on November 25, 2016.

Teichmann Cranes modernized and assembled an overhead travelling crane for Hamburger Rieger's paper mill in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, to support production expansion. The crane was equipped with two double rail trolleys with a lifting capacity of 40 tonnes each.

The first batch of cranes rolled off the production line at Beiqi Foton Motor's relocated crane project in Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou. The project, part of a larger industrial relocation from Beijing, has an investment of 300 million yuan and an annual capacity of 1,000 cranes.

Rice Lake Weighing Systems, a US weighing industry leader, has acquired Dini Argeo, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of weighing equipment and metrology services based in Modena, Italy.

King's Metal Fiber Technologies (擎邦) has been awarded a contract by Formosa Plastics Corporation Texas for steel structure manufacturing and equipment installation at its US plant, with a total contract value of approximately NT$1.5 billion (about US$47 million).

Innovative Automation broke ground for a new manufacturing plant in Barrie, Ontario, and plans to increase its workforce.

Emerson Electric Co. announced it will acquire the blending & transfer systems business of FMC Technologies. Terms were not disclosed. The business will join Emerson's Automation Solutions flow solutions segment.

Whitmore Manufacturing Company began a $20 million, 120,000-square-foot expansion of its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Rockwall, Texas, and chose Rockwell Automation to automate the lubricant-making process.