Swedish manufacturer Alfa Laval is adding a new brazed heat exchanger production line at its existing Henrico County, Virginia plant, creating 15 new jobs. The expansion was announced at a celebration on June 10, 2019.

A Naberezhnye Chelny cardboard and paper mill is installing a Jumbo corrugated packaging line supplied by Engico, with delivery from June 14 and installation from July 15, 2019. The line is meant to supply large corrugated packaging to Haier, which operates nearby.

Polish corrugated packaging maker Werner Kenkel has acquired a Rapida 164-6+L offset press from Koenig & Bauer for its Krzycko Wielkie plant to raise production capacity. The report was published on 7 June 2019.

Sun Hydraulics (Helios Group) opened its Kunshan plant in the German Industrial Park in Zhangpu Town, China, its first and only factory in Greater China. The project has a total investment of $10 million and registered capital of $8 million.

ANDRITZ received a turnkey order from MG TEC Industry to supply two complete tissue production lines for its mill in Dej, Romania. Start-up is scheduled for 2020 and 2022.

Siemens will supply three Dresser-Rand reciprocating compressors to an unnamed large industrial gas company for a new steam methane reformer in Texas, scheduled for commissioning in 2020.

Siemens was awarded a contract to supply three centrifugal residue compression trains for two 250 MMcfd cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware basin, with commissioning planned for late 2020.

Denmark-based precision parts maker KP Components inaugurated a new factory in Sweden in June 2019, almost doubling its production space there. Four new CNC machines were installed for mobile hydraulics and transportation parts.

Siemens was awarded a contract to provide three residue compression trains for two 250 million standard cubic feet per day cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware Basin. The contract value was not disclosed.

Norwegian firm Nessco AS was chosen as subcontractor to supply compressors, air dryers, pressure tanks and filter systems for the closed floating FishGLOBE v5 fish farm, being built in Stathelle, Telemark. The contract value was not disclosed.

Siemens was awarded a contract to provide three residue compression trains for two cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware Basin, each rated 250 MMSCFD. The compressors, motors and drives will be built in the USA and commissioned in late 2020.

Siemens was selected by a large industrial gas company to supply three Dresser-Rand 5HHE-VL-NL reciprocating compressors for a new steam methane reformer in Texas. Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020, with the reformer due in 2021.

Burckhardt Compression said Hans Hess, its first chairman until 2011, will leave its board in July 2019.

Burckhardt Compression says a new Shenyang Yuanda Compressor plant in Shenyang, China, will be operational in fall 2020, consolidating two existing plants at a larger site after the old site was converted to residential use.

Emerson is expanding operations at its Micro Motion facility in Gunbarrel, Boulder, with a $100 million investment and 250 new jobs, after accepting local incentives.

Valmet will supply an OptiClear green liquor clarifier with polymer station and installation work to Stora Enso's Skoghall mill in Sweden, with start-up planned for spring 2020. The order value was not disclosed.

Valmet signed contracts with Klabin S.A. for a kraftliner machine (PM27), a new fiberline, a continuous cooking system and a pulp dryer rebuild, valued at around EUR 260-290 million. Letters of intent for a second kraftliner machine were also signed.

NPK Construction Equipment, a subsidiary of Japan's Nippon Pneumatic Manufacturing, has purchased Genesis Attachments LLC of Superior, Wisconsin, and its German affiliates Genesis Holdings and Genesis GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Valmet and Klabin signed letters of intent for a second kraftliner machine (PM28) and a second cooking and fiberline in Brazil, with final agreements expected and delivery to start in May 2021.

Valmet signed contracts with Klabin in Brazil for a kraftliner machine (PM27), a new fiberline, continuous cooking and a pulp dryer rebuild, valued at around EUR 260-290 million and booked in Q2 2019.

KPS Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Glasgow-based Howden, a maker of air and gas handling equipment, from Colfax Corporation for an enterprise value of $1.80 billion. Howden will become an independent company.

Italian machinery group CFT acquired the entire share capital of Siapi S.r.l., a maker of two-stage stretch blow-molding machines, for EUR 3 million plus a possible earn-out of up to EUR 2.4 million. Siapi recorded revenues of about EUR 11 million in 2018.

Baker Hughes, a GE company, will supply turbomachinery with four compressor trains for the first phase of BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, awarded via Black & Veatch for Golar LNG.

Atlas Copco has acquired Bold & Cichos GbR, a compressor distributor based in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, with about 15 employees. The company also offers service and engineers air package container solutions. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Sealed Air signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based automated bagging systems maker Automated Packaging Systems for a total consideration of $510 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

Honeywell UOP will provide engineering, procurement and fabrication services for gas pretreatment technologies at Venture Global LNG's Calcasieu Pass export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The complex will produce 10 MTPA of LNG.

Lockport, NY packaging converter Bison Bag ordered a 10-color MIRAFLEX II AM flexographic press from Windmöller & Hölscher, its first from that supplier. The press is scheduled to start up in Q4 2019.

Ingersoll-Rand plc agreed to spin off its Industrial business and merge it with Gardner Denver Holdings in a cash-and-stock Reverse Morris Trust deal valued at about $15 billion, announced April 30, 2019.

Parker-Hannifin entered a merger agreement under which it will acquire LORD Corporation for $3.675 billion in cash on a cash-free, debt-free basis, to be financed with new debt.

PEER Bearing relocated its tapered roller bearing production from Changshan, China into a new 145,000 sqm facility built by parent SKF, with a total investment of SEK 200 million.

Cook Compression named WoodServ, a Bahrain-headquartered gas compression technology provider, an Authorized Service Partner for compressor valve and packing case repairs in the Middle East and Pakistan. The announcement was made on 25 April 2019.

Valmet will supply a containerboard making line (PM 5) with mill-wide automation and services for Papierfabrik Palm's Aalen-Neukochen mill in Germany, with start-up scheduled for 2021; the order value was not disclosed.

Jereh signed an EPC contract with OGDCL for the Nashpa compression project in Pakistan, worth nearly 30 million dollars, providing four engine-driven reciprocating compressors and turnkey engineering.

Gardner Denver's CompAir brand supplied a complete compressed air system to Hyundai Heavy Industries for the Nasr Full Field Development Project, part of an EPC contract with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company in the Al-Nasr oil field.

Beneco Packaging and SoOpak chose Heidelberg as equipment supplier for their new Scarborough facility, which will include a Speedmaster CX 102-6+L press, a Promatrix 106 CS diecutter and a Diana Easy folder gluer.

BillerudKorsnäs has begun trial runs of KM7, one of the world's largest board machines, at its Gruvön mill in Sweden. The total investment was later estimated at SEK 6.84 billion, including a major mill conversion.

Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH acquired All-Print Holding AB, which owns Svenska Allen AB and All-Print i Linköping AB, to expand its marking, coding and print-and-apply business in Scandinavia.

SAMOA Industrial, headquartered in Gijón, Spain, acquired Italian manufacturer Larius Srl, which makes transfer pumps, paint spray equipment and extrusion systems. The deal was announced on 12 April 2019.

Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.

CSI Compressco LP completed the relocation and expansion of its East Texas facility from Longview to a 15-acre site in Kilgore, Texas, creating a Center of Excellence for compressor repair, overhaul and aftermarket parts. The facility is staffed by 35 personnel.

Siemens will supply three Dresser-Rand 5HHE-VL reciprocating compressors for a new steam methane reformer in Texas, which will become the largest hydrogen production unit in the U.S. when completed in 2021. Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020.

Atlas Copco acquired PSI Compressors of Brockville Incorporated, a compressor distributor in south-eastern Ontario, to expand direct sales and service in eastern Ontario. The price was not disclosed and the company joins the Compressor Technique division.

Emerson announced a $49 million investment in a 140,000 sq ft global headquarters in Brookfield, Connecticut, for its Branson assembly technologies line. Groundbreaking is set for June 2019 with opening expected in late 2020.

Ebara subsidiary Elliott Group opened a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India, to expand its compressor and turbine business across India and East Asia.

Atlas Copco acquired S.A.S. Air Diffusion, its distributor of compressors based in St. Etienne, France, through its subsidiary Exlair. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement was made on 2 April 2019.

GMI Construction Group was awarded the contract to build a 118,000 sq ft manufacturing plant for Aflex Hose at Bradley Business Park in Huddersfield. The plant will consolidate five Yorkshire sites, boost capacity by 70% and create up to 200 jobs.

German pump maker KSB opened a new 5,000 square metre pump plant in the Indigo industrial park in New Moscow, Russia, with about RUB 750 million of foreign investment and 110 jobs planned.

Croatian oil company INA - Industrija nafte awarded Hoerbiger Service Hungaria Kft. a second award worth EUR 472,300 for compressor valves and spare parts for Worthington and Ingersoll-Rand gas compressors. The award was dated 28 March 2019 and published 25 April 2019.

Croatian oil company INA - Industrija nafte awarded Hoerbiger Service Hungaria Kft. a contract worth EUR 269,999 for compressor valves and spare parts for Worthington and Ingersoll-Rand gas compressors. The award was dated 28 March 2019 and published 25 April 2019.

C-Automation agreed to buy the drilling services business of Aberdeen-based Proserv, which will trade as C-Automation Services. Financial terms were undisclosed and the two firms will partner on shared products and services.