Emerson will supply automation technologies, software and control systems for the Golden Triangle Polymers Project in Orange, Texas, a $8.5 billion ethane cracker and polyethylene complex. Operations are expected to begin in 2026.

AXXERON Group integrated Hensches GmbH of Mönchengladbach and Kallenbach Elektronik GmbH of Euskirchen into its automation segment, strengthening retrofit, remote maintenance and control cabinet manufacturing.

Bobcat Company completed a $9.3 million investment in automated punch press technology at its Gwinner, North Dakota plant, built with AP&T North America, and added $1.2 million in building upgrades. The new line began production and is expected to more than double press capacity.

Valmet will deliver BCTMP, evaporation and NCG technology plus a mill-wide automation package for Stora Enso's Oulu mill in Finland, part of a roughly EUR 1 billion board line conversion. The order value was not disclosed and the upgraded mill is scheduled for early 2025.

Emerson is building an innovation and manufacturing hub at King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Saudi Arabia, to provide control systems engineering, testing and manufacturing of DP transmitters, control valves and solenoid valves, slated to open by December 2024.

Momentum Group signed an agreement to acquire 70% of Hydmos Industriteknik AB, a Stockholm maker of high-pressure hydraulic and gas systems. Closing is expected in February 2023.

Finnish technology group Valmet has completed its acquisition of the US-based Process Solutions business of NovaTech Automation. The deal was announced in November 2022.

Balluff plans to expand its Veszprem, Hungary site with additional production areas and a new development centre during 2023. The Veszprem plant is part of its existing production network.

Eastern Controls, Inc. expanded its authorized representation of SICK to cover Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and New York, building on its existing western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio territories.

Schmalz India Pvt. Ltd. officially launched a new 1000 sq m manufacturing unit in Bhosari, Pune, for assembling and localizing vacuum handling systems, with an investment of 15 crores.

Valmet will supply its DNA automation system (DCS) and IQ quality control system (QCS) to Schumacher Packaging's Myszków plant in Poland for the rebuild of board machine 2. Installation is scheduled to start in May 2023; the order value was not disclosed.

Emerson signed a five-year framework agreement with Equinor to provide operational support, maintenance and upgrades of control technology, software and instrumentation on the Martin Linge platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract includes options for three more five-year periods.

South African valve and pump maker Paltech signed a distribution partnership with Schneider Electric, effective 1 May 2023, making it the sole OEM official distributor of Schneider automation instrumentation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Honeywell and Aramco signed a joint venture agreement to offer end-to-end business process automation and digital transformation solutions for industrial companies, combining Aramco's Plant.Digital platform with Honeywell's software capabilities. The JV was announced in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on November 1, 2022.

Bosch Rexroth intends to invest in its mobile hydraulics site in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, to develop electrification of mobile machinery and related software. No investment amount was disclosed.

Bosch Rexroth will build a new 42,000 sq m plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing about 160 million euros to make mobile hydraulics and factory automation components for North America. Opening is planned for mid-2023, with over 900 jobs after full commissioning in 2027.

Florentine machinery maker PARA is building a new factory in Pistoia, Tuscany, to double its production area. The total investment is €9 million, with workshops due by mid-2023 and offices within 2024.

Festo is expanding its Technology Engineering Center at the Mason, Ohio campus, with the expansion expected to be complete by the end of September 2022.

Festo U.S. announced a new Global Production Center at its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio, scheduled to begin production by year end 2022, its first such center in North America.

ITT's Compact Automation acquired Clippard Instrument Laboratories' interchangeable pneumatic cylinder product lines, expanding its air cylinder and actuator offering, announced in mid-August 2022.

Premier Tech is investing $33 million in a 165,000-square-foot facility in Montgomery, Alabama, for its Systems and Automation group, serving as its US headquarters. Operations start gradually from March 2023.

MFP Automation Engineering, a fluid power and automation company, is investing $824,013 in a 10,000-square-foot expansion of warehousing and office space at its existing facility in Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan. The expansion is expected to create five new jobs.

Mitsubishi Electric will invest about 2.2 billion Indian rupees through its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India to build a factory manufacturing inverters and FA control system products, expected to start operations in December 2023.

Embedded Linux firm MontaVista Software announced a design win with Grundfos, whose industrial multi pump controller will use its CGX Linux platform.

Azbil completed a new factory building at its Azbil Equipment (Dalian) production base in Dalian, Liaoning, to expand global production, mainly for industrial valves, with full operation scheduled for January 2023.

Baker Hughes is collaborating with C3 AI, Accenture and Microsoft on industrial asset management solutions and will explore decarbonization and emissions management offerings.

J. Schmalz began manufacturing vacuum components and complete vacuum systems for automation and manual handling at its new China headquarters in Taicang on 2022-03-18. The site sits on a plot of about 27,000 square meters acquired in early 2020.

Emerson launched its new manufacturing facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, producing solenoid valves, filter regulators and control cabinets to serve customers in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East and Africa region.

Emerson expanded manufacturing capacity at its 63,000 sq ft Brantford, Ontario facility by adding production of AVENTICS pneumatic cylinders. The move shortens lead times for Canadian automation customers to one to five business days.

Emerson opened a new 145,000 sq ft integrated manufacturing facility at Mahindra World City in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to make products of its Automation Solutions business for India, Asia and global markets.

ABB was selected by ioneer for a significant automation engineering and equipment contract at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, covering process automation, power management and electrical distribution. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Skarpenord AS won a contract from Wärtsilä to supply valve control systems for 12 LNG-powered container vessels being built in Asia, worth close to NOK 15 million. Deliveries run from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023.

Canadian private equity firm Lynx Equity has acquired Obel-P Automation, an equipment manufacturer based in Herning, Denmark.

Atlas Copco announced the finalization of its acquisition of Soft2tec, a Rüsselsheim, Germany maker of camera-based tracking systems, which becomes part of its Desoutter business line.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions was awarded a contract by BHP for underground mining equipment and automation for the Jansen Potash project in Saskatchewan, Canada, worth about SEK 2 billion. Deliveries run from Q3 2023 to 2026, and production start is targeted for 2027.

Nabtesco has decided on the basic schedule for a new precision reducer factory on land acquired in 2020 in Hamamatsu, Japan, with construction starting in autumn 2022 and the building finished by September 2023. Total investment through 2026 is about JPY 47 billion, and annual capacity is planned to reach 2 million units by 2026.

Transmission Dynamics, owned by JR Dynamics, announced a £4.2m expansion including a new Future Innovation Hub with office and manufacturing facilities in Cramlington, Northumberland, expected to bring 50 jobs.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions received orders worth SEK 400 million from Chilean miner Codelco for AutoMine load and haul automation and connected equipment for the El Teniente mine. The contract runs from 2022 through 2027.

Valve actuator maker Harold Beck & Sons converted to a 100% employee stock ownership plan at the end of 2021, with 135 employees, according to the company's president Doug Beck.

Emerson announced an agreement to acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric, adding programmable logic controller technologies. The announcement was made on November 13, 2018.

Emerson carried out a USD 14.7 million capacity expansion at its Eger site in NE Hungary, adding a 10,500 square meter building and doubling manufacturing capacity for pneumatic cylinders and valves. The project is expected to create 200 new jobs in the long term. The article is dated December 8, 2021.

Henkel closed its acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies, a metal packaging sealants supplier based in Cambridge, MA, for US$1.05 billion, and the Sonderhoff Group, a Cologne-based foamed gasketing and dosing equipment maker, with undisclosed terms.

ABB Robotics agreed to collaborate with California-based Zume by integrating and installing more than 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ABB Robotics signed an agreement to collaborate with California-based Zume, supplying robotic cells to install over 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced on November 19, 2021.

ABB Robotics will supply robotic molded fibre manufacturing cells to Zume, installing more than 1,000 cells and up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. The collaboration aims to produce compostable packaging as an alternative to single-use plastic.

Zume has signed a deal with ABB to supply robotic cells for its molded fiber packaging production worldwide. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots over five years. Financial details were not disclosed.

ABB Robotics signed a framework agreement with California-based Zume to supply robotic cells for molded fiber packaging production. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.

United Flow Technologies, a platform owned by H.I.G. Capital, completed its acquisition of Tesco Controls, a Sacramento-based control system integrator for water and other sectors. Terms were not disclosed.

PE Energy officially opened a 11,000 m2 Centre of Excellence in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, for valve assembly and actuation, metering, pump and compressor solutions, and process automation integration. The facility aims to boost use of local materials and talent.

Harmonic Drive Systems will invest about JPY6.5bn (USD70 million) at its Ariake plant in Nagano Prefecture to raise strain wave gear output from 150,000 to 220,000 units per month by August 2022.