King Stone Energy Group agreed to acquire 100% of South Bay Investment, which owns mining and exploration permits in Inner Mongolia, China, for up to CNY 100 million.

Tanga Resources agreed to acquire 100% of Coldstone Investments, which holds a 10% equity interest in the Joumbira Zinc Project in Namibia, with an option to increase to 80%.

Renk Aktiengesellschaft acquired Damen Schelde Gears B.V. from Damen Shipyards Group N.V. on December 8, 2017.

KKR agreed to buy industrial tool components manufacturer Hyperion from Sandvik for 4 billion Swedish crowns.

Luyitong announced it will acquire 100% of Guangdong Shenghui Electronics for 2 billion yuan, paid in shares and cash, to strengthen its position in electrical equipment.

Xylem agreed to acquire all shares of Pure Technologies, a leader in leak detection and infrastructure assessment for water networks, for CAD $9.00 per share in cash, an enterprise value of CAD $509 million (USD $397 million).

Medline completed its acquisition of Centurion Medical Products, a Michigan-based medical supplies manufacturer, on December 7, 2017. Centurion will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Medline.

H.B. Fuller finalized its acquisition of Royal Adhesives & Sealants for $1.575 billion, nearly doubling its construction adhesives portfolio.

Apparel supplier alphabroder acquired Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line. The combined company is expected to have revenues of approximately $1.25 billion in 2018 in the promotional products market.

Silicon Labs announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sigma Designs for $7.05 per share in a cash transaction valued at approximately $282 million. Sigma Designs provides Z-Wave technology for smart home IoT.

Stryker Corporation announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Entellus Medical for $24.00 per share, or an equity value of approximately $662 million. Entellus is a medical technology company focused on ENT products.

Korea Electric Power Company has been named as the preferred bidder to acquire 100% of NuGeneration, the UK nuclear power development company owned by Toshiba. Target closing is early 2018.

GWS Tool Group, LLC, parent company of GWS Tool Group, has acquired Carbide Grinding Company, Inc of Chesterfield, Indiana. Carbide Grinding manufactures precision carbide, PCD and CBN tipped insert tooling for automotive, aerospace, power generation and medical sectors. The acquired company will continue operating under the brand CGI Tool.

Lund-based Nexam Chemical agreed to buy all shares of privately owned masterbatch and additives maker Plasticolor Sweden AB in Lomma for SEK 116 million. The deal gives Nexam production capacity and new market segments.

DexKo Global plans to acquire E&P Hydraulics and related German entities, adding levelling systems for caravans, motorhomes and light commercial vehicles to its AL-KO Vehicle Technology business. The deal was announced on 7 December 2017 with no value disclosed.

Bomi Italia S.p.A. announced a binding agreement to acquire 100% of De Salute S.r.l., a logistics services provider for the pharmaceutical industry based in Soresina, Italy. The acquisition involves a cash payment of about EUR 2.45 million at closing plus a performance-linked earn-out capped at EUR 1.6 million.

Edwards Lifesciences acquired Harpoon Medical, a medical technology company developing beating-heart repair for mitral regurgitation, for $100 million in cash at closing on December 1, 2017, with potential milestone payments up to $150 million over 10 years.

Dingli Machinery announced plans to invest $20 million to acquire a 25% stake in aerial lift manufacturer MEC - California Manufacturing & Engineering Company. The transaction is expected to close early in 2018.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) signed an agreement to acquire additional shares of Katakura Steel Tube, increasing its stake to around 80% and making it a subsidiary.

China National Building Material (CNBM) and China National Materials (Sinoma) merged to become the world's largest cement maker and cement plant builder. The merger was approved in a shareholders meeting on December 6, 2017.

Turkey's Kordsa announced its US affiliate will buy Fabric Development Inc. (Pennsylvania) and Textile Products Inc. (California) for approximately $100 million. Both companies supply composite materials to the aerospace industry.

Truetzschler will take over complete responsibility from Toyota Industry Corporation for the comber business, including engineering, sales, service, and spare parts, effective February 1, 2018.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Rockdrill Services Australia, a rock drills specialist based in Melbourne with service shops in Kalgoorlie and Townsville. The company had 37 employees and revenue of MAUD 14 in FY ending June 30, 2017. The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 2018.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling has agreed to acquire a 75% controlling interest in Zhejiang Maximal Forklift Company Limited from KNSN Pipe and Pile Company Limited for $90 million. The remaining 25% will be owned by Maximal senior management.

Novolex, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, agreed to acquire certain assets and business operations of Shields Bag and Printing Co., a flexible packaging maker in Yakima, Washington. Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected near year end 2017.

Alliance Magnesium acquired all shares of Magnola Metallurgy Inc. and Magnola Mining Inc., gaining full ownership of industrial and mining sites in Danville, Quebec, including a former magnesium plant valued at over CAD $85 million.

Innova Global merged with Braden, a maker of gas turbine auxiliary equipment, just weeks before announcing $43 million in new contract wins.

Livanova Plc entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining outstanding interests in Imthera Medical, Inc. for up to approximately $225 million, with $78 million upfront and the balance in milestone payments.

ERT acquired iCardiac Technologies, a provider of centralized cardiac safety and respiratory solutions, from Norwest. Financial terms were not disclosed.

King Engineering, a Florida-based engineering firm, merged with Ardurra Group, a Texas, Louisiana, and New York engineering and disaster recovery firm. The combined entity will operate as a portfolio company of RTC Partners.

Assystem acquired a 72.7% interest in The Biotech Quality Group, a Belgian consulting firm specializing in regulatory compliance for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

JD Norman Industries has agreed to acquire all assets of REGE Motorenteile GmbH and shares in REGE Automotive Brasov, Romania. The transaction is expected to close by end of 2017.

China's Dalian Energas Group acquired 100% of OPRA Turbines BV, a Dutch gas turbine manufacturer based in Hengelo, in August 2017, as disclosed in December 2017. OPRA continues to operate from its Hengelo headquarters within Energas Group.

Gujarat Automotive Gears announced that the NCLT, Chandigarh Bench sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of Him Teknoforge with Gujarat Automotive Gears on December 4, 2017.

Polyconcept's European subsidiary PF Concept International B.V. acquired the entire share capital of UK-based SPS (EU) Limited, a hard goods promotional products supplier specializing in plastic injection molding. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Teijin announced it will integrate its subsidiary Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2018, and rename its regional subsidiaries to Teijin Carbon Europe GmbH, Teijin Carbon America, Inc., and Teijin Carbon Singapore Pte. Ltd.

LyondellBasell Industries plans to purchase a 50% stake in Quality Circular Polymers (QCP), a Dutch plastics recycler with capacity of 35,000 metric tons per year. Suez will own the remaining 50%.

The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal acquired the business and manufacturing assets of Chemionics Corporation of Tallmadge, Ohio, a specialty Plastisol and Latex formulations developer.

Cirtec Medical LLC acquired Vascotube GmbH, a German manufacturer of nitinol tubing for minimally invasive medical devices, located in Birkenfeld, Germany.

Chinese company Songz Automobile Air Conditioning is taking over Lumikko Technologies Oy, Bitzer's Finnish transport refrigeration subsidiary, in a 100% acquisition. The deal awaits Chinese regulatory approval.

NAPEC Inc. entered into an arrangement agreement for funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management to acquire all outstanding shares for $1.95 per share, valuing the total transaction at approximately $320 million including assumed debt.

Brandt Group will acquire a 200,000-square-foot farm equipment plant in McLean County, Illinois from Kongskilde Industries. Brandt plans to spend $13 million on plant improvements and expects to bring up to 500 jobs to the area.

Van Dorp is taking over Aircoheat B.V. and Koudetechniek Holland B.V. from Woerden.

ENGIE has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Thermaire and Ampair, two South African HVAC services companies. The combined entity will be the largest HVAC player in South Africa, employing over 500 people across South Africa and Mozambique.

Saint-Gobain finalized the acquisition of 100% of Wattex, a Belgian manufacturer of non-woven specialty products for the bitumen roof market. The acquisition will strengthen Saint-Gobain's Adfors business in roofing reinforcement.

Chiu Wing Group (stock code 08059) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire 51% or more equity of Huizhou Puruikang Building Materials Co., Ltd., a company engaged in prefabricated construction, including manufacturing and R&D of precast concrete and glass fiber reinforced concrete components.

Munch's Supply, an HVAC distributor based in New Lenox, Illinois, has acquired Kansas-based O'Connor Co., adding six branches in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. O'Connor will continue to operate under its own name as an independent company.

GRTgaz SA completed the acquisition of Elengy S.A. from ENGIE SA on December 4, 2017.

WCA Group, parent of Numafa Cleaning & Automation and Van Rennes Industrial Automation, has sold 70% of its shares to Anders Invest. Director Ton Bervoets will leave at end of 2017; Hans Andeweg remains CEO with minority interest.

Virojanglor, a French metal packaging maker, agreed to acquire Interesting Sourcing, a France-based manufacturer of multi-material packaging. Virojanglor expected consolidated revenue of about 25 million euros in 2018.