Toromont Industries agreed to buy privately held Hewitt Group, operator of 45 Caterpillar dealerships in Quebec, the Maritimes, Labrador West and Ontario, for about C$1.02 billion in cash and shares, expected to close by mid-October.

Wienerberger GmbH will acquire the Hintermauerziegelwerk Reetz from Röben Klinkerwerke GmbH, a brick plant in Wiesenburg, Brandenburg, with a capacity of about 190 million NF and 45 employees.

Alta Equipment Company acquired the assets of YES Equipment & Services in Illinois, making Alta the Yale dealer in the northern Chicagoland market.

EMR, a global metals recycler, acquired Metal & Waste Recycling (MWR) on August 25, 2017. MWR is the fourth largest metal recycler in the UK with 240 employees and 12 sites.

Wabco Holdings Inc. signed an agreement to acquire RH Sheppard Co., Inc., a supplier of commercial vehicle steering technologies, for $145 million. Sheppard is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

CRH plc agreed to sell its Americas Distribution business to Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. for $2.63 billion in cash. The divestment includes distribution operations across the Americas.

CRH plc agreed to acquire Fels, a German lime and aggregates business, from Xella International for €0.6 billion. Fels has nine production locations in Germany and one each in the Czech Republic and Russia.

Ingevity Corp. agreed to acquire Georgia-Pacific's pine chemicals business for $315 million in cash. The deal includes assets at the Crossett, Arkansas plant and a 20-year crude tall oil supply contract.

ERIKS Deutschland GmbH merged with nine regional ERIKS companies (ERIKS NordOst GmbH, ERIKS West GmbH, ERIKS Hessen GmbH, ERIKS Bayern GmbH, ERIKS Nord GmbH, ERIKS GmbH, and others) as the acquiring entity, effective July 24, 2017.

Tri-Wall Limited acquired a 95.02% stake in Welsh Boxes and Engineering (Holding Company) Limited, parent of Swansea-based maker of heavy duty corrugated boxes and timber packaging.

Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington DC-based private equity firm, acquired Tex Tech Industries, a manufacturer of specialty high performance materials for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications. The company is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

CAE Inc. has bought AirAsia's stake in their joint venture, Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence, for $100 million, gaining full control of training centres in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

AGCO has entered into a joint venture agreement with CP Foods to manufacture protein production equipment. Each will own 50% of the joint venture, which will build a plant in CiXi City, ZheJiang Province, China, with manufacturing expected to begin in early 2019.

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has reached an agreement with the Barnes Southern Palace Consortium (BSP) to sell a controlling interest in Scaw Metals' rolled products and wire rod products businesses. BSP has applied for approval from South African competition authorities.

Schneider Electric SE and Eaton Corp have emerged as top contenders to acquire Larsen & Toubro's electric and automation division for Rs 15,000-17,000 crore. Binding offers are expected by next month.

China-based CW Bearing and Cixing Group Co. has acquired Drake Manufacturing Services Inc., a manufacturer in Champion Township, Ohio.

TFKable Group has received regulatory approval for its acquisition of JDR Cable Systems, a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables. Completion is expected within a week.

Vistra Energy completed the acquisition of the 1,054 MW combined cycle combustion turbine power plant in Odessa, Texas, from a subsidiary of Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC.

Li & Fung and Nanyang Textile Group signed an agreement to form a joint venture, Liyang Knitting Holdings, with Li & Fung holding 62% and Nanyang Textile 38%, to serve apparel brands and retailers globally.

ABB announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE's global electrification solutions business, for $2.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in H1 2018 and will strengthen ABB's #2 global position in electrification, expanding access to the North American market.

Fortive Corporation completed the acquisition of Industrial Scientific Corporation from the McElhattan family.

Digital Electronics Corporation will merge into Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd. on September 1, 2017, integrating the Pro-face brand into Schneider Electric's global network.

Otto Vollmann GmbH & Co KG acquired AZ Ausrüstung und Zubehör GmbH & Co KG for an undisclosed amount, completing the insolvency proceedings in self-administration. The deal secures the Hattingen site with 89 jobs.

The Hilti Group has completed the acquisition of the Norwegian Oglaend System Group, a manufacturer of cable management solutions and multidiscipline support systems, after antitrust approval. The acquisition was initially announced in June 2017.

Broadcom's $5.9 billion takeover of Brocade has scored conditional approval from China's Ministry of Commerce, marking the latest clearance for the deal.

Nagase America, a subsidiary of NAGASE Group, acquired US-based specialty chemicals distributor Fitz Chem Corporation. Fitz Chem will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under the name Fitz Chem LLC.

Capvis Equity IV LP acquires a majority shareholding in Thermamax Group, a global technology leader in thermal and acoustic insulation systems for engines.

Midea Group completed its €3.7 billion ($4.4 billion) acquisition of German robot maker Kuka AG, aiming to expand into consumer and industrial robotics. Midea plans to add a Kuka factory in China.

Metallenium, based in Lubbock, Texas, announced its strategic merger with Service Compression, a rental compressor fleet operator in Van Buren, Arkansas, for undisclosed cash and stock. The transaction closed in the second quarter of 2017.

Australian energy company Energy Developments (EDL) completed the acquisition of Granger Energy Services' landfill gas to energy business in the USA, comprising 16 operating sites with 85 MWe capacity.

Grandland Holdings Group announced it will acquire 100% of Permasteelisa S.p.A., a global leader in curtain wall manufacturing, from LIXIL Corporation for EUR 467 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, and Permasteelisa's management will remain.

WaterBridge Resources acquired EnWater Solutions, a produced water gathering and disposal company in the southern Delaware Basin. The acquisition includes five saltwater disposal wells with over 100 miles of pipeline and nearly 150,000 barrels per day of disposal capacity.

Marlen International, a subsidiary of Duravant LLC, acquired Unitherm Food Systems, a designer and manufacturer of thermal food processing equipment. The acquisition expands Marlen's thermal solutions offering in the meat and protein sector.

Chinese advanced material manufacturer GON Holding acquired a majority stake in Compositence GmbH, a specialist in preforming technologies for carbon and glass fibers. The deal aims to combine GON's material background with Compositence's know-how to serve global industry customers.

Great Lakes West, a Michigan-based E&S dealer, has purchased Kessenich's Ltd., a family-owned dealer in Madison, Wisconsin. Terms were not disclosed. Kessenich's will operate as a division of Great Lakes West.

Seven Group Holdings has agreed to sell its WesTrac China division to Lei Shing Hong Machinery for $540 million. The sale allows Seven Group to reallocate capital to Australia, including investment in the local WesTrac business.

Italtile's binding offer to acquire up to a further 73.5% of Ceramic Industries for R3.61 billion has been conditionally approved by the Competition Tribunal. The purchase consideration will be settled 50% in cash and 50% in Italtile shares.

Smurfit Kappa has acquired Soyuz, a Moscow-based corrugated packaging company with about 300 employees, strengthening its position in Russia. No financial terms were disclosed.

Axalta has acquired Plascoat Systems, a UK-based company, from its parent company International Process Technologies (IPT). Terms were not disclosed.

Adient PLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Futuris Group for approximately $360 million, including assumption of $18 million net debt. Futuris is a global designer and manufacturer of automotive seating and interior systems.

First Cobalt Corp. and CobalTech Mining Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement, with First Cobalt acquiring all shares of CobalTech. The combined company will be a pure-play cobalt exploration company with assets in the Cobalt, Ontario mining camp.

Cagan McAfee Capital Partners and Myles Sherman acquired Minimally Invasive Devices (MID), a laparoscopic surgery solutions company. The company will be renamed FloShield, Inc.

Platinum Equity announced plans to acquire UK-based aerospace and defense parts distributor Pattonair from Exponent Private Equity. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2017.

BASF New Business has acquired 100% of Innofil3D, a filament producer headquartered in Emmen, Netherlands. Approval from antitrust authorities is not required.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG acquired Veracity Innovations, LLC, a cloud-based platform for cataract surgical planning, management and analysis, to expand its digital offerings in ophthalmology.

Nidec-Read Corp., a unit of Nidec Corp., has agreed to acquire SV Probe Pte. Ltd., a probe card manufacturer, from Singapore-based Ellipsiz Ltd. for $65 million in cash. The stock purchase agreement was signed on August 21, 2017, with closing expected at the end of October 2017.

Softbox Systems, a temperature-control packaging group backed by Great Point Partners, has acquired Tempack, expanding its presence in Europe and Latin America. No financial terms were disclosed.

Packaging Corporation of America agreed to acquire substantially all assets of Sacramento Container Corporation and related sheet operations in California for a cash price of $265 million. Closing is expected in early Q4 2017.

Pritzker Group portfolio company ProAmpac has acquired Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Orlando, a maker of lidding foils and films, from Clondalkin Group. No financial terms were disclosed.

B&G Foods entered into an agreement on August 20, 2017 to acquire Back to Nature Foods Co., a joint venture between Brynwood Partners and Mondelez International, for approximately $162.5 million. The acquisition adds the Back to Nature and Snackwell's brands to B&G Foods' portfolio.