CMS Cepcor committed £1.5 million to purchase three large-capacity CNC machine tools for its Technical Centre in Coalville, UK, to increase output and capabilities for crusher spare parts.

Loxam S.A.S. announced a recommended public cash tender offer to acquire all shares of Ramirent Plc for EUR 9.00 per share, valuing Ramirent's equity at approximately EUR 970 million. The deal creates a pan-European equipment rental leader.

Metso signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International, a Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, for CAD 464 million (EUR 308 million) in pro forma sales. The acquisition expands Metso's aggregates offering globally.

Baker Hughes, a GE Company, inaugurated an expanded multimodal facility in Luanda, Angola, serving oil and gas customers across Angola and sub-Saharan Africa with manufacturing, services and repair.

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.

Eclipse Automation, the largest privately owned custom automation supplier in Canada, acquired D&D Automation, a controls and systems engineering company based in Stratford, Ontario.

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.

China High Quality Parts Corporation installed two Toyoda FA1050S horizontal machining centers at Plant 2 in Dongguan, China, adding 20% monthly capacity for machining fluid ends used in hydraulic fracturing.

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.

HYDAC B.V. acquired Elma B.V., a specialist in electrical drive and control technology, and its sister company Elro SRL in Romania. The acquisition expands HYDAC's capabilities in electrical engineering and drive technology.

Ohio Ag Equipment announced its intent to acquire North Central Ag, an AGCO dealer in New London, Ohio, with a target closing date of June 22, 2019.

Wipro announced it will acquire International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI), a digital engineering and manufacturing solutions company, for $45 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the quarter ending September 30, 2019.

VITRONIC was awarded a contract to deliver, install and maintain over 500 speed and red light enforcement systems in Morocco, with local partner Alomra Group International. The project began in January 2019 with a two-year rollout goal.

NAI, a manufacturer of custom connectivity solutions, announced a multi-million dollar expansion of its design and manufacturing capabilities for ruggedized industrial cable assemblies, box and panel builds, including the development of an Industrial Center of Excellence (ICoE) in Troy, Michigan.

Mondragon Automation Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Spain's Mondragon Group, broke ground on a new factory in Qiandeng, Kunshan. The plant covers 18 mu (1.2 hectares) with 18,000 sqm of floor space, with an investment of $22.5 million, and is expected to be completed by June 2021.

Beckwood Press Co. was awarded a contract by Wabash National Corp. to engineer and build a custom 3,500-ton hydraulic bulge forming press. The press is scheduled for delivery in October 2019 and will be used at Wabash National's tank and silo business in Lafayette, Ind.

Siemens Mobility has won a mid-life overhaul service contract for TriMet's 79 SD660 light-rail vehicles. The project order is approximately $80 million with options for up to $25 million more. Overhauls will take place at a new facility in Clackamas, Oregon.

Termelés-Logistic-Centrum (TLC), a subsidiary of Sennebogen, is investing EUR 30.8 million in a 29,000 sqm factory in Litér, Hungary, to produce steel parts for material handling equipment. The factory will create 80 jobs and is expected to be finished by summer 2020.

KC Cottrel signed a 41.5 billion won ($35 million) contract with Nan Ya Plastics Corporation for construction work, running from June 2019 to June 2022.

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.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded a contract to Hitachi Construction Machinery A for supply of engineering vehicle items, valued at $67,502.20. The contract was awarded on 3 June 2019.

Alpine 4's subsidiary Morris Sheet Metal Corp secured an additional $4.5 million in new contracts for 2019, providing mechanical contracting services.

Ellab, a thermal validation solutions provider, has acquired Hanwell Solutions Ltd, a British designer and manufacturer of wireless environmental monitoring solutions.

Machine Sazi Tabriz Co. (Tabriz Machinery Manufacturing Co.) will soon finalize a $27 million preliminary contract with Syria to build a manufacturing factory in Syria within 6.5 years, supplying tools and technical services.

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.

Allied Systems Company was chosen by the U.S. Navy to engineer and produce up to 37 crash cranes under a five-year contract worth $70 million.

ACE Apparatebau construction & engineering GmbH secured a major contract to manufacture and deliver a 135-ton heat exchanger with 53 km of pipes for a nitric acid production plant in Trinidad and Tobago. The heat exchanger was prefabricated in Lieboch, Austria, and assembled in Linz.

ZEISS has acquired GOM, a company specializing in 3D metrology and optical measurement technology.

Kimura Foundry America Inc. opened a newly constructed 45,000 sq. ft. factory in Shelbyville, Indiana, its first facility outside Japan. Six R&M Materials Handling Inc. overhead crane systems were installed at the facility.

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.

H-E Parts officially opened a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Leduc, Alberta, Canada on May 30, 2019. The facility houses a component reman/repair center for mining equipment and oil & gas products, with capacity to triple production levels.

Absolute Haitian Corporation opened a 116,000-square-foot operations facility in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, to support Haitian International's injection molding machine sales and service in the USA and Canada. The facility includes manufacturing, warehouse, and demonstration space.

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.

Volvo Construction Equipment and Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery (SDLG) will consolidate their excavator product lines for the Chinese market, with all models from 15 t merged into a single product line by 2020.

Mazak expanded its Spindle Rebuild Department, relocating it to the South Building on its Kentucky manufacturing campus. The expansion will boost rebuild output to 100 spindles per month and keep upwards of 1,000 rebuilt spindles in stock. The grand opening will take place during DISCOVER 2019 in November 2019.

CHIRON Group (巨浪集团) opened its 'Taicang Future Factory' in Jiangsu Province, China, on May 28, 2019. The €15 million facility covers 36,000 square meters, with initial annual capacity of 200 machine tools, producing four types of machining centers for automotive, aerospace, medical, and precision manufacturing sectors.

Multiquip is expanding to a third facility in Lewisville, Texas, to increase production capacity for ride-on trowels and improve logistics. The expansion follows increased demand across all product lines.

Suomen Vesileikkaus Oy signed a lease for a 4,260 sqm hall in Haapamäki, Keuruu, as part of a €2.5 million investment program. The expansion is expected to create up to 25 new jobs.

HANZA Holding AB signed a three-year agreement with ABB Norway to manufacture mechanical parts and systems. The contract is worth about 25 million SEK annually and will be carried out at HANZA's Swedish cluster.

Metalfino da Amazonia Ltda. has installed two StrikoMelter melting furnaces from StrikoWestofen at its Manaus site, doubling its melting capacity to 4,000 kg of aluminum per hour. The furnaces were commissioned in December 2018.

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.

Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH purchased all shares of Wenzel GearTec GmbH, a manufacturer of gear measuring machines based in Karlsruhe, Germany. The acquisition was announced on May 27, 2019.

UK-based Langley Holdings plc agreed to buy Marelli Motori from The Carlyle Group, including full repayment of EUR 55 million debt. Marelli Motori is a producer of industrial generators and electric motors.

Zoomlion India signed an MOU with Khed City to establish a cranes and heavy machinery manufacturing unit at Khed City Industrial Park in Pune, India. The investment is estimated at INR 300 crore.