Harsco Metals & Minerals renewed and extended two existing contracts and was awarded four new logistics and packaging contracts with ArcelorMittal Atlantique & Lorraine across six downstream sites in France. The six-year contracts took effect immediately.

Gränges will invest $26 million to expand its Newport, Arkansas aluminum rolling operations for light-gauge foil used in food packaging. The expansion will create 100 full-time jobs over two years.

Suzhou Neway Valve Co. started a forging project with a total investment of 1 billion yuan in the Green Casting Technology Industrial Park in Zhuchi Town, Liyang. The first phase targets an annual capacity of 50,000 tons.

Grupa Kęty subsidiaries Alupol Packaging Kęty and Alupol Films signed a PLN 90 million loan with mBank to finance their investment programme. A separate PLN 10 million working capital loan was signed for the group companies, running until February 2029 and 36 months respectively.

Gusar valve plant in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir region, is launching a new foundry to start serial production of pipeline valves for Russia's fuel and energy sector in late February 2018. The investment is about 1.7 billion rubles, capacity 7-8 thousand tonnes of steel per year, and 400 jobs will be created.

Tenaris has rolled out a new $1.8 billion pipe plant at Bay City, Texas, as reported on 13 December 2017.

Novelis announced a $4.5 million manufacturing investment at its Warren, Ohio facility to upgrade pretreatment technology and efficiency for coated aluminum sheet used in beverage can lids.

Fuller Industrial, an Ontario pipe spool and rubber lining maker, merged with Alberta-based ACR Group to form ACR Fuller; FirePower Capital advised on the deal, which closed in September 2017.

UK valve supplier Orseal is supplying oxygen service valves to NMDC's Nagarnar steel plant and to an EPC contractor upgrading SAIL's BF-1 at Rourkela Steel Plant in India.

Global Pipe Company of Jubail, Saudi Arabia, ordered a 10 MN mechanical expander and a hydrostatic pipe tester from SMS group for a new manufacturing line that will double its nominal capacity to 400,000 tonnes per year, expected in production in 3Q18.

Härterei Gerster AG is expanding capacity at its Egerkingen site with two new tempering furnaces expected to raise capacity by about 30 percent, plus a new hydraulic straightening press.

Shanxi Huaxiang Group and US-based JDH jointly invested 400 million yuan in a Sino-American JV project in two phases, capable of producing 20,000 tonnes a year of high-end pump, valve and pipe fittings with 160 million yuan in sales and 800 new jobs.

Changbao Oman Oil Pipe Company opened a $20 million tubing threading and finishing plant in the Sohar Free Zone, supplying oil country tubular goods to Petroleum Development Oman, with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes a year.

Exal Group, the aluminum can maker acquired by Stonebridge Partners in 2010, combined with Ardagh Group's food and specialty metal packaging division in October 2019 to form Trivium Packaging, with Ardagh holding 43% and Ontario Teachers' and Stonebridge controlling 57%.

Gruppo ASA installed a new aerosol can production line at its Liverpool, UK site in October 2017, investing about EUR 1 million and doubling the plant's aerosol capacity.

Global Pipe Company plans to invest SR100 million ($26.65 million) in a new manufacturing line at its Jubail mill, doubling annual capacity from 200,000 to 400,000 tonnes. The line is scheduled to be ready for production in Q3 2018.

Dragon PES announced the acquisition of a 117,880 sq ft, 19-acre former National Oilwell Varco facility north of San Angelo, Texas, to build API production tanks and pumps for the Permian Basin, with full tank production expected by December 1.

Audubon Metals LLC is considering an addition to its Henderson, Kentucky building to house a fifth furnace for aluminum production. The total investment is $8.3 million, with 39 jobs to be hired.

On 22 June 2017 Zetkama Sp. z o.o. absorbed ARMAK S.A. within Mangata Holding Group, with the combined company making valves and castings at Ścinawka Średnia and Sosnowiec, Poland.

Tri-Arrows Aluminum will invest $125 million to locate a cold rolling mill at Logan Aluminum in Logan County, Kentucky, creating 60 jobs. Production of the first coils is expected in spring 2019 after construction finishes in early 2019.

Swedish steelmaker SSAB has ordered MAN Diesel & Turbo's latest MAX1 axial compressor technology for its operations.

Speyside Equity Fund I LP acquired all assets of Ashland Foundry and Machine Works in Ashland, Pennsylvania, plus West Coast Stainless Products and Dynatek in Huntington Park, California, with transactions completed in early May 2017.

Kian Joo Can Factory is building two manufacturing plants in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, one for cans and one for corrugated containers via subsidiary Box-Pak, requiring US$23.5 million, with commercial production targeted for Q4 2018.

Construction began on Kazakhstan's first high-tech plant making large-diameter welded steel pipes in the Industrial Zone in Alatau region, Almaty, with an investment of 33 billion tenge. The plant is expected to create more than 300 permanent jobs after launch.

ECS Engineering Services has been awarded a Scottish Canals contract to replace four steel lock gates at Kytra Lock on the Caledonian Canal in Scotland, with KGAL supporting site surveys.

AMAG signed a multi-year contract to supply at least 35,000 tonnes of aluminium coils per year to Constantia Flexibles' Teich site in Weinburg, Lower Austria, including closed-loop recycling of production waste.

BWAY Corporation completed the acquisition of the assets of Ball Corporation's metal packaging business in Hubbard, Ohio, which produces general line, household and specialty metal containers, announced on 27 March 2017.

OMK is modernizing casing, tubing and line pipe production at the Vyksa Metallurgical Plant, including a new pipe mill and finishing center, under a multi-year program of over 40 billion rubles, of which 12 billion rubles is tied to a 2016 agreement with the Nizhny Novgorod regional government.

French metal packaging group Massilly opened its Moroccan plant in the Haliopolis industrial park in Drarga near Agadir on 16 February 2017. The plant makes sardine cans and industrial pails, with about 30 staff and a planned capacity of 300 to 400 million sardine cans within two to three years.

Steel Dynamics announced a $28 million investment at its Roanoke Bar Division in Virginia, adding a reheating furnace and finishing area. Rolling capacity will rise from 500,000 to 600,000 tons per year, with rebar output above 200,000 tons annually; commissioning is expected by year-end.

Enhanced Community Development, Wells Fargo and Three Rivers Community Development Entity are helping finance Mueller Copper Tube's expansion of its existing Fulton, Mississippi production facility, which will purchase equipment and add permanent jobs.

Vesuvius Steel Flow Control and ThyssenKrupp CSA signed a turnkey contract to install Vesuvius Robotic Casting Technology at ThyssenKrupp's facility outside Rio de Janeiro.

Uraltrubmash plans a plant in the Bogoslovsky industrial park in Krasnoturinsk, Sverdlovsk region, to make flexible coiled tubing for the oil industry. The investment is 2.3 billion rubles, with capacity of 4,500 tonnes expandable to 9,000 tonnes; the article is dated December 2016.

Van Lierop Metaal in Heeze completed its largest order ever in December 2016, producing 4,000 steel cheese boxes for Mourik using 600 tonnes of steel.

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries has won a contract believed to be worth £20m to manufacture 60 steel foundation jackets for the East Anglia One offshore windfarm off the East Anglian coast, safeguarding 200 jobs at its Belfast shipyard.

Fort Vale Engineering is adding a new casting foundry and a sports and recreation centre at its Calder Vale Park site in Burnley, jointly valued at £5.7 million. The projects mark the company's 50 years of service in 2017.

Vallourec closed the purchase of a 50.61% stake in Chinese seamless tube maker Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe, raising its total holding to 70.07%. The two transactions valued TOP's share at about 175 million US dollars.

The Spanish subsidiary of Veolia Water Technologies won a contract to design, install and commission a demineralized water plant at ArcelorMittal's Avilés steelworks, valued at 1.1 million euros. The plant is expected to start operating in February 2017.