Bosch Rexroth and Zhuhai Enpower Electric signed agreements on September 12, 2023, to establish a joint venture to develop and sell off-highway electrification products for the Chinese market. The joint venture is subject to regulatory approvals.

SANY held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 12, 2023, for Phase II of its Indonesia Industrial Park in KIM Industrial Park. The 105-acre expansion involves a USD 150 million investment and will produce excavators and off-highway mining trucks, with an expected annual production capacity of USD 690 million and 2,000 jobs.

Sany Heavy Machinery held a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of its heavy equipment plant in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. The $150 million expansion will add capacity for 5,000 excavators and 2,000 trucks per year and create 2,000 jobs.

SENNEBOGEN expanded its Wackersdorf plant with a 1,000 m² electric test center and halls for testing and finishing electric machines.

SENNEBOGEN opened a new spare parts center in Steinach, Germany, in September 2021, with capacity for 6,000 pallets and 50,000 boxes.

Takeuchi Mfg. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Aoki, Nagano, Japan, that will produce midi-sized excavators. The factory operates with 100% renewable energy and is expected to increase productivity by 35% by spring 2024 and 50% by winter 2024.

Shandong Weida Heavy Industry, Shanghai Jiaotong University Zhibang Technology, and Spain's Ibarmia jointly invest 110 billion yuan to build an international high-end CNC five-axis machining center project in Zaozhuang, Shandong. The 447-mu facility will create 900 jobs and produce 85 billion yuan in annual output.

CMZ, a European CNC lathe manufacturer, has expanded its machining plant in Elorrio, Vizcaya, with an investment of about €8 million. The new Precitor facility, operational at full capacity in H2 2023, adds 2,000 m² of temperature-controlled space and aims to increase annual production to 850 machines.

A.Celli Paper successfully started up the TM2-iDEAL Tissue machine at Yibin Paper on September 15, 2018. The machine is part of a larger order for five tissue machines, with the remaining four scheduled for start-up by end of 2018.

Wuzhong Machine Tool won three contracts totaling nearly 120 million yuan for CNC heavy-duty horizontal milling lathes, floor-type boring and milling machines, and other large machine tools for hydropower, nuclear power, and offshore wind energy sectors.

Palfinger marked the construction of a production facility in Niš, Serbia, with an investment of 35.5 million euros. Production is expected to start in 2024, with 375 new jobs by 2027.

Sauer Compressors USA, an affiliate of J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH, announced plans to expand its facilities and workforce and to pursue strategic acquisitions in North America.

Ametek Dynamic Fluid Solutions and Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. combined into a single business named Bison, headquartered in Kent, Ohio, as a unit of Ametek Inc.

DRT Holdings, LLC acquired Custom Machining Corporation, a provider of high-speed liner systems for metal packaging. Terms were not disclosed. CMC will join DRT's Metal Packaging Systems segment.

AESSEAL placed orders worth £9.7m for 32 robots for its new Factory for the Future in Rotherham, including six robotic machine tool cells and 26 auto-store robots, as part of a larger £61m investment.

Siemens Energy was selected by Spanish EPC firm Tecnicas Reunidas to supply 21 electric motor driven compressor trains for Saudi Aramco's Tanajib Plant under the Marjan Onshore Packages 9 and 11 project. Packaging will be done at Siemens Energy's Dammam facility.

XINSHIHENG announced the official launch of its new CNC lathe plant project on September 8, 2023. The 30,000 square meter facility is scheduled to commence operations in April 2024, with an annual production capacity of 5,000 sets of high-end CNC equipment.

Amano Pioneer Eclipse Corp acquired HireTech, a UK-based manufacturer of wood floor sanding machines for the tool rental market, to expand geographic reach into international rental markets.

Glenroy, a flexible packaging converter, purchased a ten-colour MIRAFLEX II printing press from Windmöller & Hölscher to improve print quality and efficiency. The investment was announced in September 2023.

Major Tool & Machine is undertaking a $21 million expansion of its Indianapolis facility, adding 51,000 square feet to boost production capacity for semiconductor industry components, particularly for EUV lithography equipment. Construction began in January 2023, with completion expected by April 2024 and equipment installation through 2025.

Takeuchi opened a new manufacturing facility in Aoki, Nagano, Japan, in September 2023. The 50,000m² site will produce midi-excavators and is expected to increase productivity by 35% by spring 2024 and 50% by winter 2024.

Geismar and JCB have partnered to develop the Geismar x JCB Hydradig, a 14-tonne rail-road excavator for railway works, to be unveiled at Mecateameetings from September 20-22, 2023. The machine is undergoing homologation.

Manitou will invest €60 million in a new 20,000 square metre fabrication welding facility in Candé, France, near its aerial work platform assembly operations. The plant will employ up to 100 new staff and is scheduled for completion in early 2026.

BUTTING Anlagenbau received an order for containers and pipeline construction for Stora Enso's O750 Oulu project, which converts a paper machine in Oulu, Finland into a packaging board line producing about 750,000 tonnes per year. Production is expected to start in early 2025.

NPC Precision Machinery Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of plastic injection molding machines, has moved from a leased 16,000-square-meter facility to a new 100,000-square-meter factory it owns. The move aims to increase production capacity and establish R&D facilities.

Komatsu announced a ¥18 billion investment over three years (through FY2025) to renovate its Osaka plant in Hirakata, Osaka. The project involves demolishing some existing buildings and constructing a new factory with an integrated production line for medium-to-large hydraulic excavators and bulldozers.

Samruk-Kazyna Construction signed an investment agreement with Lashyn Factory to build Kazakhstan's first tower crane and facade hoist plant in Astana. The facility will produce 35 tower cranes and 20 facade hoists annually, with first output expected in H1 2024. Investment is 1.39 billion tenge.

Nordzucker announced a €250 million investment over five years in its GoGreen program for energy efficiency and CO2 savings across 14 sites. The first project, a climate-friendly medium-voltage switchgear from Siemens, was switched on at the Nordstemmen factory.

ZOLLERN's technical investment casting team commissioned a new combined EQX and DS/SX furnace and two preheating furnaces at its headquarters in Laucherthal, Germany, as part of a new IGT/Aero production line. The furnace can produce large EQX components up to 220 kg and DS/SX components up to 100 kg.

Sichuan Honghua Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Dongfang Electric Group, and Caterpillar SARL Singapore Branch signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to promote sustainable business development and deepen cooperation.

AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions and Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. combined on September 7, 2023 into a single business named Bison, a business of AMETEK, Inc., offering fluid-moving, motor and gear drive products.

DMG MORI announced on September 6, 2023, that it will acquire 100% of KURAKI from KURABO INDUSTRIES for 4.5 billion yen, effective end of October 2023. KURAKI specializes in CNC horizontal boring and milling machines.

VRC Metal Systems LLC was awarded a $50 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the U.S. Army to apply high deposition rate additive manufacturing to a wide range of applications. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 6, 2028.

Align Technology, Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Cubicure GmbH, a pioneer in direct 3D printing for polymer additive manufacturing. The acquisition aims to strengthen Align's digital platform and 3D printing capabilities.

Tezmaksan A.Ş. announced it will invest 15 million euros to build a new factory in Sivas, Turkey, to increase production capacity by 300% by 2024. The first phase of 10,000 sqm is already operational, and the second phase of 18,000 sqm is under construction.

Valmet will upgrade the water treatment automation solution at Smurfit Kappa's Cartiera di Verzuolo mill in Italy with a Valmet DNA Distributed Control System, replacing aging PLCs. The order was received in Q2 2023 and delivery is scheduled for March 2024.

Hytera Communications won the bid for Sinopec Group's 2023-2024 industrial two-way radio equipment procurement, becoming the sole winner. The framework agreement covers TETRA, PDT, PoC infrastructure, intrinsically safe radios, and body-worn cameras.

Nidec Subic Philippines Corporation received a Certificate of Registration for a ₱4.2-billion expansion project in Subic Bay Freeport to manufacture Kinematix high-accuracy gearboxes for industrial robots. The expansion is expected to generate close to 5,000 jobs.

Nidec Industrial Automation India Private Limited held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory campus in Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka, India. The company plans to invest Rs 450 crore ($55 million) in the facility, which will manufacture motors, generators, drives, and system solutions across six plants.

Waukesha Pearce Industries (WPI) acquired Memorial Machine, a company specializing in remanufacturing engine components, which will operate as a subsidiary of WPI's Engine Division.

Analytik Jena and its parent company Endress+Hauser laid the foundation stone for a new €45 million campus at the Jena-Göschwitz site. The five-level building will include production, office, and laboratory space, to be completed by fall 2025.

Bühler India, a subsidiary of Swiss technology firm Bühler Group, announced a ₹200 crore investment over 2-3 years to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Bengaluru, India. The expansion will produce equipment for grain milling, food, feed, and advanced materials sectors.

Star Cutter Company acquired the Tru Tech CNC grinding systems, units and support services business from Resonetics, including the Revolution family of grinding machines.

Kubota Corporation will add a new production line at its Hirakata Plant in Osaka, Japan, to increase annual production capacity of cracking tubes for petrochemical plants by approximately 180%. The expansion addresses growing demand for new plants and hydrogen production.

Baker Hughes agreed to supply eight main refrigerant compression packages, including LM6000PF+ gas turbines and refrigerant compressors, for Phase 1 of Tellurian's Driftwood LNG project. The agreement supports initial LNG production targeted for 2027.

ITT's i-ALERT and Hexagon's j5 Operator Rounds will combine machine health data tracking and analysis features to help heavy industries cut maintenance costs and unplanned downtime for pumps and motors.

Case Construction invested US$10 million (R$49.5 million) to transfer global production of crawler tractors from the US to its Contagem, Brazil plant. The facility now has capacity to produce 1,100 tractors per year, with first exports starting in July 2023.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK has opened a 6,000+ square metre new building at its Losenstein site in Upper Austria, a rescue equipment competence center. The family company invested about 12 million euros in the extension.

Rabatex Industries, a textile machinery manufacturer, and Piotex entered a strategic partnership to leverage their strengths in the textile industry, promising innovative solutions and elevated industry standards.

Yanmar Turkiye Machine Inc., subsidiary of Yanmar Holding, commissioned a new facility in Torbali, Izmir in September 2023. The expansion increases annual tractor production capacity from 2,500 to 8,500 units and aims to boost exports.