China's state-owned CSR and CNR railway companies are being reunited into a single entity via a roughly $26 billion merger of equals.

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that it has completed the acquisition of SIHI Group B.V., a global provider of engineered vacuum and fluid pumps and related services.

OpenText has announced the acquisition of long-time partner, Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leading provider of high quality viewing, annotation, redaction and publishing software that allows organizations to securely share and collaborate on virtually any file type.

AVEVA announced that it has acquired 8over8 Limited.

ABB and Hitachi announced an agreement to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan.

Cimetrix Incorporated, a leading provider of factory automation and equipment control software solutions for the global semiconductor, photovoltaic, LED, and other electronics industries, announced that the Cimetrix CIMConnect SECS/GEM software product is now updated for use with

GE formally announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of Oceaneering, a global provider of engineering services and products to the oil and gas industry.

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, announced that it has concluded an agreement with Osaki Electric Co., Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Osaki United International Pte.

Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tripwire for $710 million in cash.

Intel Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced a new collaboration to develop next-generation factory automation (FA) systems with Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and a pilot program at Intel's back-end manufacturing facility in Malaysia.