Duravant, Downers Grove, Ill., made its debut as a new company in the packaging, food processing and material handling sector with the compilation of Marlen International, Riverside, Mo.; Fischbein, Statesville, N.C.; Flexible Material Handling, Suwanee, Ga.; and Best Conveyors, LLC, Jonesboro, Ark.

RMT Robotics, a Cimcorp Oy company, joined the Muratec Group as part of the acquisition of Cimcorp Oy and its subsidiaries by Kyoto, Japan-based Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Omnitracs LLC, San Diego, Calif., acquired XRS Corp., a provider of mobile-based, fleet management solutions based in Eden Prairie, Minn., for approximately $178 million.

Plug Power Inc., Latham, N.Y., signed a long-term hydrogen distribution agreement with Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Conn., to offer Praxair hydrogen to its U.S. customers using the company’s GenKey hydrogen fuel cell solution.

Alfa Laval Inc., Richmond, Va., announced plans to consolidate its European manufacturing footprint of air heat exchangers for refrigeration applications to existing manufacturing sites in Italy, Poland and Finland.

Switzerland-based ILAPAK expanded its U.S. manufacturing with the development of a new state-of-the-art production facility in Lowell, Ark., to serve its North American customer base.

enVista, Carmel, Ind., announced plans to partner with Empower Software Solutions, a workforce management solutions provider based in Orlando.

KOOL PAK LLC, Oswego, Ore., announced plans to expand its west coast services through an agreement with Sierra Pacific in Patterson, Calif.

Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., entered into an agreement to acquire InStep Software, a Chicago-based provider of real-time performance management and predictive asset analytics software and solutions.

TOMRA Sorting Solutions, Austria, opened the doors to its 12,600-square-meter, BREEAM-certified, build-to-suit facility in Slovakia.