Industrial Machinery

3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: TDSC), announced today that it has acquired Provel, S.r.l., an Italian provider of rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacturing services, as part of the company's continued expansion of its 3Dproparts™ service in Europe. Based in Turin, Italy, Provel delivers a...

Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) announced today that it reached a successful settlement in its patent and trademark infringement suit brought against Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. and TTI's U.S.-based affiliates. Graco had brought suit in United States District Court for the District of...

Longbow has downgraded the following companies from Buy to Neutral: Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) Eaton (NYSE: ETN) Parker-Hannifin (NYSE: PH) Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) Kennametal (NYSE: KMT)

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that POM Wonderful, LLC awarded JBT FoodTech a new three-year contract to provide postharvest and produce labeling products and services. POM Wonderful is the largest producer of the California Wonderful variety of pomegranates and exclusively grows,...

Citi Investment Research previews the analyst day for Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU). It has a Hold rating and a $33 price target on shares. In the research note Citi writes, "We expect Actuant's analyst meeting on October 12 to highlight restored demand in industrial and vehicle related markets...

Merger Activity remained steady this week with six new deals announced and four deals closing. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2010 85 Total Number of Deals That Did Not Complete in 2010 5 Total Number of Pending Deals Cash Deals 52 Stock Deals 12 Stock & Cash Deals...

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) delivers productivity to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments by providing innovative custom and standard wear-resistant solutions. This proven productivity is enabled through our advanced materials sciences and application knowledge. Our...

Shares of Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) are up 51 cents today to $42.70, a gain of 1.2%. Shares have been steadily climbing on a 1 month chart, and are well above its 50 day moving average, at $41.46. If a correction should come, this would be the first level of support for the stock, which is up about...

Wedbush upgrades AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR) to Outperfrom from Neutral KeyBanc upgrades Robbins & Myers (NYSE: RBN) to Buy from Hold AIR is trading 5% higher at $20.63 RBN is 2.5% higher at $25.93

Highway Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: HIHO) today announced the appointment of Alan Chan as the company's chief financial officer, succeeding Po Fong who decided to retire from her position upon expiration of her employment agreement on September 30, 2010.

NN Inc. (NNBR) is expected to post triple digit earnings growth in 2010 after 2009 earnings were crushed by the global recession. NN manufactures high precision bearing components, industrial plastic and rubber products and precision metal components. The Tennessee-based company has 11...

ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Rock Island Contracting Center to provide comprehensive support services for all U.S. Army facilities in Kuwait. The award is for one year with four one-year options and is worth an estimated $1.4 billion with all options...

T-3 Energy Services Inc (NASDAQ: TTES) shares moved up 15.10% to $31.25 at 11:25 am. The volume of TTES shares traded was 2961% higher than normal. TTES has agreed to be purchased for $422 million or $31 per share by Robbins & Myers Inc (NYSE: RBN). American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:...

Robbins & Myers Inc (NYSE: RBN) reports its Q4 EPS at $0.45, beating the consensus of $0.40. RBN reports its Q4 revenue at $178.4 million, versus the consensus of $164.06 million. RBN shares gained 1.76% to $27.15 at 9:32 am. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Jefferies & Co. has initiated coverage for the following companies: Sirona Dental Systems (NASDAQ: SIRO) Hold Dentsply (NASDAQ: XRAY) Buy, $40 price target Caliper Life Sciences (NASDAQ: CALP) Buy, $6 price target Dionex (NASDAQ: DNEX) Hold Danaher (NYSE: DHR) Buy, $52 price target PerkinElmer...