Joby Aviation broke ground on an expansion of its Pilot Production Line in Marina, California, which will more than double its manufacturing footprint and support a target production rate of 25 aircraft per year. The expansion is funded in part by a $9.8 million California Competes grant and is expected to begin operations in 2025.

Trelleborg Group, through Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, acquired the Fairprene and FluoroSeal product brands, production equipment, customer base, and intellectual property from Alpha Engineered Composites. The acquisition was finalized on December 30, 2021.

Hydrite acquired Fife Water Services Inc., a water treatment supplier, and Precision Polymer Corporation, a custom blend manufacturer, effective April 26, 2024. The acquisitions expand Hydrite's water treatment market reach in the food industry.

Solar Atmospheres has acquired Certified Metal Craft Inc. (CMC) in San Diego, California, establishing its 6th nationwide location and bolstering its West Coast presence. CMC provides heat treating and brazing services.

US manufacturer Lennox and Korean company Samsung have formed an HVAC joint venture to sell ductless AC and heat pump products in the United States and Canada.

KODA Enterprises Group, through its portfolio company V-Tek International, acquired A & J Programming, a supplier of programmed chips in San Jose, California. The acquisition was announced on June 17, 2024, with the deal dated April 26, 2024.

V-TEK Holdings acquired A&J Assembly, Inc., combining over 80 years of semiconductor industry experience. A&J's facility in San Jose will continue operations, providing programming and taping services.

Boeing has finalized an agreement with GKN Aerospace to acquire its St. Louis site, ensuring continuity of parts manufacturing for the F/A-18 and F-15 programs. Approximately 550 GKN employees will become Boeing employees.

Eakas Corp. purchased 80 acres from the Illinois Valley YMCA for $2 million to expand its automotive parts manufacturing plant in Peru, Illinois. The expansion includes larger injection molding machines, a new decorative finish line, and increased warehousing, with completion targeted for spring 2025 and production startup in July 2025.

AEFP Group, a leader in aerospace and defense, acquired Trinity Aerospace, a fabrication and assembly company. Trinity will operate as a subsidiary of AEFP Group.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, has started construction on the first phase of a $319 million dry pump manufacturing facility in the town of Alabama, Genesee County, New York. The plant is expected to create about 600 jobs.

O-I Glass held a topping-off ceremony for its new glass packaging production facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the first purpose-built plant featuring its MAGMA technology. The company plans to invest up to $240 million in multiple expansion waves and create up to 140 jobs.

Phillystran Inc. has been awarded a maximum $25 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Defense Logistics Agency for aramid fibrous ropes. The contract has a one-year base period with four one-year options.

Alliance Air Parts, an Oklahoma City-based aircraft de-manufacturer and supplier to the general aviation aftermarket, has been acquired by ACapitalFund. Terms were not disclosed.

Micron was awarded $6 billion in federal funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to build an advanced memory chip factory in Syracuse, New York, with a total investment of over $100 billion.

Univar Solutions and Italmatch USA Corp. announced a distribution agreement for Italmatch's Dequest PB product line in the US and Canada for cleaning ingredient markets. Univar Solutions becomes the exclusive distributor for Dequest PB in North America.

Senior plc has been awarded a 5-year contract extension by Spirit AeroSystems valued at approximately $130 million for the supply of large diameter precision formed and machined structural components for Boeing aircraft programs.

Almek announced a supply contract worth 168.5 billion KRW for electric vehicle battery module cases with BlueOvalSK, a joint venture between SK On and Ford. Deliveries are scheduled from 2026 to 2030.

Syensqo started construction on a new battery-grade PVDF manufacturing facility in Augusta, Georgia. The plant will be the largest PVDF production facility in North America, creating about 100 jobs and supplying material for over 5 million EV batteries per year at full capacity.

Integrated Power (IPS) will acquire ABB's industrial services business, including five service centers for electric motors, generators, and switchgear in Alberta, Ontario, Arizona, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Filtronic entered a strategic partnership and commercial agreement with SpaceX on April 24, 2024, to supply E-band solid state power amplifiers and develop similar products for Starlink. The order is valued at £15.8 million for delivery in FY25.

Siemens Energy announced a $150 million investment to build a new power transformer factory in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating nearly 600 jobs. Construction starts in 2024 with production beginning in early 2026.

Raytheon Co. is awarded $8,831,086 for a firm-fixed-price delivery order for the procurement of 11 receiver mainframe assemblies in support of the E2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California and is expected to be completed by April 2027.

Polaris Automation has acquired Total Controls Incorporated (TCI), an industrial controls system integrator and panel manufacturer based in Matthews, North Carolina. The acquisition aims to expand technical capabilities and geographic reach.

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, celebrated the grand opening of an expansion of its advanced manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The expansion adds almost 50,000 square feet, increasing the facility's footprint to approximately 227,000 square feet.

Bratney and Grupo DAQ have formed a strategic partnership and joint venture, creating a new jointly owned company in the US to sell Bratney's processing, milling, and packaging equipment in Central and South America.

Centrillium Protein tapped ESI Group USA as design-builder for a 112,444-sq.-ft. greenfield meat processing facility in Midwest City, Okla. The facility is under construction and will open in fall 2024.

Teleflex completed an 8,200-square-foot expansion of its Medical OEM facility in Jaffrey, N.H., adding extrusion lines to increase production capacity for PTFE tubing and FEP heat shrink products used in medical devices.

HUBER Technology, the US subsidiary of HUBER SE, officially inaugurated its expanded production facility in Denver, North Carolina, on April 17, 2024. The $40 million expansion increased the site to 17,000 m² and enables 100% on-site production, including a full-bath pickling line.

Boeing, via contractors Paric and Barton Malow, started work on a $1.8 billion expansion at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The first phase includes an 880,000-square-foot production site expansion, a hangar and a test facility; a second phase includes an assembly building. Construction began in Q1 2024, with the assembly building expected to finish in 2026.

Walmart will build a milk processing facility in Robinson, Texas, scheduled to break ground later in 2024 and open in 2026. Swisslog will provide an automated storage and retrieval solution for the facility.

Sintavia, LLC announced a $25 million expansion of its facilities and equipment in Hollywood, Florida, including additional manufacturing space, large format printers, and testing equipment. The investment will support demand from U.S. Department of Defense programs.

Republic Services opened North America's first vertically integrated plastics recycling facility, the Polymer Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Designed and installed by STADLER and Krones, it processes plastic bottles and containers to produce over 50,000 tonnes per year of recycled resins.

Grote Company, a manufacturer of food slicing and assembly equipment, has acquired ProFab, a food industry conveyor manufacturer and millwright based in Springdale, Arkansas. ProFab will remain a standalone operation.

A Danish company (Project Saffron) providing structural materials for wind turbine blades is considering expansion in Larimer County, Colorado, with up to 210 new jobs, and received a commitment for up to $3.37 million in tax credits from the state.

Seagate Technology divested its system-on-chip operations to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, a Broadcom subsidiary, for $600 million in cash.

Sibelco announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Materials, Inc., a leading glass recycler in North America with 42 plants. The transaction is expected to close by end of Q2 or early Q3 2024.

Hobas Pipe USA announced the addition of a second manufacturing line at its Houston facility, increasing output by 50% to meet demand for fiberglass pipes. The line is expected to be operational by October 1, 2024.

Starwin Industries has secured a portion of a $30 million U.S. Navy contract. The contract was announced on April 23, 2024.

Lubrizol announced a $20 million investment to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Gastonia, North Carolina, enhancing production capacity of acrylic emulsion technologies for coatings.

Shish Industries Limited signed a 5-year commercial trade agreement with US-based Best Construction Products Inc. to supply construction, packaging and thermal insulation products worth a minimum of $37.5 million.

HEVI Corp. announced that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to purchase the HEVI GEL-5000 all-electric front loader.

American Pacific Group has made an investment in C.F. Stinson, a tech-enabled designer and producer of textiles for commercial interiors. The partnership includes Keith and Glenn Stinson, the third generation of family ownership.

ArcelorMittal Calvert will secure DOE support to build an electrical steel manufacturing facility in Alabama, USA. The plant will produce 150,000 mt of non-grain-oriented electrical steel annually, creating up to 260 permanent jobs and 1,300 construction jobs.

Lubrizol announced a $20 million investment in its Gastonia, North Carolina manufacturing facility to enhance production of acrylic emulsions for coatings used in paper, textiles, and construction materials.

Acme Corrugated Box Company announced it will add a second Isowa Falcon to its production capacity for 2025, following its first Falcon added in mid-2023.

Magnum Venus Products moved its machining and fabrication operations from Kent, Washington to its 125,000 sq ft East Tennessee facility near Knoxville, boosting production capacity by 25% and creating at least 30 positions this year.

technotrans has won an initial order in the single-digit million euro range for a new liquid-based cooling retrofit solution for high-performance servers in the USA. Series production is to start shortly.

Kaishan Compressors broke ground on a 65,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing and warehouse facility in Loxley, Alabama. The multi-million-dollar project will add 35 new jobs over four years.

Xenon arc, a technology-enabled channel-to-market leader for specialty producers, acquired Brandt Technologies, a specialty chemical distributor headquartered in the Chicago area. The acquisition was announced on April 22, 2024.