Amber Mechanical Contractors has acquired Climate Master Mechanical Contractors, expanding its HVAC services in the Chicago area. Climate Master's staff will join Amber Mechanical, with headquarters remaining in Mokena, Illinois.

e-Emphasys Technologies has merged with CDK Global Heavy Equipment, backed by TA and True Wind Capital. The combined entity will operate as e-Emphasys Technologies, serving heavy equipment and industrial machinery dealers.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has acquired all outstanding equity of Southern Steel Supply, a metals service center in Memphis, Tennessee. Southern Steel will operate as a subsidiary of Siskin Steel & Supply Company.

Prolec GE USA will invest up to $28.5 million to expand its Caddo Parish facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, adding a third production line for electrical transformers. The project will create 153 new direct jobs.

RIDC and Re:Build Manufacturing announced plans for Re:Build to locate a new facility at the New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park in Pennsylvania. The project will create 300 jobs and involve $31 million in renovations.

Air Products Membrane Solutions announced a $10 million project to significantly increase hollow fiber membrane production capacity at its St. Louis, Missouri facility. The project will create additional highly-skilled jobs.

Novvia Group acquired Northern Container, a stocking distributor of industrial rigid containers based in Alsip, Illinois, in May 2023. Terms were not disclosed.

Rand-Whitney held a ribbon-cutting for its new 384,000 square foot corrugated packaging facility in Boylston, Massachusetts, costing $120 million. The plant has a BHS corrugator and can produce 300 million boxes annually.

Hydrotech, Inc. announced its acquisition of Isaacs Fluid Power Equipment Company, a fluid power distributor based in Mason, Ohio, with six locations in the Midwest. Isaacs will operate as a division of Hydrotech, and specific terms were not disclosed.

Lockheed Martin received a $7.8 billion contract modification for the production and delivery of 126 Lot 17 F-35 aircraft for the U.S. and allied nations. Work will be performed at multiple locations and is expected to be completed by August 2026.

Liberty Steel USA announced plans to expand operations at the Liberty Georgetown Steel Mill in Georgetown County, South Carolina, creating roughly 40 new jobs. The mill produces wire rod for construction and automotive industries.

Terramac opened a new headquarters in Sugar Grove, Illinois, more than double the size of its previous facility, and unveiled a new assembly facility in St. Louis, Missouri to increase production capacity.

Tyber Medical announced the expansion of its Florida facility by 33,000 square feet, doubling operations, as part of a $13 million capital asset expansion plan over two years. The expansion will add new manufacturing machines and create 50 new jobs.

Coreline Soft has signed a contract to supply AVIEW COPD, an automated lung image analysis software for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, to Pulmonx Corporation in the U.S.

Xylem said it would acquire the Cornell Pump and Roper Pump businesses from Indicor for $1.46 billion, expanding its industrial and municipal pumping operations.

Dallas-based Singer Industrial acquired Arizona-based Hotsy Industrial Systems, a maker of pressure washers, air compressors, wastewater treatment systems and detergents, with financial terms undisclosed. Hotsy will operate within Singer's Fluid Power Division from its Tucson location.

Heidelberg Materials North America began production at its new $600 million cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, which will produce 2.4 million tons of cement annually and create up to 50 new full-time jobs.

AGS Automotive Systems is expanding its facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with a $20 million capital investment expected to create 120 jobs and add up to 235,000 square feet.

Q&B Foods, Inc. (Kewpie), a Japanese condiment producer, broke ground on April 18, 2023, for its second U.S. facility in Montgomery County Industrial Park, Clarksville, Tennessee. The expansion represents an investment of $65 million and will create 85 new jobs.

Abbott has completed the acquisition of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI), a medical device company with an innovative atherectomy system for treating peripheral and coronary artery disease. CSI became a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbott.

ACTEGA is investing $5 million in its New Jersey facility to automate production processes, increase production capacity, and expand storage space. The project has begun and is set to be completed in Q1 2024.

Leclerc Foods Tennessee LLC will invest $3.4 million and create 48 new jobs by adding machinery and a new production line at its U.S. headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Drew Marine USA has been awarded a $83.1 million contract by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command to provide shipboard chemical treatment products and services worldwide. The contract has a five-year ordering period beginning April 28, 2023.

Vitro has entered into an agreement with First Solar to manufacture glass for solar panels. Vitro will invest $93.6 million to upgrade its Meadville Plant in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, creating approximately 130 jobs. Production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2025.

Leclerc Foods Tennessee LLC will invest $3.4 million to expand manufacturing operations at its U.S. headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee, adding a new production line and creating 48 new jobs.

GE Aerospace received a $683.7 million contract from NAVAIR for Lots 6, 7 and 8 of T408 turboshaft engines to power the CH-53K helicopter, with deliveries scheduled from 2024 to 2027.

Castellini Co. will invest nearly $16.6 million to expand its Wilder, Kentucky facility, adding a 36,000-square-foot freezer and pick-to-light technology, creating 180 new full-time jobs (128 Kentucky-resident).

AAON plans a $40 million capital investment to add 200,000 square feet of production space and equipment to its Longview, Texas facility, creating 250 new full-time jobs.

General Electric Aviation was awarded a $683.7 million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 169 T408-GE-400 turboshaft engines for CH-53K helicopters, with work in Lynn, Massachusetts expected to be completed by June 2027.

BASF is expanding its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) capacity at its Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site with a $780 million MDI 3 project, the final phase of a decades-long expansion, expected to be completed mid-decade.

Robert Bosch GmbH acquired TSI Semiconductors in Roseville, California, and plans to invest over $1.5 billion to convert the facility to produce silicon carbide chips for electric vehicles, starting in 2026.

EFI Automotive is investing $6 million to expand its North American headquarters in Elkmont, Alabama, adding two production lines for Ford sensors. The expansion will create 35 jobs and increase production by 6 million sensors annually.

Bosch will acquire the assets of U.S. chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and invest $1.5 billion to upgrade its manufacturing facility in Roseville, California, to produce silicon carbide chips on 200-millimeter wafers starting in 2026.

Stellar completed a $200 million Italian meats and charcuterie production facility for Swift Prepared Foods, a subsidiary of JBS U.S.A., in Columbia, Missouri. The facility employs over 100 people and produces dry-cured meats.

LJ Inc. is moving from Swartz Creek to a larger site in Shiawassee County's Venice Township, where it will build a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for the world's first autonomous dredges. The $18.25 million project is expected to create 250 new jobs.

LJ Inc. is buying 50 acres in Venice Township, Michigan to construct a 150,000-square-foot facility for manufacturing autonomous dredges. The project involves $18.25 million capital investment and is expected to create 250 jobs.

SEM Wafertech and Solar4America, both owned by SPI Energy, will invest $65.9 million to establish their first South Carolina operations in Sumter County, creating 300 jobs. The facility will produce silicon wafers and solar modules, with operations expected to begin in Q4 2023.

Vecoplan, a manufacturer of industrial shredding equipment, will invest $6.75 million to locate a new manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina, creating 33 jobs. The facility will produce mobile shredding trucks, waste collection trucks, and recycling equipment.

Heidelberg Materials produced first clinker at its new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, on April 23, 2023. The plant, under construction since 2019, will increase production capacity to over 2.4 million tons of cement annually and create approximately 50 new full-time jobs.

Prysmian will invest $22.5 million to expand its existing manufacturing facility in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, creating at least 27 new jobs. The expansion will double U.S. capacity for advanced transmission conductors with E3X technology.

Invenergy Transmission and Prysmian announced a long-term supply agreement for up to 12,500 miles of overhead conductor cable through 2029, supporting Invenergy's HVDC transmission projects. The agreement includes a $22.5 million investment to expand Prysmian's Williamsport, Pennsylvania facility.

B2B Industrial Packaging, a GenNx360 company, announced the acquisition of Millennium Packaging Inc., a South Elgin, Illinois provider of shrink film, stretch film, packaging equipment and corner board. It is B2B Industrial Packaging's 29th acquisition.

Honeywell agreed to acquire Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC), a turbomachinery control provider, from INDICOR LLC for $670 million in an all-cash deal announced April 26, 2023. The deal is about 15x 2023E tax-adjusted EBITDA.

Viessmann Group announced plans to combine its Climate Solutions business area with Carrier Global Corporation, creating a new global champion in climate and energy solutions. Viessmann becomes a major shareholder in Carrier.

Sila Services acquired Absolute Air Services, a residential HVAC company serving Connecticut counties.

Graybar has entered into an agreement to acquire Valin Corporation, a supplier of automation control components and distributor of automation, filtration, fluid handling, heating and process control products. The transaction is expected to close on May 1, 2023.

ATS Corporation's Industrial Automation business received a contract from NuScale Power to build and test a prototype for the Module Assembly Equipment-Bolting system for NuScale's VOYGR small modular reactor power plants.

Albany International Corp's subsidiary Albany Engineered Composites received a $4 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop near-net shape 3D weaving technology for thermal protection systems in hypersonic applications.

Prolec GE USA will invest up to $28.5 million to expand its Caddo Parish facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. The expansion includes a third production line for electrical transformers used in wind farms, solar parks, and other applications, creating 153 new direct jobs.

Techniplas US has completed its acquisition of Proper Group International's Anderson, South Carolina manufacturing operation. The 86,000 ft² facility with over 120 employees manufactures automotive exterior components and industrial components.