Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of HarbisonWalker International (HWI), a supplier of refractory products and services in North America. HWI will join forces with Calderys, previously acquired by Platinum Equity, into a global business.

Reitnouer Trailers has begun site work for a new 450,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and 18,000 square feet of office space in Ontelaunee Township, Pennsylvania. The company has a two-year backlog of orders.

Siemens Mobility will build a $220 million advanced manufacturing and rail services facility in Lexington, North Carolina, creating more than 500 jobs by 2028, with production starting in 2024.

Golden Triangle Polymers, a joint venture of Chevron Phillips and QatarEnergy, has named contractors for its $8.5 billion polyethylene plant in Orange, Texas, which is expected to employ about 4,500 construction workers. Production is expected to begin in 2026.

General Electric Aviation is investing $31 million in its Lynn, Massachusetts facility for building improvements including test cell upgrades, tooling redesign, and other upgrades to support engine production and development. This is part of a $450 million investment in U.S. manufacturing in 2023.

Polykemi Inc., the US subsidiary of Sweden-based Polykemi Group, opened a new compounding plant near Charlotte, North Carolina, with an initial capacity of 6,500 tons. The company invested €18 million in the facility.

Flow Service Partners, a portfolio company of RLJ Equity Partners and LP First Capital, acquired Nunning Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, an HVACR service provider in Evansville, Indiana. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Double B Foods selected Redpack's HC65 Highcare Bottom Seal Flowrap Machine to pack Kolaches at its Texas facility, with a rate of up to 250 packs per minute and hygienic design.

Inland Packaging opened a new 40,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as part of a $15 million investment, featuring a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106X UV LED press for in-mold labels.

Wire-Mesh Products, Inc. has acquired Penn Wire Products Corp, a supplier of wire belts and conveyor components in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, expanding its management team and manufacturing personnel.

Valmet will supply a coated board machine to Graphic Packaging International's mill in Waco, Texas. The order is valued between EUR 140 and 180 million, and the machine will produce coated recycled board with an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 short tons. Start-up is scheduled for early 2026.

Sherwin-Williams added new production capacity and a third shift at its Crisfield, Maryland plant, creating 55 new jobs. The investment automates processes and expands manufacturing capacity for brush brands.

Centrisys/CNP was awarded a project to supply 14 decanter centrifuges and two spare rotating assemblies for the City of Houston's 69th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant, replacing aging dewatering equipment.

Palmer Holland, a North American specialty chemical distributor, announced a distribution agreement with Wanhua Chemical to distribute polyurethane dispersions and allied crosslinkers in the United States and Canada.

Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $5.2 billion contract for production of Lots 15-16 of F135 engines for the F-35 fighter, with an option for Lot 17. The total contract value with options is approximately $8 billion for up to 518 engines.

EXP has been awarded a contract by Lithium Americas for design, engineering and supply of equipment for a 3,000 metric tonnes/day sulfuric acid plant at the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. MECS, a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, holds the technology license for the plant.

Canadian packaging maker Sterling Packaging, backed by Druid Capital, is investing $6 million in a new 60,000 sq.ft building at Monroeville Industrial Park in Alabama, creating up to 55 jobs. The announcement was made on March 5, 2023.

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC), through its subsidiary Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), will develop a state-of-the-art titanium melt facility on a 2,000-acre site in Jackson County, West Virginia. The plant will employ approximately 200 people and use 100% renewable energy to manufacture titanium products for aerospace and other industries.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has acquired all assets of Roane Metals Group LLC, a metal recycling company in Tennessee capable of processing approximately 85,000 tons of ferrous and non-ferrous materials annually. The acquisition aims to enhance supply of competitively priced scrap for CMC's steelmaking operations.

GE Vernova plans to invest approximately $117 million in 2023 across its U.S. facilities, including $35 million in Greenville, South Carolina for gas turbine capacity, $20 million in Pensacola, Florida for nacelle production, and $11 million in Schenectady, New York for tooling upgrades.

Nyle Systems, a Brewer-based heat pump water heater manufacturer, received a $6 million investment from Aligned Climate Capital and plans to hire 200 employees for a new plant in Bangor, Maine.

AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of Chemtron RiverBend, a water and wastewater treatment products and services provider headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri.

A consortium of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Sargent & Lundy, and The Industrial Company has been awarded an EPC contract by Entergy Texas to build the 1.21 GW Orange County Advanced Power Station near Bridge City, Texas.

General Electric announced plans to invest over $450 million in its existing US manufacturing facilities in 2023, including $335 million for GE Aerospace and $117 million for GE Vernova, and hire 1,700 positions.

Western Equipment Solutions (WES) has acquired the assets of Champion Equipment Sales, LLC, expanding its territories for Soilmec and Leffer equipment sales and service in North America.

Jacobs was selected as the progressive design-build contractor for the $500 million Donald C. Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facility in Los Angeles, capable of purifying 15 million gallons of water per day.

Turnstone Industrial Solutions acquired the operating assets of Schauenburg Flexadux Corporation on March 3, 2023, including intellectual property and customer relationships. Terms were not disclosed.

A consortium of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Sargent & Lundy and TIC will provide EPC services to build the 1,215 MW Orange County Advanced Power Station near Bridge City, Texas for Entergy Texas.

Velocity Composites will open its first U.S. site in Elmore County, Alabama, a 40,000-square-foot facility to supply composite material kits for GKN Aerospace's aerostructure, with a $100 million agreement and up to 30 new jobs.

Kansas-based Integra Technologies plans to invest $1.8 billion in a large-scale semiconductor facility in Wichita, creating nearly 2,000 jobs. The 1 million square-foot plant will focus on semiconductor packaging, testing, and qualification.

Signia Aerospace, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired Lifesaving Systems Corp., a Florida-based supplier of helicopter and maritime rescue and survival equipment.

Daikin Applied has acquired Alliance Air Products, a San Diego-based leader in custom air-handling equipment design and manufacturing, to strengthen its portfolio for data center cooling and other mission-critical applications.

GE announced plans to invest more than $450 million in its U.S. manufacturing facilities in 2023, including $117 million in GE Vernova energy facilities. The investments include capacity upgrades in Greenville, SC, Pensacola, FL, and Schenectady, NY, and will support hiring over 1,700 employees.

GLAAM, a manufacturer of architectural media glass, entered into a business combination agreement with Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I to become a publicly traded company. The deal implies a pro forma enterprise value of $309 million.

OTICS USA, a subsidiary of Japan's OTICS Corporation, will invest $147 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Morristown, Tennessee, adding 55,000 square feet and creating 70 new jobs. The expansion will increase fuel pipe production capabilities.

Toronto-based packaging provider Ya YA Foods, backed by private equity, acquired Oatly's US manufacturing assets. The article gives no deal value.

Canadian HVAC-R distributor The Master Group announced the acquisition of Refrigeration Sales Corporation (RSC), an Ohio-based distributor serving Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. RSC will keep operating independently under its current management team.

NEXGEL acquired a 50% interest in CG Converting and Packaging, LLC, a newly formed joint venture with C.G. Laboratories that takes over CG Labs' converting and packaging division. The agreement is effective March 1, 2023.

U.S. Water, in partnership with ACCIONA, was awarded a five-year contract (with a five-year renewal option) worth $8 million annually to provide design support, start-up, commissioning, and long-term operations for two new water treatment facilities in Polk County, Florida.

Amentum was awarded a $4.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the US Air Force to provide commercial buying solutions for Foreign Military Sales customers, starting March 1, 2023.

Mott Corporation, a manufacturer of filtration and flow control solutions, has acquired Digested Organics, a Michigan-based engineering company specializing in advanced filtration for wastewater treatment and water reclamation. The acquisition expands Mott's clean energy portfolio and adds a water and wastewater business unit.

Eastern Municipal Water District approved a $25,505,826 construction contract with Pacific Hydrotech Corporation for rehabilitation of the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility in California.

The City of Sunnyvale awarded a $64 million construction contract to Walsh Construction Company for the Existing Plant Rehabilitation Project (Main Package) at the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant. Substantial completion is expected during Winter 2027.

Nextech, a commercial HVAC/R service provider, acquired Ramco Refrigeration and Air, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC service company headquartered in Anaheim, California. The acquisition adds 30 trucks and expands Nextech's service presence in Southern California.

Nucor Steel Corporation placed an order with Systems Spray-Cooled for electric arc furnace equipment for its greenfield sheet mill in Mason County, West Virginia, covering furnace cooling needs.

Custom Alloy Corporation plans to open a new division in Badin, North Carolina, using buildings at the old ALCOA plant, to produce seamless pipe for Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.

Flood Defense Group has secured a two-year contract as the primary supplier of temporary flood barriers to the US government through the US Army Corps of Engineers National Flood Fight Material Center.

Andritz was contracted by the US Army Corps of Engineers to rehabilitate three Kaplan turbine generator units (40.5 MW each) at the 162 MW Old Hickory hydroelectric plant in Tennessee, USA.

Danish healthcare company Vermund Larsen A/S (VELA) acquired its US-based distributor Enable Me, which sells VELA's specialized chairs for people with disabilities.

The City of Sioux Falls selected McCarthy Building Cos. as construction manager at-risk for the $215 million expansion of the Sioux Falls Regional Water Reclamation Plant in South Dakota, increasing capacity by 50% to 30 million gallons per day.