The Boeing Co. was awarded a $2,255,625,408 modification to a previously awarded contract for KC-46A Air Force Production Lot 9 aircraft, exercising an option for 15 additional aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, with completion expected by August 31, 2026.

Norfolk Southern Railway is installing six fully electric cranes manufactured by Kuenz Cranes at its Austell, Georgia, intermodal terminal, converting part of the facility to stacked-container operations. The $21 million project will double throughput to 100,000 containers annually and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, was awarded a $72,791,833 contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for non-recurring engineering to support F135 propulsion system issues for the F-35 program. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut, and Indianapolis, Indiana, with completion expected in December 2026.

Hexagon Purus has opened a 60,000 sq ft facility in Westminster, Maryland, to make hydrogen Type 4 composite cylinders, with capacity for up to 10,000 cylinders a year and up to 150 jobs. It replaces its Taneytown, Maryland operation.

Polar Semiconductor, jointly owned by Allegro MicroSystems and Sanken Electric, is expected to receive a $150 million equity investment from One Equity Partners to expand 200mm sensor and high-voltage power wafer capacity at its Bloomington, Minnesota facility. Polar is also pursuing U.S. CHIPS Act funding.

wheel.me, a robotics company, is establishing a facility in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood for sales, operations, and supply chain, and plans a manufacturing facility in Michigan, creating 40 jobs with $1 million investment.

Zinc8 Energy Solutions will locate its first commercial manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters at iPark 87 in Kingston, Ulster County, with a $68 million investment plan over five years, creating 500 jobs.

Dramm Corporation opened a new 98,000-square-foot headquarters and production facility in the Manitowoc Industrial Park, increasing warehouse and office space.

GE proposed building two offshore wind manufacturing facilities at the Port of Coeymans, New York: a blades facility and a nacelle facility, contingent on sufficient orders. The blades facility would create 650 direct jobs, and the nacelle facility 220 direct jobs.

Medmix, a Swiss manufacturer of medical devices and industrial products, is opening a $20 million plant in Oakwood, Georgia.

Miller Industries, a custom steel fabricator, plans to expand its Fenton Township headquarters, adding manufacturing, warehouse, and office space. The $11 million project is expected to create 115 jobs.

Boom Supersonic broke ground on its Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina, a 62-acre facility for final assembly of its supersonic airliner. The project is expected to create over 2,400 jobs by 2032.

Citroniq Chemicals and Mitsui Plastics have executed a letter of intent for a large-scale supply agreement for sustainable polypropylene. Citroniq will produce green polypropylene at its Kansas plant using biogenic feedstock and renewable energy.

Midwest Filtration has entered into an exclusive agreement with Monadnock Non-Wovens to represent their portfolio of meltblown filtration media for air and liquid filtration applications.

Brondell, a health and personal care technology company, has acquired Nebia, a developer of water-saving showerheads and nozzle technology. The acquisition will expand Brondell's Bathe category and strengthen its commitment to sustainable bathroom solutions.

LioChem e-Materials LLC, a subsidiary of Toyo Ink SC Holdings, will invest $104.4 million to establish a new facility in Franklin, Kentucky, creating 141 jobs. The plant will produce liquid dispersion of carbon nanotubes for EV batteries.

Olympus America Inc. was awarded a $22,310,158 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Air Force for aircraft engine borescope kits, spare insertion tube modules, and repairs. Work will be performed in Webster, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2032.

Rockwell Automation won a contract to provide automation for First Solar's new $1 billion solar panel factory planned for the southeastern United States.

North American Stainless will invest $244 million to expand its Ghent, Kentucky facility, adding 200,000 tons of annual capacity and creating 70 new jobs.

Integra Technologies plans to invest $1.8 billion and create 1,994 jobs by building a 1,000,000 sq ft facility in Wichita, Kansas, to expand its outsourced semiconductor assembly and test operations. The project is contingent on receiving federal CHIPS funding.

Aerobraze Engineered Technologies Oklahoma City received a five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to remanufacture F-16 regenerative heat exchangers at Tinker Air Force Base.

Turner Mining Group was awarded a 4-year, $120 million turnkey mining contract by an industrial sand producer in West Texas. The contract involves loading and hauling 55 million tons of sand, overburden removal, and other mining activities, employing over 80 miners.

PLW Waterworks, a division of Webber, was awarded two contracts totaling $166.3 million to expand water treatment plants in Pflugerville and New Braunfels, Texas. The Pflugerville plant will expand from 17 MGD to 30 MGD, and the Trinity Membrane Plant in New Braunfels will expand from 3.75 MGD to 7.5 MGD.

Emerson has begun discussions with National Instruments (NI) regarding Emerson's public proposal to acquire NI for $53 per share in cash, implying an enterprise value of $7.6 billion.

The Tunista Valiant Joint Venture won a $99 million IDIQ contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide operation, maintenance, construction and repair services for the Defense Health Agency's Hawaii Market in O'ahu through December 2027.

Zollner Elektronik AG has sold the Sourceability Group, a global distributor of electronic components, to CrowdOut Capital LLC and CO Long Term Equity Fund I LP, a US family office.

Resion was awarded a multi-year blanket purchase agreement by the US Army Security Assistance Command to provide electronic components and services to support Foreign Military Sales to Israel through Aberdeen Proving Ground.

New Fortress Energy's subsidiary Genera PR LLC was awarded a 10-year operation and maintenance agreement by the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority to manage PREPA's thermal power generation system of approximately 3,600 MW.

CMS Nextech, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, acquired Aire Rite, a California-based air conditioning and refrigeration company. The acquisition expands CMS Nextech's reach into Southern California and brings its technician count to over 1,100.

Wärtsilä will supply six Wärtsilä 50SG gas engines with a combined net output of 108 MW for the Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV power plant in North Dakota, owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative. The order was booked in October 2022, equipment delivery is scheduled for early 2024, and the plant is expected to be fully operational by summer 2025.

Ametek extended and expanded five existing aftermarket distribution agreements with Kellstrom Aerospace for five years, and added a sixth five-year distribution deal with Ametek Pacific Design Technologies. Kellstrom will distribute Ametek-manufactured components for various aircraft and engines.

WPT Nonwovens Corporation decided to invest in a new through-air bonding line for filter media. Trützschler Nonwovens and Schott & Meissner will deliver the line, including fiber preparation system, roller cards and belt oven.

Jungheinrich AG signed a binding share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Storage Solutions, a provider of racking and warehouse automation solutions in the U.S., for approximately $375 million.

Triumph Group's Actuation Products and Services business won a multi-year Airbus contract to supply A220 On Wing Emergency Exit Door control cables, to be produced in Shelbyville, Indiana.

Middleby Corporation announced the acquisition of Flavor Burst Company, a developer of flavor infusion machines for soft serve ice cream and frozen desserts, based in Danville, Indiana.

Bastian Solutions announced plans to build a $130 million corporate campus in Noblesville, Indiana, including a 180,000 sq ft headquarters and innovation center and a 400,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing facility. The project will create 250 new jobs.

COE Press Equipment Corporation acquired Sesco Products Group, a manufacturer of machine tool attachments and accessories including coil processing and material handling equipment.

Malarkey Roofing Products acquired a fiberglass mat manufacturing facility in Williamsport, Maryland from GlassTech Materials. The facility will produce fiberglass mat for roofing shingles and create about 50 jobs.

Built Robotics, a construction autonomy company, acquired Roin Technologies, maker of automated concrete power trowels. The acquisition aims to expand automation beyond earthmoving into new construction applications.

Eli Lilly plans to invest $450 million to expand its factory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, adding injectable drug filling, device assembly, and packaging capacity for diabetes medicines. The expansion will create at least 100 new jobs.

Greenworks Commercial opened its first North American Commercial Center of Excellence for Manufacturing and Engineering in Morristown, Tennessee. The $25 million facility will manufacture lithium-ion battery ride-on mowers, creating over 150 jobs by end of 2023 and up to 550 by 2025.

Eli Lilly announced a $450 million investment to expand its Research Triangle Park facility in North Carolina, adding parenteral filling, device assembly and packaging capacity for incretin diabetes drugs. The expansion will create at least 100 jobs and is expected to be fully operational in 2027.

Milliken & Co. has partnered with MMI Textiles to supply Tegris thermoplastic composite fabric to defense customers. MMI will offer Tegris at less than case quantities.

Wolfspeed announced it will supply silicon carbide components for future Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle platforms. The semiconductors will be manufactured at Wolfspeed's plants in Durham, North Carolina, and Mohawk Valley Fab in Marcy, New York.

Terberg Taylor Americas Group broke ground on a new $20 million manufacturing facility in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to build terminal tractors. The project will create 90 jobs, with the first tractor expected in mid-2024.

Murphy Company was awarded the mechanical contract for a new 85,000-square-foot, $35 million brewery for Breckenridge Brewery in Colorado. The project included HVAC, plumbing, process utilities, and installation of fermentation tanks and brewhouse equipment, completed in 2015.

Polydeck Screen Corporation opened a 36,000-square-foot manufacturing expansion at its Spartanburg, South Carolina headquarters on October 31, 2022. The expansion will create 35 new jobs and increase capacity for injection molded screen media for the mining industry.

Capital For Business (CFB) completed an investment in Kupferle, LLC, a manufacturer of water hydrants and monitoring solutions. The transaction involved subordinated debt and equity from CFB affiliates, Independent Bankers Capital Fund, and the Joseph Adorjan family.

Holcim acquired a state-of-the-art fiberglass mat facility near Hagerstown, Maryland, from an affiliate of Maryland Paper, to enhance its roofing business.

Mitsui Plastics Inc. and Citroniq Chemicals LLC signed a letter of intent for a large-scale supply agreement for carbon-negative polypropylene, with Citroniq planning annual capacity of over 800 million pounds at its Kansas plant.