Evermade Foods will invest $110,000 to expand its manufacturing facility in Warrenton, Virginia, adding a new product line of shelf-stable grab-and-go items and creating 46 new jobs.

NioCorp Developments Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire GX Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in a business combination that could provide up to $285 million in net cash to advance the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska.

Oshkosh Defense was awarded a five-year requirements contract valued at $263.2 million by the U.S. Army TACOM to produce Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System (EHETS) trailers, with a first delivery order of $37.6 million for test and production trailers.

United Natural Foods (UNFI) and Symbotic entered into a commercial agreement to implement Symbotic's AI-powered robotics and software automation in five of UNFI's distribution centers over the next four years, with an option for additional centers.

Kato Engineering Inc. was awarded an $18,429,216 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to supply up to 20 Ship Service Brushless Generators over five years, with work in North Mankato, Minnesota, expected to be completed by September 2027.

United Natural Foods (UNFI) and Symbotic entered a commercial agreement to implement Symbotic's AI-powered robotics and software automation in five of UNFI's distribution centers over four years, with an option for additional centers.

Holland Pump Company completed the acquisitions of Sander Power Equipment in Trevose, PA and Pump & Power Equipment Corp. in Jessup, MD, adding three branches for pump rental and dewatering services in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Pratt & Whitney received a $769.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide spare parts, modules, and support equipment for the F-135 aircraft propulsion system. Work will occur through December 2025.

Bosch Rexroth intends to invest in its mobile hydraulics site in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, to develop electrification of mobile machinery and related software. No investment amount was disclosed.

Global Filter opened a new production facility and headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, consolidating two previous sites into one 55,000 sq ft larger facility with new machinery, increasing production capacity by 300%.

General Motors is investing $760 million in its Toledo Propulsion Systems factory to produce electric drive units for electric trucks, including the GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado EV, and GMC Sierra EV.

GE will invest up to $5 million over two years to add a second manufacturing location for its TM 250 and LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative units in its existing Global Technology Center in Greenville, South Carolina, to support the Americas region.

Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on its first steel ship, a U.S. Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11), at its facility in Mobile, Alabama.

Austal USA was awarded a contract with a potential value of $3.3 billion for the detail design and construction of up to 11 Offshore Patrol Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard.

Austal USA was awarded a $128 million contract by the U.S. Navy for the Detailed Design and Construction of an Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM).

SunGrid Holdings, based in Houston, acquired Black Electric Inc., a Poughkeepsie-based electrical services contractor serving commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers in the Hudson Valley. Terms were not disclosed.

ATS Corporation completed its acquisition of Paxiom Group, a provider of primary, secondary, and end-of-line packaging machines for the food and beverage, cannabis, and pharmaceutical industries.

Capital Power and Manulife Investment Management completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in MCV Holding Company, which owns the 1,633-MW Midland Cogeneration Venture in Michigan, for US$894 million, including assumption of US$521 million in debt. The joint venture partners each contributed approximately US$186 million.

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. was awarded an $11,864,449 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Globally Linked Ising Machine Platform with Superconducting Electronics hardware and software prototype deliverables. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts and completed by October 2027.

Collins Aerospace was awarded a $164,374,426 performance-based logistics contract by the U.S. Navy for supply chain management of 226 weapon replaceable assemblies/shop replaceable assemblies supporting F/A-18, E/A-18, and other aircraft. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Jacksonville, and San Diego through September 2027.

R.W. Mercer Co. and Pump & Meter Service, Inc. signed an agreement to become wholly-owned subsidiaries of a new holding company owned by their shareholders Kurt Radermacher and Andy Mercer. The companies will keep operating independently, with closing expected in Q4 2022. Both serve the petroleum and construction industries.

B. Braun Medical Inc. celebrated the opening of a $200 million, 310,000-square-foot expansion at its campus in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The expansion will add more than 200 jobs over several years and manufacture infusion therapy devices.

BMH Equipment, a full-line material handling distributor, acquired Frank H. Gill Company, a material handling equipment supplier of cranes, cargo tractors, pallet jacks and utility vehicles. Frank H. Gill will continue operating under its own name before transitioning to the BMH brand.

Luna Innovations has signed a $14.2 million contract with Intuitive Surgical to supply critical photonic subsystems for Intuitive's next-generation robotic surgical systems.

Triumph Group has entered into an agreement with NAVSUP to provide Pylon Conversion Actuator spare units for the V-22 Osprey aircraft. The units will be designed and manufactured at TRIUMPH Geared Solutions in Park City, Utah.

Saint-Gobain announced it will close the acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies on September 27, 2022, after receiving UK CMA approval. The enterprise value is $2.3 billion.

Vitesse Systems broke ground on an expansion of its Clinton, MA facility, doubling its size and adding robotic dip-brazing, machining, and inspection capabilities. The project is scheduled to be fully operational by January 2023.

Concurrent Technologies Corporation was awarded a $5.2 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to build the world's largest additive manufacturing machine, with a 1.5-meter build envelope in the Z-axis, in partnership with SLM Solutions.

The Crosby Group and KITO CORPORATION finalized the combination of their businesses, forming Kito Crosby. The announcement was made on January 30, 2023, but the article date is September 22, 2022.

Kruger Packaging has completed construction of its 400,000-plus square foot Elizabethtown plant in Kentucky, costing $114 million, and started producing corrugated paper.

Corrugated packaging converter Carlisle Container Company is acquiring an EFI Nozomi 14000 LED single-pass inkjet corrugated press from Electronics For Imaging, to be installed in a facility adjacent to its main plant opening in early 2023 near Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Zekelman Industries announced construction will begin in December on a new inline steel tube galvanizing factory in Blytheville, Arkansas. The facility will have an annual operating capacity exceeding 200,000 tons and create 80 jobs. Commissioning is expected in late 2023.

Ioneer Ltd and Caterpillar completed a Technology System Supply Agreement for autonomous haul trucks at the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada. The contract is valued at approximately $100 million for the first five years of operation.

American Apparel was awarded a one-year extension valued at $22.9 million on a contract to make coats for the U.S. Army and Air Force.

Haarup Maskinfabrik, a Danish producer of concrete industry equipment, is investing 41 million Danish kroner in a new factory in Washington state, USA, initially housing sales, service, and warehouse staff, with plans for future production.

Kaléo has executed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for the manufacture and delivery of up to 788,000 ROCS auto-injectors, a naloxone antidote for weaponized opioids.

Pennsylvania Steel Company will purchase certain assets of Nivert Metal Supply Inc., a metals service center in Throop, Pennsylvania. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October 2022.

Henkel broke ground on a 35,000 square foot expansion of its Brandon, South Dakota production facility to increase production of thermal interface materials for electric vehicles and electronics. The $30 million investment will create about 20 jobs and is expected to be operational by Q4 2023.

TricorBraun announced it will acquire Mark's Barrel Company, an industrial container services provider.

AGCO signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with Amity Technology, acquiring a 50% interest in selected air seeding and tillage product lines sold under the Amity, Wil-Rich and Wishek brands. The joint venture will be based in Fargo, North Dakota and is expected to close before the end of 2010.

Broadwind Heavy Fabrications will invest $3 million to expand its facility in Abilene, Texas, creating 40 jobs. The expansion will add 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

Tropicale Foods will invest $75 million to renovate and retrofit a former food manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas, creating 500 jobs. Construction is underway and production is expected to begin by Q2 2023.

King Machine, a manufacturer of machine tools and machining robotics based in Meridian, Idaho, was acquired by C.G. Machinery in September 2022. Terms were not disclosed.

Cirrus Aircraft is transforming an old hangar into a 189,000-square-foot innovation center in Duluth, Minnesota, with a multimillion-dollar investment and plans to hire 80 engineers over three years.

L3Harris Technologies won a $91.5 million contract from Boeing to supply mission-management processors for the T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer for the U.S. Air Force.

Powin LLC announced the acquisition of EKS Energy, a provider of power electronics and energy management solutions, to deliver fully integrated grid-scale energy storage systems with supply chain security.

Trimble acquired B2W Software, a provider of estimating and operations solutions for the heavy civil construction industry. B2W will be reported as part of Trimble's Buildings and Infrastructure segment.

Centrisys/CNP was awarded a contract to upgrade solids handling for the City of Seaside wastewater treatment plant in Oregon. The upgrade includes a Centrisys CS21-4 HC dewatering centrifuge and a DLT420 low-temperature belt dryer.

Apptronik landed a new contract with NASA to bring its Apollo humanoid robot to market next year. Apollo is designed for heavier payloads and critical industries including aerospace, logistics and retail.

Alberdingk Boley completed phase II of a capacity expansion project at its Greensboro, North Carolina manufacturing site, including debottlenecking investments throughout 2022. The expansion follows the addition of a reactor train in 2020.