Safran Helicopter Engines signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters to continue supporting Arriel engines powering the U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota fleet. The contract covers MRO and service for over 900 engines.

Yanmar America Corporation has introduced an automated guided vehicle (AGV) solution to its Adairsville, GA manufacturing facility for Powerpack series generator production. The system has boosted production capacity ten-fold.

GE has secured an order from Kindle Energy to provide H-Class power generation equipment for the 725 MW Magnolia Power Plant to be built in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The plant is expected to begin operation in 2025.

HeidelbergCement plans to triple capacity at its cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, to 2.6 million metric tons per year, and add carbon-capture equipment capable of handling 95% of CO2 emissions. The US Department of Energy has provided $3.7 million for engineering and design.

Sivers Photonics, a subsidiary of Sivers Semiconductors, has received a $955k order from a Fortune 100 customer for the design, development, and supply of semiconductor laser devices for advanced optical sensing applications.

Cooper Machinery Services has been awarded a contract by the United States Space Force to overhaul two backup Enterprise R3 engine-generator sets at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station in Colorado. The project will run through 2023, with further engineering and upgrades planned for 2023-2024.

Sonoco agreed to buy WestRock's remaining equity interest in RTS Packaging, plus a WestRock paper mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for $330 million in cash, with closing expected in the first half of 2023.

Victaulic acquired the business assets of Tennessee Metal Fabricating Corporation on Sept. 9, 2022, adding a 125,000 sq-ft facility to enhance its large-diameter piping solutions for the infrastructure market.

York Building Products acquired Union Quarries, a Carlisle, PA-based manufacturer of crushed stone, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete products.

Ryan Companies awarded Sinclair Construction Group the install of MEGASLAB for the pavement of Altorfer CAT's new headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The project is scheduled for a 2023 Q2 install.

SK Capital has sold part of its stake in Techmer PM, a supplier of polymer masterbatches and additives, to Gryphon Investors for an undisclosed sum.

SK Capital and Edgewater Capital have entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Saint-Gobain's scintillation and photonic crystal business in Hiram, Ohio, used in radiation detection.

SK Capital has invested in VanDeMark Chemical, a specialist in phosgene chemistry based in Lockport, New York, with a facility in Hungary, to help expand in fine chemicals for life sciences.

TN Composites, doing business as Ebbtide Holdings, announced a $23.1 million investment to expand its boat manufacturing facility in White Bluff, Tennessee, creating up to 132 jobs. The expansion aims to increase production to 14 boats per week by early 2025.

Inteplast's AmTopp Division began production on one of two stretch film extrusion lines at its Remington facility, with the second line expected to start in mid-September 2022, increasing workforce by over 37% and aiming for up to 60 million pounds of film per year.

Harwood Private Equity has acquired SMT Corporation through a management buyout. SMT is a supplier of obsolete and hard-to-find critical electronic components for the US defense and aerospace industry.

Thailand-based Gulf Energy Development has signed an agreement to acquire a 49% stake in the Jackson Generation Power Station in Illinois, USA, for $409.6 million. The transaction is expected to close by December 2022.

T/CCI Manufacturing will invest over $20 million to retool its Decatur, Illinois facility for electric compressor manufacturing, creating more than 50 new jobs and retaining 103 positions, backed by Illinois REV tax incentives.

Novolex is investing $10 million to expand plastic bag and polyethylene film recycling capacity at its North Vernon, Indiana facility, producing up to 28 million pounds of recycled content per year.

Boeing secured a contract to produce 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces under the KRUK Attack Helicopter Program. The helicopters will be newly manufactured at Boeing's Mesa facility.

The Escalante family, owners of Aceitunas Guadalquivir (AG Olives), has acquired Bell-Carter Foods, LLC, a leading US table olive manufacturer. The deal includes investments in Bell-Carter's Corning, California production facilities.

Baileigh Industrial, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial metalworking and woodworking machinery, has acquired Rusch Machine and Design, Inc., a manufacturer of tube and pipe benders and metal shaping machinery. Terms were not disclosed.

Wolfram Manufacturing Technologies has acquired the XMC machine communication and analytics platform to expand its machine monitoring and production management software solutions.

Ube is beginning basic design for a plant in Louisiana with capacities of 50,000 tonnes/year of dimethyl carbonate and 40,000 tonnes/year of ethyl methyl carbonate.

LG Chem has agreed to supply over 950,000 tons of NCMA cathode material to General Motors from H2 2022 through 2030, enough for about 5 million EVs. The material will be used by Ultium Cells, the GM-LG Energy Solution joint venture.

QuickLogic has been awarded a $6.9 million base contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command to develop strategic radiation hardened FPGA technology for the Department of Defense. The contract includes options totaling up to $72 million over multiple years. The announcement was made on September 8, 2022.

APPLIED Adhesives, an adhesive solutions provider in North America, completed its acquisition of In-Line Finishing Solutions, a specialty adhesive and coating solutions provider to the direct mail and label converting markets.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded EC Company a $10,495,846 contract on September 6, 2022, for the Lower Monumental Navigation Lock Power and Controls Upgrade at Lower Monumental Dam in Franklin County, Washington.

Fortis Solutions Group, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, acquired Digital Dogma Corp., a digital manufacturer of labels and flexible packaging based in Santa Fe Springs, California. Terms were not disclosed.

The Eastern Municipal Water District awarded GES Biotek LLC a $556,572 contract to replace and upgrade the biofilter media at the Temecula Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility. The board approved the contract on September 7, 2022.

Realtime Robotics, a developer of collision-free autonomous motion planning software for industrial robots, secured $14.4 million in additional funding led by Soundproof Ventures, Heroic Ventures, and SIP Global Partners. The funding will help scale the company to meet demand for its RapidPlan software.

Ground Force Worldwide, a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation, signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all assets and operations of TowHaul Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of heavy-duty off-road specialty metal extraction support equipment. The acquisition is expected to combine the two brands under the Ground Force portfolio.

YKK AP America announced an investment of up to $125 million in an expansion in Macon, Georgia, including a new manufacturing facility and equipment, creating 100 new jobs.

GAF Materials announced a $146 million investment in a new advanced manufacturing facility in Lowndes County, Georgia.

Toyota will invest an additional $2.5 billion in its Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina plant in Liberty, NC, adding 350 jobs and boosting battery production. Total investment reaches $3.8 billion. Production is scheduled to begin in 2025.

Indeck Energy Services, with partners KOSPO and DL Energy, started commercial operation of the Indeck Niles Energy Center in Niles, Michigan. The 1.1 GW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant uses GE equipment and has a 25-year service contract with GE.

CHL Systems, an industrial equipment manufacturer, announced the acquisition of JAM Works LLC, a FANUC-authorized robotics integrator. The acquisition expands CHL's robotics capabilities for food processing and material handling.

TruckPro LLC announced the acquisition of the assets of Drivelines N.W. Inc., a driveline repair and parts provider with three locations in Washington state.

Yokogawa Corporation of America was selected by Grön Fuels as the preferred supplier of automation technology, equipment, and services for a renewable fuels production facility in Louisiana. The plant is expected to start production in 2025.

Curtiss-Wright will supply generators to Northrop Grumman for use on the U.S. Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program, under contracts worth potentially $120 million.

Maruichi Stainless Tube Texas Corporation will build a 125,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, with a $75 million capital investment. The facility will produce seamless stainless steel precision tubes for the semiconductor industry, creating at least 106 jobs, with groundbreaking in Q1 2023 and operations starting in Q1 2024.

Sortera Alloys announced a new 200,000 sq. ft. processing facility in Markle, Indiana, to increase capacity to 150 million lbs. of scrap alloy annually. The facility will employ over 100 workers, with groundbreaking in Q4 2022 and processing starting in Q1 2023.

Transocean's drillship Deepwater Asgard received two contract awards in the US Gulf of Mexico: a one-well contract with Murphy Oil at $395,000/day and a one-year contract with another operator at $440,000/day, totaling $181 million in firm backlog.

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging will build a new flexible packaging production site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, its first in the Americas, with about $20 million capital investment and roughly 80 new jobs.

Bauer Compressors received an order from Prodeval for multiple containerized GRU 28-250 biogas boosting compression systems to be used on US dairy farms.

Curtiss-Wright won a subcontract from Northrop Grumman to supply generators for the US Navy's Columbia-class SSBN program, with a ceiling value of about $120 million. Work will be performed at its Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility.

Riviana Foods will invest $80.6 million to expand and renovate its processing and packaging plant in Memphis, Tennessee, adding about 80 full-time jobs and new production for ready-to-serve pouches. Construction is expected to begin in Q1 2023, with new capacity from Q1 2024.

Helios Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Daman Products Company, a Mishawaka, Indiana maker of precision hydraulic manifolds and integrated packages. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Kammerer Dynamics is expanding its facility space and equipment base near Kendallville, Indiana, with plans to double the size of its building.

B&J Medical is planning a $7.6 million expansion at its facility on U.S. 6 west of Kendallville, Indiana, with new equipment purchases. The company is seeking a 10-year tax abatement and expects to add jobs.