LP Building Solutions is expanding its operations in Sagola Township, Michigan, converting its oriented strand board plant to produce LP SmartSide Trim & Siding. The $194 million investment is expected to create at least 50 jobs.

NRG Energy proposed adding a 690-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle power block at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. The $526.8 million project, called Project Moonshot, would create 18 permanent jobs and begin commercial operations in 2025.

Lotte Aluminium and Lotte Chemical will jointly build a $238.7 million cathode foil production plant in Hardin County, Kentucky, with an annual capacity of 36,000 tons. The plant is scheduled to start operations in 2025 and create 122 jobs.

Curtiss-Wright's Fleet Solutions unit completed a $2.25 million contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding to service and repair Ship Service Generator units on the USS John C. Stennis.

Cox Automotive announced the acquisition of Trudell, parent company of Trudell Trailers and Northeast Great Dane, expanding its medium and heavy-duty fleet parts and service offering.

Watson Gravel awarded Supreme Manufacturing a contract to build a clamshell dredge for its operation in Ross, Ohio. The dredge will be a single 16-cu.-yd. gantry-style dredge with a 200-ft. standard digging depth.

Martin Marietta Materials has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi cement plant in California and related distribution terminals to CalPortland Company for US$350 million.

Private equity firm TruArc Partners has acquired Molded Devices Inc., a manufacturer of plastic and rubber components for medical and other applications, from PNC Mezzanine Capital and founder Brian Anderson.

GrayMatter announced a strategic merger with HTSE, Inc., a Michigan-based process automation and machine control provider. The merger combines GrayMatter's industrial intelligence solutions with HTSE's automation expertise.

McCarthy Building Cos. completed construction on the Intake Pump Station for Houston's Northeast Water Purification Plant expansion. The project adds 320 million gallons per day of drinking water capacity as part of a $1.765-billion design-build expansion.

Battelle was selected as a prime contractor on the Defense Health Agency's Omnibus IV contract, a 10-year, $10 billion multiple award contract for medical research and development solutions for the Department of Defense.

Flottweg Separation Technology celebrated the groundbreaking for a 15,000-square-foot warehouse expansion at its campus in Independence, Kentucky. The $1.75 million investment will create 12 new jobs and is expected to be completed by Q1 2023.

Micron Technology announced plans to invest $40 billion through the end of the decade to build leading-edge memory manufacturing in multiple phases in the U.S. The investment is expected to create up to 40,000 jobs, including 5,000 at Micron, with production beginning in the second half of the decade.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. received a $524.1 million modification to procure long-lead materials for 18 F-35 aircraft (Lots 15 and 16) for the government of Italy, with work expected to be completed by June 2025.

GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Technologies announced they are more than doubling their existing long-term semiconductor manufacturing agreement, securing wafer supply and capacity expansion at GF's Malta, New York facility, as well as in Dresden, Crolles, and Singapore.

PumpMan, a pump sales and service provider, acquired Ransom Pump & Supply of Ramona, California, which will join PumpMan SoCal and PumpMan San Diego. Terms were not disclosed.

Graphic Packaging launched its KeelClip fiber-based can multipack packaging in the United States with an AutoClip KC1600 machine installed at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages' Elmsford, New York facility. The system removes plastic rings and shrink wrap from can multipacks.

Zhongding's subsidiary Tristone Flowtech Holding SAS was named batch supplier of thermal management pipe assemblies for a new platform of an unnamed US new-energy vehicle maker. The lifetime value is about CNY 208 million over 5.5 years.

S&S Truck Parts LLC and Midwest Truck & Auto Parts Inc. completed a merger, creating a combined independent truck parts distributor. The transaction nearly doubles their collective business.

Qualcomm agreed to purchase an additional $4.2 billion in semiconductor chips from GlobalFoundries' New York factory, bringing its total commitment to $7.4 billion.

GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Technologies announced an extension of their long-term semiconductor manufacturing agreement, more than doubling the existing agreement. The multi-billion dollar deal secures wafer supply through 2028 and includes capacity expansion at GF's facility in Malta, New York, as well as capacity in Crolles, France and Singapore.

Gerresheimer AG will invest up to $94 million to expand its Morganton, North Carolina facility with new vial forming lines, increasing annual production capacity for Type 1 glass vials. The project is supported by BARDA with up to $66 million.

The SEER Group acquired a majority stake in Evergreen Gas, Heating & Cooling in Sherwood, Oregon. This is the 27th acquisition for The SEER Group and its seventh in 2022. Evergreen will retain its brand and leadership.

Stratasys signed a definitive agreement to acquire Covestro's additive manufacturing materials business for approximately EUR 43 million plus a potential earnout of up to EUR 37 million. The deal includes R&D facilities, a portfolio of about 60 materials, and an extensive IP portfolio.

Nordson Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CyberOptics Corporation for approximately $380 million net of cash acquired, or $54.00 per share. The acquisition expands Nordson's semiconductor test and inspection capabilities.

Worley received two contracts from Corpus Christi Polymers for construction management and general services at a new integrated PET and PTA plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The plant will have capacity of 1.1 million metric tons per year of PET and 1.2 million metric tons per year of PTA, with completion and start-up expected in 2024.

EUKALIN Corporation acquired 100 percent of the assets of Adhesives Specialists, Inc., a US maker of water-based and hotmelt adhesives, including its building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The deal was announced on August 8, 2022, and no value was disclosed.

FloWorks International, backed by Clearlake Capital, acquired Flotech, a distributor and servicer of industrial valves founded in 1961 with locations in Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. No financial terms were disclosed.

B2B Industrial Packaging, a GenNx360 company, has acquired Springfield Corrugated Box Inc of Agawam, Massachusetts. It is B2B Industrial Packaging's 24th acquisition.

C&S Machine Products is expanding its operations in Bertrand Township, Michigan, with a $34.5 million project expected to create 85 jobs. The expansion includes manufacturing capabilities for medical devices, metal processing, and hydraulic testing.

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS) collaborated with Credit Human Federal Credit Union to design and supply a CITY MULTI water-source VRF system with approximately 900 tons of capacity, supported by 152 ground-linked wells, for the new 200,000 sq. ft. headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.

Harrington Industrial Plastics has acquired Commercial Industrial Supply, a distributor of thermoplastic fittings, valves, pipe and filtration products based in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

OMERS Private Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, an HVAC and plumbing services provider, from Huron Capital Partners. Financial details were not disclosed.

Mainline Metals acquired Great South Metals, a provider of galvanized, pre-painted, cold rolled and hot rolled metal products based in Acworth, Georgia. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Héroux-Devtek was awarded a long-term contract by Boeing for the repair and overhaul of main landing gear and side braces for F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers, supporting the U.S. Navy fleet.

Record Steel Construction Inc. (RSCI) won a $20.6 million bid from the Rigby City Council for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Rigby, Idaho.

Boeing obtained a $9.2 million contract modification from NAVAIR to provide data link pod assemblies for 36 SLAM-ER missiles for Saudi Arabia. Work will be completed by December 2026.

Aurora Plastics broke ground on an expansion of its Streetsboro, Ohio facility, adding over 100 million pounds of thermoplastic compounding capacity. The project is expected to be completed in Q4 2023 and create 30 jobs.

BASF will invest $19.8 million in its Geismar, Louisiana manufacturing complex to increase production of chemical intermediates HEP and NOP, retaining over 1,000 existing jobs and creating 58 construction jobs.

Babcock & Wilcox's Renewable segment was awarded contracts totaling more than $20 million by Summit Ridge Energy to provide EPC services for seven community solar projects in Illinois, totaling approximately 20 megawatts.

Styrenics Circular Solutions acquired Styropek, an expandable styrenics producer based in Houston, Texas. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sumitomo Corporation, through Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, acquired 51% of shares of Werner Aero, an aftermarket aircraft spare parts supplier based in New Jersey, USA.

General Dynamics NASSCO was awarded an $890 million modification to a previously awarded contract for detail design and construction of fleet replenishment oilers T-AO 211 and 212, with an option for T-AO 213 that could bring the total to $1.625 billion. Work will be performed primarily in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by June 2027.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $90 million firm-fixed-price contract to Ahtna-J.F. Brennan JV, Alltech Engineering Group, G&G Steel Inc., Oceanetics Inc., and Steward Machine Co. Inc. for metal fabrication, refurbishment and installation for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. Work is expected to be completed by August 4, 2027.

Hood Container Corporation has acquired the corrugated packaging business of Kentwood Packaging Inc, including its design, manufacturing, assembly and fulfillment operations in Walker, Michigan. The deal was announced on August 4, 2022.

GEFCO, a Bauer Group company, broke ground on August 3, 2022 for a new facility in Conroe Park North, Texas, for assembly and manufacturing of drilling rigs, including classrooms and offices.

Empire Equipment Co. acquired Houston-based Greater Texas Ice, a wholesale distributor of commercial foodservice equipment and aftermarket parts, expanding its geography and logistics network to nine distribution locations.

Eastey, a manufacturer of shrink-packaging equipment and material handling systems, relocated its manufacturing operation to a 50,000-square-foot building in Big Lake, Minn., consolidating production operations.

Assure Infusions will launch manufacturing in 2023 with a 60,000-square-foot facility in Bartow, Fla., employing 100 people and incorporating robots into production.

Medline opened an 800,000-square-foot distribution center in St. Peters, Mo., costing $74 million, and a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center in Grayslake, Ill., costing $125 million.