The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts awarded a two-year contract to FlowWorks for real-time reporting and analytics software for its wastewater system servicing 5.6 million people.

Lear Corporation has been selected by General Motors to supply front and rear seats for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. The seats will be produced at Lear's new facility in Detroit, scheduled to open in mid-2022, creating hundreds of jobs.

Parker Hannifin Corp. is investing in a 75,000-sq-ft expansion and modernization of its Parker LORD chemical manufacturing plant in Saegertown, Pennsylvania. The expansion will increase capabilities for precision manufacturing of adhesives, coatings, and resins.

Climate by Design International (CDI) plans to build a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Bridge Street in Owatonna, Minnesota, with a $37 million investment. The facility will serve growing markets including lithium battery manufacturing and ice arena energy reduction.

Hitachi Construction Machinery ended its joint venture with John Deere and launched Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc. to independently sell and service equipment in the Americas.

Thermo King, a brand of Trane Technologies, announced a $30 million expansion of its operations in Greenville County, South Carolina, creating 220 new jobs and adding nearly 300,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity.

PureCycle Technologies announced a $250 million private equity capital raise to support the build-out of its multi-line manufacturing complex in Augusta, Georgia, and other corporate purposes.

Venture Global LNG signed a new long-term 20-year sales and purchase agreement with Shell NA LNG for 2 mtpa of LNG from the Plaquemines LNG export facility in Louisiana.

Venture Global LNG awarded Baker Hughes a contract for the liquefaction train system of the Plaquemines LNG project in Louisiana, with deliveries expected from the first half of 2023. Separately, Venture Global signed a 20-year LNG sales deal with Shell for 2 mtpa.

Venture Global LNG awarded Baker Hughes a contract to supply a modularized liquefaction train system with 24 compression trains for the first phase of the Plaquemines LNG project in Louisiana, built in Italy.

Slant 3D announced it will expand to a new facility on the former MotivePower site in Boise, Idaho, increasing its 3D printer count from 800 to 2,000. The company also raised a new funding round of undisclosed size.

Plug Power held a groundbreaking for a new 350,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Vista Technology Campus in Slingerlands, Albany County. The $55 million plant will produce GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell systems and create 1,633 new jobs.

Investcorp announced its acquisition of S&S Truck Parts, a leading independent distributor of private label and branded aftermarket truck parts. Terms were not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, announced a long-term, sole-source contract extension to supply drivetrain components for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, effective for shipments beginning in Q1 2022. It also won a new program to supply components for side-by-side all-terrain vehicles, with production scheduled to begin in 2023.

Rocsys has signed an order of agreement with SSA Marine to supply ROC-1 autonomous charging systems for electric yard tractors at the Port of Oakland's International Container Terminal. The project is partly funded by a $50 million grant from the California Air Resources Board.

CECO Environmental Corp. has completed the acquisition of GRC, a leader in rubber expansion joints and flow control products. GRC is now part of the Effox-Flextor-Mader joint venture.

Getinge has been awarded a contract by Premier Inc. to provide Flow Family Anesthesia machines to Premier's member hospitals and healthcare systems in the United States.

Kaman Aerospace Jacksonville received a follow-on award from Sikorsky for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter cockpit, securing deliveries from 2022 through 2025.

Lollis Metals Fabrication Inc. announced a $2.8 million expansion of its facility in Anderson, South Carolina, adding 10,000 square feet to house a new robotic tube laser and creating 10 new jobs.

Schupan & Sons, a Kalamazoo, Michigan recycler, announced its acquisition of Des Moines, Iowa-based Mid America Recycling, a multi-material and deposit container recycler.

Glenroy Inc. announced on March 8, 2022 the addition of a Tandem Adhesive Laminator at its Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin facility to increase capacity for high-barrier laminations, recyclable pouches and stand-up pouches. The machine will be ready for production in spring 2022.

Kruger Packaging plans to invest $114.2 million in an operation in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, producing corrugated boxes for the food and beverage sector, creating 150 jobs. The deal was supported by an LG&E and KU Opportunity Kentucky grant.

Blackhawk Aerospace announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire controlling ownership of Recoil Aerospace, a manufacturer of carbon fiber composite fire suppression tanks and auxiliary fuel tanks for helicopters. The deal aims to expand into the wildfire suppression market.

KION North America announced that its dealer partner Granite Industrial Machinery has been acquired by The Cavanaugh Company, LLC. The business will operate as Granite Industrial Trucks, LLC and sell Linde Material Handling and Baoli brands in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. (TES) was awarded a contract as part of Booz Allen Hamilton's winning team to provide technical support for the Prototype Integration Facility (PIF) at Redstone Arsenal.

Robotic Automation Systems (RAS) opened a new 13,000-square-foot facility in Waunakee, Wisconsin, tripling its capacity. The facility includes 7,500 square feet of production space and a 31-foot-high ceiling.

Singer Equipment Co. acquired Kittredge Equipment Co., a foodservice equipment dealership in Agawam, Massachusetts. Kittredge will operate as Singer Kittredge.

Ovivo Inc. will build a 110,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Titan Development's Innovation Business Park in Hutto, Texas, to produce SiC modules for water and wastewater treatment. Construction is expected to be completed in Q4 2022, and the plant will bring nearly 100 jobs.

Takeuchi-US is preparing to open its first North American manufacturing facility in Moore, South Carolina, to produce compact track loaders. The 156,000 sq ft facility will employ around 100 people, with production expected to begin by end of 2022.

AZZ Inc. announced its intention to acquire Precoat Metals, a metal coatings company. The acquisition was announced on March 7, 2022.

II-VI announced factory expansions in Pennsylvania and Sweden to increase semiconductor manufacturing capacity, following a previously disclosed $1 billion investment into silicon carbide over 10 years.

Cornerstone Building Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $5.8 billion.

Medartis Holding AG has signed an agreement to acquire Nextremity Solutions Inc., a US MedTech company specializing in orthopaedic solutions for extremities. The acquisition aims to accelerate Medartis' US extremities business.

NuVasive unveiled its new $45 million, 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in West Carrollton, Ohio, which will produce all medical implants and devices for global distribution. The facility will create nearly 200 new jobs and retain 97 employees transferring from its Fairborn facility.

Biomerics announced the completion of a 24,000 sq. ft. expansion of manufacturing operations at its Athens, Texas facility, including 8,500 sq. ft. of production space and a 4,900 sq. ft. engineering laboratory for its Center of Excellence for Balloons & Balloon Catheters.

Harris, a division of Avis Industrial, announced the expansion of its advanced machine shop at its Cordele, Georgia manufacturing complex, adding over 14,000 square feet of new production and training space for CNC machining centers.

NIX Industrial is expanding its Custom Fabrication Shop on Frontage Road in Poseyville, Indiana, adding a new 25-ton crane and increasing production space. The expansion was announced on March 4, 2022.

Siemens USA announced a $54 million investment to produce equipment for electrical infrastructure, creating 300 jobs at locations in California and Texas.

Brenntag Specialties will become the exclusive distributor for BASF's Baxxodur amine-based curing agents and Polyetheramines portfolio in the United States and Canada, effective May 1, 2022.

Siemens announced a $54 million investment across its U.S. manufacturing facilities, including an existing electrical infrastructure hub in Grand Prairie, Texas, and a greenfield site for EV charging equipment in Pomona, California.

Accsys Technologies and Eastman Chemical Company have started construction of a new Accoya wood production facility in Kingsport, Tennessee. The joint venture, Accoya USA, has secured $80 million in bank financing, with a total project cost of $136 million. Initial capacity is ~43,000 m³ per year, with first production expected in 2024.

Aerostar Manufacturing is expanding its operations in Romulus, Michigan, with a new manufacturing facility for CNC machining and assembly, creating up to 62 jobs and generating $8.6 million in capital investment.

Phoenix Innovations, a manufacturer of protein processing equipment, is expanding its facility in Russellville, Arkansas, by adding 25,000 square feet and 50 full-time employees over three years.

C-P Flexible Packaging, a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital, acquired privately held Bass Flexible Packaging, which makes stand-up pouches, premade bags and shrink sleeves in Lakeville, Minnesota. Terms were not disclosed.

Westlake Chemical Corp. completed the acquisition of Hexion Inc.'s global epoxy business for approximately $1.2 billion in an all-cash transaction.

Zoox acquired the team from Strio.AI, bringing on its co-founder and CEO as director of perception, and opened a Boston office.

Pacific Propeller International (PPI), part of Precision Aerospace Products (PAP), announced a strategic partnership with IAC in Fort Worth, Texas, to integrate engineering teams and expand into rotor aircraft blade repairs. The partnership builds on a Strategic Teaming Agreement signed in October 2021.

Brenntag Specialties expanded its collaboration with BASF, becoming the exclusive distributor for BASF's Baxxodur amine-based curing agents across the United States and Canada, effective May 1, 2022.

Biomerics entered into definitive agreements to merge with Precision Concepts' medical business, including the acquisition of Precision Concepts International and Precision Concepts Group. The combined company will have over 1.2 million square feet of manufacturing space across 13 locations.

BMW will add 200 workers in an expansion at its Upstate plant.