Miller Fabrication Solutions announced a new 186,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Brookville, Pennsylvania, expanding its total space to 675,000 square feet. The plant will add manufacturing jobs and serve as an automation hub.

AqueoUS Vets, a water treatment systems manufacturer, secured a growth investment from Bain Capital Double Impact to expand its treatment systems nationally. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Biomerics FMI obtained a permit and broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot expansion to its existing medical device manufacturing facility in Athens, Texas. Completion is expected by late 2022.

AVIAN Inventory Management signed an agreement with Embraer for exclusive purchasing, marketing and distribution rights of surplus Embraer commercial and business jet parts, with operations expected to start in Q1 2022.

DHL Supply Chain became the first commercial customer for Boston Dynamics' Stretch robot, signing a $15 million multi-year agreement to deploy a fleet of robots for truck unloading in North American warehouses.

Samuel Packaging Systems Group announced on January 26, 2022 an $11.5 million expansion of its 203,300-square-foot production facility in Fort Mill, adding 20 jobs.

Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new manufacturing facility of over 145,000 square feet in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. The expansion will create 90 new jobs and add detention steel door, frame, wall and ceiling production.

Pyran and NAGASE Specialty Materials partnered for the exclusive conversion of Pyran's bio-based 1,5-pentanediol (PDO) to renewable 1,5-pentanediol diacrylate (PDDA) and other derivatives, to be produced in the USA and marketed in North America and Europe.

Bender CCP was awarded a multi-year contract from Chelan County Public Utility District Number 1 for machine shop repair services for hydropower generation equipment, including valves, turbines, and other components.

Novaria Group, a manufacturer of specialty hardware for aerospace and defense, acquired Advanced Coating, a provider of Parylene conformal coating services. Advanced Coating will remain based in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

XNRGY Climate Systems announced construction of a new 1,000,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona, which will serve as its USA headquarters, increasing total manufacturing capacity to 1,250,000 square feet.

AES Clean Technology will open a new $14.2 million factory in Manheim, Pennsylvania, for building clean rooms. The facility is expected to create 97 jobs and will be the company's second manufacturing site, supplementing its Atlanta location.

First Class Air Support, through an investment by O2 Investment Partners, partnered with Aviation Inflatables and Survival Products (under AVI Aviation) to expand aftermarket services for aircraft inflatables. The partnership aims to enhance MRO and distribution capabilities.

Ultium Cells, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, announced a $2.6 billion investment to build its third U.S. battery cell manufacturing plant in Lansing, Michigan, creating 1,700 jobs and 50 GWh capacity. The plant is scheduled to open in late 2024.

Greenland Technologies announced the formal selection of Maryland for the next phase of its major U.S. manufacturing expansion of electric industrial vehicles and drivetrain systems.

Titan Steel Door will invest more than $11 million to open a new 145,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Hartwell, Georgia, creating 90 jobs. Production begins in January 2022.

Flatwater Metals of Winnebago, Nebraska, won a federal contract award for $146,050 from the U.S. Army for nonferrous base metal (aluminum sheet, plate, and foil).

Bunker Hill Mining Corp. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Teck Resources Limited to purchase the Pend Oreille process plant for $2.75 million in cash or $3.0 million in cash and shares, including a $0.5 million non-refundable deposit. The plant will be used for a planned 1,500 tpd operation at Bunker Hill.

Mitsubishi Logisnext acquired 100% of Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas by purchasing the shares held by minority shareholder Caterpillar Industrial Inc.

Cargotec's subsidiary Hiab acquired American manufacturer of hooklifts and related equipment Galfab.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics was selected by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation to provide a brake control system redesign for the entire U.S. Air Force F-16 fleet, valued at $84 million, with retrofits planned from 2026 to 2028.

Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne agreed with the FTC to postpone closing their merger beyond January 27, 2022, as the FTC indicated it may sue to block the transaction.

Owens Corning is building a new 550,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to replace an existing plant. The $115 million project will house the world's widest nonwoven glass mat machine and is expected to begin production in mid-2023.

Canyon Plastics, a manufacturer of blow-molded and injection-molded plastic products, has been acquired by VPET USA, a portfolio company of Graham Partners.

XNRGY, a custom air handling manufacturer, announced a new 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Greater Phoenix area that will serve as its U.S. headquarters. The estimated $300 million investment is expected to create more than 900 jobs over time.

Bender CCP was awarded a two-year multi-year contract by Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1 in Washington for machine shop repair of hydropower generation equipment, including valves, turbines and other components.

Hydrofarm and AXEON Water Technologies have entered an agreement for AXEON to distribute reverse osmosis water filtration systems through Hydrofarm for the horticultural market.

Exactech, Inc. acquired a minority interest in JointMedica Limited, a UK-based orthopaedic device designer and manufacturer. The companies will collaborate to deliver the next generation of hip resurfacing to the global market.

Tomorrow Water has signed an agreement with Arcadis to evaluate and develop the Co-Flow process for co-locating data centers with wastewater treatment plants, aiming to develop the first projects in the U.S.

Cook Medical's $15 million, 40,000 sq. foot medical device manufacturing facility in Indianapolis is nearing completion and plans to begin production in Q1 2022, creating 100 jobs.

Blue Origin announced it will acquire Honeybee Robotics from Ensign-Bickford Industries. Honeybee Robotics, with operations in Colorado and California, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Origin. The deal is expected to close in mid-February 2022.

A Dayton-area manufacturer, Spinnaker Coating, is being acquired by an Ohio-based pressure-sensitive adhesive supplier for $40 million, representing $130 million of specialty revenue.

The BoxMaker began production at a new 62,000 sq ft plant in Lowell, Arkansas, making digitally printed custom corrugated boxes and retail displays, as part of a multimillion-dollar investment that doubles its capacity.

F.W. Webb Company acquired Stritt & Priebe Inc., a specialist in industrial valve supply, service and repair based in Buffalo, New York, announced January 24, 2022.

Cirrus Aircraft aims to expand its operations in Duluth, Minnesota, by leasing a former MRO facility and investing $3.6 million, with plans to triple output over a decade. The company seeks a $1.2 million tax abatement and expects to create 80 jobs.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a contract with Hyperion Global Group on January 21, 2022, to develop, manufacture and supply IoT devices worth $73 million during the first year, with a potential $365 million in upgrades over five years.

ExxonMobil and SABIC's Gulf Coast Growth Ventures facility in Portland, Texas, is now fully operational. The $7 billion plant produces polyethylene and mono-ethylene glycol, with a capacity of 1.3 million tons per year of polyethylene and 1.1 million tons per year of mono-ethylene glycol.

DuPont is expanding its Circleville, Ohio plant with a $250 million investment to add capacity for Kapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit materials to meet growing global demand.

General Motors announced plans to invest nearly $154 million in its Lockport Components plant in New York to renovate the facility and install equipment for producing stator modules for electric motors used in Ultium Platform-based EVs. The investment is expected to add approximately 230 positions between 2023 and 2026.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Safran Aerosystems Arresting Company (SAA) for $240 million in cash. SAA is a designer and manufacturer of aircraft emergency arresting systems.

Garney Companies, Inc. was awarded a contract for the rehabilitation and upgrades of the City of Odessa Water Treatment Plant in Texas. The project was awarded for $71,553,712.64, with an estimated total cost of $84 million.

Consolidated Water's subsidiary PERC Water Corporation was awarded a contract by Liberty Utilities to design a water reclamation facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The facility will use micro or ultra-filtration membranes.

Intel announced plans to invest more than $20 billion to build two new leading-edge chip factories in Licking County, Ohio. Construction is expected to begin in late 2022, with production coming online at the end of 2025.

LMI Packaging invested in and added two Berhalter Swiss Die-Cutters and a Mark Andy P7 flexographic printing press to its production lines in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The expansion increases die cut capacity by 35% and press capacity by over 40%.

IBA announced a contract with Mercury Plastics to install an irradiation cross-linking solution using IBA's Rhodotron technology at Mercury's facility in Middlefield, Ohio, USA. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

Siemens Energy and Chromalloy are ending their partnership, with Siemens Energy assuming full ownership of the joint venture in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Bast Fibre Tech purchased a 65-acre natural fiber processing facility in Lumberton, North Carolina from Georgia-Pacific to process bast fibers from hemp, jute, flax and kenaf for nonwovens.

Weldon Solutions is adding 21,000 square feet to its headquarters in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, including 18,000 sq ft of production/warehouse and 3,000 sq ft of office space, to meet demand for CNC grinders and automation.

BAE Systems received a $60 million contract from the Army Contracting Command to develop next-generation radiation hardened microelectronics using Intel's commercial foundry.

Smith & Nephew acquired Engage Surgical, a Florida-based maker of 3D-printed cementless knee implants, in a deal valued at up to $135 million contingent on sales performance.