Nexans is expanding its subsea cable manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina, with a transformed high voltage subsea cable plant opening on 9 November 2021. The facility has 475,000 square feet and 210 employees, manufacturing DC and AC cables up to 525 kV, and is the first of its kind in the US.

The U.S. Air Force awarded General Electric a potential $1.58 billion deal to supply up to 329 engines for the F-15EX fighter jet, with an initial $136 million order for 29 engines. Deliveries could run through 2031.

The U.S. Air Force awarded General Electric a $1.6 billion contract to supply F110-129 engines for the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II. The initial order is for 29 engines worth $137 million, with deliveries starting in October 2023.

Komatsu Mining Corp. has started moving office employees into its new $285 million Milwaukee Harbor District campus. The office relocation began in fall 2021 and will continue through winter, while construction of the new plant continues.

Smith-Midland Corporation was awarded a $4.15 million contract expansion to provide rental barriers for the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project, bringing the total contract value to $6.4 million.

GE Appliances announced a $450 million investment at its Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, to boost capacity and launch new products, adding over 1,000 jobs by the end of 2023.

Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. signed a definitive agreement to merge with Terran Orbital, a small satellite manufacturer, in a transaction valued at $1.58 billion. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2022.

CaptiveAire held a ribbon-cutting for a new 100,200-square-foot facility at the Bedford County Business Park, its third expansion in the area. The company now employs nearly 200 people and is actively hiring.

SKC, a subsidiary of SK Group, will invest more than $473 million to manufacture glass-based substrates for semiconductor chips in Covington, Georgia, creating more than 400 new jobs. A memorandum of understanding was signed with the State of Georgia.

Babcock & Wilcox Environmental was awarded a contract for approximately $30 million to design and supply emissions control technologies for a U.S. industrial facility. The scope includes spray dry absorber, electrostatic precipitators, baghouse, and other equipment.

Ecolab announced the acquisition of ion-exchange resin producer Purolite for $3.7 billion. Purolite's technology enables purification of mRNA vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.

Eastman Chemical agreed to sell its adhesives resins business to Synthomer for $1 billion. The sale includes tire resins, polyolefin resins, rosins, and other chemicals used in tapes, labels, packaging, hygiene, construction, and tire markets.

Liberty Pumps has broken ground on a $13.5 million, 107,000-square-foot Materials Center expansion in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, expected to support 30 additional jobs.

Ardagh Metal Packaging has revealed plans for a beverage can plant in the south west United States to add capacity, announced with its third-quarter results. No further details were given in the article.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Air Dimensions Inc., a Deerfield Beach, Florida maker of vacuum diaphragm pumps, for $70.5 million in cash, with closing planned for October 29, 2021.

Walbro LLC is expanding in Cass City, Michigan, with a $11.4 million capital investment supported by a $400,000 state grant, creating up to 40 advanced manufacturing jobs. Construction of the new facility has started.

MSI Express acquired the operating assets of PacMoore Products Inc., including its contract manufacturing operations in Hammond, Indiana, to gain additional capacity and capabilities in food manufacturing and packaging.

MHIRJ unveiled a new facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia, which will serve as its Aftermarket Component Center of Excellence for component repair, overhaul, and short order spare parts manufacturing.

C-P Flexible Packaging has acquired Sycamore Sales, which trades as Preferred Packaging, a manufacturer of multilayer flexible films, thermoformed containers and tray sealing equipment based in Norcross, Georgia. The deal value was undisclosed.

Novelis celebrated the grand opening of its new $300 million automotive aluminum finishing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky. The 400,000-square-foot facility employs over 150 people and processes aluminum coils for automotive body panels.

Palmgren has become the exclusive North American joint venture partner for Arboga, offering Arboga's gear head drill presses in North America.

Rockwell Automation and The Pyure Company have announced a five-year strategic agreement to provide solutions for indoor air quality improvement and COVID-19 mitigation, integrating Pyure's air purifiers with Rockwell's FactoryTalk InnovationSuite.

Cascade Corporation, a subsidiary of Toyota Industries, has acquired all shares of Lift Technologies, Inc. (USA) and Lift-Tek Elecar S.p.A. (Italy), known as Lift-Tek, a manufacturer of forklift masts. The acquisition closed on October 26, 2021.

Faurecia will invest $18 million to expand its Spring Hill plant at 3555 Cleburne Rd in Maury County, Tennessee, adding a 100,000 sq ft expansion for door panel assembly production and creating 171 new jobs.

TFS, an OnPoint Group Company, has acquired Curlin Material Handling Solutions, a Florida-based integrator of material handling systems. The acquisition adds conveyor system expertise to TFS's Racking & Automation Division.

Poly-Med, Inc. opened a new state-of-the-art development and production facility near Greenville, South Carolina in 2019, doubling its footprint. The facility offers medical device development capabilities including electrospinning, extrusion, additive manufacturing, and technical textile processes.

JW Hill Capital acquired Performance Plastics, Inc. and Angeles Composites Technologies, Inc. from Avantus Aerospace. PPI is a manufacturer of composite aerostructure components in San Diego, California, and ACTI is a manufacturer of structural composite assemblies in Port Angeles, Washington.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced plans to build its first US offshore wind turbine blade facility at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, with an investment of over $200 million. The facility will support Dominion Energy's 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project and is expected to create nearly 260 jobs.

Portobello Group has started construction of a new porcelain and ceramic tile factory in Baxter, Tennessee. The $160 million facility will be 895,000 square feet, create 220 jobs, and is expected to be completed by the end of Q4 2022.

Cognizant announced a new business engagement with Cabot Corporation to transform its digital operating model, providing application development, maintenance, and infrastructure services. The contract value was not disclosed.

US packaging distributor Novvia Group has acquired Fox Valley Containers, a Crystal Lake, Illinois distributor of plastic, metal, corrugated and glass packaging, for an undisclosed sum.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, selected Vestas as preferred supplier for 138 V236-15MW wind turbine generators for Empire Wind I and II, totaling around 2 GW capacity.

Dominion Energy and Siemens Gamesa announced plans to construct a $200 million blade-finishing facility for offshore wind turbines at Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, creating 260 direct factory jobs.

Reclamation Technologies USA, LLC purchased DFW Refrigerant Services, LLC, an EPA-certified refrigerant service company in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area, expanding its national refrigerant reclamation footprint.

Siemens Gamesa will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, creating 310 jobs. The facility will be capable of producing blades for 100 turbines per year.

Dominion Energy and Siemens Gamesa will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade factory in Portsmouth, Virginia. The factory is expected to be finished around 2025.

Talen Energy selected Linxon to deliver three greenfield substations for the Cumulus Data Center Project in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. The substations will be connected to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.

Guyson Corporation USA completed the engineering, design and build of two custom robotic wet blasting systems for a Tier 1 automotive supplier. The systems are designed for descaling and surface preparation of high volume drive line components.

Transphorm, Inc. was awarded a $0.9 million contract by DARPA (with a $0.5 million option) to develop nitrogen-polar Gallium Nitride on sapphire substrates for RF/millimeter wave applications, with UCSB as sub-contractor.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, selected Vestas as preferred supplier for 138 V236-15MW wind turbine generators with a total capacity of around 2 GW for Empire Wind I and II offshore wind projects in New York.

Tyson Foods will add 40,000 square feet to its existing poultry processing plant in Seguin, Texas, representing a $58 million capital investment. No new jobs will be created.

Owen Industries, Inc. acquired the assets of Omaha Steel in Wahoo, Nebraska, gaining a newly built steel foundry to expand its casting solutions for industrial, commercial, nuclear, energy and bridge sectors.

Adler Industrial Solutions purchased a new Yasda machining center for its subsidiary Shorts Tool and Mfg., including two mills for graphite and steel, as part of planned investments after acquiring Shorts in May 2021.

Strides Pharma Inc. will acquire a manufacturing facility from Endo International plc in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County, New York, and invest over $42 million to retain 215 employees and add 40 jobs.

Lockheed Martin will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in a $4.4 billion merger, bringing together military hardware producers like Lockheed's ATACMS and Aerojet's solid rocket motors, with expected new jobs and expansion in Camden, Arkansas.

Orolia, a leader in Resilient PNT solutions, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seven Solutions, a Spanish innovator in White Rabbit sub-nanosecond time transfer technology. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2021.

ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Itamar Medical Ltd. for approximately $538 million. Itamar Medical provides home sleep apnea diagnosis solutions.

Triple-S Steel Supply Co. purchased BMG Metals from Descours and Cabaud. BMG is a distributor of steel and aluminum with metal processing services.

Sverica Capital Management acquired a majority position in Automated Control Concepts, a systems integrator specializing in process control and manufacturing intelligence, on October 22, 2021.

Synalloy Corporation acquired DanChem, a specialty chemicals contract manufacturer with three plants in Danville, Virginia, for $32.95 million. The acquisition closed on October 22, 2021.