Wind Turbine & Energy Cables Corp. will expand manufacturing in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, redeveloping a former pet food plant into a steel-wire and wind tower manufacturing facility. The state pledged $2 million in LEDA assistance, and the project is expected to create 315 jobs.

SRS Distribution Inc. acquired Wimsatt Building Materials, a distributor of roofing, siding, windows and doors with eight locations in Michigan and Ohio. Terms were not disclosed.

Southern HVAC Corporation has acquired The Plumbing & Air Service Company, which serves the Greensboro and Winston-Salem, North Carolina markets.

SOMIC America has reached an agreement to provide GOYA Foods with a SOMIC 424 T2+ case packer for its manufacturing facility in Secaucus, New Jersey. The machine is expected to be installed in the first quarter of 2022.

Pöppelmann Plastics USA LLC will invest over $19.2 million to expand its manufacturing campus in Claremont, North Carolina, adding 100,000 square feet and creating 133 new jobs to accommodate automotive production.

Mexican power transformers manufacturer ProlecGE acquired SPX Transformer Solutions from US engineering group SPX for $645 million.

Valmet Oyj will supply a repeat order of an OptiConcept M board production line to Pratt Paper LLC, a subsidiary of Pratt Industries, for its new Henderson, Kentucky mill. The contract value was not disclosed.

Crystal Steel will supply $72 million in steel components for offshore wind projects off Maryland and New Jersey coasts under a contract with Ørsted. The company expects to add 50 jobs at its Federalsburg, Maryland facility.

Boeing received a $131,660,582 contract modification to provide depot-level maintenance and repair for P-8A Poseidon CFM56-7B engines for the U.S. Navy, Australia, and Foreign Military Sales. Work will be performed in Atlanta, Georgia and Seattle, Washington, with completion expected in October 2022.

Bonumose is investing $27.7 million to expand into a 50,000 sq ft facility in Albemarle County, Virginia, adding 64 employees over three years. The company produces rare sugars like tagatose and allulose.

Siemens provided drives, PLCs, and communication software for a fully automated coil handling crane system at a major steel mill in Arkansas, supplied by Morgan Automation. The system handles approximately 1,000 coils or 30,000 tons of steel per day.

Detect Inc. announced that the NIH selected its Detect Covid-19 Test to receive $8.1 million in funding from the RADx initiative to facilitate development and scale up manufacturing of its PCR-quality rapid at-home Covid-19 test.

UFP Technologies Inc. acquired Contech Medical Inc., a manufacturer of class III medical device packaging primarily for catheters and guidewires, for an undisclosed amount. Contech has annual sales of approximately US$18 million and manufacturing in Rhode Island and Costa Rica.

Legato Merger Corp.'s stockholders approved the business combination with Algoma Steel Group Inc., a fully integrated producer of hot and cold rolled steel products. The merger is expected to close during the week of October 18, 2021, after which Algoma shares will trade on Nasdaq and TSX under symbol ASTL.

Arctos secured a spot on an eight-year, $44 million IDIQ contract to provide third-party logistics services for helicopters handled by the U.S. Army's Multi-National Aviation Special Project Office, with initial orders for Huey II aircraft parts for allies in Uganda and Kenya.

Sivers Semiconductors AB agreed to acquire 100% of MixComm Inc., a US mmWave fabless semiconductor company, for an initial purchase price of $135M plus up to $20M earn-out, paid in cash and shares.

ABB received a $1.3M order to add two bridges and two cabs to a final assembly bridge crane system for the world's largest aerospace company at Indiana Harbor.

ABB secured a $1.6M government contract to upgrade an existing jet engine test stand with new generator and motor field controllers in the United States.

ABB received a $750K order to upgrade stand controllers and digital speed regulators on a 5-stand rolling mill producing sheet steel in West Virginia.

ABB completed a $941K upgrade of a 3-zone process line for a top copper/brass producer in Buffalo, New York, including drives, motors, and control systems.

Encore Green Environmental has named G-Force as the refurbishing partner for its legacy Nomad water treatment units, transforming them into NOMAD Excel units for beneficial water use in agriculture.

Eriez doubled the space of its Eriez Service and Repair Center.

Banner Engineering launched a partnership with Amazon Web Services and expanded its IIoT solutions in the AWS marketplace by certifying multiple products to be compatible with AWS IoT Core.

Flexicon Corporation expanded its manufacturing space by 50,000 sq ft in its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania facility to meet increased demand for bulk handling equipment and systems.

PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Safe Foods Corporation, a food safety performance management company and leader in antimicrobial technology. Safe Foods will remain an independent subsidiary.

CPM Holdings Inc., a global supplier of process equipment, acquired Bliss Industries LLC, a manufacturer of hammer-mills, pellet mills, and peripheral equipment for biomass, pet food, and animal feed industries. Bliss is headquartered in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Gabriel Performance Products, a portfolio company of Audax Group, acquired Royce International, a supplier of epoxy chemistries for coatings and adhesives. Royce is based in Sarasota, Florida.

ANGUS Chemical Company announced plans to expand U.S. production capacity for TRIS AMINO tromethamine buffers at its Sterlington, Louisiana facility. The expansion will add a fourth manufacturing line, roughly doubling global capacity, with construction starting in early 2022 and commercial production targeted for late 2023.

Plaskolite LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Plazit-Polygal, excluding its Russian operations. The acquisition expands Plaskolite's geographic footprint in North America, Europe and South America.

KCC Manufacturing broke ground on a new $60 million manufacturing facility and R&D operation in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The 380,000-square-foot plant will create 700 jobs and is expected to be completed by late 2022.

Tempo Automation announced it will acquire Advanced Circuits and Whizz Systems concurrently with its business combination with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. The acquisitions are expected to close substantially concurrently with the merger.

New Yorker Electronics announced the acquisition of Omni Pro Electronics, Inc., an electronic component distributor based in Addison, Texas. The acquisition aims to expand New Yorker's product portfolio and customer base.

Pregis began production at its new $80 million blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina, with a ribbon cutting attended by Governor Henry McMaster. The 168,000 sq ft plant is expected to create 120 jobs.

Eastman Chemical Company acquired Knowlton Technologies, LLC, a wet-laid media prototyping and non-woven materials company located in Watertown, New York. The acquisition was advised by Grace Matthews.

Electrolux Professional agreed to acquire Unified Brands from Dover Corporation for approximately SEK 2,140m (USD 244m). Unified Brands manufactures foodservice equipment and has facilities in Michigan and Mississippi.

Scott Bader acquired a new 110,000 sq ft facility in Mocksville, North Carolina for gelcoat and structural adhesives manufacturing. The plant will be fully operational by Q1 2023 and create 27 new jobs.

Rheem acquired Friedrich Air Conditioning from Monomoy Capital Partners. The acquisition adds single-room air solutions for hospitality and multifamily housing to Rheem's portfolio.

The 1,182 MW South Field Energy combined cycle natural gas power plant in Wellsville, Ohio, managed by Advanced Power and built by Bechtel, achieved commercial operation. GE provided the H-Class full combined cycle plant solution.

Saab opened a new 100,000-square-foot production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, to produce the aft section of the T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer for the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with Boeing.

Span Tech LLC broke ground on October 12, 2021 for a new facility at 101 Hilltopper Way in Glasgow, Kentucky. The project includes renovation of a 42,000-sf building and construction of a new 100,000-sf facility, with $13.2 million in capital investment and 40 new jobs.

Laborie Medical Technologies acquired Pelvalon, a medical device company with the Eclipse System for fecal incontinence, to expand its portfolio.

Nucor, a steel giant, acquired St. Louis-based scrap metal company Grossman Iron and Steel Company. Terms were not disclosed.

BWI Group, a global Tier-1 automotive supplier, built a new manufacturing facility in Greenfield, Indiana, expected to create almost 500 new jobs, and partnered with Siemens for automation.

Arcline Investment Management acquired Onboard Systems International, a designer and manufacturer of external cargo equipment for military and civil helicopters, from Liberty Hall Capital Partners.

Horst Engineering held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art factory at 141 Prestige Park Rd in East Hartford, Connecticut. The 100,566 square-foot facility consolidates operations under one roof and expands capabilities and capacity for aerospace manufacturing.

Komline-Sanderson, a designer and manufacturer of wastewater management equipment, announced the acquisition of AquaShield, Inc., a manufacturer of stormwater runoff and rainwater harvesting products. The acquisition is Komline's fourth this year.

Triumph Group's Actuation Products and Services facility in Clemmons, North Carolina was awarded a contract from Sine Draco Aviation Technology to design, develop and manufacture the main deck cargo door lift actuator and hydraulic power pack assembly for the Airbus A321-200 SDF passenger to freighter conversion.

Prolec GE Transformers, Inc., a joint venture of GE and Xignux, completed the $645 million acquisition of SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc., a U.S. transformer technology company.

Middle River Aerostructure Systems is developing a dedicated 60,000-square-foot MRO workshop at its Middle River, Maryland headquarters for jet engine nacelles, backed by a multi-million-dollar investment.

X-MAT, the Advanced Materials Division of Semplastics, was awarded a $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to research and test coal-enhanced filaments and resins for 3D printing.