Epson Robots announced it has signed Advanced Industrial Products Inc. as an official distributor of its SCARA and six-axis robots for customers in Kentucky and West Virginia.

Wildpack Beverage completed installation of an additional decorating line at its existing Baltimore, Maryland facility, expected to exceed 2 million cans per month once fully ramped.

ProEx Food, LLC announced enhanced capabilities in potato, beet, and other root vegetable processing line solutions, including new roller and knife peelers and optical sorting solutions. The investment covers fresh, fresh-cut, and value-add output capabilities.

Hitachi Construction Machinery and Deere & Company announced the termination and dissolution of their joint venture agreements for construction and mining equipment in North, Central and South America, effective March 2022. Hitachi will transfer its shares in DHK and DHB to Deere.

Financial holding company Markel has agreed to acquire a majority interest in US-based crane company Buckner HeavyLift.

John Deere will acquire Hitachi Construction Machinery's interest in their 33-year joint venture for $275 million, taking ownership of three factories in the Americas and securing licensing agreements for continued production of Hitachi-designed excavators. The deal takes effect in February 2022.

Stir Foods Lancaster will invest $4 million to expand its Lancaster, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility, adding 100 new full-time jobs over three years and tripling employment. The expansion includes new machinery and equipment to increase production.

John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery are dissolving their 33-year joint venture for manufacturing excavators in the Americas, effective February 28, 2022. Deere will purchase the joint-venture factories for $275 million and enter a long-term supply agreement with Hitachi.

Special Aerospace Services (SAS) is expanding and opening a 55,000 square foot production facility called 'The Campus' in Cummings Research Park, Huntsville, Alabama. The facility will create up to 50 high technology jobs.

AGCO subsidiary Precision Planting agreed to acquire the business and assets of precision harvesting solutions manufacturer Headsight. Headsight will continue to operate from Bremen, Indiana.

Applied Industrial Technologies acquired R.R. Floody Company, a provider of automation products and services focused on machine vision, robotics, and material handling. Terms were not disclosed.

Superior Extrusion, Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $20.4 million expansion of its manufacturing facility at Sawyer International Airport in Forsyth Township, Michigan. The project will create 44 new jobs.

Western Magnesium Corporation has selected Harrison County, Ohio as the site for its first full-scale commercial magnesium extraction plant. The 122-acre property will host a 100,000 metric tonne per year plant, representing a billion-dollar investment and creating over 200 high-paying jobs.

Janz Corp. has been awarded a maximum $100,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Defense Logistics Agency for patient monitoring systems, accessories and training. The contract has a five-year base with a five-year option, with an ordering period end date of Aug. 18, 2026.

Amentum received a $90 million research and development contract to support maritime electronic warfare and above-water sensors.

PlastiCert started construction on a 6,000 sq ft building addition at its Lewiston, Minnesota headquarters, adding 4,700 sq ft of manufacturing space and 1,300 sq ft of amenities. The project is part of over $2 million in recent investments.

Mountain Ridge Metals started construction on a 111,565-square-foot manufacturing facility and corporate office in Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, to expand its aluminum extrusion operations. The project will create 50 new jobs.

Aerojet Rocketdyne finished a $59 million expansion of its Los Angeles facility, adding 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space to support production of RS-25 engines for NASA's Space Launch System. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on August 18, 2021.

BioCheck, Inc. announced the acquisition of DRG International, a manufacturer of clinical diagnostic and research ELISAs, on August 18, 2021. The deal expands BioCheck's IVD development and sales channels.

American Trailer World invested $20 million in expanding advanced manufacturing operations at its Carry-On Trailer facility in Lavonia, Georgia. The expansion will create at least 225 jobs and increase production capacity for utility and specialty trailers.

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, selected Jan De Nul Group and subcontractor JDR Cable Systems to supply and install approximately 130 miles of 66kV inter-array cables for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project. The contract will create about 40 new full-time jobs in Massachusetts.

General Cable has applied for a tax abatement from Harrison County, Texas, to support a $50 million expansion of its Scottsville facility, which will create 75 new jobs.

Famur SA has secured a contract worth approximately $28 million (111 million PLN) to supply powered roof supports to Century Mining LLC for the new Longview Mine in West Virginia, USA. This is Famur's first direct contract in the US. Delivery is scheduled for completion by Q1 2023.

The US General Services Administration awarded Noble a single-award blanket purchase agreement under the MRO Requisition Channel Gen 2, estimated at $100 million over five years.

Weastec, part of Toyodenso Group, is opening a plant in Greenfield, Ohio to assemble larger engine parts with two semi-automated lines. About 15 jobs are expected, with operations targeted for the end of 2021.

Bensalem, Pennsylvania corrugated packaging maker TriState Container Corporation has become the first print provider to acquire Xeikon's IDERA digital printing press for corrugated packaging.

A Canadian producer of pet treats chose Nash County, North Carolina over Texas for a $13.3 million investment creating 160 jobs, according to the Charlotte Business Journal on Aug. 18, 2021.

Innergex and Hydro-Québec jointly acquired the 60 MW Curtis Palmer run-of-river hydroelectric portfolio in New York for US$310 million upfront cash, plus an earn-out. Each will own 50%.

Clear Edge Filtration announced the expansion of its Minnesota plant to add fabrication of liquid filtration media and belting products, integrating yarn-to-finished-product capabilities in one building. The Tulsa, Oklahoma site will transition to other facilities.

Riviera Utilities is upgrading and expanding its Wolf Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Foley, Alabama, from 2.0 MGD to 3.5 MGD using AquaNereda Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology. The project replaces a 35-year-old oxidation ditch process.

First Solar broke ground on a new 3.3 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio, representing a $680 million investment. The plant is expected to create over 700 permanent jobs and commence operations in the first half of 2023.

Ostara St. Louis, Ltd. will invest $25 million to establish a Crystal Green fertilizer production facility in St. Louis, Missouri, creating 40 new jobs. The facility will be the company's largest in the U.S.

Precision Textiles signed a lease for a new 160,000-square-foot campus in Troy, NC, its first domestic manufacturing facility outside New Jersey, expected to be operational by Sept. 1, 2021, and employing 100 people.

The Madern Group has acquired Weidenmiller Co., a rotary tool and die manufacturer for the cookie, cracker, snack and pet food industries. Weidenmiller will continue operations in Itasca, Illinois.

ALL Family of Companies has ordered a Liebherr LR 11000 lattice boom crawler crane with a 1,200-ton capacity. The crane is scheduled for delivery in late spring 2022.

Standard Industries is building a 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, investing about $8.4 million. The new facility will be three times the size of its current location and is expected to be completed in Spring 2022.

Yokogawa Electric announced on August 17, 2021 an investment in and strategic partnership with Fluence Analytics. Yokogawa will start trial use of Fluence's ACOMP system in 2021 and gain exclusive sales rights for future products.

Surface Transforms plc was selected as tier one sole supplier of carbon ceramic brake discs for a new edition of an existing internal combustion engine car from a major US automotive company (OEM 10). Lifetime revenue is estimated at £20 million, commencing mid-2024.

II-VI Incorporated closed a contract worth over $100 million to supply 150 mm silicon carbide substrates to Dongguan Tianyu Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. Deliveries begin in Q3 2021 and continue through end of 2023.

Quantic Electronics, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, acquired BEI Precision Systems & Space Company from J.F. Lehman & Company. BEI Precision makes position feedback sensors and frequency reference technologies for space, aerospace, and defense.

Delmarva Corrugated Packaging is nearing completion of its $80 million paper corrugating plant in Dover, Delaware, with an October opening planned and about 160 jobs projected.

MHI Compressor International will supply four compressors and two steam turbines for Koch Fertilizer's $140 million revamp of its Fort Dodge, Iowa ammonia plant, which will add 85,000 tons per year of ammonia capacity, with deliveries in Q2 2022.

Calumet Paralogics, a specialty wax blending and packaging company, will invest $2.7 million to add new equipment and capabilities at its Muncie, Indiana location, creating up to 20 new jobs.

Alexandria Industries completed an investment project at its Alexandria, MN operations, expanding manufacturing space and installing a new 7-inch, 26 MN front-loading extrusion press line with advanced automation. The project also added a new front office and entry.

Quabbin has secured a five-year contract to create equipment for replacing existing parts within the four intake towers at the Hoover Dam in Nevada.

Quabbin Inc. and Amherst Tool have merged to form a new manufacturing facility in Wilton, New Hampshire, specializing in niche equipment for dams and water and sewer facilities. The company has secured a five-year contract to create equipment for the Hoover Dam.

L Squared Capital Partners acquired Crane 1, a provider of overhead crane MRO services and equipment based in Miamisburg, Ohio, from Pfingsten. The acquisition is L Squared's second platform investment in Fund III.

CoolSys, a refrigeration and HVAC solutions company, acquired T&O Refrigeration, a refrigeration services company based in Fayetteville, Georgia, expanding its presence in the Southeast region.

GenServe, a portfolio company of GenNx360 Capital Partners, acquired LJ Power, a provider of generator maintenance and repair services based in Austin, Texas. The acquisition expands GenServe's field service staff to 100 technicians across three regions.

Mulk Holdings International, Park International Investments and Silver Heights Real Estate established a joint venture, ALUBOND USA LLC, which has secured supply contracts worth over US$100 million for five mega projects in the United States, including the Wyndham Hotel.