Honeywell is considering a potential $40 million investment to expand capacity at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant by 20 million pounds per year of Solstice ze refrigerant, creating 13 new jobs, with completion expected in early 2021.

Engineered Specialty Products (ESP) announced the acquisition of Weksler Glass Thermometer Corporation (WGTC), a provider of industrial and bimetal thermometers for the HVAC market, mainly in the Eastern U.S.

Hensel Phelps Services was awarded a three-year contract by the City and County of Denver to repair mechanical equipment in the Denver International Airport Central Utility Plant.

Carel inaugurated an expansion of its Manheim, Pennsylvania plant and North American headquarters, adding 40,000 square feet to double the site's size. The site is expected to employ around 70 people.

Trane celebrated a more than $100 million expansion of its Columbia, South Carolina facility, adding over 1 million square feet for advanced manufacturing of commercial HVAC products, alongside a 1,342-kW solar installation.

STULZ announced a new manufacturing plant in Dayton, Tennessee, its second US manufacturing location, expected to create 25 high-skill jobs initially.

AAON will relocate manufacturing of its SA Series self-contained units to its Longview, Texas facility, investing $28 million and creating 125 jobs. The first expansion phase of 195,000 sq. ft. is due by October 2020.

Chemours formally inaugurated its $300 million Opteon YF production facility in Ingleside, Texas, near Corpus Christi, tripling its Opteon YF capacity. Production started in February 2019.

ebm-papst is taking over an existing production building in Johnson City, Tennessee, to make fans for refrigeration and HVAC applications from September 2019. It also bought 12 hectares to build a new plant there, planning to invest about USD 37 million and employ up to 200 people over five years.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to merge its air compressor, pumps, and fluid and materials handling business with Gardner Denver, spinning off its industrial business. The climate solutions business will receive $1.9bn in cash from the merger financing.

Kelvion has opened an HVAC heat exchanger and cooling systems factory in the former Rocore plant at 5050 S. National Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee, after investing more than $7 million. It employs 50 people and plans to add about 60 more jobs.

Elliott Group completed the merger of Ebara International Corporation, based in Sparks, Nevada, with its Jeannette, Pennsylvania operations, effective from 1 April 2019. Cryodynamics cryogenic pumps are now made at Elliott's Jeannette factory.

CEO Viren Patel completed the acquisition of Fluid Energy Controls, a City of Industry, California maker of custom accumulators and fluid power distributor, effective April 1 (2019).

Daikin Applied is leasing additional office space at its Plymouth, Minnesota headquarters to support existing staff and planned new positions. The size of the space was not disclosed.

Alfa Laval won an order worth about SEK 110 million to supply Niagara air cooler systems to a US gas processing plant. Deliveries are scheduled for 2019.

Chemours has started up a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi site in Ingleside, Texas, completing a $300 million project that triples its global capacity for this product.

NOVENCO Building & Industry received two significant orders from Facebook to supply free-cooling solutions using fan arrays and relief fans for two new Facebook data center buildings in the USA, with all equipment to be delivered in 2019.

NOVENCO Building & Industry received two significant orders from Facebook to supply direct free cooling solutions with fan arrays and relief fans for two new US data center buildings. All equipment will be delivered in 2019.

Alfa Laval won an order worth about SEK 110 million to supply Niagara air cooler systems to a gas processing plant in the U.S., booked in late December 2018 with deliveries in 2019.

San Francisco International Airport named Southland Industries mechanical engineer of record for the $650 million Terminal 3 West Modernization Project, with completion slated for December 2022. Southland will provide design-build mechanical, plumbing and building automation services.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, Florida, expanding its footprint in Innovation Park and creating 120 new jobs, as announced by Governor Rick Scott. Construction was expected to be completed in 2019.

Emerson completed the first phase of upgrades to its Rushville, Indiana plant, totaling nearly $8 million, to enhance Copeland compressor remanufacturing and OEM manufacturing. Emerson has invested $13 million in the plant since 2013.

Daikin Applied Americas announced a $40.3 million investment in a new 300,000 sq ft manufacturing operation in Faribault, Minnesota.

Camfil USA is expanding its facility in Crystal Lake, Illinois, according to a report published on 2018-08-01. No investment amount or job figures were given.

China's Sanhua Holding Group acquired American Tubing International, a Springdale, Arkansas maker of copper tubing for air conditioning and refrigeration, in July 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Uponor North America completed renovations on its $6.35 million, 237,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota, bought in July 2017, six months ahead of schedule. PEX pipe production is underway.

GE Appliances plans to invest $115 million to expand its Decatur, Alabama manufacturing plant by about 40,000 square feet, adding 255 full-time jobs and boosting production of top-mounted freezer refrigerators.

Wieland will invest 20 million USD over 12 months in a new production facility adjacent to its Wheeling (Chicago), Illinois plant for enhanced surface tubes. The facility, scheduled for completion by spring 2019, will double its US capacity for these tubes.

Provides US, a heat exchanger manufacturer, will invest $897,000 to expand its operation in Augusta County, Virginia, adding 50,000 square feet of production space and 20 jobs. The parent company is headquartered in Latina, Italy.

Halton Co. will build a 55,000-square-foot $6.66 million second facility in Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to house its Halton Air Moving division making emission control devices and air handling units.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors is expanding its Tallahassee, Florida plant, adding 120 full-time manufacturing research and development positions. Construction is expected to begin in 2018 and finish in 2019.

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, Florida, within Innovation Park, adding 120 jobs. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018 and finish in 2019.

Bristol Compressors International and DHX Electric Machines announced an exclusive global strategic partnership to develop next-generation HVAC/R compressor technology using DwHX electric motors. The announcement was made on January 18, 2018.

Hanon Systems is relocating its Americas Innovation Center to a 217,000 square foot building at 39600 Lewis Drive in Novi, Michigan, consolidating its Southeast Michigan sites into one location.

Oklahoma-based Kelvion bought Rocore Group, whose Knoxville plant had shut in 2015, in 2018. Kelvion reopened the plant as an HVAC factory.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, adding 120 advanced manufacturing jobs, with construction starting early 2018 and completion in 2019.

Danfoss is building a new 44,000 sq ft facility at its Turbocor Compressor site in Tallahassee's Innovation Park for about $12 million, with construction expected to start in early 2018 and finish in 2019.

EVAPCO Inc. acquired Alcoil USA LLC, a York, Pennsylvania maker of micro-channel and brazed aluminum heat exchangers, forming EVAPCO Alcoil, Inc. which will operate from the existing Alcoil site.

Tecumseh Products Company is investing $1.1 million and creating 60 jobs at its Verona, Mississippi facility, which is consolidating Canadian operations and will begin making the AK2 compressor line. The Mississippi Development Authority assisted with infrastructure improvements.

Emerson broke ground on a $100 million expansion of its Sidney, Ohio compressor plant, adding nearly 20,000 square feet of office and engineering space and upgraded test labs. The three- to four-year project began with a groundbreaking on August 14, 2017.

Trane is expanding its existing 680,000 square foot manufacturing complex at 400 Killian Road in Columbia, South Carolina, investing $96 million and creating 700 jobs over three years.

Trane, a brand of Ingersoll Rand, will invest $96 million to expand its existing HVAC manufacturing facility at 400 Killian Road in Columbia, South Carolina, creating about 700 jobs over three years.

Resolute Industrial, a Wheeling, Illinois-based HVAC and compressor equipment rental company backed by One Equity Partners, completed its acquisition of Detroit-based Tioga HVAC Rentals. Terms were not disclosed.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering agreed to acquire US-based thermal technologies company Chromalox from Irving Place Capital for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of US$415 million.

Carrier Enterprise, a Watsco-Carrier joint venture, acquired a 35% ownership stake in Russell Sigler, Inc., a western U.S. HVAC distributor with about $650 million in annual sales, for approximately $63.6 million in cash.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering agreed to buy Pittsburgh-based thermal technology company Chromalox from Irving Place Capital for $415 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis, financed by new bank debt. Chromalox has five manufacturing facilities across North America, France and China.

A company backed by Permira funds signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atlanta-based DiversiTech, a manufacturer and supplier of HVACR aftermarket components, from an affiliate of The Jordan Company. The senior management team will remain significant owners.

Keihin IPT Mfg, LLC completed its acquisition of Keihin Aircon North America, Inc. from Keihin Corporation and others in April 2017, after agreeing the deal on February 21, 2017.

HVAC manufacturer The Whalen Company will rent additional space in the former Black & Decker building in Easton, Maryland, to develop and manufacture a new heat pump product line. It needs about 50,000 more square feet of manufacturing space.

BITZER, the refrigeration compressor maker, announced the acquisition of ElectraTherm, a Reno, Nevada company making Organic Rankine Cycle waste heat to power generators. The deal gives BITZER a US subsidiary entry into the waste heat to power market.