Stjernholm A/S received an order from Silicon Valley Clean Water for two Stjernholm SR 2500 grit washers with two augers, for use in a major wastewater treatment plant renovation in California.

Santa Cruz Nutritionals plans to expand operations in Sumter, South Carolina. The $84 million investment will create 164 new jobs and includes a total of 144,000 sq. ft.

Shenandoah Valley Organic will establish a second 75,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The new facility will increase production capacity and retail packaging, and create 110 new jobs.

Pretzels Inc. plans a significant investment in the construction of a state-of-the-art production facility inside VenturePark in Lawrence, Kansas. The new 150,000-sq.-ft. facility is expected to be operational in late 2021.

Prairie Dog Pet Products is allocating $18 million in 2021 for equipment and facilities in its Abilene, Texas and Montrose, Colorado locations, expanding output and increasing food safety and innovation.

Grayson Natural Farms LLC will invest $1.5 million to expand its smokehouse and production operation in Grayson County, Virginia, adding 35,000 sq. ft. to its manufacturing facility.

High Road, a craft ice cream manufacturer, finalized the acquisition of the former Three Twins plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The acquisition will double the brand’s packaged ice cream capacity.

Ferrero North America announced plans to build a new chocolate manufacturing center in Bloomington, Illinois, its first chocolate production plant in North America. The $75 million expansion will add 70,000 square feet to the existing facility, with construction projected to start by spring 2021.

Hormel Ingredient Solutions announced the opening of its expanded Burke Corporation manufacturing plant in Nevada, Iowa. The 210,000-sq.-ft. facility makes meat crumbles, meatballs and diced meats, and was valued at $150 million.

Merck announced plans to construct a new manufacturing facility at its Maurice R. Hilleman Center in Durham, North Carolina, to triple production capacity for TICE BCG bladder cancer medicine. Construction is expected to take 5-6 years.

Taysha Gene Therapies is expanding its manufacturing to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina with a $75 million investment, expected to create 200 jobs.

MilliporeSigma, part of Merck KGaA, is expanding its manufacturing footprint with a combined $47 million investment into its Danvers, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire facilities, creating around 700 jobs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is investing $500 million in a new 130,000-square-foot building in Greenville, North Carolina, with two live-virus filling lines and seven other lines for injectable sterile drugs, adding 500 jobs.

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest about 130 billion JPY to build a new polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin plant in Louisiana, USA, through its subsidiary Shintech. The plant will have an annual capacity of 380,000 tonnes and is planned to be completed in 2023.

Boeing will receive $45 million in bonds from St. Louis County to expand its North County facility, adding 30,000 square feet to an existing hangar and installing new machinery. The project will create at least 30 new jobs and retain 12,100 jobs.

CVR Energy's subsidiary Wynnewood Refining awarded Haldor Topsoe a contract for HydroFlex process technology, engineering, equipment and catalysts for a renewable diesel revamp at its Wynnewood, Oklahoma refinery. The project, costing $110 million, is due for completion in July 2021; the contract value was not disclosed.

Georgia-Pacific bought a third HP PageWide T1190 corrugated web press for its Hummingbird digital print business, to be installed later in 2021 at a new site opening in Arizona. The investment is described as multimillion-dollar.

Mint Turbines will invest $5 million to expand its facility in Stroud, Oklahoma, and create up to 30 new jobs. The company will partner with General Electric to perform maintenance and repair work on airplane turbines.

NASA has selected Fiber Materials Inc. for a contract providing thermal protection systems for three Science Mission Directorate missions: Mars Sample Return / Earth Entry Vehicle, MSR Sample Return Lander, and Dragonfly. The contract has a maximum value of $24 million and runs from January 20, 2021 to January 19, 2026.

National Trade Supply LLC, a supplier of air and water filter products, is expanding its Greenwood, Indiana operations with a $4.9 million investment. The company will expand within its existing facility and has purchased a 143,000-square-foot adjacent facility, planning to create 43 new jobs by the end of 2024.

Trive Capital partnered with the senior leadership teams of Aerospace Engineering Corp. and AMRO Fabricating Corporation to create Karman Missile & Space Systems, a new platform company focused on manufacturing complex systems for space, missile, interceptor and hypersonic markets. The combined entity operates three centers in greater Los Angeles.

Aerion broke ground on its new global headquarters and production campus at Orlando Melbourne International Airport in Florida, a $300 million investment on 110+ acres. The facility will be used for research, design and production of the AS2 supersonic business jet, with production slated to begin in 2023 and 675 jobs expected by 2026.

Oronoko Iron Works Inc. closed on a new property in Bridgman, Michigan, on January 8, 2021, and plans to move operations from Baroda to the new 50,000+ sq ft facility. The total estimated investment is $1.6 million, and the company expects to add jobs.

Jacobs was selected by NAVFAC Southeast for base operating support services at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. The contract has a maximum potential value of $421 million over a one-year base period and seven one-year options, starting June 1, 2021.

Shintech announced a $1.3 billion expansion of its facilities in West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. Most investment will increase PVC manufacturing at Plaquemine, with completion expected by end of 2023, and the remainder will expand PVC packaging and warehouse operations in Addis. The expansion will create 159 new jobs and up to 2,400 construction jobs.

Shintech Louisiana LLC will spend $1.49 billion to expand its Plaquemine manufacturing operations in Louisiana. The announcement was dated July 27, 2018.

The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing task orders worth $123.1 million for the fourth option year of an IDIQ contract for commercial derivative aircraft engineering services. Work will be performed through Jan. 31, 2023, at multiple U.S. locations.

Warminster Fiberglass, LLC, headquartered in Decatur, Alabama, announced the acquisition of Warminster Fiberglass, headquartered in Southampton, Pennsylvania, with operations in Jacksonville, Texas and Southampton, Pennsylvania.

WEG Transformers USA has purchased a third location in Washington, Missouri for a $16.5 million manufacturing expansion. The 147,000 sq. ft facility will be dedicated to three-phase utility pad-mounted distribution transformers, with pilot production expected in Q3 2021.

Formosa Plastics USA is planning to build a new $120 million ethylene dichloride/vinyl chloride monomer reactor unit at its Point Comfort, Texas, complex, with the Louisiana complex also a possible site. The company is seeking tax breaks from local authorities.

OPC Energy Ltd. announced the closure of its acquisition of 100% of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) from Global Infrastructure Partners, after receiving regulatory approval. OPC partnered with three Israeli institutional investors in the deal.

ADF Group Inc. announced the award of new contracts in the commercial building and transportation infrastructure sectors in the USA and Canada, worth a total of $102 million. The largest contract covers design, engineering, fabrication, coating, and installation of a steel structure for a large commercial building in Southeastern USA.

Chevron Phillips Chemical signed a long-term supply agreement with Nexus Fuels LLC for pyrolysis oil feedstock to produce Marlex Anew Circular Polyethylene at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas. CPChem also received ISCC PLUS certification for the site.

Fritz Winter North America is adding a third shift and about 50 jobs at its brake components manufacturing facility in Franklin, Kentucky, to increase capacity in response to growing demand.

Samsung plans to invest more than $10 billion to build a new chip factory in Austin, Texas, capable of producing 3nm chips, to meet demand from Qualcomm, Intel, and Tesla. The total investment over the factory's operation is expected to be $116 billion.

Action Point, Inc. and Signature Flexible Packaging, Inc. merged to create a new flexible packaging platform, with H.I.G. Capital as a new investor. The combined company operates three facilities in California.

BD is expanding its Holdrege, Nebraska plant with a $70 million investment from a U.S. government partnership to add new manufacturing lines for syringes and needles for pandemic vaccination. The expansion will create up to 45 new jobs, and the plant will produce hundreds of millions of syringes for vaccination use.

Frontier Airlines signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney for GTF engines to power 134 A320neo family aircraft, including 268 installed engines plus spares and an engine maintenance agreement.

General Kinematics has been selected by Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company to provide the material handling system for its new greenfield cast iron foundry in Oakboro, North Carolina. The facility's completion is projected for Q3 2023.

Valeo North America will occupy an existing facility on Perimeter Way in Bessemer, Alabama, investing $5 million and creating 70 jobs, with full production expected by June 2021.

Fosbel has acquired Wahl Refractory Solutions, a manufacturer of monolithic and precast refractories for steel, aluminum, cement, and thermo-processing industries. Wahl will operate as Wahl Refractory Solutions, a Fosbel Company.

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky facility in Troy, Alabama was awarded a $206 million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard to procure 25 new hulls for MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters, sustaining work for the facility's 400 employees.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense awarded Magellan Aerospace a $61.4 million contract to supply complex missile fin components, manufactured at Magellan's Middletown, Ohio facility with deliveries through 2024.

CSW Industrials' Whitmore Manufacturing and Shell's US lubricants business have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Shell & Whitmore Reliability Solutions, to market and sell lubricants to North America rail and US mining sectors.

Aviation Technical Services (ATS) appointed Wencor as the sole distributor of its PMA product line, including the EverLatch cargo door latch for 737NG aircraft. The agreement runs until December 2025.

ProMach acquired the assets of KHS Bartelt, KHS Kayat, and KHS Scandia from KHS USA, expanding its portfolio in flexible packaging, cartoning, and shrink packaging solutions. The deal includes the Sarasota, Florida facility.

Jericho Oil Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire all assets of Hydrogen Technologies Inc., which holds intellectual property for a zero-emissions Dynamic Combustion Chamber boiler. The closing is subject to approvals.

Southern Coil Solutions is investing $63 million to build a 250,000-square-foot distribution and transfer facility in the Kentucky Transpark, Bowling Green, creating 28 new jobs. The facility will serve automotive, food and beverage, and battery industries.

Glaston Group closed a follow-up deal with Lippert Components Inc. for an automotive pre-processing line and an insulating glass line. The lines will be delivered during Q3 and Q4 of 2021 to expand Lippert's Bristol, Indiana facility.

Tabet Manufacturing Company will invest $6.5 million to build a new manufacturing facility adjacent to its Norfolk, Virginia plant, expected to create 68 jobs and increase production capacity.