L.B. Foster Company is supplying rail and infrastructure products for the construction of the 26-mile DART Silver Line in Dallas, Texas, under a $30.5 million contract agreed in Q4 2019. Products include continuous welded rail, insulated rail joints, and concrete retaining walls.

Danskammer Energy selected Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems to supply an M501JAC gas turbine for repowering its existing facility in Newburgh, New York. The $400 million project will generate approximately 535 MW and reduce air emissions by up to 85%.

The Department of Defense awarded Siemens Healthineers a $12.38 million contract to expand production capacity of its SARS-CoV-2 antigen test at its Walpole, Massachusetts facility, from 8.25 million to 50 million tests per month by July 2021.

Command Alkon acquired Libra Systems, a provider of materials production and asset management solutions for the aggregate, asphalt and concrete industries. Libra Systems is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Command Alkon.

Ginkgo Bioworks provided capital to expand manufacturing capacity at Access Bio's New Jersey factory for production of rapid diagnostic tests, and secured access to at least 10 million rapid antigen test kits.

Siemens Healthineers received a $12.38 million contract from the Department of Defense to expand production capacity at its Walpole, Massachusetts facility from 8.25 million to 50 million antigen tests per month by July 2021.

Navistar awarded Kivnon a contract to provide automation solutions and AGVs for its new 900,000-square-foot assembly plant in San Antonio, Texas, which will produce Class 6-8 vehicles.

Suominen will upgrade one of its production lines in Bethune, South Carolina, with an investment of approximately EUR 6 million, to be finalized in the second half of 2021.

Ovivo, a subsidiary of SKion Water, acquired ALAR, an Illinois-based provider of industrial wastewater treatment equipment and consumables, to strengthen its presence in North American industrial water markets.

Fletch Equity completed simultaneous investments in Wolfgang's Cooling and Heating and J.R. Perkins Company, forming Wolf HVAC Holdings to consolidate residential HVAC services in the Phoenix metro area.

Armstrong World Industries announced an agreement to acquire Arktura, a designer and fabricator of architectural specialty metal and felt solutions based in Los Angeles. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair was awarded a $197,452,828 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2021 docking restricted availability of USS Wasp in Norfolk, Virginia. Cumulative value with options is $237,765,941, with completion expected by May 2022.

Crown Holdings has activated renewable power at all 14 of its U.S. and Canadian beverage can plants through a 15-year wind power virtual power purchase agreement with Longroad Energy from a Texas wind farm, announced November 20, 2020.

Polywood will invest $42.8 million to build a 369,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at its Syracuse, Indiana campus, adding a plastics recycling line and 30 extrusion lines to increase production capacity.

HHS and DOD awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands, the nasal swabs used with Cue Health's COVID-19 molecular testing system, aiming to reach 3 million swabs per month by March 2021.

Meritor has been awarded a standard position agreement with Terex Advance Mixer to supply front- and rear-drive axles for Terex concrete mixers, expanding their strategic relationship.

Barrick and Sandvik have partnered to conduct trials of battery electric vehicle (BEV) trucks at Barrick's Turquoise Ridge mine.

The Ritedose Corp. has been selected as a subcontractor to ApiJect for the production of single-dose prefilled syringes to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The work involves repurposing and upgrading equipment to provide capacity to fill and finish up to 45 million prefilled syringes per month, and will involve a significant expansion of Ritedose's Columbia facility.

Electrolux is building a new $300 million facility in Anderson, South Carolina, which will feature new technology and automation. The existing facility will convert to a warehouse once operations are moved. The new facility is expected to be operational in mid-2021 and will produce about 2 million units per year at full capacity.

The City of Raymond, Mississippi, selected Inframark for a 10-year partnership to operate and maintain its utility system, including two wastewater treatment facilities, wells, and lift stations, as well as financing and implementing capital improvements.

Umbra Companies initiated the acquisition of H2O Processing, a Denver-based manufacturer of water treatment components. H2O Processing's mobile water treatment platform is ready for commercial production.

IES Holdings acquired Wedlake Fabricating, a Tulsa, OK-based manufacturer of custom generator enclosures. Wedlake will become part of IES's Infrastructure Solutions segment.

Italian packaging maker Gruppo Fanti will invest $30 million to buy and reuse the former Signode building in Weirton's Half Moon Industrial Park, creating at least 40 jobs. It is the group's first U.S. plant.

Belmont Engineered Plastics, LLC acquired the In-Mold division of Display Pack Incorporated, LLC. The division supplies in-mold appliques and thermoformed pack trays to automotive, consumer goods, and industrial markets.

Owens & Minor increased N95 production over 1000% at three Americas locations including Del Rio, Texas and Lexington, N.C., and increased surgical mask production nearly 100% through investment in Acuña, Mexico. Face shield production increased over 600% and a new meltblown fabric line was added in Lexington, N.C.

Phoenix city officials voted to authorize a development agreement with TSMC providing $205 million in city funds for infrastructure for a planned $12 billion semiconductor factory. TSMC disclosed plans in May 2020 to build a 5-nanometer chip factory in Arizona.

CatalyzeH2O, a Fayetteville, Ark.-based nanotechnology water treatment company, won a $1,099,000 Department of Defense contract with the Army to develop technology to destroy explosives in water. The project is a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II effort to design a working prototype.

Medline announced plans to modify its Lithia Springs, Georgia plant to manufacture face masks for the first time in North America, with production starting in January 2021 and a second line later in 2021, aiming for 36 million masks per month.

Hearthside Food Solutions is investing $13.6 million to install a processing, oven, and packaging line at its Michigan City, Indiana production facility, creating 50 new jobs.

Big River Steel successfully started up the second phase of its scrap metal recycling and flat-rolled steel production facility in Osceola, Arkansas, doubling capacity to 3.3 million tons annually, ahead of schedule and under budget.

Cook Medical plans to invest $7 million to help build a $15 million, 40,000-square-foot medical device manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, with Goodwill employing 100 workers, expected to produce introducers, sheaths, drainage catheters and needles.

Fulton County Wastewater Partners, a joint venture between Inframark and Slater Infrastructure Group, has been awarded a $150 million contract to provide operations and maintenance services for three wastewater treatment facilities and 28 pump stations in Fulton County, Georgia. The contract is expected to begin on September 1, 2026.

Korean HVAC products supplier Dongwon Tech Corp. is investing $700,000 to open an advanced manufacturing facility and sales office in Hall County, Georgia, creating 40 jobs.

Packaging equipment manufacturer Viking Masek is expanding its Oostburg, Wisconsin facility to double production. It is the third expansion of the site in five years, reported on December 1, 2020.

NextDecade Corporation has selected Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation to perform deepening and improvements to the Brownsville Ship Channel in Texas, supporting the Rio Grande LNG facility. The contract value is not disclosed.

Sasol Ltd. has completed a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit at its Lake Charles, Louisiana, plant. LyondellBasell will operate the plant as part of their joint venture operating agreement.

Climate Pros, a portfolio company of Saw Mill Capital, acquired The Hattenbach Company, a provider of commercial refrigeration and HVAC services headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The acquisition adds two new branch locations and expands Climate Pros' presence in northeast Ohio.

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) announces construction of a new manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to replace its previous building destroyed by a tornado. The target completion date is early 2022.

Koops Automation Systems is investing $445,260 in capital improvements to remodel its facility in Holland, Michigan, creating open workspace and adding machinery to increase in-house manufacturing capabilities.

Integrated Procurement Technologies placed an order with FLYHT Aerospace Solutions for AFIRS 228B hardware and installation kits worth US$282,000, with delivery in Q4 2020.

OMERS Private Equity acquired TurnPoint Services, a provider of residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical services, from Trivest Partners. Terms were not disclosed.

Meggitt PLC signed a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia to supply fuel bladders for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, valued at approximately $5.5 million, with deliveries starting in November 2020.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plans a $53.6 million, 530,000-square-foot parts storage and sequence facility near its Tuscaloosa County plant, creating 373 jobs, to support electric vehicle production.

Alpine 4 Technologies has entered into a binding merger agreement to acquire Impossible Aerospace, a manufacturer of high-performance electric aircraft and drones. The transaction is expected to close by December 10, 2020.

PDF Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cimetrix, a provider of equipment connectivity products for smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0. The deal aims to combine Cimetrix's connectivity with PDF's Exensio analytics platform.

Rockwell Automation has entered into an agreement to acquire Fiix, a cloud-based CMMS company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The acquisition aims to enhance Rockwell's software and lifecycle services capabilities.

Genuine Parts Company invested $50 million to establish a new distribution facility in Lebanon, Tennessee, creating 250 jobs. The facility, which became operational in September 2020, will supply auto parts to approximately 300 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores.

Geremarie, founded by Jim Schultz, has become part of Patrick Industries, Inc. The article gives no deal value or location.

Battelle has won a potential seven-year, $46.3 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support the manufacture of thermal protection materials and carbon fiber composites for hypersonic applications.

FLIR Systems has reached full-rate production on the U.S. Army's Common Robotic System-Heavy program, delivering the Kobra unmanned ground robot. The contract, awarded in November 2019, could be worth up to $109 million over five years, with 34 systems currently on order and potential for up to 350 robots.