Epta is investing $27 million to establish a new 350,000-square-foot North American headquarters facility in Columbus, Georgia, expected to create 200 new jobs.

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation acquired Verti-Lift, Inc., a manufacturer of scissor lift tables and ergonomic material handling equipment based in Louisville, Kentucky. The acquisition was announced on October 9, 2020.

Temp-Con, a commercial HVAC and refrigeration provider, has acquired Hamilton Service Company, a commercial refrigeration company in Lincoln, Nebraska. The acquisition closed on October 9, 2020, expanding Temp-Con's service area into Nebraska.

Boeing selected Collins Aerospace Systems' NAV-4500 navigation receivers for the US Air Force's T-7A Red Hawk advanced pilot training system.

Skanska signed a contract to design and build an 8,000-square-meter expansion and renovate 1,900 square meters of an existing aluminum processing facility in the Southeast USA, valued at $91 million.

Lockheed Martin agreed to acquire the hypersonics portfolio of Integration Innovation (i3), a Huntsville, AL-based software and systems engineering company.

Churchill Asset Management acted as administrative agent for a $48 million senior secured credit facility supporting GenNx360's acquisition of B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply. The announcement was dated 2020-10-09.

Polyplex USA announced a $100 million-plus expansion at its Decatur, Alabama facility, adding a second BOPET film line with 50 thousand tonnes capacity and resin debottlenecking. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021 with production expected by end 2022.

Manko Window Systems completed a 55,000 sq. ft. expansion to its Manhattan, KS plant in 2020, including a new powder coat paint line, expanded fabrication areas, and additional office space.

Cast Nylons Co., Ltd. announced it will expand its operations in Willoughby, Ohio, by purchasing and refurbishing two vacant buildings totaling over 14,000 square feet adjacent to its current location. The project will expand its product portfolio and workforce over the next three years.

Lockheed Martin announced plans to create 6,000 jobs across the U.S., including 2,000 in Texas, as it expands advanced manufacturing capacity for munitions. The company is investing $300 million in its Grand Prairie operation, adding 100,000 square feet of new space and 85,000 square feet of office space converted for manufacturing, and partnering with Hadrian to install an automated machining cell expected to be operational in early 2027.

ATC Manufacturing was awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory for a program on thermoplastic composites for large high-rate aircraft structures. The contract involves a new large-format hydraulic press and partnerships with Anduril Industries and Toray Advanced Composites, and is expected to drive job growth at ATC's Post Falls, Idaho location.

Georgia-Pacific announced an expansion of its gypsum plant in Fletcher, Oklahoma, creating about 12 new jobs. The expansion is set to begin in January 2021 and be completed by March 2022.

Boeing has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce small diameter bombs at its St. Charles, Missouri facility. An initial $307 million order was finalized this week.

The La Veta Town Board approved two bids totaling $1,655,945 for equipment for a new wastewater treatment plant: a $1,601,411 bid from Sanitaire/Xylem for a sequencing batch reactor system and a $54,534 bid from Sulzer for influent pump station equipment.

Carrier Global Corporation and Amazon Web Services announced a multi-year agreement to co-develop Carrier's Lynx digital platform, which will provide enhanced visibility and intelligence for cold chain operations.

Brook & Whittle has signed definitive agreements to acquire Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) and Wizard Labels. The acquisitions are expected to close within 30 days.

ELLWOOD Specialty Steel broke ground on an aluminum expansion at its facility in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, to house product from its new ELLWOOD Aluminum facility.

Kysor Warren Epta US, a subsidiary of Epta, will invest over $27 million to expand its operations in Columbus, Georgia, creating 200 jobs. The company is opening a 350,000-square-foot facility that will serve as its North American headquarters.

Celanese Corporation completed the sale of its 45% equity investment in the Polyplastics joint venture to Daicel Corporation for $1.575 billion in an all-cash transaction.

The Atlas Companies, parent of Atlas Toyota Material Handling, acquired Toyota-Lift of Minnesota. Toyota-Lift will be renamed Atlas Toyota Lift of Minnesota and retain its two locations in Brooklyn Park and Byron.

Holista Colltech's US subsidiary Holista Foods has entered a three-year agreement with Costanzo's Bakery to supply 165 tonnes of GI Lite Bread Premix worth US$1.9 million in the first year, with shipments increasing to 220 tonnes annually thereafter.

Eastern Municipal Water District awarded Schuler Constructors a $386,067 contract and Parkson Corporation a $232,525 contract for aeration panel membrane replacement at two water reclamation facilities.

Entegra Attachments acquired Bloom Manufacturing, a manufacturer of hydraulic winches and speed reducers, in July 2020.

Honeywell has acquired Rocky Research, a Nevada-based technology leader in thermal, energy and power management solutions. Rocky Research will be integrated into Honeywell's Aerospace business.

Xos Trucks has a contract to supply its X-Pack modular battery pack system to Hino Trucks, a Toyota subsidiary, for Class 8 electric trucks.

A new medical manufacturer, Eastern Technologies Inc., will invest $9.5 million in the former Nypro plant in Dothan, Alabama.

IDE Technologies secured a bid to commission a water reuse installation for the Cherokee Metropolitan District, using MAXH2O-PFRO technology, the largest such installation to date for IDE.

Imagin Medical selected Lighthouse Imaging as the contract manufacturer for its i/Blue Imaging System, a major step toward market approval.

Elbit Systems of America was awarded a $50 million ID/IQ contract by the U.S. Army to produce spare parts for the ANVIS HUD system, with an initial $17.9 million order.

GEDIA Automotive Group plans to locate an advanced manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia, creating 200 jobs and investing $85 million to produce components for electric vehicles.

Teknor Apex will invest $7.4 million and create 20 jobs at its Brownsville, Tennessee facility by installing new machinery to expand product scope.

Applied Industrial Technologies acquired Advanced Control Solutions, a provider of automation products and engineered solutions including machine vision and robotics, expanding its automation offering in the Southeast US.

Brenntag Specialties, part of Brenntag Group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Interspersal for antioxidants, UV absorbers, HALS, and optical brighteners in the United States.

Intel announced that its Fab 42 facility in Arizona has fully begun operations, using 10nm process technology to produce processors. The company has invested over $23 billion in the facility.

SAL Heavy Lift has acquired a major stake in Intermarine, combining their heavy lift shipping operations in the Americas and for cross-Atlantic trade. Intermarine will operate as an independent brand within the SAL Heavy Lift Group.

GenNx360 Capital Partners acquired industrial packaging distributor B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply, both US-based suppliers of packaging supplies and equipment. The deal was announced on 2020-10-08 with no financial terms disclosed.

New-Indy JV Corp. agreed to acquire Reliable Container from Georgia-Pacific, adding facilities in Santa Fe Springs, California and Tijuana, Mexico that make custom corrugated containers and point-of-purchase displays. The transaction was expected to close in mid-October 2020.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. acquired Third Dimension Inc., a corrugated and molded foam packaging maker headquartered in Geneva, Ohio, effective October 1, 2020. Third Dimension will continue to be led by its co-founders.

MilliporeSigma, a life science business of Merck KGaA, inaugurated a new $14.4 million industrial water treatment plant in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The facility uses anaerobic digestion and supports future growth at the site.

Aerojet Rocketdyne's new Engineering, Manufacturing and Development facility for large solid rocket motors is officially open for operations in Camden, Arkansas. The facility supports next-generation national security programs.

Quanterix has entered into a Phase 2 contract with the National Institutes of Health worth $18.2 million to develop, scale up and deploy a SARS-CoV-2 antigen test based on its Simoa technology. The contract runs through September 2021.

LyondellBasell and Sasol Ltd. formed a materials joint venture at Sasol's Lake Charles, Louisiana plant, which produces about 2 billion pounds of resin annually.

Medicom Group announced the expansion of its U.S. mask manufacturing operations by adding a second factory in the Augusta, Georgia region, with triple the square footage of its existing facility, to produce surgical and N95-type masks.

The City of College Station, Texas, expanded the Lick Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant from 2 MGD to 5 MGD rated capacity, including a new DuroMaxx SRPE sanitary outfall.

GE Marine signed a contract with STM of Turkey to provide LM2500 marine gas turbines for the new MILGEM corvettes of the Pakistan Navy. The turbines will be manufactured at GE's facility in Evendale, Ohio.

Xenocor has forged a group purchasing agreement with Premier for its single-use Xenoscope laparoscope system in the surgical disposable scope category.

Medicom Group announced the expansion of its U.S. mask manufacturing operations with a second factory in Augusta, Georgia, tripling the square footage of its existing facility. The new plant will produce surgical and N95-type masks.

EFW Inc. was awarded a $35,801,006 five-year requirements-type contract by the U.S. Navy for repair of line-replaceable units in support of the V-22 aircraft. Work is expected to be completed by October 2025.

Global Resources International (GRI) plans to invest $9.5 million to open a new medical manufacturing plant in Dothan, Alabama, through its subsidiary Advanced Product Solutions. The plant will produce engineered fabrics, PPE, and injection molded medical products, creating 70 jobs.