L3Harris Technologies was awarded a $90 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for the first phase of a project to modify mission aircraft for foreign military sales customers. Work will take place in Greenville, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2023.

Berg Steel Pipe Corp announced a $15 million expansion of its spiral pipe manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama. The expansion will add capacity and create several new jobs. Construction is expected to take one year.

Mullen Technologies will begin construction of a pilot manufacturing facility in Monrovia, California, to assemble up to 1,000 MX-05 fully electric SUVs per year. The facility is scheduled for completion by April 2021, with first deliveries expected by Q2 2022.

SKF will consolidate its factories in Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina into its Sumter, South Carolina factory, reducing staff by about 115 with restructuring costs of $4 million. The changes take about 12 to 18 months.

SKF is investing approximately $28 million to expand and automate manufacturing at its Sumter, South Carolina factory, which will consolidate production from Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina. The investments take 12 to 18 months to implement.

Grundfos has broken ground on a new 45,000 square foot facility in Brookshire, Texas, to house its Americas Regional Center. The expansion is expected to bring about 90 positions to the area.

Innospec Performance Chemicals has signed an agreement naming Maroon Group as its distributor for the CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) market in the United States.

Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical has completed the expansion of its Delano, Minnesota facility, adding a 6,000-square-foot ISO Class 7 cleanroom and new presses to increase silicone molding and contract manufacturing capabilities.

Milton Cat, a seller of construction machinery and power equipment, plans to build a 75,000- to 85,000-square-foot, $26 million facility on Eastman Road in Cicero, New York. The facility will also serve as the corporate headquarters for sister company Sitech Northeast.

NatureWorks is expanding lactide purification capacity at its Blair facility. No further details are provided in the article.

Mitsubishi Power and Entergy Corporation signed a joint development agreement to collaborate on decarbonization projects, including hydrogen-capable gas turbine combined cycle facilities, green hydrogen production, nuclear-supplied electrolysis, and utility-scale battery storage, across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Nugget, a kids furniture company, will open a new 150,000-square-foot headquarters factory in Butner, North Carolina in early October 2020. The facility is eight times the size of its current factory and will allow production of thousands of Nuggets per day.

Diodes Incorporated received approval from China's State Administration for Market Regulation to proceed with its planned acquisition of Lite-On Semiconductor. Closing is expected by the end of November 2020.

A joint venture of Turner Construction and Flatiron Construction was awarded a $2.27 billion contract to build a new terminal at San Diego International Airport. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2021, with 19 gates opening in 2025 and 11 more in 2027.

NXP Semiconductor opened its new GaN manufacturing line in Chandler, Arizona, as part of a $100 million expansion. The line supports 5G network demand and created 100 jobs.

Huntington Ingalls broke ground on a 150,000-square-foot Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence in Hampton, Virginia, for unmanned systems prototyping, production and testing.

Johns Manville started construction on a new polyiso production facility in Hillsboro, Texas, to produce roof insulation and other products, expected to become operational by mid-2022 and create over 50 jobs.

WishBone Medical plans to expand its global headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana, by purchasing and renovating a 12,200-square-foot facility, adding up to 51 new jobs over two years.

Hunter Street Partners, a Minneapolis-based alternative investment manager, acquired All-Star Equipment Rental of Naples, Florida, and launched a platform to invest in equipment rental companies.

SKF is investing approximately SEK 550 million to strengthen its manufacturing footprint in North America: SEK 350 million in expanding and automating the Sumter, South Carolina factory, and SEK 200 million to localize Tapered Roller Bearing production from China to an existing site in Mexico. The consolidation will close factories in Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina, reducing staff by about 120.

Cartegraph acquired SEMS Technologies, a provider of water and wastewater utility software, to create a combined platform for asset management and regulatory compliance for infrastructure operators.

UPG Enterprises LLC completed the acquisition of Lex Holding Co., which includes Lexington Steel Corp., a flat-rolled steel distributor, and Douglass Logistics Inc., based in Chicago. The acquisition expands UPG's Midwest metals service center footprint.

Advanced Machining & Tooling, a Compass Precision operating company, installed a new DMG Mori NLX 2500/700 SY turning center at its Salisbury, North Carolina facility, doubling its mill/turn capacity.

Angstrom Automotive Group acquired Vantec Inc., which will become Vantec LLC. The founders Bev and Willie Van Wyhe retired.

INEOS Styrolution and AmSty announced plans to construct a joint 100 ton per day advanced recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois, using Agilyx technology to recycle polystyrene into virgin-equivalent styrene monomer.

KPS Capital Partners acquired substantially all assets of Briggs & Stratton through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale, approved by the court on September 15, 2020. The transaction closed on September 22, 2020, and Briggs & Stratton exited Chapter 11.

Transhield Inc. received a $7.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce tarpaulins and fitted vehicle covers for the U.S. Army and Navy. Work will be performed in Indiana and is expected to be completed by September 18, 2023.

Norplex-Micarta entered a definitive agreement to acquire Solvay Speciality Polymers' CYPLY product line, a nonwoven continuous parallel filament E-glass with epoxy resin, which will be rebranded as NorPLY and produced at a new facility in Manhattan, Montana.

StonePoint Materials LLC acquired River Aggregates LLC, which operates two sand and gravel facilities serving Houston and Beaumont, Texas, providing StonePoint a platform for expansion into Texas.

General Electric Co. plans to stop supplying equipment to new coal-fired power plants, exiting the market to focus on gas turbines and renewable energy equipment, which may include asset sales, site closings and job impacts.

BR Metal Products will invest $182,500 to expand its Livingston, Tennessee manufacturing facility, purchasing new equipment and creating 32 jobs. The company is an aluminum permanent mold foundry.

Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services was named subcontractor by Aptim Federal Services on a NAVSEA contract to decommission and dispose of the Surface Ship Support Barge in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

UK paper board maker PALLITE announced a joint venture with Madison Polymeric Engineering of Connecticut to manufacture and distribute its paper honeycomb storage products, pallets and crates in the US and Mexico.

Bennett Packaging plans a nearly $70 million, 524,300-square-foot corporate campus in Kansas City to move the core of its custom corrugated packaging and retail display operations. Kansas City council members voted to approve up to $48 million in Chapter 100 industrial revenue bonds.

Paragon Steel broke ground on a 43,000-square-foot addition to its plant in Butler, Indiana, to house a new Braner/Loopco slitting line. The $8.3 million expansion will process high-strength steel grades and add 15 employees, with operations expected by end of Q1 2021.

Babcock & Wilcox Thermal will design, manufacture and supply new superheater components for Luminant's Oak Grove Power Plant in Texas. Components will be made in Monterrey, Mexico, with delivery scheduled for February 2021.

Sunbelt-Solomon Solutions is investing $2 million to expand its Temple, Texas facility, creating 100 new jobs in electrical distribution, and will close its leased Georgetown, Texas facility.

Nordex Group received a 312 MW order to supply 65 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines for a wind farm in Texas. Installation starts May 2021, grid connection later in 2021. Customer and project are undisclosed.

ProMach, a packaging machinery leader, acquired Panther Industries, a provider of automated labeling equipment. Panther will join ProMach's Labeling & Coding business line.

An affiliate of Gorbel Inc. has acquired Engineered Lifting Systems (ELS) & Equipment Inc. of Elmira, Ontario. The acquisition will create up to 90 new jobs in the Rochester, New York area.

QIAGEN N.V. completed the acquisition of the remaining 80.1% stake in NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. for $248 million in cash, gaining full ownership of the diagnostics instruments company.

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract to AR6 Construction & Engineering, LLC to demo and replace an air cooled chiller and related equipment at JBSA Lackland, Texas.

Ford Motor Co. began construction on a 500,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility at its Rouge Center in Dearborn, Michigan, to produce the electric F-150 pickup truck. The $700 million project is expected to add 300 jobs and be completed by summer 2021.

Collins Aerospace has been awarded a contract valued at up to $103 million to provide software engineering and sustainment services for avionics displays for the U.S. Army's UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

Israel's OPC Energy signed a letter of intent to acquire US-based electricity generation company Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) for $700-800 million. The deal aims to expand OPC's operations in the US renewable energy market.

Mississippi Lime acquired the Transload Terminal in Edwardsville, Kansas from LG Everist. The acquisition strengthens Mississippi Lime's commitment to supplying calcium-based products in the region.

TT Electronics plc entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Torotel, Inc. for $43.4 million in cash. Torotel specializes in custom high reliability magnetics assemblies for aerospace and defense applications.

Canadian manufacturer Modern Manufacturing selected Eudora, Kansas for a new production facility making railway crossing light systems and steel bungalows, buying a 50,000 sq ft building and about 18 acres, with about 40 new jobs.

VSE Corporation acquired Atech Turbine Components, Inc., a specialized MRO company, to expand VSE Aviation's proprietary engine component repair capabilities.

DMA Holdings, Inc., an automotive and heavy-duty parts aftermarket supplier, announced plans to open a new 377,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center in Nichols, South Carolina. The $3.9 million investment will create 25 new jobs, with operations expected to start in October 2020.