Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., operating as Incora, will relocate its headquarters from California to Fort Worth, Texas, bringing over $6 million in capital investment and creating up to 239 jobs. A Texas Enterprise Fund grant of $1,826,400 was extended.
Midwest Precision has added two Makino A51 Horizontal Mills with 24-pallet MMC automation and a DMG Mori CMX1100V Vertical Mill with an automated loader to its Eastlake, Ohio facility, increasing capacity for unattended operations.
Laborie Medical Technologies, in partnership with Signet Healthcare Partners, signed an agreement to acquire GI Supply, a leader in specialty endoscopy and paracentesis products. The acquisition is expected to close after regulatory approval.
MedGyn, through a subsidiary, has completed the acquisition of Thomas Medical from Biomerics ATL, LLC. Thomas Medical manufactures single-use medical devices for women's health and will operate as an independent division of MedGyn.
Seemann Composites is expanding its Gulfport, Mississippi facility with a 16,000-square-foot addition to fulfill a new U.S. Navy contract. The project involves a $2.1 million investment and will create 35 jobs.
Baxter & Woodman, a Midwest-based engineering firm, merged with Texas-based AEI Engineering. The merger brings in-house planning, electrical, structural, GIS, IT, transportation and surveying services to Baxter & Woodman's Texas operations. AEI will operate as a Baxter & Woodman company.
Havtech announced a strategic alliance with Air Conditioning Equipment Sales (ACES) and Mechanical Systems Testing & Balancing, Inc. (MSTB), two Virginia-based HVAC companies. The alliance aims to expand service offerings, with ACES and MSTB remaining structurally separate.
Cast-Crete, a precast concrete products manufacturer, acquired Curbco Inc., a concrete contractor in Bradenton, Florida. Financial terms were not disclosed.
MAXAM Tire announced the launch of phase one production at a new advanced and automated solid tire factory, serving material handling, skid steer, telehandler and loader segments.
Integrated Polymer Solutions, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, acquired MAST Technologies, a manufacturer of RF, microwave and EMI absorbing materials for military and electronics applications.
Private equity firm ArchiMed acquired a majority stake in NAMSA, a medical device testing CRO, from the Gorski Family. The price was undisclosed.
Munters' Selma, Texas facility will provide additional production capacity for data center cooling products, expanding its manufacturing focus.
Orion Energy Systems secured a contract for a turnkey LED lighting retrofit of a large specialty retailer's locations nationwide, with an initial phase of approximately 390 locations expected to generate $8 million in revenue.
Butech Bliss purchased a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 240 Pennsylvania Avenue in Salem, Ohio, for $1.25 million. The expansion is expected to create 10 to 20 jobs over the next few years, with operations starting by end of 2020.
Georgia-Pacific announced it is building a $285 million gypsum wallboard production facility near Sweetwater, Texas, adjacent to its existing plant, with startup expected in late 2022 and 120 new jobs.
AmeraMex International received an equipment order totaling $595,000 for a refurbished Konecrane empty container handler and two Taylor Machine forklifts, shipping to a container yard in California.
Master distributor Industrial Valco announced the purchase of Beric Valves, a producer of cast and forged steel gate, globe, check and ball valves for the United States and its territories.
Rohrer completed a expansion of its Wadsworth, Ohio facility adding 20% floor area to reach 200,000 square feet, making it the company's first Center of Excellence.
DAK Americas, a subsidiary of Alpek, is building a 200,000-metric-ton PET plant in Cape Fear, North Carolina.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has built a new $40 million, 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lenexa, Kansas, dedicated to producing viral transport media for COVID-19 testing. The plant was completed in six weeks and adds over 300 jobs, with production capacity of 8 million units per week.
EMCORE Corporation has been awarded a $3.6 million contract by Raytheon Technologies to deliver SDI500 Inertial Measurement Units for the MK 54 lightweight torpedo program. Units are expected to be delivered by September 2021.
Elbit Systems of America was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply the U.S. Army with gunner hand stations, commander hand stations and circuit cards for the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The contract has a maximum value of $79 million over 5 years, with initial orders of $26 million and $12 million.
Ellwood Aluminum, a division of Ellwood Group, constructed and started up a new secondary aluminum casthouse in Hubbard, Ohio. The facility represents the company's first entry into aluminum melting and casting.
Elbit Systems' U.S. subsidiary won a contract to supply the U.S. Army with gunner hand stations, commander hand stations, and circuit cards for the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The contract is worth up to $79 million.
Allegro MicroSystems, a sensing and power semiconductor company, acquired Voxtel, a photonic and 3D imaging technology company specializing in LiDAR. The acquisition aims to enhance Allegro's ADAS capabilities.
Architect Equity acquired the Aerospace Composites Division of AAR Corporation. The division, now doing business as Aeromatrix Composites, will continue to be based in Clearwater, Florida.
Roach Manufacturing Corporation (R.M.C.) announced it will expand its facility in Caraway, Arkansas, constructing a 25,000-square-foot addition and creating 30 new jobs over two years.
Tenaris will invest 11 million US dollars to upgrade the caster line at its Koppel, Pennsylvania facility so it can produce larger steel bars. The project is expected to take 14 months and finish in the second quarter of 2021.
ePac will install 26 HP Indigo digital presses, with the first HP Indigo 25K installation at its new Sacramento, California site. The presses will create a 76-press global fleet by 2021.
Atkore plans to spend $3 million to expand its Louisville, Kentucky plant, under a new proposal approved for state incentives. The announcement is dated August 31, 2020.
HP Inc. agreed to supply 26 HP Indigo 25K digital presses to ePac Flexible Packaging, creating a 76-press global fleet by 2021. The first installation is a new ePac site in Sacramento, California, starting the following month.
HP Inc. agreed to supply ePac with 26 additional HP Indigo 25K digital presses, creating a 76-press fleet by 2021 as ePac expands in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The first installation is a Sacramento, California site starting in September 2020.
Plasser American Corporation has begun a $52.6 million expansion of its facilities in Chesapeake, Virginia, including a new office building, expanded assembly area and warehouse to 229,000 sq ft, and campus enhancements. The project will create 98 new jobs and increase output by over 100%.
MedAvail Technologies awarded Kitron a potential $50 million contract to produce automated medication dispensing equipment at Kitron's Windber, Pennsylvania facility. The three-year contract with an extension option starts in Q1 2021.
Emerson agreed to acquire Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI Inc.) for $1.6 billion in an all-cash transaction. OSI Inc. is an operations technology software provider for the power industry.
Ambu Inc. has been awarded a single-use endoscopy contract with Premier Inc., effective November 1, 2020. The three-year agreement creates a single-use endoscopy category for Premier's membership, covering Ambu's full suite of endoscopy products.
Builders FirstSource and BMC Stock Holdings have entered into a definitive all-stock merger agreement to create the nation's premier supplier of building materials and services. The combined company will be owned 57% by Builders FirstSource shareholders and 43% by BMC shareholders.
Royal Philips has signed an agreement to acquire Intact Vascular, a U.S.-based developer of medical devices for minimally-invasive peripheral vascular procedures. The acquisition will expand Philips' image-guided therapy portfolio.
Atlas Holdings has acquired the operating assets of the Americas business of Exide Technologies through a court-supervised sale. The transaction launches standalone companies Stryten Manufacturing (battery manufacturing) and Element Resources (recycling).
HVAC Distributing LLC plans to invest $7 million to purchase and outfit a 100,000-square-foot speculative building in Hickory, Kentucky, creating 175 jobs. The expansion was announced on August 27, 2020.
Ellsworth Adhesives earned a spot in the Boeing Premier Bidder Program, which recognizes high-performing suppliers and gives them an opportunity to increase business with Boeing. The program includes approximately 100 suppliers.
Emerson announced it has agreed to acquire Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI Inc.), a software provider for power grid management, for $1.6 billion in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition will expand Emerson's software portfolio for the power industry.
Georgia-Pacific started manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers for e-commerce at its recently opened Arizona facility, with Amazon as the key customer.
TricorBraun agreed to acquire Price Container and Packaging, a rigid packaging distributor serving industrial and food markets with facilities in Utah and Washington. The transaction was expected to close in September 2020.
Woodbridge International announced the acquisition of its client Surplus Group, LLC by ICS Distribution, LLC (dba Critical Rental Solutions). Surplus Group buys and sells new and used water-cooled and air-cooled chillers and cooling towers for HVAC and industrial process applications.
Group CBS, Inc. acquired Rocky Mountain Breaker Services (RMBS) of Denver, Colorado, adding a sixth location in the western US. The acquisition expands Group CBS's electrical equipment sales and service capabilities.
Relevant Rental Solutions acquired Surplus Group, a buyer and seller of new and used surplus chillers and cooling towers, on August 26, 2020. Terms were not disclosed.
Super Steel LLC acquired Manitex Sabre, Inc., a division of Manitex International, for $4.4 million including $1.5 million in cash and potential royalties. The deal is expected to bring about 50 jobs to Super Steel's Milwaukee facility.
A $59 million manufacturing factory is coming to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to produce battery trays for electric vehicles. The facility will create over 200 jobs.
Neuco, Inc., a master distributor of HVAC/R controls, completed a 10,000 square foot mezzanine expansion at its Bolingbrook, Illinois facility in August 2020. The expansion is expected to quadruple output and follows a 2019 renovation of the 145,000 SF facility.