Acoustical Sheetmetal Company will invest $15.8 million to add a 100,000-square-foot facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, creating 200 new jobs. The company makes sound-attenuating enclosures for on-site power generation equipment.

CSN Collision Centres and 1Collision Network merged, creating a footprint of 240 locations across North America.

The KNeW Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Cuba, New Mexico to build and operate a water treatment plant using its patented ion exchange technology.

GE Aviation completed a $42 million advanced-manufacturing facility in Ellisville, Mississippi, adding 250 new jobs. The 309,000-square-foot plant houses high-tech kilns for forming composite components.

JD Fields & Company is breaking ground in Houston on a new state-of-the-art spiral weld pipe mill that will produce heavy wall structural pipe for DOT highway, USACE marine and private port/civil sectors.

JD Fields & Company, Inc. announced the acquisition of Alameda Pipe & Steel Company, a steel products manufacturer based in Gardena, California. The acquisition is part of JD Fields' strategic growth plan to move into steel manufacturing and expand on the West Coast.

Chairmans Foods announced a $13 million investment to build a new 75,000-square-foot production facility in Columbus, Georgia, replacing its existing 30,000-square-foot facility. The new facility is expected to be completed and operational by August 1, 2020, and will create 25 new jobs, with plans to employ 110 people by end of 2021.

Dakota Supply Group (DSG) announced plans to open a new branch in Great Falls, Montana, in early fall of 2020.

Motorfox, a Marotta company, expanded its operations and production of high-performance motor solutions to serve leading aerospace/defense customers, driven by new external programs and high-volume contract wins.

Marotta Controls won a multi-million dollar contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to support the Virginia-class submarine program.

Marotta Controls opened a new facility in Parsippany, New Jersey, as a dedicated center of excellence for power and actuation systems, consolidating engineering, testing, and manufacturing under one roof.

R&S Machining Inc. is expanding its operations in south St. Louis County with a $13.5 million investment, including new equipment and facility expansion, creating 60 new jobs.

Feralloy Corp. plans to locate a $17.5 million steel processing facility on Nucor Steel Gallatin's campus near Ghent, Kentucky, creating 30 jobs. The 60,000-square-foot plant will cut and level steel coils into sheets, with operations starting in October 2020.

Phison will sell its shares in Kingston Solutions, Inc. (KSI), a joint venture with Kingston Technology, to Kingston. The transaction amounts to NT$1,781,640,000 and will make Kingston the majority shareholder.

Industrial distributor Harrington plans to invest over $2.4 million in a 68,000-square-foot regional distribution center in New Haven, Indiana, retrofitting an existing building, by the end of 2024. The company intends to add up to 20 jobs.

Fisker will merge with Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp to list on the NYSE, providing over $1 billion in gross proceeds to fund the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle through start of production in 2022.

General Dynamics has acquired the manufacturing division of Medico Industries, a Plains Township-based defense contractor, as indicated by an FTC filing for early termination of the pre-merger waiting period.

Polynt-Reichhold Group announced on July 13, 2020, its decision to build a 50,000 ton capacity greenfield Maleic Anhydride plant at its Morris, Illinois site.

Topre America Corporation will invest $55 million in a new facility in Springfield, Ohio, creating 85 jobs, to produce high-strength steel parts for Honda and Toyota.

CFM International Inc. won a $110,044 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for machine screws.

Howden North America won federal contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency valued at up to $673,975 for electric wire and power equipment, $97,042 for vaneaxial fans, and $34,564 for alternating current motors.

Millerbernd announced plans to build a new 110,000-square-foot modular facility in Winsted, Minnesota, to consolidate rolled ring and cylinder production. The project will create 100 new jobs and is expected to be completed in Q4 2020.

Dwyer Franchising LLC (Dwyer Group), a parent company of home service brands including Glass Doctor, was acquired by private equity firm Harvest Partners LP. Terms were not disclosed.

Automotive parts supplier Cooper Standard will acquire Lauren Manufacturing and Lauren Plastics, which create rubber and plastic sealing solutions for fenestration, construction, industrial and automotive applications. Terms were not disclosed.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. was awarded a statewide contract valued up to $54 million to design, deploy, and operate Next Generation 9-1-1 services for the State of South Carolina. Initial funding is $16.9 million.

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $22.89 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the F-15EX system, including design, development, integration, manufacturing, and sustainment. The first delivery order is valued at up to $1.19 billion.

Global Water Technology, Inc. acquired Water-Tech Specialties, Inc., a California-based water treatment firm, to expand its Western US presence.

Capgemini signed a seven-year agreement with Hexion to digitally transform its global operations for procurement, finance and IT.

Analog Devices (ADI) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Maxim Integrated in an all-stock transaction valuing the combined enterprise at over $68 billion. Maxim stockholders will receive 0.630 of a share of ADI common stock per share.

Bentley Systems acquired Cohesive Solutions on July 13, 2020, and launched The Cohesive Companies as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Document Security Systems subsidiary Premier Packaging Corp. signed a three-year contract worth over $24 million with an unnamed major retailer to supply photo envelopes, folding cartons and other printed products. The contract may be renewed for a fourth year.

Molson Coors invested in its Fort Worth brewery to increase capacity for hard seltzer production and packaging, including a new canning line completed earlier in 2020 and a filtration system. The investment amount was described only as multimillion-dollar.

Deceuninck North America invested $15 million in 2017 for multiple higher speed extrusion lines and equipment upgrades, and opened 250,000 square feet of warehouse space in Monroe, Ohio.

Festo will expand its Regional Service and Manufacturing Center in Mason, Ohio, by 350,000 square feet and add 350 jobs by 2024.

Shape Corp. announced it had reached terms to buy Magnode, a Butler County aluminum extruder, though terms were not identified.

Magnode completed a $13 million expansion in Trenton, Ohio, adding a 45,000-square-foot building and a new 3,300-ton extrusion press line, creating 50 jobs.

Northrop Grumman expanded its Technology Court facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, by 35,000 square feet and added 55 employees in the past year, with plans to continue hiring.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Bio Pappel, Mexico's largest paper manufacturer, is putting into operation a packaging plant in Lebanon, Indiana, with operations expected to begin in July 2020.

OH SNAP! Pickling Co. is installing two Somic 424 W3 wraparound case packers at its new manufacturing plant in Little Chute, Wisconsin. The machines handle collating and case packing of nearly two million single-serve pouches per week.

Modula broke ground on a 170,000-square-foot expansion of its Franklin, Ohio plant in 2025. The project will double production capacity and unify logistics and manufacturing under one roof.

Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a contract worth up to $50 million to produce spare parts for the US Army's aviators' night vision imaging system helmet display system (ANVIS HUD). An initial order of $17.9 million was placed, to be supplied until 2023.

Chicken of the Sea International purchased a 597 Tritium Multipacker with Robo-Wand wrapping module and 296 Continuum Tray Shrink packers from Standard-Knapp for its Lyons, Georgia plant. The equipment has increased production on the line by 50-75 percent.

Closure molder Mold-Rite Plastics is expanding its plant in Twinsburg, Ohio.

R+D Custom Automation has announced an agreement with SiO2 Materials Science to develop and manufacture automation machinery for producing plastic vials for COVID-19 vaccines. The agreement supports SiO2's $143 million government contract under Operation Warp Speed.

Sun Polymers International INC has initiated construction of a new 20,000 square foot warehouse and raw material unloading facility in Mooresville, Indiana. The facility is expected to be completed by Fall 2020.

Precision Castparts Corp., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, will construct a new campus in Mason, Ohio, including a concept R&D integration center for PCC Aerostructures and a manufacturing innovation center for SPS Technologies. The project will create 190 jobs with a $128 million investment.

Cleveland-Cliffs, North America's largest producer of iron ore pellets, will acquire AK Steel, a leading producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, for $1.1 billion. The deal was announced on July 9, 2020.

Calvary Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty cleaners and personal care products, will begin a 9,000-square-foot expansion project at its Fairfield facility, expected to finish in late spring 2020. The expansion will create eight new jobs.

Orège has signed a strategic worldwide commercial partnership with Alfa Laval to address wastewater treatment needs. The partnership will initially focus marketing efforts in the United States for products combining Orège's SLG conditioning solution with Alfa Laval's dewatering solutions.