Heritage Food Service Group, a commercial kitchen equipment manufacturer, will eliminate 86 jobs from its Fort Wayne operation due to a company reorganization after being acquired by an affiliate of Parts Town, LLC. The cuts will occur between Sept. 4 and Dec. 31, 2020.

CFM International was awarded about $13.2 million for a Department of Defense contract for one spare P-8A Poseidon aircraft engine for the government of the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Villaroche, France and Evendale, Ohio.

Philips has landed a $100 million, 10-year telehealth contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the creation of the world's largest eICU system for remote critical care monitoring of 1,800 ICU beds.

Fab Metals is building a 40,000-square-foot facility at its New Carlisle location as part of an $8 million expansion, expected to be completed by October 1, 2020, and will add 14 to 19 new jobs.

Trucent's CentraSep Technologies arm plans to invest $2 million over three years to expand its Noblesville operations, adding 11 jobs and moving to a 44,000-square-foot facility by early 2021.

ProMach, a packaging machinery solutions company, acquired Modern Packaging, a manufacturer of filling and sealing solutions for the food and dairy industries. The acquisition expands ProMach's capabilities into cup and tray filling.

Anchor Packaging LLC acquired Panoramic Inc., a manufacturer of thermoformed products for fresh food applications, located in Janesville, Wisconsin. The acquisition broadens Anchor's offering in bakery, produce, deli, and confectionery.

Signode Industrial Group will expand its Fordyce, Arkansas facility, creating 31 new full-time jobs over the next 12 months. The company makes transit packaging consumables, tools, software and equipment.

PaperWorks Industries, a producer of recycled paperboard and folding cartons, acquired Color Craft Graphic Arts of Wisconsin.

Cook Medical broke ground on a new facility at the former General Electric plant in Bloomington, Indiana. The company plans to invest more than $100 million and hire over 500 new employees.

Advent Tool & Manufacturing will relocate its headquarters and production from Antioch, Illinois, to a new 25,000 sq ft building in Salem Industrial Park, Salem Lakes, Wisconsin. The company expects to employ 23 workers by 2022.

Bausch + Lomb will invest more than $35 million to expand its contact lens products manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, creating 79 jobs over five years. The new plant on 13.1 acres will be the main U.S. distribution point for medical device products.

Dynamic Glass acquired the assets of Austin, Texas-based Berry Glass and hired former owner Bob Berry and his team to run a new Austin division located in Berry's existing facility in Buda, Texas.

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE), part of CRH's Americas Products Division, acquired privately-held SIGCO LLC, an architectural glass and metal fabricator based in Westbrook, Maine, effective July 6, 2018.

Mazak Corporation completed its newly expanded Spindle Rebuild Department at its Florence, Kentucky manufacturing campus, part of a $15 million investment. The expansion includes a new manufacturing cell with automated storage and six advanced machine tools.

Toyota Alabama achieved milestones in its $288 million expansion at the Huntsville plant, including start of production for a new 4-cylinder engine and closing in of a new V6 assembly line. The expansion will add 450 jobs and increase annual engine capacity by 34% to 900,000 by 2021.

Intelligent Energy has sold its 800W Fuel Cell Power Modules to Zepher for integration into a custom eVTOL UAV being designed for the US Army. The project is funded through the US Army in support of a USASOC requirement, aiming for a 14-hour flight time.

Granite has been awarded a $63 million Construction Manager/General Contractor contract by Caltrans for the Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project (Child Project 6) in Sacramento County, California. Construction is expected from July 2020 to October 2022.

BD finalized an initial pandemic order for 50 million needles and syringes to be delivered by the end of December 2020 to support the U.S. vaccination effort for COVID-19.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) formed a public-private partnership with BARDA to invest $70 million in expanding manufacturing capacity for syringes and needles in Nebraska, with BARDA investing $42 million. BD also finalized an order for 50 million injection devices for COVID-19 vaccination.

Tantus Technologies was awarded a 5-year, $5 million IDIQ contract by the NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to provide NEAD DME Support Services.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a ten-year contract to Philips to expand its Tele-Critical Care program, with VA able to invest up to $100 million for technology and services.

Southern HVAC Corporation acquired Precision Heating & Air Conditioning in Austin, Texas, completed on June 30, 2020. Precision will continue operating under its brand.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) formed a public-private partnership with BARDA to develop new manufacturing lines for syringes and needles in Nebraska. BARDA will invest $42 million into the $70 million capital project, and BD finalized an initial order for 50 million injection devices for COVID-19 vaccination.

Gerber Products Company is adding a product line at its Fort Smith, Arkansas facility, investing $30 million and creating up to 50 full-time jobs.

Climatech Mechanical Services, Inc. acquired Alliance Air Solutions, Inc., a commercial and industrial HVAC installation and service company. The acquisition expands Climatech's service offerings and geographic presence in the Florida marketplace.

Nouryon completed the acquisition of J.M. Huber's carboxymethyl cellulose business, which will significantly broaden Nouryon's portfolio of products.

Hamilton Caster broke ground on a $6 million, 65,000-square-foot expansion at 1767 Dixie Highway in Hamilton, Ohio. The new facility will house fiber lasers, robotic welders, CNC machines and a powder paint system, and will become the company's new corporate offices.

Harbour Group merged Cattron Holdings Inc. and LOFA Industries, LLC to form a comprehensive control solutions platform company called Control Solutions. Terms were not disclosed.

Aegion Corporation's subsidiary Insituform Technologies was awarded a $6 million contract to rehabilitate over 8,900 linear feet of large-diameter wastewater pipelines in East Richland County, South Carolina using CIPP pipe.

Air Liquide signed a long-term agreement with Steel Dynamics, Inc. to supply gaseous oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to SDI's new EAF steel mill in Sinton, Texas. Air Liquide will invest over $100 million to install an ASU in Ingleside, Texas, and extend its pipeline network.

A consortium of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Sargent & Lundy and TIC will provide EPC services to build the 1,215 MW Orange County Advanced Power Station near Bridge City, Texas for Entergy Texas. The plant will use hydrogen-capable gas turbines.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. announced it has received NIOSH N95 certification and secured a contract with a major OEM to mass produce N95 masks, with initial demand of one million face masks.

ON Semiconductor will supply Danfoss Silicon Power with high power IGBTs and diodes for inverter traction modules in the electric vehicle market. The components will be fabricated in East Fishkill, New York and Bucheon, South Korea.

Synaptics signed definitive agreements to acquire certain assets and manufacturing rights associated with Broadcom's wireless IoT business for approximately $250 million in an all-cash transaction. The deal includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/GNSS products.

GE Appliances announced a $62 million investment to expand production at its Appliance Park complex in Louisville, Kentucky, creating 260 new jobs. The investment includes $43 million for refrigeration plant expansion and $19 million for dishwasher plant modernization.

New York City Transit Authority selected BAE Systems to supply 435 Series-E electric hybrid power and propulsion systems for its new bus fleet. The systems will be produced at BAE's Endicott, New York facilities.

AprilAire opened its newly expanded distribution center and doubled the size of its dehumidifier facility in Poynette, Wisconsin on July 6, 2020. The expansion includes a new digital warehouse system and increased production capacity.

GE Aviation won a $101.3 million Air Force contract to produce F110 turbofan engines for the Boeing F-15EX fighter jets. Work will be performed at the Evendale headquarters and eight other US facilities, with completion expected in November 2022.

NASA Langley Research Center awarded nLIGHT, Inc. a $1,499,375 firm-fixed-price contract on a sole-source basis for the design, manufacture and delivery of high-efficiency 1532 nm pump laser diodes for the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Lidar Pathfinder (ABLE) project.

ON Semiconductor will supply Danfoss Silicon Power with high power IGBTs and diodes for inverter traction modules in the electric vehicle market.

Valeo broke ground on a $225 million high-tech plant in McAllen, Texas.

MOGAS Industries has completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based maker of severe service valves that also offers repair and coating services. Watson has a global install base of over 3,400 valves, mainly in mining.

Valeo North America Inc. will break ground on a new $20 million, 75,000-square-foot facility in Zane Twp., Logan County, Ohio, creating 85 jobs. Construction starts July 2020, completion by winter 2020, operational by spring 2021.

Yamada, a Honda supplier, plans a $15.2 million expansion adding 73,000 square feet and 100 new jobs at its South Charleston, Ohio facility. Clark County approved a 15-year property tax abatement for the project.

GE Aviation opened a new $40 million indoor jet engine test facility at its Peebles Test Operation in Ohio, the 11th test site, to accommodate growing engine volumes.

ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America announced a $26 million expansion of its Hamilton, Ohio plant, adding 60,000 square feet and over 200 jobs to produce advanced shock absorbers.

Systecon, a manufacturer of pumping and control systems, plans to nearly double its building size with a $2.1 million expansion, adding 18 jobs, pending a tax exemption.

Contingent Network Services plans to construct a new $5.4 million building in West Chester Twp., adding 75 jobs to its existing 120 employees, pending a tax exemption.

Airbus broke ground on its first U.S. airplane assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama. The $600 million factory is expected to employ 1,000 people and begin production of the A320 jet around 2015.