ENMAX Corp. completed its acquisition of Emera Maine in March 2020. As part of the sale terms, the utility was renamed Versant Power on May 14, 2020.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) selected Arizona for a new advanced semiconductor factory with 20,000 wafer/month capacity. Construction starts in 2021, production targeted for 2024, creating over 1,600 jobs.
APV, an Australian restraint manufacturer, won a $US500,000 export contract with BAE Systems in the United States to supply passenger seatbelts for next-generation amphibious and land military vehicles. The contract runs for three years with an option for a fourth.
Trideum Corporation was selected by the U.S. Army's Threat Systems Management Office to provide towed target data logger hardware and test support. The contract is under the Aerial Target Systems 2 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
Rage Corp., based in Hilliard, Ohio, plans to invest $34 million in a new packaging plant in Virginia, where it already operates a plant in Altavista.
Crown Cork and Seal USA, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, has begun construction on a $147 million, 327,000-square-foot facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Once complete, 126 people will work at the site.
HME Inc. will expand its Button Road facility in Topeka, Kansas, in three phases starting end of 2020, adding 36,000 sq ft in phase one, 16,000 sq ft in phase two, and a 60,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in phase three. The initial investment is about $6 million, creating 167 new jobs.
American Tank acquired Lely Tank & Waste Solutions, including its vacuum tank manufacturing operations in Troy, Texas.
Pryer Aerospace signed a multi-year contract with Blue Origin to supply large complex machined parts and leading edge structures for the New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Saltworks Technologies received the first full-scale order for an industrial Ultra High-Pressure Reverse Osmosis system from a US manufacturer of advanced materials. The system uses Nitto's HYDRANAUTICS PRO-XP1 membranes.
CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. was awarded a contract by a major automotive parts supplier to overhaul and refurbish a Cast Link Belt Normalizing Furnace. The work will be done in CAN-ENG's Niagara Falls shops and the furnace will go back into operation in Q1 2021 in the United States.
Smiths Medical acquired the business of Access Scientific, LLC, a San Diego-based company that manufactures POWERWAND midline and extended dwell catheters, expanding its vascular access product portfolio.
Global auto supplier Marelli will open an interior unit manufacturing plant in Bowling Green, Ohio, hiring 75 employees. The plant will produce about 760,000 bulkhead components per year, with construction completed by early 2021 and first production in May 2022.
Fluxergy LLC is making a $30 million investment to scale production of its Fluxergy Analyzer diagnostic testing system in Irvine, California, aiming to deliver up to one million tests per month by end of 2020.
Eberhart Capital, a Scottsdale-based private equity firm, has acquired The Equipment Source, a tool and equipment rental company in Naples, Florida. Terms were not disclosed.
The US Department of Justice has proposed in federal court that Novelis, owned by Hindalco, be ordered to divest its entire stake in Aleris due to competitive concerns in the aluminum automotive body sheet market.
AT&F has installed a new 5-axis, 10K fiber optic laser machine at its Cleveland facility to increase capacity and improve quality for metal fabrication.
CEMCO announced the grand opening of its expanded manufacturing plant in Denver. The announcement is dated 27 February 2026 on the company's news page.
PennSpring Capital acquired Swing Kingdom, a manufacturer of vinyl playground equipment, and Atlas Molding, a rotational molding company, both based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
ApiJect Systems America was awarded a $138 million HHS-DOD Title 3 Defense Production Act contract to accelerate building U.S.-based capacity for prefilled syringes, including Project Jumpstart to supply 100 million syringes by end of 2020 and over 500 million in 2021.
3M's Aberdeen, South Dakota facility will add 120,000 square feet in two new wings to expand N95 respirator production, supported by U.S. Department of Defense contracts. The expansion will create 100 new jobs, with the first wing expected to be operational within 90 days.
Minerva Surgical announced the closing of its acquisition of Boston Scientific's Intrauterine Health franchise. The deal adds products including the Genesys HTA Endometrial Ablation System, Symphion tissue removal system, and Resectr device to Minerva's portfolio.
Buhler Industries announced it will cease production at its Fargo, North Dakota facility by September 30, 2020, and relocate product lines to its Willmar, Minnesota plant. The move aims to increase efficiency and reduce overhead costs.
Savi has delivered the first of two multi-million dollar orders of Savi Portable Deployment Kit III units to the U.S. Department of Defense: 221 units for $3.2 million from the Army National Guard and 354 units for $5.1 million from the Army Reserve, totaling $8.3 million.
JD Fields & Company acquired Alameda Pipe & Steel Company, a steel products manufacturer based in Gardena, California. The acquisition marks JD Fields' entry into steel manufacturing.
NorthWestern Energy will begin construction in July 2020 on an $84 million, 58-megawatt natural gas-fired generation plant near Huron, South Dakota.
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry will build a new cast iron foundry on a 428-acre site in Oakboro, Stanly County, North Carolina, investing at least $325 million, with operations possibly starting in Q3 2023. The company is also evaluating options for its current Charlotte site.
Cello-Wrap Packaging, Inc. acquired Cello-Wrap Printing, Inc., a three-generation flexographic printing business in Farmersville, Texas, in a transaction facilitated by Benchmark International, announced on 12 May 2020.
Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems received a $200 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defence to develop, integrate, produce and deliver Husky Mounted Detection System kits, spare parts, maintenance and training.
The Department of Defense awarded INFICON a five-year contract worth up to $45 million to supply medical equipment to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
Chase Plastics announced a partnership with LANXESS Corporation to distribute Durethan PA6 and Pocan PBT engineering thermoplastics in the USA and Canada, effective immediately.
SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an at-market merger of equals. Alacer shareholders will receive 0.3246 SSR Mining shares per Alacer share, creating a combined entity with a market capitalization of approximately $4.0 billion.
Jingjin Electric North America announced it received a production order from a major North American passenger vehicle OEM for its 200kW three-in-one e-drive system, to be produced at its new automated factory in Farmington Hills, Michigan starting in 2022. The order is the largest in Jingjin Electric's history.
Hopkins Mfg. Corp. and its subsidiary Hopkins Canada acquired the automotive splash guard product lines from NuVue Products Inc. and NuVue Products LTD., including brands RoadSport, Big Mudder, ProFit, BadgeZ, RoadGuard, and Defender Tow Guard, along with inventory and intellectual property.
Komatsu Mining Corp. filed a motion to lift the automatic stay to reclaim two large coal shovels from the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines in Wyoming, currently operated by Eagle Specialty Materials, citing non-payment and lack of legal resolution.
Staunton River Plastics Inc., a subsidiary of Rage Corporation, will construct a 250,000-square-foot facility at the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park in Hurt, Virginia, with a $34 million investment, creating 200 jobs. Construction begins in summer 2020.
ExxonMobil donated 146,000 pounds of polypropylene and performance polymers to the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) to help produce nonwoven fabrics for medical facemasks during the COVID-19 crisis, with logistics coordinated through distributor Channel Prime Alliance.
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), including all-up round missiles and captive air training missiles for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales.
Nucor Corporation selected Danieli Centro Cranes to supply overhead cranes for the melt shop of its new plate mill plant in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The cranes will be delivered within 2021.
Fiberon announced plans to upgrade and expand its manufacturing facility in New London, North Carolina, with an investment of more than $20 million over three years. The project includes renovations to an existing warehouse and will be supported by a $110,000 state grant.
Nammo has completed the acquisition of Chemring's Florida-based business for $17 million. The acquired business produces ordnance, pyrotechnic products, and munition components for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Creation Technologies, a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg, has acquired Applied Technical Services (ATS), an electronic manufacturing services provider based in Everett, Washington. The acquisition expands Creation's capabilities in aerospace, defense, medical, and tech industrial markets and adds locations in Everett, Washington and Hermosillo, Mexico.
iFoodDecisionSciences (iFoodDS) acquired Trimble's HarvestMark business. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Planned Systems International (PSI) was awarded a $23 million contract for maintenance and sustainment services for the Defense Health Agency's Enterprise Blood Management System (EBMS) Transfusion Sustainment program.
Apple awarded $10 million to COPAN Diagnostics to help expand into a larger facility and increase production of Covid-19 sample collection kits to 1 million per week by early July, creating 50 new jobs in Southern California.
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) signed a 15-year fixed-price agreement with a U.S.-based energy provider to supply wind power to its Rapid City, South Dakota cement plant, covering about 50% of the plant's electricity consumption. The agreement is expected to take effect in Q1 2021.
Novelis Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries, completed the acquisition of Ohio-based Aleris for an enterprise value of $2.8 billion. The deal includes 13 plants across North America, Europe and Asia, with required divestitures of plants in Lewisport, Kentucky and Duffel, Belgium.
New Jersey-based Total Ink Solutions and Champion Ink Company have signed a merger agreement, combining their ink and screen-print brand solutions. Champion Ink will continue as part of the Total Ink Solutions family.
TAG Aero and Unique Airmotive Services have merged to form UAS Holdings Company, operating under the TAG Aero brand. The deal was finalized in late March 2020. Both companies specialize in APU aftermarket services for aviation.
Trane Technologies spun off its industrial business, which combined with Gardner Denver to form the new Ingersoll Rand in a deal valued at $15 billion; the transaction has been completed.