MacDon, a subsidiary of Linamar Corporation, opened a new 15,000 sq.ft. research and development facility in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The center will focus on agricultural harvesting equipment and is expected to grow from 10 to at least 20 employees over five years.

AkzoNobel broke ground on a $55 million investment in its industrial coatings manufacturing site in High Point, North Carolina. The project includes automatic dosing technology, improved filling lines, and a new R&D laboratory, expected to be completed in 2021.

Synopsys, Inc. completed its acquisition of DINI Group, an FPGA-based boards and solutions company headquartered in La Jolla, California. Terms were not disclosed.

Konecranes has been chosen to supply nine cranes, including four automated roll storage cranes, for Green Bay Packaging's new $500 million paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Safran Optics 1 celebrated a groundbreaking for a 15,000-square-foot building addition at its Bedford, New Hampshire facility. The expansion will create more space for production, engineering, stockroom, and shipping.

Konecranes has been chosen by Green Bay Packaging to supply nine cranes, including four automated roll storage cranes, for a new $500 million paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The mill will produce 685,000 tons of recycled kraft paper annually.

Signify is expanding its 3D printing capabilities in the Netherlands and plans to establish new facilities in the USA, India and Indonesia for producing 3D-printed luminaires.

L'Occitane extended its partnership with Loop Industries, which will supply 100% of the PET resin for its bottles from a joint facility with Indorama Ventures in South Carolina, letting L'Occitane reach its 100% recycled bottle goal ahead of 2025.

Doosan Bobcat announced a $26 million expansion of its Litchfield, Minnesota manufacturing facility. The project will triple the physical size to nearly 200,000 square feet and triple the workforce from 100 to 300 employees, with completion expected by September 2020.

Two family-owned Valley agricultural businesses, Gar Tootelian, Inc. and Bennett Water Systems, are merging.

Arglass is constructing a $123 million greenfield glass manufacturing plant in Valdosta, Georgia, with a capacity of over 125,000 tonnes per year. EME's engineering is in final stages; furnace startup is expected end of 2020, full operation by Q1 2021. The plant will employ 150 people.

Meggitt PLC held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $82.7 million expansion of its carbon brake manufacturing facility in Danville, Kentucky, which will create up to 83 jobs and add 95,000 square feet.

L-A Electric and Kokosing Construction are continuing construction on a $25 million expansion to the City of Warsaw Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products is negotiating the sale of its Memphis transformer plant, hoping to preserve a majority of jobs.

Mid America Display, a division of St. Louis corrugated packaging provider Boxes, Inc., bought a second EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass inkjet printer, along with EFI software and a VUTEk superwide-format printer, to add digital production capacity.

Refresco acquired AZPACK, a contract manufacturer of bottles and containers for the food and beverage industry headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, on November 14, 2019. Terms were not disclosed.

Mueller Water Products announced a $41 million investment in a 233,000-square-foot existing facility in Kimball, Tennessee, that will bring 325 jobs over five years.

Flack Global Metals announced plans to build a new coil coating and downstream processing facility adjacent to Big River Steel in Osceola, Arkansas. The facility will cost approximately $150 million and create more than 150 jobs, with construction expected to begin in summer 2020 and production in late 2021.

U.S. Nonwovens, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, acquired the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) packaging division of Multi-Pack Holdings LLC, which does business as Multi-Pack Chicago. The acquisition expands USN's product portfolio in the laundry and dish detergent markets.

Kimberly-Clark is investing $20 million to expand the capacity of its nonwovens line in Corinth, Mississippi. The multi-phase project will add 45,000 square feet and new technology to manufacture nonwovens components for Depend and Pull-Ups products, creating 25 jobs.

PreZero Polymers, a joint venture between ACI Plastics and PreZero, will open a mixed rigids recycling facility in Westminster, South Carolina, with an investment of about $10 million. The plant will process 50 million pounds of mixed rigids per year and is expected to start operations in Q2 2020.

Irving Tissue announced a $400 million investment in a new manufacturing facility in Macon, Georgia, creating more than 150 jobs, following the grand-opening of its most recent $470 million plant in the same location.

Kentuckiana Curb Co. Inc., doing business as KCC Manufacturing, plans to invest $50 million and create up to 400 jobs by building a new 300,000-square-foot facility in Louisville, Kentucky, for HVAC equipment and sheet metal products.

DMG MORI has announced a strategic partnership with IN4.OS US LLC to construct Smart Factories of the Future. The first factory, IPSUM Technologies LLC, will be located in Pickens County, South Carolina and will operate DMG MORI 5-axis machining centers.

Saint-Gobain agreed to buy U.S. gypsum wallboard maker Continental Building Products for $1.4 billion in cash, to boost its presence in the North American construction materials market.

Raytheon has selected Mercury Systems Inc. to provide digital signal processing and RF solutions for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program, a next-generation missile-defense radar.

Norwalk, Connecticut has awarded SUEZ a $78 million contract for the operation and maintenance of its wastewater system for 10 years, including management of an 18 MGD treatment facility, 210 miles of sewers, and 25 pump stations.

Array Technologies has entered into a long-term agreement with Big River Steel for the supply of steel products used in solar tracking equipment.

Liberty Hall Capital Partners announced that its portfolio company Bromford Industries has acquired Numet Machining Techniques, a US-based provider of aerospace engine machined components. Terms were not disclosed.

Huntsman Corp. agreed to acquire Icynene-Lapolla, a North American manufacturer and distributor of spray polyurethane foam insulation systems, which has annual revenues of approximately $230 million and manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas, and Mississauga, Ontario.

Kellstrom Defense's Williams Aerospace and Manufacturing (WAM) has acquired Aerospace Welding, Inc., a provider of precision welding for aerospace and defense markets. Terms were not disclosed.

Emerson Process Management will expand its Ontario, Ohio facility with a $6.5 million project adding about 12,600 square feet of manufacturing space for its rotary vane and electro-hydraulic operator lines. The expansion is expected to add 20 jobs and take 15 to 16 months to complete.

Yageo Corporation will acquire all outstanding shares of KEMET Corporation for $27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.8 billion, including net debt assumption.

Canadian automotive supplier Axiom Group Inc. will invest $20 million to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio, creating 250 jobs.

AMRO Fabricating Corporation, a supplier of aluminum and titanium components for aerospace, has expanded its capabilities with the addition of new machining equipment to improve efficiency and diversify its product base.

SKF has completed the acquisition of Form Automation Solutions (FAS), a US-based software development start-up that developed GoPlant, a mobile-based asset inspection and data collection solution.

Rivacold America, part of the Italian Vitri Alceste Group, officially inaugurated a new 7,000 square meter facility in Buford, Georgia. The plant has 4 production lines for condensing units and 1 line for packaged systems, with a yearly potential of 120,000 pieces.

The Vollrath Company acquired strategic assets of Albers Mechanical Contractors, expanding its custom fabrication capabilities. Vollrath will establish a new 70,000-square-foot facility in Newport, Minnesota.

Schramm II Inc., newly formed and fully owned by private equity firm Gen Nx360 Capital Partners, completed the purchase of substantially all assets of Schramm Inc. through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale. Schramm Australia was also acquired as part of the assets.

Bishop Lifting Products completed the acquisition of Louisiana Crane & Electrical Services, a manufacturer of overhead cranes and mechanical handling solutions based in Broussard, Louisiana.

CUI Global and Bel Fuse entered into an asset purchase agreement under which Bel Fuse will acquire the majority of CUI Global's Power business for $32 million, plus assumption of certain liabilities.

Sulzer has opened a new Houston Service Center in Pasadena, Texas, with a large pump repair shop, lifting capacity for large machines and automated welding. The center focuses on oil and gas customers.

JB Industries, an Aurora, Illinois maker of HVAC/R tools, has completed its acquisition of C&D Valve of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Both brands will continue to operate independently.

Inphi Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSilicon for $216 million in cash and assumption of debt. The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2019.

Standard-Knapp, Inc., a manufacturer of end-of-line packaging machines, was acquired by EoL Packaging Experts, a division of A+F Automation + Fördertechnik and portfolio company of CGS Management AG.

Thompson Pipe Group was awarded a contract to manufacture over 10,000 pieces of 72-inch steel pipe for Oklahoma City's second Atoka pipeline. Production will begin in 2020 at the Grand Prairie, Texas facility.

ENGlobal Corporation signed an agreement valued in excess of $20 million to supply process modules for a hydrogen production facility that will be part of a renewable diesel plant. The hydrogen unit uses Haldor Topsoe technology, marking its first use in the United States.

Kaman Aerospace Group has been awarded an IDIQ contract by Boeing to manufacture wing control surfaces and structural assemblies for the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt ATTACK program. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mammoet has been awarded the heavy lift and transport scope for a refinery expansion in Beaumont, Texas, that will increase crude refining capacity by over 250,000 barrels per day. The project is expected to create up to 1,850 construction jobs and be completed in 2022.

Mammoet has been awarded the heavy lift and transport scope for ExxonMobil's refinery expansion in Beaumont, Texas, which will increase crude refining capacity by 250,000 barrels per day, with completion planned for 2022.