Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, announced an agreement with a leading biotechnology company to manufacture a wearable, electronic-enabled combination drug delivery product, pending FDA approval, with launch slated for 2H 2020.

Gildan Yarns, a division of Gildan Activewear, will invest approximately $5 million to revamp and operate a new yarn spinning mill in Eden, North Carolina, creating 85 jobs.

The U.S. Army awarded Advanced Structural Technologies Inc. a $17 million contract to manufacture and supply M1 Abrams tank aluminum road wheel inserts. Work will be performed in Oxnard, California, with completion by Oct. 21, 2021.

Atlas Copco Compressors LLC acquired the assets of California distributors Accurate Air Engineering and Compressed Air of California, which will become factory direct branches across five locations from San Diego to Sacramento. More than 50 staff join Atlas Copco.

Box manufacturer U.S. Corrugated, owned by McKinley Paper Co., selected Lebanon, Indiana for a new state-of-the-art corrugated packaging plant scheduled to start up by the end of 2019. No capacity figure was announced.

Kovach Enclosure Systems, a newly formed company owned by Steve Kovach IV and Kelly Sands, purchased all assets and hired all employees of Kovach LLC, a 50-year-old exterior building enclosures company, on October 21, 2019.

Avon Machining, a portfolio company of Speyside Equity, acquired Plasma-Tec on October 21, 2019, to enhance capabilities and expand into new industries.

Bobcat Company announced a $17 million investment at its Gwinner, North Dakota, facility to install a new powder-coat paint line and add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space, with completion expected in July 2020.

SkyWater Technology is adding a third clean room to its Bloomington, Minnesota, semiconductor factory, funded by a $170 million Department of Defense grant. Construction has started, and the expansion will enable smaller chips and radiation-hardened chips for space, adding 30-50 jobs.

Bobcat Company announced a $17 million investment in its Gwinner, North Dakota, facility to install a new powder-coat paint line and add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Construction begins immediately, with full completion expected in July 2020.

4M Carbon Corp. and Montefibre Carbon Fiber are finalizing a letter of intent to establish a partnership, including a potential U.S.-based joint venture, to produce low-cost industrial-grade carbon fiber using Montefibre's ultra-large tow precursor and 4M's technology.

Vorteq Coil Finishers acquired the assets of Western Metal Decorating, a producer of coated aluminum and steel products, and will rename it Vorteq Pacific. Vorteq also relocated its headquarters from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Arkema successfully brought on stream a new 90,000-ton per year acrylic acid reactor at its Clear Lake, Texas site, replacing two decommissioned reactors. The investment was approximately $90 million.

Meggitt was selected by Lockheed Martin to supply fuel bladders for the C130J Super Hercules platform under a $16.5 million contract, with deliveries starting in 2020.

Northgate Technologies (NTI) received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient for its NEBULAE I System, a high-flow laparoscopic insufflator. The contract was announced on October 21, 2019.

Teradyne has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held AutoGuide Mobile Robots for $165 million, including $58 million net of cash acquired and up to $107 million in earn-outs through 2022. The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2019.

One Rock Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Innophos Holdings for $32 per share, valuing the transaction at $932 million. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2020.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Providien LLC, a provider of manufacturing solutions for medical device OEMs. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2019 and will become part of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies.

CPI Aerostructures has secured an IDIQ contract from Boeing worth up to $48 million to provide structural assemblies for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Initial purchase orders of $6 million for four shipsets have been awarded, with first delivery expected in late 2020.

Cardea Bio (formerly Nanomedical Diagnostics) has finalized its merger-acquisition of Nanosens Innovations, the creators of CRISPR-Chip technology. The deal combines Cardea's graphene biosensor infrastructure with Nanosens' CRISPR-Chip technology to develop DNA-based products.

Lincoln Premium Poultry opened a 360,000-square-foot poultry processing facility in Fremont, Nebraska, on October 19, 2019, equipped with Marel solutions, capable of processing two million chickens per week.

Capewell Aerial Systems was qualified by the US Air Force for a multiple award IDIQ contract worth up to $950 million over ten years under the Try-Decide-Buy program.

ProMach, a packaging machinery solutions provider, acquired Grip-Pak, a turnkey provider of multipack handle solutions for beverage companies. The acquisition expands ProMach's can and bottle handle solutions portfolio.

UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries is undertaking a 30,000 sq ft expansion at its Progress Drive plant and a 110,000 sq ft expansion at its Sixth Street plant in Ludington, Michigan, with a total investment of approximately $26 million.

Piston Group, a Detroit-based supplier of electronics assemblies and chassis components, acquired Marion Industries, which assembles brake modules for Honda America.

The US Department of Defense plans to invest up to $170 million in a multi-phase project at SkyWater Technology to enhance microelectronics capabilities for rad-hard electronics. The initial phase is funded at $80 million, and SkyWater will expand its facility and clean room.

Otsuka Chemical America, Inc. announced an expansion of its manufacturing facility in Griffin, GA, adding 40,690 sq ft of warehouse, office and conference space. The expansion is expected to be complete in spring 2020.

ID Plastics LP announced it will invest $9.8 million to open its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Auburn, Alabama, creating 50 jobs over three years. The plant will initially produce the ID PACK collapsible returnable transport container sleeve.

Hennig broke ground on a new 125,000 sq. ft., $17 million manufacturing facility at its global headquarters in Machesney Park, Illinois, to house backup power generator packaging operations.

Kemco Systems has acquired Texas-based water treatment technology and services company Bob Johnson & Associates. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The West Rankin Utility Authority has ordered three Schwing Bioset FSP1203 dewatering screw presses for a new wastewater treatment plant in Mississippi. The order was announced in October 2019.

Texarkana Aluminum held a ribbon cutting for its upgraded aluminum coil rolling mill in Texarkana, Texas. Over $350 million has been invested since acquisition in October 2018, with an additional $416 million planned. The company expects to produce over 300 million pounds of common alloy in 2020 and create over 500 jobs by 2024.

Meggitt PLC signed a multi-million dollar SMARTSupport agreement with GA Telesis to supply component spares and MRO services for CFM56 and V2500 engine components. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in January 2020.

Rusal and Braidy Industries announced a joint venture to build a green aluminum rolling mill in Ashland, Kentucky, with capacity of 500 kt hot-rolled and 300 kt cold-rolled products annually. Rusal will supply aluminum from its Taishet smelter and receive 40% equity; Braidy will hold 60%.

Boeing awarded CPI Aerostructures an IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $48 million to manufacture structural subassemblies for the A-10 Thunderbolt II wing. Initial purchase orders of $6 million were also received, with first delivery expected in late 2020.

Barron Industries has acquired a new 10,000 square foot manufacturing plant, is growing its workforce by more than 30 percent, and investing in new equipment including a 325-kW induction-melting unit and a twin-spindle CNC turning center.

WEG has announced the acquisition of CG Power USA Inc., a power and distribution transformer manufacturer located in Washington, Missouri, USA. The transaction is limited to the Power and Distribution Transformers business.

BWX Technologies subsidiary BWXT Nuclear Operations Group was awarded a contract with options totaling approximately $806 million by the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program for long-lead materials for naval reactor components.

MPW, a water treatment company, and Porta Kleen unveiled a new 30,000 square-foot dual facility in Yuma, Arizona. The facility will create 50-70 jobs and is expected to be fully operational by mid-November 2019.

Integrated Device Technology (IDT), a Renesas subsidiary, announced it now offers Avalanche Technology's magnetic RAM (MRAM) devices to complement its range of power, sensor, timing and microcontroller devices for industrial automation, IoT and medical device markets.

Russel Metals has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of City Pipe & Supply for about $160 million. City Pipe & Supply had revenues of about $275 million in its last fiscal year and supplies pipe, valves and fittings to oil and gas companies.

Boeing awarded CPI Aerostructures an IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $48 million to manufacture structural assemblies for the A-10 Thunderbolt II wing. Initial purchase orders of $6 million have been received, with first delivery expected in late 2020.

FCA has begun installing steel columns for a 300,000-square-foot expansion at its Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The $1.5 billion investment will retool the plant to produce the all-new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, including electrified models, with production expected to launch in 2021.

Red Star Contract Manufacturing Inc., a subsidiary of Wishbone Medical, announced plans to invest $1.6 million to expand its Larwill, Indiana facility by 12,000 square feet and add 18 new jobs by 2022. The company specializes in insert injection molding and sterile packaging for medical devices.

Dynetics opened a rocket-testing facility, the Aerospace Structures Complex, in Decatur, Alabama. The facility will support NASA's Space Launch System and ULA's Vulcan Centaur, creating 25 initial jobs.

Ball Corporation will build a new aluminum cups manufacturing plant in Rome, Georgia, investing more than $200 million and creating more than 180 jobs, with completion expected in Q4 2020.

Signify entered a definitive agreement to acquire Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton for $1.4 billion in cash. The closing is expected in the first quarter of 2020.

Novo Nordisk completed and donated a $40 million regional industrial wastewater pretreatment facility to the Town of Clayton, North Carolina. The facility will serve Novo Nordisk's API manufacturing plant and can be expanded to treat 450,000 gallons per day for other biopharma companies.

LeMaitre Vascular has acquired Admedus' CardioCel and VascuCel biologic patch business for up to $24.6 million. Admedus will continue manufacturing for up to three years while LeMaitre sets up its own production.

ADF Group Inc. has been awarded a series of major contracts valued at $70 million, including a large public infrastructure project in the U.S. Midwest for design, fabrication, and installation of steel structures. Fabrication will occur at ADF's Terrebonne, Quebec facility starting January 2020.