Airtech Inc. acquired Champion Valves Inc. and Valve & Pump Specialties Inc. in early September 2019 to complement its US Valve subsidiary. Champion, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, makes industrial check and butterfly valves.

Trane celebrated a more than $100 million expansion of its Columbia, South Carolina facility, adding over 1 million square feet for advanced manufacturing of commercial HVAC products, alongside a 1,342-kW solar installation.

Precision Inc. has acquired The Chantland Co.'s south plant in Humboldt, Iowa, which manufactures warehousing pulleys and rollers. The acquisition aims to expand Precision's footprint in baggage and warehousing markets.

Meggitt PLC plans to invest nearly $82.7 million to expand its carbon brake manufacturing facility in Boyle County, Kentucky, creating up to 83 full-time jobs. The 95,000-square-foot expansion will include new carbon furnaces and ancillary equipment.

Pennex Aluminum Company completed a 20,000-square-foot addition to its facility in York, Pennsylvania, doubling the facility's size to accommodate projected growth.

Maxim Crane Works is acquiring Solley Equipment & Rigging, an Alabama-based crane rental company with three locations. No financial details were disclosed.

Innospec announced it will invest $11.75 million and add 30 jobs at its facility in Spencer, North Carolina, including renovating the administrative facility, adding a rail spur, and building two 30,000-square-foot warehouses.

The US Navy awarded L3 Electronic Devices a $33.1 million contract and Communications and Power Industries a $30.9 million contract for production, repair and engineering services of Aegis Cross Field Amplifiers for the AN/SPY-1 radar system.

Commander Aircraft Corp. announced plans to build an $8 million, 100,000-square-foot production facility at Max Westheimer Airport in Norman, Oklahoma, for its single-engine aircraft. Construction is expected to begin within three years, and the company anticipates hiring 30-50 employees.

Arthrex won a five-year, $375 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide hospital equipment and accessories for the Defense Logistics Agency's electronic catalog.

Mitsubishi's power transformer division in Memphis, Tennessee, is seeking joint venture partners, which could potentially lead to a sale of the plant.

Robert B. Our Co. Inc. was awarded a $6.6 million contract to build a new wastewater treatment facility in Bourne, Massachusetts. The project is expected to increase wastewater capacity in Buzzards Bay by 100,000 gallons per day.

Gemma Power Systems received notice to proceed with engineering, procurement, and construction of a 1,875 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Guernsey County, Ohio, with completion scheduled in 2022.

Ironwood Electronics and HSIO Technologies executed technology licensing and operations agreements for Ironwood to assume control of the HSIO Grypper Socket product line.

Janicki Industries held a grand opening for a new 90,000-square-foot building at its Hamilton plant, dedicated to making carbon fiber airplane parts. The facility may employ up to 300 people in the future.

Fibrotex USA is building a $12 million facility in Stearns, Kentucky, expected to create 350 jobs. The company was awarded a 10-year, $480 million contract to supply Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems to the U.S. Army.

Air2O is moving into a new 185,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona, in June 2025 and will be operational in the fall. The facility will produce HVACD equipment for data centers, semiconductor manufacturing, and lithium-ion battery facilities.

Novelis is expected to secure EU antitrust approval for its $2.6 billion bid for Aleris, after agreeing to sell Aleris' Belgian plant to address competition concerns.

Airbus is building a second assembly line in Mobile, Alabama for the A220 aircraft, investing $264 million and creating over 430 jobs. The existing A320 line is also being expanded to produce six aircraft per month, up from four.

Hifyber, a manufacturer of nano fiber filtration media, partnered with Oxco Nonwovens for sales support, warehousing and converting in North America, with Oxco located near Charlotte, NC.

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems partnered with Hercules Corp., a laundry distributor based in Hicksville, N.Y., to strengthen market presence in the northeastern U.S. and expand into on-premises laundry services.

Puris will reopen the shuttered AMPI plant in Dawson, Minnesota, to produce pea protein, with a $75 million investment from Cargill, creating 90 jobs and expected to begin operations at the end of 2020.

Univar Solutions has been selected as BASF's authorized Midwest United States distributor for Baxxodur polyetheramine curing agents and chain extenders.

Formosa Plastics Corp. announced a US$332 million expansion of its Baton Rouge, Louisiana PVC resin production plant, including new machinery and equipment expected to increase production capacity by 20% and create 81 new jobs.

Micron Solutions received purchase orders worth $3.7 million from an unnamed leading medical technology company for precision-machined components and assemblies, its largest-ever order.

Formosa Plastics Corp. USA plans to invest $332 million to expand its Baton Rouge facility, increasing PVC resin production capacity by 300 million pounds per year (20% increase) and creating 15 new jobs.

Formosa Plastics Corporation, Louisiana will invest $332 million to expand PVC resin production at its Baton Rouge facility, adding nearly 300 million pounds of annual capacity and creating 15 new jobs.

Big Gun Robotics LLC, a robotic welding company, is expanding its operations in Newberry County, South Carolina, with a $3.6 million investment creating 16 new jobs. The company is adding a 20,000-square-foot expansion to its facility.

e3 Diagnostics has partnered with Bertec to distribute and service Bertec's line of clinical balance assessment and rehabilitation products, including balance plates and computerized dynamic posturography equipment.

Sivers IMA's subsidiary CST Global received a new order worth SEK 7.3 million from an existing US-based Fortune 100 customer for semiconductor components. The order will be delivered and invoiced before end of 2019.

Formosa Plastics Corp. Louisiana is investing $332 million to expand PVC resin production by 300 million lb/year and add equipment at its Baton Rouge site. The project is expected to create 15 direct jobs and start operations in late 2021 or early 2022.

BHGE-Nuovo Pignone won a contract to supply 18 compression trains and power generation equipment to Venture Global LNG for the Calcasieu Pass project in Louisiana, with total liquefaction capacity of 10 million tonnes per year.

Crown Cork & Seal USA will relocate a food-grade metal can manufacturing line from Ontario, Canada to its Hanover Borough plant in York County, Pennsylvania, investing $24.6 million and creating 41 new jobs.

Howell Metal announced an $8 million investment to expand its New Market, Virginia plant by 200,000 square feet, adding more than 100 jobs.

MEI Rigging & Crating acquired substantially all assets of Hanks Machinery Movers, a provider of rigging and machinery moving services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

NanoVibronix received an initial OEM purchase order from Medisana to manufacture a specialized product called the PT-100 based on its PainShield device, to be sold exclusively by Medisana.

CHS plans a $100 million expansion of its soybean-processing plant in Fairmont, Minnesota, adding five storage buildings and modifying two existing ones to increase capacity by 30%. The project will not create new jobs but will secure 52 existing jobs.

Gerdau Long Steel North America signed an electric arc furnace optimisation agreement with AMI Automation.

Sunbelt Supply, a Clearlake Capital-backed flow control provider, acquired Severe Service Specialists (Triple S), a provider of valves and services based in Trussville, Alabama. Terms were not disclosed.

Curbell Plastics, Inc. acquired Nationwide Plastics, Inc., which had three locations. The Brandon, Mississippi location now operates as Curbell Plastics Jackson.

Welding Metallurgy Inc., a subsidiary of CPI Aerostructures, has been awarded $1.23 million in new orders from Northrop Grumman for aerial refueling probe assemblies for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.

Sulzer and Nidec Industrial Solutions have formalized a field service agreement for Nidec medium voltage drives in North America. Sulzer's field service teams will provide onsite support to Nidec MV drive operators.

Vuteq USA plans to invest over $60 million to open a manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to supply interior and exterior plastic-injected parts to the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant. The project will create 200 jobs.

Sulzer and Nidec have formalized a field service agreement for medium voltage (MV) drives in North America. Sulzer's field service teams will provide onsite support for Nidec MV drives, building on a previous sales and technical support agreement.

Securisyn Medical, LLC was awarded a $50,000 SBIR Phase I contract by the U.S. Air Force to evaluate its SolidAIRity CT integrated restraint system for preventing chest tube dislodgement.

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. received a $1,077,009,532 contract modification for the detail design and construction of Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) 6 and ESB 7. Work is expected to be complete by January 2025.

Lockheed Martin received a $2,426,326,544 contract modification from the U.S. Navy for F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter initial spares, including global, base, deployment, and afloat spares packages. Work will be performed at multiple locations, with orders expected by December 2020.

Blevins Inc., a Nashville-based supplier of housing products, announced the acquisition of 100% of Tri-State Distributors and its nine branch locations across five southeastern US states. Tri-State will operate as a division of Blevins.

DaikyoNishikawa U.S. (DNUS) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first North American manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The $110 million plant will supply parts to the nearby Mazda-Toyota Manufacturing U.S. plant.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation unveiled its new Appleton Service Center, a $39.5 million expansion adding 171 jobs and nearly 180,000 square feet of maintenance, repair and overhaul space at Appleton International Airport in Wisconsin.