Aquafil S.p.A. finalized the acquisition of 100% of O'Mara Incorporated for USD 40.5 million through its U.S. subsidiary Aquafil USA Inc. O'Mara produces nylon, polypropylene and polyester fibres in Rutherford College, North Carolina.

LBP Manufacturing, LLC acquired Yeadon-based Union Packaging, a folding carton producer for quick service restaurant brands, from founder Michael Pearson. Financial terms were not disclosed.

New-Indy JV Corp., a joint venture of the Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners, agreed to acquire Carolina Container Company, a corrugated packaging maker headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, including its CaroCon Display and Packaging division. The expected closing date was the end of January 2015.

MacLean Power Systems announced a $5.3 million initial investment to upgrade equipment and the 67,000 sq. ft. foundry in Alabaster, Alabama, adding aluminum mold making and handling. Development begins mid-2019 with production expected in Q1 2020.

GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio, was awarded a maximum $79,702,840 contract to support F110-GE-100 aircraft engine production for the US and Egyptian air forces, according to the Department of Defense.

QuantumFlo, a Wilo brand, bought and renovated an existing building at 2664 Jewett Lane in Sanford, Florida, to serve as its new headquarters and production facility with more than double its previous space. A grand opening celebration is planned for June 28.

Greenheck announced a nearly $60 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Shelby, North Carolina, to increase production of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems, Tempered Air Products, and Architectural Products. The expansion includes purchasing an existing facility and building a new Architectural Products facility, creating several hundred jobs over five years.

Absolute Haitian Corporation opened a 116,000-square-foot operations facility in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, to support Haitian International's injection molding machine sales and service in the USA and Canada. The facility includes manufacturing, warehouse, and demonstration space.

Midwest Mezzanine Funds and MC Controls acquired a controlling interest in Dorsett Technologies, a provider of SCADA systems for water, wastewater, stormwater, and energy infrastructure. No financial terms were disclosed.

Hi Roller, a manufacturer of enclosed conveyors for the agricultural industry, is building a $4.2 million, 50,000 square foot addition to its Sioux Falls, South Dakota facility. Construction is underway and scheduled to finish in fall 2019.

Tyson Foods announced plans to build a $300 million, 400,000 square foot plant in Eagle Mountain, Utah. The facility will initially employ 800 people, expanding to 1,200 within three years, and will cut and package beef and pork for retail.

CARBO Ceramics and PicOnyx executed definitive agreements for a strategic partnership to produce M-Tone black pigments. CARBO will provide production assets and manufacturing capacity at a Louisiana facility expected to be operational in Q4 2019.

Tooling Tech Group (TTG) acquired Alpha Integration, a provider of custom automated assembly and inspection equipment in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Alpha Integration has about 45 employees and will continue to operate from its Murfreesboro location.

Siemens was awarded a contract to supply three residue compression trains for two 250 MMSCFD cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware Basin, Permian Basin. The equipment includes compressors, motors, and drives built by Siemens in the USA, scheduled for commissioning in late 2020.

The US Justice Department filed a complaint and proposed final judgment requiring Amcor to divest medical flexible packaging assets, including facilities in Ashland, Massachusetts and Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a condition of its proposed acquisition of Bemis.

Siemens was awarded a contract to provide three residue compression trains for two 250 million standard cubic feet per day cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware Basin. The contract value was not disclosed.

Siemens was awarded a contract to provide three residue compression trains for two cryogenic gas plants in the Delaware Basin, each rated 250 MMSCFD. The compressors, motors and drives will be built in the USA and commissioned in late 2020.

Siemens was selected by a large industrial gas company to supply three Dresser-Rand 5HHE-VL-NL reciprocating compressors for a new steam methane reformer in Texas. Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020, with the reformer due in 2021.

American Contracting & Environmental Services was selected by Maryland Environmental Service for Phase II construction services at the Eastern Correctional Institute Wastewater Treatment Plant in Westover, Maryland. The $24 million project is slated for completion in 2021.

BP Polymers LLC and Versarien plc entered a collaborative agreement to develop a next-generation Kortrax Barrier Resin incorporating graphene for use in HDPE and PP containers.

Magna Powertrain of America will invest $9.3 million to add equipment at its Muncie, Indiana drivetrain component facility, creating 50 new jobs. The expansion is expected to be complete by April 2020.

Fresenius Medical Care broke ground on a new distribution center in Knoxville, Tennessee, which will be its largest on the East Coast. The facility will support over 120 new jobs and allow expansion of the nearby manufacturing plant.

Iovance Biotherapeutics has entered into a lease agreement to build a 136,000 square foot commercial-scale production facility at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for TIL cancer therapies. The company expects to invest approximately $75 million over three years and create several hundred jobs.

Mazak expanded its Spindle Rebuild Department, relocating it to the South Building on its Kentucky manufacturing campus. The expansion will boost rebuild output to 100 spindles per month and keep upwards of 1,000 rebuilt spindles in stock. The grand opening will take place during DISCOVER 2019 in November 2019.

Exterran Corporation's Water Solutions business secured a significant produced water treatment contract with a major operator in the Midland area of the Permian Basin. The 30,000 bwpd treatment system includes removal of oil-in-water, suspended solids and iron.

KPM Analytics announced the simultaneous acquisition of Sightline Process Control (Canada) and Sensortech Systems (USA), the 5th and 6th acquisitions since the group's founding in 2015. The acquisition prices were not disclosed.

DK-Lok signed a single supply contract to supply tube fittings and valve products to US customer Nudraulix, worth KRW 5.95 billion, for July 2019 to April 2020. The contract was disclosed on 29 May 2019.

Premier Precision Machining LLC (d.b.a. Rand Machine) was awarded a $47 million, 5-year contract from the U.S. Army for manufacturing and delivery of aviation suspension lugs. The contract runs from 2024 to 2029.

Multiquip is expanding to a third facility in Lewisville, Texas, to increase production capacity for ride-on trowels and improve logistics. The expansion follows increased demand across all product lines.

SkyWater Technology Foundry announced the new SkyTech Center as an expansion of its operations at its Bloomington, Minnesota facility. The center repurposes clean-room space to enable advanced processing for carbon nanotubes, silicon photonics, superconducting ICs and MEMS, supporting DARPA's 3DSoC program.

Eastman Chemical Company announced investments to expand production of hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins at its Middelburg, Netherlands, and Jefferson, Pennsylvania, sites, and polyolefin polymers at its Longview, Texas, site. Expansions will be completed by mid-2020.

Bechtel has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract by NextDecade for the first phase of the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas. The project includes three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks, and two marine berths.

Danieli has been selected to build EVRAZ North America's planned rail rolling mill at its Pueblo, Colorado facility. The mill will produce 670,000 tons annually of rails up to 100 m in length.

AMPO POYAM VALVES won a contract from Cheniere Energy and Bechtel to design and manufacture more than 2,000 highly engineered cryogenic and non-cryogenic valves for the sixth liquefaction train at Sabine Pass, Louisiana.

Dow announced a series of investments totaling approximately $100 million over two years to expand manufacturing capacity and modernize facilities at its Sabine River Operations plant in Orange County, Texas, supporting specialty materials production.

The US Navy awarded Raytheon a $235 million contract for low-rate initial production of 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS) and three upgrade kits. Production is slated to begin in 2019.

AmeriQual Aseptic will invest $23.8 million to expand operations in Troy, North Carolina, creating 76 jobs. The company will manufacture high-quality protein beverages using aseptic processing.

W&O, a supplier of pipe, valves and fittings, was awarded a subcontract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to supply the major valves for the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters being built in Panama City, Florida. The valves will be handled by W&O's Mobile, Alabama branch.

Consolidated Container Company has acquired the assets of Sonic Plastics Enterprises, a packaging producer for nutraceutical, health and beauty markets in the mountain west region of the United States.

Emerson is expanding operations at its Micro Motion facility in Gunbarrel, Boulder, with a $100 million investment and 250 new jobs, after accepting local incentives.

Nidec Motor Company held a ribbon cutting for the opening of its facility expansion in Lexington, Tennessee. The $18 million investment includes a revitalized remanufacturing area with new upgraded equipment, increasing capacity.

Avail Infrastructure Solutions (AVAIL) entered a definitive agreement to sell its Electrical Products Group to nVent Electric plc for $975 million, with the transaction expected to close in the first half of 2025.

Kiewit Power Constructors selected GE to supply two 7HA.02 gas turbines, a steam turbine, generator, and two HRSGs for the 1,000 MW Indeck Niles Energy Center in Michigan. Commissioning is expected in 2022.

Serco Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alion Science & Technology Corporation's Naval Systems Business Unit for $225 million, expected to close in the second half of 2019.

SECO/WARWICK Group's subsidiary in Meadville, Pennsylvania has been awarded a major contract to build and commission a specialized aluminum solution heat treating furnace for a U.S. customer, for automotive, aerospace and medical applications.

Sesco Cement has secured a 40-year lease on seven acres at Port Tampa Bay's Port Redwing site in Gibsonton, Florida, for a US$19m white cement terminal. Construction is expected to take 18 months.

Y-Tec, Keylex, and Toyotetsu, through their collaboration YKTA, announced plans to locate a new automotive parts manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to serve the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA plant. The project involves a $220 million investment and the creation of 650 jobs.

Y-tec Keylex Toyotetsu Alabama (YKTA) announced plans to invest USD 220 million to open a manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama, on the site of the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing assembly plant.

Veolia Water Technologies Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply treatment systems and digital control for the City of Liberal, Kansas's new Wastewater Treatment Facility.

The Talgo-SYSTRA joint venture was awarded a contract by Metrolink (Southern California Regional Rail Authority) to rebuild 121 Bombardier rail cars, with a base order of 50 cars and options for up to 71 more, valued at $138.9 million. Work will be done at Talgo's Milwaukee facilities.