Web Industries plans to build an 84,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in the Arlington Marysville Manufacturing Industrial Center, creating over 70 jobs. The facility will produce composite slit tape for aerospace applications, including Boeing's 787 and 777X.

Alfab won a $128 million firm-fixed-price, IDIQ contract from the US Navy to deliver land, heavy duty and spacer mat packages. Work will take place in Enterprise, Alabama through May 2024.

Hyundai Transys received an $800 million order to supply seats for an all-electric pickup truck and SUV made by a US EV startup, with deliveries from 2020 to 2027.

Hyundai Transys signed a seat supply contract worth KRW 1 billion with US-based EV manufacturer Rivian Automotive LLC. The deal is valid from 2020 to 2027, and seats will be used for Rivian's R1T pickup truck.

GE Additive Print Services has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics Land Systems to support part qualification, production, post processing and inspection of additively manufactured components. A titanium cable guard will be the first 3D-printed metal production part installed on a U.S. ground combat vehicle, printed at GE Additive's Pittsburgh facility.

A Talgo-SYSTRA joint venture was awarded a contract by Metrolink to rebuild 121 Bombardier rail cars for US$138.9 million, with a base order of 50 cars and an option for 71 more. Base order delivery is expected by April 2023.

Georgia-Pacific is investing nearly $100 million to expand its Bowling Green, Kentucky paper plate and bowl plant with a new building and new presses, creating more than 50 full-time jobs. Completion is expected in the first half of 2020.

Reedy Industries has purchased the assets of Bihun Commercial Services of Mundelein, Illinois, to expand its building controls offerings. Bihun will become part of Reedy's Building Automation Solutions group.

G&W Electric has completed construction of a second facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois, to expand its epoxy molding process and increase manufacturing capacity for Viper Recloser and Trident Switch product lines.

LifeScan has entered into an exclusive agreement with Sanvita Medical to market continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors. The companies plan to launch CGM systems in North America and select European countries as early as mid-2020.

Crane Co proposed to acquire Circor International for $45 per share in cash, a 47% premium to Circor's closing price. Circor's board rejected the April 30 proposal, and Crane made it public on May 21, 2019.

GE Power received an order for its HA gas turbine technology for the Indeck Niles Energy Center in Niles, Michigan.

Continental Materials Corp. has acquired two Colorado Springs-based specialty construction supply firms, Fastrac Building Supply and Serenity Sliding Door Systems. Terms were not disclosed. Fastrac supplies commercial doors and hardware; Serenity manufactures sliding-door systems.

Marvell announced it has entered into definitive agreements to purchase Avera Semiconductor, the ASIC business of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. The acquisition includes Avera's revenue base, design wins, and a long-term wafer supply agreement.

Maire Tecnimont will lead a consortium with Performance Contractors to build ExxonMobil's $2 billion expansion at Baytown, Texas, including a 400,000 t/y Vistamaxx plant and a 350,000 t/y linear alpha olefins facility. The expansion is scheduled to go on stream in 2022.

Best Block, LLC, an affiliate of The QUIKRETE Companies, acquired Midwest Products Group, a producer and distributor of masonry and landscape building materials based in Jefferson City, Missouri. Terms were not disclosed.

Honda Aircraft Company announced plans to invest $15.5 million in a new 82,000-square-foot facility at its Greensboro headquarters to house a new wing assembly process for the HondaJet Elite. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2019 and be completed in July 2020.

CLM Equity Partners, LLC acquired Zircon Precision Products, a manufacturer of precision components.

Amplitech Group, Inc. announced it will acquire Specialty Microwave Corp. (SMW), a manufacturer of microwave components and subsystems for space, defense, and military markets.

Aeromax Industries, Inc. acquired K&S Enterprises, a manufacturer of elastomer products for helicopters based in Adelanto, California.

Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, a portfolio company of Huron Capital, acquired the Arizona operations of Denver-based Westover Corp., which specializes in HVAC control services. Terms were not disclosed.

Manufacturing Automation Systems (MAS) will invest more than $5.5 million to expand its existing facility in Lindley, Steuben County by 25,000 square feet and purchase new equipment. The project is expected to begin in 2019.

GE Power received an order to supply two 7HA.02 gas turbines, a steam turbine, generator, HRSGs and a multi-year services agreement for the 1,000 MW Indeck Niles Energy Center in Niles, Michigan. The plant is scheduled for completion in 2022.

Greenfield Engineering Corp. has been awarded an $82,843,546 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by NAVAIR for design, development, manufacture, integration, update and test of avionics systems. Work will be performed at Patuxent River and Leonardtown, Maryland, through May 2024.

HondaJet will build a new wing assembly center at its 133-acre campus at Piedmont Triad International Airport, investing $15.5 million.

The Crosby Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Gunnebo Industrier Holding AB from Segulah. The acquisition combines two leaders in lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware.

Sonoco signed an agreement to acquire Corenso Holdings America from Madison Dearborn Partners for about $110 million in cash. Corenso operates two Wisconsin Rapids facilities making paperboard cores and recycled board, and the deal is expected to close later in 2019.

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas plans a $100 million expansion of its plant in Walton County, Georgia, creating 100 jobs. The company makes engine powertrain systems and other high-tech components for major automakers.

Future Line LLC plans to construct a new 30,000 square foot facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with $3.8 million in new capital investment.

Vermeer Corporation plans a $118.3 million capital investment project to rebuild and expand its plants in Pella, Iowa, after tornado damage, supporting retention of 406 jobs.

Siculus, a subsidiary of Facebook, plans to construct a large data center facility adjacent to its current footprint in Altoona, Iowa, with $400 million in new capital investment and 31 jobs.

Hitachi Automotive Systems America plans a $100 million expansion of its factory in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, adding 100 jobs. The project could eventually grow to $330 million in total investment.

Swavelle and Mill Creek Fabrics, Inc. acquired indoor and outdoor performance fabric brand Bella-Dura and its parent company Wearbest Sil-Tex Mills. Bella-Dura will continue to be woven in its Garfield, New Jersey facility.

B.Braun is considering adding more facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida, and expects to grow its local workforce to at least 300 jobs as it gears up for full production next year. The company has already invested $340 million in the area.

Borealis officially opened a new polypropylene compounding plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina, adding 66 million lbs of capacity for thermoplastic olefin and short glass fibre compounds used in automotive parts. The plant came on stream in early Q1 2019.

Inventive LLC will build a new 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mountain Home, Idaho, along with a 20,000-square-foot corporate office center, to produce towing products, offroad gear, and fishing products. Construction is expected to be complete by September 2020.

Boehringer Ingelheim will invest about $22.4 million to increase its capacity to manufacture vaccines for livestock at its St. Joseph campus.

LifeLine Foods will expand its masa flour production by adding a second mill at its St. Joseph facility, with a total project cost of $12 million, creating 13 new jobs.

A joint venture between Lotte Chemical USA and Westlake Chemical Corp. opened a new chemical plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The 250-acre facility produces monoethylene glycol (MEG) with an annual capacity of 700,000 metric tons, making it the world's largest MEG plant. Development costs were $3.1 billion, and it is expected to generate 250 permanent jobs.

Ascend Performance Materials has submitted a permit application to expand adiponitrile capacity by 90 kilotonnes at its Decatur, Alabama facility. The expansion is the first phase of a planned 180 kt increase, with completion expected by 2022.

Sealed Unit Parts Co., Inc. (SUPCO) has become a national master distributor for Kulthorn aftermarket air conditioning and refrigeration compressors and condensing units. The compressors are available for immediate shipment from U.S. locations.

Medical device manufacturer Cogmedix has expanded into a new, custom-designed single-story headquarters in West Boylston, Massachusetts, occupied by nearly 200 employees. The facility includes engineering labs, cleanrooms, and a customer center.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, received a $1.13 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. Deliveries will begin in 2022.

Aisin AW will invest up to $400 million to build a new plant in North Carolina, USA, to produce automatic transmissions for SUVs and hybrid transmissions for EVs. Production is scheduled to begin in September 2021 with an annual capacity of 200,000 units, creating 900 jobs.

Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL) unveiled its first U.S. manufacturing operations in Dorchester County, South Carolina, a greenfield aluminum die-cast foundry built with a $90 million investment. The facility will create up to 230 jobs and begin production in September 2019.

Protective Industrial Products (PIP Global) has acquired Worldwide Protective Products LLC, a supplier of industrial hand protection and safety products based in Hamburg, NY. The acquisition expands PIP's product offering including metal-mesh gloves and protective sleeves.

Vineyard Wind has awarded Prysmian Group a contract valued at over $220 million to install the submarine power cable system for its offshore wind project delivering power to the New England grid, with provisions for hiring up to 100 local workers. Delivery is scheduled for 2021.

NPK Construction Equipment, a subsidiary of Japan's Nippon Pneumatic Manufacturing, has purchased Genesis Attachments LLC of Superior, Wisconsin, and its German affiliates Genesis Holdings and Genesis GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas plans to create 100 jobs and invest at least $100 million, with potential up to $330 million, in an expansion of its existing Monroe, Georgia facility to increase production capacity.

Halton Group opened a new 40,000-square-foot production unit in Kentucky, close to its existing plant, for manufacturing air handling units.