GE Renewable Energy reached an agreement with Stanton Energy Reliability Center to integrate battery energy storage systems with two LM6000 gas turbines, creating a 98 MW hybrid resource in the Los Angeles Basin.

Enjet Aero announced the acquisition of Admill Machine, a precision machined parts supplier for turbine engine manufacturers, located in New Britain, Connecticut.

Russian aluminum giant Rusal plans to invest $200 million in an aluminum rolling mill that Braidy Industries intends to build near Ashland, Kentucky, assuming a 40 percent ownership share.

LifePort and Enflite announced that former employees Jason Darley, Kevin Kieper, and Frank Graham, along with a private investor, have acquired the company. Darley becomes CEO and president, Kieper returns as VP and GM at Enflite, and Graham as VP of sales and business development.

Westin Automotive has added Superwinch, a manufacturer of electric and hydraulic winches and accessories, to its family of automotive products.

Caterpillar and Weiler Forestry entered a definitive agreement for Weiler to acquire Cat's purpose-built forestry product line and operations in LaGrange, Ga., Auburn, Ala., and Smithfield, N.C. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2019.

Rusal will take a 40% stake and supply a low-carbon aluminum rolling mill under construction in Kentucky, led by Braidy Industries. The $200 million investment will produce metal for auto and aerospace sectors.

Ovivo Inc. acquired Westech Industrial Inc., doing business as Varec Biogas, a leader in biogas safety and handling equipment. The acquisition was announced on April 15, 2019.

Gentex was awarded a $95 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by U.S. Special Operations Command for ballistic and nonballistic tactical headgear. Work will be performed in Simpson, Pennsylvania through April 2024.

Merck has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Versum Materials, Inc. for $53 per share in cash, creating a leading electronic materials player for the semiconductor and display industries.

RUSAL and Braidy Industries announced a joint project to construct a greenfield aluminium rolling mill in Ashland, Kentucky, with design capacity of 500,000 tons of hot rolled band and 300,000 tons of cold rolled products annually. RUSAL will invest $200 million for a 40% stake.

Novelis held a ribbon cutting in Warren, Ohio, to mark the completion of a $4.5 million upgrade to pretreatment and coating capabilities for aluminum beverage can sheet. The investment was first announced in November 2017.

Braidy Industries and En+ Group subsidiary Rusal signed a letter of intent for a $200 million investment in the Braidy Atlas mill in Ashland, Kentucky. Rusal will obtain a 40% stake and be the exclusive supplier of low-carbon aluminum slabs.

American Polymers Corporation (dba Polycoat Products) completed a new facility in Bedford, Texas, adding 111,000 square feet of building footprint including 10,000 square feet of office space. The facility will handle additional manufacturing for truckbed liners and waterproofing coatings.

BHGE was selected as key supplier of Masoneilan control valves and Consolidated safety relief valves for Venture Global's LNG liquefaction facility in Louisiana. The order covers nearly 1,000 valves for the first phase of the 10 MTPY project.

Starbucks expanded its packaging line at the Kent, Washington roasting plant, installing a 200hp variable speed compressor and upgrading the compressed air system.

Byrd Cookie Company installed a 170-foot production line at its Savannah facility, increasing baking capacity by 8-10 times to 2 billion cookies per year.

USSOCOM awarded Gentex a $95 million IDIQ contract to supply Ops-Core FAST SF helmets for the Family of Tactical Headborne Systems.

Alpex Protection (France) and Calko (Canada) formed a joint venture, Alpex USA, in February 2022 to supply high-performance technical textiles in North America.

ProMach, a packaging machinery company, acquired Quest Industrial, a robotic integration solutions provider based in Wisconsin. The acquisition expands ProMach's robotics capabilities for food, beverage, and other industries.

The City of Houston, with regional water authorities, is expanding the Northeast Water Purification Plant from 80 mgd to 400 mgd. Construction is underway on a 90-acre site, with a joint venture of CDM Smith and Jacobs Engineering awarded the contract.

Matalco Inc. is building a greenfield aluminum remelt facility in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, with an $80 million investment. The plant will produce over 230 million pounds of billet annually and employ 30 permanent staff.

Elemaster U.S. celebrated the opening of a new high-tech electronic equipment design and manufacturing facility in Duluth, Georgia. The $3 million site houses 40 staff members with plans for 20 additional jobs in 2019.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc. will acquire all outstanding equity of Pon Material Handling NA, Inc., which operates as Equipment Depot, a U.S. material handling equipment dealer. The share transfer is anticipated by July 1, 2019.

BASF announced it will proceed with the second phase of its MDI production expansion at its Geismar, Louisiana complex, with an $87 million investment. The project will double MDI capacity to around 600,000 metric tons, with completion scheduled for 2021.

Smith-Midland Corporation has been contracted by W. M. Jordan Company to produce and install precast concrete SlenderWall panels for Ferguson Enterprises' new $82 million headquarters in Newport News, Virginia.

Cascade Corporation and Meijer Handling Solutions have established Cascade-KOOI, a joint venture in North America, to offer material handling equipment including KOOI-REACHFORKS and ROLLERFORKS. The joint venture is equally owned and managed by both companies.

Mitsubishi Logisnext, a forklift manufacturer and subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, announced the acquisition of PON Material Handling NA (PMH) in Texas, effective July 1, 2019. The acquisition value is estimated at around 20 billion yen.

Rolls-Royce secured a contract with Air Premia to supply Trent 1000 TEN engines for 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, including a long-term TotalCare support agreement.

Lipari Foods selected Plug Power to provide GenDrive fuel cells and GenFuel hydrogen fueling station solutions for its electric material handling vehicles at its Warren, Michigan campus.

Northrop Grumman received a $3 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft across Lots 7 to 11, with work through August 2026.

Subsea services group Acteon has agreed to acquire offshore marine geotechnical and geophysical survey company Benthic. Benthic, headquartered in Houston, Texas, adds deepwater surveying capabilities with its PROD technology.

CSI Compressco LP completed the relocation and expansion of its East Texas facility from Longview to a 15-acre site in Kilgore, Texas, creating a Center of Excellence for compressor repair, overhaul and aftermarket parts. The facility is staffed by 35 personnel.

Meggitt has been awarded a contract worth up to $37 million by General Dynamics Land Systems to provide the Auxiliary Cooling and Power System for the Abrams programme. The article is dated April 11, 2019.

Siemens will supply three Dresser-Rand 5HHE-VL reciprocating compressors for a new steam methane reformer in Texas, which will become the largest hydrogen production unit in the U.S. when completed in 2021. Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020.

AIMS Companies, a national industrial services company, acquired Landshark, a hydro-excavation company based in Pearland, Texas, to expand its operations in the Texas market.

Wieland Group will acquire all outstanding shares of Global Brass and Copper Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at $44 per share, representing a 27% premium. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2019.

Toyota Boshoku America will invest over $50 million to open a manufacturing facility in Athens, Alabama, producing seat systems for Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA. The plant will create about 400 jobs.

Wieland-Werke AG acquired Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. in an all-cash merger valued at approximately US$999 million.

Metalex Manufacturing Inc. ordered a 6-axis Droop+Rein T portal machining center from Starrag for its new Center for Advanced Large Manufacturing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

LG Chem has acquired key technologies, including R&D facilities and materials/equipment, for producing soluble organic light emitting diodes (OLED) from DuPont, in a deal valued at US$175 million.

Qorvo has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Active-Semi International, a private fabless supplier of programmable analog power solutions, to expand its Infrastructure and Defense Products group.

Alpla Inc. held a groundbreaking for a new $6.9 million facility in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, adding 60,000 square feet of warehouse space. The groundbreaking was celebrated on April 10, 2019.

Liebherr USA, Co. is expanding its Newport News, Virginia campus with a $45 million project including a new headquarters building and a second workshop for mobile and crawler cranes, adding over 251,000 square feet. Completion is scheduled for 2020.

Dragon Products, LLC completed the acquisition of specific assets of Vantage Trailers, Inc., including assets, trademarks, patents, and design rights for aluminum bulk aggregate, dump, and pneumatic trailers. Terms were not disclosed.

InCord, a manufacturer of custom safety netting solutions, opened a new manufacturing facility in Oakdale, Connecticut, dedicated to its material handling product line, increasing capacity and streamlining workflow.

Barron Industries was awarded a $3 million renewable one-year contract from General Dynamics Land Systems to supply precision cast components for the upgrade of M1A1 Abrams tanks to M1A2 SEPv3 configuration. The company also received a $4 million contract for Stryker A1 upgrade parts.

Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a significant follow-on order from SES Networks for Heights Networking Platform equipment to support global mobility services, focused on the maritime cruise market.

Aegion Corporation's subsidiary Insituform Technologies was awarded a $5 million contract from the City of Phoenix to rehabilitate over 32 miles of wastewater pipelines using CIPP technology. Work is expected to begin in mid-2019.

Graco Supply Company entered into an agreement to acquire E.V. Roberts, creating the largest aerospace-focused specialty chemicals distributor in North America. The transaction unites 140 years of combined aerospace materials expertise.