KNAPP Inc. was awarded a contract to provide automated order fulfillment, value-added manufacturing and warehousing systems for Digi-Key Electronics' new 2.2 million square foot expansion facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The facility is under construction and will begin operations in 2021.

GD Copper USA plans to invest $3.5 million in its precision copper products manufacturing facility in Wilcox County, Alabama, creating up to 40 new jobs. The expansion could bring total employment to 400.

The design-build team of McCarthy HITT, with Black & Veatch Gensler JV and Akima, LLC, has been awarded a $711.7 million contract to build the Next NGA West campus in St. Louis, Missouri. The total project budget is approximately $1.7 billion.

Chemetall, the surface treatment business unit of BASF's Coatings division, has closed the acquisition of the automotive paint detackification business of Polymer Ventures, Inc., including all shares of Galaxy Chemical Corporation.

Zierke Built Manufacturing plans to purchase a laser cutter and a brake press and hire 20 additional employees over three years at its Fairmont, Minnesota facility. The Fairmont Economic Development Authority approved forgiving $60,000 of a $300,000 state loan to support the expansion.

Stanadyne LLC acquired Pure Power Technologies Inc., a leader in diesel fuel injectors and turbochargers headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The acquisition combines complementary product lines in fuel and air management systems.

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial automation equipment distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, alongside management. The deal was announced on April 9, 2019 and no value was disclosed.

HANS Water and Power, through SI Capital, received approval for a 500,000-square-foot assembly plant in Lyon Township, Michigan, to employ at least 200 people. Construction is expected to start in summer or fall 2019.

Navitas Systems LLC has secured a new 100,000 square foot building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, dedicated to production of its Starlifter lithium forklift batteries. The move will expand annual capacity to 5,000 Starlifters.

Harris Corporation announced in April 2019 it would sell its night vision operations to Elbit Systems in a deal valued at $350 million.

L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation are merging in a deal approved by shareholders, expected to close later in 2019. The combined company will be L3 Harris Technologies.

InTech Aerospace LLC has expanded its main MRO facility near George Bush Intercontinental Airport to over 60,000 sq. ft. and added technology improvements including powder coating, thermoforming, engineering support, build-to-print assets, and 3-D printing. The expansion commenced in 2017 and continued through 2018.

US Med-Equip acquired Medical Support Products, a regional provider of hospital respiratory products and movable medical equipment rentals, headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The deal expands USME's footprint in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

Plastics Color Corporation has installed and commissioned a new high-output compounding line from ENTEK at its plant in Asheboro, North Carolina in January 2019. The line includes an ENTEK HR3-73mm twin-screw extruder and was designed to increase capacity for medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging applications.

Hyster-Yale plans to add 160,000 square feet to its manufacturing facility in Berea, Kentucky, increasing its size by 30 percent. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2019.

SANY America, the U.S. subsidiary of China's SANY, will transition from semi-knocked-down assembly to completely-knocked-down manufacturing of excavators at its Peachtree City, Georgia plant in June 2019. The company plans to increase manufacturing jobs from 25 to over 300 within five years and eventually build a larger facility.

EasyPak, LLC acquired James L. Villa, Inc., a custom thermoformed and injection molded packaging manufacturer in Oldsmar, Florida, adding a Southeastern manufacturing facility.

Tri-Lift NC Inc. opened a new 13,000 square-foot full-service material handling facility in Garner, North Carolina, to serve the Eastern North Carolina market.

Boyd Corporation, an industry leader in thermal management and environmental sealing, acquired PiMEMS, an advanced R&D organization developing titanium micro technologies and ultra-thin devices. The acquisition adds intellectual property in micro and nano metal fabrication to Boyd's portfolio.

Emerson announced a $49 million investment in a 140,000 sq ft global headquarters in Brookfield, Connecticut, for its Branson assembly technologies line. Groundbreaking is set for June 2019 with opening expected in late 2020.

Marlboro Development Team will develop a new 125,000 sq ft build-to-suit facility for contract manufacturer Multi-Pack Solutions in Greenville, South Carolina, consolidating its production and serving as headquarters. Delivery is scheduled for Q4 2019.

Collins Aerospace is transforming 25,000 square feet inside its Harrison Avenue plant in Rockford, Illinois into a high-tech lab called 'The Grid', investing $50 million to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems. The lab will support the development of a demonstration jet based on a Bombardier Dash 8-100 aircraft, and is expected to create 50 new jobs over three years.

Danimer Scientific is retrofitting a manufacturing plant in Kentucky to produce PHA bioplastic from canola oil. The plant is expected to open by September 2019 and will be the world's first commercial PHA production plant.

Seisa Medical acquired Burpee MedSystems, a manufacturer of stents and delivery systems, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was funded through Seisa's $52 million senior secured credit facility.

Marco Polo International and Global Plastics have merged with ITOCHU to form MGI International, a leading U.S.-based plastic resin distributor with a growing international footprint.

Borden Dairy recently purchased an integrated system from Douglas Machine to increase speed and provide gentler product handling for gallon and half-gallon milk jugs.

Constellium N.V. signed a multi-year contract with Blue Origin to supply Airware® aluminium plates and sheets for Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital rocket. The products will be supplied from Constellium's plants in Issoire, France, and Ravenswood, West Virginia, USA.

Cache Creek Industries LLC partnered with Rockmont Capital Partners Ltd to acquire Automated Business Power Inc., a designer and manufacturer of integrated communications and uninterruptible power systems for military applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Chemours launched a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) low-GWP refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas. The $300 million project triples global capacity of HFO-1234yf-based products.

Bolzoni Auramo Inc. is expanding production capacity in the United States by shifting manufacturing to a new 300,000 square foot plant in Sulligent, Alabama. The facility will produce forklift truck attachments.

Watsco, Inc. completed the acquisition of DASCO Supply, a distributor of air conditioning and heating products based in Whippany, New Jersey, with seven locations in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. DASCO had revenues of approximately $56 million in 2018.

Heartland Equity Partners partnered with the leadership team of Spectrum Aeromed to acquire the company, which designs and manufactures customized air ambulance equipment. All 24 employees in Fargo will stay with the company.

American Elite Molding LLC added three 3,550-ton Sumitomo injection molding machines at its 75,000-square-foot facility in Crestview, Florida, with a fourth machine due in early 2020. The expansion will create at least 20 new jobs.

The US Navy awarded Moog Inc. $84.8 million for repair work on three items for the V-22 Osprey aircraft.

AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Company awarded SMS group an order to supply a new Online Spiral Pipe Mill for a greenfield plant (Plant 3) in Paris, Texas, to produce spiral-welded steel pipes.

The Cook & Boardman Group, a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co., acquired A3 Communications, a systems integrator of electronic security and networking technologies.

Dunes Point Capital sold Miller Chemical & Fertilizer to Huber Engineered Materials, a subsidiary of J.M. Huber Corporation.

The US Army awarded Persistent Systems a network modernisation contract to deliver MPU5 networked radios.

EG-GILERO, a medical device contract manufacturer, plans to invest more than $4 million and create 60 jobs in a 40,000-square-foot industrial space in downtown Pittsboro, North Carolina.

Standard Motor Products acquired certain assets and liabilities of the Pollak business of Stoneridge Inc. for approximately $40 million. The business distributes engine management products including sensors, switches and connectors.

Fibrotex USA is establishing a new manufacturing facility in Stearns, Kentucky, to produce Ultra-Light Camouflage Netting System (ULCANS) for the US Army. The facility involves a 28,000 sq ft renovation and a 53,250 sq ft expansion, totaling 81,250 sq ft.

TSL Products, a designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, has acquired DNF Controls, a U.S.-based provider of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine solutions. The acquisition expands TSL's presence in the broadcast control systems market.

Triumph Group's Aerospace Structures business unit has entered a definitive agreement to assign the contract for manufacturing structural components for the Embraer E2 program to AeroSpace Technologies of Korea (ASTK). ASTK will take over fuselage fabrication, assembly, and transport to Embraer's Brazilian facility.

Pharmaceutics International (Pii) has purchased a GENiSYS R aseptic small batch filling and closing machine from Automated Systems of Tacoma (AST) and will collaborate on its installation at Pii's Hunt Valley, MD facility. The companies will also co-promote the system.

American Industrial Partners (AIP) has closed its acquisition of Current, powered by GE, a provider of digital lighting and energy management systems, from GE. The deal includes a long-term licensing agreement for Current to continue using the GE brand.

Multimatic Indiana Inc. announced plans to invest $25 million in its New Haven, Indiana facility, pending city council approval of a 52-acre property designation.

Synectic Product Development, a subsidiary of Mack Molding, invested over $1 million to relocate from Milford to a newly-renovated 10,000+ sq ft facility in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The move quadrupled assembly space and doubled the machine shop.

Toyota announced a $288 million expansion of its Huntsville, Alabama engine plant, adding two new engine lines and increasing annual capacity from 670,000 to 900,000 engines by end of 2021. The project will create 450 jobs.

Italian OEM Epta S.p.A has acquired Kysor Warren from Lennox International for $49 million in cash, creating a new company called Kysor Warren Epta US Corp. The deal closed on March 29, 2019, and gives Epta a foothold in North and Central American markets.

Caloris Engineering, LLC has acquired equipment fabricator Seitz Stainless of Avon, Minnesota, to be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition adds in-house manufacturing to Caloris' capabilities for dairy, food, and beverage processing equipment.