Generac Power Systems opened a new 490,000-square-foot distribution center in Janesville, Wisconsin, employing 80 people in material handling, shipping, and receiving. The center will ship service parts and finished products.

Vigor will open a new facility in Vancouver, Washington, at the former Christensen Yachts site, to fulfill a $1 billion U.S. Army contract for landing craft. The site will be fully operational by early 2020, employing up to 400.

Vigor announced it will close its aluminum workboat plant in Frelard, Seattle, and move to Vancouver, Washington, to prepare for a 10-year, $1 billion U.S. Army contract to build landing craft. 50 employees will be offered jobs at the new site. The Frelard site will phase out by January 2020.

McDermott International, along with joint venture partners Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, was awarded a mega contract by Golden Pass Products LLC (a JV of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil) to build an LNG export project in Sabine Pass, Texas, with three trains totaling ~16 MTPA capacity. Work starts Q1 2019, completion in 2024.

Intel acknowledged it will soon start building a massive new semiconductor factory in Oregon.

PeroxyChem obtained final acceptance from the City of Memphis to start operation of its peracetic acid disinfection system at the Maynard C. Stiles Wastewater Treatment Facility, and is building a production plant adjacent to the facility.

Alfa Laval won an order worth approximately SEK 160 million to supply decanters to a municipal waste water treatment plant in the southwestern US. Deliveries are scheduled for 2019.

Resonetics announced the acquisition of Caribou Technologies, a Minnesota-based supplier of centerless grinding, forming, coiling, machining and laser processing for the medical device industry.

Ossid, a brand of ProMach, has been named the U.S. master distributor for REEPACK's thermoformers and tray sealers. Ossid will handle sales and support for the Italian OEM's products in the United States.

CPI Aerostructures was awarded a contract from Sikorsky worth about $1 million to manufacture a structural assembly for use in the interior of Sikorsky helicopters. Work begins immediately with first delivery in early 2019.

Air Transport Services Group's subsidiary LGSTX Services acquired TriFactor Distribution Solutions, a material handling systems integrator based in Lakeland, FL.

Dow Coating Materials appointed Palmer Holland as its exclusive channel partner for ROSHIELD and ROVACE product sales across the United States, effective February 5, 2019.

Lennox International announced plans to sell its Kysor/Warren business, a manufacturer of refrigerated merchandisers and systems, aiming to close the sale in the first quarter of 2019.

PPC Flexible Packaging, based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, announced its acquisition of Pewaukee, Wisconsin-based HFM Packaging, a maker of labels and pouches for cosmetics, personal care and pharma.

The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works a contract worth up to $719 million for DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer integrated planning yard services. The initial award is $126 million for the first year, with four option years.

Intel confirmed plans to build a third phase (module) of its D1X manufacturing complex in Hillsboro, Oregon. The project is expected to cost billions of dollars and construction is planned to begin in 2019, contingent on market conditions.

Stellex Capital Management acquired Paragon Metals, a maker of precision machined components and assemblies with three facilities in southern Michigan, serving automotive, heavy truck and general industrial markets. No financial terms were disclosed.

Lewis Machine & Tool is moving production from Milan, Illinois to a new 75,000-square-foot factory in Eldridge, Iowa, costing $7.3 million. Construction began in November 2018, and the facility will consolidate three sites, relocating 128 jobs and creating 50 new ones.

RG Group has acquired The Proud Company, an industrial automation solution provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 4, 2019.

Tvitec has signed a €5 million contract to supply glass for the large glass dome of Google's new headquarters under construction in Mountain View, California.

Sundaram-Clayton Limited is expanding its Dorchester County, South Carolina facility with a $40 million investment, adding 78,000 square feet and creating 100 new jobs to increase aluminum die-casting capacity.

Valmont-Newmark expanded its Bellville, Texas plant, installing a closed-loop process-water recycling system including a Liebherr Concrete Reclaimer, ALAR Auto-Vac Cement Fines Slurry Filter, and Fortrans CO2 pH Adjustment System.

United Pipe & Steel and Merfish Pipe & Supply are combining under Merfish Pipe Holdings, majority owned by One Equity Partners. The merger creates the largest master distributor of standard pipe products in the US.

Toray Plastics (America) is investing in a new 8.7-meter polypropylene film line at its North Kingstown, Rhode Island plant, with start-up anticipated in 2020. The project includes a new building to house the equipment.

Celanese plans to expand its acetic acid capacity in Clear Lake, Texas, from 1.3 million metric tons to 2 million metric tons per year by 2021, following an agreement to buy a synthesis gas plant from Linde.

Medical equipment maker Baxter International is expanding a plant in Cleveland, Mississippi, with plans to add 50 to 100 new employees in about two years.

Kruger Plastic Products changed its corporate identity to Springboard Manufacturing and launched a new website.

Kruger Plastic Products, a portfolio company of HC Private Investments, acquired Northern California Injection Molding and El Dorado Molds (NCIM), creating a leading manufacturer of custom injection molding tooling and parts. The combined business has facilities in California, Michigan and North Carolina with over 250 employees.

General Electric Aviation was selected by the US Army for a $517 million contract to complete engineering and manufacturing development work on its T901-GE-900 turbine engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).

CeloNova BioSciences signed a three-year group purchasing agreement with HealthTrust for its COBRA PzF NanoCoated Coronary Stent System, effective February 1, 2019.

De Nora acquired the Albuquerque-based MIOX business from Johnson Matthey, adding mixed oxidant on-site generation technology to its water purification portfolio.

Schneider Electric announced it will close its Square D factory in Peru, Indiana, affecting 306 workers. Production is being shifted to other states and Mexico. The plant makes switchgear and switchboard apparatus.

Vigor Industrial will take over the former Christensen Yachts facility in Vancouver, Washington, to execute a $1 billion, 10-year U.S. Army contract for landing craft. The project is expected to employ up to 400 people. Concurrently, Vigor will close its Ballard plant and move about 60 jobs from Clackamas, Oregon to Vancouver.

Innovative Foodservice Group (IFG), a portfolio company of Trivest Partners, acquired JES Restaurant Equipment, Inc., a South Carolina-based foodservice equipment distributor. This is IFG's second acquisition as a Trivest portfolio company.

Vermeer Corporation purchased Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC, a Florida-based vacuum excavation equipment manufacturer, and plans to integrate it with McLaughlin Group, Inc. (acquired in 2017) under the combined group Vermeer MV Solutions.

CenterPoint Energy and Vectren Corp. announced the completion of their merger. Vectren shareholders received $72 per share in cash, and the combined company is headquartered in Houston with $29 billion in assets.

DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Natural Insulation Products Inc. (NIPI) announced a collaboration to create a new insulation category combining DuPont Sorona fibers and Thindown fabric.

Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) announced a majority equity financing led by Cerium Technology. Proceeds will increase R&D, upgrade equipment, and complete a new 8-inch wafer fabrication line.

LafargeHolcim acquired the assets of Transit Mix Concrete Co., a building materials supplier in Colorado, for $27 million. The acquisition includes ready-mix operations and the Daniels Sand Quarry.

Rehab Medical, Inc. announced its merger with Cork Medical, creating two divisions focused on custom advanced medical equipment and wound care products. The combined company employs over 350 people.

Steel Dynamics entered a definitive agreement to acquire 75% of United Steel Supply, a distributor of painted Galvalume flat roll steel, for $134 million including assumed debt.

Alamo Group announced plans to build a new $15 million manufacturing facility for its Super Products vacuum trucks operation in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. The plant is expected to commence operations in Q1 2020.

Alro Steel has purchased certain assets of Riverfront Steel, a metals distributor in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 85 employees and a 115,000 square foot facility.

Navitas Semiconductor and Digi-Key Electronics have announced a distribution agreement for worldwide availability of Navitas' GaNFast power ICs.

Epiroc has acquired the assets of Noland Drilling Equipment, a US distributor of water well drilling equipment based in Roanoke, Virginia. The purchase price was not disclosed.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES has chosen Cadence Design Systems as the primary EDA tool vendor for its Avera Semi subsidiary for advanced node chip design projects.

The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District awarded an $87 million contract to OHL USA, Inc. for construction of an advanced water treatment facility to remove chloride from water.

The U.S. Army selected GE Aviation's T901-GE-900 engine for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to re-engine AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

LLOG Exploration awarded McDermott International an EPCI contract for the Stonefly subsea tieback to the Ram Powell TLP in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The Alkaline Water Company extended its co-packing partnership with Western Group Packaging, which will produce new flavoured Alkaline88 water products at its Nevada packaging facility.