Siemens received orders from Pacific Gas and Electric to supply SF6-free dead-tank circuit breakers and gas-insulated switchgear for California's 115-kV grid. First delivery is scheduled for mid-2019.

FCC (Adams) LLC, an automotive clutch manufacturer, will invest over $24 million to expand its Berne, Indiana facility by 88,000 square feet, creating up to 51 new jobs. Groundbreaking is expected in February 2019.

Konecranes won an order from Port Houston for eight hybrid rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) with hybrid power packs. The cranes will be delivered in Q1 2020 to the Barbours Cut Terminal. The order was booked in Q4 2018.

Wienerberger, through its US subsidiary General Shale, has acquired Watsontown Brick, a brick company based in Pennsylvania. Watsontown Brick operates a production site with four manufacturing lines and a capacity of 92 million standard brick units.

CONMED Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Buffalo Filter LLC for $365 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2019.

Holroyd Precision Rotors, a division of Precision Technologies Group, has opened a new production cell in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, to supply compressor screw rotors to North American industrial air, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment producers. The facility represents a $12 million investment.

Packaging Corporation of America is set to buy a 42-acre city-owned site in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park in Richland for an estimated $1.9 million and plans a 400,000 to 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility creating about 150 jobs, with opening expected in early 2020.

Rohrer Industries, owned by ShoreView Industries, acquired Addison, Illinois-based Transparent Container, a retail packaging maker with more than 400 employees, adding thermoforming capacity. CFI USA acted as sell-side advisor. The announcement was dated 2018-12-13.

Special purpose acquisition company One Madison Corporation signed a definitive agreement with Rhone Capital affiliates to combine with Ranpak, a fiber-based protective packaging maker, at an anticipated enterprise value of about $1,089 million. The announcement was dated 2018-12-13.

Graham-Field celebrated the grand opening of its new global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, a 7.45-acre facility uniting corporate offices, a showroom, distribution center, and manufacturing for therapeutic support surfaces and specialty seating. The $10 million investment increases manufacturing capacity.

Owens Corning acquired an existing manufacturing facility in Blythewood, South Carolina, for $13.6 million. The company will convert a line to produce coated nonwoven products, creating 16 new jobs.

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office received an $18 million contract modification to exercise an option for technical analysis, engineering and integration on the V-22 aircraft platform for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and the government of Japan.

Taiwanese wire manufacturer Admiral Cable will expand to Santa Teresa, New Mexico, investing approximately $50 million to build a new facility starting at 65,000 square feet and eventually reaching nearly 175,000 square feet, creating up to 342 new manufacturing jobs.

Lokos Electronics received multiple contracts worth $419,000 from the US Air Force to supply 340.5kHz Band Pass Crystal Filters and LC Filters for a secure communications system, with delivery over 12 months.

Somic America, Inc. announced the SOMIC-FLEXX III packaging machine, designed for a food producer with diverse customer requirements. The machine is being fitted with special formats at Somic's Minnesota headquarters and is expected to be installed at its new home in the first quarter of 2019.

JW Aluminum started expansion of its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminum plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina, adding a 220,000 sq ft building and state-of-the-art equipment, resulting in 175 million lb of new capacity and 50 new jobs. Construction is expected to be complete in early 2020.

Shaw Industries Group is investing $250 million to expand its Andalusia, Alabama fiber manufacturing facility (Plant 65), which produces fiber for residential carpet. Construction began in 2017 and modernization will continue through 2020.

Diamond Mowers LLC purchased the ArborWolf brand skid-steer and tractor-mounted stump grinding product assets from Minnesota-based manufacturer WolfDesign. Terms were not disclosed.

Yinlun Machinery received a fixed-point procurement contract from General Motors to supply water-cooled intercoolers for the CSS625T platform. Mass production is scheduled to begin in September 2022, with estimated global sales of about $77.5 million over the product's lifecycle.

Wood has been awarded a major contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction services for a world-class plastics manufacturing facility along the US Gulf Coast, with a five-year term and peak deployment of about 1,100 employees.

Solvay has appointed Composites One as a new North America distributor for its process materials and tooling product lines, effective December 12, 2018.

Sparton Corporation announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management for $18.50 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 41%.

Arable Capital Partners has acquired Hydratec, Lodi Pump & Irrigation and Universal Irrigation & Supply, which will merge into a platform called Laurel Agriculture + Water Solutions. No financial terms were disclosed.

Italian valve manufacturer Fratelli Pettinaroli completed the full acquisition of Michigan-based Jomar Group, a maker of ball, butterfly and check valves, in summer 2018, following a 50% stake bought in 2001. The deal was reported on 2018-12-12.

Healthcare US Co., Ltd., a memory-foam mattress manufacturer, announced a $45 million investment to build a 650,000-square-foot facility in Winnsboro, South Carolina, creating 250 jobs. The facility is expected to launch in Q1 2019.

Dominion Energy announced the commissioning of the 1,588MW Greensville County Power Station in Virginia, a natural gas-fired plant built with a $1.3 billion investment.

AirBoss of America Corp. announced expansions at its rubber compounding plants in Scotland Neck, North Carolina and Kitchener, Ontario. The Scotland Neck expansion will add a new compounding line doubling capacity by July 2019; the Kitchener expansion will add a white and colour mixing line by March 2019.

VEGA Americas will build a 100,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing center in Geismar, Louisiana, with a $22.4 million capital investment, creating 120 new direct jobs.

LG Electronics USA signed a long-term supply agreement with AIR Control Concepts to provide advanced chillers for AI data centers in the United States and Canada, supporting over 5GW of capacity.

Norbac III International Co. was awarded an $8 million turnkey contract by Navistar to design, engineer, supply, install, and test over 100 rail and hoist systems for a new facility in San Antonio, Texas.

AIR Control Concepts acquired Midwest Machinery Company, a century-old HVAC manufacturers' representative serving Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Southern Illinois, and Northwest Arkansas.

Evo Design was awarded one of eight licenses to commercialize and manufacture the NASA-JPL VITAL Covid-19 Ventilator. The company has developed initial units and will begin production soon.

Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions, LLC absorbed and merged with Advanced Medical Predictive Devices, Diagnostics and Displays, LLC (AMP3D), effective April 1, 2025. AMP3D was a wholly owned subsidiary of Nihon Kohden since 2021.

Celanese agreed to acquire most of DuPont's Mobility and Materials unit for $11 billion, including engineering polymers and elastomers, with 5,000 employees and 29 manufacturing sites.

Ottenweller Contracting was awarded a $5,323,000 contract by Clay Township Regional Waste District to expand the Michigan Road Wastewater Treatment Plant in Clay, Michigan.

SCM Industries (Service Center Metals) broke ground on a state-of-the-art batch homogenizer at its plant in Prince George County, Virginia, as part of a plant expansion.

Cooper Standard licensed its lightweight elastomeric Fortrex material to PolyOne Corp., allowing PolyOne to sell Fortrex-based formulations into select consumer and industrial markets outside automotive. Cooper Standard retains exclusive rights for its own product lines.

Meridian Adhesives Group announced the acquisition of Evans Adhesive Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial adhesives. This is Meridian's fourth acquisition in 2018.

McDermott International was awarded a contract by Nan Ya Plastics Corporation to engineer, fabricate, and construct four stainless-steel umbrella roof tanks in Point Comfort, Texas, as part of Nan Ya's Ethylene Glycol II Expansion Project.

Constellium entered a binding agreement to acquire UACJ's 49% stake in Constellium-UACJ ABS joint venture in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for $100 million plus assumption of debt. The deal is expected to close by mid-January 2019.

Micron Technology broke ground on a $3 billion expansion of its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Manassas, Virginia, expected to create 1,100 jobs. Production is slated to start in the first half of 2020.

Brown and Caldwell was selected by the City of Palo Alto to provide design services for secondary treatment upgrades at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant. The $31 million project will span four years.

Lumentum Holdings Inc. has completed its acquisition of Oclaro, Inc., an optical components company, for approximately $1.8 billion. The combined company aims to achieve $60 million in synergies within 12-24 months.

W International, a manufacturer of large welded metal fabrications, will locate a new 451,000-square-foot production facility at the Bushy Park Industrial Complex in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The $35.2 million investment is expected to create more than 600 jobs.

Lincoln Electric acquired Coldwater Machine Company and Pro Systems LLC, two automation integrators, to expand its automated cutting and joining solutions portfolio. Combined annual revenue is approximately $55 million.

Allmand Bros., a Briggs & Stratton subsidiary, plans to expand its Holdrege, Nebraska facility with five new assembly lines, a prototyping lab, a new paint system and robotic weld cells. The expansion is expected to be complete at the end of 2019 and add 20 jobs.

DrinkPAK is building two new beverage production facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, at Eagle Parkway and Carter Park East. The Carter Park East site is 1.4 million square feet and is planned to create 450 jobs.

DMC Power, a maker of connection systems for transmission and substation projects, is converting a 168,000 sq ft former Nissan distribution facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi into a connector manufacturing center, investing $8 million and creating 125 jobs over five years.

Palmer Johnson broke ground on a 20,000 sq. ft. equipment reconditioning facility in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, set to open in June 2019. The center will increase production capacity 15-20 times current levels.

F and H Food Equipment Co. is nearing completion of a 60,000 sq. ft. distribution center and headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, costing $4 million. The company will move from its current location in January or February 2019.