Tenova was selected by JSW Steel (USA) to supply the melt shop technology for a greenfield plate and pipe facility in Baytown, Texas, including a Consteel Evolution EAF, ladle metallurgy furnaces, and a vacuum tank degasser.

Airbus will expand its current assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, to accommodate increased production of the A320 aircraft.

Airbus announced plans to build a new assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, to produce A220 aircraft, adjacent to its existing factory, with construction expected to begin in 2019 and first delivery in 2020.

Pro Medicus, through its US subsidiary Visage Imaging, signed a 7-year, AUD 27 million contract with Partners HealthCare to implement Visage 7 imaging technology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Saab has received an order worth approximately USD 66 million to deliver Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) to the U.S. Army. Deliveries are expected in 2019-2020, with production at Saab Barracuda in Lillington, North Carolina.

GE Aviation, headquartered in southwest Ohio, has been awarded a $13 million contract for engines from the U.S. and foreign governments.

MDU Resources Group Inc. acquired Sweetman Construction Co., a provider of aggregates, asphalt and ready-mix concrete in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota market.

Peckham Industries Inc. completed the acquisition of Palmer Paving Corp., a heavy highway construction and materials business based in Palmer, Massachusetts.

An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, in partnership with StonePoint Materials, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VantaCore Partners, a producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel. The deal aims to build a national aggregates and construction materials company.

CarbonLite Industries will build a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania to produce food-grade rPET pellets, under a contract with Nestlé Waters North America. The facility is expected to be in full production by early 2020.

Akoustis Technologies has received its first pre-production order from a Tier-1 SoC vendor for its AKF-1252 XBAW filter for a 5.2 GHz WiFi reference design. Shipments are expected in the current quarter.

Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli for a $650 million top-to-bottom overhaul of its Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Kentucky, converting it to a Danieli Quality Strip Production plant and increasing capacity to 3 million tons per year.

NextEra Energy Transmission agreed to acquire Trans Bay Cable, a 53-mile underwater transmission cable system in California, for approximately $1 billion including debt assumption.

Bio-Rad Laboratories was awarded a contract by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service for iQ-Check real-time PCR pathogen detection test kits and the iQ-Check Prep Automation System.

Danfoss Ventures acquired AAIM Controls, a supplier of custom-designed regulation and control automation solutions, on November 19, 2018.

Industrial technology company Colfax Corp. agreed to buy medical device maker DJO Global Inc. for $3.15 billion in cash.

Heimatec Inc., a live tooling market leader, announced it will become part of a new corporation, Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc., led by Preben Hansen who holds a majority stake.

Danfoss acquired AAIM Controls Inc., a US-based leader in industrial refrigeration control automation, to strengthen its position as a systems provider in industrial refrigeration.

The Arcticom Group acquired A&J Refrigeration, a California-based commercial refrigeration and HVAC services company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Precision Gear Inc. of College Point, NY acquired Arrow Gear Company of Downers Grove, Illinois on November 16, 2018, forming Precision Arrow Gear Group.

TAMCO, a brand of City Electric Supply, broke ground on a 420,000-square-foot manufacturing and assembly facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with over 50% dedicated to warehousing and order fulfillment. The facility is due to be completed in September 2019.

La Moderna, Mexico's largest pasta manufacturer, opened a new $50 million facility in Texas to expand into the U.S. market.

MRCOOL announced it has begun a preliminary study on the viability of a manufacturing facility in the Kentucky Opportunity Zone encompassing Mayfield, for domestic production of ductless air conditioners.

Siemens opened a new 300,000 sq. ft. turbine service center in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, with a $32 million investment. The facility supports approximately 150 employees and consolidates Power Generation Services work from two previous locations.

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. broke ground on a jointly owned automotive production plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The $1.6 billion facility will have capacity to build 300,000 vehicles per year and create up to 4,000 jobs, with production starting in 2021.

Beverly Knits Inc. has expanded its manufacturing footprint by purchasing finishing equipment and forming Altus Finishing LLC to offer dyeing, heatsetting, tumbling, shearing and specialty coatings for bedding, industrial and apparel markets.

Weber Metals Inc., a division of Otto Fuchs KG, unveiled a new $180 million, 60,000-ton hydraulic forging press at its facility in Paramount, California. The press is the highest tonnage forging press in the Americas and will forge large monolithic titanium and aluminum aerospace parts.

LyondellBasell's new Hyperzone polyethylene plant at the La Porte Complex in Texas is under construction, with key equipment installed. The $725 million project will have a capacity of 1.1 billion lbs/yr of high-density polyethylene and create 75 permanent jobs.

Seqirus, a CSL subsidiary, announced a $140 million expansion of its Holly Springs manufacturing facility in North Carolina to increase capacity for formulation, fill and finish of cell-based and adjuvanted influenza vaccines. The expansion will create 120 permanent jobs and is expected to be complete by 2020.

Krohne Inc. has begun manufacturing the updated Waterflux 3070 battery powered water meter at its newly opened facility in Beverly, Massachusetts. The device is the first all-in-one water meter with integrated pressure and temperature sensor.

American Securities LLC has closed its acquisition of CPM Holdings, a global supplier of engineered process equipment for animal feed, oilseed processing, extrusion and thermal processing markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Wanhua Chemical announced it will build a new $1.25 billion MDI manufacturing complex in Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana, with a capacity of 400 kilotons per year. Construction is set to start in 2019 and operations to begin in 2021.

Moline Machinery LLC broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot addition to its facility in West Duluth, Minnesota, to support its industrial bakery machinery product line. The project is expected to be completed in 2019.

Inteva Products announced a multi-million dollar investment and job creation at its technical center in Vandalia, Ohio, for Interior Systems R&D, supported by a $3 million JobsOhio grant and local grants.

LBP Manufacturing, a US foodservice packaging company, acquired Dominion QSR, the quick-service restaurant packaging unit of Dominion Packaging. Dominion QSR operates a 240,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in the US. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Agilyx signed a collaborative agreement with Monroe Energy to supply up to 2,500 barrels per day of Agilyx Synthetic Crude Oil (ASCO) derived from mixed plastics, to be refined into jet fuel for Delta Airlines.

PMI Aerospace completed a 21,000 square-foot addition and office remodel at its Rockford, Illinois headquarters to increase capacity for precision machined aerospace components.

Klein Tools, Inc. acquired Ergodyne, a provider of workplace safety solutions, from Tenacious Holdings, Inc. Ergodyne will operate as a separate business unit in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation completed its acquisition of KMG Chemicals, Inc., making KMG a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal extends Cabot's position in semiconductor consumable materials.

Komatsu Mining Corp announced plans to build a $47 million customer support and service center in Elko, Nevada, and a $300 million headquarters and manufacturing campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee campus will include advanced machine, heat treat, and fabrication shops, with completion expected in 2022.

NCI Building Systems shareholders voted to approve the merger with Ply Gem Parent, LLC. The merger is expected to close on November 16, 2018, creating a leading exterior building products company.

Versarien plc received an order for 1 kg of its graphene nano platelets from a design and manufacturing company for use in fire retardant aircraft interior parts for a major global airline. The parts have FAA certification.

A consortium led by Tecnimont S.p.A., including Performance Contractors Inc., was awarded a reimbursable contract by Exxon Mobil Corporation for front end engineering design and early procurement activities for new process units at a U.S. petrochemical complex. The initial activities are worth about $230 million.

Vermeer Corporation announced its purchase of Vac-Tron Equipment LLC, a vacuum excavation equipment manufacturer based in Okahumpka, Florida. Vac-Tron will be integrated with McLaughlin Group Inc., which Vermeer acquired in 2017, under the combined group Vermeer MV Solutions.

CarbonLITE plans a new 200,000-square-foot rPET processing facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, expected to be in full production by early 2020. It is expected to produce 80 million pounds per year of food-grade rPET pellets.

Royal Box Group, a division of Schwarz Partners, acquired Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania-based corrugated packaging maker Mid-Atlantic Packaging, with Mesirow Financial as exclusive financial advisor. The announcement is dated 15 November 2018.

A-T Controls acquired the assets of Mighty Instruments of Houston, Texas, according to a Valve Manufacturers Association notice dated 15 November 2018.

Oxiteno celebrated the official opening of its first alkoxylation plant in Pasadena, Texas, on Nov. 14, 2018, with an annual capacity of 375 million pounds.

The F-35 Joint Program Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $22.7 billion undefinitized contract action to fund more than 250 F-35 aircraft across LRIP Lots 12, 13, and 14. The contract obligates $6 billion for 255 aircraft, with deliveries starting in 2020.

Tyson Fresh Meats announced a $36 million expansion of its Wallula, Washington beef processing plant, adding 48,000 square feet and a new production line. The project will create 45 jobs and is expected to begin distribution by June 1, 2019.