Plastipak Packaging will invest $10 million in its Garland, Texas production facility, a roughly 400,000 square foot plant operating since 1996, expected to create six new jobs.

Weir Minerals completed moving Delta Industrial valve manufacturing into its St Louis, Missouri facility, adding 5,000 sq ft of manufacturing space, 15,000 sq ft of warehouse space and extra shifts and staff.

Airframes Alaska has acquired Alaska Tent and Tarp, creator of the Arctic Oven Tent and other arctic-grade fabric products. The acquisition will allow Airframes Alaska to manufacture specialized textile product lines at facilities in Fairbanks and Anchorage.

The U.S. Army awarded Dominion Privatization South Carolina a 50-year contract to operate and maintain Fort Jackson's electric utility system, valued at $142 million. Work begins in April 2019.

Uponor North America celebrated the grand opening of a 237,000-square-foot expansion in Hutchinson, Minnesota. The $6.35 million facility has produced over 30 million feet of PEX tubing and added more than 40 jobs.

Taihan Electric Wire Co. has won two contracts worth $22 million to supply medium-voltage distribution cables to two electric companies in California.

Ternium USA Inc. will invest $14.7 million to expand and upgrade its facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Shreveport, Louisiana, adding 42,000 metric tons per year of coated steel capacity and creating 6 new direct jobs.

Micron Technology will acquire Intel's stake in their joint venture IM Flash Technologies for about $1.5 billion in cash plus assuming Intel's debt of about $1 billion, taking full control of the venture.

Groupe Plastivaloire signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of US plastics group TransNav, which has three industrial sites in Michigan, Kentucky, and Mexico, and expects 2018 revenue over $105 million.

Precision Cut Industries Inc. broke ground to expand its manufacturing space by 14,000 square feet and office space by 3,000 square feet at its headquarters in Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Arrowhead Products named STS Component Solutions an authorized distribution partner for its commercial aftermarket products. STS will provide global support and expanded repair and exchange capabilities.

Skyway Precision Inc. acquired the assets of Bellwright Mfg. LLC, a manufacturer of CNC machined components for commercial truck, agricultural, utility vehicle, automotive, and appliance markets.

Saab received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the T-X Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft programme, valued at approximately $117.6 million. The order runs until 2022 and includes testing, certification, and delivery of five jets.

Getinge's Atrium Medical has agreed to sell its biosurgery business, which makes soft tissue reinforcement devices, to HJ Capital 1, parent of SeCQure Surgical. The deal covers all assets and liabilities except mesh liability claims, with no material financial impact.

GE's Distributed Power business and Clarke Energy USA will supply a turnkey 7.7-MW combined heat and power plant to Sebewaing Light & Water in Michigan. The plant will use two Jenbacher natural gas turbines and is expected to save the utility over $1.4 million per year.

ePac Flexible Packaging is purchasing 20 HP Indigo 20000 digital presses from HP Inc., the largest deal ever for HP's packaging business, estimated at over $100 million. The presses will be installed at sites throughout the US by 2020.

Austal USA was awarded a $57,854,366 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the U.S. Navy for long-lead-time material and production engineering for the expeditionary fast transport (EPF) 13. Work is expected to be completed by November 2021.

Honeywell has formed a strategic collaboration with Fetch Robotics to provide distribution centers with autonomous mobile robots for e-commerce order fulfillment, adding mobility to Honeywell Intelligrated's robotics portfolio.

Ball Corporation and One Energy Enterprises plan three additional wind turbines near Ball's Findlay, Ohio metal packaging plant, to supply about 30 percent of the plant's power needs. The project costs about $9 million, financed by One Energy.

XPV Water Partners made a significant investment to support the merger of Atlas Manufacturing and Screening Systems International, creating Atlas-SSI, a full-service producer of custom industrial water intake systems in North America.

Dutchland Plastics opened a new 50,000-square-foot factory in Canastota, New York, creating 45 new jobs, producing gas tanks and fenders for Ferris Industries.

UTC Aerospace Systems signed a letter of intent for a strategic collaboration with Aernnova Aerospace to advance aircraft structural composites design for the commercial supersonics market.

Huvis Indorama Advanced Materials, a joint venture between Indorama Ventures and Huvis Corp., is launching new manufacturing operations at Auriga Polymers' campus in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, with a $48 million investment and 50 new jobs, producing low melting fiber with 60,000 tons annual capacity.

Aakash Chemicals & Dye-Stuffs, a supplier of colorants and specialty chemicals, acquired Sandream Impact, a supplier of colorants and specialty chemicals to the cosmetic, personal care and nutritional markets.

Synopsys was selected by DARPA for the POSH program under the Electronics Resurgence Initiative to develop signoff-quality emulation technology for mixed-signal SoCs, in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Analog Devices.

FPS Food Process Solutions, a Canadian food processing equipment company, opened a new parts and service center in Cartersville, Georgia, its first U.S. office, to support self-stacking spiral freezers.

Huvis Indorama Advanced Materials, a 50-50 joint venture between Indorama Ventures and Huvis Corporation, is launching new manufacturing operations at Auriga Polymers' campus in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The $48 million investment will create 50 new jobs and produce low melting fiber with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons.

NTN Driveshaft, a subsidiary of NTN Corporation, will invest $90 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Columbus, Indiana. The project will create up to 100 new jobs by 2023, with production increase beginning in fall 2019 and full operation within three years.

Truform Manufacturing was awarded a program of stampings and welded assemblies for the Model Year 2021 Nissan Rogue. The company will add approximately 40,000 square feet to its Dickson, Tennessee facility to support the new platform.

DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc. entered into an exclusive agreement with Ortho Development Corporation to co-promote in the U.S. its KASM Knee Articulating Spacer Mold, a sterile disposable cement spacer mold for patients with infection after primary knee surgery.

Cree, Inc. signed a long-term agreement valued at more than $85 million to supply its Wolfspeed 150 mm silicon carbide bare and epitaxial wafers to a leading global power device company.

Northrop Grumman unveiled a new 35,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing center in Beavercreek, Ohio, adding capacity for advanced aerospace and defense composite structures.

Aseptico Inc. was awarded a maximum $28,500,000 fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for hospital equipment and accessories for the Defense Logistics Agency electronic catalog.

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. was awarded a $136,753,425 undefinitized contract action for the procurement of long lead time material, pre-production and engineering support for the Expeditionary Sea Base 6.

Validor Capital, a private investment firm, acquired BICO Steel, a processor of heavy carbon steel plate and forged specialty alloy steel with operations in Akron, OH and Grand Rapids, MI.

Linde Hydraulics Corp. announced the opening of a new 67,200-square-foot facility in Waterford Park, Rock Hill, S.C. The company plans to add up to 60 new jobs over the next five years and has potential for significant capital investment. The announcement was made on October 16, 2018.

Hearthside Food Solutions has entered a definitive agreement to buy Greencore Group's entire US frozen contract packaging business for $1.075 billion on a cash and debt-free basis.

TRC Companies Inc. has been awarded a pair of contracts from Midship Pipeline Company LLC for environmental consulting and EPC services for three compressor stations on the 199-mile Midship Pipeline in Oklahoma.

Brown and Caldwell has won a contract to provide program management services for Portland Water Bureau's $500 million Bull Run Filtration Project, including a new filtration plant with 160 MGD capacity.

Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire TestAmerica Environmental Services LLC from JSTI Group of China for $175 million on a cash-free debt-free basis.

The Andersons, Inc. announced it has signed a deal to acquire the remaining 67.5% of Lansing Trade Group (LTG) it does not already own for about $305 million in cash and stock. The deal will consolidate Thompsons Ltd., jointly owned by both firms.

Empire Bakery Commissary, LLC announced plans to invest more than $10 million to double production at its Rocky Mount, Virginia plant, adding 32,000 square feet and hiring 75 new employees.

ImmutriX Therapeutics will soon complete a 26,000 square-foot addition to its 10,000 square-foot production facility in Rapid City, South Dakota, by the end of 2018.

Bonset America Corporation announced it will increase its PETG film production capacity by 30% at its Browns Summit, North Carolina facility, starting from early 2020.

IPM Foods is launching NaturPak Pet and moving to a new 162,000-square-foot packaging facility in Janesville, Wisconsin, opening in mid-2019. The $20 million project will more than double staffing to over 100 by 2020.

Fibrotex USA was selected earlier in 2018 to manufacture the Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System for the US Army. It will partner with Outdoor Venture Corporation in Stearns, Kentucky, creating about 350 jobs. Manufacturing is set to begin in summer 2019.

LRBG Chemicals acquired the thermoset resins business from Rayonier in Q3 2018 for $16.5 million.

Firmenich acquired Senomyx, a flavor ingredients company, in Q3 2018 for $72 million.

Berry Global acquired Laddawn, a blown polyethylene bags and films business, in Q3 2018 for $145 million.

Hexpol acquired Kirkhill Rubber, a rubber compounds business, in Q3 2018 for $49 million.