East Valley Water District approved Balfour Beatty/Arcadis as design-build partner for the Sterling Natural Resource Center, a wastewater treatment facility in San Bernardino County, California.

East Valley Water District's Board of Directors approved Balfour Beatty/Arcadis as the design-build partner for the Sterling Natural Resource Center, a wastewater treatment facility in Highland, California. The facility will initially treat 8 million gallons of water per day.

Green Bay Packaging awarded Voith Paper a contract to supply a complete packaging production line for a new paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The order includes a 300-inch wide XcelLine paper machine, stock preparation, and other equipment, with commercial production planned for early 2021.

Shintech will invest $1.5 billion to expand its Plaquemine, Louisiana facility, building an 860,000-metric-ton-per-year vinyl chloride plant, a 600,000-metric-ton chlorine plant, and expanding PVC capacity by 290,000 metric tons.

SAExploration Holdings, Inc. completed the acquisition of substantially all assets of Geokinetics, Inc., including equipment, machinery, seismic processing software and contracts, funded by a new $23.4 million credit facility.

Ingevity, a specialty chemicals manufacturer, is building a $20 million headquarters on a former brownfield site at 4920 O'Hear Ave in North Charleston, South Carolina, adding about 100 jobs. Construction is expected to start late fall 2018, with opening scheduled for 2020.

Nissan Chemical America Corporation is nearing completion of a $1.4 million expansion of its Pasadena, Texas plant to increase capacity for nanoActiv products for the oil and gas industry. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for August 23, 2018.

Kordsa has acquired Fabric Development Inc. and Textile Products Inc., which provide advanced composite materials to the commercial aviation industry, for approximately $100 million.

PacTec Inc. will invest $2.5 million to expand its Clinton manufacturing site in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, building a 40,000-square-foot facility and modernizing an existing 40,000-square-foot building. The expansion retains 95 jobs and creates 15 new direct jobs.

Green Bay Packaging awarded Voith Paper a complete production line order for a new testliner paper machine (PM 4) at its Green Bay, Wisconsin mill, with commercial production planned for early 2021.

Ingevity Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 30 percent interest in the joint venture Purification Cellutions from Applied Technology Limited Partnership for approximately $80 million.

Finnish company Ahlstrom-Munksjö has signed a definitive agreement to purchase four paper mills in Wisconsin from Expera Specialty Solutions for $615 million.

Shintech Louisiana LLC will invest $1.49 billion to develop a new chlor alkali and vinyl chloride monomer production facility and expand an existing PVC facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana, creating 120 new direct jobs.

Shintech has begun construction of a new integrated PVC plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The first phase will increase PVC capacity by 290,000 tons per year and caustic soda capacity by 270,000 tons per year. The $1.49 billion investment is self-funded, with completion targeted for end of 2020.

Shin-Etsu Chemical is planning to build a 160 billion yen ($1.43 billion) polyvinyl chloride resin plant in the United States to solidify its top global position in PVC production.

Caterpillar signed an agreement to partner with Newmont Mining to validate and improve underground hard rock mining vehicle automation technology, supported by dealer Cashman Equipment.

The BID Group acquired TriDelta Systems Automation, Tracer Electrical Contractors and Striker Bilt, enhancing its product and service offerings for the forest products industry.

Gorbel, a manufacturer of overhead material handling cranes and fall protection products, opened a new manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The facility will add more than 20 jobs during the first phase.

MANN+HUMMEL Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tri-Dim Filter Corp., a U.S.-based air filtration company headquartered in Louisa, Virginia. Terms were not disclosed.

KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools has completed a major upgrade to its Cincinnati, Ohio fastener manufacturing facility, doubling heavy staple production capacity. The multi-million dollar investment includes new wire drawing machinery, staple presses and band equipment, and will add significant new staff.

The Timken Company has reached an agreement to acquire Cone Drive, a leader in precision drives for solar, automation, and other markets. Cone Drive's 2018 sales are expected to be slightly above $100 million. The transaction is expected to close near the end of August 2018.

Honda is investing $54.8 million to expand its Talladega County factory in Lincoln, Alabama, adding over 50,000 square feet to its Line 2 operations. The project is expected to be completed in early 2021.

Merrill Steel Complex Fabrication was chosen for phase one of the Foxconn Project, a contract that allows the company to expand and add jobs.

South Korea-based DAE-IL Corporation broke ground on a $50 million, 295,000 square-foot facility in Murray, Kentucky, to manufacture automotive parts and gears. The plant will create 120 jobs and is expected to be completed in 12-14 months.

General Polymers Thermoplastic Materials signed a distribution agreement with Lotte Chemical Alabama to distribute its polypropylene compounds, including short glass fiber reinforced PP and long glass fiber reinforced PP, in North America.

Aisin Seiki will supply five types of parts for Toyota's new Corolla Hatchback for North America, including a continuously variable transmission developed with Toyota, manual transmission, pistons, exhaust manifold, and window regulator.

Coil processor Fulton County Processing will add a fourth slitting line to its Delta, Ohio facility, increasing annual capacity by 180,000 tons to 1.2 million tons. The investment is in the multi-million-dollar range, and start-up is scheduled for Q2 2019.

Tempur Sealy International has acquired full ownership of sleep accessories and bedding producer Comfort Revolution, in which it held a minority interest since 2012.

Merrill Steel was awarded a contract to furnish and install structural steel for the multipurpose building in Phase 1 of Foxconn's Wisconn Valley Science & Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The contract involves 365 tons of steel.

Micron Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Micron Solutions, has received a multi-year purchase commitment from Kopin Corporation for several thousand sets of molded and machined components used in the U.S. military's next generation thermal weapon sights. The program is expected to be multi-million dollars over several years.

Liebherr USA Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 2018, for a $45 million expansion of its campus in Newport News, Virginia. The project will add over 251,000 sq. ft. with three new buildings: an administrative building, a warehouse and parts distribution center, and a production and workshop facility.

Accredo Packaging has begun phase III of its 32-acre Sugar Land campus, adding over 200,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space at a cost of about $50 million and 175 new jobs.

Montréal-based Transcontinental acquired the Americas flexible-packaging business of Coveris Holdings, a Chicago-based plastics products manufacturer owned by Sun Capital, for $1.72 billion.

Toyota-Mazda joint venture Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. awarded Ghafari Associates the architecture and engineering contract for a $1.6 billion automotive plant in Huntsville, Alabama, with production expected in 2021.

Boston Scientific signed an agreement to acquire Claret Medical, developer of the Sentinel Cerebral Embolic Protection System for TAVR procedures. The transaction includes $220 million in up-front cash and up to $50 million in milestone payments.

B. Braun Medical Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the bloodlines business operated under the Medisystems name by NxStage Medical Inc. The acquisition is subject to FTC approval and contingent upon NxStage's merger with Fresenius Medical Holdings, expected to close in 2018.

Boeing is investing about $70 million in capital in its Alabama facilities to prepare for future growth, supporting work on NASA's Space Launch System, missile defense systems, and other projects.

Green Bay Packaging selected Voith as full-line supplier for its new recycled paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operational in 2021, with groundbreaking planned for early fall 2018.

ShayoNano appointed Palmer Holland as exclusive U.S. distributor for its hiding pigments used in aqueous roof coatings, paints, industrial coatings and inks.

GE Aviation is expanding its Auburn, Alabama plant for additive manufacturing of jet engine components, with employment growing to 210 and over $100 million invested. Production of 3D-printed fuel nozzles is increasing.

Schuff Steel is investing $9 million in a facility in York County, South Carolina.

Kimberly-Clark is investing $30 million to expand and improve its Berkeley Mill nonwovens plant in Hendersonville, North Carolina, adding 14 jobs over two years.

Tru-Form Plastics and InterTrade Industries have combined operations to form Tru-Form Plastics, an InterTrade Industries Company, serving medical, aerospace, and other markets.

New Zealand's Scott Technology has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Transbotics, a US-based AGV manufacturer headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Asahi Kasei has decided to acquire Sage Automotive Interiors, a US-based manufacturer of automotive interior material, for approximately $700 million. An agreement was concluded with Clearlake Sage Holdings.

Lakeside Foods broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot addition to its Manitowoc packaging facility, a $40 million project to expand frozen warehouse and refrigerated packaging space, with completion expected in early 2019 and approximately 40 new skilled jobs.

Carpenter Technology Corporation announced plans to invest $52 million in an Emerging Technology Center at its existing campus in Limestone County, Alabama, focusing on additive manufacturing technology development and expected to create 60 jobs over five years.

Esko acquired Blue Software, a Chicago-based label and artwork management software company, from Diversis Capital and Schawk Digital Solutions. Blue will be combined with Esko's Platform for Brands.

Pretium Packaging is adding 52,000 square feet to its Carrollton, Texas plant to host new PET bottle production lines. It will phase out its Walterboro, South Carolina facility and move those lines to Texas.

China's Sanhua Holding Group acquired American Tubing International, a Springdale, Arkansas maker of copper tubing for air conditioning and refrigeration, in July 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed.