Wyoming Machinery Company, a Caterpillar mining machine service provider, plans to open a new division on an 11-acre property in Smith County, Texas, serving as a parts and service provider for Caterpillar draglines, with an expected opening date of August 1, 2018.

Bridgestone Americas announced a $12 million investment to expand production of off-the-road tires at its Bloomington, Illinois plant, adding 29-, 33- and 35-inch tire sizes previously only made in Japan. The expansion will create 30 new jobs.

Solvay and Spirit AeroSystems signed an extension to their supply agreement for composites and adhesives used on nacelle and fuselage applications across Boeing's commercial programs.

Eastman announced the completion of its acquisition of Taminco, a global specialty chemical company.

Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. acquired the assets of J.P. Rainey & Company, Inc., an electrical services provider for health care facilities in the Philadelphia area. The deal adds health care clients such as Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Main Line Health Systems.

Aero-Glen International received a $403 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide life extension program kits for the U.S. Air Force's F-16 fleet. Work will be performed at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, with completion expected by May 31, 2029.

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cold Heading Wire Indiana Inc. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 150,000-square-foot facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. The $50 million project is expected to create up to 70 jobs by 2021.

Carpenter Technology announced plans for a $52 million Emerging Technology Center in Alabama, creating 60 jobs. The announcement was made at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow on July 18, 2018.

Epiroc Drilling Solutions approved a $14 million expansion of its existing 260,000 sq ft office and manufacturing facility in Garland, Texas, including $7 million in building enhancements and $7 million in new machinery.

JR Automation is expanding its facilities in Holland, Michigan with a $4 million capital investment, creating 100 high-tech jobs. The expansion includes renovations at multiple locations in the Holland area.

Weiler Abrasives Group is expanding operations at its Cresco, Pennsylvania facility through lean manufacturing and automation investments, consolidating power brush manufacturing from its Suzhou, China facility, which will close.

US Tsubaki Automotive broke ground on a new 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland, Tennessee, as part of a $35.8 million investment. The expansion will create 70 new jobs by 2022, with a goal of up to 200 employees.

EnerSys signed a four-year supply agreement with Navistar to supply ODYSSEY AGM batteries for International-branded trucks and aftermarket replacement batteries sold by International Truck dealers.

Synaptive Medical Inc. announced that Duke University Medical Center has acquired its connected neurosurgery system, including the Modus V robotic microscope and BrightMatter integrated surgical platform.

Custom Molded Products, LLC acquired ozone sanitizer maker Aqua Sun Ozone, International, Inc. of Palm Springs, California, to expand its water sanitizer product line for the pool, spa and bath industries.

Xcerra shipped its 500th Diamondx semiconductor test system to Microchip Technology for high-volume production testing of devices for automotive, consumer, and industrial markets.

Continuus Material Recovery, a Texas-based company, acquired ReWall Company of Des Moines, Iowa, to scale up production of its Everboard paper-plastic building panels.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Microwave Electronics Division received approximately $8.5 million in microwave electronic orders in support of C5 (Command, Control, Communication, Computing and Combat) system programs. Work will be performed at secure Kratos manufacturing facilities.

Chemours announced a $20 million investment at its Louisville, Kentucky plant for a new process chiller using Opteon XP10 refrigerant, which will reduce refrigerant GWP by 55%. A groundbreaking ceremony was held.

KLX Aerospace Solutions has acquired the laboratory operations assets of John Hassall, LLC, including the Laboratory Controlled at Source lab assets and technical personnel. The companies also formed a strategic partnership giving KLX exclusivity on certain Novaria product lines.

NCI Building Systems and Ply Gem Parent have signed a definitive agreement to combine in a stock-for-stock merger, creating a company with a pro forma enterprise value of $5.5 billion and implied equity value of $2.6 billion.

Beacon Roofing Supply has acquired Atlas Supply Inc., a distributor of sealants, coatings, adhesives and waterproofing products in the Pacific Northwest. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Héroux-Devtek Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to manufacture the landing gear for the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. signed an agreement to acquire Harvest International, a U.S. planting equipment manufacturer. The acquisition unites the two companies to expand precision agriculture technology in North America.

Pool pump and filter maker Hayward Industries bought ConnectedYard Inc., a California company behind the pHin Smart Water Care monitoring solution for pool and hot tub water chemistry.

KSB Group bought Dubric Industries Inc., a pump servicing and sales company in Comstock Park, Michigan, renaming it KSB Dubric Inc. The deal extends KSB's service network in the US Midwest.

Kaman Composites in Wichita has secured a contract from Bell for flight-critical skin/skin-to-core composite assemblies for Bell 407/409/412 aircraft.

Kaishan Compressor held its official groundbreaking for a 60,000-square-foot assembly plant in Loxley, Alabama, which will serve as its U.S. corporate headquarters. The plant is expected to be operational by summer 2019 and will create over 100 jobs.

Aurora Capital Partners completed its acquisition of Inhance Technologies, a global provider of fluorine-based material technologies, from Arsenal Capital Partners. Terms were not disclosed.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) acquired Addaero Manufacturing, a metal alloy-based additive manufacturing company for aerospace and defense, located in New Britain, Connecticut.

BAE Systems announced a $45.5 million multi-phase expansion of its Huntsville, Alabama operations, including immediate office expansion and development of a new manufacturing and office facility in Cummings Research Park, creating hundreds of jobs.

Stampede Meat plans to invest $36 million to renovate and reopen a former Tyson Foods processing plant in Sunland Park, New Mexico. The facility will expand production capacity by half and create 1,295 new jobs. It is expected to open in October 2018.

CPI Aerostructures won a long-term contract to supply noise-attenuating engine inlets for the HondaJet Elite business jet. The company upgraded its plant to accommodate in-house production of the inlets.

Benada Aluminum opened a new production line at its Sanford, Florida facility, increasing annual capacity to 60 million pounds of aluminum extrusions. The company added 140 jobs since 2015 and expects to employ 250 by September 2018.

Hands Corporation announced it will supply aluminum wheels to Volkswagen's US plant for four years starting next year, worth 25.8 billion won. This is the company's first supply to a North American Volkswagen plant.

Protech/Oxyplast acquired Chemionics Corporation, a US company specializing in specialty plastisol and latex formulations.

Arconic signed a new long-term contract with Boeing to supply aluminum sheet and plate for all Boeing Commercial Airplanes models, extending and adding to their 2014 contract. The deal captures growth in 737 build rate increases and includes new business for structural plate on 787 and 777X.

Akoustis Technologies received its first production order for the AKF-1938 3.8 GHz BAW RF filter from a military OEM. The company expects product qualification and production shipments in Q4 2018.

GKN Fokker Elmo and Boeing have agreed to a contract extension to supply electrical wiring and interconnection systems for the 737, 777 and P8A airplane families.

Kaishan Group is building a 65,000 sq ft corporate headquarters and air compressor plant in Loxley, Baldwin County, with a USD 11 million investment and about 62 jobs. A groundbreaking was held and completion is planned for the second quarter of 2019.

Messer and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII agreed with Linde AG to acquire the majority of Linde's industrial gases business in North America and parts of its South American business for USD 3.3 billion. The joint venture MG Industries will operate under the Messer brand, and the deal depends on the Praxair-Linde merger and cartel approvals.

GE Aviation and CFM International announced over $22 billion in orders and commitments for jet engines, avionics, services and digital offerings at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2018. The deals include more than 850 CFM LEAP and CFM56 engines, impacting production at GE's Hooksett, New Hampshire facility, which expects to hire up to 125 people in 2018 and 75 in 2019.

Intradeco, a global textile manufacturing company, has acquired Headsweats, a leader in performance headwear. The new company will be named NG Labs dba Headsweats.

Goodfellow Inc. supplied treated Douglas fir wood for the construction of the new welcome pavilion on Liberty Island, New York. The contract value is approximately $250,000, and the wood was processed at Goodfellow's Delson, Quebec plant.

Kordsa Global, a subsidiary of Sabanci Holding, has acquired Fabric Development, Inc. and Textile Products, Inc., leading providers of advanced composite materials for the aerospace sector. The transaction closed on July 13, 2018.

Hytera Communications received CFIUS clearance for its indirect acquisition of PowerTrunk Inc, a US subsidiary of Teltronic S.A.U, which was owned by UK-based Sepura Plc, for $92 million.

Systima Technologies won a $30 million contract with the U.S. Special Operations Command. The company also recently bought a second office building in Kirkland, expanding its campus to 10 acres with over 100,000 square feet.

AMETEK Powervar opened a new manufacturing facility in Knightdale, North Carolina, on 13 July 2018. The facility will produce GTS Series, Sinergy III, and Security Plus UPS products to serve customers in the southern and eastern United States.

UGN Inc. will expand its Monroe, Ohio facility with a 154,000-square-foot addition, investing $50 million and creating over 100 new jobs.

Johnson & Johnson accepted a binding offer from Platinum Equity to acquire its LifeScan business for approximately $2.1 billion. LifeScan is a blood glucose monitoring company and maker of OneTouch products.