The European Union approved the acquisition of US-based General Cable by Italian firm Prysmian. Both companies manufacture cables for energy and telecommunications industries.

MilliporeSigma is investing in a new onsite wastewater treatment plant at its Jaffrey, New Hampshire facility, including an 800,000 gallon anaerobic treatment system, to meet new discharge permit limits by 2020.

Maroon Group LLC has acquired J. Tech Sales, a national distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients. Terms were not disclosed.

Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest ¥2.4 billion to expand production capacity for silicone products at its Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Akron Plant in Ohio, including a new silicone emulsions facility. Completion is targeted for mid-2019.

SKAPS Industries completed an agreement to acquire Matrix Composites, including its operations in Henderson, Kentucky and Seguin, Texas, along with all technologies and assets.

Microdyn-Nadir, the water treatment business unit of Mann+Hummel Group, opened a new 27,000 sq ft automated manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, to produce BIO-CEL MBR modules for wastewater treatment.

Bastian Solutions, an operating subsidiary of Toyota Advanced Logistics North America, completed the acquisition of Peach State Integrated Technologies, a supply chain consulting and material handling integration firm.

Chemring Group announced a $40 million investment to expand its Kilgore Flares operations in Hardeman County, Tennessee, creating approximately 100 jobs. The expansion will triple production capacity and is expected to be completed by 2022.

IMI Z&J Houston won a contract worth USD 1.5 million to supply IMI Remosa triple eccentric butterfly valves for the FCC unit at a refinery in Oklahoma, USA. The valves were developed with IMI Orton to reduce gas leakage.

Global Compressor LP has opened a service repair center in Houston, Texas, stocked with more than 28,000 compressor parts and able to refurbish and ship parts the same day.

BJ Beltram, a portfolio company of Trivest Partners, acquired Louis Wohl & Sons, a Tampa-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer. The acquisition was announced on May 14, 2018.

Medline opened a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Laredo, Texas, for custom surgical procedure trays, expanding its Texas footprint to over 1.5 million square feet.

Xylem was selected by Black & Veatch and AE2S to supply ozone equipment for a new regional water treatment plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in a contract worth $2.7 million.

Bilfinger won a multi-year contract from Linde to install systems, piping, steel structures, and perform insulation and corrosion protection work for a new polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas, owned by Braskem. The total project volume is $675 million, with Bilfinger's portion being a relevant part.

Saint-Gobain is broadening its Construction Chemicals unit in North America by acquiring the assets of Interstar Materials Inc., including admixture intellectual property and an offering of granulated pigments for concrete.

Empire Equipment Co., a portfolio company of Kian Capital, acquired TruTemp Equipment (Phoenix) and Norm's Refrigeration (Anaheim and Hayward, Calif.), both foodservice equipment distributors. The acquisition expands Empire's geographic reach to the Southwest and West Coast.

Novelis broke ground on a $305 million aluminum processing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky, that will create 125 jobs producing automotive-grade aluminum sheet. The plant is expected to be operational by 2020.

KOFAB and Meyer Industries have joined forces and re-branded as Precision Food Innovations (PFI), operating as the food division under Precision, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of conveyor products and solutions.

Shell Polymers is building a massive petrochemical complex in the Pittsburgh area, which will include 3.5 billion pounds of annual polyethylene resin capacity. The project will create 600 full-time jobs and 6,000 construction jobs, with production expected to begin in the early 2020s.

DuPont plans to spend $45 million to build a facility in Newark, Delaware, for its Kalrez-brand perfluoroelastomer. The facility will be twice the size of an existing Kalrez plant in Newark and is expected to be completed in two years, after which the older plant will be closed.

Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Berry Global and Ampacet are collaborating with Oskar Blues to produce the first printed collation shrink packaging in the US for its 24-can variety cases. The packaging was piloted in 2017 and has grown more than 300 percent through national retailers.

Nucor Steel Arkansas announced a $240 million galvanized steel sheet metal production line at its sheet mill in Hickman, Arkansas, with capacity of 500,000 tons annually, expected to be operational by the first half of 2021, creating 100 jobs.

Iowa-based Caterpillar dealer Altorfer acquired Chicago-based Caterpillar dealer Patten Industries, expanding its territory into northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Eclipse Automation has opened a 26,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, with a capital investment of more than $1 million. The facility will hire over 50 automation engineers and technicians over the next year.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics opened a life sciences laboratory on the University of Massachusetts Medical School campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, for application testing of single-use systems for cell and gene therapy.

Braskem and The Linde Group selected Bilfinger Westcon as lead mechanical subcontractor for the Delta polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, a $675 million project with 450 kt/year capacity, targeting Q1 2020 completion.

Inventec Performance Chemicals USA LLC completed major production and laboratory upgrades to its solder powder making plant in Connecticut, doubling production capacity for Type 3, 4 and 5 solder powders.

ProMach opened a new 157,000-square-foot facility in Statham, Georgia, for multi-brand manufacturing, customer support, aftermarket parts distribution, and Factory Acceptance Testing. The facility houses Zalkin capping systems and Benchmark Automation equipment.

KBR has been awarded a multi-year Master Engineering Services Agreement by Covestro to support projects at Covestro's Baytown, Texas site and other North American facilities. KBR will provide project management and engineering services.

Brookfield-based OwnersEdge Inc. acquired Greenville-based QComp Technologies Inc., a robotic systems integrator with about 35 employees. QComp develops robotic packaging systems, material handling systems and automation line integration for various industries.

Irving Consumer Products broke ground on a new plant in Macon, Georgia, and will use Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 7000 and PowerFlex 755T integrated power systems from Rockwell Automation for the first production line. The project is expected to be complete in 2019.

Lindal Group held a ribbon-cutting for its new 100,000 square foot facility in Columbus, Indiana, hosting manufacturing, R&D, offices and warehousing for aerosol packaging, part of over $20 million of US investment.

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GE Aviation opened a factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials for ceramic matrix composites (CMC) used in jet engines. The facility will eventually employ 300 people.

Adesto Technologies announced the acquisition of Dublin-based S3 Semiconductors, a global supplier of mixed-signal and RF ASICs, for approximately $35 million with an additional earn-out provision. The deal expands Adesto's portfolio in analog, mixed-signal, and RF solutions for the IoT market.

DowDuPont will invest $45 million over two years to purchase and retrofit a Newark, Delaware plant for production of Kalrez high-temperature sealant. The new facility will be twice the size of the current plant and will replace it, with no net increase in permanent jobs.

Veolia partnered with Ullico and Table Rock Capital to form Rialto Water Services, which signed a 30-year concession agreement with the City of Rialto. The deal included a $35 million up-front payment and $41 million in capital improvements, with a total contract value of $300 million.

Veolia North America was awarded a 10-year, $59 million operations and management contract by the City of New London for its water and wastewater systems. The contract includes total asset management responsibility for treatment plants, pump stations, and distribution systems.

ON Semiconductor has expanded its manufacturing facility in Rochester, New York, which develops and manufactures image sensor devices. The expansion increases assembly capacity for specialized high-performance CCD and CMOS image sensors.

DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers has purchased a new facility in Newark, Delaware, to manufacture Kalrez perfluoroelastomer parts. The company plans to invest approximately $45 million over two years to increase capacity and transition production from the current site.

Ellis supplied Centaur cable saddles and anchors for the US Army Corps of Engineers' Fort Randall Dam Pipe Cable System Replacement project in South Dakota. The order was placed through distributor NASCO.

Guittard Chocolate Company will begin chocolate production at its 300,000 sq ft Fairfield facility, which previously housed only warehousing and packaging. The expansion adds new chocolate production equipment to meet growing demand.

Eastman Chemical Co. is expanding specialty copolyester production at its Kingsport, Tennessee plant, increasing capacity by 25% for glycol-modified PET and PCTG copolyesters. The expansion was announced at NPE2018 on May 8, 2018.

TDK Corporation acquired Faraday Semi LLC, a U.S.-based developer of advanced power semiconductor ICs, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition aims to strengthen TDK's power solutions business.

Air Temp of America, a subsidiary of Mexico's Air Temp de México, will set up its US headquarters and first US manufacturing operation in Panama City, Florida, after buying an existing facility. The company plans about $6 million in capital investment and 50 new jobs.

DowDuPont will invest $45 million over two years to buy and retrofit a new Newark, Delaware plant producing Kalrez high-temperature sealant material. The facility will be twice the size of the current site and will not add permanent jobs.

Kiekert, a supplier of automotive locking systems, is moving its manufacturing operations to a new 41,000 square foot facility in Wixom, Michigan. The new facility is expected to produce more than 1 million latch modules in 2018.

Angelina Forest Products, LLC announced plans to build a new softwood lumber production plant in Lufkin, Texas. The $100 million sawmill is expected to be operational in Q2 2019 and create over 100 full-time jobs.

Formosa Plastics Corp. U.S.A. announced process technologies for three new plants at its Point Comfort, Texas site: a 400,000 tpy LDPE plant, a 400,000 tpy dual-purpose PE plant, and a 250,000 tpy PP plant.

JTM Food Group celebrated the grand opening of a $26.1 million expansion of its Harrison food-processing plant, which will create up to 100 new jobs and nearly double manufacturing capacity to 185 million pounds of kettle-cooked food.