Tribus Aerospace, backed by Shorehill Private Equity, has acquired Precision Aerospace Corp and its affiliate Precision Micro Mill LLC, Michigan-based aerospace parts manufacturers. The terms were not disclosed.

The Wornick Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio was awarded a five-year firm-fixed-price contract worth $449,352,536 by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support for unitized group rations, with performance in Indiana and Ohio through February 2023.

Ameriqual Packaging of Evansville, Indiana was awarded a five-year firm-fixed-price contract worth $521,516,278 by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support for unitized group rations, with performance in Indiana and Ohio through February 2023.

AGCOR Steel, a manufacturer of metal siding and metal trusses, will relocate from Vinemont to Good Hope, Alabama, investing $400,000 in a 53-acre site and creating about 20 new jobs.

Patrick Industries, Inc. completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Aluminum Metals Company, LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of aluminum products in Elkhart, Indiana, for approximately $16.5 million in cash.

CEMATRIX Corporation entered into a letter of intent to acquire all shares of MixOnSite USA, Inc., a supplier of cellular concrete in the United States. The acquisition is expected to increase CEMATRIX's production capacity to over 1,000,000 cubic meters.

Aurora Material Solutions announced an agreement with Nexeo Solutions to distribute its PVC compounds in North America, effective January 2018.

Kubota plans to build a new small construction machinery plant in the US Midwest, with operations starting by 2022. Total investment is up to JPY 10 billion. Location and capacity details will be decided in 2018.

Orbital ATK completed production of the 5,000th composite part for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II at its Clearfield, Utah facility. The parts include wing skins, engine nacelles, access covers, and fixed skins.

South Central Polymers, Inc. (SCP) closed on the purchase of Myco Plastics, Inc. in Jacksonville, Texas. SCP plans interior and exterior improvements, building expansion, and investment in additional injection-molding equipment.

Epson America and CIT Direct Capital are partnering to offer financing for commercial and digital print customers, allowing CIT to provide Epson dealers and customers a primary source of financing.

The Daikin Texas Technology Park (DTTP) in Waller County, Texas, a 4.2 million square foot HVAC manufacturing facility, has been completed. It consolidates production from Texas and Tennessee and is the second-largest manufacturing facility in North America.

American Colors, Inc. announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, its fourth U.S. facility, to support customers in the south central region.

Total S.A., Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corp. have signed definitive agreements to form a joint venture in petrochemicals on the U.S. Gulf Coast, subject to regulatory approvals.

Soligent Holdings has acquired Repower America through its affiliate Solar Engine, providing equipment, logistics, engineering and finance solutions to Repower's franchisees.

Engie North America has acquired Infinity Renewables and its portfolio of utility-scale wind projects totaling more than 8 GW in capacity.

LGC Limited completed the acquisition of US-based life sciences and healthcare products provider Lucigen Corporation.

Vestas received a 50 MW order for V136-3.45 MW turbines in Power Optimised Mode, to be manufactured at its four Colorado factories.

Mavis Discount Tire signed a definitive agreement to merge with Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers, creating one of the largest automotive service providers in the U.S. with over 830 locations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $99.7 million contract by the U.S. Navy to supply long-lead parts and support for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program's Lot 7 full rate production, with work through December 2022.

Super Micro Computer, Inc. expanded its Silicon Valley headquarters to over two million square feet with the grand opening of Building 22, adding engineering, manufacturing and customer service capacity.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Ingersoll Rand agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture to market, sell, and distribute ductless and VRF HVAC systems in the U.S. and select Latin American countries. The JV will serve both Ingersoll Rand's Trane and American Standard channels and Mitsubishi Electric's existing distributors.

Pearson Packaging Systems, a provider of secondary packaging automation, acquired robotic automation specialist Flexicell, Inc. The acquisition expands Pearson's manufacturing footprint with Flexicell's Ashland, Virginia facility.

Royal Engineered Composites announced a 23,500-square-foot expansion of its Minden, Nebraska facility, with a $3 million building addition and $2 million in new equipment, to provide full-scale in-house manufacturing for large section-level assemblies.

Braner/Loopco has received an order for a Turret Head slitting line from United Steel Supply, a supplier of galvanized and prepainted steel coil for metal roofing and siding applications.

BOCAR, a German auto supplier, is investing $115 million to build its first U.S. plant in Limestone County, Alabama, creating over 300 jobs. The facility will produce aluminum and plastic precision parts for automakers.

Owl's Head Alloys Inc., an aluminum recycler in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will invest $3 million to add a fourth furnace, increasing capacity by 60 million pounds of scrap annually and creating 17 jobs.

Siemens Power and Gas division and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation formed a joint venture called Advanced Airfoil Components to produce turbine blades and vane cast components for power generation. They are investing approximately $139 million in a new production facility in Tampa, Florida.

NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company, completed the acquisition of the assets of Bridgemedica, LLC, a medical device company, on February 22, 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Elastron Kimya is investing $10 million to open a new compounding facility in Gainesville, Georgia, with an initial annual capacity of 3,500 metric tons, expandable to 6,000 metric tons by 2020.

M. Holland Company partnered with Elastron to distribute thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) to the domestic wire and cable market, ahead of Elastron's new compounding facility in Gainesville, Georgia.

Flint & Walling is investing more than $5 million to buy and equip a vacant 100,000-square-foot factory at 800 W. Mitchell St. in Kendallville, Indiana, to bring motor production back from Mexico. The move will employ almost 40 people.

SOPREMA hosted a grand opening for its new 21,600-square-foot resin production plant at its Wadsworth, Ohio campus on February 21, 2018. The plant is already manufacturing resin for roofing and waterproofing products and has created new jobs.

The Department of Defense awarded United Technologies' aeronautics subsidiary a $2.5 billion sole-source contract to provide aviation-related spare parts and services. The five-year contract with a five-year option effectively renews an earlier 10-year contract set to expire in April 2018.

United Technologies Aerospace Systems was awarded a maximum $2.5 billion contract for aviation-related spare parts and related services by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Bluff Manufacturing and Wesco Industrial Products combined under Wincove Private Holdings, with Bluff acquiring Wesco to expand material handling and warehouse safety solutions.

AMG approved a $35 million expansion of its spent catalyst recycling operations at its Cambridge, Ohio facility, including a new flue gas desulfurization unit, increasing capacity by 30%.

AMG Vanadium signed a long-term multi-year agreement with an existing customer to process and recycle spent catalysts from a major oil refinery in North America.

Silfex, a division of Lam Research, will invest $223 million to convert a vacant warehouse in Springfield, Ohio into a high-tech manufacturing plant for silicon products. The project is expected to create about 400 jobs and be operational by January 2019.

Airbus plans to add a Bombardier C Series final assembly line at its Mobile, Alabama facility with a $300 million investment, creating 400 jobs. Additionally, Airbus is studying a 50% production increase for A320 aircraft, adding 200 jobs.

Russel Metals Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the operating assets and facilities of DuBose Steel, a structural steel service center in North Carolina. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018.

Griffin Dewatering acquired groundwater control firm Foothill Engineering and Dewatering and Foothill Drilling of Riverside, California, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition expands Griffin's services to the West Coast.

American Cord & Webbing Co. (ACW) has acquired a Mageba continuous dye range, designed for acid dying of light woven tapes.

TALCO Aviation Corporation entered a definitive agreement to acquire RAJAY Parts, LLC, a general aviation turbocharging company with 48 FAA STCs. The acquisition supports TALCO's growth into general aviation products.

Spirit AeroSystems unveiled its new Five-Axis Center of Excellence at its south Oliver plant in Wichita, Kansas, with a $30 million investment. The center is part of a plan to hire 1,000 workers and invest $1 billion, and will produce complex parts like hinge-and-latch beams for the Boeing 737 Max.

Parsons was awarded a design-build contract by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for the $1.41 billion Terminal One Redevelopment Project at Newark Liberty International Airport. The project includes a new 1 million-ft², 33-gate terminal and is slated to be fully operational in 2022.

North Industrial Truck Company (Nitco) opened a new and expanded facility in Concord, New Hampshire, featuring a showroom for forklifts, construction equipment, and warehouse solutions. The facility opened for business on June 5, 2017.

Behrman Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired Corfin Industries, a microelectronics component preparation services provider for the defense, aerospace, and healthcare industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.

H2O Innovation Inc. was awarded two new industrial projects totaling $4.9 million. One is a water reuse system for a manufacturing company on the U.S. East Coast, the other an ultrafiltration system for an IT company in the western U.S.

The Gores Group led an investor group to acquire the Cosmopolis high purity cellulose mill from Weyerhaeuser. The mill will be refurbished and restarted under the name Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.