Milwaukee Tool announced a $33.4 million investment to expand its operations in Greenwood, Jackson, and Olive Branch, Mississippi, creating 660 new jobs over four years. The expansion will increase manufacturing of cordless power tools and accessories.

PumpMan Holdings, a Soundcore Capital Partners portfolio company, completed the acquisition of the assets of Brooklyn-based Federal Pump, which manufactures pump systems and provides service and repair in New York City.

Reliance Packaging invested about 4 million dollars in equipment and 1.5 million dollars in building improvements to add a new extruder and printing press at its Aberdeen, North Carolina plant, roughly doubling daily production capacity.

TricorBraun Inc. acquired Package All Corp., a 33-year-old healthcare packaging distributor based in Bayport, New York, which becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary and operates seven locations.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) completed the acquisition of CR Bard, Inc., integrating Bard's 16,000 employees with BD's 65,000 employees, creating a combined company with approximately $16 billion in revenue.

Southern HVAC Corp. acquired three HVAC service providers in Florida: FAST of Florida (Clearwater), Patrick's Heating & Air Conditioning (Ocala), and Duron Smith A/C & Heat (Melbourne).

BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to begin full-rate production of the M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier vehicles. The initial award is $413.7 million for low-rate initial production, with options that could bring the total to $1.7 billion.

Kingsbridge Holdings, an equipment finance company based in Lake Forest, Illinois, acquired Western States Equipment, a general rental company in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a fleet of aerial work platforms and telehandlers. This is Kingsbridge's first move into the operational side of the equipment rental industry.

ZOLL Medical Corporation and Myant Inc. entered an exclusive strategic multi-year agreement to jointly develop technologies for future generations of the ZOLL LifeVest wearable defibrillator. The collaboration was announced on January 2, 2018.

Allegion plc acquired Technical Glass Products (TGP), a North American manufacturer of advanced fire-rated entrance and wall systems for institutional and non-residential buildings. TGP generated approximately $80 million in net sales for the trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2017.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) agreed to acquire certain U.S. rebar steel mill and fabrication assets from Gerdau S.A. for $600 million, including four steel mills and 33 fabrication facilities, with annual mill rolling capacity of 2.5 million tons.

Micron Technology is expanding its Manassas, Virginia facility with a $3 billion investment, adding about 100,000 square feet of clean room space and approximately 1,100 jobs. The expansion was announced in 2018.

Kimberly-Clark invested $30 million to expand its nonwovens production plant in North Carolina in early 2018.

JW Aluminum announced a $255 million expansion investment at its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant, which will bring 50 new jobs and make the facility one of the most technologically advanced continuous cast plants in the world. The expansion is slated to be complete in 2020.

Gränges Americas signed a contract in January 2018 with Novelis PAE for a new casting line as part of Gränges' $110 million investment to expand production capacity in North America. The line will produce high-quality aluminium strip.

Ingersoll Rand and Mitsubishi Electric reached an agreement in January 2018 to establish Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS), a joint venture to market, sell and distribute heating and air-conditioning systems in the United States and Latin America. The company started operation in mid-2018.

FilterEasy acquired CleanerFilters.com, a subsidiary of Renew Co. All CleanerFilters.com customer orders will be fulfilled by FilterEasy.

U.S. Concrete Inc. acquired the assets of On Time Ready Mix Inc., a ready-mixed concrete producer serving Queens, New York. The deal closed in early January 2018.

KCMA Corporation, a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group, changed its corporate name to Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America effective January 1, 2018. The company intends to increase production and streamline its wheel loader offering in North America.

FIGEAC AERO Group has won its first contract as a direct supplier for Boeing, covering the manufacture of large structural aluminium parts for the 777X program, to be produced at its Wichita site with first deliveries in 2018.

Zhongding U.S.A. Inc. is establishing a tech center in Northville, Michigan, creating 80 jobs, with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund.

XG Sciences, Inc. will open a new 64,000 sq. ft. facility in Vevay Township, Michigan, investing up to $15.3 million in capital equipment and infrastructure, creating up to 75 jobs. The company received a $520,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant.

DeMet's Candy Company announced a $41 million expansion plan for its Big Flats, New York facility. The first phase will add 20,000 sq. ft., increase capacity by 50%, and create 20 jobs, with completion by July 2016. Phase two in 2018 will add lines and up to 50 more jobs.

Oklahoma-based Kelvion bought Rocore Group, whose Knoxville plant had shut in 2015, in 2018. Kelvion reopened the plant as an HVAC factory.

Italian Annovi Reverberi group acquired 95% of US agricultural and off-highway pump maker Ace Pump, with the remaining 5% held by its former president and new CEO Andy Randle. The deal was reported in 2018.

KSB acquired US pump service and sales company Dubric Industries, based in Comstock Park, Michigan, expanding its service network in the US Midwest. The deal was reported in 2018.

Simmons Pump LLC of Lubbock, Texas acquired Simflo Pumps Inc. of Willcox, Arizona, and Simmons Pump of Garden City, Kansas, combining them under the new SIMFLO brand. The article gives only the year 2018 as the date.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems plans to invest $10 million in capital improvements at its assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, during 2018.

Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. completed its first acquisition by merging with Pittsburgh-based Kruman Equipment, the oldest Gardner Denver industrial air compressor distributor. The deal is expected to roughly double Dearing's industrial air compressor business.

Inline Plastics is adding three thermoforming production lines and expanding its facilities in Shelton, Connecticut, Salt Lake City and McDonough, Georgia, creating 60 new jobs. The article's dates are inconsistent and may be older than the stated article date.

Placon completed the acquisition of privately held rigid plastic container maker Plastic Packaging Corp. The target has a 100,000 sq ft plant in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and 141 employees.

Taiwan-based Everest Textiles opened a sports fabric weaving plant in Forest City, North Carolina, in late 2017. The facility employs over 600 workers and incorporates more than 600 looms.

Formosa Plastics announced plans to expand PVC resin production at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant, increasing annual capacity by 300 million pounds. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019, with start-up in 2020.

SABIC has awarded a $1.56 billion contract to Aarti Industries for the supply of a specialty chemical intermediate to SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC over 20 years, with supplies expected to commence from 2020.

Essentra has acquired Micro Plastics, a US-based manufacturer of nylon fasteners and other plastic components, to expand its manufacturing capacity in the US and Mexico.

Winsupply, based in Dayton, Ohio, purchased Tacoma Electric Supply, a Washington-based distributor of electrical equipment and supplies with locations in Tacoma and Puyallup. Terms were not disclosed.

Butterball will invest nearly $20 million to expand its Raeford, North Carolina plant, adding a new production line for turkey bacon products and creating 50 jobs.

Ravago Americas LLC acquired Polymer Technology and Services LLC, a distributor of commodity, engineering and specialty polymers, to join its Amco Polymers business. Terms were not disclosed.

Jennmar and its affiliate Jennchem purchased Heintzmann Corp USA.

Linamar is expanding its Linamar Forgings Carolina closed-die forging operation in Wilson, NC, with a $6.8 million investment to make hollow transmission shafts and net-shape differential gears for automotive chassis parts. A $62,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund supports the expansion.

Union Partners LLC purchased Heidtman Steel's Automotive Steel Technical Center in Gibraltar, Michigan, a 9,500 square foot facility built in 2005, to support testing and research of advanced high-strength steels.

Fab Metals, a metal fabricating company in New Carlisle, Ohio, will build a 40,000-square-foot facility with up to $8 million in investment, creating 20-25 new jobs. Construction is expected to break ground within a week and be completed by March or April 2018.

Eastman Chemical Co. has completed phase one of a two-phase expansion of its ketone manufacturing capacity at its Kingsport, Tennessee operations.

Willmeng Construction completed a full renovation of a 650,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Goodyear, Arizona for Huhtamaki North America, which will make paper cups, food containers and plastic cups and lids and add hundreds of jobs.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Danfoss Turbocor Compressors will build a new facility in Tallahassee, adding 120 advanced manufacturing jobs, with construction starting early 2018 and completion in 2019.

Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire the small industrial motors business of General Electric Company for approximately $140 million. The transaction includes several GE entities and is subject to regulatory approval.

The U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems a contract with an initial $413.7 million award for low-rate initial production of M109A7 self-propelled howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers, with options that could bring the total to $1.7 billion.

AC&A Enterprises Holdings, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, acquired EnCore Composite Structures, a designer and manufacturer of composite parts for aerospace programs. Terms were not disclosed.

Centinel Spine, LLC acquired the worldwide assets of the prodisc Total Disc Replacement portfolio from DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. The portfolio includes prodisc C, prodisc L, prodisc VIVO, prodisc NOVA, prodisc O and DISCOVER Cervical. The acquisition complements Centinel Spine's existing spinal implant portfolio.

The Great Hall Partners consortium, led by Ferrovial Aeropuertos (80% stake), reached financial close on a $650 million contract to renovate and commercially operate the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport. Construction will be executed by Ferrovial Agroman and Saunders Construction.