Livanova Plc entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining outstanding interests in Imthera Medical, Inc. for up to approximately $225 million, with $78 million upfront and the balance in milestone payments.

ERT acquired iCardiac Technologies, a provider of centralized cardiac safety and respiratory solutions, from Norwest. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Heat Recovery Solutions, a subsidiary of Clean Energy Technologies, received a new order for a Clean Cycle organic Rankine cycle generator that converts waste heat to power.

King Engineering, a Florida-based engineering firm, merged with Ardurra Group, a Texas, Louisiana, and New York engineering and disaster recovery firm. The combined entity will operate as a portfolio company of RTC Partners.

Beverage company Reed's signed multi-year contracts with Owens-Illinois, which will be its exclusive North American glass container supplier, and R.C. Moore, its primary logistics partner. The deals were announced on December 5, 2017.

Vulcan Materials Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 4 December 2017 to mark the completion of a $50 million upgrade to its Stockbridge, Georgia aggregates plant, including full automation and safety improvements.

Teijin announced total investments of approximately $320 million for the new carbon fiber production facility in the U.S. and a precursor capacity expansion at Toho Tenax's factory in Mishima, Japan.

Teijin announced it will establish a new carbon fiber production facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, through its wholly owned subsidiary Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc. The facility is expected to begin operating by the end of FY 2020.

Flatiron Construction Corp. has been awarded a $96 million contract by King County to build the Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station near Seattle, Washington. The facility will treat up to 70 million gallons per day of combined sewer overflow and is expected to be operational by late 2022.

Karlville entered an agreement with ePac Holdings to establish a digital flexible packaging facility at Karlville's Miami headquarters. The facility will serve as a working showroom and incubation lab.

Spirit AeroSystems will invest over $55.7 million over five years to expand its Kinston, North Carolina plant at the Global TransPark. The company makes Airbus A350 fuselage components there.

The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal acquired the business and manufacturing assets of Chemionics Corporation of Tallmadge, Ohio, a specialty Plastisol and Latex formulations developer.

Brandt Group will acquire a 200,000-square-foot farm equipment plant in McLean County, Illinois from Kongskilde Industries. Brandt plans to spend $13 million on plant improvements and expects to bring up to 500 jobs to the area.

MicroVention has completed construction of its new 205,000-square-foot Worldwide Innovation Center in Aliso Viejo, California, consolidating its Orange County operations from Tustin.

Munch's Supply, an HVAC distributor based in New Lenox, Illinois, has acquired Kansas-based O'Connor Co., adding six branches in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. O'Connor will continue to operate under its own name as an independent company.

Reed's Inc. secured a multi-year contract with R.C. Moore as its primary logistics partner for North America to lower raw material handling and delivery costs.

Reed's Inc. signed a multi-year contract naming Owens-Illinois its exclusive glass container supplier. The company expects lower glass costs starting in early 2018.

Cascades increased its holding in Greenpac Mill from 62.5% to 66.1% by acquiring an additional interest in Containerboard Partners. It also bought the Coyle family's 33% stake in Tencorr Holdings, a sheet stock maker for box producers, for a combined cost of about $21 million.

TTM Technologies has agreed to acquire Anaren from affiliates of Veritas Capital for approximately $775 million in cash, combining TTM's PCB manufacturing with Anaren's RF components and subsystems.

Treves TSC (now Tesca) acquired Custom Manufacturing and Assembly Inc. in December 2017, gaining two sites in Greenville, S.C. and Detroit suburbs.

Zhejiang Dingli, a Chinese aerial work platform manufacturer, signed an agreement on December 1, 2017 to purchase a 25% equity stake in US-based CMEC for $20 million, to expand its presence in the US market.

Caterpillar purchased Eaton Corporation's remaining interest in the Intelligent Switchgear Organization (ISO) joint venture, effective December 1, 2017, and dissolved the joint venture. Financial terms were not disclosed. ISO employees will join Caterpillar and operations continue in Alpharetta, Georgia.

MPD Chemicals, a portfolio company of Addison Capital Partners, acquired Norquay Technology, Inc., a specialty chemical manufacturer. Norquay's owner retained a minority equity stake in MPD.

Harris Corporation has awarded Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions several orders valued at approximately $39 million for RF microelectronics used in an airborne electronic warfare system. Work will be performed at Cobham's San Jose and San Diego locations.

Tronair, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, acquired Malabar Holding Company, including the assets of Malabar and DAE. Financial terms were not disclosed. Malabar is a supplier of ground support and maintenance equipment for aircraft.

AGRU invested $40 million in a new production facility for large diameter HDPE pipes in Charleston, South Carolina. The facility can extrude the world's largest HDPE pressure pipe, with outside diameters up to 3,500 mm, and is located on the Cooper River for marine storage and towing.

Raytheon Missile Systems won a $51.39 million contract from the US Air Force to provide 538 laser Maverick guidance control sections through January 2019.

Cascade Water Services, a provider of water treatment programs and services to the U.S. institutional market, was sold to Ecolab Inc., a global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services.

Corning Incorporated announced it has entered into agreements to purchase substantially all of 3M's Communication Markets Division for approximately $900 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in 2018.

Atlas Copco has closed the acquisition of the assets of Cate Drilling Solutions LLC, a U.S. distributor and servicer of Atlas Copco drilling equipment based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The deal was announced on December 1, 2017, and the purchase price was not disclosed.

Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. broke ground on a 30,000 ft², $3.5 million facility addition in Rockford, Illinois, on December 19, 2017, expected to add up to 100 jobs and boost production capacity.

Unison Ltd. will invest $5.2 million to establish its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Danville, Virginia, creating 35 new jobs over three years.

Sulzer completed the acquisition of US-based JWC Environmental, a supplier of grinding, screening and dissolved air flotation systems for wastewater treatment, and placed it in its pump division. The deal was reported in 2018.

Japan's Kyoto Seisakusho acquired PMI Cartoning, Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, to form PMI KYOTO Packaging Systems, which will keep operating from the Illinois site and offer cartoners, case packers, over-wrappers and palletizers.

Unison Industries plans to invest nearly $30 million to upgrade its product manufacturing and R&D operations in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. The project is expected to create 76 new jobs over five years and retain 362 existing jobs.

ONCAP, the mid-market private equity platform of Onex, acquired IntraPac International, a specialty rigid packaging maker, from funds managed by CI Capital Partners on December 4, 2017. Terms were not disclosed.

Swift Medical announced that its wound care management technology will power Healogics' new Photo Measurement digital image acquisition application, enabling consistent wound measurement across Healogics' network of 700 Wound Care Centers.

Precision Medical Technologies plans to invest nearly $5 million to expand operations in North Manchester, Indiana, purchasing and renovating a 9,000-square-foot facility. The company expects to create up to 60 new jobs by 2022 and be fully operational in the new facility by early 2018.

Xtek, Inc. acquired Precision Machine Inc. and Precision Maintenance, Inc., both located in Paducah, Kentucky, to expand its maintenance service offerings in the Southeast US.

Yank Marine Services has taken delivery of a new 820 metric ton capacity Marine Travelift boat hoist at its Dorchester, New Jersey location, expanding its service capabilities. The expansion is expected to create 30-50 full-time jobs.

Praxis Packaging acquired Unette Corporation of Randolph, New Jersey, a personal care packaging company, expanding its offering to liquid, cream and paste products in tubes, bottles, jars and stick packs.

Ball Aerospace was selected by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center to deliver the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite system. The contract includes system design, risk reduction, and options for two satellites.

Schneider Electric is expanding its Butler County workforce by moving into a new facility in Fairfield, Ohio, and hiring 66 hourly employees to meet added demand for engineered-to-order solutions and control equipment.

Campbell & Shaw Steel is nearing completion of structural steel fabrication and erection for Oerlikon Metco's 100,000 square foot, 650-ton manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Michigan.

SAS Automotive Systems is launching an operation in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to support Mercedes-Benz SUV production, adding 170 jobs. Production is expected to begin later in 2018.

Lakeside Equipment Corporation was chosen by DC Water to supply 16 grit classifiers for the Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant in Washington, D.C., replacing aging units.

bluebird bio acquired a 125,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina, for $11.5 million to produce lentiviral vectors for its cell and gene therapies.

St. Paul-based MGC Diagnostics, a manufacturer of breathing and heart rate measurement equipment, agreed to be acquired by Altus Capital Partners for $50.3 million, or $11.03 per share.

Mold & Robotics Group, parent of Swiss company Müller, acquired CBW Automation, a US leader in robots and automation for thin-walled packaging, creating a global tooling and automation leader.

Mako Medical Laboratories will open a new facility in Henderson, North Carolina, creating 153 jobs and investing over $15.4 million. The facility is expected to open in mid-January 2018.