TekPackaging, a unit of ESCO Technologies, was awarded an exclusive production contract for Thermoscan ear thermometer probe covers for worldwide distribution. The five-year contract is worth about $40 to $50 million, with an initial order of $11.7 million; the article is undated in its year and appears to be from 2009.

Arsenal Capital Partners acquired Carolina Color Corporation and Breen Color Concentrates, combining them under common ownership to create a leading specialty color and additive concentrate supplier in the plastics market.

Gränges signed a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd to form a joint venture in North America for manufacturing advanced aluminium foil materials for brazed automotive heat exchangers.

Trex Co. acquired SC Railing Co. and Staging Concepts, forming the first operating company within its Trex Commercial Products subsidiary.

Generation NEXT Franchise Brands has selected Flex, Ltd. as its exclusive manufacturing partner for its Reis & Irvy's Froyo Robot and future robotic vending technologies. Flex will produce approximately 760 pre-sold units from its Columbia, South Carolina plant by June 30, 2018.

Northrop Grumman Corporation agreed to acquire Orbital ATK, Inc. for approximately $7.8 billion in cash plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in net debt, totaling $9.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division of Barry-Wehmiller, acquired Graphbury Machines, LLC, a manufacturer of flexible packaging machinery and engineering services provider based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

WABCO Holdings signed an agreement to purchase Meritor's stake in the Meritor WABCO joint venture for $250 million. The transaction is expected to close on October 1, 2017, giving WABCO full ownership.

TricorBraun acquired Continental Packaging Associates, a family-owned packaging supplier serving food, industrial, pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets. The company will operate as TricorBraun and keep its management team.

Mitsubishi Materials is exploring a partnership with Sweden's Granges to invest up to 40 billion yen ($360 million) in rolled aluminum production for heat exchangers in the US. The two companies are in final negotiations to establish a joint venture by 2018, with production targeted by 2021.

Miyake Forging North America Corporation will build a new 45,000-square-foot automotive bearing parts manufacturing facility in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, investing $13.7 million and creating 60 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational by early 2018.

ENGIE North America has acquired six mechanical services companies from Talen Energy Group, based in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, employing 750 people. The acquisition provides ENGIE a platform to deliver mechanical contracting services in the Northeast US.

GF Linamar, a joint venture between Georg Fischer and Linamar, won a $300 million contract to produce lightweight magnesium cross car beams for a new US pickup model. Production will start in 2020 at a new plant in Mills River, North Carolina, which will officially open in October 2017.

Gränges will invest $110 million to expand its aluminum rolling operations in Huntingdon, Tennessee, creating approximately 100 jobs. The expansion includes buildings, casters, cold-rolling mills, annealing furnaces and slitters.

Boeing has selected Triumph Group as a major supplier for its T-X Air Force training jet. If awarded the contract, Triumph will supply wing, vertical tail and horizontal tail structures, generating 950 jobs in Red Oak, Texas.

Gränges signed a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Aluminum to form a joint venture in North America for manufacturing advanced aluminium materials for brazed automotive heat exchangers. A new production facility is planned, with the joint venture expected to be established in 2018.

Kencoa Group completed the acquisition of Heart of Georgia Metal Crafters, a tier-1 aerospace supplier in Eastman, Georgia, now renamed Kencoa Aerospace. The company plans a major expansion with $2 million in capital investment and 100 new jobs over four years.

Turboden, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group company, signed an order with Cyrq Energy Inc. to supply a 14 MWe geothermal ORC turbogenerator for the Lightning Dock plant in New Mexico, USA. The plant is under construction and expected to operate in Q1 2019.

Trask-Decrow Machinery transferred its plant air compressor business to Ingersoll-Rand, its long-time distributor partner. Both companies will share the same location in Scarborough, Maine, while Trask-Decrow keeps its industrial pump and portable equipment business.

Enovation Controls, a Sun Hydraulics subsidiary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced a merger with fellow Sun subsidiary High Country Tek, which operates in Nevada City, California. The merger is scheduled for December 31, 2017.

Kent Nutrition Group broke ground on September 14, 2017 for a multi-million dollar feed manufacturing facility expansion at its Deluxe Feeds Sheldon location in Iowa. The project includes five new pellet mills, packaging equipment, and a 50,000-square-foot warehouse.

Tiger Infrastructure Partners signed an agreement to acquire Danskammer Energy, LLC, owner of the 500 MW Danskammer gas-fired power plant near Newburgh, New York, from Mercuria Energy Group. The acquisition is expected to close in 2017.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) completed the 1.1GW Allen Combined-Cycle Plant near Memphis, Tennessee, replacing the old Allen Fossil Plant. The $975 million plant started operations in April 2018, and also includes a 1MW solar farm and 5MW biogas facility.

Hal Hays Construction, Inc. (HHCI) was awarded a 5-year, $99M contract by NAVFAC Southwest for demolition and site preparation services at installations in six US states.

German specialty chemicals distributor Bodo Möller Chemie has established new subsidiaries in the USA (Atlanta, Georgia) and Mexico (Mexico City) to distribute Dow Automotive's adhesives and other technologies.

Lattice Semiconductor and Canyon Bridge Capital Partners announced termination of their merger agreement following an order from President Trump blocking the acquisition.

Schunk USA has started construction on an expansion of its U.S. headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina, more than doubling the facility size. The company will invest $30 million by 2022 and create over 80 new jobs.

Pratt & Whitney commissioned a new 93,000 square-foot fan blade manufacturing facility at its AutoAir plant in Lansing, Michigan, for PurePower GTF engines. The $97 million investment adds to an existing GTF fan blade line.

MSD Partners LP agreed to acquire Ring Container Technologies, a blow molder of HDPE and PET plastic bottles based in Oakland, Tennessee. No financial terms were disclosed, and ownership transfer is expected in Q4 2017.

A privately-held affiliate of Houston-based Gulf Electroquip Ltd. has acquired Ideal Electric Company, a Mansfield, Ohio-based manufacturer of electric motors and generators, from Hyundai Heavy Industries. The acquisition will retain most employees and add new hires.

G&G Steel completed and assembled a full-scale model of the Space Launch System Core Stage, called the Core Stage Pathfinder, for NASA under a contract with Dynetics. The 228,000-pound steel structure was built at G&G's Cordova, Alabama facility and will be delivered to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility.

Central Lake Armor Express (Armor Express) was awarded a contract by the U.S. Marshals Service to supply Busch AMP-1 TP VPAM-certified ballistic helmets for officers in the Western District of Virginia.

Fisher Auto Parts announced the acquisition of Motown Automotive Distributing, effective October 1, 2017. Motown is an automotive aftermarket distribution business in Michigan.

H&H Medical Corporation acquired the rights to produce the SWAT-T elastic tourniquet from TEMS Solutions, LLC. The product will expand H&H Medical's line of bleeding control products for military and civilian customers.

Porcher Industries, through its US subsidiary BGF Industries, acquired a plant in Altavista, Virginia, to meet growing demand from automotive OEMs for glass fibre insulation and exhaust components. The plant is expected to be fully operational by Q1 2018, creating over 40 new jobs.

Georgia-Pacific announced a new $100 million lumber production facility in Talladega, Alabama. Construction starts immediately with anticipated startup in late 2018, creating over 100 jobs.

Autocar will invest $120 million to open a heavy-duty cab-over-engine truck assembly plant in an existing one million-square-foot complex in Birmingham and Center Point, Alabama, creating 746 jobs.

Solvay will start manufacturing polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) polymers at its Augusta, GA location early next year to support aerospace demand.

Intertape Polymer Group is investing US$7 million to add manufacturing and distribution capacity at its facility in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, adding 15 new jobs.

Colby Co. Engineering LLC of Portland, Maine, was awarded a five-year, $30 million contract to assist the U.S. Navy's facilities engineering group with designs for building renovations and new construction in support of its submarine overhaul program.

An affiliate of private equity firm Peak Rock Capital acquired Hasa, Inc., a producer and distributor of water treatment products, on September 12, 2017. The deal value was not disclosed.

Ti Squared Technologies, a titanium investment casting foundry, is planning to move to Millersburg in 2018. The company currently operates in Sweet Home, Oregon.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded a contract worth over USD 49 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery to supply propulsion plant valves for Virginia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers.

Dragon PES announced the acquisition of a 117,880 sq ft, 19-acre former National Oilwell Varco facility north of San Angelo, Texas, to build API production tanks and pumps for the Permian Basin, with full tank production expected by December 1.

BGF Industries purchased the former Timken Company plant in Altavista, Virginia for $4 million, adding a third location in the town. The facility, called the Blue Ridge plant, will house the company's expanding engineered-component business for industrial textiles.

Clariant will make a low single-digit million-dollar investment in its oil services sites in Midland, Texas, and Clinton, Oklahoma, including new or expanded technical labs, to be completed by end of 2017.

Yuhuang Chemical awarded Amec Foster Wheeler a $604 million contract to help build its planned $1.85 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

TransMed7 and Peridot Corporation entered a strategic partnership effective August 21, 2017, for manufacturing and commercial launch of medical devices.

Astrex Electronics, a portfolio company of RockWood Equity Partners, acquired Timco/Cal RF, a manufacturer and distributor of specialized assemblies and interconnect products for military, aerospace and commercial industries.

The Cooper Companies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the global rights and business of Teva's PARAGARD Intrauterine Device for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal includes Teva's manufacturing facility in Buffalo, NY.