Danfoss has opened its new center in Baltimore, MD to provide assistance to its food-retail customers utilizing Danfoss Enterprise Services.

Zip-Pak, a provider of resealable technology for flexible packaging, will open a new Engineering and Innovation Center at its Carol Stream, IL headquarters later this year.

H.I.G. Capital has sold Albertville Quality Foods, Inc. to OK Foods, a subsidiary of Industrias Bachoco S.A.B.

Kelvion added an air cooled condenser production line at its heat exchanger manufacturing facility in Catoosa, Oklahoma. This is the first time air cooled condensers are manufactured at the US factory, which currently produces gasketed and brazed heat exchangers.

Kamtek, a division of Magna, opened a new $60 million manufacturing facility in Birmingham, Alabama, adding 100 employees. The 150,000 square foot plant produces lightweight aluminum structural castings for vehicles.

Advanced Assembly LLC, a joint venture between Lear Corp. and Comer Holdings, will invest $7 million to expand its Columbia City, Indiana plant, adding 100 jobs and three new assembly lines for Chevrolet Silverado seating systems.

BihlerMED partnered with Lineus Medical to manufacture the SafeBreak Vascular breakaway medical device, with product launch scheduled for Q1 2018.

ChemSpec Ltd. entered a distribution agreement with The Dow Chemical Co. to distribute WALSRODER Nitrocellulose and NC-Chip products across the United States.

Evoqua Water Technologies will provide 42 granular activated carbon vessel systems to the City of Bakersfield, California, under a US$7.8 million contract to remove TCP from drinking water wells.

Spaulding Composites, Inc. of Rochester, NH, has acquired Burbak Plastics of Wilton, NH, a specialty injection molding company serving medical, firearms and defense industries. No financial terms disclosed.

MWH Constructors was awarded a $196 million contract by the Trinity River Authority of Texas to provide construction and start-up/commissioning support for the Phase III-B Solids Management Improvement Project at the Central Regional Wastewater System in Dallas.

Magna International is investing $60 million to expand its Kamtek plant in Alabama to meet lightweight demand for automotive components.

WPT Corp. will open a $6 million, 40-job plant in Ohio County, Kentucky, its second in the county, to add capacity for nonwoven fabrics used in hygiene and filtration products.

Sturgeon Electric Company, a subsidiary of MYR Group, was selected by Kiewit Meridiam Partners to provide electrical construction services for the $1.2 billion Central 70 Project in Denver, Colorado. The contract is expected to exceed $100 million.

Nonwoven fabrics manufacturer WPT Corp. will open a $6 million, 40-job plant in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, its second in Ohio County, to add capacity for hygiene and filtration products. The facility is expected to be online in late March 2018.

NuVasive, a medical device company focused on spine surgery, acquired Vertera Spine, a developer of porous PEEK interbody implants for spinal fusion. Terms were not disclosed.

Holtec International held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus in Camden, New Jersey. The nearly 50-acre campus includes a large manufacturing plant, a light manufacturing plant, and a 7-story engineering office building, and houses Holtec's third U.S. manufacturing plant.

BlueRing Stencils announced the acquisition of Stone Mountain Tool, a supplier of tooling for electronic manufacturers, to expand its product range including wave solder pallets, conformal coating fixtures, and surface mount carriers.

KPE won an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth over USD 100 million from Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex for a 200 MMSCFD cryogenic natural gas processing facility near Midkiff in the Permian Basin, West Texas.

Golden West Packaging Group acquired Heritage Solutions, Capital Corrugated, PackageOne and Packaging Innovators Corporation in Northern California. The deal created a West Coast lamination plant, and the group expects annual turnover above USD 250 million.

Atlas Copco acquired C.H. Spencer & Company, a US distributor of industrial pumps and compressors serving Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho. About 40 employees join Atlas Copco and the price was not disclosed.

Ross Controls announced the acquisition of the industrial division of Automatic Valve Corp., a pneumatic valve maker in Novi, Michigan. The purchase price was not disclosed and Automatic Valve's nuclear division was excluded.

Heraeus Medical Components, a subsidiary of Heraeus Group, acquired Biotectix, a maker of conductive polymer coatings for medical electrodes. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Deere and Company agreed to acquire Blue River Technology, a Sunnyvale-based ag-tech startup developing machine learning for precision farming, for $305 million. The acquisition is expected to close next month.

Tyson Foods, Inc. will invest approximately $80 million to expand its Union City, Tennessee plant, adding 25,000 square feet and new production lines. The expansion will create more than 300 new jobs and is expected to be operational by mid-2019.

Lam Research Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Coventor, Inc., a provider of simulation and modeling solutions for semiconductor process technology, MEMS, and IoT.

RJD Green Inc.'s Silex Holdings division was awarded a Preferred Vendor contract for countertop manufacturing and installation in eastern Oklahoma from the Affiliated Builders Group. The contract could generate annual revenues greater than $1,000,000.

AZZ Inc. acquired all assets and outstanding shares of Powergrid Solutions Inc., a Wisconsin-based designer and manufacturer of low and medium-voltage power quality, power generation and distribution equipment. Terms were not disclosed.

SEW Eurodrive awarded THS Constructors the expansion of its assembly plant and distribution center in Lyman, South Carolina, adding 75,000 square feet of assembly and warehouse space and an assembly dock expansion.

Marian, Inc. broke ground on August 14, 2017, for a 12,000-square-foot expansion at its Indianapolis headquarters to house a new machine shop, consolidating its tool and shop staff and machine building processes under one roof.

Fives has been selected by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to supply a Single input Electrically Variable Transmission (SiEVT) assembly line at the Tipton Transmission Plant in Indiana for the Pacifica hybrid car model. Initial volume is 30,000 units, with growth to 50,000. Delivery is planned for April 2018.

Fives will supply a Single input Electrically Variable Transmission for the Pacifica hybrid at FCA's Tipton Transmission Plant in Indiana, with volume designed for 30,000 rising to 50,000 units and delivery planned for April 2018.

Menasha Corporation acquired ARI Packaging of Alsip, Illinois, a contract packaging and fulfillment provider with five facilities in three states. The business will operate within Menasha Packaging Company.

Los Angeles-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Hufcor, a Janesville-based manufacturer of movable wall partitions for commercial and government buildings. Hufcor's headquarters will remain in Janesville.

Orthopedic device firm Stryker has finalized its acquisition of surgical imaging technology developer Novadaq Technologies for approximately $710 million in cash.

Skyline Medical entered into an innovative technology partnership with Intalere, making the STREAMWAY System available to Intalere's more than 90,000 members, including 3,733 hospitals.

Private equity firm Auxo Investment Partners acquired two die manufacturers: Atlas Die (Elkhart, Indiana) and Bernal (Rochester Hills, Michigan). No financial terms were disclosed.

A. O. Smith Corporation completed the purchase of William R. Hague, Inc. (Hague Quality Water International) for $44.5 million in cash plus a potential earn out of up to $2 million. Hague manufactures water softener products and is based in Groveport, Ohio.

Argentum Medical, LLC, an advanced wound care platform of Shore Capital Partners, acquired the TheraBond family of products from Alliqua BioMedical, Inc. The products include contact dressings, island dressings and wraps for burn care and wound care.

Albis Plastics Corporation officially inaugurated a new compounding plant in Duncan, South Carolina, on August 31, 2017, with production starting in July 2017. The plant has a capacity of 30 million lbs per year and represents a $14 million investment, with plans to add up to 60 jobs.

LaBarge, a subsidiary of Ducommun, was awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide electronic components for the F-16 radar system.

Gryphon Environmental LLC will invest more than $1.76 million and create 20 full-time jobs as it moves to a larger facility within Owensboro, Kentucky, increasing its workforce from 9 to 29 employees.

LaBarge, a subsidiary of Ducommun, was awarded $4 million in contracts from Atlantic Inertial Systems.

Mollart Engineering secured a $3 million contract for five Omnisprint gundrilling machines from a North American customer in the automotive sector, with one machine to be exhibited at EMO Hannover before delivery.

Atlantic Valve Services, formed by Control Associates and Proconex, acquired the former Pentair Service Operations and Factory Repair center in Bridgeport, New Jersey. The 22,500 square foot facility will remain in use for valve service and inventory.

Control Associates and Proconex formed a joint venture called Atlantic Valve Services to serve the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern US with valve sales, repair and certification. The venture follows Emerson's acquisition of Pentair's Valves & Controls unit.

Japan's Nikkiso closed its acquisition of California-based Cryogenic Industries Inc and Cryogenic Industries AG of Basel, makers of cryogenic centrifugal and reciprocating pumps and equipment for industrial gas and LNG markets. The deal value was not disclosed.

NAURA Microelectronics Equipment Co. Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Akrion Systems LLC's surface preparation business. Akrion, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, supplies wet-processing systems for the microelectronic, photovoltaic and display industries. The combined entity will operate as NAURA Akrion Inc.

H.B. Fuller Company announced an agreement to purchase Royal Adhesives & Sealants for $1.575 billion, a leading manufacturer of specialty adhesives and sealants, to enhance its position in the adhesives industry.

Rexnord Corporation will build a 248,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility and Aerospace Headquarters at its existing site in Downers Grove, Illinois, with completion expected by 2019.