Hapco Pole Products will invest over $6 million to construct a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility adjacent to its current campus in Abingdon, Virginia, creating 28 new jobs.

Faribault Foods opened a new 635,000-square-foot bean processing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, as part of a $100-million campus expansion. The facility, designed and built by Stellar, opened in September 2017 and houses all operations on a centralized campus.

Kaneka Americas Holding Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Kaneka Corporation, completed the acquisition of Applied Poleramic Inc., a California-based advanced resin supplier for aerospace, for approximately $15 million. The deal received CFIUS clearance.

Electric Machinery (WEG Group), S.T. Cotter Turbine Services and Axis Mechanical Group announced a business alliance to provide comprehensive aftermarket services for rotating equipment, covering maintenance, repair and overhaul for industries including petrochemical, power generation and oil and gas.

Pratt & Whitney announced a $31 million expansion at its Columbus, Ga., plant, building a 270,000-sq.-ft. facility for an isothermal forge press to make turbine disks and compressors for jet engines. The expansion is expected to create over 500 new jobs and be completed in 12 months.

TFab Defense Systems, a subsidiary of Tyonek Manufacturing Group, was awarded a $15.4 million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard to manufacture and deliver HC-144B Minotaur mission system operator consoles, aircraft integration kits, and spare parts. Work will be performed at Tyonek's Madison, Ala., facility.

Petersen opened a new 52,000 sq. ft. PAC-CLAD manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to serve the Western U.S. construction market. The facility became fully operational in the first quarter of 2018.

Denyo Mfg. Corp. announced a $8.7 million expansion at its Danville, Ky., campus, building a 63,000-sq.-ft. facility for sheet metal fabrication used in generator and air compressor assembly. The expansion is expected to create up to 90 jobs and be fully operational by October 2018.

DC Water awarded a contract to Lakeside Equipment Corporation to supply 16 grit classifiers for its Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant, replacing existing units.

Strata-G Solutions signed a definitive agreement to acquire WestWind Technologies and WestWind Aerospace. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2017.

NXP Semiconductors has announced a $22 million program to expand its U.S. operations, enabling facilities in Austin and Chandler to manufacture security chips for government applications supporting national and homeland security programs.

Superior Extrusion Inc. has committed to a $10.5 million expansion at its K.I. Sawyer plant in Michigan, including a new 60,000-square-foot building and a 2,000-ton aluminum extrusion press. The project is expected to create up to 30 jobs by 2020.

DowDuPont Materials Science announced the startup of a new integrated world-scale ethylene production facility (1.5 MMmt initial capacity) and a new ELITE enhanced polyethylene production facility (400,000 mt) in Freeport, Texas. Both units will ramp up through Q3 and reach full rates in Q4 2017.

Addivant held a ribbon-cutting event at its Morgantown, WV facility to celebrate a major capacity expansion for Weston 705 phosphite antioxidant, involving a multi-million dollar investment that more than triples production capacity.

Vision Engineering and Luxo Corporation have announced a new business partnership. Vision Engineering will offer a full range of co-branded magnifiers to the North American market.

Global Tooling Solutions LLC has announced a strategic partnership with Autogrip Machinery Co. to bring Autogrip's power chucks and workholding products to the U.S. market.

China-based J-Star Motion will establish a new manufacturing facility in Cedar Springs, Michigan, investing $4.9 million and planning 122 jobs, supported by a $738,000 state grant.

Commercial Metals Company has completed the sale of its raw materials trading division, CMC Cometals, to Traxys North America and Traxys Europe for approximately $179 million.

Valentus Specialty Chemicals has partnered with PoloPlaz to create a leading wood floor coatings company. PoloPlaz was previously owned by Mac Hogan and Chad Baker, who will become Valentus shareholders.

Denyo Manufacturing Corporation plans to invest $8.68 million to construct a new 63,000-square-foot facility and add equipment in Danville, Kentucky, creating up to 90 jobs.

Don Construction Products is launching its first U.S. manufacturing operations in Lancaster County, South Carolina, with a $6.2 million investment and 21 new jobs. The facility is expected to be online by Q3 2018.

Vestil Manufacturing is investing almost $15 million and creating up to 100 new jobs by 2021, adding 8,100 square feet to its plant and building a 250,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Angola, Indiana.

SAF-HOLLAND is expanding its operations in Dumas, Arkansas, by opening a new facility in the old Federal-Mogul building. The company is investing approximately $4 million and creating 65 new jobs.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded a contract worth over USD 49 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery to supply valves for Virginia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers. Work is performed at its East Farmingdale, New York facility through 2021.

Daikin America announced a $5 million expansion at its State Docks Road site in Decatur, Alabama, to install a process for blending refrigerant components to produce lower-global-warming refrigerant blends. The expansion will create nine new jobs.

Henry Schein Inc. announced plans to acquire Merritt Veterinary Supplies Inc., a family-owned supplier of animal health products serving approximately 4,500 veterinary clinics in the eastern U.S. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.

Insulet broke ground on a $100 million, 350,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Acton, Massachusetts, to produce its OmniPod insulin management system. The plant is expected to go online in 2019.

Tyr Energy, along with partners Kansai Electrical Power Co. and Siemens Group, started construction on the Hickory Run Power Station, a 1,000 MW gas-fueled combined-cycle electrical generation plant in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania. The plant is expected to be in service by April 2020.

Americold has broken ground on a new 15.5 million cubic foot automated cold storage facility at its Rochelle, Illinois campus, adding 57,600 pallet positions. The facility is expected to open in December 2018 and will create up to 70 jobs.

Ash Grove Cement announced that J. Randall Vance, previously president and COO, has been promoted to president and CEO. Charles Sunderland, former chairman and CEO, will remain chairman of the board.

Soft Wear Automation will ship its first fully automated production line to Tianyuan Garments within the next two years, initially for making T-shirts, with capacity to produce 1.25 million shirts per year per line.

Ball Corporation will begin construction of a new beverage packaging facility in Goodyear, Arizona, expected to start production in Q2 2018 to serve demand for specialty cans in the southwestern U.S. No investment value was given.

Ball Corporation will cease production at its Birmingham, Alabama, Chatsworth, California, and Longview, Texas beverage packaging plants during 2018, eliminating about 309 jobs. Existing customers will be supplied from other Ball facilities, with an approximately USD 22 million after-tax charge.

PumpMan Holdings LLC, a Soundcore Capital Partners portfolio company, completed the acquisition of Bartley Pump of Santa Rosa, California. The deal adds agricultural pump service and repair to PumpMan's offering.

Morris Packaging ordered a Hudson-Sharp 750SGBS pouch machine and a B&B-MAF side gusseted bag machine for its converting facility in Jefferson City, Missouri, following a 30,000 sq. ft. expansion. About 15-20 additional jobs are expected by Q4 2017.

CHT Group, a German silicone specialties supplier, acquired ICM Silicones Group, a US-based provider of silicone emulsions and elastomers. The acquisition includes ICM's subsidiaries in the US, UK, Italy, and China, doubling CHT's silicone business and re-entering the US market.

Martin Resource Management Corporation and Copperbeck Energy Partners LLC formed a new joint venture, Saconix LLC, combining Martin's sulfuric acid business with Copperbeck's capital. Copperbeck will own 62.5% and MRMC 37.5%. The deal is expected to close by October 15, 2017.

Baxter completed a $270 million expansion of its Opelika, Alabama facility, more than doubling its size to 400,000 square feet and adding four production lines. The workforce grew from 170 to over 350 employees.

LS Tractor USA, an agricultural equipment distributor, will invest $11.5 million to expand its facility in Battleboro, North Carolina, creating 31 jobs over five years.

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Boeing a potential 10-year, $323.5 million undefinitized delivery order to provide spare parts for U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircraft.

Android Industries and sister company Avancez will invest $14.7 million to expand operations in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, creating up to 313 jobs by the end of 2018 to supply new General Motors contracts. Avancez will also open a 300,000-square-foot facility.

Private equity firm May River Capital has completed its acquisition of BJM Pumps, LLC, a maker of submersible pumps, forming the first acquisition of its new Industrial Pump platform. Terms were not disclosed.

Burckhardt Compression will deliver its Laby compressor system for a monoethylene glycol plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with 700,000 tpy capacity, part of an ethane cracker project expected to operate in 2019.

Innovative Plastics Inc. has added floor space and equipment at its Madison, Alabama plant to meet increased production demand. The article is dated August 29, 2017.

Alcast Company purchased the operating assets of Fairfield Aluminum Castings Company in Fairfield, Iowa, and assumed the Clarence, Missouri property. The acquired business will be rebranded as Alcast Company Midwest Works LLC.

Centurion Stone announced plans to hire 50 additional workers and move to a 300,000 sq ft facility in Cockrill Bend, West Nashville, in early 2018. The move will double its space and increase production by 30%.

AE Industrial Partners acquired BHI Energy, a provider of specialty services and staffing to the power generation industry. The transaction closed on August 28, 2017; terms were not disclosed.

Ferrovial Airports has signed a $650 million contract to remodel and operate the Jeppesen terminal at Denver International Airport. The Great Hall Partners consortium will manage the project for 34 years.

Hitchiner Manufacturing is expanding its Milford, New Hampshire plant by adding 25,000 sq. ft. of finishing space and a 6,000 sq. ft. product development area. The expansion will create more than 40 new jobs.

ElectraTherm, a BITZER Group company, has completed a 50,000 square foot manufacturing plant and R&D test center in Flowery Branch, Georgia. The facility is ready for full production of Power+ Generators.