Vortex Infrastructure and Stag Technologies announced a strategic alliance for the municipal infrastructure rehabilitation market. Vortex gets exclusivity on Stag's epoxy coatings for wastewater, and Stag will exclusively sell Vortex's Quadex geopolymers and mortars.

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority awarded Alstom a EUR 130 million contract to perform midlife overhaul of 52 P2000 light rail vehicles. The work will be done at Alstom's Mare Island facility in Vallejo, California, with the last vehicles returning to service in 2021.

Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corp held a grand opening on June 6, 2017 for its automotive parts manufacturing facility in Jamestown, Indiana.

Tecvalco USA Inc. acquired a 70,000-square-foot facility in Rockledge, Florida, to expand manufacturing of wastewater equipment. Production is expected to begin in Q4 2017, creating 20-25 jobs.

Persistent Systems received a prime award on a $100M multi-award IDIQ contract to supply its MPU5 communication system to the FBI's Operational Technology Division.

Westmoreland-Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority's new $16 million sequencing batch reactor water treatment facility in East Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania, began operating in September 2016, replacing outdated technology with a peak hydraulic capacity of 25 million gallons per day.

Web Industries has brought online an expanded Thermoplastic Composite Development and Qualification Center at its Atlanta Advanced Composites Center of Excellence, equipped with slitting, winding, and chopping machinery for thermoplastic carbon fiber prepreg materials.

Dowty Propellers has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at $52,574,370 to provide propeller engineering, reliability, and logistics sustainment for the R391 propeller system on KC-130J aircraft for the US Marine Corps and Kuwait.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC has acquired the assets of the Ball Ground aircraft sealant repackaging business from Graco Supply. The business, based in Ball Ground, Georgia, provides pre-mixed and frozen aircraft sealants and packaging kits to aircraft manufacturers.

Parker Hannifin has acquired Erie, Pennsylvania-based Snap-tite, a maker of high pressure fluid power components for oil and gas and industrial markets.

Holcim US completed a three-year, $100 million modernization project at its Ada, Oklahoma cement plant, including a new kiln line, boosting capacity by 20% to 682,000 metric tons of cement and 620,000 metric tons of clinker per year.

Goodco Mechanical Inc. acquired Bovard Heating and Cooling, a longtime Altoona business, effective June 1, 2017. Bovard will retain its name as a division of Goodco.

Axalta Coating Systems completed the purchase of Valspar's North American Industrial Wood Coatings business for an estimated $420 million. The deal closed on June 1, 2017, contingent on Sherwin-Williams' acquisition of Valspar.

Worthington Industries acquired Amtrol Inc. for approximately $283 million. Amtrol manufactures pressure cylinders and water system tanks.

Altana completed the acquisition of Solvay's Formulated Resins business, including a research and production facility in Olean, New York with 53 employees. The business will be integrated into Elantas PDG, Inc.

LafargeHolcim's Holcim Ada plant in Ada, Oklahoma, completed a three-year modernisation project, increasing cement capacity by 20% to 682,000tpa. The investment included a new kiln line and maintained 120 permanent jobs.

Meyer Industries Inc. was acquired by Precision Inc. to better serve Meyer Industries' customer base with a larger platform of research, engineering and manufacturing resources.

inTEST Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of thermal management products and semiconductor ATE interface solutions, has acquired Ambrell Corporation. Ambrell will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of inTEST.

Fives was awarded an EPC contract by Giant Cement Co. to revamp a cement ball mill workshop at its Harleyville, South Carolina plant, including engineering, supply, and commissioning.

King Plastic Corp. received approval from the North Port City Commission in June 2017 for a 100,800-square-foot expansion of its facility in North Port, Florida. The expansion is expected to double the company's output.

Monogram Snacks, a subsidiary of Monogram Foods, began operating an $11 million wastewater facility at its Martinsville, Virginia plant in June 2017. The facility includes an anaerobic digester that can generate 400 kW of power.

LeMond Composites inked an exclusive 20-year licensing agreement with Deakin University to commercialize carbon fiber technology, valued at $44 million.

Doosan Heavy Industries America signed an MOU to acquire ACT, a Houston-based gas turbine service provider, for an undisclosed amount. The deal aims to enter the U.S. gas turbine service market.

PLZ Aeroscience, majority-owned by Pritzker Group Private Capital, acquired The Penray Companies, a manufacturer of automotive chemicals for heavy-duty truck and automotive aftermarket. The deal closed on June 1, 2017.

Deschutes Brewery plans to invest $11.2 million in a wastewater-treatment facility at its headquarters in Bend, Oregon. The plant will process over 150,000 gallons per day and is expected to be complete by the end of 2018.

SK Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of D.B. Western, Inc. – Texas, a producer of formaldehyde and derivatives. The company, headquartered in League City, Texas, will be renamed Foremark Performance Chemicals.

Volm Cos. announced a formal strategic partnership with Wyma Solutions to provide integrated post-harvest handling solutions. The partnership includes manufacturing select Wyma products in North America.

Digi-Key Electronics announced plans to build a 1,000,000 square foot building expansion adjacent to its headquarters in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, creating over 1,000 new jobs. The project is supported by state and local government incentives.

Deere & Co. announced it will acquire the Wirtgen Group, a German road construction equipment maker, for about $5.2 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close by January 2018.

The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has completed its acquisition of The Valspar Corporation. Valspar shareholders will receive $113 per share in cash. The combined company generated pro forma 2016 revenues of $15.8 billion.

Gulf Island Fabrication, through its subsidiary Gulf Island Shipyards, executed a contract with Bay Houston Towing Company for the construction of four Z-Tech 30-80 Class Terminal/Escort Tugs. The vessels will be built at the Jennings, Louisiana location.

IBC Advanced Alloys has been awarded a production contract from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems to produce a beryllium-aluminum cast component for the ATFLIR system used on U.S. Navy F/A-18 jets. Terms were not disclosed.

CLEARAS Water Recovery has signed a contract with the city of South Davis, Utah, to deploy its Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery system as part of a $24 million upgrade to the city's wastewater plant. This is the first full-scale installation of the technology at a 4 million-gallon-plus capacity plant.

Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical has acquired Air Experts LLC, a residential HVAC contractor based in Cookeville, Tennessee. The acquisition expands Hiller's service area in the Upper Cumberland region.

KAISER AG announced the 100% acquisition of Premier Oilfield Equipment, based in Fort Morgan, Colorado, via an asset deal, to expand its global market position in sewer cleaning and industrial disposal vehicles.

Enel Group signed an agreement to acquire EnerNOC, a leading US-based provider of smart energy management services.

Cabot Corp. announced it has committed to build a new world-class fumed silica plant in Carrollton, Ky., adjacent to the existing Dow Corning silicone monomer plant.

Wacker Chemie recently started construction on the HDK pyrogenic silica plant located adjacent to its Charleston, Tenn., polysilicon plant.

Shell Chemical LP is making good progress on the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, La., adding 425,000 tonnes per year capacity.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved an order worth US$41.4M for three low-profile shuttle boom cranes from ZPMC for Port Everglades.

The North West Seaport Alliance approved a sole sourcing agreement for four new cranes from ZPMC at an estimated cost of US$52M for Husky Terminal in Tacoma.

Kalmar reported a deal worth around €13M from the Port of Virginia for 16 hybrid shuttle carriers, with an option for up to 40 additional units, for operation at Virginia International Gateway.

Trivest Partners announced the recapitalization of B&J Food Service Equipment and Beltram Foodservice Group to form BJ Beltram, Inc., a combined foodservice equipment distributor. The transaction is the 13th platform investment in Trivest Fund V.

Compco Industries finalized the purchase of the assets of Quaker Manufacturing Corp. on June 23, 2017. The company will be renamed Compco Quaker Manufacturing Inc., with no immediate staffing changes. Quaker had previously warned 115 employees of a potential closure.

Siemens has broken ground on a 300,000-square-foot expansion and renovation at its Siemens Healthineers facility in Walpole, Mass. The company plans to invest $300 million over four years, creating 700 new high-tech jobs.

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its expanded manufacturing plant and new administrative building in Fort Mill, South Carolina, representing a $36.5 million investment and creating over 100 jobs.

Pratt Industries completed its 388,000 sq ft corrugated packaging plant in the Rockwall Technology Park, Texas, in June 2017 after breaking ground in October 2016, with an initial $50 million investment in recycled packaging production.

Williams International plans to move its headquarters to Pontiac, Michigan, and acquire four parcels including the vacant Motown Motion Picture Studio, with a $344.5 million investment by 2022 to build a jet manufacturing facility.

Wärtsilä will supply engineering, equipment and delivery for two natural gas power plants with a total gross capacity of 188 MW to an unnamed Investor Owned Utility in the USA, valued at about EUR 80 million. The contract is contingent on regulatory approvals and equipment delivery is planned for 2018.

Champion Container acquired Jachts Columbia Can, a Paterson, New Jersey distributor of packaging containers founded in 1987. The deal was completed in June 2017.