Principle Construction Corp. has completed construction of a new 267,000 sq ft build-to-suit plastics manufacturing facility for Winpak Portion Packaging in Sauk Village, Illinois.

Winpak Portion Packaging agreed with Dermody Properties' DP Partners to develop a 267,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in the DP LogistiCenter at Sauk Village, Illinois, creating 40 jobs, as part of a $30m investment.

TJM Capital Partners, through Builtrite Holdings, invested in SAS of Luxemburg, Ltd, making SAS Forks a wholly owned subsidiary of Builtrite Holdings, announced at ISRI 2017.

Aquatherm North America held a grand opening for its new 82,000 square foot headquarters in Lindon, Utah on April 4, 2017.

AUC Group signed a lease agreement with Harris County Municipal Utility District #6 to install a temporary bypass plant with 300,000 GPD capacity for up to two months, while the district performs rehabilitation work on its 750,000 GPD wastewater treatment plant. The project starts in April 2017.

UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries Inc. is adding a 56,000 square foot expansion to its Paducah facility, including machining centers, robotics and fabrication equipment, creating up to 50 jobs.

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) completed the acquisition of GigPeak, Inc. through a tender offer, as previously announced on February 13, 2017.

HP Pelzer Automotive Systems plans to invest USD 13.5 million in a new manufacturing plant in Port Huron, Michigan, creating 124 jobs.

HarbisonWalker International selected The Point Industrial Park in South Point, Ohio for a new $30 million monolithic refractories manufacturing facility. The plant will have an initial capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year and is expected to be operational by early 2018.

MC Industrial has been chosen to build Boeing's 367,000-square-foot composite center on its St. Louis campus. The facility will bring over 700 jobs and produce parts for the 777X aircraft.

Nordson Corporation completed the acquisition of Vention Medical's Advanced Technologies business for approximately $705 million in cash. The business specializes in minimally invasive interventional delivery devices and employs about 775 people.

Star Snacks will invest over $18 million and create 115 jobs in a new 200,000-square-foot peanut roasting and packaging facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.

PPG completed a $3m expansion of its packaging coatings manufacturing at its Oak Creek, Wisconsin plant, adding a 3,300 sq ft facility to produce food can coatings.

PPG opened a nearly $3 million expansion at its Oak Creek, Wisconsin, plant, adding a 3,300-square-foot facility for food-can coatings production.

ARI Packaging signed a 10-year lease for a building at 456 International Parkway in Minooka, Illinois, to serve as a manufacturing and distribution site. The article gives the size as both 445,479 and 456,479 square feet.

Mazzella Companies has acquired FHS Incorporated (Florida Handling Systems), a material handling distributor in the Southeast U.S., expanding its North American footprint.

JB Machinery and Phoseon Technology have entered into an exclusive global sales agreement for UV LED technology into the sheetfed corrugated sector.

Nucor Corp. will invest $85 million to upgrade the rolling mill at its steel bar mill in Marion, Ohio, potentially creating 15 new jobs.

Outokumpu has enhanced its stainless bar production capabilities at its Richburg, South Carolina facility with a new coil-to-bar peeling line and full reinforcement bar capabilities, increasing stainless bar production capacity by more than 15,000 metric tons annually.

Perfetti van Melle USA will expand its manufacturing plant near Erlanger, Kentucky, with an $11 million investment, adding 70 new jobs and increasing manufacturing and packaging capacity by nearly 50%.

Flack Global Metals and Kenwood Painted Metals have merged. Jeremy K. Flack remains CEO of Flack Global Metals, and Greg Underwood, president of Kenwood Painted Metals, joins as executive vice president.

KPEX, a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, awarded Almex a contract for an automatic-tilt reverberatory melting furnace and DC billet casting line for its new greenfield facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plant will produce high-strength automotive aluminum extrusions.

Bürkert USA held a grand opening for its 173,000 square-foot headquarters and manufacturing complex in Huntersville, North Carolina, on April 3, 2017. The site includes CNC machine shops for manifolds and a class 10,000 clean room for valve assembly.

Pretium Packaging announced the acquisition of Patrick Products Inc., a rigid blow-molded plastic container producer based in Leipsic, Ohio, serving janitorial, automotive and household chemical markets. The deal combines the two companies' North American footprints.

Sharp Packaging Services, a division of UDG Healthcare, took over Daiichi Sankyo's 146,000-square-foot pharmaceutical packaging plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for $14 million, with the deal closing April 1, 2017.

Analog Devices acquired OneTree Microdevices, a fabless semiconductor company, to expand its GaAs and GaN amplifier portfolio for cable access networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.

DARcorporation and Sterna Composite Aircraft formed a joint venture, Sterna Composite Aircraft USA, to open a 10,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Lawrence, Kansas, to build composite propellers. The plant is expected to create 10 jobs by end of 2017 and begin production by early 2018.

Franklin Electric has acquired controlling interests in 2M Company, Western Hydro Holding Corporation and Drillers Service Inc. for approximately $89 million. The three distributors will operate as Headwater Companies LLC, serving groundwater professionals across the U.S.

Komatsu completed its $3.7 billion acquisition of Joy Global, renaming it Komatsu Mining Corp. Joy Global shares will be delisted, and the company's headquarters will remain in Milwaukee.

Nortech Packaging, a Chicago-based automation and controls solutions provider, acquired the assets of Tishma Innovations, a provider of cartoning, case packing, and specialty packaging machines, to expand its footprint in food, pharmaceutical, and confection markets.

Verizon Communications announced a three-year minimum purchase agreement with Corning Incorporated to provide fiber optic cable and hardware, with a minimum purchase commitment of $1.05 billion. Corning will supply up to 20 million kilometers of optical fiber per year from 2018 to 2020.

METAWATER Co., Ltd. announced the commencement of operations of the Basin Creek Water Treatment Plant in Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, which uses its ceramic membrane filtration system. The plant has a capacity of 26,500 m3/day.

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS completed the acquisition of US company Chemtura for an enterprise value of €2.4 billion, expanding its additives portfolio and making LANXESS one of the world's leading players in this field.

Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 348,000-square-foot expansion to its existing facility in Sauk Village, Illinois, doubling its manufacturing, office and warehouse space.

EIS, the Electrical/Electronic Materials Group of Genuine Parts Co., acquired Empire Wire and Supply, a provider of custom cable assemblies and distributor of network, electrical, automation and safety products, effective April 1, 2017. Empire is expected to generate annual revenues of approximately $65 million.

Keihin IPT Mfg, LLC completed its acquisition of Keihin Aircon North America, Inc. from Keihin Corporation and others in April 2017, after agreeing the deal on February 21, 2017.

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract worth $8 million to provide process automation engineering services as main automation contractor to TPC Group's Texas and Louisiana facilities.

Tenowo, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its expanded plant in Lincolnton, NC, involving a new 70,000 sq ft building and a new production line, with a total investment of $10 million.

Continental Motors Group will remain in Mobile, Alabama, with the Mobile Airport Authority building a 260,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and corporate office. Total capital investment is estimated at $70 million, with $30 million for the facility and $40 million for new equipment.

Turkish nonwovens producer Mogul officially opened its first U.S. investment in Grey Court, South Carolina, a 3.2-meter spunlace line with 15,000 tons annual capacity, creating over 70 jobs.

Caterpillar finalized a decision to move machine production out of its Aurora, Illinois facility to other U.S. plants. Large wheel loaders and compactors will go to Decatur, Illinois; medium wheel loaders to North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Braidy Industries announced a $1.3 billion aluminum mill in Greenup County, Kentucky, producing sheet and plate for automotive, aerospace and defense. Construction starts early 2018, completion in 2020, creating 550 jobs.

Empire Resources, Inc., a distributor of semi-finished metal products, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a unit of Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. for $7.00 per share in cash, with an aggregate value of approximately $58 million.

Eli Lilly announced plans to invest $850 million in its U.S. operations in 2017, including an $85 million expansion of Trulicity device assembly operations and a $140 million insulin cartridge production facility in Indianapolis.

Akoustis Technologies received an incentive package from Empire State Development offering up to $8 million in tax credits for its planned expansion into Canandaigua, New York, including acquisition of a 120,000 sq ft wafer manufacturing facility. The company plans to create 214 new jobs and invest up to $20 million over five years.

HP Pelzer Automotive Systems is investing $13.4 million in a new manufacturing plant in Port Huron, Michigan.

Longwood Elastomers added presses at its Branham facility in Texas to expand service offerings for the oil and gas market.

Constellium installed a new recycling furnace at its Muscle Shoals, Alabama facility, boosting recycling output by 170 million pounds per year.

Sealed Air's Diversey Care division was awarded a 3-year group purchasing contract by Premier Inc. for Oxivir and Avert disinfectant cleaner wipes, effective May 1, 2017.

Validor Capital acquired a majority interest in The Boehm Pressed Steel Company, a deep draw stamping specialist based in Valley City, Ohio. Former President Bob Boehm and EVP Bill Reis retained minority stakes.