Concrete Concepts Inc. secured a contract to supply 2,065 lagging panels for site walls at Shell Chemical Appalachia's petrochemical complex in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Panels were cast in spring and summer 2016.

Absolute Machine Tools Inc of Lorain, Ohio, acquired Advanced Machinery Solutions of Columbus, Ohio, becoming the exclusive importer/distributor of LICO Machinery Company of Taichung, Taiwan.

EDAC Technologies received a loan under Connecticut's First Five program to expand its Cheshire facility, retaining 349 jobs and creating 200 new jobs. The funding will assist in acquiring machinery and equipment.

Delta Gear Inc of Livonia, Michigan, won new gear business on the Trent 1000 turbine engine, producing Bevel, Curvic and Coupling parts for the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.

Aptean agreed to acquire irms|360 Enterprise Solutions, a division of Upp Technology, which provides cloud-based warehouse management, asset management and emergency management systems.

TemperPack will invest $2 million to expand its headquarters and manufacturing operations in Richmond, Virginia, creating 23 new jobs. The expansion was announced by the Richmond mayor and Virginia's Secretary of Commerce and Trade.

Graphic Packaging International will supply a QuikFlex 2100 beverage cartoning machine to City Brewing Company's Memphis, Tennessee packing site. The variety pack line adds 9.5 million cases a year to the plant's 50 million case capacity.

Idan Packaging plans to open a new facility next to its existing Hawthorne plant this year, raising dry blending capacity from 6 million to more than 15 million lbs per year.

Evapco Inc. will invest $15 million to expand its factory in Taneytown, Maryland, constructing a 160,000-square-foot building and adding more than 125 jobs over five years.

Flex announced a definitive agreement to acquire AGM Automotive, a global supplier of automotive interior components and systems, to expand its automotive offering.

Pfizer is continuing construction at its Rocky Mount, North Carolina site, increasing the scope of its sterile injectable manufacturing facility expansion from $159 million to $190 million, adding a 65,000-square-foot adjacent facility. No new jobs are expected.

Oxco Inc., a light manufacturer and supplier of nonwoven materials, is launching new operations in York County, South Carolina, with a 150,000-square-foot facility (expandable to 200,000 sq ft), creating over 130 new jobs and bringing approximately $13 million in capital investment.

Onyx Solar has been awarded a contract to supply 60,000 sq ft of semi-transparent photovoltaic glass for the Bell Works Complex in Holmdel, New Jersey, creating the world's largest photovoltaic skylight.

Bouckaert Industrial Textiles has purchased a 3.4-meter-wide air-lay line from Laroche and TechnoPlants for $3 million, adding 15 jobs and capacity of 8-10 million pounds per year. The line is expected to be operational in April 2017.

Wembly Enterprises, a family-owned investing team, has purchased coated fabrics and textile producer Bradford Industries. Terms were not disclosed.

Affiliates of Apollo and HGM agreed to combine Novitex and SourceHOV with Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2 to form Exela Technologies, a public company, in a transaction valued at $2.8 billion.

Southeastern Tool & Design merged with Keystone Machine Technologies, a robotic integrator, to expand its automation and robotics capabilities for manufacturing customers.

M&I Electric, a business of American Electric Technologies, received multiple contracts to provide IntelliSafe arc-resistant switchgear and turnkey power solutions for a midstream customer's Permian Crude Pipeline and Houston terminal expansion.

Nel Hydrogen, a division of Nel ASA, signed an exclusive framework contract with Royal Dutch Shell to supply, build and maintain H2Station hydrogen fueling stations in California, with a potential value above NOK 140 million.

W.W. Clyde & Co. and Layton Construction Company, LLC announced a joint-venture partnership to serve customers in the Hawaiian Islands, combining their heavy civil and commercial construction expertise.

Viant announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vention Medical's Device Manufacturing Services business. The acquisition will more than double Viant's size, expand its capabilities in assembly and packaging, and extend its global footprint to 22 manufacturing facilities.

Triwater Holdings LLC completed the acquisition of a portion of Buckman's water treatment business. The acquisition reinforces Triwater's Water Treatment Solutions division as a leader in the North American industrial marketplace.

Thermo Fisher Scientific plans to buy Finesse Solutions, a maker of process sensors, controllers, and software for biopharmaceutical production with annual sales of $50 million. Terms were not disclosed.

Mitch Wallace and partners have purchased Allstate Glass Co. of Birmingham, Alabama. No financial details were disclosed.

Mexico-based glass manufacturer Vitro signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC automotive OEM glass business from LKQ Corp. for approximately $310 million. The acquisition includes seven manufacturing plants in the US, one in Poland, and equity in two joint ventures.

Dormakaba announced it is acquiring certain mechanical security businesses from Stanley Black & Decker, including Stanley Commercial Hardware and GMT in China, for $725 million. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2017.

MosChip's US subsidiary entered an agreement with a US partner to produce and support a custom silicon solution for a digital cinema product. The engagement is valued at nearly USD 1 million to be executed over the next two quarters.

Gladstone Investment Corporation partnered with management to buy out J.R. Hobbs Co., a mechanical solutions company, on February 17, 2017.

Motor City Fastener has acquired EMCO, Inc., a Charlotte, NC-based industrial distributor, doubling its size and forming Motor City Industrial. EMCO's president Alan Williams will remain with the business.

Rheinmetall Automotive, through its subsidiary KS Kolbenschmidt US, booked a follow-up order worth over €135 million from a major American OEM for gasoline engine pistons for light commercial vehicles, to be produced in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, announced an agreement to acquire Torax Medical, Inc. No financial details were disclosed.

FMH Conveyors held a grand opening for a new 195,000-square-foot facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which will also serve as the company's new headquarters. The expansion is expected to create 110 new jobs.

Eaton has received contracts from Aponte Power Services to lead life extension and electrical modernization projects at four hydropower facilities (Old Hickory, Barkley, Dale Hollow, Laurel) in Kentucky and Tennessee for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

LMI Aerospace has entered into a merger agreement with Sonaca S.A. for $14 per share in an all-cash transaction, a 63% premium. The acquisition is subject to CFIUS clearance.

New Flyer of America Inc. was awarded a contract to build 300 40-foot Xcelsior compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for Miami-Dade Transit as part of a public-private collaboration with Trillium CNG.

HarbisonWalker International (HWI) announced a $30 million investment to construct a new monolithic refractories manufacturing facility in the northern Kentucky/southern Ohio region. The plant will have a capacity of 80,000 metric tons per year and is expected to be operational by early 2018.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. announced the opening of a new development center in Austin, Texas, staffed with 13 RF IC developers, to accelerate UltraCMOS products for mobile applications.

ServiceBench announced a contract win with Tradewinds Climate Systems, the world's largest manufacturer of specialized HVAC products, to deploy its cloud-based warranty claims system.

Balfour Beatty US was awarded a $100 million contract by the Cleburne Independent School District for a 500,000-square-foot renovation and enlargement of Cleburne High School in Texas. The project will break ground in spring 2017 and finish by the 2019-2020 school year.

Elbit Systems of America was awarded an ID/IQ contract by the U.S. Army to provide and field mortar fire control systems. If fully ordered, the maximum value is $102 million, with completion by December 2021.

UGSI Solutions, Inc. completed the acquisition of PAX Water Technologies on January 27, 2017. PAX Water is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGSI Solutions.

Minburn Technology Group, LLC was awarded a 5-year, $7 million firm fixed price task order by the VA for the VISN 1 Surgical Workflow Solution.

NewAge Industries is expanding and renovating 40,000 square feet at its headquarters near Philadelphia, adding clean rooms and warehouse space for its AdvantaPure product line. The company will invest $9.5 million in the project.

Eaton received contracts from Aponte Power Services to lead life extension and electrical modernization projects at four hydropower facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee: Old Hickory, Barkley, Dale Hollow and Laurel. The contracts include design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and commissioning of electrical distribution, protection and safety systems.

GE Ventures and Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced a multi-year, worldwide patent license agreement for GE's microelectronics packaging patent portfolio, covering fabrication of substrates embedded with electronic circuits.

HexaTech Inc signed two strategic agreements with Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, including a long-term supply commitment for AlN substrates and licensing of certain HexaTech intellectual property.

Total Industries is relocating to a new 64,000 square foot facility in Livermore, California, about 40% larger than its previous Hayward location, expected to open by March 31, 2017.

New assembly lines will be added in part of a large addition recently completed at the Durham Company's Houston plant.

Sonoco signed a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Packaging Company, a thermoformed fresh-produce packaging maker in Exeter, California, for about $230 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by Q2 2017.

LFM Capital has acquired Heartland Steel Products, a maker of material handling systems including structural steel platforms and pallet racking.