Vonco Products expanded its LiquaLoc Flexibles division by installing a new high-speed automated pouch line for liquid-tight packaging in a specially built room at its Lake Villa, Illinois facility.

Mecaplast Group, a French automotive plastics supplier, has acquired Key Plastics, a US-based manufacturer of automotive plastic components. The deal creates a global top 10 automotive plastics supplier.

ShoreView Industries acquired Hi-Rel Group and merged it with Pacific Aerospace & Electronics and Litron to form Hermetic Solutions Group, a market leader in hermetic packaging components for defense, optical networking, industrial and medical industries.

United States Technologies, Inc., a portfolio company of Cornerstone Capital Holdings, acquired Aldetec, Inc., a Sacramento-based designer and manufacturer of RF and Microwave components for military, telecom and space industries.

Linden Capital Partners and DW Healthcare Partners jointly acquired Edge Systems, a manufacturer of non-invasive aesthetic skin health equipment and consumables based in Signal Hill, California.

Patterson Pump Co, a subsidiary of The Gorman-Rupp Co, has closed its acquisition of Hollywood, Florida-based Morrison Pump Co.

H2O Innovation Inc announced it secured an order for its Clearlogx proprietary technology from the Brazos Regional Public Utility Agency (BRPUA) in Granbury, Texas, USA, following a three-month pilot demonstration.

NIBE Industrier AB acquired the operations of Hotwatt, Inc., a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of electric heating solutions for HVAC, medical device, and industrial markets. Hotwatt has 115 employees and sales of $9 million.

Corning Incorporated acquired full ownership of STRAN Technologies, a U.S.-based producer of harsh environment and tactical interconnect products for military/aerospace and oil/gas industries. Terms were not disclosed.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners completed a capital improvement project expanding its blending and packaging facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, and partnered with BP Lubricants USA to blend Castrol Motor Oil.

Starrag USA received a contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to supply three Droop+Rein FOGS machining centers to the U.S. Navy by 2020. The contract includes two FOGS 85 and one FOGS 75 models.

Cotterman Company held the grand opening for a new 28,000 square foot multi-million dollar expansion in Croswell, Michigan. The facility houses a new automated metal punching press from Pivatic of Finland and will bring back jobs from other plants.

Amcor Rigid Plastics purchased a Sacmi CBF20 20-cavity compression blow forming machine for making HDPE pharmaceutical bottles at its Youngsville, North Carolina plant, announced in late 2016.

Welch Packaging is expanding its Elkhart, Indiana plant with a $16 million plant and machinery investment, including a new corrugator and pre-engineered steel buildings built by J.A. Wagner. The company expects to add more than 100 jobs over two years.

Parker-Hannifin agreed to acquire CLARCOR, a Franklin, Tennessee filtration manufacturer, for $83.00 per share in cash. The deal values CLARCOR at about $4.3 billion including net debt.

Ashland is expanding its manufacturing plant in Piedmont, South Carolina, with at least $5.6 million in new capital investment. The expansion will upgrade infrastructure and production capabilities for specialty water-based adhesives and specialty resins.

ElringKlinger AG received a triple-digit million euro order from a US car maker to supply cockpit cross-car beams for next-generation vehicles, with production starting in 2017 at a new plant near the customer.

Safran expanded its facility in Ladson, South Carolina, with a new $7 million facility adjacent to existing operations, creating 15 jobs for assembly of wiring and landing gear for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Watsco acquired an additional 10% interest in Carrier Enterprise Northeast LLC for $43 million, raising its ownership stake to 70%. The joint venture with Carrier Corporation has sales of approximately $500 million.

Eldorado Stone broke ground on a new 432,000-square-foot facility in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, consolidating its Greencastle and Hagerstown operations. The plant is expected to be completed in September 2017, creating 57 new jobs and retaining 243 existing employees, with a company investment of about $6.9 million.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the transfer of operating licenses for both units at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant, the final regulatory approval for affiliates of Riverstone Holdings to acquire Talen Energy. The transaction is expected to close within 10 business days.

Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply, an affiliate of Irwin Car and Equipment, purchased the product line of Prox Chain, a manufacturer of mining chains. The acquisition expands Irwin's portfolio in mining equipment and industrial rail sectors.

Carrier agreed with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence to keep about 1,000 jobs at its Indianapolis gas furnace factory, reversing a plan to move production to Mexico. The company will also invest in the facility as a Center of Excellence.

TAS Energy Inc. is expanding its production center in Houston, Texas, hiring over 50 additional workers and investing in facility and equipment upgrades including a blast and paint booth, laser cutting machine and forming brake.

AMET Packaging, Inc. acquired substantially all assets of APACKS (A Packaging Systems LLC), a packaging machinery manufacturer of liquid filling solutions based in La Porte, Indiana.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries received an order to supply systems for a new polyethylene production train at ExxonMobil's Beaumont plant, with 650,000 tons per year capacity, to be completed in 2019.

Pride Pak opened its 68,000-square-foot U.S. headquarters and organic salad blend processing plant in Medina, New York, on November 30, 2016, creating 200 jobs. The company plans a total $50 million investment over two years, with two more phases planned.

AEA Investors LP has acquired TricorBraun Holdings, Inc., a North American distributor of glass and plastic rigid packaging, from CHS Capital. The deal value was not disclosed.

Packaging Corporation of America completed its cash-free, debt-free acquisition of Columbus Container, Inc., an independent corrugated products producer, for $100 million funded from cash on hand.

Becton Dickinson plans to shut down its Creedmoor, North Carolina manufacturing facility, laying off about 120 workers. Production will move to existing facilities in Mexico and Utah.

Johnson Controls and South Arkansas Community College signed a $2.4 million energy performance contract to deliver LED lighting, energy management systems integration, chilled water loop expansion, boiler replacements and building envelope upgrades on the El Dorado, Arkansas campus.

Earth Science Laboratories is expanding production at its Nebraska plant to meet demand for pool chemicals and water treatment products. The expansion includes improved production technology and quality control processes.

Genotek Inc. has received a contract from Helix, a personal genomics company, to supply its DNA self-collection device, kit fulfillment and logistics services through its GenoFIND offering. Terms were not disclosed.

ASCO Power GP LLC, backed by Platinum Equity, completed the acquisition of Emerson Electric's Network Power business segment for $4 billion.

Verstraete IML, a subsidiary of Constantia Flexibles, is preparing construction of a new production site in Clarksville, Tennessee, with an investment of EUR 18 million (USD 20 million). The plant will create 55 jobs and begin production in the second half of 2017.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. will invest $38 million over three years to expand its Charlotte headquarters and production facility in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adding a new production line and hiring 100 workers.

Shuttlewagon, a manufacturer of mobile railcar movers, will expand into an 81,997-square-foot space at Three Trails Industrial Park in Grandview, Missouri, employing about 60 people.

The Wise Company, a boat seat manufacturer, will expand its Savannah, Tennessee facility by adding 75,000 square feet of production and warehouse space, creating 74 new jobs. Construction will begin in 2017 and the expansion is expected to be operational by early 2018.

Primetals Technologies won a contract to upgrade the finishing end of Nucor's plate mill in Hertford County, North Carolina. The project involves replacing drives and control systems with Siemens equipment and is to be completed by spring 2017.

Aalberts Industries, parent of Apollo Valves, acquired Georgia-based Shurjoint Industries, a maker of mechanical piping components, to extend the end-to-end connection portfolio of Apollo Flow Controls.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Cardinal Health for its Lymphoseek product. Navidea will receive $80 million at closing plus up to $230 million in milestone payments through 2026, with over $20 million guaranteed over the next 3 years.

The European Commission granted conditional approval for Abbott's $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical, requiring the divestiture of St. Jude's Angio-Seal and Femoseal vascular closure assets and Abbott's Vado steerable sheath, which are already slated for sale to Terumo for $1 billion.

Varioscale won a $23.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a prototype analysis tool for imaging minimum size circuit features on silicon integrated circuit chips. Work will be performed at a company facility in San Marcos, California through Jan. 23, 2022.

China Jushi will break ground on December 8, 2016 for a $300 million fiberglass manufacturing plant in Richland County's Pineview Industrial Park, expected to create 400 jobs and produce 80,000 tons annually.

M&I Electric, a business of American Electric Technologies, was selected to provide a turnkey power delivery solution for a landfill gas reclamation project in the Midwest United States. Delivery is expected in Q1 2017.

Patheon signed a definitive agreement to acquire a state-of-the-art active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing facility in Florence, South Carolina from Roche Holdings for an immaterial sum plus inventory and spare parts. The deal includes a multi-year supply arrangement with Roche.

The Carlyle Group agreed to buy Hartsville, South Carolina-based packaging company Novolex from Wind Point Partners and TPG Growth. No financial terms were disclosed and closing is expected before year end.

SNC-Lavalin won an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Northwest Natural Gas for an expansion of its natural gas storage services in Mist, Oregon, part of a $125M project. The scope includes a 20-km pipeline and a compressor station.

Banner Industries built a new cleanroom at its Hillsboro, Oregon facility to become an authorized Signature Service Provider for Trebor high-purity pump repair and rebuild, starting with West Coast customers.

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture between BMW Group and SGL Group, broke ground on a $200 million site expansion in Moses Lake, Washington, to triple carbon fiber production capacity.