Dwyer Franchising LLC (Dwyer Group), a parent company of home service brands including Glass Doctor, was acquired by private equity firm Harvest Partners LP. Terms were not disclosed.

Automotive parts supplier Cooper Standard will acquire Lauren Manufacturing and Lauren Plastics, which create rubber and plastic sealing solutions for fenestration, construction, industrial and automotive applications. Terms were not disclosed.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. was awarded a statewide contract valued up to $54 million to design, deploy, and operate Next Generation 9-1-1 services for the State of South Carolina. Initial funding is $16.9 million.

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $22.89 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the F-15EX system, including design, development, integration, manufacturing, and sustainment. The first delivery order is valued at up to $1.19 billion.

Global Water Technology, Inc. acquired Water-Tech Specialties, Inc., a California-based water treatment firm, to expand its Western US presence.

Analog Devices Inc. offered to acquire Maxim Integrated Products Inc. for $20.91 billion in stock, combining to compete in the analog semiconductor market.

Capgemini signed a seven-year agreement with Hexion to digitally transform its global operations for procurement, finance and IT.

Analog Devices (ADI) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Maxim Integrated in an all-stock transaction valuing the combined enterprise at over $68 billion. Maxim stockholders will receive 0.630 of a share of ADI common stock per share.

Bentley Systems acquired Cohesive Solutions on July 13, 2020, and launched The Cohesive Companies as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Document Security Systems subsidiary Premier Packaging Corp. signed a three-year contract worth over $24 million with an unnamed major retailer to supply photo envelopes, folding cartons and other printed products. The contract may be renewed for a fourth year.

Molson Coors invested in its Fort Worth brewery to increase capacity for hard seltzer production and packaging, including a new canning line completed earlier in 2020 and a filtration system. The investment amount was described only as multimillion-dollar.

Deceuninck North America invested $15 million in 2017 for multiple higher speed extrusion lines and equipment upgrades, and opened 250,000 square feet of warehouse space in Monroe, Ohio.

Festo will expand its Regional Service and Manufacturing Center in Mason, Ohio, by 350,000 square feet and add 350 jobs by 2024.

Shape Corp. announced it had reached terms to buy Magnode, a Butler County aluminum extruder, though terms were not identified.

Magnode completed a $13 million expansion in Trenton, Ohio, adding a 45,000-square-foot building and a new 3,300-ton extrusion press line, creating 50 jobs.

Northrop Grumman expanded its Technology Court facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, by 35,000 square feet and added 55 employees in the past year, with plans to continue hiring.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Bio Pappel, Mexico's largest paper manufacturer, is putting into operation a packaging plant in Lebanon, Indiana, with operations expected to begin in July 2020.

OH SNAP! Pickling Co. is installing two Somic 424 W3 wraparound case packers at its new manufacturing plant in Little Chute, Wisconsin. The machines handle collating and case packing of nearly two million single-serve pouches per week.

Modula broke ground on a 170,000-square-foot expansion of its Franklin, Ohio plant in 2025. The project will double production capacity and unify logistics and manufacturing under one roof.

Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a contract worth up to $50 million to produce spare parts for the US Army's aviators' night vision imaging system helmet display system (ANVIS HUD). An initial order of $17.9 million was placed, to be supplied until 2023.

Chicken of the Sea International purchased a 597 Tritium Multipacker with Robo-Wand wrapping module and 296 Continuum Tray Shrink packers from Standard-Knapp for its Lyons, Georgia plant. The equipment has increased production on the line by 50-75 percent.

Closure molder Mold-Rite Plastics is expanding its plant in Twinsburg, Ohio.

R+D Custom Automation has announced an agreement with SiO2 Materials Science to develop and manufacture automation machinery for producing plastic vials for COVID-19 vaccines. The agreement supports SiO2's $143 million government contract under Operation Warp Speed.

Sun Polymers International INC has initiated construction of a new 20,000 square foot warehouse and raw material unloading facility in Mooresville, Indiana. The facility is expected to be completed by Fall 2020.

Precision Castparts Corp., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, will construct a new campus in Mason, Ohio, including a concept R&D integration center for PCC Aerostructures and a manufacturing innovation center for SPS Technologies. The project will create 190 jobs with a $128 million investment.

Cleveland-Cliffs, North America's largest producer of iron ore pellets, will acquire AK Steel, a leading producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, for $1.1 billion. The deal was announced on July 9, 2020.

Calvary Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty cleaners and personal care products, will begin a 9,000-square-foot expansion project at its Fairfield facility, expected to finish in late spring 2020. The expansion will create eight new jobs.

Orège has signed a strategic worldwide commercial partnership with Alfa Laval to address wastewater treatment needs. The partnership will initially focus marketing efforts in the United States for products combining Orège's SLG conditioning solution with Alfa Laval's dewatering solutions.

Heritage Food Service Group, a commercial kitchen equipment manufacturer, will eliminate 86 jobs from its Fort Wayne operation due to a company reorganization after being acquired by an affiliate of Parts Town, LLC. The cuts will occur between Sept. 4 and Dec. 31, 2020.

CFM International was awarded about $13.2 million for a Department of Defense contract for one spare P-8A Poseidon aircraft engine for the government of the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Villaroche, France and Evendale, Ohio.

Philips has landed a $100 million, 10-year telehealth contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the creation of the world's largest eICU system for remote critical care monitoring of 1,800 ICU beds.

Fab Metals is building a 40,000-square-foot facility at its New Carlisle location as part of an $8 million expansion, expected to be completed by October 1, 2020, and will add 14 to 19 new jobs.

Trucent's CentraSep Technologies arm plans to invest $2 million over three years to expand its Noblesville operations, adding 11 jobs and moving to a 44,000-square-foot facility by early 2021.

ProMach, a packaging machinery solutions company, acquired Modern Packaging, a manufacturer of filling and sealing solutions for the food and dairy industries. The acquisition expands ProMach's capabilities into cup and tray filling.

Anchor Packaging LLC acquired Panoramic Inc., a manufacturer of thermoformed products for fresh food applications, located in Janesville, Wisconsin. The acquisition broadens Anchor's offering in bakery, produce, deli, and confectionery.

Signode Industrial Group will expand its Fordyce, Arkansas facility, creating 31 new full-time jobs over the next 12 months. The company makes transit packaging consumables, tools, software and equipment.

PaperWorks Industries, a producer of recycled paperboard and folding cartons, acquired Color Craft Graphic Arts of Wisconsin.

Cook Medical broke ground on a new facility at the former General Electric plant in Bloomington, Indiana. The company plans to invest more than $100 million and hire over 500 new employees.

Advent Tool & Manufacturing will relocate its headquarters and production from Antioch, Illinois, to a new 25,000 sq ft building in Salem Industrial Park, Salem Lakes, Wisconsin. The company expects to employ 23 workers by 2022.

Bausch + Lomb will invest more than $35 million to expand its contact lens products manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, creating 79 jobs over five years. The new plant on 13.1 acres will be the main U.S. distribution point for medical device products.

Dynamic Glass acquired the assets of Austin, Texas-based Berry Glass and hired former owner Bob Berry and his team to run a new Austin division located in Berry's existing facility in Buda, Texas.

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE), part of CRH's Americas Products Division, acquired privately-held SIGCO LLC, an architectural glass and metal fabricator based in Westbrook, Maine, effective July 6, 2018.

Mazak Corporation completed its newly expanded Spindle Rebuild Department at its Florence, Kentucky manufacturing campus, part of a $15 million investment. The expansion includes a new manufacturing cell with automated storage and six advanced machine tools.

Toyota Alabama achieved milestones in its $288 million expansion at the Huntsville plant, including start of production for a new 4-cylinder engine and closing in of a new V6 assembly line. The expansion will add 450 jobs and increase annual engine capacity by 34% to 900,000 by 2021.

Intelligent Energy has sold its 800W Fuel Cell Power Modules to Zepher for integration into a custom eVTOL UAV being designed for the US Army. The project is funded through the US Army in support of a USASOC requirement, aiming for a 14-hour flight time.

Granite has been awarded a $63 million Construction Manager/General Contractor contract by Caltrans for the Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project (Child Project 6) in Sacramento County, California. Construction is expected from July 2020 to October 2022.

BD finalized an initial pandemic order for 50 million needles and syringes to be delivered by the end of December 2020 to support the U.S. vaccination effort for COVID-19.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) formed a public-private partnership with BARDA to invest $70 million in expanding manufacturing capacity for syringes and needles in Nebraska, with BARDA investing $42 million. BD also finalized an order for 50 million injection devices for COVID-19 vaccination.

Tantus Technologies was awarded a 5-year, $5 million IDIQ contract by the NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to provide NEAD DME Support Services.