WELLSVILLE, NY—Lufkin Industries, which makes pumps, turbines and compressors, opened a new $5.5 million assembly plant here, creating more than 80 jobs.

NEW YORK—Manufacturing in the New York region expanded in July at the fastest pace in five months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s general economic index.

ROCHESTER, NY—Disposable flatware maker Trellis Earth Products is moving its manufacturing operations from China to upstate New York, where it will create 189 jobs. The company will break ground on an $8 million, 80,000-square-foot facility here later this summer.

COMMACK, NY—Bren-Tronics Inc., a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries for the military, has moved into a new, $5-million assembly plant here.

BROOKLYN, NY—Lighting manufacturer LED Waves has tripled the floorspace at its assembly plant and headquarters facility here.

EDEN, NY—Reverie, which makes adjustable beds and mattresses, will reshore some of its production from Taiwan back to an assembly plant here.

SIDNEY, NY—Aerospace supplier Amphenol will receive a $3.8 million federal disaster grant to build a new assembly plant on higher ground here. The factory sustained $35 million in damage from flooding from Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in 2011.

NEW YORK—Business conditions for New York manufacturers continued to improve modestly in March, according to the latest data from the New York Federal Reserve.

ELMIRA, NY—Kennedy Valve is reshoring production of its rotating disc gate valves to its assembly plant here after experiencing delivery problems with its Thailand supplier.

ILION, NY—Remington Arms plans to spend $20 million to upgrade its gun assembly plant here.