KANSAS CITY, MO—Adrian Steel, a manufacturer of equipment for commercial vans and trucks, is investing $4.7 million to build a new assembly plant here. The facility is expected to create 39 new jobs.

WESTFORD, MA—Bluestone Energy Services has helped contract manufacturer Mack Technologies substantially reduce energy consumption in its assembly plant here with a comprehensive LED lighting retrofit.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Canon Virginia Inc., a manufacturer of cartridges for printers and copiers, has become the first OEM to be certified in responsible electronics recycling practices.

BISMARK, ND—More than $6 million in renovations later, Bobcat is bringing more than 400 jobs back to its assembly plant here.

SAN ANTONIO—Eyewear manufacturer HVHC Inc. is investing $25 million to build an assembly plant here. The facility is expected employ 600.

JEFFERSON, GA—Kubota Corp. has opened a new $73 million assembly plant here to make compact tractors, creating 200 jobs.

STORRS, CT—The University of Connecticut and Pratt & Whitney, have opened of a new additive manufacturing research laboratory here.

WASHINGTON— U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $385.9 million in February, an increase of 5.7 percent from January.

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.

ANDERSON COUNTY, SC—McLaughlin Body Co., which makes tractor cabs for Caterpillar and other OEMs, will build a $22 million assembly plant here. The facility is expected to employ 250 people.