Sarah Kominek

Charlotte, N.C.-based Honeywell has agreed to sell its personal protective equipment business to Latham, N.Y.-based Protective Industrial Products

The case against McHenry, Ill.-based Novation Industries' former owner, Chris W. Metz, closed after Metz pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of child pornography on Dec. 4.

North Ridgeville, Ohio-based airflow component manufacturer Beckett Air Inc. has acquired Riviera Beach, Fla.-based injection molder Advanced Air International Inc.

Pistoia, Italy-based Microtex Composites srl is investing about $3.8 million to establish its first U.S. operations in Chattanooga, Tenn., creating 26 new jobs in the region.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Marlborough, Mass.-based medical technology company Hologic Inc. over concerns it hasn't done enough to prevent harm from a plastic component in the company's Biozorb implantable radiographic markers.

Medical supplier Arterex Medical Device Inc. has acquired Italy-based Phoenix srl, a medical device manufacturer, expanding the group's capacity in Europe.

Tempe, Ariz.-based medical supplier Aptyx has acquired Medical Murray's Charlotte, N.C., facility, which develops and produces catheter-based interventional products and transcatheter implants.

Inoac Exterior Systems LLC is beginning layoffs resulting from the eventual closing of its Fremont, Ohio, plant, with a mass reduction of 174 employees.

Proto Labs Inc. is expanding its capabilities past its historical prototyping specialty over the next five years to conform to customers' more "traditional" processing and full-service production needs.

Proto Labs Inc. is expanding its capabilities past its historical prototyping specialty over the next five years to conform to customers' more "traditional" processing and full-service production needs.