Alert Innovation, Inc., North Billerica, Mass., partnered with Murata Machinery Ltd. (Muratec), Charlotte, N.C., develop and commercialize Alert Innovation's Alphabot material handling technology.

KION GROUP AG, Germany, constructed a new industrial truck plant in Kołbaskowo, Poland.

FarmWise, San Francisco, partnered with Roush Performance, Plymouth, Mich., to build prototypes of autonomous weeders, which will ultimately replace herbicides and save growers on labor.

AIT Worldwide Logistics, Itasca, Ill., opened a new location at Mexico City International Airport.

AppHarvest, Morehead, Ky., announced plans to outfit its 60-acre greenhouse in Morehead, Ky., with a $15 million hybrid LED lighting system, making it what is said to be the world’s largest LED installation for a single building.

Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC), part of the Barry-Wehmiller Converting Solutions Platform, Green Bay, Wis., acquired RDP Marathon Inc., Canada, and IPT Digital, Sarasota, Fla., to expand its digital printing technology offerings.

Dachser, Atlanta, announced plans to build a new branch and a new transit terminal in northern Germany.

Saf-T-Gard, Northbrook, Ill., and its Voltgard Test Lab prevented 40 tons of out-of-service rubber goods from further polluting landfills.

Pilot Freight Services opened a new global headquarters located in a Class A property in Glen Mills, Pa.

Slate River Systems, Inc. (SRSI), Southlake, Texas, joined Honeywell Intelligrated’s network of integration partners.