Toll Group has integrated two CMC CartonWrap 1000 automated 3D packaging machines at its Sydney logistics operations, supplied through ABBE Corrugated, the sole Australian distributor of CMC's equipment.

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Eaton's planned $3.3 billion sale of its hydraulics business to Danfoss over concerns about competition in hydraulic components for mobile machinery.

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry awarded Kelair Pumps Australia Pty Ltd a contract worth A$40,634 for a ship-to-shore refuelling booster pump, with the award dated 2 September 2020.

The Department of Defence awarded Bale Defence Industries a contract to supply water mixing valves, with an award date of 1 September 2020 and a listed value of about AUD 12,848.

Nippon Paper Group agreed to acquire Orora's paperboard fibre-based packaging business in Australia and New Zealand for an enterprise value of A$1.72bn (US$1.15bn), entering integrated corrugated paperboard manufacturing in Oceania.

Moorebank-based packaging company Tacca signed a six-month supply agreement with Detmold Medical to produce meltblown polypropylene filter layer for medical masks, re-tooling its Moorebank premises for the work. The article is dated 5 August 2020 and no value was given.

WestRock announced its acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), an Australian folding carton provider serving beverage, food, confectionery and healthcare markets, to expand its consumer packaging business in the region. The announcement is dated 5 August 2020 and no deal value was disclosed.

Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages formed a joint venture to build a A$45 million PET plastic recycling plant at the Nexus Precinct in Albury/Wodonga, NSW, expected to be operational by December 2021.

Fenner Dunlop announced a $23.5 million expansion of its Kwinana, Western Australia conveyor belt plant, adding a third press line with Siempelkamp that raises capacity by a further 50%.

Visy agreed to buy O-I ANZ, the largest glass bottle and container maker in Australia and New Zealand, for US$652 million ($932 million), with completion expected by the end of July 2020. O-I will use the proceeds to reduce its debt.

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia was awarded a contract by the Department of Defence to supply linear valves, valued at about AUD 16,440, in Victoria, Australia, on 21 June 2020.

Sterling Pumps has acquired United Pumps Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based pump maker focused on oil and gas projects, effective late June 2020. United Pumps will continue operating its Pakenham and Sunshine plants under current management.

Monadelphous secured a four-year contract to provide mechanical and electrical maintenance and turnaround services for a customer's midstream operations in the Queensland coal seam gas market.

Monadelphous was appointed to BHP's WAIO site engineering panel for a further two-year term, providing civil, structural, mechanical, piping and marine services at Pilbara mine and port sites.

Monadelphous received a one-year extension to its two existing fixed plant maintenance and shutdown crane services contracts with Fortescue Metals Group in the Pilbara.

Monadelphous secured a three-year contract with Rio Tinto for maintenance services and minor projects on its Pilbara marine infrastructure.

Monadelphous secured a contract under BHP's WAIO asset panel framework for dewatering surplus water at mining area C in the Pilbara, part of about $150 million in total contracts announced.

Nippon Paper Industries completed its $1.72 billion acquisition of the Orora Fibre Businesses, which were combined with Australian Paper to form Opal, Australasia's newest fibre packaging and paper company. The launch was announced on 1 May 2020.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Promet Valves Australia a contract to supply valves, valued at AUD 11,110, with the award dated 20 April 2020 in South Australia.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Frontline Australasia a contract to supply fluid pressure regulating valves, valued at AUD 23,916.82, with the award dated 19 April 2020 in Victoria.

ZF Australia Pacific was awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence to supply valve solenoids, valued at about AUD 14,602 and awarded on 6 April 2020.

Adelaide packaging company Detmold Group has been contracted to produce 145 million surgical face masks for frontline health staff across Australia by the end of 2020. The shift in focus is expected to create 160 new jobs.

Frontline Australasia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence to supply valve diaphragms, valued at about AUD 36,582, in Victoria on March 9, 2020.

Navantia Australia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Department of Defence to supply valve ball and valve regulating components in New South Wales, valued at $34,572.55. The award date was 27 February 2020.

Fluke Australia Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by the Australian Department of Defence on 10 February 2020 to supply pressure transducers and reciprocating pumps, valued at AUD 22,716.76.

Aker Solutions secured a contract to supply seven sets of Vectus subsea control modules for Beach Energy's Otway project phases 4 and 5 offshore Victoria, with deliveries starting in Q1 2020. The value was not disclosed.

Enerflex completed the Mila midline compressor station at Bombala, New South Wales, for Jemena, five weeks ahead of schedule. The station boosts capacity of the Eastern Gas Pipeline.

Enerflex will provide core maintenance and overhaul services for over 130 gas compressor packages supporting QGC's Queensland Curtis LNG project in Queensland, Australia. The contract is worth approximately $70 million over eight years.

Valmec signed an agreement with APA Group to build a compressor station at the Murrin Murrin facility on the Goldfields Gas Pipeline in Western Australia. Valmec's new contracts reportedly total about $30 million combined.

Bauer Kompressoren Australia was awarded a contract to supply a high pressure breathing air bottle fill system to the Australian Department of Defence, valued at AUD 136,538.60.

Bonson Group has bought Queensland-based food packaging company Wong Lee Pty Ltd, its largest distributor in Australia, effective 1 August 2019. Desmond Chaw was appointed General Manager – Operations.

Australian beverage producer Bickford's has opened a new AUD 20 million bottling line at its South Australian facility, developed by Sidel with Tetra Pak, including aseptic filling technology. The line helps expand the company into dairy.

SIG Combibloc agreed to acquire Visy Cartons Pty Ltd from Pratt Consolidated Holdings' VisyPak unit for AU$70 million, subject to customary conditions. Visy Cartons produces SIG aseptic cartons under licence in Australia and New Zealand.

Nippon Paper Industries signed an agreement to buy Orora Limited's paperboard packaging business in Australia and New Zealand, including the Botany paper mill, for an enterprise value of AUD 1.72 billion in cash.

Cordial and beverage maker Bickford's Group opened a new high-speed aseptic production line in South Australia, a A$20 million investment built by Sidel with Tetra Pak. The line can produce 18,000 bottles per hour.

The Weir Group won a £100 million order to supply crushing and pump equipment, including Enduron HPGRs and GEHO pumps, to Fortescue's Iron Bridge magnetite project in Western Australia.

Zip Water cut the ribbon on a new manufacturing line at its Condell Park factory in western Sydney, investing AUD 6 million to double manufacturing capacity for its drinking water appliances.

Shell Australia has awarded Flowserve a five-year contract related to the Prelude FLNG project, as listed on Flowserve's company news page dated August 12, 2019. Contract value and scope are not given.

McDermott and Baker Hughes won contracts for a joint URF and SPS subsea solution for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project offshore northwest Australia. Offshore installation is expected to begin in 2020 and finish in 2023.

Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS) opened a $72 million corrugated packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, supported by the Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. OjiFS also plans three satellite manufacturing sites in other Queensland locations.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace was awarded a contract by Raytheon Australia worth 1.6 billion NOK to deliver NASAMS components for the Australian Government Land 19 Phase 7B program.

Private equity firm Allegro Funds has agreed terms to take a stake in Questas Group, an Australian provider of hydraulic, irrigation, pump and engine solutions.

Visy officially opened a 36,500 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Truganina, Victoria, capable of making over 1 million cartons daily and employing 85 people.

NCI Packaging has installed and opened a new fully integrated aerosol can making line at its Preston operation in Victoria, Australia, investing almost $7 million.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded BEAK Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd a contract to supply linear direct valves, valued at AUD 17,918.60 and awarded on 13 March 2019 in Victoria.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded EBSRAY Pumps Pty Ltd a contract worth $63,360 for the supply of disk valves in New South Wales, awarded 6 March 2019.

The Australian Department of Defence awarded Pall Australia a contract to supply valve safety relief equipment, with a value of about $20,284, awarded on 12 February 2019.

Esso Australia awarded Subsea Integration Alliance EPCIC contracts for the West Barracouta gas project offshore Australia, the alliance's first integrated subsea project in Australia.

AxFlow Group's Brown Brothers Engineers/Kelair Pumps acquired GT Water Technologies, a family-owned maker of fire water tanks in the Melbourne area, in Q1 2019.

Admiral Valve, LLC d/b/a CPV Manufacturing appointed Prochem Pipeline Products Pty Ltd as its authorized representative.