Investor Kartesia has announced a renewed investment in Van De Velde Packaging Group of Wetteren, Belgium, to support its long-term growth. The deal value was not disclosed and completion is subject to regulatory approvals; the announcement is dated 19 June 2026.

Safran will invest €125 million in a new compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Belgium, in an 18,000 m² former Copeland building, with operations scheduled to start in 2028 through subsidiary Safran Booster Components.

Atlas Copco has acquired LVC Solutions, a compressed air solutions firm in Genk, Belgium, from industrial group Initium, adding it to its Compressor Technique service division. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ball Corporation has acquired an 80% majority stake in Benepack's European aluminum beverage can production facilities in Genk, Belgium and Hungary for around EUR 184 million. Ball plans to hire over 40 new employees.

Safran Aero Boosters announced a new subsidiary, Safran Booster Components, building an aircraft engine compressor components plant in Welkenraedt, Wallonia, backed by Walloon and Belgian federal investors, operational in 2028.

Guillin Group's French subsidiary Alterecopack acquired Belgian packaging companies Gruyaert Verpakking, a maker of customized cardboard pastry boxes, and distributor Verpakkingen V de V. The two companies had combined 2024 revenue of EUR 19 million and about 40 employees.

Groupe Guillin's French subsidiary Alterecopack acquired Gruyaert Verpakking and Verpakkingen V de V in Belgium, announced on December 30, 2025. Together they had about EUR 19 million turnover in 2024 and employ around 40 people.

Ball Corporation agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Benepack's beverage can businesses, which have plants in Belgium and Hungary, for about 184 million EUR; closing is expected in Q1 2026.

Ball Corporation is reportedly in ongoing negotiations with Chinese owner Cofco to acquire Belgian can manufacturer Benepack, whose Genk site began production in 2020, with no deal yet signed.

Framatome won an Electrabel contract to modernise, maintain and support the three motor stators of the reactor coolant pumps at Tihange 3 and Doel 4, including spare parts supply.

Framatome was selected by Engie subsidiary Electrabel to modernise the Flux Monitoring System at unit 3 of the Tihange nuclear plant, including engineering, supply, installation and maintenance.

The Spadel Group announced around €40 million of investment at its Spa Monopole plant in Spa, Belgium, between 2025 and 2027, to renovate production lines, add a new line and improve energy and environmental performance.

Duravant LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pattyn Group BV, a Bruges-based designer and manufacturer of packaging automation systems for bag-in-box and other packaging applications. The deal value was not disclosed.

Belgian public buyer IVAREM awarded Dimensio Verpakkingen BV a contract to supply PMD bags and waste containers worth EUR 908,850 excluding VAT, with a planned end date of 1 January 2029.

VPK Group has commissioned FMW Industries to deliver an OCC pulper feed line and an automatic OCC bale wire cutter to its Oudegem plant in Belgium, with a capacity of 1,200 BDMT per day. Commissioning is planned for October 2025.

Armstrong International has secured a European Commission Innovation Fund grant to accelerate expansion of its Herstal, Belgium manufacturing facility for high-temperature heat pumps. The grant amount was not disclosed.

Pauwels Transformers, a subsidiary of Electrical Industries, signed an optional four-year contract worth $80.4 million to supply distribution transformers to four Belgian electricity distributors, running August 2024 to July 2029. The transformers will be made at Saudi Transformers Company in Dammam.

Sodeco Valves, part of Thermador Groupe, signed on August 9, 2024 to acquire the business of Vena Contracta, a Belgian maker of specialty industrial valves, for €1 million paid in cash. Vena Contracta reported sales of €1.4 million in 2023.

Brewery Huyghe in Melle, Belgium, plans EUR 50 million of investments, including a EUR 10 million Delirium Experience Center, a new bottling line of 40,000 bottles per hour (EUR 10 million) and a new canning line (EUR 5 million).

AMPO Poyam Valves supplied around 660 cryogenic valves for Fluxys LNG's Z3 capacity increase at Zeebrugge LNG in Belgium and is providing a year-long field engineering services contract. The project will raise regasification capacity to 6 mtpa.

Snack producer Beltaste Group, known as Vanreusel Snacks, has signed a 10-year agreement with workshop Bewel to staff a new packaging department at its Hamont-Achel site with about 20 workers. The workers will run two new production lines for packing snacks and labelling boxes.

France-based Sleever, a shrink sleeve labelling and equipment maker, has taken a majority stake in Helios Packaging, a sleeve technology firm in Wommelgem, Belgium. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Donaldson Co acquired Univercells Technologies, a Belgian producer of single-use bioreactors and filtration-based bioprocessing systems for cell and gene therapy manufacturing.

Belgian dairy Solarec is replacing its production lines with four SIG Midi 12 aseptic filling machines and packaging supplied by SIG. The first machine was installed in Q3 2023.

Saica Group has agreed to acquire a minority share of Pacapime, a Belgian corrugated cardboard company based in Halle with 109 employees and EUR 61 million revenue in 2022. The deal strengthens Saica's presence in the Benelux and France.

LyondellBasell agreed to acquire Veolia Belgium's 50% share in Quality Circular Polymers, becoming sole owner of the plastic recycling joint venture with facilities in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Fost Plus has contracted Morssinkhof Plastics Belgium, part of Morssinkhof Rymoplast, to build a plastic packaging recycling plant in Lommel, Belgium, expected to be operational in October 2024 and recycling about 40,000 tonnes per year.

Soenen Golfkarton's new corrugated cardboard factory in Lanklaar, Limburg started production on 1 March 2023 with a building of 132,500 m2. The site is one of the most modern in Europe and is expected to at least double the company's capacity.

Borealis has acquired a majority stake of 50.01% in Renasci, a chemical recycling provider in Ostend, to secure access to chemically recycled feedstock. Borealis had held a 10% stake since July 2021.

Vectis Private Equity and D2E are acquiring a stake in Water Is Life Group, a Pelt-based European maker and distributor of pump and irrigation systems. The management team will reinvest, and the deal will fund further international acquisitions. The value was not disclosed.

Safran will set up a new production plant in the Walloon region of Belgium for titanium compressor blades and vanes for LEAP engines. The 10,000-square-metre facility will feature automation and advanced digital technologies.

Safran Aero Boosters announced a new titanium compressor blades and vanes plant in Marchin, Liège province, Wallonia, as a €50 million investment in partnership with Belgian and Walloon public investment bodies. The plant is due to be operational in 2025 and employ around 100 people.

TotalEnergies signed an agreement to purchase petrochemical feedstock from recycled mixed polyolefins produced by Indaver's Plastics2Chemicals plant, under construction and due to open in 2024. The feedstock will be processed into circular polymers for contact-sensitive packaging.

SCHÜTZ has signed a purchase agreement for 100% of the shares in Remi Tack, a Belgian reconditioner of IBCs and plastic drums based in Estaimpuis with 53 employees.

Doosan Lentjes has been awarded the contract to supply the turnkey mono sewage sludge treatment plant in Flanders, Belgium, for the Flemish utility Aquafin. The plant in the port of Ghent is scheduled to start commissioning in 2026 and will treat 65,000 tonnes of dry substance per year.

Atlas Copco will invest EUR 70 million over three years in its Wilrijk site in Flanders, covering additional R&D capacity, smart factory expansion, new production technology and staff retraining.

Atlas Copco will invest 70 million euros over three years in production capacity and expanded R&D facilities at its Wilrijk site in Antwerp, Belgium, including a smart factory extension and additional laboratories and production space.

The SOMATER group has acquired ANL Packaging, a European thermoforming company based in Wellen, Belgium with more than 400 employees and plants in Belgium, France and Poland, effective 10 May 2022.

Alfa Laval signed an agreement to acquire Desmet, which engineers and supplies processing plants and technologies for edible oils and biofuels. Desmet is headquartered in Brussels and employs around 1,000 people.

De Pretto Industrie was awarded an EPC contract by 2Valorise to supply a new steam system, replacing the steam turbine, gearbox, generator and related equipment at the Amel biomass power facility in Belgium.

Soenen Golfkarton has started building a 132,500 sqm corrugated box factory on the former Bekaert site in Lanklaar, Belgium, representing an investment of more than €120 million and about 200 jobs. The plant is planned to start in 2023.

Family shareholders of Belven Group, a valve specialist based in Malines, agreed to transfer a majority stake in the group to its management team, while remaining as minority shareholders.

Paulig unveiled the first stone of its new tortilla production plant in Roeselare, Belgium, a EUR 45 million investment to strengthen its Tex Mex market position in Europe. The factory will be carbon neutral from the start.

Howden has acquired Maintenance Partners NV, a Belgian provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for industrial compressors, blowers and steam turbines. The transaction closed on April 30, 2021.

PACCOR Packaging GmbH completed its acquisition of Belgian packaging company Miko Pac NV from Miko NV on June 1, 2021. The deal was signed on March 30, 2021 for approximately 110 million euros.

EQUANS confirmed its acquisition of Risterm Industrial Valve Services, a Belgian industrial valve maintenance and repair company with 55 staff at sites in Villers-Le-Bouillet (Huy) and Lokeren.

PACCOR signed a purchase agreement on 30 March 2021 to acquire Miko Pac, the packaging division of Belgian firm Miko N.V. Miko Pac makes plastic packaging at sites in Belgium, Poland and Indonesia, and completion is expected in Q2 2021 pending approval.

Harro Höfliger is building a high-performance vial packaging line at its Backnang site for delivery to Pfizer's Belgian production plant. The line will carton, label and serialise vaccine vials.

Europal Packaging, part of the D.I. Group, has started up a new 2.5m doublewall Quantum corrugator line at its new factory in Blandain/Tournai, Belgium. The line was installed by Quantum Corrugated and Fosber Group.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sharp agreed that Sharp's Hamont-Achel site in Belgium will package all Alnylam products across European countries. Alnylam describes it as its first significant international investment in Belgium.