KHS Group and Martens Brewery in Belgium developed a film-free Nature MultiPack of six 0.5-liter recyclate PET bottles for Karlskrone beer, sold through a German discounter. The packaging removes shrink film to cut plastic waste and CO2 emissions.

Agfa is building a new unit at its central factory in Mortsel, near Antwerp, to produce water-based inks for laminates, corrugated and other packaging. The plant will be co-located with R&D and quality control and is meant to cover volumes for the next five to ten years.

Atlas Copco will invest EUR 15 million per year to turn its Wilrijk, Flanders compressor factory, its largest site with 2,900 employees, into a smart factory. An additional EUR 10 million, including EUR 2 million from the Flanders government, will fund staff training.

Belgian cleaning products maker Loda has acquired Dutch company Burg Reiniging B.V., a producer of bleach and drain cleaners, and bought extra industrial land in Beerse. The article is dated 21 April 2020.

Catalan packaging maker Alucan plans a new high-speed aluminium packaging line in Belgium with an annual capacity of 40 million units. COFIDES will provide a 3.7 million euro co-investment loan toward a total investment of 13.2 million euros.

Colombier is installing a new state-of-the-art cut-size sheet cutter at its Zeebrugge seaport site in Belgium.

Bernard Callens took over Dewaele Technical Agencies BV (DTA) in Waregem, Belgium from Lieven Dewaele in January 2020. DTA distributes pump, valve and mixer equipment and serves the textile, food and chemical sectors.

Vopak is expanding its Terminal Linkeroever by 50,000 cubic metres with eight new tanks, mainly for storing monoethylene glycol (MEG). The report is dated 4 November 2019.

Europal, a Belgian corrugated cardboard packaging supplier, will invest several million euros in a new greenfield plant in Tournai, to be fully operational by summer 2020. The plant is expected to create about 40 high-tech jobs.

Benepack Belgium, a joint venture of CPMC and Haoneng, is investing over EUR 50 million in a can production plant in Genk, Belgium, creating 150 jobs and receiving a EUR 3 million Flemish subsidy.

AMPO POYAM Valves supplied around 1300 cryogenic butterfly, ball, globe, gate and check valves for the fifth tank at Fluxys LNG's Zeebrugge LNG plant in Belgium, and AMPO technicians will spend a year on site supporting service and commissioning.

Fluxys LNG is adding a fifth LNG storage tank and vapor recovery system at its Zeebrugge LNG plant in Belgium, raising storage capacity from 380,000 to 560,000 cubic meters. Commissioning was underway in 2019.

Belgian public buyer MRMP-S/AD awarded NEFAB Packaging Belgium NV a EUR 421,000 contract for four lots of transport and storage packaging equipment, published 26 March 2019.

Emerson has acquired Advanced Engineering Valves, a Verviers, Belgium-based maker of ball valves for the LNG industry. Terms were not disclosed.

CPMC and Haoneng formed a joint venture in Genk, Belgium, to build a new facility producing recyclable aluminium cans and labels for beverage makers. CPMC will invest EUR 60 million and recruit about 150 staff.

Chinese company CPMC plans to invest €60 million in a new beverage can factory in Genk, Limburg, on the site of Illochroma Haoneng, with production targeted to start by January 1, 2020; the agreement is not yet fully finalised.

Borealis took the final investment decision to expand its polypropylene plant in Kallo, Belgium by 80 ktpa. The added capacity is expected to start up in mid-2020.

Emerson agreed to purchase the Valves & Controls business of Pentair for $3.15 billion, strengthening its global presence in control, isolation and pressure relief valves and actuation.

Belgian public body MIROM Roeselare awarded Atelier Janssen Kaulille NV a contract worth EUR 750,625 to supply presses and press containers. The award was made on 2018-05-29 and published in March 2019.

Egger Turo Pumps Belgium moved to a new building in Dilbeek, Belgium on 1 March 2018.

Belgian public buyer ICDI awarded Plastic Omnium SA a contract worth EUR 172,638 for containers of 40 to 45 litres, through an open procurement process with award date 2018-02-20.

Belgian public buyer ICDI awarded Plastic Omnium SA a contract worth EUR 272,902 to supply containers of various capacities, with the award dated 16 November 2017 and published 7 December 2017.

Crown Europe opened a 23,000 square metre logistics hub in Puurs, Belgium, developed with Gilbert de Clercq transport company to serve food, beverage and aerosol customers in the Benelux region.

Thermador Groupe of France announced its acquisition of Sodeco Valves. The announcement gives no deal value, location or closing details.

VPK Packaging Group completed an upgrade of paper machine 6 at its Oudegem, Belgium mill, including new stock preparation, a faster drying section and a new winder, with a target capacity of 200,000 tonnes a year.

UNITED CAPS announced it will acquire the caps, closures and handles business of Dewit Plastics, including screw, tamper-evident and child-resistant closures. The acquired assets will be integrated into UNITED CAPS' plant in Hoboken, Belgium, with closing expected at the end of May 2017.

Vestas received an order from Belwind N.V. for the 165 MW Bligh Bank Offshore Wind Farm, comprising 55 V90-3.0 MW turbines and a five-year service agreement, off Zeebrugge. The order was announced on 2009-10-31.

AMPO POYAM Valves received an order for 57 cryogenic butterfly valves and 1,198 ball, gate, globe and check valves for the fifth LNG storage tank at Fluxys LNG's Zeebrugge plant in Belgium, supplied through EPC Felguera IHI.

Ampo Poyam Valves has been awarded a new order for 57 cryogenic butterfly valves and 1198 ball, gate, globe and check valves for the fifth LNG storage tank at Fluxys LNG's Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium. The valves are supplied through EPC Felguera IHI, and Ampo will also provide after-sales service.

Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) and European Metal Packaging (Empac) merged into a new entity, Metal Packaging Europe, based in Brussels. The combined company will produce about 85 billion cans a year at more than 450 sites.

Bain Capital is buying Belgian PET preform specialist Resilux, alongside its acquisition of Petainer, with the businesses possibly being combined.

Borealis selected Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, targeting 740,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene, with final investment decision expected in Q3 2018.

Norther N.V. took final investment decision on the 370 MW Norther offshore wind project and awarded MHI Vestas Offshore Wind a firm contract to supply 44 V164-8.4 MW turbines. The project is about 23 km off Zeebrugge and is due to be commissioned in 2019.

VPK has started up a new Bobst 924 flexo folder gluer at its Oudegem plant in Belgium, adding about 5 million square metres of corrugated packaging capacity. The total project, including a double-deck WIP and a second pallet inserter, is worth about 7 million euros.