Ardagh Group opened a new can ends facility in Manaus, Brazil, with capacity to produce 12 million ends per day and more than 80 employees.

Velan's subsidiary Velan ABV will supply over 1,500 API 6D and API 6A valves to MODEC for the MV30 Carioca FPSO deployed at the Sépia field offshore Brazil, worth USD 18 million.

Pump and valve maker KSB plans to concentrate its industrial activities at its existing Jundiaí unit in Brazil, with the plan expected to be realised by 2021. Investment details have not been disclosed.

Brazilian paper producer Klabin is preparing a board decision by year-end on expanding its kraftliner paper capacity, integrated with a new 1 million tonnes per year pulp line. Studies are due to the board in August 2018.

Nidec completed its acquisition of Whirlpool Corporation's compressor business, Embraco, on 2 July 2019 after European Commission approval. Embraco operates in Brazil.

Velan won contracts to supply API 6D and API 6A valves to MODEC Offshore Production Systems for the MV30 Carioca FPSO deployed at the Sépia field in Brazil's Santos Basin, with delivery scheduled by early 2019. The order is valued at $18 million.

Siemens Gamesa signed its largest contract in Brazil to supply 136 SG 3.4-132 turbines totalling 471 MW to Neoenergia, Iberdrola's Brazilian unit, for the Santa Luzia complex in Paraíba. The turbines will be made at Siemens Gamesa's Camaçari factory.

Brazil's competition authority CADE approved a merger control agreement allowing Tredegar to sell its Brazilian flexible packaging business Terphane to Oben Group. Closing is planned for November 1, 2024, for a base consideration of $116 million.

GDC Alimentos (Gomes da Costa, Grupo Calvo) signed a letter of intent with the Santa Catarina government and Itajaí city to consolidate six operating units into a new industrial complex with private investment of R$300 million.

American Electric Technologies' subsidiary M&I Electric Brazil won a contract to overhaul in situ twenty 13.8kV diesel generators at a 342 MW power plant in Paraíba, Brazil. Delivery is expected in the second half of 2018.

Polish packaging maker Can-Pack invested about R$1 billion in Brazil, mainly in aluminum can and can-lid plants in Maracanau, Ceara. The aluminum can plant was set to start operations on April 20, 2018, and the lid plant in mid-August 2018.

Emerson installed a new production line at its ASCOVAL plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to assemble TopWorx valve controllers for South American customers, shortening delivery times.

Siemens Power and Gas, including Dresser-Rand, received an order for four SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages and two DATUM CO2 compressor packages for MODEC's Sépia FPSO in Brazil. Siemens will also provide long-term service and maintenance.

Siemens Power and Gas, including Dresser-Rand, received an order from MODEC for four SGT-A35 gas turbine power packages and two DATUM CO2 compressor packages for the Sépia FPSO. Siemens will also provide long-term service and maintenance; delivery is scheduled for late 2018.

Brazilian air compressor maker Schulz is investing R$150 million over three years to expand production capacity at its Joinville, Santa Catarina plant, having already hired 450 workers in late 2017.

Fluxo Soluções, a Brazilian distributor, obtained a new CRCC supplier certificate from Petrobras, dated December 2017, to represent the Masoneilan and Consolidated valve brands of Baker Hughes in Brazil's oil and gas market.

Perlen Packaging AG, the packaging division of the CPH Group, agreed to acquire a 60% majority stake in Brazilian company Sekoya Industria e Comercio Ltda., effective retroactively from 1 January 2018, with formal closing planned for end of February. The price was not disclosed.

German company Vogelsang will open a plant in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in the second half of 2018 for effluent pump parts, investing about R$3 million in construction plus R$1.5 million for land, and expanding production capacity of Beto Bombas.

Vipal Borrachas plans R$40 million of investment to add 4,000 motorcycle tyres a day at its Feira de Santana plant, raising output to 8,000 a day and hiring 200 more workers. A protocol of intent was signed with the Bahia state economic development secretariat.

German company rose plastic started operations at a new R$21 million plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo, consolidating plastic packaging lines for several industrial segments and its Brazilian headquarters, with support from the state agency Investe São Paulo.

WestRock confirmed an investment of more than US$125 million to build a large corrugated cardboard plant in Porto Feliz, São Paulo state, with works starting in 2017 and completion expected in Q2 2019.

Siegwerk signed a contract to buy Tupahue Tintas, a Brazilian maker of flexographic and rotogravure inks and varnishes based in Diadema, Sao Paulo. The deal expands Siegwerk's presence in Latin America.

Coster Group announced the opening of a new production facility in Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil, as part of its expansion in South America. The news item is dated 5 March 2025.

Metso signed four new distribution agreements for its valve products in Brazil, with distributors including Loopserv and ERC, announced October 12, 2017.

RLX Fluidos Refrigerantes inaugurated a refrigerant fluid factory in the Manaus Free Trade Zone, Brazil, with an investment of about R$3.6 million and initial capacity of 22 million kg a year.

WestRock announced plans to build a new corrugated box plant in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, to serve growing regional demand. Construction is expected to begin later in 2017 and finish in mid-2019.

Danfoss plans to invest US$3.3 million more in its Caxias do Sul plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, before the end of 2018, to nationalize pumps and motors and raise local content.

Sealed Air Corporation announced on August 2, 2017 its acquisition of Deltaplam Embalagens, a family-owned Brazilian flexible packaging manufacturer headquartered in Londrina, Parana. Terms were not disclosed.

Rolls-Royce secured a contract from Brazilian ship owner CBO to fit a new hybrid dual draglink subsea crane, rated to 50 tonnes, onto the offshore vessel CBO Manoella during its retrofit. Delivery is scheduled for Q3 2017.

Austrian technology group Miba AG will raise its stake in Brazilian sinter component maker Mahle Metal Leve Miba Sinterizados from 40 to 100 percent as of 30 June 2017. The company will be renamed Miba Sinter Brasil and operates a site in Indaiatuba near São Paulo.

Valmet will supply a new bleaching plant to be installed at CENIBRA's pulp mill in Belo Oriente, Brazil. The announcement was reported on 2017-05-01.

HydraForce Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire its distributor Hydraulic Designers Ltda., which makes custom hydraulic manifolds from a plant in Taboão da Serra, São Paulo. The deal expands HydraForce's presence in the South American off-highway equipment market.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Pressure Compressores Ltda., a piston and screw compressor manufacturer based in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, with about 150 employees and 2016 revenue of about MSEK 145. Completion is expected in the second quarter of 2017, and the price was not disclosed.

American Private Equity, a subsidiary of AFLG Holdings, has acquired HIDRALMAC, a manufacturer of high pressure custom hydraulic machinery in Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The deal was announced on 20 March 2017 and no value was disclosed.

Vesuvius Steel Flow Control and ThyssenKrupp CSA signed a turnkey contract to install Vesuvius Robotic Casting Technology at ThyssenKrupp's facility outside Rio de Janeiro.

Can-Pack SA completed the acquisition of its first beverage can plant in South America from steelmaker Cia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the Metalic plant in Brazil.

Greiner Bio-One inaugurated an expansion of its factory in Americana, São Paulo state, with R$42 million invested in construction and operations. Some equipment started in December 2016 and more is due to start operating in 2017.

Inx International has announced its forthcoming purchase of Creative Industria e Comercio, a Sao Paulo-based maker of flexographic and gravure packaging inks. The deal will expand Inx's packaging ink portfolio in South America.

Bemis inaugurated an expansion of its packaging plant in the Suape industrial port complex in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco. The R$31 million investment adds 8,000 square meters and is expected to double rigid packaging capacity and create more than 140 jobs.