MMG agreed to buy Anglo American's nickel business, including two operating mines in Brazil, for up to $500 million. The deal, announced in February 2025, has been delayed by EU regulatory review and was extended to December 31, 2026.

China's Huaxin Building Materials Group has signed a 10-day exclusivity agreement with Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional to acquire CSN Cimentos Brasil, valuing the Brazilian cement producer at BRL12.7 billion (approximately US$2.33 billion). No definitive agreement has been signed yet.

Huaxin Construction Materials signed an exclusive agreement on October 30, 2026, to acquire a Brazilian cement company from CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional) for an enterprise value of BRL 12.7 billion (approximately CNY 15.868 billion). The deal is subject to final agreements and regulatory approvals.

Vale agreed to acquire a 30% minority stake in Ligga S.A., which operates the Ferro Sul iron ore mine in northern Brazil, for around USD 190 million on September 24, 2026. The transaction includes an exclusive long-term offtake agreement.

Goglio, through its Brazilian subsidiary Mega Goglio, has acquired Cristal Embalagens, a flexible packaging company in Morro da Fumaça, Brazil. The deal expands Goglio's flexible packaging offering in the Brazilian market.

Atlas Copco Group acquired PowerTech Ar Comprimido Ltda, a compressed air distributor in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, which sells and services Chicago Pneumatic compressors and has 26 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Group will acquire Centroar, an air compressor distributor in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, adding service capability in Brazil's Northeast region. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2026.

Ebara Corporation signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Brazilian pump maker Germek through its Brazilian subsidiary. The deal is expected to close around the end of January 2026.

Interpump Group, through its subsidiary Hidrover Ltda, acquired Tutto Hidraulicos, valued at about EUR 12 million. The company will be consolidated from November 1, 2025.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Metalplan Equipamentos LTDA, a Brazilian manufacturer of screw compressors and air treatment equipment with 90 employees in São Paulo state. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Interpump Hydraulics Brasil assumed control of Hidrover Equipamentos Hidráulicos, a Flores da Cunha maker of hydraulic cylinders serving construction and agriculture. The founding partners will continue to manage the company.

Interpump Hydraulics Brasil announced it acquired control of Hidrover Equipamentos Hidráulicos of Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul, a maker of hydraulic cylinders for construction and agricultural markets. The current partners will keep managing the company.

Brazil's competition authority CADE approved Tredegar's sale of its Terphane flexible packaging film business to Oben Group. The deal, agreed in September 2023 for $116 million base consideration, is expected to close on November 1, 2024.

Atlas Copco acquired Tecturbo, a Brazilian service company and manufacturer of centrifugal compressor parts based in Campinas, São Paulo State, with 51 employees and about BRL 30 million in 2023 revenue. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Valgroup has acquired Mirvi Brasil, a manufacturer of plastic caps located in Cabreuva, Sao Paulo. The deal expands Valgroup's caps business and its beverage market offering.

Spanish glass container maker Vidrala acquired the remaining 70.7% of Brazil's Vidroporto for EUR 384 million, after an earlier purchase of 29.3% for EUR 53 million, valuing the company at EUR 543 million. Vidroporto operates a plant in Porto Ferreira, São Paulo.

All4Labels Global Packaging Group is joining Uniflexo, a PSL, shrink sleeve and booklet producer based in São Paulo, Brazil, into its group; the transaction is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval.

Tredegar agreed to sell its Terphane flexible packaging films business, with about 500 employees and sites in Brazil and New York, to affiliates of Oben Group for net debt-free base consideration of $116 million. Closing is subject to competition clearance in Brazil and Colombia and is expected in 8 to 14 months.

Neptune Brasil & Marine, a subsidiary of Houston-based Neptune Americas & Marine, agreed to acquire 51% of Brazilian engineering and equipment maker Natec Equipamentos as of July 1, 2023. Natec will operate as Natec Equipamentos Ltda – A Neptune Marine Company.

Italian packaging group Goglio acquired Mega Embalagens, a Brazilian maker of flexible packaging for food, hygiene and pet food, in July 2023. Terms were not disclosed.

All4Labels Global Packaging Group signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian healthcare packaging companies Faberprint, Allbox and Involv Labels as wholly-owned subsidiaries, subject to closing conditions including regulatory approval. Terms were not disclosed.

All4Labels Global Packaging Group, a Triton portfolio company, signed an agreement to acquire LabelPress Industria e Comercio da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, making it a 100% subsidiary. Closing is subject to regulatory approval; terms were not disclosed.

Smurfit Kappa has signed an agreement to acquire PaperBox, a packaging plant in Saquarema, about 70 km east of Rio de Janeiro. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close at the end of October 2022.

Sonoco acquired the remaining one-third interest in Sonoco do Brasil Participacoes from private investors, taking full ownership of the flexible packaging joint venture near Curitiba, Brazil. The joint venture had about $34 million in 2021 sales.

Chile's CMPC agreed to buy three plants and forests of Paraná-based Iguaçu Celulose Papel for R$946 million including debts. The deal gives CMPC entry into Brazil's packaging market as the second-largest paper bag supplier.

Italian packaging maker Gualapack, through Gualapack Brasil, agreed to acquire Brazilian flexible packaging converter Teruel Embalagens, which has two factories in Brazil. The deal adds laminate production to Gualapack's pouch business in South America. It was announced on October 4, 2021.

Neuman & Esser (NEA Group) acquired Brazil's HYTRON Energy & Gas on 19 November 2020. HYTRON, based in Sumaré, São Paulo, provides engineering and system integration for PEM and alkaline electrolysers and gas reformers and is integrated into NEA Energy Solutions.

International Paper announced on 14 October 2020 that it completed the previously disclosed sale of its Brazilian corrugated packaging business to Klabin S.A. The business has three containerboard mills and four box plants. No price is given in the article.

Brazil's Klabin agreed to sell its packaging paper unit in Nova Campina, São Paulo, to Klingele Paper & Packaging for R$196 million, with R$132 million paid at closing. The unit has nominal capacity of 162,000 tonnes per year of kraftliner and is subject to CADE approval.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Pressure Compressores Ltda., a Brazilian manufacturer of piston compressors and related equipment, announced 2 June 2017.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of the remaining shares of its Brazilian joint venture Laminor S.A., a tube laminate maker, for approximately EUR 30 million. The business is consolidated from April 1, 2020.

Klabin agreed to acquire International Paper's packaging assets in Brazil for R$330 million, consolidating its leadership in corrugated packaging. The deal was announced on 29 March 2020.

Ball Corporation agreed to buy Tubex Industria e Comercio de Embalagens for $80 million plus a potential earn-out, gaining an aluminum aerosol can plant near Sao Paulo with eight extruded can lines.

Huhtamaki agreed to buy the remaining shares of its Brazilian joint venture Laminor S.A., a tube laminate maker, for about EUR 30 million. Closing is expected in Q1 2020 subject to Brazilian approval.

An affiliate of HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of Nadir Figueiredo Industria e Comercio, Brazil's largest glass tableware producer, in a deal valued at approximately BRL 1 billion.

Whirlpool Corporation has completed the sale of its Embraco compressor business in Brazil and worldwide to Japanese motor maker Nidec. The deal was first announced in April 2018.

Suzano Papel e Celulose completed the acquisition of Fibria Celulose from Votorantim Participações, BNDES Participações and other shareholders, creating a larger pulp producer.

Ebara Corp has merged its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiaries Thebe Bombas Hidráulicas and Ebara Indústrias Mecânicas e Comércio into a new company, Ebara Bombas América do Sul. The restructuring was reported in September 2018.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.