Imperial Dade Canada, backed by Advent International, acquired Canpaco, a custom packaging company based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The deal value was not disclosed.

ATS Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paxiom Group, a Montreal-headquartered maker of primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging machines with about 200 employees and roughly $67 million revenue in 2023.

Wipro Hydraulics signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Canada-based Mailhot Industries, including its JARP Industries unit, a maker of hydraulic cylinders for refuse trucks and snow removal equipment; financial terms were not disclosed.

Asahi Kasei has broken ground on a lithium-ion battery separator plant in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, expected to begin commercial production later. The article is truncated, so the investment value and start date are not stated.

Labatt Breweries of Canada invested $9 million in new machinery at its Turning Point Brewery in Delta, British Columbia, to eliminate plastic rings from can packaging and enable new can formats.

Amcor Capsules opened a new plant in Granby, Quebec, Canada, to increase closure and capsule production for North American wine and spirits customers, with commercial operations expected in early April 2024.

Baker Hughes received an order from Black & Veatch to supply turbomachinery for the Cedar LNG project in British Columbia, including four electric-driven refrigeration compressors, two boil-off gas compressors and six centrifugal pumps. The award was booked in Q1 2024.

Laurentide Controls, Eastern Canada's largest industrial process automation supplier, acquired Liquiteck, a pump distributor and repair firm with facilities in Valleyfield and Val d'Or, Quebec. Liquiteck will keep its name and facilities.

Baker Hughes won a contract from Black & Veatch to supply turbomachinery for the Cedar LNG project in Canada, including four electric-driven refrigeration compressors, two boil-off gas compressors and six centrifugal pumps. The award was booked in Q1 2024 and announced on April 5, 2024.

The AQRCB/Consignaction signed an agreement with Machinex for a new sorting and packaging plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, to process aluminum, plastic and multilayer carton deposit containers. The plant is due to be in place by March 1, 2025.

EcoPoly Properties Inc. will invest over $32 million to enhance its existing plastics facility in Orillia, Ontario, adding new equipment and automation. The project will create 85 jobs and receives over $3.5 million in provincial funding.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

Mondi completed its acquisition of the Hinton Pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta, which was announced in February 2024. The company celebrated the completion with local officials and employees on March 20, 2024.

ProAmpac signed a definitive agreement on March 13, 2024 to acquire Gelpac, a producer of multiwall paper and poly-woven packaging with six facilities in the US and Canada, from an investor group led by NAMAKOR Holdings.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Novacap has acquired Alliance Labeling Inc., an Oakville, Ontario provider of ancillary packaging and warehousing solutions with engineering capabilities. The deal aims to expand Alliance's presence in Ontario, Quebec, Canada and the US.

FloWorks, a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, initiated the add-on acquisition of AWC Process Solutions, a Western Canadian manufacturer's representative and distributor of pumps, compressors, valves and control equipment. The announcement was made on February 28, 2024.

Motion Industries signed a definitive agreement to buy the operating assets of Perfetto Manufacturing and SER Hydraulics, fluid power companies in Sudbury, Canada, with closing expected at the end of February 2024; terms undisclosed.

Bronswerk Group won two contracts worth over CAD 100 million from Irving Shipbuilding to supply ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems for three new Royal Canadian Navy surface combatant ships.

KinsBrae Packaging, a Cambridge, Ontario packaging firm, began production on its paper bottle machine on February 15, 2024, with Georgian Bay Spirits as launch partner.

Mondi acquired the Hinton pulp mill in Alberta, Canada, from West Fraser Timber for $5 million, in a deal reported as happening the week before the article.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International will supply steam turbines and compressor packages to Dow for its net-zero Path2Zero ethylene cracker at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, under two contracts. Dow's overall brownfield investment is $6.5 billion.

Ivys Adsorption Inc. signed a distribution agreement making it ELGi's distributor for compressors across Quebec and Ontario, including aftermarket management. The deal was announced on January 24, 2024.

Flow Beverage Corp. agreed a three-year manufacturing agreement to produce and package BIOSTEEL sport hydration beverages in Tetra Prisma format for BioSteel Sports Inc. Minimum purchases are worth about $19.3 million in revenue over the term.

SupplyOne, the largest independent US corrugated packaging supplier, acquired Crownhill Packaging, a Toronto-headquartered North American packaging distributor with four locations in Canada and the US. It is SupplyOne's first international acquisition.

International Water-Guard Industries was selected by Airbus to provide lavatory components, including touchless faucets and water heaters, for A320, A330 and A350 aircraft, with products on aircraft as early as 2025.

Mikisew Group's private investment division bought ATB Private Equity's holdings in Edmonton-based JL Filtration, giving Mikisew a majority interest in the industrial filtration equipment maker.

Flow Beverage Corp. has signed a five-year manufacturing agreement to produce BeatBox's alcoholic party punch at its Aurora, Ontario facility, with minimum volumes worth about $115 million in revenue. Flow will add a fourth production line and a TetraPak line, and has also secured a $5 million senior secured term loan from NFS Leasing.

Celeros Flow Technology has committed to expand its Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, in response to Ontario Power Generation's plans for four small modular reactors at Darlington.

Celeros Flow Technology will expand its existing Burlington, Ontario facility to become the first Ontario-based maker of nuclear-qualified pumps, serving Ontario Power Generation's SMR and refurbishment work. The company has also committed to finalizing a business case for a new nuclear valve plant in Ontario.

SCG Packaging (SCGP) signed a joint development agreement with US-based Origin Materials to develop bioplastic from eucalyptus wood chips. The bioplastic project is being carried out in Canada, with results expected in the current quarter.

Flow Beverage Corp. signed a three-year contract manufacturing agreement with Joyburst Beverages guaranteeing 15 million units of annual production at Flow's Aurora, Ontario facility.

Flow Beverage Corp. signed a three-year manufacturing agreement with Joyburst Beverages to produce a guaranteed 15 million hydration beverage units annually at its Aurora, Ontario facility. The announcement was made on 2023-10-18.

Advent-backed Imperial Dade acquired the Eugene Allard Produits d'Emballage et d'Entretien division of the Eugene Allard family of companies. Deal value and location were not disclosed in the article.

Valstone Corporation acquired Matrix Industrial Control System, a food industry automation provider based in Brampton, Ontario, on September 21, 2023, entering the food and beverage sector.

Dart Container became a strategic equity partner in Red Leaf Pulp, securing exclusive rights to its wheat straw-based alternative fibre for molded fibre packaging. Red Leaf's initial conversion facility in Regina, Saskatchewan is scheduled for completion in 2026.

Axium Packaging is constructing an 80 million dollar manufacturing site in Brampton, Ontario, expected to open in July 2024. The facility will make plastic containers, tubes and caps, and is designed to be LEED Silver compliant.

SheaRock Construction Group will build a 30,000-square-foot facility in the Windsor-Essex area of Ontario to manufacture plastic sewer maintenance shafts, investing about $4.29 million and creating 20 new jobs. The plant is targeted to be fully operational by 2026, producing up to 10,000 units a month.

Custom Plastics International is investing over $1.4 million to add new production lines and automation at its Cobourg, Ontario injection moulding facility, supported by C$217,050 in Ontario funding.

Beneco Packaging is investing $7 million to buy new automated equipment in Cobourg, Ontario, to expand its product line and speed up production, supported by C$500,000 from the Ontario government.

Axium Packaging is constructing a new manufacturing facility in Brampton, Ontario, investing over CAD 80 million and employing 250 people. The site is expected to open in July 2024.

Rotork has acquired Hanbay, a Montreal, Canada-based designer of flow control solutions. The acquisition is reported in an industry news roundup dated August 17, 2023.

Antalis, part of KPP Group, acquired the Lovepac Group, a customised protective packaging maker with sites in Montreal and Courcelles, Québec and Guadalajara, Mexico. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Topsoe signed an agreement with World Energy GH2 to supply its dynamic ammonia loop technology for Project Nujio'qonik in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The loop will produce up to 1,650 metric tons per day of renewable ammonia, with production expected to start in 2025.

A public tender in Winnipeg, Manitoba seeks supply and delivery of two 154 L/s pumps, gate valves and check valves for Riverbend lift station upgrades, with on-site training and warranty support.

Atlantic Packaging Products commissioned a six-colour Delta SPC 130 digital printing press, made in Austria by Koenig & Bauer Durst, at its Tiffield Road retail packaging facility in Toronto in June 2023.

ECOfluid will supply a small USBF-technology wastewater treatment plant for a commercial establishment at Popkum, BC. The plant is designed to meet BC Ministry of Health Type 3 rules.

ECOfluid was awarded a contract by the Capital Regional District to supply MBR technology, membranes, permeate pumps and control components for the Magic Lake wastewater treatment plant on Pender Island, BC.

ECOfluid won a contract to design, engineer and supply process equipment for a new wastewater treatment plant at Ainsworth Hot Spring Resort in Ainsworth, BC. The plant replaces an aged package plant with a larger one.

Fluid System Components, Inc. announced the acquisition of Norcan Fluid Power Company, a fluid power distributor serving Western Canada, which is the largest Canadian distributor of Bosch Rexroth products. Terms were not disclosed.