Waterloo Brewing announced that the Sherway Group will operate a 150,000 square foot warehouse facility in Ayr, Ontario, providing storage and warehouse services on its behalf, announced on 4 November 2020.

Waterloo Brewing upgraded its planned can line to 750,000 hectolitres per year, bringing total can production to 1.2 million hectolitres and overall plant capacity to 1.4 million hectolitres per year, announced on 4 November 2020.

Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Consolidated Bottle Corporation, a Canadian supplier of plastic, glass and metal containers and closures. The deal significantly expands Berlin Packaging's footprint in Canada, and all Consolidated Bottle employees and locations will be retained.

Atlantic Packaging Products announced construction of a new 100% recycled paper machine next to its existing Whitby, Ontario machine, producing 400,000 tons per year of containerboard. Production is scheduled for Q1 2022.

Shareholders of Montreal-based sustainable packaging provider IPL Plastics agreed to the company's sale to an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, reported September 29, 2020.

Hydro-Quebec will invest over CAN$25 million in 2020 to grow Dana TM4 and its electric powertrain business, with new operations in the UK, India and the US and 100 new jobs in Boucherville, Quebec.

SNC-Lavalin subsidiary Candu Energy was awarded a $6.9 million multi-year contract to support Bruce Power's pump seal maintenance program through 2023 in Ontario.

NOVA Chemicals signed a long-term agreement with Merlin Plastics, Canada's largest plastics recycler, to increase supply of post-consumer recyclate for consumer packaging. NOVA is also providing financing for a multi-million dollar recycling project.

Xebec Adsorption agreed to acquire Applied Compression Systems Ltd., a British Columbia service provider for renewable natural gas and hydrogen installations, for approximately $4.5 million. The deal is effective August 31, 2020.

Over 80 Rotork pneumatic actuators have been installed on well pads in Northern Alberta for an in situ steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands project using a new zero-base design.

Halliburton sold its Canadian progressing cavity pump business line, Europump, to PCM Artificial Lift Solutions, with Sequeira Partners as exclusive sell-side advisor. The deal, in Alberta, strengthens PCM's presence in Canada.

Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba merged its Friesens Packaging and think4D subsidiaries into a new company, Think 4D Inc., which will offer custom rigid boxes from an 80,000 sq ft building.

Rootree Inc. moved its head office and all manufacturing from Hamilton to a new 50,000 sq ft facility in Burlington, Ontario, more than doubling capacity. Three additional converting lines are due by the end of 2020.

Canadian flexible packaging company Rootree Inc. opened a second location in Montréal, Québec, to serve French-speaking and Québec-based clients, as the company grows its customer base across North America.

The Government of Canada through FedDev Ontario announced C$7.8 million to help three York Region manufacturers, including Vision Profile Extrusions in Woodbridge, scale up and create 116 skilled jobs in Ontario.

Madison Dearborn Partners funds agreed to acquire IPL Plastics Inc. from shareholders including CDPQ for approximately CAD 550 million on 28 July 2020. CDPQ will keep a minority stake of about 24.9%.

Nestlé Canada agreed to sell its Nestlé Pure Life bottled-water business to Ice River Springs, including two factories in Puslinch, Ontario and Hope, British Columbia and a well in Erin, Ontario. Closing is expected in Q3 2020, subject to regulatory review.

C-P Flexible Packaging, a First Atlantic Capital portfolio company, acquired Genpak Flexible, a North American compostable and flexible packaging supplier with plants in Aurora, Ontario and Lakeville, Minnesota. The deal was announced on 2020-06-19 and no value was disclosed.

Montreal-based TC Transcontinental bought the assets of Enviroplast, an insolvent LDPE film recycler with plants in Quebec and Ontario, for 16.1 million Canadian dollars. The purchase was announced June 16, 2020, and the equipment will supply recycled resin for its packaging production.

Fulcrum Capital Partners acquired contract packaging provider Belvika Trade & Packaging in Mississauga, Ontario, marking the eleventh platform investment from its Private Equity Fund V. The management team led by President Mario Golias will continue to run the business. The deal value was not disclosed.

Atlantic Coated Papers is building a 12,000 square foot warehouse at its Windsor, Quebec plant and has bought a rewinder to enter cosmetics packaging, with a stated investment of 2.5 million. The company expects five to 10 new full-time jobs over the coming months.

Calian Group has been awarded a contract by the SNC-Lavalin PAE joint venture to support delivery of up to ten 100-bed Mobile Respiratory Care Units for the Government of Canada, with first-phase value expected at $22 million to $26 million.

Ontario-based Royal Containers has acquired Mississauga-based corrugated packaging maker C&B Display Packaging. The deal value was not disclosed.

Vancouver-based packaging manufacturer Great Little Box Co announced its acquisition of custom packaging company Ideon Packaging. The companies plan to operate alongside each other in existing facilities while integrating long term.

Alberta, federal and other funders invested $4.5 million to expand TerraVerdae Bioworks' product development facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, for biodegradable PHA bioplastics. The announcement was made on April 29, 2020.

Sonoco is closing a recycled paperboard mill in Trent Valley, Ontario, which can take in 100,000 metric tons per year of recovered fiber. The closure was reported alongside its South Carolina investment in April 2020.

Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P. awarded Poyry (Montreal) Inc. a detailed engineering assignment for rebuilding its No. 10 newsprint machine into a recycled linerboard production line producing 360,000 metric tons per year. The order value was not disclosed.

Gertex Solutions acquired Freepak Inc., a packaging supplies provider based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, adding warehouse space and expanding its Ontario service coverage. The announcement was made on 9 March 2020.

Good Natured Products agreed to acquire Shepherd Thermoforming & Packaging, a custom thermoforming provider in Brampton, Ontario, for C$9.5 million. BDC is providing financing, including a C$6 million mortgage for the real estate, and the deal is expected to close in May 2020.

Curtiss-Wright agreed to acquire the stock of Canada's Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services Ltd for CAD$81 million (US$62 million) in cash. Dyna-Flo makes control, isolation and actuator valves for chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas markets.

Solucan is setting up a digital can printing production line in part of the former Wabasso plant in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, for a project of CAD 4,094,891. The Quebec government granted a loan of CAD 1,340,713 and the federal government a loan of CAD 500,000; production started in December.

The Department of National Defence awarded Mobil Valve (Division of Source Atlantic Limited) a contract for valve assemblies and back-up rings, to be delivered to CFB Halifax and CFB Esquimalt. The amendment value is CAD 51,593.14.

Color Ad Packaging expanded its 200 Beghin Avenue site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to include an in-house rotogravure cylinder engraving facility, bringing all flexible packaging steps in-house.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions will provide a C$3 million repayable contribution to ventilation maker Annexair to move its manufacturing into a new ultra-modern 300,000-square-foot factory in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec. The funding targets digital equipment for an Industry 4.0 production concept and biocomposite casings.

Waterloo Brewing signed a three-year co-pack agreement to be the exclusive Canadian producer of Carlsberg's Somersby Cider, representing over $20 million in incremental revenue, with products expected on shelves by Summer 2020.

TerraVest Industries acquired the assets of Argo Sales Inc., an Alberta-based manufacturer of wellhead processing and production equipment for the Canadian oil and gas market. The deal was funded with existing cash and credit facilities.

Charl-Pol, a maker of welded mechanical parts for heavy industry, has begun construction of a fifth plant in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, with an investment of CAD 3 to 5 million. The lower bound is used here.

Lakeside Process Controls acquired Sudbury-based CW Mechanical Limited, a valve repair and certification services company serving industrial customers in Northern Ontario, effective November 15, 2019. Lakeside plans to build a full service and production facility in Sudbury.

Atlas Copco has acquired the WestRon Group, a Canadian distributor focused on sales, installation and service of small industrial compressors and blowers. WestRon is based in Calgary, Alberta, has 26 employees and its purchase price was not disclosed.

ProMach acquired Jet Label & Packaging, a Edmonton-based label maker with seven offices across Western Canada, to expand its labeling and coding capabilities. The announcement was made on 30 October 2019 and no value was disclosed.

Quebec packaging specialist Solucan will take delivery of the world's first Tonejet Cyclone direct-to-can printer in October 2019 to produce customised recyclable cans for craft brewers.

Motion Canada, a division of Motion Industries, agreed to acquire The Fluid Power House, an engineering-focused fluid power distributor with four Ontario locations, with execution on October 1, 2019.

Clarke Valve received provincial approvals from Alberta (ABSA) and Ontario (TSSA) for its Dilating Disk control valve, allowing sales in those provinces on October 2, 2019.

Motion Canada, a division of Motion Industries, acquired Ontario-based fluid power distributor The Fluid Power House on 1 October 2019. FPH has about 40 employees in four Ontario locations and projects 2019 sales above $21 million.

Consolidated Container, through its Altium Packaging Canada business, acquired Quebec-based Plastique Micron and its affiliates IMBC Blowmolding and Les Produits de Plastique Action. The exact date was not given in the article.

Highbury Canco renewed its multi-year co-packing agreement with Kraft Heinz Canada to produce Kraft Heinz products at its Leamington, Ontario facility. The agreement is worth about $1 billion at retail value.

KTM Industries, maker of Green Cell Foam, became the exclusive supplier of insulated shipping coolers to Toronto-based NIKU Farms, bringing its biodegradable packaging material to Canada.

Owens-Illinois signed an agreement in principle with Groupe Bellemare to produce bottles from curbside recycled glass at a new Quebec recycling facility. The deal depends on a Quebec regulation change banning glass in landfills.

Proax Technologies Ltd. announced its acquisition of C&B Industrial Supplies Ltd., a supplier of compressed air equipment and industrial pneumatic components serving Atlantic Canada for 32 years. The announcement is dated July 30, 2019.

Grundfos Canada broke ground on a roughly C$3.5 million expansion of its Oakville, Ontario facility, roughly doubling it to 48,000 sq ft for warehousing and service. Completion is scheduled for July 2020.