Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases broke ground on an expansion of its Wurzen, Saxony facility on August 29, 2024, nearly doubling its European manufacturing capacity. The site will make cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers and hydrogen fueling skids.

The shareholders of Landefeld Druckluft und Hydraulik and Landefeld Beteiligungsgesellschaft sold their minority interest in the companies to Viessmann Generations Group, with Grant Thornton advising the sellers. The deal was reported on 7 August 2024; no value was disclosed.

Endress+Hauser is investing over 100 million euros in its Maulburg production site in southern Germany under the Campus 2030+ project. The first construction phase is scheduled for completion in 2027.

Alstom has commissioned Knorr-Bremse to supply braking, entrance and sanitary systems for 42 Coradia Max EMUs for regional rail in Schleswig-Holstein, with options for 55 more trains. Deliveries run from early 2025 to the end of 2027.

Landefeld, a supplier of pneumatics, hydraulics and industrial components, completed the acquisition of Köly, a German manufacturer of pneumatic rotary actuators. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Atlas Copco acquired Germany distributor Druckluft-Technik-Nord, which joins Pacific Sales & Service in its Service division. The price was not disclosed.

Bwv-Wellpappenmaschinen Vertriebs-GmbH completed the acquisition of a 30% stake in BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH from Bobst Group SA on February 29, 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Piller Blowers & Compressors is investing a low double-digit million euro sum in a new workshop, warehouse and office building at its Moringen site in Germany, with construction starting in Q2 2024.

MULTIVAC Group announced a new 35,000 square metre production factory in Wolfertschwenden, Germany, for manufacturing parts and handling spare parts logistics, with a total investment of around EUR60 million and completion due by end of 2025.

China's Fusheng Industrial, backed by Oaktree Capital, acquired German industrial air compressor maker ALMiG Kompressoren, with ALMiG management reinvesting in the merged group. The deal expands Fusheng's presence in Europe.

Ebara Pumps Europe agreed to acquire Spandau Pumpen, SKF Lubrication Systems Germany's maker of screw-type and seal-less coolant pumps for machine tools, with production to move to Italy; the deal was expected to close at the end of September 2023.

Compressed air specialist Boge Kompressoren acquired Inmatec Gasetechnologie, a manufacturer of nitrogen and oxygen generators, effective 1 August 2023. Inmatec keeps its Herrsching site as an independent business unit under its own name.

WEIG Packaging, a folding carton printer in Emskirchen, concluded a further Equipment-as-a-Service subscription contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen and Munich Re Group companies, billed per printed sheet. The contract was signed at the beginning of 2023.

HUBER SE inaugurated its new production hall P3 at its headquarters in Berching/Erasbach, Germany, on 19 April 2023. The expansion lays the foundation for further growth and secures jobs.

Piller Blowers & Compressors is selling its hot gas circulator business unit, including two fan series, to Karl Klein Ventilatorenbau effective 1 June 2023. Piller will focus on blowers for steam compression.

HANSA-FLEX AG has acquired Knapheide, a hydraulic systems supplier to German machinery makers with about 400 employees and revenue in the high double-digit millions of euros, as a strategic investment in mid-April 2023. Knapheide keeps its name and sites.

Krones selected Icertis Contract Intelligence to transform its sales and procurement contracting processes, integrating it with SAP Ariba and Salesforce. The system is managed from Krones headquarters in Neutraubling, Germany.

The Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group completed its acquisition of Cryotec Anlagenbau GmbH, a plant engineering firm in Wurzen, Saxony, for an undisclosed amount. Cryotec will become the group's European competence and production center.

Valmet signed an agreement to supply 800 Neles NDX valve controllers and 500 Neles B1 actuators to modernize valves at Mercer Stendal's pulp mill in Arneburg, Germany, with delivery finishing by end of 2023.

GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies introduced the Grasso L XHP high pressure screw compressor and Grasso V XHP high pressure piston compressor at Chillventa 2022 in Nuremberg.

UFI Filters Group, through its subsidiary UFI Filters Hydraulics, acquired 100% of Friedrichs Filtersysteme GmbH, a hydraulic filter manufacturer based in Wassenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Oltrogge GmbH & Co. KG took over the compressed air technology division of Flaco Geräte GmbH in Gütersloh, effective October 1, 2022, with 85 employees transferring. The announcement was published on October 5, 2022.

Leggett & Platt has acquired Pacoma Hydraulic Technologies, combining it with Precision Hydraulic Cylinders into Leggett & Platt Hydraulics. Pacoma will operate as a sister company with its own management and brand.

Knorr-Bremse won a framework contract from Alstom to equip at least 130 Coradia Stream regional trains with braking, entrance, HVAC and sanitary systems for trains serving Baden-Württemberg, with deliveries from 2023 to 2029. The value is in the lower three-digit million-euro range.

Weber Maschinenbau is investing almost ten million euro in expanding and modernizing its Neubrandenburg plant, starting with a 3,200 square meter logistics center and later expanding halls 5 and 6. Construction started after the building permit was officially presented.

Atlas Copco has completed its acquisition of Kracht GmbH, a maker of external gear pumps, fluid measurement, valves, hydraulic drives and dosing systems, on 3 January 2024.

Packaging manufacturer Thimm installed a new Bahmüller Turbox folder gluer and automated downstream equipment at its Wörrstadt site for EUR 4.2 million, to meet rising e-commerce packaging demand.

Aetna Group, through its Robopac and Ocme units, acquired Germany-based Meypack, a maker of end-of-line packaging machines for food, spirits and personal care, announced June 10, 2022.

Japan's Rengo Group agreed to acquire Thimm Packaging Systems, the industrial goods division of Germany's Thimm Group, with the price kept confidential. The takeover awaits Federal Cartel Office approval, expected within weeks.

CompAir, part of Ingersoll Rand, has completed the transfer of foreign screw compressor production capacity to its Simmern site in Germany, which is being upgraded and reconfigured.

Linde Hydraulics is investing EUR 50 million in 50 projects across its German sites, including its Aschaffenburg main plant, the Ballenstedt valve factory and the AB-GUSStech foundry. The programme is to be completed by 2025.

HUBER SE started construction of a new production hall of about 7,000 m² at its Berching, Germany headquarters, expanding its two existing halls for its 150th anniversary. The new hall is expected to relieve existing halls and allow other process areas to expand.

Atlas Copco agreed on 2022-03-21 to acquire Lewa GmbH and Geveke B.V. and their subsidiaries for a combined enterprise value of EUR 670 million. The deal is all-cash and subject to regulatory approvals, with completion expected in Q2 2022.

Maximator GmbH's hydrogen refueling station business is being spun off as Maximator Hydrogen GmbH in Nordhausen, Germany, backed by an investment of 18 million euros for plant expansion and product development.

GEA is supplying Olin with a thermal vapor recompressor based on its nozzle needle-controlled steam jet compressor for a distillation plant at Olin's Stade site. The system can reduce specific steam consumption by up to 10 percent.

Endress+Hauser dedicated its expanded Maulburg, Germany site, a roughly 46 million euro project adding a production and office building and parking garage, used for level and pressure measurement technology.

BHS Corrugated broke ground on a logistics park in Weiherhammer, Germany, with a 26,500 m² production hall and a three-storey administration building, with construction due by March 2023. The investment totals approximately €38 million.

Atlas Copco acquired NATEV GmbH of Borken, Germany, a maker of positioning solutions for assembly tools, to expand its industrial technique business area. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HORSCH Maschinen GmbH is investing about €17 million to build a new assembly hall and office building of roughly 11,000 square metres at its Ronneburg, Thuringia site, groundbreaking on 27 July 2021 with completion planned by spring 2022.

Tillotson acquired all assets of PVL Probosch-Vogt-Loos Electronic and Elektrotechnik, a German maker of small engine ignition systems, which will continue operating in Cadolzburg through a new subsidiary.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Arpuma, a specialized vacuum systems and solutions provider with 14 employees based in Kerpen near Cologne, Germany, serving the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The purchase price was not disclosed. The deal was expected to close in late Q2 2021.

Flottweg inaugurated Plant 2 in Vilsbiburg, Germany, a roughly $66 million investment that doubles the company's separation-technology production capacity.

Meyer Werft selected TMC Compressors to supply the marine compressed air system for a newbuild AIDA Cruises LNG-powered cruise vessel being built in Papenburg, Germany. The contract value was not disclosed.

Linde Engineering won the contract to design and build an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR in Herten, Germany, with PEM electrolyzers and an annual output of about 440,000 kg of hydrogen. The project receives up to EUR 6.2 million in federal funding.

Altonaer Wellpappenfabrik in Tornesch near Hamburg will replace its finished goods palletizing system in spring 2021 and add a fully automated 4-color inline folding box machine in the second half of 2021. The company says it is investing over 10 million euros in quality and productivity across 2020/21.

Fan maker ebm-papst is investing almost EUR 20 million in three new buildings at its headquarters in Mulfingen and Mulfingen-Hollenbach, Baden-Württemberg, including R&D space and a machinery building. Construction is expected to take about 15 months for two of the buildings.

BHS Corrugated acquired an 18-hectare property in Weiherhammer, Germany, for a logistics park; the first project is a €40 million automated spare parts logistics center planned to go live in early 2023.

Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme plans a new production hall with office units at its Waldkraiburg site, consolidating three local plants into a campus. Groundbreaking was planned for the first quarter of 2021.

FLSmidth agreed to sell its Germany-based Möller (FLSmidth Hamburg GmbH) pneumatic conveying systems business to French group REEL. The agreement was signed on 29 December 2020 and the terms are confidential.

Spectris plc sold Brüel & Kjær Vibro GmbH, a Darmstadt-based machinery protection and condition monitoring supplier, to Japan's NSK for EUR 180 million (GBP 163 million).