GF (Georg Fischer) has closed its acquisition of VAG-Group, a Mannheim-based maker of metal valves for water utility networks, for approximately CHF 200 million. VAG-Group joins GF's Flow Solutions division from 1 October 2025.

Berlin Packaging agreed to acquire Rixius GmbH, a Mannheim-founded packaging supplier serving the DACH and Benelux regions. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 and the financial value was not disclosed.

Pump maker Homa has invested EUR 7 million since 2024 in its Neunkirchen-Seelscheid site, including a DMG Mori machining centre that cuts machining time by 30%. The investment modernises motor and pump housing production.

DEUTZ signed an agreement to acquire all shares of SOBEK Group GmbH, a German maker of high-performance electric drives and pumps with three sites in Baden-Württemberg and Hessen. The deal supports DEUTZ's push into defense and drones.

RRK Wellpappenfabrik in Bottrop, part of Panther Group, plans a new fully automated corrugator and warehouse on a neighbouring 30,000 m2 plot, with about EUR 40 million invested and capacity above 300 million m2 a year. Timing depends on economic development and will be set in 2026.

Dover Corp's PSG has acquired IPP Pump Products GmbH, a Bersenbrück-based maker of hygienic lobe and progressive cavity pumps for food, pharma and biotech.

Pump maker Homa invested EUR 7 million at its Neunkirchen-Seelscheid site, adding automated milling, machining and winding equipment and training for about 300 staff.

Germany-based Vetain GmbH has switched its protein powder packaging to Sonoco's paper-end GreenCan, which is at least 96% paper. The packaging is now available in the German market.

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe signed a contract to supply up to 14 million 70cl emerald green bottles to Mast-Jägermeister SE from its NextGen Furnace in Obernkirchen, Germany. The bottles are described as the world's first emerald green bottles, and the announcement was dated 8 August 2025.

TRICOR Packaging & Logistics AG commissioned a factory-integrated BHS Corrucleaner HE-90 dust removal system on its newest 2.8-metre corrugator in Goch, Germany. The article is dated 30 July 2025 and the commissioning took place the previous week.

Atlas Copco Group purchased Heide Pumpen GmbH, a German distributor and service provider of portable pumps.

Panther Group's Coswiger Wellpappe is adding a new production and warehouse building in Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, due to go into operation in August 2025. The site is expected to grow by around 30 per cent.

Panther Group plans to build a €40 million fully automated corrugator at its RRK Wellpappenfabrik site in Bottrop, after buying an adjacent 30,000 square metre plot. Annual capacity is to rise above 300 million square metres, with timing to be finalised in 2026.

Panther Group's RRK Wellpappenfabrik is buying a neighbouring 30,000 m² plot in Bottrop and plans a fully automated new corrugator and warehouse, with about EUR 40 million invested. Plant capacity is set to rise above 300 million m² per year, with timing dependent on 2026 economic conditions.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems completed and inaugurated an expansion of its Öhringen plant, a new roughly 6,000 m² building combining production, assembly and an automated small parts warehouse. The company invested about 20 million euros, and the site is now a lead factory for process valves.

Tricor Group has started corrugated board production on a 2.8m BHS corrugator at its new factory in Goch, Germany, its 17th location after about 15 months of construction. The plant has 140,000 tonnes of annual capacity and serves France, the Netherlands and the Benelux countries.

Mondi will acquire Schumacher Packaging's corrugated and solid board operations in Germany, Benelux and the UK for EUR 634 million, with completion expected in 2025.

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe signed a contract to supply up to 14 million 70cl emerald green bottles to Mast-Jägermeister from its NextGen hybrid furnace in Obernkirchen, Germany. The announcement was made on 16 July 2025.

TRICOR began production at its new heavy corrugated board plant in Weeze-Goch, Germany, after 15 months of construction. The plant cost about EUR 175 million, creates more than 200 jobs and can produce up to 140,000 tonnes per year.

Stonepeak agreed to acquire an approximately 50% co-controlling stake in IFCO Group, a reusable plastic container provider, from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Triton remains a partner with equal governance. The announcement is dated 9 July 2025.

technotrans and Windmöller & Hölscher signed an exclusive framework agreement to supply the jointly developed TURBOCLEAN ADVANCED E ink supply system for flexographic printing machines, with an order volume in the low double-digit million euro range.

Krones bought a 60% stake in Landshut-based GHS Separationstechnik, gaining decanter centrifuges for solid-liquid separation. The company has 25 staff and generated about EUR 10 million in revenue in 2024.

GESCO SE agreed to acquire Eckart GmbH, a Schlüchtern-based maker of hydraulic swivel motors and valve actuators with about EUR 20 million annual revenue. The purchase price was not disclosed and the deal is retroactive to January 1, 2025.

ALPLA Group agreed to acquire Germany-based KM Packaging to strengthen its ALPLAinject division, with completion subject to competition approval; financial terms were not disclosed.

Braunschweig-based pump maker Albrecht Maschinenbau, known as Albrecht Pumpen, joined the Pumpenallianz Nord network, adding pump and compressor repair, maintenance and plant-engineering services.

HBH Holdings Inc., parent of Sharonville-based Brighton Tru-Edge, acquired Germany-based König and Co. GmbH, a family-owned hot-form tank head manufacturer with a 95-year history. The companies will remain separate operating entities and brands. The deal was announced June 23, 2025.

PSG has acquired ipp Pump Products GmbH, a German manufacturer of sanitary lobe and progressive cavity pumps for hygienic processing in food, pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.

Leser GmbH & Co. KG is investing EUR 45 million in a new 15,000 m2 production building at its Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein plant, which is to become one of the world's largest safety valve production sites, with completion planned for early 2026.

Meyer Werft has contracted TMC Compressors to supply marine compressed air systems for two 180,000-tonne LNG-powered cruise vessels being built for Carnival Cruise Line. The contract value was not disclosed.

LESER has begun construction of a 15,000 m² production hall in Hohenwestedt, Germany, investing 41.3 million euros to increase safety valve capacity. Completion is slated for early 2026.

Ampo Poyam Valves was selected to supply more than 1,300 cryogenic valves for the Hanseatic Energy Hub LNG import terminal in Stade, Germany. Deliveries are scheduled for late 2025 and throughout 2026.

Ampo Poyam Valves has been selected to supply more than 1,300 cryogenic valves for the Hanseatic Energy Hub LNG terminal under development in Stade, Germany, with delivery in late 2025 and throughout 2026.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is expanding its Gerabronn plant in Germany, having completed the shell of three new halls, expanding assembly and storage capacity, and modernizing solenoid valve production.

Mondi has completed its acquisition of Schumacher Packaging's Western Europe business for €634 million, adding two mega box plants in Germany to its corrugated packaging portfolio.

Foundry Alliance GmbH took over the operations of specialty machinery maker Herold & Co. GmbH, including its pump and foundry divisions in Gefrees, effective 1 May 2025, with 40 of about 60 employees retained. Concentro Management AG advised on the investor process.

EWE awarded NEUMAN & ESSER the contract for three dry-running compressors for the 320 MW hydrogen electrolyzer in Emden, part of the Clean Hydrogen Coastline project, with production planned from 2027.

Book retailer Thalia selected Ranpak to install 12 automated packaging systems at its fulfilment and production centre, scheduled to open in 2026, with Element Logic managing deployment.

KSB Group's SISTO Armaturen S.A. received an order for about 2000 valves from a global pharmaceutical company for a new large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient plant in Germany, with completion expected in 2025.

Ranpak announced a partnership under which Thalia will install 12 automated packaging systems, including Cut'it EVO, Form'it and Flap'it units, at its fulfillment and production facility opening in 2026.

The Viega Group is investing around EUR 150 million in a new production site in Kirkel near Homburg, Saarland, taking over former Michelin logistics halls. About 150 jobs are to be created in the first expansion phase, with production of pipe connectors scheduled to start at the end of 2025.

Georg Fischer (GF) signed an agreement to acquire VAG-Group, a Mannheim-based maker of water utility valves owned by Aurelius. VAG has about 1,000 employees and annual sales of roughly EUR 200 million. The deal value was not disclosed in this announcement.

Lutz-Jesco GmbH, a metering technology supplier, has acquired the FXM range of peristaltic pumps from Valmet, including technologies, designs and IP. The announcement is dated May 6, 2025.

Bremen-based measuring and control technology maker SIKORA AG joins the MAAG Group, a polymer-processing group that is part of Dover Corporation. The deal was announced on May 6, 2025.

Dover Corporation agreed to acquire Bremen-based SIKORA AG for €550 million in cash, to be integrated into its MAAG unit. SIKORA makes precision measurement and control systems for wire, cable, hose and plastics production, and had about €100 million revenue in 2024.

A Friedrich Vorwerk-led consortium with Austria's HABAU Group was awarded a contract by terranets bw to build a further 61 km section of the South German Natural Gas Pipeline (SEL). The order value is in the low triple-digit million euro range.

EWE has awarded NEUMAN & ESSER the contract for three compressors for its 320 MW green hydrogen electrolyser in Emden, Germany, which is due to produce hydrogen on an industrial scale from 2027.

Maximator Hydrogen is supplying two MAX Compression System 2.0 compressors with 9 MW total compression capacity for the Green Hydrogen Hub being built at the port in Stuttgart by Stadtwerke Stuttgart. The project's ground-breaking ceremony took place in April 2025.

NEUMAN & ESSER will supply EWE with two four-crank horizontal piston compressors size 320 for the conversion of a gas cavern at Huntorf, Wesermarsch, into hydrogen storage, targeted from 2027.

Krones is building the Bayreuther Brauhaus brewery near Bayreuth, Germany, with Steinecker brewhouse and cellar equipment and a complete returnable-glass bottling line of 40,000 bottles per hour. The brewery is designed for 500,000 hectolitres annual capacity.

Pump manufacturer Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for new company buildings in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, including a three-storey office building and a roughly 1,500 sqm hall. The planned investment totals about EUR 8 million, with the move expected to be completed by mid-2027.