Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Ehrler and Beck GmbH, a distributor of vacuum equipment and services based in Renningen, Germany with 15 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed and the deal is expected to close in January 2021.

The Carlyle Group agreed to acquire Flender GmbH, a mechanical and electrical drive technology maker, from Siemens AG. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, and Jeantet advised Carlyle on it.

GEA will discontinue production at its Bodenheim site near Mainz, Germany, by the end of 2024 as part of a consolidation of its global production network.

Hydraulic component maker STAUFF has put into operation the second of several planned CNC turning centers at its Werdohl Ehrenfeld site to produce STAUFF Connect steel pipe fittings. The investment was in the mid six-figure euro range.

Atlas Copco acquired the assets of THN Druckluft and Produktions GmbH & Co.KG, a compressed air and service provider based in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on August 4, 2020. The purchase price was not disclosed.

The Palm Group selected Heimbach as co-supplier of forming fabrics, press felts, shoe press belts and transfer belts for its new PM 5 corrugating base paper machine, with a 750,000-ton annual capacity and start-up planned for the first half of 2021.

Private equity investor CGS Management, through portfolio company EOL Packaging Experts, acquired a majority stake in BMS Maschinenfabrik of Pfatter, a maker of sorting systems and dry parts solutions. The deal was announced on 13 May 2020; no value was disclosed.

Exel Industries acquired Intec GmbH, a maker of bonding and dosing equipment for automotive body assembly with about 120 staff in Erftstadt, Germany, from the insolvency administrator of Eisenmann SE. Closing was completed in February 2020.

Voith Group and Moog Inc. signed contracts on 29 April 2020 to form the joint venture HMS - Hybrid Motion Solutions GmbH in Rutesheim, focused on hydrostatic servo-hydraulic drives for industrial markets.

Valmet will supply its 300th Valmet Paper Lab automated board and paper testing laboratory to Papierfabrik Palm's Aalen-Neukochen mill in Germany, with delivery during 2020. Valmet will also supply three Paper Labs in total to Palm sites and a containerboard machine at Aalen-Neukochen. The order value was not disclosed.

Hexagon Purus received an order from Everfuel to deliver two X-STORE high-pressure hydrogen distribution modules, to be produced in Kassel, Germany, for hydrogen refueling stations in Denmark. Deliveries are scheduled for Q3 2020. The article is dated April 3, 2020.

Schumacher Packaging signed a subscription contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen for a Speedmaster XL145-6+LX large-format press with logistics, consumables and service at its Forchheim, Bavaria site. The agreement was reported on February 10, 2020.

Kramer-Werke GmbH, a Wacker Neuson subsidiary, is expanding its Pfullendorf plant with €20.5 million of investment, adding 8,800 m² of production space and raising wheel loader and telehandler capacity from 6,500 to over 8,300 units per year.

ABEL GmbH installed a new horizontal machining center (Mori Seiki NHX 6300) at its Büchen, Germany site in December 2019, after renovating part of hall 2 to support it.

Weber Maschinenbau inaugurated its new plant in Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia, producing components and format and cutting tools for packaging machines. The building was delivered with C + P, which built the steel structure and outer shell.

Gardner Denver is investing over £7 million in a new centre of excellence at its Simmern production site in Germany, adding machinery and continuous-flow production for CompAir compressors. The article states completion was due at the end of 2016, so the date may be older than the publication date.

Moog and Voith Group are negotiating a joint venture based in Rutesheim, Germany, to expand hydrostatic servo-hydraulics business in industrial markets, pending approvals.

The Timken Company agreed to acquire BEKA Lubrication, a Pegnitz, Germany-based supplier of automatic lubrication systems, for approximately $165 million. BEKA's 2019 sales are expected to be around $135 million, and the deal is subject to German regulatory review.

OLBRICH GmbH has acquired the remaining shares of Polytype Converting from Jagenberg AG, now owning 100% of Polytype Converting GmbH in Hamburg and Polytype Converting AG in Fribourg. The move integrates the unit fully into the OLBRICH Group.

German C-parts supplier CGOODS in Borgholzhausen has invested in a KOLBUS AutoBox corrugated cardboard system to produce packaging blanks in-house on demand.

From July 1, 2019, Kaeser Kompressoren SE of Coburg, Germany, sells the magnetic-bearing turbo compressors made by PillAerator GmbH in Moringen, taking over the operative business of the subsidiary of Piller Blowers & Compressors.

Special machinery maker VWH GmbH held the ground-breaking for a new production center in the Westerwald region of Germany, adding 3,000 square metres of production space by February 2020 with a new plastics technology centre.

Atlas Copco has acquired Bold & Cichos GbR, a compressor distributor based in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, with about 15 employees. The company also offers service and engineers air package container solutions. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Valmet will supply a containerboard making line (PM 5) with mill-wide automation and services for Papierfabrik Palm's Aalen-Neukochen mill in Germany, with start-up scheduled for 2021; the order value was not disclosed.

Weber Maschinenbau is investing a seven-figure sum in a new assembly hall of about 2,300 m² and a two-storey office building at its Breidenbach site. Completion of the assembly hall is planned for September 2019 and the office building for January 2020.

Italian manufacturer Safim, a portfolio company of Ambienta, completed the acquisition of OMNI Hydraulik Ritter GmbH, a German distributor of hydraulic valves and brake pumps for off-highway vehicles. The deal was announced on 28 February 2019.

Kaeser Kompressoren is building a 2,300 square metre extension in Gera for refrigerant dryer production, with a total investment of about nine million euros; production could start in June 2019 after topping out on January 20, 2019.

Koenig & Bauer and Durst signed a letter of intent for a 50/50 joint venture in Germany to develop and make water-based digital single-pass presses for folding carton and corrugated printing. Manufacturing of the VariJET press is to start in time for Drupa 2020, subject to merger control approval.

INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik took over the Erzhausen-based company Geppert Rührtechnik GmbH and founded INVENT Industrial Mixing Systems GmbH, expanding its portfolio into industrial mixing products. The deal was reported in 2016.

Danfoss signed an agreement to acquire privately held Hydraulik Nord Fluidtechnik, a supplier of hydraulic steering solutions based in Parchim, Germany. The deal is intended to expand Danfoss Power Solutions' product portfolio and manufacturing capacity.

Rovema started construction of a new assembly hall at its Fernwald, Germany headquarters, with an investment of about EUR 8 million. Final assembly of packaging machines and lines will move into the building by June 2019.

Krones acquired MHT Holding, a Hochheim, Germany-based producer of PET preform moulds and injection moulding tools, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition strengthens Krones' PET value chain and tool manufacturing.

Valmet was selected to supply a high-capacity containerboard machine and automation solutions for the second paper machine at Hamburger Rieger's Spremberg mill. The announcement is dated 15 November 2018.

Hamburger Rieger is investing about €370 million in a second paper machine at its Spremberg mill in Brandenburg, adding 500,000 tonnes per year of containerboard capacity. Construction began in September 2018 with completion scheduled for 2020, and about 200 jobs are expected.

KP Linpac ordered a third Infrared Rotary Drum from Kreyenborg to expand thermoformed PET packaging capacity at its Beeskow site in Germany, with delivery planned for early 2019.

Maximator GmbH signed a contract with AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft Wuppertal to plan, deliver, install and commission the hydrogen refueling infrastructure for Wuppertal's fuel cell buses, with implementation starting from 2019.

Lenze laid the foundation stone for its Mechatronic Competence Campus in Extertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, a roughly €50 million investment that will employ more than 800 people. Completion is planned for end 2019 with operation from early 2020.

URACA GmbH & Co. KG acquired DYNAJET GmbH of Nürtingen on 24 September 2018. DYNAJET will remain a standalone brand and keep its development and production at Nürtingen.

An investment holding company managed by GFEP Family Equity acquired the majority of ETT Verpackungstechnik GmbH and ETT Service GmbH in a succession deal. ETT, based in Moringen, Lower Saxony, makes end-of-line packaging systems, and the existing management will continue.

Progroup AG has chosen Voith's XcelLine machine concept for its greenfield Propapier PM 3 plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, with a planned annual capacity of 750,000 tons, scheduled to open in 2020.

Propapier, part of Progroup AG, awarded machine builder Voith Paper the contract for a new PM3 containerboard paper machine in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany, with production due in the second half of 2020. The greenfield project is part of a EUR 375 million investment.

Propapier awarded Voith Paper the contract for a new PM3 paper machine at a EUR 375 million greenfield containerboard plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna near Bitterfeld. The machine is due to start in the second half of 2020 with an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and create about 140 direct jobs.

WEW, a THIELMANN company, signed a $27.5 million contract to supply 241 new Hippo containerized water systems to the US Army, with all units to be delivered within 12 months of signing. Production takes place at its Weitefeld facility in Germany.

Nordson merged its BKG pelletizer and melt delivery equipment businesses into Nordson BKG GmbH, headquartered at a Münster facility that more than triples in space. Full relocation of operations will be completed by fall 2018.

Weber Maschinenbau has broken ground on a seven-figure investment in an office building and workshop of about 6,000 square meters in Werther, Germany, for producing components and tools for thermoforming packaging machines; around 50 employees are to move in by mid-2019.

GEA supplied fully automated tablet and capsule production equipment, including continuous blending technology, that has transformed Pfizer's Freiburg, Germany plant into a smart factory.

Emerson agreed to acquire Aventics, a smart pneumatics technology maker with central offices in Laatzen, Germany, from Triton for a cash price of €527 million. Aventics has about 2,100 employees, five manufacturing locations and 2017 sales of $425 million.

Stauff put a new round-cycle machine for pipe fittings into operation at its Werdohl headquarters, part of a 6.2 million euro investment that raises annual capacity from 10 to 15 million parts.

Woodward Inc. and Rolls-Royce signed an agreement for Woodward to acquire L'Orange GmbH and related operations in Germany, the US and China for an enterprise value of €700 million (US$859 million). L'Orange will be renamed Woodward L'Orange.

Max Automation has completed the sale of its subsidiary NSM Packtec GmbH, based in Ahaus, to Chinese company Ningbo Lehui International. NSM Packtec makes filling and packaging machines for dairy and non-alcoholic beverages and employs about 50 people. The closing was reported on 2018-03-14.