Strobl Pumpen broke ground on April 14, 2025 for a new site in Hilpoltstein, Germany, with about EUR 8 million invested in an office building and a 1,500 sq m hall. The move is due to finish by mid-2027 and provides space for up to 80 employees.

NEUMAN & ESSER will supply EWE two four-crank horizontal piston compressors size 320 for the conversion of a gas cavern at Huntorf in Wesermarsch to hydrogen storage, targeted from 2027. The order was announced on 2025-04-14.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Heide Pumpen GmbH, a portable pump distributor and service provider headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, adding 42 employees to its Power Technique business area.

GIG Karasek, as EPC contractor, is delivering what is described as the world's most powerful industrial heat pump system for BASF at Ludwigshafen, with Piller Blowers & Compressors supplying 11 compressors. The project aims to produce CO2-free steam for formic acid production and cut related emissions by 98%.

Neugart GmbH has opened its new Werk 3 production plant at its headquarters in Kippenheim, Germany, after a 20-month build with an investment of over EUR 25 million and 7,000 square metres of floor space.

Faller Packaging is opening a new production facility in Gebesee, Thuringia, in April 2025, producing up to 650 million folding cartons and 160 million outserts per year on a former All4Labels site.

Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH awarded a public tender for two compressors for compressing synthesis gas mixtures in Geesthacht to HAUG Sauer Kompressoren AG, the only bidder, for 426,740 EUR.

EWE commissioned NEUMAN & ESSER to supply two compressors for the conversion of a salt cavern at Huntorf in the Wesermarsch into large-scale hydrogen storage, planned to start in 2027. The project is part of EWE's Clean Hydrogen Coastline initiative.

Mondi has agreed to acquire the Western Europe packaging assets of Schumacher, with completion expected in the first half of 2025. Deal value is not given in the excerpt.

GIG Karasek has been awarded an EPC contract by BASF SE to deliver a 50 MWth industrial heat pump system at the Ludwigshafen site in Germany, for CO2-free steam generation. The project is funded with up to €310 million and commissioning is scheduled for 2027.

Rheinmetall secured an order worth €26 million from a new Asian engine maker for CWA2000 high-voltage coolant pumps used in fuel cell vehicles and stationary power plants. Production will start in 2027 at the Hartha plant and run until 2031.

Atlas Copco Group acquired Dr. Weigel Anlagenbau GmbH, a Magdeburg-based German compressed air technology provider with 45 employees, which joins the service division of its Compressor Technique business area.

Hörmann Intralogistics, as general contractor, is building high-bay warehouses and conveyor technology for the new Wellpappe Alzenau corrugated board plant in Alzenau, Germany, part of the Palm Group.

Weber-Hydraulik has moved into a new owned building in Konstanz-Reichenau, investing around EUR 5 million in a valve technology site with 1,730 sqm of production space and 180 sqm of development space. The building uses photovoltaics, a heat pump and concrete core activation.

SAMSON AG is investing 400 million euros in its MainChange project, which builds new headquarters in Offenbach am Main, Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the site on 20 January 2025 and the company has guaranteed jobs until the end of 2028.

Safety valve maker Leser is investing 41.3 million euros in a new 15,000 square meter production building in Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein. Construction began on November 22, 2024, with completion planned for March 2026.

Heat pump maker Stiebel Eltron plans to invest up to EUR 72 million in its Holzminden plant to expand production of air-to-water heat pumps, receiving a grant of up to EUR 10.8 million; the grant notice was handed over on 8 January 2025.

SAMSON received official approval to build and operate an electroplating unit at its new site in Offenbach, Germany, adding over 30% capacity for valve surface treatment. The unit is part of the MainChange headquarters relocation from Frankfurt, a project with about EUR 400M total investment.

In January 2025 TricorBraun reached an agreement to acquire family-owned Euroglas in Germany and Glaspack in Austria, suppliers of rigid packaging to the European market.

RheinEnergie selected MAN Energy Solutions to supply a 150-MW riverine heat-pump system at its Cologne-Niehl power plant, a roughly EUR 280 million project to deliver climate-neutral district heating.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is expanding and modernizing its Gerabronn, Germany plant over about two and a half years. Work includes a new assembly hall for customer-specific systems, modernized solenoid valve production and more storage, with the second phase starting in March 2025.

The Darmstadt regional president handed SAMSON AG the approval notice under federal emissions law for its new electroplating plant at the Offenbach innovation campus. The plant supports valve production and raises throughput by about 30%.

RheinEnergie commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to deliver a turnkey 150 MW river-water heat pump plant at its Cologne-Niehl power plant site. RheinEnergie is investing about €280 million, with operation expected from 2027.

Homburger Maschinenbau GmbH of Markdorf announced it is taking over the production of Richter Pumpen, a maker of membrane compressors and vacuum pumps based in Sauldorf-Rast, Germany, announced on 5 December 2024.

GE Vernova secured a contract from 50Hertz Transmission GmbH to deliver three 300 Mvar FACTSFLEX GFM STATCOM units for substations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony, announced 5 December 2024.

Bischof+Klein extended its clean room extrusion facility at Lengerich, Germany, with new blown film extrusion lines for packaging films, commissioned from December 2024 onward.

Burckhardt Compression secured a contract to supply boil-off gas and pipeline injection compressors for the German government-backed onshore LNG import terminal in Brunsbüttel. The terminal is a joint venture involving Gasunie and RWE.

LESER GmbH & Co. KG began construction of a 15,000 square metre production building in Hohenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein, investing €41.3 million to expand its safety valve factory. Completion is planned for early 2026.

Leser Factory of Safety Valves began construction of a 15,000 square meter production hall in Hohenwestedt, Germany, investing 41.3 million euros. Completion is planned for March 2026, and the hall will consolidate production steps now spread across rented buildings.

Ferrum Packaging AG and KHS GmbH are taking over H. F. Meyer Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, a can-seaming and canning technology maker in Neustadt in Holstein, effective 1 January 2025. H. F. Meyer will remain an independent company within the group.

NEUMAN & ESSER signed a contract on November 13, 2024 to take over EVB Technik GmbH, an electrical and automation solutions firm in Velbert and Garbsen, effective January 1, 2025.

Voith and Mehrer Compression signed a strategic partnership to develop, manufacture and market oil-free compressors for hydrogen applications. Voith will contribute scale-up and industrial manufacturing expertise.

Bürkert laid the foundation stone on 4 November 2024 for a three-phase modernisation and expansion of its Gerabronn plant, covering assembly, solenoid valve production and storage. Work is scheduled to take about two and a half years.

Mondi agreed to acquire the German, Benelux and UK corrugated converting and solid board operations of Schumacher Packaging, including seven converting plants, two solid board mills and four solid board converting plants.

Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs awarded Schumacher Packaging a climate protection contract worth over €51 million for its Schwarzenberg plant. The funding over 15 years will convert site heat generation to climate-neutral biomass and generate green electricity.

Japan Pulp & Paper Co, Ltd. agreed to take over the operations of the insolvent German paper companies Inapa Deutschland, Inapa ComPlott and Inapa Packaging in a reorganised form. Integration is planned for 1 December 2024.

Plastics specialist Auer GmbH plans a fourth production hall with an attached picking hall at its headquarters technology park in Amerang, Germany, with construction possibly starting in 2026.

German folding carton producer Faller Packaging will expand its folding carton and packaging insert production capacity and has taken over the real property of the former All4Labels plant in Gebesee near Erfurt. The article is dated September 25, 2024.

FLSmidth signed an agreement to acquire TIPCO Tudeshki Industrial Process Control GmbH of Aachen, Germany, adding particle-size sensor technology to its mining PCV solutions. Terms were not disclosed.

Faller Packaging signed a contract on September 16, 2024 to buy the former All4Labels property in Gebesee, Thuringia, to build a new folding carton and package leaflet plant. Production is planned to start in spring 2025.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has doubled warehouse capacity leased from Garbe Industrial Real Estate for pump maker Wilo's central distribution center in Werne, now 40,000 square meters.

RWE has commissioned Sunfire to supply a 100 MW alkaline electrolyser and Bilfinger to build auxiliary systems for the third construction phase of its 300 MW GET H2 Nukleus green hydrogen plant in Lingen, Germany, with commissioning planned for 2027. The contract value is in the low hundred-million-euro range.

The Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub commissioned Siemens Energy to supply a 100MW proton exchange membrane electrolyser plant in Germany. No contract value was disclosed.

Mondi agreed to acquire the German, Benelux and UK corrugated converting and solid board operations of Schumacher Packaging, including two mega-box plants in Germany at Ebersdorf and Greven. The enterprise value is €634 million, financed from existing facilities.

BEL Valves delivered six API 6DSS subsea gate valves to engineering firm SubseaDesign for the Wilhelmshaven gas import terminal in Germany. The valves were built at BEL's Newcastle upon Tyne facility.

Stahl Group is set to acquire Weilburger Graphics, a coatings maker for flexible materials such as paper and cardboard, subject to the usual approvals. The deal strengthens Stahl's packaging coatings business in Europe and globally.

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.

JS Proputec A/S has finished and commissioned Phase 1 of a raw material reception facility for fishmeal producer Bioceval in Cuxhaven, Germany, supplying pumps, feed augers, tanks and piping. Phase 2 installation is planned for the coming months.

HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie awarded Topsoe a contract to supply Hydroflex technology for a 220,000 tpy HVO and SAF complex integrated into its Hamburg refinery, slated to start in early 2027.

Topsoe signed an agreement to supply its Hydroflex technology to Holborn Europa Raffinerie for a 220,000 tpy SAF and renewable diesel complex at Holborn's Hamburg refinery, expected to be operational in early 2027.