rose plastic AG acquired ROBOWORKER Automation GmbH, a German high-tech machine manufacturer specializing in powder compaction and automation, as a sister company effective November 1, 2026. The acquisition aims to combine packaging materials and automation into integrated solutions.

TKH Group acquired the Weld Seam Inspection business of Vitronic Machine Vision to expand into turnkey machine vision solutions for welding applications.

Private Assets SE & Co. KGaA is bundling its Kiel industrial holdings Kieler Maschinenwerke and Pro-Valve under the newly founded Kiel Power Systems SE. The company makes large engine components for data centre, energy and marine customers.

The Wilo Group acquired a majority stake in PreFab TGA, a German company specializing in industrial prefabrication of technical building equipment modules.

Carlyle agreed to sell Flender, a Bocholt-based mechanical drive technology maker, to Triton Fund 6; closing is expected in Q4 2026 and terms were not disclosed.

An investor group led by Apollo-managed funds is acquiring a 37 per cent minority stake in Syntegon from CVC Capital Partners, which keeps its 63 per cent majority. The value was not disclosed; Syntegon reported €1.75 billion revenue for 2025.

Royal Van Leeuwen signed an agreement on January 16, 2026 to acquire C+R HYDRAULICS GmbH, a Munich-founded hydraulic products supplier with revenue above EUR 40 million and about 45 staff. Completion is expected by end of February 2026, subject to regulatory approval.

AERZEN, a German maker of blowers, compressors and turbos, acquired GPE Turbo of Leipzig, a specialist in single and multi-stage turbo solutions for the process gas industry. The article is dated 24 November 2025.

ITT's Svanehøj business acquired Köhler & Hörter GmbH (KOHO), a family-owned compressor manufacturer in Hagen, Germany, expanding its portfolio beyond cryogenic pumps into compressors for gas applications.

HOERBIGER agreed to sell its reed valve business, including Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik GmbH in Schongau, Germany, to Dutch industrial holding Nimbus. Nimbus takes over about 300 employees; completion is subject to antitrust approval and the price was not disclosed.

AERZEN acquired ACI - Air Center International GmbH, which became a wholly owned subsidiary, adding oil-free and oil-injected compressors for industrial compressed air above 3.5 bar. The takeover was completed on 29 April 2025 and announced on 13 November 2025; ACI will be organised at AERZEN's Oberhausen site.

ITT Inc's Svanehoj has acquired Koho Kompressorsysteme (Köhler & Hörter GmbH), a family-owned maker of reciprocating compressor systems in Hagen, Germany. Koho employs about 40 people, and no value was disclosed.

Svanehøj, an ITT company, completed its acquisition of Germany-based compressor maker Köhler & Hörter GmbH (KOHO Kompressorsysteme) on 1 October 2025. KOHO employs about 40 people in Hagen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.