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.

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.

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.

KSB will invest €60 million over five years to modernise and expand its Eta pump production facility at its Frankenthal headquarters, with the work to be completed by 2029. The investment will proceed without requested government subsidies.

GEA is investing around €5.5 million to modernise industrial refrigeration valve production at its AWP site in Prenzlau, Germany, replacing older machining centres with new CNC machines. The investment will add 20 production jobs by 2026.

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.

RHIEM Packaging & Print has invested almost EUR 2 million in new die-cutting machines at its Voerde site in Germany, raising production capacity by almost a third. The systems are now in production.

Ingersoll Rand is installing a rooftop photovoltaic system worth over $1 million at its Elmo Rietschle plant in Bad Neustadt, Germany, expected to generate about 5.66 MWp of solar energy in summer.

KSB, a pumps and valves manufacturer, has concluded new credit lines totalling EUR 550 million with a consortium of six banks, including a EUR 300 million revolving facility and a EUR 250 million guarantee facility. The term is five years with options to extend by up to two years. Hengeler Mueller advised on the financing.

Allweiler plans extensive investments in the coming years at its Radolfzell site to modernise production and improve sustainability. The company is currently recruiting ten production workers to expand capacity.

SIG has announced the construction of a 10.25 MWp solar installation at its production site in Linnich, Germany. The announcement is dated 3 January 2023.

Weiss-Packaging invested in a new packaging printing facility in Simmerath, Germany, with the printing machine still being installed and production expected to start shortly.

Corrugated packaging producer Zerhusen Kartonagen, based in Damme in north-western Germany, announced a €100m investment. The article gives no detail on what the money will fund.

THIMM Group plans to invest 400 million euros over five years in automation, digitalization, modernization and expansion of all its locations.

Pump maker Allweiler announced investments of around €30 million at its Radolfzell site in Germany, aiming to secure the location amid ongoing restructuring.

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.

MM Group signed a EUR 65 million syndicated green loan classified as sustainable, financing the rebuild of a board machine at its Neuss site in Germany.

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.

Schumacher Packaging plans its largest investment program, about EUR 700 million by 2025 with EUR 300 million in Germany, to expand corrugated board plants and paper mills and add renewable energy. The plan aims to create around 500 jobs and lift sales to EUR 1.3 billion by 2025. Reported November 25, 2021.

Schumacher Packaging plans to invest about €700 million by 2025, including €300 million in Germany, to expand corrugated board plants and paper mills. The program is expected to create around 500 new jobs.

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.

AWP is investing 5.5 million in modernizing production at its Prenzlau site, with work running until 2026 and aimed at expanding capacity.

August Faller GmbH & Co. KG plans to invest EUR 30 million in a new headquarters and plant at its Waldkirch, Germany site, with construction starting in Q1 2022 and completion about two years later.

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.

Germany's Panther Packaging Group is implementing a new investment package, including new die-cutters, a jumbo inliner, intralogistics renewal and land purchases in Tornesch, to double production and storage capacity in 2020.

The Panther Packaging Group, based in Tornesch near Hamburg, launched an investment programme worth over 60 million euros covering new machinery, land purchases to double production and storage capacity, and energy-efficiency measures. Projects include new die-cutters, a new offset press and a 11,000 m² co-packing hall in Wustermark.

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

Packaging maker ALPLA invested 13 million euro in ultra-modern packaging manufacturing in Werner & Mertz's new Mainz production center, making recycled-plastic bottles on site.

Paper maker Scheufelen in Lenningen, Germany, secured additional investors in December 2018 who raised its equity significantly. The new capital will fund expansion of its grass paper production.

Cosack Druck und Verpackung in Arnsberg, Germany, commissioned a BOBST Masterfold 75 folding carton gluing machine in December 2017 and a new BOBST VISIONCUT 106 cutting machine in 2018 to raise finishing capacity. The amounts were not disclosed.

Leser spent a total of €22 million on its Leser-Kontor facility in Hamburg, Germany. The investment was made in the year before the article.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung plans to invest around 30 million euros in 2018 in several projects at its Erndtebrück headquarters.

Solvay announced a €6 million investment to expand sodium bicarbonate production capacity at its Rheinberg site in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, for its SOLVAir flue gas treatment product, with startup planned by end of 2018.

Constantia Flexibles has invested around EUR 6 million in new technology to make film-based flexible packaging at its Weiden site in Germany.

MAN Diesel & Turbo is investing in a 3D printing centre at its turbomachinery works in Oberhausen, Germany, to make gas turbine components such as guide vane segments.

Thimm Group invested a total of 62 million euros in 2016, including a new corrugated cardboard plant in Bavaria, a digital web press at Ilsenburg and expansions of packaging plants in Germersheim and Puebla, Mexico.

Festo is investing about EUR 30 million over 2017 and 2018 to expand its Esslingen-Berkheim headquarters, with labs and offices returning after production moved to Ostfildern.

Packaging maker Seufert Transparente Verpackungen invested just under one million euros in early 2017 in a modern flatbed die-cutting machine at its Rodgau site. The line automates cutting, slot breaking, counting and pallet separation.