Rheinmetall has developed a prototype propane (R290) e-compressor and heat pump module for electric vehicles, presented at the ATMO Europe Summit in September 2023, with market availability targeted by 2028.

GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies introduced the Grasso L XHP high pressure screw compressor and Grasso V XHP high pressure piston compressor at Chillventa 2022 in Nuremberg.

Schoeller Allibert developed a Corona 20-pocket beer crate for AB InBev containing at least 20% recycled maritime plastic waste, launched in Germany. The article is dated June 27, 2022.

Georg Utz in Schüttorf started series production of the GS1 Smart-Box, a reusable polypropylene transport container; the first 100,000 units were delivered in late April 2021 to pooling partner IPP.

Rheinmetall unit Pierburg GmbH has developed a 2/2 coolant valve usable in both combustion-engine and battery-electric vehicles, according to a 15 July 2019 press release.

Metso showed new process-industry products at the Valve World Conference and Expo in Düsseldorf, including the Jamesbury EasyFlow rubber-lined butterfly valve and the Neles Scotch-Yoke actuator. The new range targets oil and gas, petrochemical, pulp and paper and power industries.

Ardagh Group and Henkel collaborated on what they claim is the world's lightest three-piece steel aerosol container, produced at Ardagh's aerosol plant in Germany for Henkel's hairspray range. The can has a 0.13mm wall thickness and saves 15 per cent in materials and water.