Saica Group inaugurated a new Saica Pack corrugated packaging plant in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, after investing more than EUR 100m. The site consolidates the former Saica Pack Barcelona and El Prat plants and has capacity of 200 million square metres.

Italian food packaging firm Scatolificio del Garda, controlled by Fondo Italiano d'Investimento since 2025, acquired a majority stake in Spanish company Graphi Red. The deal was announced on 7 September 2026.

The European Commission authorised the combination of Spanish packaging groups Caiba and Nosoplas under shared control of Portobello Capital Fondo IV, Cobega and Sonab, finding no competition concerns. The combined company covers PET preforms, containers and recycled PET resin.

The European Commission approved, under its simplified procedure, the combination of Portobello Capital's Caiba and Cobega's Nosoplas plastics businesses into a single PET packaging company.

Smurfit Westrock has completed a €54 million expansion at its Ibi facility in Alicante, Spain, doubling Bag-in-Box production capacity to meet European demand. The site has received €90 million in capital over the last decade.

Packaging maker Ondupack will invest more than EUR 3.6 million to expand its Almendralejo plant in Extremadura, Spain, creating 15 jobs with a EUR 905,791.50 government incentive. The announcement was made on 13 August 2026.

Greif announced it is acquiring Envaplast, a Spanish producer of polymer containers, as reported alongside its fiscal third-quarter 2026 results. Deal value was not given in the excerpt.

Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama (CETARSA) awarded a contract to PALM PACKAGING BILBAO S.L. to supply 45,000 C48 AC ND boxes for tobacco packaging in Cáceres for EUR 602,100, with the award dated 16 July 2026.

Morocco's Competition Council received notification of a joint control acquisition of Caiba SA, after its merger with Nosoplas SLU, by Portobello Capital Gestión, Cobega and Sonab. Third-party observations are due by July 27, 2026.

Catalan industrial packaging maker CADEPA received a €1.5 million ICF Eurocrèdit loan to build a 12,000 m² plant in Sant Guim de Freixenet, consolidating its Esparreguera and Logroño operations. The project is expected to raise productivity by 30% to 40% and create 30 jobs.

CETARSA awarded PALM PACKAGING BILBAO S.L. a contract to supply 45,000 C48 boxes for tobacco packaging for EUR 602,100 excluding VAT, from a 630,000 EUR estimated value. The tender was published on 12 June 2026 and the award is listed as dated 24 July 2026.

ENDESA, S.A. awarded IDAMAR ATLANTIC, S.L. a supply contract for IMO and Allweiler pump spare parts for EUR 1,005,327. The award decision was dated 25 May 2026 after three tenders were received.

Vitrinor inaugurated new facilities in Guriezo, Cantabria, as part of an €18 million investment. The project includes a new building, an automated storage system doubling capacity to 14,000 pallets, and an aluminum cookware line expected to create 40 direct jobs.

French industrial valve specialist Meca-Inox has acquired Spanish manufacturer BAC Valves, adding ball and butterfly valves for chemical, petrochemical and gas industries, and BAC's manufacturing presence in Dalian, China. Both brands will be kept.

Spanish search fund Targos Capital, founded by Diego Canales and Nicolás Romo, has acquired 100% of a Spanish corrugated cardboard packaging group, according to a report dated 23 April 2026.

West Packaging inaugurated its new Seville plant in the La Isla industrial estate in Dos Hermanas after investing over €20 million, with plans to grow staff from about 50 to 80 and create 120 jobs.

Spanish corrugated packaging producer Grupo La Plana announced a €14 million investment in an automated high-rack storage facility at its primary manufacturing site to improve logistics and production capacity.

Preludio Partners acquired a 100% stake in Envases Sanz Belda, a packaging company, as reported on 26 February 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Zeus Packaging Group acquired KOEX Packaging Solutions, a premium and retail packaging specialist with operations in Miami, Paris and Fuzhou, China. The deal is aimed at increasing production and logistics capacity in Europe and extending Zeus into the US; financial terms were not disclosed.

CMSA has opened a new 2,700 m² packaging hub in Beniaján, Murcia, after investing EUR 1.8 million in robotics, quality control and automation. The company targets EUR 28 million in turnover in 2026.

Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama (CETARSA) awarded DS Smith Packaging Italia a supply contract for corrugated cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging, worth 903,000 EUR excluding VAT, with deliveries to Cáceres factories from February to July 2026.

PackBenefit launched a new state-of-the-art fibre-based food packaging plant in Aldeamayor de San Martín, Valladolid, which more than doubles its production capacity.

Froxá plans to invest 32 million euros through 2028 to build a new factory in Vargas (Puente Viesgo), doubling production, with Cantabria regional government support of nearly 4 million euros. About 26 additional workers are planned by 2030.

Spanish packaging group Grabalfa announced the acquisition of Plásticos Francés, a family-owned flexible plastic packaging manufacturer based in Beneixama, Alicante. It is Grabalfa's third acquisition in two years.

Atlas Copco acquired Talleres Haizea, a Basque Country supplier of services and spare parts for high-pressure piston compressors that also operates in Portugal and Latin America. CMS advised on the transaction.

Samson Ringo Válvulas inaugurated a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate in Zaragoza, Spain, on 2 October 2025, after an investment of EUR 11 million. The plant created 15 jobs and is expected to add 30 more within five years.

Thermador Groupe acquired 100% of Quilinox, a distributor of stainless-steel pumps, valves and flowmeters based in Paterna, Valencia, Spain, on 30 September 2025. The deal was valued at EUR 10.9 million and paid in cash.

Ondupack, part of CL Grupo Industrial, will invest €9 million to add a production line at its Navalmoral de la Mata plant in Cáceres, raising annual capacity from 50 million to 90 million m2, with start-up planned for April 2026.

PackBenefit has built a new sustainable food packaging plant in Valladolid, Spain, with an investment of more than 28 million euros that will double production capacity. The official inauguration is scheduled for October 24, 2025.

Resilux Ibérica Packaging is expanding its PET preform and packaging plant in Higuera la Real, adding capacity, storage and multilayer preform products with an investment above EUR 28 million. The works began in 2022 and completion is expected in 2025, creating 35 permanent jobs.

Grupo Cobra and Masa, subsidiaries of Cobra IS, were awarded electrical, piping and industrial mechanical works for a €1.2 billion second-generation biofuel plant in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, for Moeve and Apical, with 500,000 tonnes per year capacity.

Nefab Group has acquired Plasticos Flome, a Valencia-based specialist in sustainable thermoforming and injection molding. The deal was announced on 9 July 2025 and the amount was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Arizaga Bastarrica y Compania (ABC Compressors), a Eibar, Spain reciprocating compressor maker with 319 employees and about 84 MEUR revenue in 2024. Closing is expected in Q3 2025.

Zeus Group has acquired Rio Tinto Plasticos, a Spanish distributor and manufacturer of packaging products. The announcement was made on 5 June 2025.

Gruppo Fabbri Vignola has completed the acquisition of Spanish packaging company G.F. Packaging España S.A., its long-standing dealer in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and South America. The article is dated 30 May 2025.

Energy Recovery has received contract awards totaling over $7 million to supply PX Pressure Exchanger devices and pumps for several seawater reverse osmosis desalination projects in Spain. Orders are expected to be fulfilled in 2025, and one project is a retrofit using the PX Q300.

Hinojosa Packaging Group has finished a €30 million expansion of its Xàtiva plant in Valencia, adding 15,000 square metres and installing a 3.35-metre corrugator that raises capacity to two million boxes per day. The project began in 2022 and was announced on 14 May 2025.

ITP Aero signed a contract with the Royal Netherlands Air Force for maintenance, repair and overhaul of T700-701D engines powering its AH-64E Apache fleet, with work at its Albacete facility and a duration of three to five years.

Nefab has acquired Embalajes Echeberria, a Basque-based packaging provider. The deal was reported on 6 May 2025.

Smurfit Kappa Navarra was awarded a public tender to supply 70,000 C48 AC ND cardboard boxes for tobacco packaging to CETARSA in Cáceres, for 950,600 euros excluding VAT.

Spain's Mando de Apoyo Logistico awarded a public tender for packaging, labelling and pallets to Herlo Recambios and Suministros Industriales Heyser, with an awarded amount of EUR 100,826.45 excluding VAT, on 5 August 2025.

Nestlé will invest nearly €15 million to start up two new packaging lines at its coffee factory in Girona, Spain, enabling recyclable materials in packaging. The work is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

ISEM Packaging Group, a Milan-based luxury packaging group, has acquired EGISA, a Barcelona-based high-end folding carton manufacturer with over 60 years of experience. The deal is backed by Peninsula Capital, and the value is not disclosed.

Ondupack inaugurated a corrugated cardboard plant in Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, with an investment of 49 million euros, capacity for 200 million square meters per year and 50 direct jobs.

Hinojosa Packaging Group acquired Envases Toledo, a corrugated cardboard packaging maker with 25 staff and EUR 5.5 million in 2024 sales. The new plant in Aldaia, Valencia, will support the group's other packaging plants in the Valencian Community.

Gestión de Medio Rural de Canarias awarded a single-lot contract for corrugated cardboard boxes for its Tenerife marketing activity to Klingele Embalajes Canarias for €1 excluding VAT, after receiving one bid. The estimated value was €981,670.

Cannon Bono supplied an SG fire tube steam generator with HE SMART package, producing 8,000 kg/h of steam, for a new greenfield corrugated cardboard factory in Extremadura, Spain. The project was delivered as a turnkey solution with a local partner.

Spanish postal operator S.E. Correos y Telégrafos awarded three lots for manufacturing and supply of retail packaging to Tompla, Cartonajes Gisbert and Formpaper Packaging, with a total awarded value of €6,394,523.

Ball Corporation has acquired European impact extruder Alucan for €82 million ($88 million). The deal includes Alucan's plants in Linars del Vallés, Spain and Lummen, Belgium, expanding Ball's capacity for aerosol cans and impact-extruded bottles.

Constantia Tobepal announced a €14.1 million investment in a new tandem extruder at its Burgos facility in Spain to boost pharmaceutical and food packaging capacity. The line is expected to be fully operational by mid-2026.