Soldatal, parent of SDT Air, signed a sale agreement to acquire the machining production unit of the FES Technology Centre in Ripoll, Girona. The site adds 1,400 m2 of plant space for SDT Air's capacity expansion.

ITP Aero has installed a 1400 bar Quintus Technologies Flexform high pressure sheet hydroform press at its recently completed plant in Bilbao, Spain, with the press installed in December 2019. ITP Aero also enrolled in a long-term Quintus Care Program.

SAPA Placencia signed a contract to supply its BP-065 Auxiliary Power Units for installation in various versions of a European combat vehicle, with deliveries from 2020 to 2033. The article is dated 20 April 2020.

Bemasa Caps plans a EUR 1.5 million first phase of works to expand its metal caps factory in Molina de Segura, Spain, to about 20,000 square metres, with completion expected later this year.

SITRA won the contract to expand the industrial wastewater treatment plant serving a PET packaging recycling plant in Badajoz, Spain. The project includes a pilot ultrafiltration phase, later DAF and biological treatment upgrades, and five years of operation support.

Nidec Arisa recently moved into a new $30 million production facility in Navarrete, Spain, which will boost press production and remanufacturing. The facility is part of Nidec Press & Automation's global investment.

Italian group Dopla has invested EUR 18 million to open two 10,000 square metre plants at its Polinyà site in Barcelona, making biodegradable cups and plates, with 44 new hires. The plants are already operating, according to the Catalan government.

Insoca, operating as Cartonajes Izquierdo, has started work on a expansion in Soria, Spain, with a planned investment of at least EUR 25 million over the medium term. The first phase includes a two-level automated warehouse with a silo for 7,000 pallets and about 25 new direct jobs.

Grupo Industrial Ferruz will invest 15 million euros to consolidate all its sites into a new 130,000 sq m plant in the Parque Tecnológico de Reciclado in Zaragoza, doubling production capacity and creating 75 jobs. The article's text refers to 2018 timelines, so the date may be inaccurate.

Austrian packaging maker Alpla acquired Spanish HDPE recycling companies Suminco and Replacal, entering HDPE recycling. Alpla has set aside EUR 50 million for its recycling expansion; the deal value was not stated.

Industrias Dolz built a new production plant in Almazora (Castellón, Spain) for automotive water pumps, supported by a €476,956 regional incentive grant co-financed by FEDER. The plant features robotized assembly, ovens, injectors and machining centers.

Emsur Madrid inaugurated a new 5,000 m2 production building with a high-speed rotogravure printing line and a laminator at its Alcalá de Henares headquarters in Spain. The project adds production capacity for flexible packaging, mainly for the dairy market.

H&T Presspart inaugurated a new highly automated plant in L'Arboç, Tarragona, producing drug delivery systems and pharmaceutical components such as metered-dose inhaler parts. The plant can produce more than 300 million units a year.

Houston-based BHGE Masoneilan has been contracted to supply heavy-duty severe service angle control valves for CEPSA's refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain. The report is dated 17 September 2019.

CEPSA's San Roque refinery in Cádiz, Spain awarded Baker Hughes's Masoneilan a contract for heavy-duty severe service control valves for the Bottom-of-the-Barrel upgrade project.

Under an agreement signed 2 September 2019, DOpla SpA took control of Eurovending Group, including Spanish tableware makers Nupik and Sky Paper, and Art Plast, a Polish distributor, as part of a reorganization with FLO SpA.

The Hinojosa Group, a Spanish corrugated packaging maker, bought an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass digital printer for its Cartonajes Bernabéu plant in Almassora, with installation expected in September 2019.

Witte y Solá (WYS) began on 5 August 2019 a renovation and expansion of its Sant Fost de Campsentelles plant, adding a seventh production line, a clean room upgrade and about 1,000 m² of space by autumn 2020.

Paccor acquired a majority stake in EDV Packaging, a Barcelona-founded maker of high-barrier rigid plastic packaging for food, with founders keeping a minority stake. DC Advisory was exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders. The deal was signed and completed in July 2019.

Print finishing equipment makers AB Graphic International and Kocher+Beck have jointly acquired Spanish labeling and packaging equipment maker Enprom Packaging. The deal was announced July 1, 2019, and no value was given.

Aurelius Equity Opportunities agreed to sell Solidus Solutions, a European producer of fibre-based packaging, to Centerbridge Partners at an enterprise value of about 330 million euros ($375.6 million), announced on 28 June 2019.

TECH-OLOGY won a tender to install network cabling infrastructure at Ball Packaging's aluminium can factory in Guadalajara, Spain, valued at about EUR 500,000. The work was completed in phases through the summer and autumn.

Spanish postal operator SE Correos y Telegrafos awarded Innovaciones Plasticas a supply contract worth EUR 404,296 for multiservice and plastic bags for its sales network, with the award dated May 14, 2019.

Dow announced plans to expand its alkoxylation plant for polyglycols at its Tarragona industrial complex in Spain, with a new reactor. The new capacity is expected to start operating in 2021 and will serve Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and Asia.

Grupo La Plana installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 digital printing technology at its factory in Onda, Castellon, Spain, with a printing centre operative since February 2019 producing up to 10,000 boards per hour.

Fersa Bearings signed an agreement to become an official supplier of axle bearings to Daimler Germany and expanded its Zaragoza plant with an investment greater than 4 million euros.

Italian Interpump agreed to buy 100% of Fluinox, a Valencia-based maker of processing equipment for food, cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, for at least 11.15 million euros including the agreed price and the box value.

UK packaging group DS Smith acquired Europac, a Spanish corrugated cardboard packaging company headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid, on January 22, 2019.

Virospack, a maker of cosmetic droppers, recently started up a new production unit of 14,000 square meters in Badalona near Barcelona, with latest-generation machinery and automated production lines.

Innovaciones Plasticas S.A. was awarded a contract by Spanish state postal operator S.E. Correos y Telegrafos for manufacture and supply of packaging products for post office sales, valued at EUR 510,410 across three lots.

The European Commission conditionally approved DS Smith's acquisition of Spanish packaging maker Europac on 14 November 2018, after DS Smith agreed to sell Europac's Ovar plant in Portugal and two Normandy plants.

Spanish cooperative Ampo inaugurated a new 12,500 square metre machining plant in Idiazabal, Gipuzkoa, built with a €22 million investment. It will machine valves in-house and add 20 jobs.

Ball Corporation has inaugurated a new beverage can production plant in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara, Spain. Ball invested more than 100 million euros in the facility.

Siemens Gamesa will supply 70 turbines totalling 233 MW to eight wind farms in Zaragoza and Valladolid provinces for WPD, Brial and an unnamed energy company, for first-half 2019 delivery.

DS Smith has notified the European Commission of its planned purchase of Spanish corrugated packaging provider Europac. The deal is under EU merger review with a deadline of October 29, 2018.

ITP Aero is building a new plant in Derio, Biscay, near its Zamudio headquarters, for Externals components, including aeronautic tubes. The plant is planned to open by late spring 2019 and will host 160 employees, including 60 new hires.

Crown Packaging is finishing its can plant in Parc Sagunt I, Sagunto, and will start production in October 2018 with 150 direct jobs, with two lines planned to produce about two billion cans a year.

US packaging group Sonoco acquired the remaining 70% stake in Conitex from Texpack, giving it 100% of Conitex, the parent of Papertech in Tudela, Spain. The deal is valued at EUR 123 million and was notified to Spain's CNMC on 27 August 2018.

Spanish packaging line maker Canopack is opening a new plant expanding its floor space from 1,800 m2 to 3,800 m2, with an investment of EUR 1.5 million, EUR 600,000 of it for machinery.

DS Smith has announced its acquisition of Spanish-listed integrated packaging company Europac in a £1.45 billion deal, which it plans to finance by raising £1 billion in new shares plus a new debt facility. The deal is friendly but subject to CNMV approval.

Retansa Coat acquired a second 2,000 m2 premises in the Jundiz industrial park in Vitoria and invested in new sandblasting, paint booth and oven equipment to expand its fluoropolymer coating capacity to 4,200 m2.

Siemens Gamesa was awarded the contract to supply 48 SG 3.4-132 wind turbines totalling 166 MW for four Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables wind farms in Spain, with commissioning and three years of maintenance, due for completion mid-2019.

Nortek received a second order, in cooperation with Sacyr Fluor, to renew the turbine and compressor lubrication system at Repsol's Tarragona complex. The system will use two pumps driven by an electric motor and a steam turbine, at a flow rate of 1,160 lpm.

Nortek received an order to supply API lubrication and cooling systems for a boiler feed water pump at Repsol's Tarragona industrial complex, to be supplied to Flowserve. The announcement was dated 2 April 2018.

Smurfit Kappa plans to invest more than €6 million during 2018 in its Mengíbar paper mill in Jaén, Spain, mainly in a new plant to recover its waste, as announced at the mill's 50th anniversary open day.

ZIV won a EUR 24 million contract to supply single and three-phase smart meters to Spanish utility Iberdrola, following an earlier EUR 17 million order from Gas Natural. The announcement is undated in the case page, so the article date is used.

SAMCA has started operations at its EUR 84 million expansion of the Brilén plant in Barbastro, doubling PET production capacity to 250,000 tonnes. The project created 200 jobs during installation and is partly funded by the Aragon government.

Brilén, a Spanish polyester plant in Barbastro, is studying a restructuring of its filament section affecting nearly 50 staff, with cuts starting 7 January. Output is being reduced from 6,000 to 4,500 tonnes due to cheaper Chinese competition after EU tariff removal.

Grupo Industrial Ferruz will consolidate its six production and administrative sites into the Parque Tecnologico de Reciclado in Zaragoza, investing EUR 15 million and creating 75 new jobs over about two years.

Aurelius Equity Opportunities completed its acquisition of Abelan Board Industrial S.L., a Southern European producer of core board and solid board packaging, effective January 31, 2018. Abelan will be combined with Aurelius portfolio company Solidus Solutions.