CARBIOS and French label maker SLEEVER signed an exclusive long-term contract to jointly develop Home Compost biodegradable shrinksleeve films, including a master supply agreement for CARBIOS Active enzyme for PLA biodegradation.

Celeros Flow Technology has secured multiple contracts to supply safety-critical nuclear pump packages for the Sizewell C power station in the UK, to be designed and manufactured by its ClydeUnion Pumps brand at its facility in Annecy, France.

PSB Industries will acquire 100 percent of ALQP's share capital at €32 per share to merge Quadpack with its Texen business into one group. The combined group, with sales of €350 million, will have industrial presence in six countries.

Gassco AS awarded a contract to Sauer Compressors Nordics AB for 2+2 nitrogen booster compressors with bottle banks, needed for BIR-GAP upgrades at its Dunkerque terminal in France and Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium. The contract value was NOK 4.5 million excluding VAT.

Framatome and TechnicAtome announced the acquisition of Daher Valves from the Daher Group in France. The company, which makes valves for nuclear and defence applications, has reverted to its historic name Vanatome.

Trioworld Group signed an agreement on June 25, 2024 to acquire Sopal SAS, owner of French food packaging companies Palamy and Beaudet et René Jean Emballage (BRJ), through a purchase of all shares. The deal is subject to closing conditions and French regulatory approvals.

Senior plc's French unit Senior Aerospace Ermeto opened a 1600m² production facility in Fossé, France, increasing Ermeto's manufacturing capacity by 25%. The plant makes industrial valves and high-pressure hydraulic fittings for aerospace and industrial customers.

Framatome and Naval Group signed a multi-year contract for Framatome to manufacture forgings for the two K22 nuclear boilers of the PA-NG aircraft carrier. Framatome will make the parts at Le Creusot over five years and deliver them to Naval Group sites in Nantes-Indret and Cherbourg.

EFAFLU was awarded an order to supply an NFPA 20 and FM certified fire-fighting system with a split chamber pump for Safran Aerosystems' site in Caudebec-les-Elbeuf, France.

DS Smith invested €6m in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France, adding 4,000 square metres and a new 2,500m² workshop for Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has capacity of 250,000 units and potential for up to 1.5 million pallets per year.

EDF has internally ordered from its subsidiary Framatome six reactor vessels, steam generators and pressurizers for EPR2 reactors at Penly, Gravelines and Bugey in France, in a contract worth €8 billion. Manufacturing of steam generators begins in May and vessels in November.

ACI Groupe announced the acquisition of JTEKT's hydroelectric pump business in Europe, including the Blois production site and the Chennevières-sur-Marne technical centre. The business will be renamed ENERFLUX and integrated into ACI's Engineering to Product unit.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse laid the foundation stone on March 19, 2024 for a new low-energy production building at its Campsas site in the Tarn-et-Garonne region. The EUR 40 million investment will produce heat transfer equipment, with handover scheduled for summer 2025 and eventually 400 employees.

Liebherr-Aerospace is building a new 12,000 m² heat exchanger production building next to its Campsas site in Tarn-et-Garonne, with an investment of nearly €30 million. The building is due to be completed at the end of Q1 2025 and fully operational in mid-2026.

BOOSTHEAT announced it has entered final negotiations with a French manufacturer to develop a new-generation ionic fluid hydrogen compressor for refueling stations and decentralized storage, possibly via a joint venture.

Framatome and Naval Group finalised the acquisition of Jeumont Electric, a French maker and maintenance provider of electric motors and equipment for nuclear and naval defence, from Altawest. The announcement was made on January 9, 2024.

Wobz is investing €6 million to expand its Oyonnax plant with a 1,800 m² extension and three new production lines by May 2024, raising capacity from 120,000 to 500,000 customized containers per day.

DS Smith is investing nearly €90 million to replace the coal-fired boiler at its Rouen paper mill in Normandy with a 56 MW Valmet biomass boiler, cutting site emissions by 99,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The boiler is due to be fully operational by Q1 2025, and Engie Solutions will operate it.

Greif entered exclusive negotiations to acquire IPACKCHEM Group SAS, a maker of jerrycans and small plastic containers, from an affiliate of SK Capital Partners in a cash deal valued at $538 million. Closing is expected by the end of Greif's second quarter of fiscal 2024, subject to French consultation and regulatory clearances.

France's Ministry of Economy blocked Flowserve's acquisition of Canadian valve maker Velan under its foreign direct investment review. Flowserve plans to terminate the arrangement agreement after the 7 October 2023 outside date.

Flowserve and Velan extended the outside date of their February 2023 arrangement agreement by 30 days to October 7, 2023, because regulatory approvals were not yet all obtained.

Australian packaging company Orora confirmed advanced negotiations with Olympe, the holding company of France-based Saverglass, for a potential acquisition. The parties were still finalising funding and deal terms as of 30 August 2023.

Europe Technologies built a semi-automated pilot assembly line for LivingPackets' The Box packaging in Nantes, and the partnership continues with planned mass-production lines of 500,000 to 1 million units a year.

KSB SAS invested €13.5 million in its Sequedin production site near Lille to decarbonise operations, aiming to cut emissions from 815 to 15 tCO2eq per year by 2027. The plant employs 150 people.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems officially opened a plant extension in Triembach au Val, Alsace, on July 13, 2023, after investing around 15 million euros in new production and logistics space for industrial sensors.

Hinojosa Packaging Group closed a 49% shareholding agreement in ASV Packaging, a French maker of sustainable food and beverage packaging. The deal expands Hinojosa's presence in the French and Spanish markets.

Atlantic is investing over EUR 30 million to extend its Billy-Berclau factory by 5,000 m², adding production of heat pump components previously imported from Asia.

Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is constructing a 12,000 m2 building at its Campsas site in France, with an investment of almost EUR 30 million. Construction starts September 2023 with commissioning scheduled for 2025, and the site will eventually employ 400 people.

Danone ordered five Krones ErgoBloc L wet-end blocks in 2020 for Volvic and other water plants, four in France and one in Spain, with installation planned by the end of 2023.

Spanish carton maker Hinojosa Packaging entered exclusive negotiations to acquire a 49% stake in French corrugated packaging maker ASV Packaging, which has 210 employees and 64 million euros in revenue. The deal would also give the two groups joint control of Halopack tray production in Iberia and France.

ClydeUnion Pumps, part of Celeros Flow Technology, has secured a 10-year long-term agreement to provide pump maintenance and spare parts for EDF's nuclear power stations across France. The multi-million euro contract covers more than 850 safety-related pumps.

Baker Hughes Masoneilan shipped a package of API-6A severe service control valves for the Mero-3 FPSO in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, with the valves built at its Conde, France facility. Production on the field is expected in 2024.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing nearly EUR 80 million to add a third production line at its La Ciotat plant, launching in the first half of 2023, to make slim beverage cans previously imported from Germany.

Hydroscand France signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Pathel Industrie SAS, a Lyon-based maker of industrial hoses and fittings with subsidiaries in France, UK and Spain. The transaction is expected to close by end of 2022.

Howden agreed a contract with Precision Fabricating and Cleaning to supply a diaphragm compressor package for the ITER fusion tokamak project, a 35-country collaboration.

British Euro Packaging Group (EP Group) reportedly will invest nearly €47 million in a new plant at the Port of Marseille Fos, France, to produce paper bags and packaging.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Airmax Groupe, a French compressed air specialist with about 100 employees and nine locations across France, as part of a combined purchase price of about $86 million announced on 27 October 2022.

BDR Thermea Group is scaling up capacity by 50% at its existing heat pump production sites in Mertzwiller, France, and Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, and aims for 800,000 annual heat pumps by 2026.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering completed its acquisition of Vulcanic from Qualium for €261.7 million on a cash and debt-free basis, adding it to its Electric Thermal Solutions business.

Meggitt plans a €35 million, 14,500 square meter factory at the Baratonnière site in Avrillé near Angers to replace its current plant, with the move expected at the beginning of 2025.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering entered exclusive negotiations with Qualium to acquire the Vulcanic Group, a Paris-based industrial electric heating maker, for €261.7 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The deal is expected to complete after regulatory approvals in the third quarter.

Atlas Copco has acquired FITEC S.A.S., a French distributor of rotary screw compressors based in Tarnos near Bayonne. FITEC has 8 employees and serves small and medium-sized industries. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Ardagh Metal Packaging is investing in expanding its La Ciotat, France beverage can facility, supported by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, creating about 80 jobs with production expected to begin in the first half of 2023.

Hayward Tyler Inc and sister company Energy Steel were awarded multi-million dollar contracts to support the ITER fusion project in St-Paul-lez-Durance, France. Hayward Tyler supplies variable drive booster pumps and Energy Steel supplies 62 solenoid valve and cubicle packages.

Berlin Packaging is acquiring Verrerie du Comtat, a glass packaging supplier in Sorgues, France, serving wine and olive oil producers. It is the second Berlin Packaging acquisition in EMEA in 2022, and all employees and locations will be retained.

Swiss pump maker MAAG Group, part of Dover, merged with AMN DPI, a Normandy-based designer and manufacturer of polymer granulation tools. The deal was advised by Largillière Finance; no value was disclosed.

Energy Steel was awarded a contract to supply 62 solenoid valve and cubicle packages for the ITER fusion project under construction in St-Paul-lez-Durance, France.

Eternity Systems, a French industrial washer of reusable containers and packaging, announced the acquisition of LIP, which washes plastic crates and pallets for the food industry. The deal lets Eternity expand its industrial washing business.

Energy Steel was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply 62 solenoid valve and cubicle packages for the ITER fusion project in France. The packages will be part of the primary cooling water system.

TFF Group has agreed a partnership taking a 55% stake in Tonnellerie Remond, a French maker of oak barrels for wine aging based in Ladoix-Serrigny near Beaune. The cooperage generates about EUR 10 million in revenue, 75% of it abroad.