Smurfit Westrock will invest around €600 million in its French sites over the next three to five years to modernise and decarbonise plants, including a €40M expansion at Épernay and over €100M for the Facture paper mill.

Bauer Compresseurs inaugurated its new site in Méry, Savoie, on 24 April 2026 in the presence of regional officials and the Bauer group's second-generation owner Heinz Bauer.

Vivid Laminating Technologies completed installation of two 3.2-metre Veloblade Nexus cutting systems and two Easymount Hybrid laminators for Global Experience Specialists at its French facility, in March 2026.

Quiri completed a 1,500 m2 extension of its Duttlenheim site in Bas-Rhin, France, costing 1.5 million euros and adding 25% production capacity. The extension was commissioned in November 2025.

Komori-Chambon expanded its Orléans site to 12,000 square meters for design, assembly and testing of printing machines, doubling the site's footprint and increasing production capacity.

Alfa Laval has completed the acquisition of the cryogenics business unit of Fives Group, now Fives Energy Cryogenics, a maker of cryogenic heat exchangers and pumps. The business joins Alfa Laval's Energy Division as a new separate unit.

Thermodyn, a Baker Hughes subsidiary, announced a 10 million euro investment to more than double production capacity at its Le Creusot site with a new building and two test positions, creating 40 jobs by end of 2025. The first stone ceremony was held on 15 May 2025.

SUDAC Air Service, a Veolia subsidiary, won a three-year contract to maintain compressed air installations at three Franciliane (SEDIF) drinking water plants in the Paris region, starting January 2025.

Alfa Laval signed a binding put-option agreement to acquire the Fives Cryogenics business unit of Fives Group for a fixed price of EUR 800 million, subject to works council consultation.

RIVARD is investing close to EUR 20 million to enlarge its production site in Daumeray (Maine-et-Loire), growing it from 7,000 m2 to over 10,000 m2 and moving assembly lines to dynamic production. The company says the change could double or triple its revenue.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

JTEKT Corporation agreed to sell its French industrial hydraulic components division HPI Industrial to EiM Capital and Apogee, following a December 2021 put option; the deal is subject to employee consultation and expected to complete in the first half of 2022.

S.F.E. Group announced the acquisition of Axxair Group, a privately held maker of orbital tube and pipe cutting and welding equipment based near Valence, France. Axxair has subsidiaries in Germany, the USA, South Korea and China and about 65 employees.

Valmet will supply a grade conversion rebuild to VPK's Alizay mill in France, converting a fine paper machine to produce recycled lightweight containerboard, with start-up scheduled for the end of 2022.

Atlas Copco acquired AEP, a privately owned French distributor of compressors and service provider with 8 employees based in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge near Paris. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Cryostar is investing EUR 15 million of its own funds to build a ninth 1,600 m2 hall at Hésingue, Haut-Rhin, for assembling and testing turbines and compressors, doubling capacity for these products, with 25 hires planned and commissioning expected end of 2022.

Norske Skog commissioned Voith to convert the PM 1 paper machine at its Golbey mill in France to produce recycled packaging paper, with a BlueLine stock preparation system and an XcelLine machine; output will be 550,000 tons per year and commissioning is scheduled for Q4 2023.

In June 2021 Ardagh partnered with France-based beverage group Ogeu to invest in a beverage can filling line, which Ogeu will use to add new can formats to its drinks range.

Sundyne expanded its manufacturing and testing facility in Dijon, France by 1,200 square metres, adding space for package assembly and full unit tests on larger machines. The expansion was announced on 2 February 2021.

Ingersoll Rand's Industrial segment completed its previously announced merger with Gardner Denver Holdings, creating a global leader in mission-critical flow creation and industrial technologies. The combined company will operate as four reportable segments.

Sonoco acquired Can Packaging, which makes paper cans and packaging machines at two French facilities in Habsheim, for a transaction valued at EUR 41.7 million. The deal was announced on August 4, 2020.

AGCO, which includes Massey Ferguson, is acquiring 15 hectares of land in Beauvais for a €40 million investment creating 200 permanent jobs. The Beauvais 4 site will host tractor customisation, additive manufacturing, hydraulic tube production and gearbox reconditioning.

Atlas Copco acquired Ovity Air Comprime, a distributor of industrial air compressors based in Le Mans, France, with 8 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement is dated June 5, 2020.

Atlas Copco acquired S.A.S. Air Diffusion, its distributor of compressors based in St. Etienne, France, through its subsidiary Exlair. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement was made on 2 April 2019.

Otis inaugurated a new 2,000 square metre building at its Gien plant in Loiret, France, to develop its elevator modernisation and digital innovation activity, with an investment of several million euros.

Valmet agreed with FICAP to deliver its continuous BioTrac steam explosion system for a black pellet plant with 120,000 tons/year capacity in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Start-up is planned for 2020; the order value was not disclosed.

French group Diverre, based in Grigny, acquired the shares of BMV, which has about 15 employees and an industrial site in Bouttencourt, to diversify its glassware-industry products.

Engie Cofely Services was awarded a contract by the French Commissariat a l'energie atomique to supply, install and commission a replacement air compressor and related equipment at the Valduc centre, for EUR 401,887.