MM Group sold its packaging subsidiary MM Bangor to Cordovan Capital, with MP Corporate Finance as exclusive financial advisor to the seller. MM Bangor had been acquired by MM Group in October 2022 as part of Essentra Packaging.

Dutypoint Ltd of Gloucester, UK, joined Stuart Turner, Mikrofill and AGM on 13 January 2025 to create a scale player in residential and commercial water pump and pressurisation.

Macfarlane Group acquired Scotland-based protective packaging maker Pitreavie Group for a maximum cash consideration of £18m, including an earn-out of up to £4m over two years, financed from its existing bank facility.

Irish water pumping group EPS Group announced the acquisition of Robert Craig & Sons of Lisburn, a 140-year-old engineering firm specialising in niche industrial pumps and fuel pumping equipment.

Dutch company Nova Paper, affiliated with Turkey's Eren Holdings, acquired 100% of Wolverhampton-based Onboard Corrugated from Klingele Paper and Packaging Group and Paul Jundu. Onboard is completing a second BHS corrugator that will raise capacity to 250 million square metres a year.

McLaren Packaging is forming a 50/50 joint venture called McLaren Corrugate Limited with VPK Packaging UK & Ireland, combining its Port Glasgow corrugate plant with VPK's East Kilbride site to serve the Scottish corrugated market.

Spanish carton printing group Alzamora has acquired Offset Print & Packaging of Aylesford, near Maidstone, UK. The combined businesses will have 300 staff. The deal value was not disclosed.

Italian pump manufacturer Udor has acquired 85% of the capital of Hughes Pumps Limited, which makes high and very high pressure pumps and water jetting equipment at a West Sussex facility.

McLaren Packaging and VPK UK & Ireland agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture, McLaren Corrugate Limited, combining McLaren's Port Glasgow corrugate plant with VPK's East Kilbride site to serve the Scottish corrugated market.

Italian packaging group Carton Pack has acquired Clifton Packaging Group, a Leicester-based maker of flexible food and drink packaging, backed by private equity firm A&M Capital Europe.

Palm Group has completed the acquisition of 100% of John Hargreaves (Collyhurst & Stalybridge) Ltd, a corrugated products producer in Stalybridge near Manchester, in October 2024.

Fluiconnecto UK Ltd, part of the Manuli Ryco group, announced the acquisition of GB Hoses Limited, a UK provider of 24/7 emergency mobile hose replacement and a trade counter in Greater Manchester. The announcement was made on 30 October 2024.

UK water management provider Dutypoint has acquired Flowtech Water Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of water booster sets. The deal strengthens Dutypoint's water solutions offering in the UK market.

EPS Group has acquired Flowmech, a Leicester-based manufacturer and distributor of water, wastewater and pumping products including booster sets and pressurisation units. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Kinder-Janes Engineers Ltd, an industrial pump distributor headquartered in St. Albans, UK, which has 20 employees and 2023 revenues of about GBP 12.5 million. The purchase price was not disclosed.

VPK Group acquired a minority stake of about 28% in Fencor Packaging Group, which wholly owns the Cambridgeshire corrugated sheet plant Manor Packaging. Fencor announced the deal on 26 September 2024.

Easypack POP/Displays Group, a maker of temporary point-of-sale displays, was acquired by Easypack Holdings from Fencor Packaging Group on 30 August 2024 as the businesses were demerged. Fencor announced the transaction on 26 September 2024.

Tapflo UK, a process pump provider in Hampshire, announced the acquisition of TS Pumps, a UK company that supplies, services and repairs industrial pumps and systems. The deal expands Tapflo UK's application coverage and servicing.

Fluid power supplier Flowtech has agreed a £350,000 deal to acquire the assets of pneumatics and fluid products provider Thorite, including equipment, vehicles, stock and locations, and has paid off Thorite's £1.7m debt.

Coppice Alupack acquired Telford-based flexible packaging maker Sirane and its assets from joint administrators in a secured sale, retaining the Emerald site and 22 remaining employees. Financial terms were undisclosed.

Edwin James Group announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Pettits Ltd and its subsidiary Motivair Compressors Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Motivair manages about 9,000 compressed air assets for UK industrial, infrastructure, utilities and defence customers, and its 100 employees will be retained.

Macfarlane Group agreed to acquire foam protective packaging specialist Polyformes in a £11.5 million deal, reported on 8 July 2024.

INDUS Holding AG closed its acquisition of COLSON X-Cel, a medium-sized maker of industrial valves based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on 5 June 2024. COLSON becomes wholly owned by the INDUS Group.

UDOR S.p.A. has become majority shareholder of British high-pressure pump maker Hughes Pumps Ltd. The deal adds Hughes products to UDOR's pump range covering 1 to 500 HP and 20 to 2800 bar.

Interpump Fluid Solutions UK acquired the entire share capital of Alltube Engineering Ltd for 2.3 million euro, as part of its 2024 UK expansion strategy.

Wilo UK acquired Arfon Rewinds Limited, trading as Arfon Engineering Services, to extend its pump installation, repair and maintenance capability in water management. The deal is listed in World Pumps' Q1 2024 M&A review.

Zeus Packaging Group has acquired The Weedon Group, a UK corrugated packaging manufacturer, lifting Zeus's annualised revenues to an expected EUR 560 million.

Independent packaging group Zeus has acquired The Weedon Group, an integrated corrugated manufacturer with over 250 staff at sites in Manchester and Staffordshire and revenues above £30 million. The deal lifts Zeus's expected annualised revenues to €560 million.

Integrated Power Services, a North American servicing, engineering and remanufacturing firm, acquired UK electromechanical services provider Houghton International in Q2 2024.

INDUS Holding's HORNGROUP subsidiary Pneumatic Components agreed to buy 100% of COLSON X-Cel, a Rotherham, UK maker of industrial valves for measurement and control, which has about 40 employees.

INDUS Holding AG's portfolio company HORNGROUP, via Pneumatic Components Ltd, is buying 100% of COLSON X-Cel Ltd, a Rotherham-based maker of industrial measurement and control valves with about 40 employees and sales of around EUR 7 million.

RH Fibreboard, part of Goonvean Group, acquired Smart Packaging, a corrugated packaging supplier with 23 employees near Bristol. Smart will continue as a wholly owned subsidiary under existing management.

UK packaging company Mondi reached an agreement in principle on a potential all-share offer for rival DS Smith valued at £5.14 billion, with Mondi shareholders owning 54% of the combined group.

Logson Group, headquartered in Coalville, acquired East Sussex-based corrugated packaging manufacturer Challenge Packaging Ltd, which operates from a 10,000 sq m site near Hailsham.

NPP Packaging Systems Holdings completed its acquisition of Active Packaging Holdings NI Limited on 31 January 2024, with BHSM LLP advising.

McLaren Packaging has acquired Bathgate-based protective packaging maker Glenhaze Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The Bathgate premises and all 25 employees are being retained.

UK-based premium packaging provider CJK Packaging acquired eco-friendly food packaging and partyware company WF Denny to expand its premium and sustainable product range. The financial terms were not disclosed and the deal was reported on January 8, 2024.

Van Genechten Packaging has acquired 100% of its UK joint venture with CartonCare Group, a printed folding carton maker based in Northern Ireland with a combined turnover of EUR 30 million. The deal brings VGP to 12 sites in 9 countries.

France-based Autajon Group acquired Simply Cartons, a folding carton maker with three sites in Nottingham, UK. The company will be renamed Autajon Packaging Simply Cartons, and its management team stays in place.

Avingtrans subsidiary Hayward Tyler Fluid Handling acquired certain assets of Slack & Parr from administration, plus its US and Asian subsidiaries, for a total consideration of GBP 4.9 million.

Grundfos acquired Metasphere, a UK provider of telemetry and analytics for water networks, from XPV Water Partners. Metasphere offers the ART Sewer solution for preventing sewer overflows.

SCG Packaging completed a 100% stake acquisition of UK packaging firm Law Print & Packaging for GBP 10.68 million and an 85% stake in Italian medical supply firm Bicappa Lab for EUR 3.23 million.

VPK Group reached an agreement to acquire a minority share in Ribble, a UK corrugated cardboard company specialising in fanfold based in Oldham, Lancashire. The deal supports VPK's vertically integrated packaging model across Europe.

German carton and boxes specialist Carton Group acquired London-based luxury packaging company Wrapology for an undisclosed fee.

Japanese pump maker Tsurumi became majority shareholder of British distributor Obart in Maidstone, Kent, which now trades as Tsurumi Pumps UK from 1 September 2023. The move gives Tsurumi six sales companies in Europe.

Avingtrans plc has acquired Derby-based pump manufacturer Slack & Parr for a total consideration of £2.6 million after it entered administration. The deal will save 100 skilled jobs across its facilities in Kegworth, the USA and Asia.

Protective packaging company Glenhaze, based in Bathgate, Scotland, was acquired by McLaren Packaging in September 2023, according to a company profile page.

Avingtrans subsidiary Hayward Tyler completed the purchase of certain Slack & Parr assets from administration, plus its US and Asia subsidiaries, for up to £4.9m at Kegworth, Derbyshire.

CCL Industries bought UK-based Oomph Made, which makes RFID and NFC access cards and wristbands, for C$7.1 million. The deal is a bolt-on for CCL's Avery unit.

On 3 July 2023 Danish pump maker Grundfos acquired UK-based telemetry and analytics firm Metasphere from private equity investor XPV Water Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed; Bluefield estimates US$60-70 million.