Inflexion has agreed to acquire Aspen Pumps, a specialist condensate pump manufacturer, from 3i Group in a deal announced in December 2019. Aspen has over 200 employees and exports to more than 100 countries.

3i agreed to sell its investment in Aspen Pumps, a global condensate removal pump maker, to Inflexion Private Equity for proceeds of about GBP 208 million. The announcement was made on December 18, 2019.

US packaging firm Sonoco acquired Thermoform Engineered Quality (TEQ) and Stevenage-based Plastique Holdings from ESCO Technologies for about £145 million ($187 million).

Schumacher Packaging Group took over packaging manufacturer Jaffabox Ltd, based in Birmingham, England, on 5 November 2019.

Worley announced the acquisition of 3sun Group, a UK-based offshore wind installation, inspection and maintenance specialist with about 250 staff, headquartered in Great Yarmouth, to join its Integrated Solutions business.

Linde acquired a minority stake in ITM Power plc, a British maker of PEM electrolyzers for hydrogen production, completed on October 22, 2019. The stake was announced on October 23, 2019.

Irish packaging firm Zeus announced its €12 million acquisition of two UK companies, paper and polythene distributor Smith Bateson and food services packaging business Van Der Windt. The combined turnover of the two is €39.5 million.

Macclesfield-based Franchise Brands acquired WPL Group Holdings and its subsidiaries Willow Pumps and Willow Drainage for £12.5m, with an initial consideration of £5m. The business supplies, installs and services water pumps.

Macfarlane Group announced its acquisition of Leyland Packaging Company (Lancs) Limited. The article gives no value, location or further details.

Trelleborg's Industrial Solutions unit acquired Signum Technology, a Wiltshire engineering group making flow control and LNG transfer systems, with annual sales of about SEK 410 million. The deal was consolidated from July 10, 2019.

Ross Controls announced it acquired Pneumatrol effective 31 July 2019, adding it to the ROSS group of companies.

Sulzer Ltd acquired Alba Power, a Scottish aero-derivative gas turbine service provider, in Q3 2019 as part of expanding its aftermarket service business.

Berry Global completed its acquisition of RPC Group Plc for a purchase price of about $6.5 billion, creating a global plastic packaging leader with over 290 locations and about 48,000 employees.

Amcor signed a binding agreement to sell three former Bemis flexible packaging plants in the UK and Ireland to investment firm Kohlberg & Company for US$394 million cash, a divestment required by the European Commission. The plants generate about US$170 million annual sales.

Italian packager AMB has acquired TDX (Europe), a provider of PET, RPET and laminated rigid films, including its product design, prototype and tooling business. The deal expands AMB's European footprint, with the combined group having four sites in Europe and 430 employees.

Plexus Holdings formed a majority-owned joint venture, Plexus Pressure Control, with BEL Valves, a subsidiary of British Engines Group, to supply xmas trees and wellhead annulus outlet valves. The unit will operate from Plexus's Dyce facility in Aberdeen.

KPS Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Glasgow-based Howden, a maker of air and gas handling equipment, from Colfax Corporation for an enterprise value of $1.80 billion. Howden will become an independent company.

JBT Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Proseal uk Limited, a tray sealing technology provider headquartered in Adlington, UK, for £220 million before adjustments, with closing expected in Q2 2019.

MegaGroup Trade Holding B.V. acquired Anchor Pumps, a large UK pump specialist, which will help it grow in the UK and abroad. The announcement is listed on MegaGroup's news page dated 25 April 2019.

Germany's Klingele Group has acquired 50% of UK sheet-feeder Onboard Corrugated Limited and Onboard Investments Limited, which will become subsidiaries of the newly formed Klingele Onboard (Holdings) Limited.

C-Automation agreed to buy the drilling services business of Aberdeen-based Proserv, which will trade as C-Automation Services. Financial terms were undisclosed and the two firms will partner on shared products and services.

Berry Global has agreed to acquire UK packaging firm RPC Group for £5 billion ($6.6 billion) in cash and refinancing, with completion expected in Q3 2019.

Duplomatic Motion Solutions, sponsored by Alcedo SGR, completed the purchase of hydraulic technologies provider Hydreco from Clyde Blowers Capital, which had owned it since 2008. Hydreco's sales were over £25.6m.

First Reserve agreed to buy Weir Flow Control, a maker of engineered valves and pumps, from The Weir Group PLC in a £275 million deal. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2019, subject to antitrust approvals.

CBS Packaging, based in West Bromwich, bought assets of corrugated packaging firm Charapak from administrators Duff & Phelps for an undisclosed fee. The Derbyshire business had entered administration on 28 January 2019.

McLaren Packaging has acquired Port Glasgow-based Moelle Interlok Packaging from administration through newly formed Interlok Divisions. The report is dated 5 February 2019.

Apollo Global Management agreed to buy RPC Group Plc, a British container and packaging maker, for 782 pence per share in cash, valued at 3.32 billion pounds ($4.3 billion). RPC announced the deal on 23 January 2019.

Danfoss announced it acquired a majority stake in Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh-based R&D firm specializing in hydraulic systems, gaining its Digital Displacement technology and establishing Edinburgh as a centre of excellence.

Atlas Holdings, a private investment and equity firm, acquired Saxco International, a UK provider of packaging solutions for the wine, spirits, craft beer and food markets.

The Lenvale Group acquired the manufacturing assets of Kes Reclamation and will trade them as Kes Packaging.

RPC Group plc ended merger talks with Bain Capital and gave Apollo Global Management more time to make a firm takeover offer for the European plastics packager.

Reflex Group acquired UK packaging maker Fusion Flexibles and its subsidiary Mercury Packaging for an undisclosed sum after the firms entered administration.

Danfoss acquired the majority of Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh hydraulic R&D firm, to gain its Digital Displacement technology. Artemis will become a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with Danfoss as majority shareholder.

According to sources, Weir has launched the sale of its flow control pumps and valves business, which could be valued at more than 300 million pounds ($389 million), with first-round bids due November 9 and Goldman Sachs handling the sale.

Netherlands-based PortionPack acquired CustomPack, a Telford food packaging company, for an undisclosed fee.

RPC is in preliminary talks with two major private equity firms over a possible sale of the plastic packaging company.

RPC Group, a European plastic packaging maker, confirmed it is holding discussions with private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Bain Capital about a possible sale of the company.

Solidus Solutions has acquired a majority interest in Northern Paper Board, a UK manufacturer of solid board boxes and corrugated octabin solutions for the food processing industry.

RPC bpi recycled products has acquired PLASgran, a UK rigid plastics recycler, in a £34.5 million deal.

Groupe Guillin's UK subsidiary Sharpak Bridgwater signed an exclusive agreement to acquire Etimex Primary Packaging's British CPET packaging production and sales business, with a closing expected by end of September 2018. The business has annual revenue of about EUR 6 million.

St. Johns Packaging completed the acquisition of an Amcor Flexibles unit serving the UK bakery market, announced June 30, 2020.

Logson Group, the UK's largest independent corrugated packaging supplier, acquired the Cardboard Box Company, an independent sheet plant in Accrington, Lancashire, with turnover above GBP 17 million and 90 employees. The deal value was not disclosed.

RWC has acquired John Guest Holdings Ltd, a UK maker of plastic push-to-connect fittings and pipe with three UK manufacturing facilities. The deal was announced on 4 June 2018 and no value was stated.

Sunmagic Juices bought Cott's aseptic PET bottling facility in Nelson, Lancashire, as a remedy required by the UK competition authority for the Refresco-Cott merger. The plant is the only UK Cott site using a preservative-free aseptic process.

Tower Growth Management acquired Nottingham-based packaging firm Visual Packaging for an undisclosed sum, planning to grow its turnover from £2.6m to £3.3m with biodegradable plastic packaging.

Flowtech Fluidpower completed its £10.2m acquisition of Balu Ltd and its subsidiaries Beaumanor and Derek Lane, UK fluid power importers and distributors, funded by a share placing raising £11m. The deal was completed on 20 March 2018.

Berlin Packaging, with Bruni Glass, has acquired H. Erben Ltd., a Hadleigh, England-based supplier of closures, containers and packaging equipment, adding operations in South Africa and California.

Atlas Copco acquired Walker Filtration Ltd, a family-owned British manufacturer of compressed air, gas and vacuum treatment equipment based in northeast England with about 220 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Swedish business Duni bought Worcestershire-based disposable food and beverage packaging firm Biopac for an undisclosed fee, reported on 12 February 2018.

EnerMech has acquired the UK trade and assets of the valves division of Denholm Oilfield Services, known as Denholm Valvecare, for an undisclosed sum. The UK valves business is expected to generate about £7 million revenue this year and about 25 staff transfer to EnerMech.