Tricel Group, headquartered in Kerry, Ireland, has acquired Action Pumps Ltd, extending its operations and market share within the UK water industry. The announcement is dated January 18, 2018.

US process equipment maker Duravant acquired UK-based weighing and filling machine manufacturer Ohlson Packaging to expand its product portfolio.

Longacre Group announced the acquisition of Pyroban and Pyropress, makers of explosion protection equipment, from Caterpillar Inc. Brian Quarendon joins as CEO to carry out the carve-out and drive growth.

Italian packaging producer Sirap-Gema agreed to buy rigid plastic food packaging maker Kama Europe, trading as Pactiv, from Reynolds Group Holdings, with completion expected mid-January 2018. Kama Europe has a plant in Sedgefield employing 110.

Multinational packaging company NNZ agreed to acquire Levy Brothers & Knowles (LBK), a UK flexible packaging supplier with bases in Liverpool and Glasgow. The deal was advised by Benchmark International and significantly increases NNZ's share of agricultural and industrial packaging markets.

Federal-Mogul Powertrain completed the acquisition of UK-based Controlled Power Technologies, a developer of 12V and 48V electric motor generators for hybridisation and electrification. The unit will operate as Federal-Mogul Controlled Power; financial terms were not disclosed.

CPM Holdings acquired Manchester-based Proline Engineering, a supplier of high-speed conveyance solutions and services for the metal packaging industry, which will join Greenbank Technology in CPM's metal packaging platform.

Flowtech Fluidpower plc acquired Group HES Ltd, a Gloucester-based fluid power solutions provider with branches in Birmingham, Durham, Gloucester and Leeds, adding it to its Power Motion Control division. The deal was announced on 12 October 2017.

Macfarlane agreed a £16.75m deal to acquire Nottingham-based packaging distributor and corrugate supplier Greenwoods Stock Boxes, which had £14m sales in the year to April 2017. Greenwoods has a small manufacturing facility in Melton Mowbray.

Avingtrans Engineering Technology Group acquired Hayward Tyler, a maker of electric motors and pumps for energy and chemical industries, in an all-share transaction effective September 1, 2017. Hayward Tyler becomes a wholly-owned division of Avingtrans.

Tri-Wall Limited acquired a 95.02% stake in Welsh Boxes and Engineering (Holding Company) Limited, parent of Swansea-based maker of heavy duty corrugated boxes and timber packaging.

Postal packaging company Blake has acquired an envelope manufacturing plant in Telford, UK, adding capacity for 300 million envelopes per year on top of its two billion annual output. The move aims to strengthen UK-based manufacturing.

AIM-listed pumps and motors group Hayward Tyler agreed an all-share merger with fellow AIM engineer Avingtrans, valuing Hayward at 51.6p per share, subject to shareholder approval of a scheme of arrangement.

Thermos, a manufacturer of portable insulated food and drink containers, acquired Leeds-based distributor Brands Home & Leisure Group, its distribution partner since 2001, to expand in the UK market.

Shareholders of Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler overwhelmingly approved Wood Group's recommended all-share offer to merge the two engineering companies.

Danish AVK Holdings has acquired the majority share of Chesterfield, England-based polyethylene electrofusion fittings maker Fusion Group Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Signum Technology, backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has acquired industrial filter and strainer maker Vee Bee Filtration of Stourbridge for an undisclosed sum. The deal was reported on 28 March 2017.

John Wood Group agreed terms on a recommended all-share offer for Amec Foster Wheeler, valuing the target's issued share capital at about GBP 2,225 million, with Amec shareholders receiving 0.75 new Wood Group shares per share.

Leicester-based CPS Flexible and Kirkby in Ashfield-based Mercury Packaging merged under a holding company, Quicksilver, creating a £16m flexible packaging group that will keep both brands. The deal was reported on 5 March 2017.

Private investment firm Bain Capital, through its Europe fund, is acquiring UK packaging company Petainer, a deal that runs alongside its purchase of Belgian preform maker Resilux and may see the businesses combined.

Mondi Group bought UK-based Excelsior Technologies from funds managed by Endless and minority shareholders for a total consideration of GBP 33 million on a debt and cash-free basis. Excelsior operates plants in Deeside and Nelson and makes flexible food packaging.

Japanese RFID company SATO Holdings acquired the remaining 66.7% stake in UK-based inline digital printing company DataLase, which makes laser coding and marking materials for packaging.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, part of Spirax-Sarco, acquired Aflex Hose Limited and its US subsidiary for £61.4 million. Aflex, based in Halifax, England, makes PTFE-lined flexible hose for the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.

Advent International Corp has agreed a recommended cash offer of 165 pence per share to acquire UK industrial parts distributor Brammer Plc, valuing the deal at 221.5 million pounds.

Kettering-based VP Packaging has acquired Rotherham-based bubble film company Envelopemaster for an undisclosed fee. The companies say the deal will secure jobs in Kettering and Rotherham.

US-based Brundage-Bone has partnered with UK concrete pumping businesses Camfaud Concrete Pumps, Premier Concrete Pumping and South Coast Concrete Pumping to create a combined concrete pumping group. Terms were not disclosed.

Quadpack Industries and UK packaging provider Collcap Group merged to become a leading European maker and supplier of packaging for the beauty industry, retaining the Quadpack name. Collcap's Leek office becomes the centre of UK operations while Quadpack's Barcelona office stays as global headquarters.

Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping has acquired three UK concrete pumping firms: Camfaud Concrete Pumps, Premier Concrete Pumping and South Coast Concrete Pumping. Terms were not disclosed.

Integrity Print has acquired Cardiff-based label maker Alliance Labels for an undisclosed fee. The deal was reported on 2016-11-16.

Smurfit Kappa UK, a subsidiary of Smurfit Kappa Group, agreed to acquire Saxon Packaging, a UK company that converts board into corrugated boxes and fitments. Financial terms were not disclosed.

UK creative services firm Key Production acquired Brighton-based packaging specialist Modo for an undisclosed fee. The deal extends Key Production's reach into the South of England, with no redundancies expected.

Smurfit Kappa UK announced its acquisition of Saxon Packaging, an independent converter of board into corrugated boxes based in Lowestoft, Norfolk, serving customers in Suffolk, East Anglia and the Home Counties.

Plastipak Packaging completed the acquisition of the business assets of Evolve Polymers Ltd. from Aurelius at its Hemswell Cliff site in the UK, which can process 6 to 9 billion PET bottles a year. The business began operating immediately under Plastipak's ownership.

Parker Hannifin completed the acquisition of President Engineering Group Limited, based in Sheffield, UK, to strengthen its position in the LNG market.