Tennants UK, a number plate manufacturer in Nottingham, installed a second VeloBlade Nexus digital cutting system in August 2026 to expand in-house production of Enviro-Plate and Acrylic Plate components. The investment value was not disclosed.

Paranova is building a £6m purpose-built 98,000 sq ft manufacturing site in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, expected to be fully operational in November with 150 staff, with a new Koenig & Bauer press arriving in September.

Manchester sign maker Elite Sign Solutions selected the VelobladeNexus cutting system from Vivid Laminating Technologies, installed in July 2026 with help from Soyang Europe.

UK packaging producer ASC Direct is now operating three AOPACK corrugated box making machines for short-run and custom packaging. It added a BM2508-Pro and a BM1800-Mini after using its first AOPACK machine since 2020. The announcement was made on June 26, 2026.

Flowtech Fluidpower plc is acquiring the business and assets of Helipebs Controls Ltd, a Gloucester-based manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders and systems, for £0.4 million funded from cash resources.

Cook Compression held the grand opening of its new 26,000 sq. ft. facility in Ellesmere Port, UK, on April 19, which also houses new laser cutting machinery for compressor valve internals.

Driveline Solutions, part of Axel Johnson International, acquired Flowfit, a Ludlow-based UK distributor and manufacturer of hydraulic components and systems. Flowfit has a sales office in Wellingborough and 42 employees.

Fluiconnecto UK Ltd, part of the Manuli Ryco group's Service Division, acquired the whole business of Hydraulink Limited, a 24/7 on-site mobile hose replacement provider in Scotland. The deal includes its customer base, operating assets and a trade counter in Glasgow.

The Scottish Government's Marine Directorate awarded a £6,163 contract to Design Air (Scotland) Ltd to supply a rotary screw air compressor for the MPV Minna, published 15 March 2026.

ProMach acquired Lako Tool & Manufacturing, strengthening its flexible packaging capabilities in the consumer-packaged goods sector.

Swedish industrial group Teqnion acquired all shares in Cambs Compressor Engineering Limited, a Cambridgeshire-based specialist in compressed air systems and services, with immediate effect. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies has completed the acquisition of Metaltech Precision Engineers, a UK CNC machining specialist that already machines components for its hygienic pumps. The deal adds in-house machining capacity.

AUMA Actuators Ltd was awarded Primary Supplier status on a new long-term framework agreement with Severn Trent for supply, maintenance and support of electric actuators for AMP8.

Harrison Packaging commissioned a custom Koenig & Bauer Duran folder gluer at its Stockton on Tees site, able to handle both solid carton board and micro flute board. The investment brought a UK automotive packaging contract back from mainland Europe.

John Crane is delivering six Type 28XP dry gas seals for centrifugal compressors at a new CO2 compression facility in North Wales, part of a carbon capture and storage project.

Torishima Service Solutions Europe acquired KRG Specialist Engineering Services, a Coatbridge, Scotland precision sub-contract machining company, to add machining capabilities for its parent Torishima Pump Mfg.

Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract by Saipem to supply three CO2 centrifugal compressor trains with electric motors and gearboxes for Eni's Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage project in the UK.

Baker Hughes was awarded a contract by Saipem to supply three electric-driven CO2 centrifugal compressor trains and a Lufkin Gears gearbox for Eni's Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage project. The compressors will be installed at Saipem's Point of Ayr facility in north Wales. The announcement was made June 30, 2025.

Premium soft drinks maker Belvoir Farm invested £2 million in a canning line at its on-farm factory in Leicestershire, using a T. Freemantle end-load cartoner for multipacks.

Atlas Copco Group acquired MSS Nitrogen Ltd and three connected companies, makers of onsite gas generation systems for laser cutting, adding 44 employees; price undisclosed.

Murphy has been appointed by National Gas to deliver the EPC project for three low-emission compressor units at the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Scotland. The project supports compliance with MCPD emissions rules and is delivered with engineering partner Worley.

Roots Systems bought the 95,000 sq ft Spinnaker Works office and manufacturing facility in Gloucester, UK, to consolidate its operations from Stonehouse. The investment is said to exceed £10 million, funded from group cash resources.

Schumacher Packaging Birmingham began full commercial digital production on a Koenig & Bauer Durst Delta SPC 130 single-pass press, the first six-colour FlexLine Eco+ installation in the UK. The installation is part of a €30 million investment that also upgrades its Birmingham plant and two nearby warehouses.

National Gas Transmission awarded a contract for design and build of new gas-compression installations at its ST Fergus Terminal site, to meet Medium Combustion Plant Directive compliance by 2030. The contract notice was published on 23 January 2025.

Baker Hughes won an order from Saipem to supply three electric-driven CO2 centrifugal compressor trains and a Lufkin Gears gearbox for Eni's Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage project. The compressors will be installed at Saipem's converted facility at Point of Ayr in north Wales.

Northern Ireland Water published a contract award for framework IF030 covering supply, installation and maintenance of compressors, blowers and diffusers across three lots. The framework ceiling is £15,500,000 over up to seven years including extensions.

Inox India won its first liquid air energy storage order from Highview Power, to supply five 690 kl cryogenic tanks for the Carrington facility in Manchester, UK.

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.

Northern Corrugated Cases has completed installation of a GTS Boxstar Heavy Duty 3000HD boxmaker at its Middlewich factory, allowing triplewall stock to be produced locally instead of shipped from Halifax.

UK corrugated box maker Sheard Packaging has invested £13 million in a fully automated Asahi flatbed die cutting line, Dücker pre-feeders and palletiser, and a Göpfert 5-colour HBL HQPP die cutter at its Halifax site.

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.

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.

Foodservice packaging maker amipak agreed to buy a second BOBST Novacut 106 ER 3.0 die-cutter to add production capacity at its 100,000 sq. ft. site. The deal was agreed on June 6, 2024 at drupa and delivery is due in September 2024.

Pennine Pneumatic Services (PPS) established a dedicated pneumatics branch within the existing Gateshead location of Pearson Hydraulics through an intra-group partnership. The branch is now open for business, offering a trade counter and Festo and other pneumatic products.

Linde Hydraulics UK appointed Saleem Jabbar as the new Managing Director of its UK division.

BIBUS UK Ltd, a distributor, announced a strategic collaboration with Thomson Linear Motion, a linear motion solutions provider.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council awarded EagleBurgmann Industries UK a supply contract for a hydrogen top-up compressor and a process gas compressor, valued at 88,015 with work from January to August 2024. The award was dated 14 December 2023.

T.G. Nuttall Packaging Ltd signed a sales contract with GTS Europe for a two-colour Weipong Venus 820 casemaker, to be installed at its Manchester site in the second quarter of 2024.

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) awarded a framework agreement for manufacturing and installing full pipe systems on vessels to three winners: Malakoff Limited, Hydrasun Limited and HB Hydraulics. The framework maximum value is €23,393,728.

Flowplant Group, a provider of high-pressure jetting and pumping solutions in Salisbury, UK, was acquired in a management buyout completed on June 23, 2023, through the newly formed SSPM Holdings Limited led by Steve Smith.

Bip Solutions Limited, based in London, awarded a supply and installation contract for blowers and compressors to Atlas Copco, Sulzer Pumps Wastewater UK and MB Air Systems. The value was not stated.

Atlas Copco acquired Maziak Compressor Services Ltd., a privately owned UK distributor of air compressors, nitrogen generators and process cooling equipment based near Northampton, with about GBP 7 million in 2022 revenue. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Gardner Denver Ltd invested GBP3.5 million in its Cross Lane, Bradford facility, merging two locations for design, assembly and testing of compressors, blowers and vacuum pumps. The site is operational.

Howden secured a contract from INOVYN, an INEOS subsidiary, to supply a low-pressure piston compressor and a high-pressure diaphragm compressor for INOVYN's hydrogen production facility in Runcorn, UK.

Atlas Copco Ltd has acquired Glaston Compressor Services Ltd, which will continue to operate as a standalone company within Atlas Copco Compressors UK under the Glaston name.

Valmet will deliver a new shipping carton paperboard production line, PM3, to Eren Paper's former UPM Shotton mill in Wales-UK, with about 650,000 tons annual capacity. Start-up is scheduled for Q2 2024; the order value was not disclosed.

Sartorius is expanding its UK presence with a new 58,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Havant, Hampshire, to produce downstream processing equipment for injectable drug manufacture.

Atlas Copco AB plans to acquire Geveke B.V. and LEWA GmbH, a maker of dosing and process pumps. The companies notified the Dutch competition authority ACM on 12 May 2022.

Valmet will supply an OCC line, stock preparation equipment and a high-speed container board machine with automation systems to Eren Paper's Shotton Mill in the UK. Start-up of the new PM3 line is scheduled for Q2 2024; the order value is not disclosed.

Avingtrans subsidiary Booth Industries, Bolton, won a contract worth about £6 million to supply specialist doors for a UK Government agency in the nuclear market.