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.

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.