Gruppo Decorluxe, controlled by Ethica Global Investments, completed the acquisition of 100% of ISSCO srl, a Lombardy company doing metallization and UV sputtering on plastic packaging for cosmetics. The founder and CEO Nicola Trasatti stays on and reinvests in the parent company.

Gardner Denver Italy Holdings, part of the Ingersoll Rand group, acquired Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors and Adicomp, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Termomeccanica, with internal reorganisation in Italy, the USA and China. AZB & Partners advised Termomeccanica on the India business reorganisation.

Concentric Group has acquired Officine Mazzocco Pagnoni (O.M.P), a pump manufacturer in Funo, Italy, along with its property entity and an 85% stake in Nuova Galvanoplastica. Concentric expects the deal to raise its revenues by more than 35% annually.

Capardoni introduced a mono-material PP dropper, a tamper-proof flip-top cap, a new glass bottle called Chico, and the Ruby Stick mono-material PP stick. The products are aimed at cosmetics and skincare packaging.

Ingersoll Rand acquired Italy-based Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors S.p.A. and its subsidiary Adicomp S.p.A. for approximately EUR 160 million. The businesses will join the Industrial Technologies and Services segment. The deal was announced July 1, 2025.

Interpump Group signed a binding agreement to acquire 65% of Padoan, maker of tanks for industrial vehicles and machinery, based in Olmi di S. Biagio di Callalta, Italy, at an enterprise value of about EUR 16 million, effective July 1, 2025.

Japan's Toppan completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Irplast SpA, a polypropylene film and label producer based in Empoli, Italy, through its Indian subsidiary Toppan Specialty Films, with the remaining 20% kept by management.

SIAD Macchine Impianti will supply an oil-free high-pressure hydrogen compressor for the Falconara Hydrogen Project in Italy, awarded by Opificio Idrogeno Marche. The project is scheduled for completion in 2026 and aims to produce 200 tons of hydrogen per year.

Italian packaging company Carton Pack, backed by A&M Capital Europe, completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian flexible plastic packaging producer Andolfi&C. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Fosber has started construction of a new €50 million production plant in Monsagrati, Pescaglia near Lucca, redeveloping about 40,000 square metres of former industrial buildings. The plant aims to double production of corrugated cardboard machinery and will raise the workforce from 400 to 650.

Fox Innovation & Technologies has acquired Sirio Solutions Engineering, a Prato, Italy-based provider of turbomachinery control systems and field services for industrial process and energy infrastructure.

Belgium-based VPK Group is acquiring Open Imballaggi, a family-owned corrugated packaging producer in Calcinate near Bergamo, Italy. The target runs one sheet plant with capacity of 40 million m² of corrugated packaging.

Greenpumps S.r.l. was awarded a contract worth €282,000 by ENEA for supplying high-pressure circuit pumps for the WL and STEAM plants (W-HYDRA platform), with an estimated end date of 11 December 2025.

Mondi's newly converted paper machine in Duino, Italy started up successfully in April 2025. Once fully operational it will produce 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard.

TOPPAN Speciality Films agreed to acquire 80% of the shares of Irplast S.p.A., an Italian maker of BOPP packaging films, labels and print tapes, with completion planned for April to June 2025.

WPIL Limited, the holding company of APE Pumps, has acquired a 100% shareholding of MISA in Italy. The date is not specified in the article, which was published March 10, 2025.

Ulma Packaging of Memmingen, Germany, has acquired a 40% stake in Italian packaging machinery firm Rama S.r.l., which specialises in automatic machines and end-of-line systems. The companies have cooperated for 15 years.

Sviluppo Sostenibile, a DeA Capital fund, divested a 30% stake in Brescia-based valve maker OMB Saleri to a German private equity firm, with METI Corporate Finance as exclusive financial advisor. The transaction closed in December 2024.

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR acquired a majority stake in Italian paper-based packaging maker Scatolificio del Garda, via its Agri&Food fund, to support international and product expansion. Completion is expected by April 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

WPIL Limited's European subsidiary Gruppo Aturia has acquired 100% of MISA S.R.L, an Italian maker of large pumping stations, pumps and hydro turbines, to expand in Europe and North Africa. The deal is dated January 7, 2025 and its value was not disclosed.

Italian food packaging maker Carton Pack, controlled by UK private equity firm A&M Capital Europe, has taken majority control of Fimat, a Boffalora sopra Ticino (Milan) company specialised in printing and carton packaging production technologies. The report was published on 18 December 2024.

Findos, through German vehicle Valeria Gmbh, acquired a 70% majority stake in Brescia-based Omb Saleri, which makes LPG, methane and hydrogen valves for automotive use. Dea Capital sold its 30% stake and the Saleri family sold a 40% stake; founder Paride Saleri keeps a 30% stake and runs the company.

DexKo Global, through its AL-KO subsidiary, acquired Cerma Srl, a family-owned Italian maker of high-precision hydraulic valves and manifolds. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Italian plastic packaging company Capardoni completed its merger with Capsol at the end of 2024, creating a group with more than EUR 50 million turnover and three production sites in Lombardy. The merger was reported in July 2025.

Poclain moved the historic Comer pump plant from Gaggio to a state-of-the-art facility in Spilamberto, Italy, after investing 9 million euros to optimize quality, productivity and cleanliness. The move was reported on 14 November 2024.

Italian packaging maker Scotton SpA has recently installed a new 1.8m Quantum corrugator at its Borso del Grappa, Treviso plant to improve board quality and output.

ABB received an order from DS Smith Paper Italia to supply a sectional drives system, motors and inverters for a new containerboard machine PM3 at the Lucca Paper Mill in Porcari, Tuscany. The machine is expected to have annual capacity of 450,000 metric tons.

Japan's Tsurumi Manufacturing has acquired the entire share capital of Zenit International SpA, holding company of Italian wastewater treatment plant producer Zenit Group, based in San Cesario sul Panaro near Modena. Zenit had a 2023 consolidated turnover of over EUR 40 million.

Packaging group Innova Group has recently acquired new land at its Erbè (Verona) plant with the intention of expanding the existing production site. No investment amount was given.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Easy Filtration SRL, a Milan-based distributor of process filters with 9 employees, joining its Medical Gas Solutions division. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Ingersoll Rand has acquired Blutek s.r.l., an Italian designer and producer of engineered compressed air and nitrogen generation solutions, as part of three bolt-on deals totaling about $135 million.

kdc/one agreed to acquire Laffon S.r.l., an Italian make-up packaging manufacturer founded in 1982, with an automated plant north of Milan. The deal strengthens kdc/one's packaging capabilities in Europe.

The Punto Pack Group, controlled by Roberto Nisica's holding Nice Do, acquired the majority of Printingpack S.r.l., a Barberino Tavarnelle printing and paper converting firm serving pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries. No value was disclosed.

Isem Packaging Group completed the industrial integration of Bartoli Packaging Srl, a Tuscan maker of rigid luxury boxes for fashion brands, through its subsidiary Industrial Pack Srl. The article does not state a deal value.

Japan's Tsurumi Manufacturing acquired the entire share capital of Zenit International SpA, holding company of wastewater treatment equipment maker Zenit Group, based in San Cesario sul Panaro. The agreement was signed on 15 July 2024.

Isem Packaging Group, backed by Peninsula Capital, finalized the industrial integration of Tuscan luxury rigid box maker Bartoli Packaging through subsidiary Industrial Pack. The closing took place in June 2024 and was announced on July 15, 2024.

Dacke Industri completed the acquisition of 70% of the shares in Airon Srl, a Rovigo, Italy maker of pneumatic actuators and valves, on 3 July 2024. The existing owners keep the remaining 30%.

Asco Pompe acquired the majority of shares in Mencarelli Pompe e Valvole of Bresso, near Milan, to broaden its fluid handling product portfolio. Guido Mencarelli stays as chairman and retains part of the shares.

Fanti Packaging of Bologna acquired a 60% stake in Ocm Imballaggi of Gruaro, Italy, which makes jars for Illycaffè. The founding D'Agnolo family keeps 30%, and Illycaffè raised its stake to 2%. All 220 employees were retained.

Saccheria F.lli Franceschetti won the second lot of a Poste Italiane tender to supply waterproof sacks for MPKS parcels. The 24-month framework agreement is worth about EUR 0.5 million.

Italian pump maker Mencarelli Pompe e Valvole has become part of the ASCO group, aiming for production and commercial synergies. Guido Mencarelli remains chairman, and the two companies will exhibit together at Achema in June 2024.

Interpump Group acquired 100% of the capital of Italian valve maker Alfa Valvole Srl from U.S.-based IDEX Corporation for a total price of EUR55 million. Alfa Valvole generated about EUR28 million in sales in 2023. The deal was announced on 2024-06-03.

Pneumax Group bought 90% of Automationware S.r.l., a newly spun-off mechatronics unit producing high-performance electric actuators, following a split of Automationware in May 2024.

Mondi held a groundbreaking in Duino, Italy, on 23 May 2024 for a €200 million investment converting an existing paper machine into a recycled containerboard machine with about 420,000 tonnes annual capacity. Start-up is expected in 2025.

Imbal Carton spent about EUR 9.3 million on investments in 2023, of which EUR 5 million went to a new production line for large boxes. The company targets a 50% increase in transformed square metres by 2030.

Bergamo-based Grifal will inaugurate in September 2024 an expansion of its Cologno al Serio site, with four new production lines and a total investment of EUR 15 million, doubling Italian Cartù capacity.

Saica Group reached an agreement with the Bertoldo family to become the major shareholder of LIC Packaging, a corrugated board producer in the Brescia province of Lombardy, Italy. The Bertoldo family will remain in management. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

SACMI Group announced the sale of its Beverage Business Unit, a maker of beverage filling, stretch-blowing and labeling systems, to Omnia Technologies; the deal is expected to close by the end of summer 2024.

Poclain opened a new factory in Spilamberto, Italy, as a center of excellence for axial piston pumps. The 7,500 square metre site adds 40% more machining and assembly capacity and supplies pump sister plants in North America and China.

Baker Hughes won a public tender from Snam to supply three NovaLT 12 gas turbine driven compressor trains for a new compressor station in Sulmona, Italy, part of the 425 km hydrogen-ready Adriatic Line pipeline.