Salt Lake City-based Packsize is acquiring its competitor Panotec, an Italian maker of right-sized box production machines, expanding its installed base across more than 50 countries. The deal was reported in the June 2026 M&A roundup published 2026-07-08.

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.

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%.

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.

Bobst Group acquired a 70% equity stake in Dücker Robotics s.r.l., an Italian maker of robots for loading and palletizing in the corrugated board sector. The deal closed on April 28, 2023, and the current management stays in place.

Pneumax Group has acquired FIP (Forniture Industriali Parmensi) srl, a Parma-based industrial automation company with over 30 years of experience, expanding its Emilia-Romagna presence and branch network.

Pneumax Group acquired FIAP S.p.A., an Emilia-Romagna industrial supplier of pneumatic technology, mechanical transmissions and process instrumentation. The deal adds eight Italian branches to Pneumax's network.

Xenon Private Equity, via its Xenon Private Equity VI fund, bought 100% of Emmeti, Mectra, Sipac and Logik, creating EMS Group, a maker of palletizing, depalletizing and conveyor lines based in Italy. The deal was reported on 28 November 2018 and no value was disclosed.

Italian pneumatic and hydraulic component makers Airwork and Tecnofluid have combined into A&T Fluid Solutions srl, with a new production site in Carate Brianza. Orders and customer relations are handled by the merged company from 1 October 2024.