HINE Group has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Nord Fluid, a Milan-founded hydraulic components distributor and systems maker with annual revenues above €60 million and five plants in Italy and Slovenia. HINE has committed to acquire the full share capital over the coming years.

Danfoss has finalized its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business after all regulatory approvals and closing conditions were met. The deal makes Danfoss Power Solutions a global leader in mobile and industrial hydraulics.

Smurfit Westrock has inaugurated a new Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cutting line at its Anzio plant near Rome, a €11 million investment adding over 20 million square metres of capacity and raising hourly productivity by over 20%.

Burckhardt Compression completed its acquisition of Fornovo Gas, a maker of mid-sized reciprocating compressors with about 120 employees, in Milan, Italy on July 14, 2026. The deal was first announced on May 13, 2026.

Danfoss entered an exclusivity agreement to conclude the acquisition of Italian hose and fittings maker Alfagomma, which would be combined with its Fluid Conveyance division. No purchase price was disclosed.

Durst Group is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 June 2026 for Durst Como, a digital textile printing production and innovation hub in Luisago, Como, Italy.

Burckhardt Compression has signed an agreement to acquire Fornovo Gas, an Italian maker of mid-sized reciprocating compressors for biogas and CNG, which employs about 120 people.

HS, acquired in 2025, has become part of Inoxihp, with its know-how, staff and activities moving into Inoxihp facilities in Nova Milanese and Paderno Dugnano, Italy, from May 2026.

Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack for its corrugated box production in Bologna. The line includes a feeder, four printing units, slotter, die-cutter, folder gluer and counter ejector.

Italian corrugated box maker Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack, strengthening their long-standing partnership.

Siasde Group announced an investment of 18 million euros to build a new professional compressor manufacturing plant in Seriate, Province of Bergamo, Italy. The facility is expected to start operations in mid-2026.

The SIAD Group is investing EUR 18 million (about USD 19.6 million) to build a new compressor production plant in Seriate near Bergamo, Italy, to expand capacity and digitalise production. The plant is due for completion by mid-2026 and will host piston compressor production.

Valpres S.r.l., part of Bonomi Group, is investing in a new machining center with vise, a welding system and a sandblasting system to expand capacity and improve processes for standard and custom industrial valves. The investment is co-funded by the Lombardy regional programme under the European Regional Development Fund.

Brookfield reached an agreement with DongFang Precision to acquire the shareholdings in Fosber Group, the Italian corrugated machinery maker, including Fosber Italia, Fosber America, Fosber Asia, Tiruña and Quantum Corrugated. Completion is expected in the first half of 2026.

FORUM Family Office acquired a majority stake in B+B International S.r.l. (BBI), a Montebelluna, Italy maker of ERP software and cutting hardware for folding carton and corrugated board producers, with existing shareholders staying on.

Marchesini Group will officially open its new €10 million 'Neri' plant at Barberino di Mugello (Florence) on October 18, 2025, covering 4,300 square meters and expanding its La Lora industrial area to 11,500 square meters.

Ingersoll Rand completed the acquisition of Italy's Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors (TMIC) and its subsidiary Adicomp for about €160 million. The businesses make air and gas compressors and engineered solutions for the renewable natural gas market and will join the Industrial Technologies and Services segment.

Baker Hughes announced at Gastech in Milan a plan to invest about 300 million euros in existing Italian facilities over five years, adding jobs in production and engineering and expanding turbine and compressor capacity.

Baker Hughes plans to invest 300 million euros in its Italian manufacturing sites over five years, creating about 300 specialized jobs to expand turbine, compressor and pump production.

Phenna Group has acquired IPI Srl, an Italian maker of aseptic carton packaging materials and filling equipment. The deal value was undisclosed and it was reported on 21 August 2025.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Baker Hughes inaugurated an expanded production line for centrifugal compressors at its Talamona plant in the Valtellina area of Italy. The investment will add four specialized jobs, taking the site above 300 employees.

EiM Capital and Apogee Global signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dana's European hydraulics business (formerly Brevini Fluid Power) in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and combine it with HPI, creating a hydraulics engineering group with about 700 employees.

Ingersoll Rand has completed the all-cash acquisition of Friulair S.r.l., an Italian maker of compressed air dryers and chillers with manufacturing in Italy and Thailand, for approximately $146 million. Friulair has roughly $65 million in revenue and about 215 employees.

Interpump Hydraulics has laid the foundation stone of its new 62,000 square meter headquarters in Sala Bolognese, near Bologna, Italy, with an investment of about 30 million euros. Staff from Calderara di Reno and Bologna will move there starting in 2025.

Casappa SpA completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Benvenuti Srl, a precision machinery company headquartered in Sant'Ippolito, Pesaro Urbino, Italy. The press release is dated 9 November 2023.

Baglioni opened a new automated production line for carbon and stainless steel compressed air pressure tanks at its Casalvolone plant in the province of Novara in June 2023.

Ingersoll Rand acquired Italy-based Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors and its subsidiary Adicomp for approximately EUR 160 million, adding air and gas compressor capabilities to its Industrial Technologies and Services segment.

Nordson Corporation agreed to acquire ARAG Group, an Italian maker of precision agricultural spraying control systems and fluid components, in an all-cash deal valuing ARAG at an enterprise value of EUR 960 million.

Swedish heat transfer firm Alfa Laval has begun construction of its second production site in San Bonifacio, Verona province, with an investment of about €100 million, to be fully operational in about a year.

Atlas Copco acquired C.P. Service SRL, a compressor distributor and service provider in Naples, southern Italy, with 13 employees and about EUR 6 million turnover in 2022. The purchase price was not disclosed, and the business joins Atlas Copco's Compressor Technique service division.

Italy's Marchesini Group has acquired M.A.R. S.p.A., a Milan-based maker of pharmaceutical packaging machines for liquids, powders and syringes. M.A.R. will keep its Lainate site and staff and expand by hiring technicians and designers.

Mondi plans to convert the paper machine at its planned Duino mill to produce about 420,000 tonnes per year of recycled containerboard, at an estimated investment of around €200 million. The plan supports its Corrugated Solutions plants in Central Europe and Turkey.

DexKo Global has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fluid-Press Group, an Albinea, Italy maker of hydraulic valves and manifold blocks for agricultural, industrial and construction machinery. Financial terms were not disclosed in the text provided.

Daikin Industries has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Duplomatic MS S.p.A., an Italian hydraulic equipment manufacturer, for 220 million euros from Alcedo SGR and management. Completion is scheduled for June 2022.

Finrel SpA, the Casappa family holding company, completed the acquisition of a 51% stake in Tecnord Srl, headquartered in Modena, from Delta Power Company. The deal was announced on 8 April 2022.

Italian pump and vacuum equipment maker Azmec acquired ownership of RIVA TECNOIMPIANTI SRL, which produces light and heavy carpentry components and hydraulic power units. The article dates the deal to 2022.

Bobst completed on 11 November 2021 its acquisition of the assets of Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti, Cerutti Packaging Equipment and 24/7 Cerutti Service. The assets are being integrated into Bobst Italia in San Giorgio Monferrato, where thirty ex-Cerutti employees will join.