Ranpak Holdings announced the acquisition of Recycold Cool Solutions BV, a Dutch manufacturer of sustainable cool packs, to expand its cold chain packaging. Recycold products are sold in 14 European countries, and its manufacturing will move into a new Ranpak Netherlands facility expected to open by end of 2022. The announcement is dated December 8, 2021.

Private equity investor 3i has agreed to back Dutch food and drink container brand Mepal as it looks to grow the business across Europe. No deal value was disclosed in the article.

Plug Power signed a definitive agreement to acquire Frames Group, a Netherlands-headquartered turnkey systems integrator with about 300 employees, on November 9, 2021. The deal supports Plug's goal of 3 GW installed electrolyzer capacity by 2025.

Belgian Van De Velde Packaging Group has acquired Remmert Dekker Packaging of Wormer, Netherlands, adding about 80 employees and roughly €15 million in revenue to its folding board division.

Dutch investment firm Standard Investment acquired Quadient's Automated Packaging Solution business and its Drachten, Netherlands production facility. The business has been rebranded Sparck Technologies and continues to sell CVP automated packaging systems.

Trioworld Group signed an agreement to acquire Flexoplast, a Dutch producer of polyethylene food, beverage and industrial packaging films, from the Clondalkin Group. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals; no price was disclosed.

Reno De Medici signed an irrevocable commitment to acquire 100% of Fineska B.V., the holding company of the Eska Group, a solid board maker with two Dutch mills and 290,000 tons of yearly capacity. Closing is expected by July 31, 2021.

Viessmann Group acquired a minority interest in Dutch climate and process control company Priva as part of a strategic family partnership. The two companies will jointly offer combined climate solutions for buildings and districts.

Trillium Flow Technologies, a First Reserve portfolio company, has acquired Red Point Alloys BV, a Dutch maker of exotic material isolation valves. The deal value was not disclosed.

Südpack has acquired LPF Flexible Packaging, a Grootegast, Netherlands flexible packaging maker, from Clondalkin Group. MP Corporate Finance acted as exclusive M&A advisor to the seller.

Sweden's SSAB has made a bid for Tata Steel's IJmuiden integrated steelworks in the Netherlands, including its packaging steels business. An analyst views the bid as fitting SSAB's focus on added-value sectors.

Royal De Heus has reached an agreement to acquire Coops Mengvoeders, a feed producer with turnover of 115,000 tons in the east of the Netherlands, subject to ACM approval. The acquisition does not affect employment.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Vinkova B.V., a Netherlands-based glass packaging supplier serving food and beverage markets, strengthening its glass offering in northern Europe. All employees and locations are being retained.

BHS Corrugated has taken over all shares of Universal Corrugated B.V. from Minda Industrieanlagen, effective September 2020. Uwe Leopold was appointed Managing Director of the Almelo, Netherlands plant, which employs almost 40 people.

De Jong Packaging completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Bangma Verpakking, adding an erecting center in Dronten, the Netherlands, after Dutch competition approval.

De Jong Verpakking Holding, a Dutch corrugated board manufacturer, took over Bangma Verpakking in Dronten, gaining a presence in Flevoland. The Dutch competition authority approved the deal; the amount was not disclosed.

Fortaleza Capital acted as exclusive corporate finance adviser to the shareholders of Bark Packaging Group on the sale of a minority stake to Quadrum Capital. Bark Packaging Group is headquartered in Eerbeek, Netherlands, with 36 employees.

Quadrum Capital has added Bark Packaging Group, a Dutch packaging management intermediary, to its portfolio as a minority investment to fund international growth. The article gives no deal value.

BEWiSynbra Group agreed to acquire 75 per cent of the shares in Dutch recycling company De Wijs-van Loon BV, including its subsidiary Poredo BV, which recycle expandable polystyrene in southern Netherlands. The price was not disclosed.

Hoffmann Neopac is acquiring the production lines for hinged lid cans from Trivium Packaging in Deventer, the Netherlands. The purchase price was not disclosed.

NIBE Industrier agreed to acquire 51% of Nathan Holding B.V., a Benelux distributor of heating and cooling solutions based in Zevenaar, with the remaining shares to follow in two stages. Annual sales are about EUR 50 million; the price was not disclosed.

Hoffmann Neopac acquired CM Packaging, a longstanding metal packaging partner in the Netherlands, and the companies will operate as one entity from January 1, 2020. The price was not disclosed.

Trioplast Group signed an agreement on November 22, 2019 to acquire Dutch plastic film maker Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging (AFP) from JPF Netherlands BV, part of B.C. Jindal group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Ardagh Group completed the merger of its Food & Speciality can business with Exal Corporation to create Trivium Packaging, jointly controlled by Ardagh and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. The deal was completed on 31 October 2019.

Krohne and Samson started FOCUS-ON, an equal joint venture registered in Dordrecht, Netherlands, to develop, market and produce autonomous actuators for the process industry. The announcement was dated 30 October 2019.

Berlin Packaging agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Novio Packaging Group, which has about 160 employees and operations across northern Europe, adding plastic and glass packaging capacity. The deal was announced on 29 October 2019 and the value was not disclosed.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Netherlands-based packaging supplier Vincap & Adolfse Packaging for an undisclosed value and is merging it with its Bruni Glass division. The deal serves customers across the Benelux region.

Ardagh Group agreed to combine its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with Exal Corporation to form Trivium Packaging, a metal packaging company with 57 facilities and about 7,800 employees, headquartered in the Netherlands. Ardagh will hold 43% and receive about $2.5 billion in cash, with completion expected later in 2019.

Envases Universales Group, through its Danish subsidiary Glud & Marstrand, acquired 100% of pack2pack from private equity firm Gilde Equity Management in a competitive auction. Alantra advised Envases Universales on the deal.

Zijerveld, a FrieslandCampina Dairy Essentials cheese wholesaler, acquired W. Bakker Kaashandel B.V., which specializes in cutting and packaging cheese, and will integrate its activities.

FrieslandCampina agreed to sell cream liqueur manufacturer Creamy Creation, with its Rijkevoort plant and a US sales office, to investment company Wagram Equity Partners, with completion expected in Q4 2019.

ams and Wise Road Capital signed an agreement to create a joint venture, ScioSense, for environmental, flow and pressure sensors, with ams transferring its sensor business and a valuation of about USD 120 million. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands.

Machine Fabriek Elburg is taking over the activities of Nannoka Vulcanus BV, effective 1 April 2019, under the new name Vulcanus Castings BV. The Langerak (Doetichem) iron foundry produces cast semi-manufactured products for tractors, drives, vacuum pumps and earthmoving machines.

LC Packaging acquired a majority stake in Hagens Verpakkingen, a box erection company in Venlo, Netherlands serving the fruit and vegetable market. The Hagens name and existing customer operations are unchanged.

Gas boiler maker Remeha announced it is taking over Dutch heat pump specialist Techneco, which will continue as an independent subsidiary. The deal is aimed at making Remeha a market leader in heat pumps.

P. Van De Velde Group agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Vekopak, a Tilburg premium folding carton producer, strengthening its Van De Velde Packaging unit. The deal adds about 60 employees.

Swedish OptiGroup signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Dutch packaging distributor Moonen Packaging B.V., pending approval from the Dutch competition authority ACM.

Smurfit Kappa agreed to acquire Dutch paper and recycling company Reparenco from H2 Equity Partners for €460 million, adding a paper mill in Renkum.

Belgian folding-carton maker P. Van De Velde Group acquired Dutch packaging firm Wesly Printing & Packaging, a Maastricht company with about 60 staff serving food producers. The deal strengthens Van De Velde's position in food packaging.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung took a majority stake in EuroMouldings Packaging in Nijverdal, Netherlands, adding compact plastic bottles to its range; AST plans about 30 million euros of investments in 2018.

Spanish packaging machinery maker Boix Maquinaria agreed on 20 March 2018 to buy the remaining 50% of Boix Europe B.V. from Gremio Vitalis, making it the sole owner of its European distributor. Boix Europe's management stays in place.

Damen Marine Components and Van der Velden Marine Systems announced a merger, operating together from 1 January 2018 as Damen Marine Components Netherlands to combine marine propulsion and steering product portfolios.

Schur Flexibles Group acquired packaging firms Cats-Hansel and Nimax from Clondalkin, including plants in Rotterdam, Freital and Elst.

Belvac Production Machinery has acquired Rosario Handel B.V., doing business as Rosario Can Technology, based in Dongen, Netherlands. Rosario makes can decorators and base coating machinery and provides rebuild and replacement-parts services.

AST Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH of Erndtebrück, Germany, has acquired a majority stake in Dutch plastic drum and canister maker Euromouldings in Nijverdal from Wadinko NV, effective retroactively from December.

Brookfield Asset Management's private equity group agreed to acquire a 75% interest in Dutch returnable plastic packaging maker Schoeller Allibert Group for about EUR 205 million (about USD 245 million), buying it from JPMorgan Chase. The Schoeller family keeps 25%.

Brookfield Business Partners and partners agreed to acquire a 75% controlling stake in Schoeller Allibert, a European returnable plastic packaging maker, for €205 million from a J.P. Morgan subsidiary.

DexKo Global plans to acquire E&P Hydraulics and related German entities, adding levelling systems for caravans, motorhomes and light commercial vehicles to its AL-KO Vehicle Technology business. The deal was announced on 7 December 2017 with no value disclosed.

China's Dalian Energas Group acquired 100% of OPRA Turbines BV, a Dutch gas turbine manufacturer based in Hengelo, in August 2017, as disclosed in December 2017. OPRA continues to operate from its Hengelo headquarters within Energas Group.

Siegwerk Druckfarben has signed a contract to purchase Van Son Liquids B.V. of Hilversum, Netherlands, a family-owned maker of water-based flexo and gravure printing inks; the company will be renamed Siegwerk Hilversum B.V.