CANPACK topped out a new hall at its Helmond, Netherlands can factory that will house a third production line. The expansion raises production capacity by 50 percent and will create 120 new jobs.

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.

VPK Packaging bought land and buildings with a total size of 20,000 square metres opposite its Raamsdonksveer factory in the Netherlands to replace two external warehouses. No purchase price was given.

Lelystad-based packaging company DaklaPack Group completed a refinancing with Deutsche Bank in October 2018, with credit facilities of about EUR 9 million to support growth and property purchase.

Vattenfall signed a delivery and installation contract with Nordex for 32 N117/3600 turbines to expand the Wieringermeer wind farm in North Holland by 118 MW, including at least two years of service.

Ardagh Group manufactured a taller, sleek-shaped aluminium aerosol can for Beiersdorf's Nivea female range at its Veenendaal plant in the Netherlands. The can has been successfully launched in Europe.

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.

Pronexos has signed a 10-year agreement with aircraft component supplier Aeronamic to provide heat treatment and brazing services for advanced aerospace components such as load compressors and ADUs.

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.

On 1 May 2018 the Belgian and Dutch subsidiaries of Egger Pumps merged into Egger Turo Pumps Belgium, and the Dutch branch disappeared with its activities taken over by the Belgian company.

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.

ZIV was awarded a strategic contract to supply ESMR5.0 LTE smart electricity meters to Dutch distribution company Enexis Netbeheer, with deliveries starting in 2018 and rollout completed at the end of 2020. The case page is undated, so the article date is used.

AAE is tripling its production and office space in Helmond, Netherlands, from 10,000 m2 to 30,000 m2 by buying two adjacent buildings, to create a smart industry factory.

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.

Royal IHC contracted TMC Compressors to deliver a complete marine compressed air system, including two 84kW water-cooled compressors and air dryers, for the integrated reel-lay vessel it is building for Subsea 7. Delivery of the vessel is planned for early 2020; the contract value is undisclosed.

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.

Packaging supplier Houweling Group developed 10-litre jerrycans made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE for Uzin Utz Nederland, cutting CO2 by up to 75% versus virgin HDPE.

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.

Poland's CAN-PACK Group opened a beverage can plant in Helmond, Netherlands, with a total investment of over EUR 100 million, co-financed by BGK. The plant has two lines producing up to 2 billion cans per year.

Canpack opened a new beverage can factory on the Maisdijk in Helmond in spring 2017, with about 40,000 square metres of floor space. Construction cost was said to be more than EUR 100 million.

Crown Europe is consolidating aerosol can production at its Hoorn, Netherlands print facility, adding 52, 57 and 65 diameter cans, with additional capacity due in early 2018 and operation expected by Q1 2018.

Dimensio Verpakkingen B.V. won a EUR 197,268 open tender from the public body GAD Regio Gooi en Vechtstreek to supply 7.5 million PMD collection bags and distribute them to shops and the GAD organisation. The award was dated 16 October 2017.

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.

Packaging producer P. Van De Velde Group acquired folding carton manufacturer Koninklijke Schut, which becomes part of Van De Velde Packaging; the combined group has about 270 employees and annual revenue of about EUR 65 million.

Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy signed an agreement to supply 94 8-MW offshore turbines totalling 752 MW for the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in Dutch waters, including turbine maintenance. The nacelles will be assembled in Cuxhaven, Germany and the blades produced in Hull, England.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems L.P. of Towaco, New Jersey acquired Cremer Speciaalmachines B.V., a Dutch manufacturer of counting and packaging systems based in Lisse. Financial terms were not disclosed.

German paper group WEPA Group, headquartered in Arnsberg, has acquired Dutch paper producer Van Houtum in Swalmen. WEPA Group has 3,000 employees across eleven European sites. The deal was reported on 10 May 2017.

WEPA Hygieneprodukte signed an agreement to acquire all shares of Dutch Van Houtum Group Holding B.V., a producer in Swalmen with about 200 staff and around EUR 60 million in revenue, pending antitrust approval. The price was not disclosed.

Uhlmann Pac-Systeme & Co has acquired a controlling interest in Cremer Speciaalmachines, a Lisse-based maker of pharmaceutical product counting machines with about 140 employees, effective 1 January 2017.

In 2017 VPK Packaging invested over €20 million in machinery and logistics at its Raamsdonksveer site in the Netherlands, including a new 2.8m corrugator from MHI Europe.

Belgian packaging group VPK has fully acquired SolidPack, a Loenen-based Dutch maker of solid board packaging with revenues of about EUR 50 million and 175 employees, integrating it into its Smart Packaging Solutions unit.

Spanish packaging group Saica agreed to acquire 100% of Dutch flexible packaging companies Schut, Hellema and Lemapack from Flexible Packaging Holding. The businesses employ about 100 people and had combined 2015 turnover of EUR 53.1 million.

RPC announced a proposed acquisition of Maastricht-headquartered ESE World BV for around €262.5 million. ESE will become an independent unit within RPC Promens, with completion expected in Q1 2017 subject to regulatory approval.

Van Lierop Metaal in Heeze completed its largest order ever in December 2016, producing 4,000 steel cheese boxes for Mourik using 600 tonnes of steel.

Schur Flexibles Group will acquire a majority of shares in Dutch packaging printer Drukkerij Zwart, expanding its portfolio to 13 companies with 13 production locations. Financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to cartel authority approval.

Corbion and Total announced a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market PLA polymers, based in the Netherlands. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.

VBMS, a Boskalis subsidiary, and NKT Cables were awarded a TenneT contract to supply and install two export cables connecting Borssele offshore wind farms 1 and 2 to the Dutch grid, with Boskalis's share worth about EUR 70 million.

SWA, a Dutch contracting authority in Alphen aan den Rijn, published a public tender for corrugated cardboard packaging, with an estimated value of EUR 750,000 to 1,000,000 excluding VAT for a 24-month contract with options to extend. Bannink Packaging is listed as a supplier in the procurement documents.