The US Defense Logistics Agency awarded Ponderosa Packaging Corp. a contract worth $18,345,000 for containers and packaging supplies, with place of performance in Melville, New York, awarded on November 18, 2025.

Welch Packaging Group of Elkhart, Indiana, announced its merger with ABCOR Packaging of Cleveland, Tennessee, a corrugated products maker serving southeast Tennessee, northern Georgia and western North Carolina.

Peli BioThermal moved into a 90,100 sq ft facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, roughly 43% larger than its former site about 10 miles away.

Gaia Biomaterials established a supply hub in Los Angeles for its compostable, microplastic-free materials, created with distributor Mitsubishi International Corp to shorten lead times for US customers.

Averra Packaging doubled the clean room square footage at its thermoforming facility in Salt Lake City to add an inline medical thermoforming machine.

Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $53.8 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Rapides Parish facility in Pineville, Louisiana, adding warehouse space and up to five production lines, with completion expected by Q4 2026.

SLB's OneSubsea joint venture won an EPC contract from bp for a standardized subsea boosting system for the greenfield Tiber project in the deepwater U.S. offshore region, announced November 18, 2025.

Ponderosa Packaging Corp. of Melville, New York, was awarded a maximum $23,226,780 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract for fiberboard boxes and bags by the Defense Logistics Agency, running to November 16, 2030.

Sealed Air agreed to be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $10.3 billion, at $42.15 per share. The deal was announced on November 17, 2025.

Modine officially opened a 155,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Franklin, Wisconsin, to produce Airedale by Modine data center cooling products. It is part of a multi-year USD 100 million investment announced in July, and is expected to create more than 300 jobs by March 2026.

A. O. Smith signed a definitive agreement to acquire LVC Holdco LLC, parent of Leonard Valve of Cranston, Rhode Island, for $470 million all-cash, subject to adjustments, with closing expected in Q1 2026.

Parker-Hannifin has agreed to acquire Filtration Group Corporation, a U.S. private company affiliated with Madison Industries, on a cash-free, debt-free basis for $9.25 billion. The deal is expected to close within six to twelve months, subject to regulatory approvals.

Koenig & Bauer Celmacch confirmed that North Carolina-based Morrisette Packaging will be the first North American installation of a ChromaCUT High Tech 2100 8-color flexo press, bundled with an Omega Magnus 230 folder gluer. Delivery is scheduled for February 2026.

Vallourec committed at least $39 million, up to $48 million, to add a VAM premium threading line at its Youngstown, Ohio facility. The project will create 40 full-time jobs, with completion expected by early 2027.

Sterling-backed Precision Concepts International (PCI) acquired Comar, a Voorhees, New Jersey producer of consumer and healthcare rigid packaging and plastic medical products. No financial terms were disclosed.

Burckhardt Compression opened an 11,000-square-foot service center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, providing maintenance, repair and upgrade services for reciprocating gas compressors.

Shandong Head Group announced a $65 million investment for a new capsule manufacturing facility in Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina, creating more than 100 jobs over two years. Operations are scheduled to start in late 2026.

Baker Hughes received an award from Bechtel Energy to supply primary liquefaction equipment for Train 5 of NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG facility in Brownsville, Texas. The order includes two Frame 7 gas turbines and six centrifugal compressors, adding about 6 MTPA of LNG capacity.

The Rapid Group, a Hidden Harbor Capital Partners portfolio company, acquired O&M Solutions, LLC of Freehold, New Jersey, which operates wastewater treatment plants in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The deal value was not disclosed.

Wyda Packaging USA doubled its Charlotte manufacturing facility to 26,000 square feet and added automation and robotics. The expansion creates about 40 new jobs and raises capacity to 6,000 tons of aluminum packaging annually.

TricorBraun acquired Craft Beverage Warehouse, a provider of digital printing for canned beverage companies headquartered in Milwaukee. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice agreed in November 2025 to buy packaging maker Sealed Air at an enterprise value of $10.3 billion. Banks led by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are reportedly preparing about $7.9 billion of debt financing, with completion expected by mid-2026.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International was awarded a contract by ExxonMobil to supply a footprint replacement steam turbine for its olefins plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, due for delivery in early 2027.

Relevant Industrial, LLC acquired Lindberg Process Equipment, a provider of industrial heating and combustion systems. Lindberg's operations will combine with Relevant's New Brighton, Minnesota location to strengthen its Midwest presence.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, unveiled an $80 million, 36,000 square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa, which nearly doubles its production capacity. The project broke ground in 2023.

Georgia-Pacific completed its acquisition of Anchor Packaging from TJC, L.P. and other investors on October 22, 2025. Anchor makes rigid food containers and cling film at four US plants with about 1,250 employees. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Saica Group broke ground on its second U.S. corrugated packaging plant in Anderson, Indiana, an investment of more than $110 million that will create over 100 jobs and open in Q4 2026.

Welch Packaging Group announced on October 21, 2025 that it has joined forces with Phoenix/Packaging, a corrugated packaging company.

CastlePierce Printing Company has acquired Quality Assured Label (QAL) of Minnesota, a specialty label maker, combining their packaging offerings.

Peerless Pump Company is opening a new packaged system competency center in Waller, Texas, in November to more than double operational capacity for its Peerless Engineered Systems division and launch a new prefabricated packaged pump product line.

Grundfos has finalized its acquisition of Newterra, a US water and wastewater treatment solutions company, from private equity firm Frontenac.

Viking Yachts will equip every new model with ElectroSea's SeaStrong Silver Bullet RDP run-dry protection pump as standard equipment, in what ElectroSea says is the first such fleet-wide adoption by an OEM yacht builder.

Coca-Cola Consolidated invested $35 million in a new can line at its Twinsburg, Ohio plant, raising output to over 31 million cases in 2025 and creating 40 new jobs.

Flowserve completed its acquisition of MOGAS Industries on October 15, 2025, adding severe-service isolation valves for mining, minerals, energy and processing industries. The article was published October 20, 2025.

Eaton Aerospace is adding a new facility next to its North Charleston, South Carolina plant to make hydraulic pumps and motors for aerospace and defense, with $46 million investment and more than 50 jobs, expected complete in 2028.

JBM Packaging broke ground in September 2025 on a new 52,500-square-foot building one mile from its Lebanon, Ohio headquarters, expected to be completed by the end of February 2026.

Huhtamaki is planning an additional $10 million expansion of its Hammond, Indiana operations, which make molded fiber drink carriers and egg filler trays.

Ecopax is expanding its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania facility by more than 100,000 square feet for food service packaging production, expected to create up to 20 jobs.

Axium Packaging is investing $45 million to open a new location in Jersey Township, Ohio, with 70 new jobs. The company plans two new production plants to make plastic containers and caps for the personal care industry.

Axium Packaging will invest $45 million in a nearly 300,000-square-foot facility in Jersey Township, Ohio, for expanded tube manufacturing and warehousing. The project will create 70 new jobs and retain over 1,200 existing jobs. Announced 8 October 2025.

CIRCOR International acquired essentially all operating assets of Flowserve's herringbone gear pump product line, including GAX, GR and Gearex series pumps. Production will move to CIRCOR's Columbia, Kentucky plant after a transition period. Announced 8 October 2025.

VEGA Americas celebrated the grand opening of a 120,000 square-foot expansion to its U.S. headquarters in Mason, Ohio, on 3 October 2025. The project adds 31 full-time jobs and enables domestic production of electronic components.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, with new equipment that raises production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated packaging operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, adding equipment that will raise production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

New York investor Barry R. Haas acquired REET Corporation, an industrial components supplier in Berlin, Connecticut making solenoid valves, pumps and pressure transducers. The deal closed on October 1, 2025, and the company will be renamed Reet Precision Technologies, LLC.

Mayekawa USA has been awarded a contract by CHI Engineering, an NV5 company, to supply a 500 HP oil-injected MYCOM screw compressor package for a boil-off gas application. The package will be manufactured in Katy, Texas, for petrochemical and refinery use.

IMI has won a contract worth more than $3 million to supply turbine bypass systems, attemperators and control valves for the 1.5-GW Franklin Farms natural gas power station in northeast Louisiana. Kiewit is the EPC contractor.

Baker Hughes won an award from Bechtel Energy to supply four Frame 7 gas turbines, eight centrifugal compressors and two motor-driven booster compressors for two LNG trains at Sempra Infrastructure's Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 in Jefferson County, Texas. The nameplate capacity is about 13 MTPA.

Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a division of Westlake Corp., has completed a 190,000-square-foot PVCO pipe plant at its Wichita Falls, Texas site, expanding its North American PVCO pipe capacity. The completion was announced on November 2, 2026, and no investment value was given.