The US General Services Administration awarded Ponderosa Packaging Corp. a contract with a total value of $5,000,000, with the award dated June 11, 2025 and published October 27, 2025.

The Wornick Co. of Blue Ash, Ohio was awarded a maximum $28 million sole-source bridge contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply Unitized Group Ration-A meals, with an ordering period ending November 23, 2025.

Ameriqual Packaging of Evansville, Indiana was awarded a maximum $52 million sole-source bridge contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply Unitized Group Ration-A meals, with an ordering period ending November 23, 2025.

The General Services Administration awarded Ponderosa Packaging Corp. a Multiple Award Schedule contract with a base and all options value of $5,000,000. The award was posted on June 11, 2025.

Atlas Copco Comptec broke ground on June 10, 2025 on a 63,000-square-foot expansion of its Voorheesville, New York manufacturing facility to make large centrifugal compressors. Completion is expected by the end of 2026.

Sonoco is investing in four US facilities in West Chicago, Illinois; Greenville, Wisconsin; Dayton, New Jersey; and Norwalk, California to add paper-bottom can lines. The investment is described as multimillion-dollar, with no exact figure given.

Chart Industries and Flowserve agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals that values the combined company at about $19 billion. Chart shareholders will receive 3.165 Flowserve shares per Chart share, and the combined company will be headquartered in Dallas.

MAT Industries, LLC, a manufacturer of air compressors and brake tanks, will invest at least $9 million to add production lines at its Jackson facility in Madison County, Tennessee, creating 30 new jobs. The announcement was made on June 3, 2025.

Balcan Innovations announced a $200 million capex plan to add co-extrusion, printing and bag-making machinery at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, which will raise film capacity by more than 700%. Installation is planned for 2025 through 2027.

Amcor announced in June 2025 that it will expand capacity for packaging with postconsumer recycled content at its existing Nicholasville, Kentucky facility. The added dedicated silos allow PCR blending up to 100%, mainly for spirits customers.

Green Bay Packaging is expanding its Morrilton, Arkansas facility with an investment of more than $1 billion, creating 35 new jobs and acquiring about 300 acres for future growth. The mill's production capacity could more than double.

Honeywell completed its all-cash $2.16 billion acquisition of Sundyne, a maker of pumps and gas compressors for process industries, from Warburg Pincus. The deal was announced on June 9, 2025.

Graham Corp's subsidiary Barber-Nichols secured a $136.5 million follow-on contract from the US Navy to provide engineering and manufacturing for the Virginia-class submarine program, extending its work through February 2034.

Atlas Copco is moving forward again with a $40 million expansion of its School Road manufacturing facility in Voorheesville, New York, after pausing the project two months earlier. The restart was referenced at a May 2025 village board meeting.

WinCup, an Atar Capital affiliate, acquired ConverPack, a Florida-based manufacturer of disposable paper cups, including its paper cup manufacturing capabilities, announced July 8, 2025.

Wärtsilä will supply the full electric propulsion system for three battery-electric, zero-emission high-speed passenger ferries built by All American Marine for San Francisco Bay Ferry. Deliveries start in 2026.

Expro was awarded multi-year tubular running services contracts by two unnamed super-major operators in the Gulf of America, covering deepwater drillships and platform rigs. The contracts are collectively valued at over $80 million.

RBC Bearings has agreed to acquire VACCO Industries, a South El Monte, California maker of valves, manifolds and regulators for space and naval defense, from ESCO Technologies for $310 million in cash. VACCO generated about $118 million revenue in the 12 months to March 2025, and closing is expected this summer.

Houston-based One X has acquired United Energy Partners, adding Bestway service-less valve inventory and operations across the Permian Basin and Rockies.

Modine is investing more than $38 million through 2028 to upgrade its Grenada, Mississippi facility and expand data center chiller manufacturing, expected to create more than 450 jobs. Chiller production is expected to begin later this summer.

TransDigm Group agreed to acquire Servotronics, Inc. via a tender offer at $38.50 per share in cash, a transaction valued at approximately $110 million, announced May 19, 2025.

International Paper is adding 40 jobs at a container plant in McAllen, Texas, as it consolidates its manufacturing footprint along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Charter Next Generation announced a $106 million investment to expand operations in Northeast Ohio, adding 12 film packaging lines in Lexington and four extrusion lines in Ontario, with 125 new jobs.

FloWorks International, a Houston-based valve and pipe fittings provider, broke ground on a 245,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and operations facility in Pearland, Texas.

Rotating Machinery Services (RMS) announced the acquisition of Fusion Inc., a Houston-based precision grinding and thermal spray coating company, to expand its turbomachinery overhaul capabilities.

Smurfit Westrock signed a five-year contract to supply all corrugated packaging for Reykjavik Creamery, estimated at about $10 million over its lifespan, with packaging made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Crown Holdings partnered with San Juan Beverage Company to be the exclusive beverage packaging provider for the ready-to-drink San Juan Bammarita cocktail. West Coast Container will support the partnership.

Grundfos announced a multi-million-dollar expansion of its Brookshire, Texas facility with a new state-of-the-art production plant. The investment will increase capacity for North American customers. The amount was not specified.

ANDRITZ received an order from Green Bay Packaging to supply a recovery boiler, a lamella evaporation plant and a biomass power boiler for its Morrilton, Arkansas pulp mill. Start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2027. The order value was not disclosed.

Novopor Advanced Science has acquired Pressure Chemical Company, a Pittsburgh specialty chemistry firm founded in 1964 with expertise in high-pressure reactions, polymerization and alkoxylation. The deal value was not disclosed.

Elkhart, Indiana-based Welch Packaging acquired corrugated packaging maker JaMar Packaging of West Chicago, Illinois. It is Welch's 40th acquisition and expands its presence in the Chicagoland region.

UAE-based Hotpack announced a $100 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey, its first North American production base. The 70,000 sq ft plant is planned to create up to 200 jobs and begin operations in June 2025.

Continental Pump Company and Integrity Pump & Motor combined to form pump manufacturer Kinetiflo Group, with a network of US locations serving mining, food and beverage, and wastewater customers.

International Paper announced the groundbreaking of a new packaging box plant in the United States. The location and investment were not given in the excerpt.

St. Louis, Missouri-based Novvia, a rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor backed by Kelso, has acquired packaging firm Garrett Hewitt International.

Pump makers Continental Pump Company and Integrity Pump & Motor have partnered to form Kinetiflo Group, a new pump manufacturer serving mining, food and beverage, and wastewater customers across the United States.

Complete Design & Packaging, a corrugated packaging manufacturer, has opened a new 65,000-square-foot warehouse in Concord, N.C., to serve as the primary shipping hub and add overflow capacity.

Norwegian packaging manufacturer Elopak has opened its $100 million all-electric carton plant at the Port of Little Rock, Arkansas, its first in North America, creating about 100 jobs.

Wessels Company broke ground on a 57,000+ sq ft factory in Tiffin, Ohio, leased by National Machinery Group to Wessels East for pressure vessel manufacturing. Completion and manufacturing start are projected for November 2025 and about a dozen jobs are planned, rising to nearly 30 more.

Stater Bros. Markets expanded its multi-year partnership with IFCO to use reusable packaging containers for a wider range of fresh produce. The switch replaces single-use packaging for items such as carrots, corn and tomatoes.

Huhtamaki acquired Zellwin Farms, a privately owned molded fiber producer of egg cartons and egg flats in Zellwood, Florida, in a transaction with a USD 18 million enterprise value.

HOERBIGER Corporation of America held a groundbreaking on April 23, 2025 for a new Florida Campus in Delray Beach, with about 200,000 sq ft of space, including 155,000 sq ft of manufacturing. The facility is slated to open in 2026.

Rajshree Polypack Limited won international orders worth ₹6.54 crore from two US food packaging distributors, for thermoformed packaging and injection-moulded products.

Target ordered 256,000 Collective Good wine bottles in Frugalpac's paper Frugal Bottle for sale in nearly 1,200 US stores, with the wines sourced by Latitude Wines.

JA Moody has entered a strategic partnership with Metrex Valve Corp., a California manufacturer of valves for the US Navy and marine customers, adding Metrex seawater condenser regulating valves to its Navy portfolio.

DXP Enterprises has acquired Arroyo Process Equipment, a Florida-headquartered distributor of pumps, process equipment and related service and repairs.

PSG, an operating company of Dover Corporation, has acquired Cryogenic Machinery Corp (Cryo-Mach), a US maker of cryogenic centrifugal pumps and mechanical seals.

Tyler Union, a McWane company, held a ribbon cutting for its new 53,000-square-foot large diameter foundry in Anniston, Alabama, at a cost of about $25 million. The project is projected to create 15 to 25 additional jobs.

L&M Corrugated Container Corp. unveiled a German-made Göpfert five-color rotary machine with dual die cutter at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin plant, part of an $8 million machinery expansion. The unveiling took place on Friday, 2025-04-11.

Karat Packaging signed a lease for a 187,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Chino, California, nearly doubling its distribution capacity there and adding about 500 paper product SKUs.