TricorBraun announced it will acquire Mark's Barrel Company, an industrial container services provider.

Boeing selected Parker Aerospace to supply its AP15V engine-driven pump for the B-52H Stratofortress hydraulic system, supporting the Air Force's Commercial Engine Replacement Program. The pump is expected to power the aircraft's hydraulic system through the 2050s.

CANPACK is building its second U.S. aluminum beverage can body plant in Muncie, Indiana, on 139 acres in Monroe Township. The $380 million project is expected to create 345 jobs by 2023, with potential to reach 425 jobs and $490 million by 2025.

GEA celebrated the opening of a new food processing and packaging Technology Center in Frisco, Texas, in mid-September 2022.

ID Logistics' US subsidiary will manage logistics and co-packing for energy drink maker Nutrabolt at a 21,000 m² distribution center in Rotterdam, New York. The site is less than 16 km from Nutrabolt's manufacturing plant.

Amcor has made a strategic investment of up to $45 million in US-based ePac Flexible Packaging, increasing its minority shareholding in ePac Holdings. The announcement was made on September 14, 2022.

Aerzen USA has agreed a transaction to acquire Vooner FloGard Corporation, a manufacturer of vacuum pumps and vacuum systems based in North Carolina, facilitated by Benchmark International. The article gives no deal value.

CAREL Industries, via a subsidiary, signed a binding agreement to acquire the business of SENVA Inc., a Beaverton, Oregon maker of sensors for HVAC and indoor air quality. Closing is expected by end of October 2022.

Sonoco agreed to buy WestRock's remaining equity interest in RTS Packaging, plus a WestRock paper mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for $330 million in cash, with closing expected in the first half of 2023.

T/CCI Manufacturing will invest over $20 million to retool its Decatur, Illinois facility for electric compressor manufacturing, creating more than 50 new jobs and retaining 103 positions, backed by Illinois REV tax incentives.

Novolex is investing $10 million to expand plastic bag and polyethylene film recycling capacity at its North Vernon, Indiana facility, producing up to 28 million pounds of recycled content per year.

Nelipak Healthcare Packaging will build a new flexible packaging production site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, its first in the Americas, with about $20 million capital investment and roughly 80 new jobs.

Bauer Compressors received an order from Prodeval for multiple containerized GRU 28-250 biogas boosting compression systems to be used on US dairy farms.

Curtiss-Wright won a subcontract from Northrop Grumman to supply generators for the US Navy's Columbia-class SSBN program, with a ceiling value of about $120 million. Work will be performed at its Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility.

Riviana Foods will invest $80.6 million to expand and renovate its processing and packaging plant in Memphis, Tennessee, adding about 80 full-time jobs and new production for ready-to-serve pouches. Construction is expected to begin in Q1 2023, with new capacity from Q1 2024.

Helios Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Daman Products Company, a Mishawaka, Indiana maker of precision hydraulic manifolds and integrated packages. The purchase price was not disclosed.

T/CCI Manufacturing will convert a 200,000-square-foot former Borg-Warner factory in Decatur, Illinois into a center making cooling devices for electric vehicles, with more than $20 million of investment and 50 added jobs. The company will also set up a climate innovation center with Richland Community College.

SCG Packaging acquired a 90.1% stake in Jordan Trading Inc., a New York recovered paper trader, for US$1.98 million through a Thai subsidiary, adding about 100,000 tons per year of sourcing capacity. The company also partners with Peute, the Netherlands' largest packaging material recycler.

Parker Hannifin is investing to expand its Gas Turbine Fuel Systems division plant in Mentor, Ohio, expected to create 60 full-time jobs and $4.6 million in annual payroll. The expansion also retains $14.8 million in existing payroll.

DXP Enterprises announced on September 2, 2022 its acquisition of Sullivan Environmental Technologies, a Kentucky-based manufacturer of pumps, valves and process equipment serving water and wastewater markets in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Royal Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Schwarz Partners, acquired corrugated packaging maker Progress Container & Display, which becomes its 17th manufacturing facility. PMCF acted as exclusive sell-side financial advisor; the deal closed in September 2022 and was reported on November 3, 2022.

Wildpack Beverage signed a long-term purchase and supply agreement with Ball Corporation for sustainable aluminum beverage containers. The deal lets Wildpack extend its printed can and warehousing services beyond Grand Rapids to its other US locations.

The Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority approved a two-phase expansion of E/One's Niskayuna, New York site. Phase one is a $6 million, 27,250 sq ft manufacturing and R&D addition, and it is projected to create 30 jobs over five years.

Delavan Ag Pumps, a division of Delavan Fluid Power, plans a manufacturing facility in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky, with a $2.3 million investment creating 30 full-time jobs. Operations are expected to start in October.

Imaflex USA, the US arm of Montréal-based Imaflex, will invest up to $15 million and add 37 jobs for a building expansion and equipment at its Thomasville plant in Davidson County, North Carolina.

Private equity firm Hidden Harbor Capital Partners agreed to acquire Machinery Services Corp and Rapid Pump & Meter Service, Northeast US facility services providers focused on pumps, motors and water infrastructure. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Wildpack Beverage entered a long-term supply agreement with Ball Corporation for sustainable aluminium beverage packaging, extending its printed can and warehousing services to all its US locations.

Bryce Corporation held a groundbreaking for a new manufacturing facility in Searcy, Arkansas, part of an $80 million investment that will create 142 jobs. The groundbreaking took place on August 23, 2022.

Wildpack announced a long-term purchase and supply agreement with Ball for sustainable aluminium beverage packaging for its US operations.

Harpak-ULMA was selected by a major medical device producer to provide automated flow wrap packaging lines for pipette tip production in the United States. The project is part of a federal initiative to expand domestic production of the tool.

Bessemer-backed Tencarva Machinery Company acquired Fischer Process Industries, a distributor of pumps, valves and process equipment headquartered in Loveland, Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Mount Vernon Municipal Planning Commission approved Sanoh America's plan to add a 75,000 square foot addition, a 25% increase in floor space, to its Industrial Park Drive plant. The company plans to add 32 machines from an Alabama plant and expects to hire 60-plus people.

Festo is expanding its Technology Engineering Center at the Mason, Ohio campus, with the expansion expected to be complete by the end of September 2022.

Festo U.S. announced a new Global Production Center at its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio, scheduled to begin production by year end 2022, its first such center in North America.

Aegis Flow Technologies and Richter Pumps and Valves Inc. completed their merger on August 1, 2022, and the pumps and valves are now sold under the Richter Chemie-Technik brand from Geismar, Louisiana.

Rand-Whitney held a beam signing and topping-off ceremony for its largest corrugated packaging facility in Boylston, Massachusetts, built with PROCON as design-builder. The plant is due to open in spring 2023 with capacity of 350 million boxes annually.

Curtiss-Wright's Fleet Solutions unit completed a $2.25 million contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding to service and repair Ship Service Generator units on the USS John C. Stennis.

PumpMan, a pump sales and service provider, acquired Ransom Pump & Supply of Ramona, California, which will join PumpMan SoCal and PumpMan San Diego. Terms were not disclosed.

Graphic Packaging launched its KeelClip fiber-based can multipack packaging in the United States with an AutoClip KC1600 machine installed at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages' Elmsford, New York facility. The system removes plastic rings and shrink wrap from can multipacks.

Zhongding's subsidiary Tristone Flowtech Holding SAS was named batch supplier of thermal management pipe assemblies for a new platform of an unnamed US new-energy vehicle maker. The lifetime value is about CNY 208 million over 5.5 years.

EUKALIN Corporation acquired 100 percent of the assets of Adhesives Specialists, Inc., a US maker of water-based and hotmelt adhesives, including its building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The deal was announced on August 8, 2022, and no value was disclosed.

FloWorks International, backed by Clearlake Capital, acquired Flotech, a distributor and servicer of industrial valves founded in 1961 with locations in Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. No financial terms were disclosed.

B2B Industrial Packaging, a GenNx360 company, has acquired Springfield Corrugated Box Inc of Agawam, Massachusetts. It is B2B Industrial Packaging's 24th acquisition.

Hood Container Corporation has acquired the corrugated packaging business of Kentwood Packaging Inc, including its design, manufacturing, assembly and fulfillment operations in Walker, Michigan. The deal was announced on August 4, 2022.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded contracts worth more than $220 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery and General Dynamics Electric Boat to supply propulsion valves, pumps and instrumentation and control systems for Navy submarine and aircraft carrier programs, with work performed in New York and Pennsylvania through 2026.

Greif will invest $13 million over five years to modernize and expand production capacity at its Taylors, Greenville County facility, which makes spiral tubes and cores from recycled paperboard, with completion expected in November.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded contracts worth over $220 million to supply propulsion valves, pumps and instrumentation and control systems for Virginia-class, Columbia-class and Ford-class Navy programs, via Bechtel Plant Machinery and General Dynamics Electric Boat, announced August 3, 2022.

Dazpak Flexible Packaging, owned by H.I.G. Capital, completed its acquisition of Atlapac Corporation, a flexible packaging and pouch converter in Columbus, Ohio. The deal expands Dazpak's flexible packaging business in the Midwest.

Jasper Engineering and FLW Southeast, both manufacturers representatives and distributors, announced a merger on August 2, 2022. FLW Southeast will keep its Marietta, Georgia headquarters and brand.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire Holtec Gas Systems, a nitrogen generator manufacturer in Saint Charles, Missouri with about $10 million annual revenue. It is one of three acquisitions announced on 1 August 2022 for a combined cash price of about $35 million.