Packaging maker Pratt Industries signed a five-year lease for 136,600 square feet at $4.00 per square foot, less than a mile from its manufacturing facility. The case study is dated August 17, 2020.

Trinity Packaging Corporation bought the former Erath Veneer building in the Franklin County-Rocky Mount Industrial Park to add a multi-million dollar facility with new equipment, creating 25 jobs and retaining 75.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners announced an investment in Decowraps, a Miami-based floral packaging company with facilities in Colombia, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Kenya and China, to fund growth and acquisitions. No amount was disclosed.

Pipeline Packaging, a US rigid industrial container distributor, acquired Houston-based hazmat packaging maker HAZMATPAC, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Silgan Containers plans a US$9.7 million expansion of its canmaking plant in Lancaster, South Carolina, expected to be completed by the end of 2021 and create 16 new jobs over five years.

Agility Fuel Solutions, a Hexagon business, received an order from Anheuser-Busch for over 180 new trucks equipped with ProCab 175 CNG fuel systems, with an estimated total value of over USD 8.0 million. Delivery is scheduled from mid-Q3 to mid-Q4 2020.

Southern Champion Tray will invest $84.9 million in a new paperboard packaging manufacturing facility at the Centre South Riverport Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, creating more than 120 jobs. Construction is expected to start in early 2021 and finish by early 2022.

Rotating Machinery Services (RMS) announced the acquisition of the AC Compressor business from Baker Hughes, a GE Company, including its personnel, intellectual property, tooling and CONMEC compressor drawings and designs.

Great Lakes Pumps has begun shipping 52 Gusher pumps for the $2.2 billion upgrade of General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which is being retooled for all-electric trucks and SUVs. The pumps serve the e-coat and phosphate paint systems.

Mueller Water Products has acquired Pratt Industrial, a manufacturer based in Emporia, Kansas, with over 35,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehouse space. The deal was announced on August 5, 2020.

Packaging Corporation of America may spend up to $170 million to move its Newark plant from South 21st Street to a new, larger facility on Thornwood Drive, subject to city and county approval. The proposal was reported on August 5, 2020.

The Acutronic Group, a maker of aerospace components and motion simulators, is expanding into a 26,000-square-foot facility at 1100 E. Howard Ln. in Austin, Texas, as part of a multi-million dollar investment announced August 5, 2020.

ATI Actuators is supplying equipment for Equistar Chemicals' planned expansion of its underground ethylene storage facility and terminal in Clemville, Texas. The announcement was made on August 4, 2020.

CECO Environmental agreed to form a joint venture combining its Effox-Flextor damper business with the damper business of Mader Machine Co., a CHIEF Capital portfolio company. CECO will hold 70 percent of the equity and consolidate the joint venture.

Medical device maker Engineered Medical Systems will invest $13.3 million over five years to buy new CNC equipment and add 60 jobs at its Bartlett, Tennessee plant. The state government announced the expansion on August 4, 2020.

Curtiss-Wright signed an agreement with Ringo Valves, a subsidiary of Samson AG Group, to supply control valves for the US and international nuclear fleet.

Specialty Products Company acquired the assets and team of Peterson Fluid Systems, a maker of performance oil pumps, tanks and fluid system components, in Henderson, Colorado.

McLean Packaging contracted with ENGIE Resources LLC and energy advisor 5 on a five-year agreement supporting renewable electricity for its three New Jersey and Pennsylvania plants, aiming for 100% renewable power.

U.S. Corrugated Inc and McKinley Paper Co, a subsidiary of Bio PAPPEL, have been amalgamated to form a vertically integrated paper and packaging company with mills and box plants in the US and Mexico.

Big Shoulders Capital of Northbrook, Illinois acquired F.H. Ayer Manufacturing Company, a Chicago Heights rebuilder of industrial pumps, turbines, gearboxes and valves, in a deal advised by Houlihan Capital. The sale was reported as August 2020.

Neuman & Esser Group acquired Norwalk Compressor Co. of Stratford, Connecticut, including its manufacturing assets, products, trademarks and workforce. The announcement was made on 2020-07-31.

Curtiss-Wright has partnered with Ringo Valves, a subsidiary of Samson AG Group, to supply the U.S. nuclear power market. The agreement was announced on July 29, 2020.

Curtiss-Wright was awarded contracts valued above $220 million by Bechtel Plant Machinery and General Dynamics Electric Boat to supply propulsion valves, pumps and control systems for Virginia-class, Columbia-class and Ford-class programs. Work runs through 2024 at its New York and Pennsylvania facilities.

Electro-Mechanical announced in November 2024 that it will invest $16.55 million to expand operations in Southwest Virginia, adding a 200,000 square foot facility in Washington County.

Electro-Mechanical, LLC acquired Powercon Corporation, a Maryland-based manufacturer of medium-voltage switchgear and modular power systems, on October 24, 2025. The deal expands its utility, data-center and critical infrastructure offering nationwide.

Harrington Industrial Plastics completed its acquisition of Aetna Plastics, a Cleveland, Ohio distributor of plastics and process piping systems, in partnership with Aetna management. Aetna's president Gary Davis is joining Harrington.

International Cushioning Company will invest more than $3.6 million to establish a new advanced manufacturing facility in Fremont, Ohio, creating 75 jobs in its first year.

Crown Cork and Seal is reopening a manufacturing line at its Batesville, Mississippi facility to meet higher demand, creating 60 jobs; the site can make 5 million cans and lids per day.

KPS Capital Partners agreed to acquire substantially all assets of Briggs & Stratton, including foreign subsidiary equity, for about $550 million as Briggs & Stratton filed for Chapter 11, with KPS also providing $265 million in DIP financing.

Returnity, a US maker of reusable shipping bags and boxes, partnered with Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene to treat its packaging with ViralOff antimicrobial solution, with an initial order worth about $500,000 over two years.

Pretium Packaging, a North American plastic container maker, invested $5 million in PET stretch blow molding equipment and infrastructure across six of its 19 plants, adding 100 million bottles of capacity. The project is expected to be completed by October 2020.

Bosch will invest nearly $6 million to expand its Albion, Indiana facility by over 100,000 square feet for added manufacturing equipment and warehousing, adding 16 jobs. Work is expected to be complete by June 2021.

CANPACK Group, through its parent Giorgi Global Holdings, announced a $366 million aluminum can manufacturing facility and operations center on a 102-acre site in Olyphant near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The plant is expected to be operating by Q4 2021 and employ over 400 people.

Acoustical Sheetmetal Company will invest $15.8 million to add a 100,000-square-foot facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, creating 200 new jobs. The company makes sound-attenuating enclosures for on-site power generation equipment.

Industrial distributor Harrington plans to invest over $2.4 million in a 68,000-square-foot regional distribution center in New Haven, Indiana, retrofitting an existing building, by the end of 2024. The company intends to add up to 20 jobs.

Document Security Systems subsidiary Premier Packaging Corp. signed a three-year contract worth over $24 million with an unnamed major retailer to supply photo envelopes, folding cartons and other printed products. The contract may be renewed for a fourth year.

Molson Coors invested in its Fort Worth brewery to increase capacity for hard seltzer production and packaging, including a new canning line completed earlier in 2020 and a filtration system. The investment amount was described only as multimillion-dollar.

Signode Industrial Group will expand its Fordyce, Arkansas facility, creating 31 new full-time jobs over the next 12 months. The company makes transit packaging consumables, tools, software and equipment.

Alpla, a plastic packaging manufacturer, will spend $21 million on a new plant of about 154,000 square feet in a NorthPoint Development warehouse next to Dayton International Airport. The plant is expected to add 50 jobs by April.

Bio Pappel, Mexico's largest paper manufacturer, is putting into operation a packaging plant in Lebanon, Indiana, with operations expected to begin in July 2020.

PaperWorks Industries, a producer of recycled paperboard and folding cartons, acquired Color Craft Graphic Arts of Wisconsin.

New York City Transit Authority selected BAE Systems to supply 435 Series-E electric hybrid power and propulsion systems for its new bus fleet. The systems will be produced at BAE's Endicott, New York facilities.

MOGAS Industries has completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based maker of severe service valves that also offers repair and coating services. Watson has a global install base of over 3,400 valves, mainly in mining.

Yamada, a Honda supplier, plans a $15.2 million expansion adding 73,000 square feet and 100 new jobs at its South Charleston, Ohio facility. Clark County approved a 15-year property tax abatement for the project.

CCL Industries acquired InTouch Label and Packaging, a short-run digital label converter near Boston, Massachusetts, for an enterprise value of about $10.9 million. The business will join Avery's WePrint direct-to-consumer label business.

Spain's Saica Group will build its first North American facility, a corrugated manufacturing plant in Hamilton's Enterprise Park near Cincinnati, Ohio, investing nearly $72 million and creating 64 jobs. Construction is expected to start in September 2020 and take eighteen months.

Hood Container of Louisiana will complete a $50 million efficiency upgrade and capacity expansion at its West Feliciana Parish paper mill near St. Francisville, retaining 306 employees and supporting 75 construction jobs.

Ball Metal Beverage Container, a division of Ball Corp, signed a lease for 165,000 square feet at the Monroe Logistics Center in Monroe, Ohio, relocating its distribution operations from Trenton. The landlord is Industrial Developments International.

Parent companies of Cattron and LOFA Industries, both Harbour Group companies, merged to form Control Solutions, a control systems platform for engine and pump management. Terms were not disclosed.

Millerbernd Manufacturing is building a 110,000-square-foot modular facility in Winsted Industrial Park, Minnesota, to consolidate its ring and cylinder production and add 100 jobs. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.