FAM STUMABO opened a third production facility in Belgium, nearly doubling its manufacturing capacity for French fry blades and expanding capabilities for circular and cross-cut blades used in industrial food cutting equipment.

P&B (Foods) Ltd installed a second, higher-speed sauce packaging line from Autopack, increasing capacity to up to 200 bottles per minute. The turnkey line includes an unscrambler, rotary net-weight filler, capper block and rotary wraparound labeller.

FrietHoes began testing production at its new French fries factory in Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands. The facility is part of the company's expansion strategy and involves investment in its own frying and cooling equipment.

Wixon, Inc. completed a $25.6 million expansion of its Wixon West blending and flavor production facility in St. Francis, Wisconsin. The project more than tripled the facility's footprint to over 350,000 square feet and created 110 new jobs.

SunAura Machinery commissioned a 14-head multihead weigher with a nitrogen-flush flow wrapper for a frozen berry producer in northern Poland, replacing a manual weigh-and-pack station.

Mr Whippy has contracted Starfrost to install a Helix Spiral Cooling System at its new £15 million doughnut production facility in Sheffield, England. The system is now operational, supporting high-volume production of millions of doughnuts per week.

Starfrost's Helix Spiral Cooling System has cooled its first doughnuts at Mr Whippy's new £15 million Sheffield production facility, marking a milestone as the site moves towards full production. The system provides automated cooling for high-volume doughnut production.

Fortifi Food Processing Solutions acquired I.J. White Systems, a designer and builder of spiral cooling, freezing and conveying systems for the food industry. I.J. White designs and manufactures its products in Farmingdale, New York.

Spain-based MaserGrup acquired the contract manufacturing operations of North American firm Skjodt-Barrett, including a 50,000-square-metre facility in Lebanon, Indiana. The acquired business will be renamed SBFoods and operate under MaserGrup's baby-food arm Fruselva. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Roncadin is investing over €80 million to expand frozen pizza production at its Meduno, Italy factory and add a second line at its Chicago, US facility. The Meduno expansion will increase annual capacity from 120 million to 160 million pizzas by 2028, creating about 200 jobs.

Umios announced it will acquire High Liner Foods to build a consumer-driven value cycle in North America, connecting its marine resources with High Liner's processing and distribution.

Midera Food Processing acquired Phoenix Innovations to strengthen its ability to deliver complete processing lines for poultry clients.

Hormel Foods announced it will acquire Brakebush Brothers to advance its strategy of investing in growing protein categories and strengthen its foodservice platform.

GEA is adding about 70,000 square feet of office, manufacturing, research and industrial space at its Janesville campus in Wisconsin. The investment of about USD 25 million covers construction, machinery and equipment, with full operation scheduled for early 2028.

Hain Celestial announced it will sell its international business to a private equity firm for $323 million, with net proceeds used to reduce debt.

Fortifi acquired SEPAFood Solutions GmbH, which designs and manufactures separation technologies in Germany.

The Grote Company Family of Brands announced it will acquire Turatti Group, which specializes in food processing systems for fresh produce, fruits, prepared foods and convenience foods.

The Tofoo Co unveiled plans for a new production facility at Malton Enterprise Park in North Yorkshire, which will double its production capacity and provide 3.5-times the productive space. Construction began in September 2026, with completion expected in autumn 2027.

Actron Industries has installed a SIG Midi 12 aseptic filling line at its Calamba, Laguna plant in the Philippines, capable of filling up to 12,000 cartons per hour, with commercial production scheduled for Q2 2026.

FCH completed the acquisition of Axiflow Technologies, a maker of sanitary twin-screw pumps for food, beverage and pharmaceutical users. The deal is listed in the Q1 2026 pumps M&A roundup.

Tetra Pak broke ground on a new Product Development Center at its U.S. and Canada headquarters in Denton, Texas, with 12,000 sq ft for product development and 3,000 sq ft for a Customer Innovation Center. The facility is scheduled to open in Q1 2027 and create eight jobs.

Edible Garden AG is expanding its Zero-Waste Inspired platform with a ready-to-drink manufacturing hub at its Midwest facility of over 200,000 sq ft. It selected Tetra Pak for planning, installation and integration of proprietary processing and aseptic carton packaging, with an agreement to be executed on March 4, 2026.

FCH has completed its acquisition of Axiflow Technologies, a maker of sanitary twin-screw pumps for food, beverage and pharmaceutical customers. The deal extends FCH into twin-screw pumps.

Lee Li Holdings is investing $533 million in renovating and expanding its existing Mississauga, Ontario bottling plant and building a new 85,000 sq ft facility, expected to create 275 jobs with $90 million in provincial funding.

Sibeg, the Coca-Cola bottler in Sicily, selected Sidel to supply a complete aseptic PET production line with an 18,000 bph capacity at its Catania site. The line uses Sidel's Aseptic Combi Predis, EvoFilm Stretch and PalKombi machines.

Froxá plans to invest 32 million euros through 2028 to build a new factory in Vargas (Puente Viesgo), doubling production, with Cantabria regional government support of nearly 4 million euros. About 26 additional workers are planned by 2030.

Dover Corp's PSG has acquired IPP Pump Products GmbH, a Bersenbrück-based maker of hygienic lobe and progressive cavity pumps for food, pharma and biotech.

STM Group increased PINTA's beer canning capacity and automated its can line with a cartoner, supplying depalletiser, rinser, Microcan CL10 filler, labeller, case packer and integration with the glass-bottle line.

Luxlait has moved several dairy classics into Elopak Pure-Pak cartons after installing a new Shikoku S-PSF70UCe filling machine supplied by Elopak at its Roost plant in Luxembourg.

Krones is building the Bayreuther Brauhaus brewery near Bayreuth, Germany, with Steinecker brewhouse and cellar equipment and a complete returnable-glass bottling line of 40,000 bottles per hour. The brewery is designed for 500,000 hectolitres annual capacity.

Duravant LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pattyn Group BV, a Bruges-based designer and manufacturer of packaging automation systems for bag-in-box and other packaging applications. The deal value was not disclosed.

KHS installed an ultramodern non-returnable PET bottling line for Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited at its Willowvale industrial area plant in Harare, increasing production capacity by 300% over the replaced line. The line can produce and fill up to 36,000 containers per hour.

Filling and closing machine maker groninger USA will invest $15.1 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Charlotte's Steele Creek submarket, creating 60 new jobs.

Canadian beverage maker Cardiff Products Corp. will invest $99.6 million to open an aseptic co-packaging facility in the Saxe Gotha Industrial Park in Lexington County, South Carolina, creating 94 jobs.

Spain's Inoxpa Group officially opened its new Inoxpa India plant on a 32,000 square metre site in Khandala Taluka, south of Pune. The facility adds manufacturing, warehousing and office space.

The DUBAG-managed LEO III fund acquired Ampack GmbH and Osgood Industries from Syntegon, a CVC portfolio company. Ampack and Osgood make form, fill and seal machines for cups and bottles used in food packaging.

Paul Mueller Company announced a $20 million expansion of its Springfield, Missouri headquarters facilities, adding 100,000 square feet for production and R&D. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2024 and finish in fall 2025.

Tetra Pak signed agreements with Ektifa, the commercial arm of Sharjah's Department of Agriculture and Livestock, to install a Tetra Top filling line and provide utilities at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tetra Pak signed an agreement with Sharjah's Ektifa to install a Tetra Top filling line at the Meliha Dairy Factory in the UAE, worth USD 3.5 million for packaging. A separate USD 8 million utilities deal was also signed.

Sharjah Agricultural and Livestock Production (EKTFA) awarded Tetra Pak a contract to install a Tetra Top packaging line at the Mleiha Dairy Factory in Sharjah, UAE. The agreement was signed during a visit to Tetra Pak's facility in Lund, Sweden, reported on June 25, 2024.

SIG has signed a partnership to provide carton packs and filling services to Mupy, a Brazilian soy and fruit juice drink brand, via a copacker. Mupy aims to double turnover by 2025 and reported 115 million reais in revenue for 2023.

SIG is providing carton packs and filling services to Brazil-based soy and juice drink maker Mupy via a co-packer. The filling machines support Mupy's growth plans for soy and juice beverages.

MULTIVAC Group officially opened a new production and sales site in the Ghiloth industrial area near Delhi, India, with an investment of about nine million euros. About 60 people will initially be employed there.

TNA Solutions added a third Australian manufacturing site, its second in Sydney, in Wetherill Park to produce complete confectionery line systems for its global supply chain.

Beak & Johnston opened a new A$110 million pastry and ready-meal production facility in Arndell Park, Sydney, with capacity for up to one million meal solutions per week and 180 new jobs.

Meat processor MAP WA invested $35 million at its Bibra Lake facility in Western Australia, including $10 million construction and $25 million robotics and equipment, doubling capacity to 400,000 kg per week and adding Multivac thermoforming packaging technology.

Fortress Technology acquired Dynamic Inspection, a New Zealand manufacturer of in-line metal detectors, x-ray and checkweighing equipment, for an unspecified sum.

Belgian dairy Solarec is replacing its production lines with four SIG Midi 12 aseptic filling machines and packaging supplied by SIG. The first machine was installed in Q3 2023.

The Supervisory Board of GEA Group has appointed Bernd Brinker as interim Chief Financial Officer effective 16 October 2023, succeeding Marcus A. Ketter, who died on 6 August 2023. The appointment lasts one year.

AFRY has been awarded a turnkey contract to design, supply, install and commission a new CIP station at Tine's Brumunddal dairy in Ringsaker, Norway, to expand plant capacity. Completion is planned by the end of April 2025.