AMPO POYAM VALVES has won a cryogenic valve contract from NZT.

Members of the VDMA Valves Association elected Lubert Winnecken, CEO of KEUCO GmbH & Co. KG, as chairman at a general meeting in Cologne, succeeding Axel Weidner of Mankenberg GmbH.

The board of Işbir Sentetik Dokuma decided on September 22, 2026 to merge with its 100% subsidiary İnter Tekstil Ambalaj by takeover under the simplified procedure, using financial statements as of July 31, 2026.

Ampo Poyam Valves won a contract to supply cryogenic gate, globe and check valves for the Power, Capture and Compression project of Net Zero Teesside in north-east England, with first deliveries due September 2026.

Platinum Equity is in advanced talks to acquire Dutch metal packaging maker Trivium Packaging for USD 3.5 billion from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Ardagh Group, with a final agreement expected within weeks.

Hydro-Aire Aerospace Corp., doing business as Crane Aerospace & Electronics of Elyria, Ohio, was awarded a maximum $11,841,845 firm-fixed-price sole-source contract for J85 rotary pumps by the Defense Logistics Agency, with performance through Oct. 31, 2030.

After its acquisition by Svanehoj, KOHO Kompressorsysteme appointed Jens Wulff as Managing Director of KOHO and Head of Compressors at Svanehoj.

Atlas Copco has acquired an Irish distributor of liquid, gas and air filtration, separation and purification solutions. The deal was reported on September 18, 2026.

Pratt (4.0 Corrugating), LLC, a subsidiary of Pratt Corrugated Holdings and part of Atlanta-based Pratt Industries, will establish its first Iowa manufacturing facility in Bondurant, approved for state tax credits. Investment and job figures were not included in the article excerpt.

Accu-Mold LLC plans to construct a 53,000-square-foot addition to its Ankeny plant to increase production of precision micro injection molded components. The $33.25 million investment is expected to create 150 jobs, supported by $1.08 million in state tax credits.

Summit Products plans to add 30,080 square feet to its existing Altoona facility with robotics, automation, laser work center and metal panel bending equipment. The $5.73 million investment is expected to create 21 jobs, supported by $193,000 in state tax credits.

ATEV Fehérjefeldolgozó awarded a framework agreement for BIG-BAG sacks to Somló-Zsák Kender-Juta Kft. and LC Packaging TPI Kft. for HUF 265,440,000. The award decision was made on 11 August 2026 and published on TED on 18 September 2026.

AMPO POYAM VALVES has opened a valve manufacturing facility in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

Latvijas valsts meži awarded Stora Enso Packaging a supply contract for waterproof corrugated cardboard boxes used to store and transport forest seedlings, worth EUR 641,410. The award decision was dated 24 August 2026 and published on TED on 17 September 2026.

AMPO opened AMPO Kazakhstan, a valve manufacturing, repair and field-service plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, occupying a 2,600 sqm workshop with a training center. The facility is designed to ramp up production progressively.

Nemera inaugurated Hall 3, a 7,200 sqm production building at its Ponts-et-Marais site in Normandy, France. It adds capacity for the SP9 pump and enables consolidation of SP2 production at Le Tréport, creating up to 100 jobs.

Société Marocaine des Manufactures de Mohammedia, controlled by Mediterrania Capital Partners, has notified Morocco's Competition Council of a proposed takeover of Alma Pack and Le Carton. No deal value or completion timetable has been disclosed, and third-party comments are due by 28 September 2026.

Seki's board approved a JPY 4.3 billion (USD 27.3 million) water-based flexographic printing and converting plant in Toon, Ehime Prefecture, producing food bags and beverage labels. Construction is set to start in February 2027 with operations from April 2028.

Rengo's joint venture Thai Containers Group has approved an investment project to acquire 90% of Jin Zhong Fa Paper Industrial, a corrugated packaging manufacturer with one plant in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The deal brings Rengo's Thai corrugated plant count to 16.

SCG Packaging has completed the acquisition of a 90% stake in Jin Zhong Fa Paper Industrial, a corrugated containers producer in Chonburi, Thailand, for Baht 68 million. The deal adds 28,000 tonnes of annual capacity and will be consolidated from October 2026.

The Crest Group has acquired Dukane to promote its next period of growth.

Flux Steel Works unveiled plans to renovate and re-equip a former ATI steel plant in Ohio to produce grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) for power transformers. The announcement was made on September 16, 2026.

Atlas Copco has broken ground on a 355,000-square-foot North American Service Center in Lancaster County, South Carolina, for warehousing and distributing compressed air equipment, industrial tools and spare parts. Operations are expected to begin in June 2027.

UFlex is preparing to start commercial production by the end of 2026 at a new US$126 million, 30-acre aseptic packaging plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, with annual capacity of 12 billion packs. The plant will be Asepto's second manufacturing base after India.

Vallourec was awarded a major contract by Subsea7 to supply about 130 km of carbon steel line pipe, over 15,000 tons, plus thermal insulation coating for Petrobras' Sepia 2 pre-salt project in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

UFlex has commissioned its first overseas woven polypropylene bags plant in Altamira, Mexico, with an investment of about USD 52 million. The 10-acre facility strengthens its manufacturing presence in the Americas.

Tecumseh do Brasil will invest R$80 million to start production of its VR3 refrigeration compressor in São Carlos, São Paulo, with R$64 million for capacity and R$16 million for R&D and line adaptation. First deliveries are planned for the second half of 2026.

Patels Airtemp India received a fixed-price order worth $23,663,860 (about ₹226 crore) from Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Nigeria for air-cooled heat exchangers. Execution is planned over 12 months.

Symphony Environmental Technologies delivered its first commercial container-load of d2p EA masterbatch to Sirane Central Americana in Mexico. The delivery follows new independent ethylene-adsorption test results from AIMPLAS.

SIG's board approved a further EUR 50 million for a local extrusion line in India, expected to be operational by 2027.

SIG opened its first aseptic carton plant in India, a EUR 90 million facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, built in 20 months with initial capacity of up to 4 billion packs a year and more than 300 jobs.

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

Crane Company agreed to acquire the U.S. pump business of Trillium Flow Technologies, which serves municipal water and wastewater markets, for about $240 million. Closing is expected in Q4 2026.

Baker Hughes received a significant award from Venture Global for a modular liquefaction package with cold boxes tied to the expansion of the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana.

Baker Hughes booked an order from Venture Global to supply 13 gas compression systems powered by Frame 5/2E turbines for the Cloud Connector Pipeline feeding the Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana. It is the second such order for the project.

Envipco signed an agreement with Ahold Delhaize to supply 600 reverse vending machines to Mega Image and Profi in Romania. Deliveries start in the last quarter of 2026 and are expected to finish by early 2028.

DrinkPAK Beverage completed its Fort Worth facility, a 1.4 million sq ft plant built by ARCO for the fast-growing contract manufacturer. The completion was reported on September 11, 2026.

Smurfit Westrock's Parenco mill in the Netherlands has received an environmental permit to expand production and potentially switch to recycled corrugated case material. The report gives no capacity or investment figures.

Nikkiso's Clean Energy and Industrial Gases group won a contract from EPC lead CS Gas North to supply 16 submerged motor pumps for the German LNG Terminal at Brunsbuettel, due to start operating in 2027. It follows an earlier order of about 30 pumps for the Hanseatic Energy Hub in Stade.

Russian beverage producer Bochkari completed the purchase of 100% of two Russian aluminium can companies from Tapon France and Canpack S.A., which operate can plants in Volokolamsk and Novocherkassk. The assets now sit under a new entity called Dom Pak.

Indian packaging maker Canpac Trends ordered another Rapida 106 seven-colour sheetfed offset press from Koenig & Bauer for its Tirupur plant, its tenth Rapida in ten years. The order was sealed via distributor Indo Polygraph Machinery.

Novelis, a Hindalco subsidiary, is building a 600 KT greenfield aluminium rolling and recycling plant at Bay Minette, Alabama, now expected to cost around $5 billion. About two-thirds of output is to serve North American beverage packaging, under long-term customer contracts.

ZF Wind Power will expand wind turbine gearbox manufacturing at its Coimbatore plant from 12 GW to 15 GW, investing almost ₹250 crore. The additional facilities are expected to be commissioned by June 2027.

Crown Holdings broke ground on its first greenfield aluminium beverage can plant in India at the IMLC, Unnao, with an investment of ₹2,078.44 crore. The facility is expected to create more than 200 direct jobs.

Baoyi Group won PipeChina's 2026 annual safety valve centralized procurement project with the top comprehensive ranking, with a winning bid of RMB 2.5677 million including 13% VAT.

Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial portion of Goodwin plc's Mechanical Engineering Division, including Goodwin Steel Castings, Goodwin International, Noreva, Easat and the Pump Division, for up to about £1.1 billion in cash. Closing is expected in Q1 2027.

Fuxing Development Group is expanding output of PP corrugated plastic boxes, fish totes and harvest bins at its Davao and Manila plants to serve North American produce and seafood buyers. The move follows the 2026 US AD/CVD case on boxes from China and Vietnam.

Scientex agreed to acquire a 42.41% stake in Daibochi through a share swap valued at RM222.5 million, with a mandatory general offer for the remaining stake under consideration.

SPG has acquired DFW Crating & Packaging, a crating and packaging company, as reported on September 10, 2026.

Smurfit Westrock has invested R$1 billion in Brazil over the past two years for capacity expansion, automation, artificial intelligence and packaging solutions.