Lion Equity Partners acquired Global Compression Services, a Midland, Texas provider of OEM and aftermarket parts for reciprocating natural gas engines and compressors. The seller was Warren Equipment Company and no financial terms were disclosed.

Irish water pumping group EPS Group announced the acquisition of Robert Craig & Sons of Lisburn, a 140-year-old engineering firm specialising in niche industrial pumps and fuel pumping equipment.

Fort Smith, Arkansas corrugated packaging maker Corrugated Specialties was acquired by its president Marcus Slavens, who takes over as chairman and CEO from Paul Henson. The sale was announced on 8 January 2025.

Ringmetall SE agreed with the owner family to acquire all shares of Hutek Oy of Nastola, Finland, a producer of bag-in-box packaging, effective 8 January 2025. Hutek generated revenue of about EUR 4 million last year.

WPIL Limited's European subsidiary Gruppo Aturia has acquired 100% of MISA S.R.L, an Italian maker of large pumping stations, pumps and hydro turbines, to expand in Europe and North Africa. The deal is dated January 7, 2025 and its value was not disclosed.

Southern Graphic Systems, LLC agreed to acquire Schawk, Inc. from Matthews International for total upfront consideration of $350 million, including $250 million in cash, with Matthews taking a 40% stake in the new entity. The deal is expected to close in mid-2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

GD Energy Products (GDEP) has integrated ValTek, a hydraulic fracturing pump, parts and consumables manufacturer, into its portfolio to broaden its product and service offering. The article is dated January 7, 2025 and gives no deal value.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Trident Pneumatics, a Coimbatore, India maker of compressed air dryers, filters and on-site gas generators. Trident has 113 employees and about INR 1 billion in annual revenue.

Indeed Oilfield Supply, a Houston-based distributor of pressure control equipment, has acquired AWC Frac Valves, a Conroe, Texas manufacturer of API 6A frac valves, from Pelican Energy Partners. The business will operate as AWC Indeed.

RMB Corvest and Dlondlobala Capital concluded a management buyout of Nampak Liquid Cartons, Nampak Zambia and Nampak Malawi, which will be held in the newly formed Diversified Liquid Packaging Group.

Cameron and CNPC agreed to establish a joint venture to manufacture pipeline ball valves, mainly for CNPC's pipeline build-out across China over the coming decade.

Amcor completed the sale of its 50% interest in the joint venture Bericap North America for $122 million, with proceeds used to reduce debt.

Sulzer acquired Davies and Mills, a Bahrain-based electromechanical services provider, expanding its presence in the Middle East in Q1 2025.

DXP Enterprises acquired Arroyo Process Equipment, a Florida-headquartered distributor of pumps and process equipment, in Q1 2025.

PSG, an operating company of Dover Corporation, acquired Cryogenic Machinery Corp (Cryo-Mach), a US maker of cryogenic centrifugal pumps and mechanical seals, in Q1 2025.

Svanehøj acquired the Netherlands-based European Pump Services BV, which integrates and services pump solutions for industrial, offshore and maritime sectors, in Q1 2025.

Danish motor solutions company Hoyer acquired NowiTek, an automation developer of SCADA platforms and PLC programming, in Q1 2025.

DESMI has announced the acquisition of Nordan Marine A/S, a Danish provider of pumps and service and repair solutions for cargo and fuel handling systems on LPG, LNG and alternative-fuel vessels. The deal strengthens DESMI's gas cargo and fuel pump portfolio.

In January 2025 TricorBraun reached an agreement to acquire family-owned Euroglas in Germany and Glaspack in Austria, suppliers of rigid packaging to the European market.

Tencarva Machinery Co. acquired Detroit Pump & Mfg. Co., a Warren, Michigan distributor of pumps and fluid handling equipment, expanding its reach into the Upper Midwest. Detroit Pump will retain its management team and terms were not disclosed.

Leesona, a subsidiary of Lohia Corp, acquired JJ Jenkins in the United States in 2024. No financial details were disclosed.

Lohia Corp acquired OMGM Extrusiontechnik S.R.L. in Italy in 2024 to add monofilament extrusion lines to its product portfolio. No financial details were disclosed.

Skarpenord AS and Xtronica AS formed a new joint venture, Skarpenord Xtronica Pte Ltd, in Singapore to combine valve control and automation technologies for maritime and offshore clients across Asia-Pacific.

Norwegian turnkey rotating equipment specialist Delta-p merged with Haakon Larsen and Greenerway to form Shift Energy Holding, with Delta-p shareholders taking a 50% stake; EY advised.

ARI-Armaturen Albert Richter announced the acquisition of Warren Controls, Inc., a control valve company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to expand its presence in the USA.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton agreed to sell 100% of TANN Group, a tipping paper producer with seven sites and about 730 employees, to Evergreen Hill Enterprise for an enterprise value of EUR 360 million. Closing is expected in Q1 2025.

Berry Global has acquired CMG Plastics, a maker of injection- and blow-molded rigid plastic packaging with production sites in Somerville, New Jersey and Brantford, Ontario and over 170 staff. CMG says the deal expands its resources and capabilities.

Dutch company Nova Paper, affiliated with Turkey's Eren Holdings, acquired 100% of Wolverhampton-based Onboard Corrugated from Klingele Paper and Packaging Group and Paul Jundu. Onboard is completing a second BHS corrugator that will raise capacity to 250 million square metres a year.

McLaren Packaging is forming a 50/50 joint venture called McLaren Corrugate Limited with VPK Packaging UK & Ireland, combining its Port Glasgow corrugate plant with VPK's East Kilbride site to serve the Scottish corrugated market.

Italian food packaging maker Carton Pack, controlled by UK private equity firm A&M Capital Europe, has taken majority control of Fimat, a Boffalora sopra Ticino (Milan) company specialised in printing and carton packaging production technologies. The report was published on 18 December 2024.

Per sources cited by PE Hub, private equity firm May River Capital plans to launch a sale of wastewater pump manufacturer Industrial Flow Solutions in early 2025, with Baird as sell-side adviser. No deal value has been confirmed.

Spanish carton printing group Alzamora has acquired Offset Print & Packaging of Aylesford, near Maidstone, UK. The combined businesses will have 300 staff. The deal value was not disclosed.

Ball Corporation has acquired European impact extruder Alucan for €82 million ($88 million). The deal includes Alucan's plants in Linars del Vallés, Spain and Lummen, Belgium, expanding Ball's capacity for aerosol cans and impact-extruded bottles.

Sumitomo Corporation, through subsidiary Aver Asia (S) Pte Ltd, acquired 100% of PT Resource Equipment Indonesia, a rental and sales provider of large pumps for Indonesian mining sites. The deal enters Sumitomo into the mining pump market in Indonesia.

Findos, through German vehicle Valeria Gmbh, acquired a 70% majority stake in Brescia-based Omb Saleri, which makes LPG, methane and hydrogen valves for automotive use. Dea Capital sold its 30% stake and the Saleri family sold a 40% stake; founder Paride Saleri keeps a 30% stake and runs the company.

DexKo Global, through its AL-KO subsidiary, acquired Cerma Srl, a family-owned Italian maker of high-precision hydraulic valves and manifolds. Financial terms were not disclosed.

French pressure-control group IMF International acquired ADES Technologies, a company founded in 1948 that serves rail, nuclear and defense markets and has about 52% of its revenue from exports. The combined group has about EUR 20 million in revenue and 70 employees.

Inteplast Group, described as North America's largest film and sheet maker, acquired CoolSeal, a maker of polypropylene corrugated sheet and boxes.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire the rigid-containers business of Veritiv, strengthening its North American reach. Deal value and closing details are not stated in the article excerpt.

Milton Industries announced its acquisition of GoatThroat Pumps, a US maker of precision-engineered fluid and chemical handling pumps. GoatThroat's president Nancy Westcott joins Milton.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation of Japan acquired Indian company Adept Fluidyne Pvt. Ltd., as announced by Yokogawa India Limited. The deal value was not disclosed.

Sonoco announced the closing of its acquisition of Eviosys, a European metal packaging manufacturer, from KPS Capital Partners.

Homburger Maschinenbau GmbH of Markdorf announced it is taking over the production of Richter Pumpen, a maker of membrane compressors and vacuum pumps based in Sauldorf-Rast, Germany, announced on 5 December 2024.

Deleum Berhad's subsidiary Deleum Services signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 70% stake in PT OSA Industries Indonesia, a valve supplier and maintenance service provider in Indonesia, for USD 7 million on 5 December 2024.

Italian pump manufacturer Udor has acquired 85% of the capital of Hughes Pumps Limited, which makes high and very high pressure pumps and water jetting equipment at a West Sussex facility.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Metalplan Equipamentos LTDA, a Brazilian manufacturer of screw compressors and air treatment equipment with 90 employees in São Paulo state. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Momentum Group, through subsidiary Momentum Industrial, signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Indoma AB, a Jönköping-based supplier of industrial components. Indoma will run as an independent subsidiary under its current management.

Finland's Vexve Group is acquiring Denmark's Frese A/S, a valve manufacturer based in Slagelse, after 80 years of Frese family ownership. René Barington will remain CEO and operations in Denmark will stay intact.

Arkema, through Bostik, finalized the acquisition of Dow's flexible packaging laminating adhesives business, which has around US$250 million in annual sales and five production sites in Italy, the United States and Mexico. The enterprise value is US$150 million.

Italian plastic packaging company Capardoni completed its merger with Capsol at the end of 2024, creating a group with more than EUR 50 million turnover and three production sites in Lombardy. The merger was reported in July 2025.