Butterfly Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sayreville, New Jersey-based Sabert, a plastic, paper and molded-fiber food packaging maker with 13 manufacturing facilities, for undisclosed terms.

ALPLA opened a new packaging plant in Adana, Türkiye, on 14 September 2026, covering about 20,000 square metres for PET preforms and HDPE and PP packaging. It is part of Turkish investments totalling about EUR 30 million.

Ball Corporation's Indian subsidiary Ball Beverage Packaging India has selected land at the IMLC in Meerut and proposed an investment of ₹2,913 crore for a large aluminium beverage can manufacturing facility. The company has been extended state incentives.

Boca Raton-based New Water Capital acquired LidWorks, a family-owned maker of custom food and beverage lids in Plant City, Florida, and plans plastic packaging add-ons.

PPC Flex announced the acquisition of Koen Pack, a Netherlands-based designer and manufacturer of floral packaging based in Amstelveen. The companies combine more than 30 years of experience in the floral industry.

Plumbing and heating distributor Ferguson Enterprises completed its $1.6 billion acquisition of Houston-based FloWorks from Wynnchurch Capital. FloWorks is an industrial distributor of valves and flow control solutions with over 60 locations in the US and Canada.

NIBCO has completed its acquisition of UniTorq Actuators and Controls, a Lawrenceville, Georgia maker of pneumatic and electric valve actuators, adding actuation and controls to its valve portfolio.

EXXE & CO has opened a new packaging facility in Miren, Slovenia, on a 6,000 m² site with designed capacity of about 60,000 tonnes per year, with first deliveries to retail chains scheduled.

The European Commission approved, under its simplified procedure, the combination of Portobello Capital's Caiba and Cobega's Nosoplas plastics businesses into a single PET packaging company.

Sukano AG signed a capacity reservation agreement with Avantium for releaf PEF polymer, securing future production volumes from industrial-scale facilities built by Avantium's potential licensing partners.

Valmet has been selected by Metsä Group to supply a 3D Fiber molded fiber production line for its Äänekoski mill in Finland. Start-up is scheduled for 2028.

Ampo Poyam Valves was selected to supply 180 large gate valves, including 148 cryogenic gate valves, for Aramco's Riyas NGL Fractionation Trains project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Técnicas Reunidas is the EPC contractor.

Clivet S.p.A. has opened a new 14,000 square metre plant in Feltre for heat pump production, with a total investment of 24 million euros. At full capacity it will produce 8,800 units per year.

OTC Industrial Technologies acquired Global Energy Solutions, LLC, a regional distributor and repairer of industrial electric motors, controls, pumps, gearboxes and switchgear. Jones Day advised on the deal.

Ferguson completed its acquisition of FWI Holdings (FloWorks), an industrial distributor of valves and flow control solutions, from Wynnchurch Capital. The deal closed on August 31, 2026.

Crown Holdings' Brazilian unit Crown Embalagens will invest about BRL 500 million (USD 97 million) to expand its beverage can plant in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. A commitment agreement with the municipality was signed on 1 September 2026, and more than 300 jobs are expected.

Tranter inaugurated a new 5,000-metric-ton press at its Vänersborg site in Sweden to expand heat exchanger plate production. The press is part of a wider investment including a new factory, service center and offices.

Graco Inc. completed its acquisition of Valco Melton, a provider of adhesive application and quality assurance systems, for $447 million in cash. Valco Melton will join Graco's Industrial segment.

Velan shipped a valve package of more than 1,000 valves to Preem's Lysekil refinery in Sweden for the Hydrothermal Cleanup Unit, which supports renewable diesel and SAF production. The order covers gate, globe and check valves in several materials.

M+S Hydraulik AD signed a construction contract on 8 August 2024 for a new hydraulic motor factory in Kazanlak, with the main contractor Baraj Group chosen after a tender worth nearly 23 million BGN. The company plans 45 million BGN investment over three years and 121 new jobs.

展寄包装（宜昌）有限公司 won a competitive consultation tender from 湖北宏裕新型包材股份有限公司 to supply 200,000 standard three-layer corrugated cartons in Yichang, Hubei, for a total of 1,104,000 CNY.

UMW Holdings Bhd entered into a Letter of Intent with Komatsu Ltd to establish a joint venture company for the heavy equipment business, with UMW Corp Sdn Bhd holding 74% and Komatsu 26%. The JV aims to boost sales in Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.

Valmet will supply a 3D Fiber moulded fibre production line for Metsä Group's mill in Äänekoski, Finland, with nominal output above 100 million items a year and start-up planned for 2028.

Valmet announced an order from Metsä Group for a 3D Fiber molded fiber packaging line to be installed beside the Muoto demo plant in Äänekoski, Finland, with start-up planned for 2028. Contract value was not disclosed.

Burckhardt Compression received two orders from EPC firms to deliver six process gas compressor packages and services for three projects at Petrobras' Boaventura Energy Complex in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro.

Smurfit Westrock has completed a €54 million expansion at its Ibi facility in Alicante, Spain, doubling Bag-in-Box production capacity to meet European demand. The site has received €90 million in capital over the last decade.

Burckhardt Compression received two orders for six PL2 compressor packages and related services for Petrobras's Boaventura energy complex in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro. The orders came from EPC contractors running three parallel projects at the site.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Turbomachinery signed an MOU with Pohang city and Gyeongbuk province to invest 100 billion won through 2029 in a new plant at Yeongilman 4 industrial complex producing eco-friendly turbomachinery and SMR equipment. About 100 jobs are expected to be created.

MAHLE started e-compressor production at its Coimbatore plant in India with a EUR 7.0 million investment, creating around 50 jobs. At full capacity the line can produce more than 300,000 e-compressors per year.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs awarded BREEWORLD LLC a contract worth $4,589,781.30 to supply styrofoam shipping coolers for temperature-sensitive medications at the Lancaster CMOP in Texas. The award date was 26 August 2026.

Mangrove Equity Partners has acquired Cascon Pumps and Chamberlain Machine, which together form Cascon-Chamberlain, a maker of custom precision pumps. The company operates a 50,000 sq ft plant in Walpole, New Hampshire.

The European Commission has cleared Saica's takeover of Thimm, whose operations span Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. Saica is starting integration following the approval.

Private Assets SE & Co. KGaA is bundling its Kiel industrial holdings Kieler Maschinenwerke and Pro-Valve under the newly founded Kiel Power Systems SE. The company makes large engine components for data centre, energy and marine customers.

Shandong Furuida Biotech and Mingren Furuida ran a tender for corrugated shipping and pharmaceutical packaging boxes, with several Shandong paper and packaging firms recommended as winning bidders. The notice was published on 26 August 2026.

Airpress is expanding its plant in Tarnów Podgórny near Poznań to increase screw compressor production, with an investment of over 30 million PLN. The works are staged so production continues, and completion is planned for late 2027.

Mayr-Melnhof is advancing its packaging production expansion at a Romanian plant, which is on schedule. Commercial production is set to start in October 2026, and the project is part of its Food & Premium Packaging division.

Korea Precision Machinery has signed a contract worth KRW 7,800,390,000 (USD 5.65 million) to supply CNC VTL (vertical turning lathes) to TEI, a Turkish aerospace and defense engine parts manufacturer. The contract runs from August 25, 2026 to July 3, 2027.

ITM Polska, on behalf of its purchasing group with Auchan Polska, has launched an open tender to select packaging suppliers for 299 product items. Deliveries will go to central warehouses and over 500 stores across Poland. Submission deadline is September 21, 2026.

Danish packaging group Westpack, owned by Adelis, is acquiring London-based premium packaging provider Wrapology from Waterland-backed Carton Group. Wrapology operates across Europe and Asia, including Hong Kong and China. The announcement is dated August 25, 2026.

Indorama Ventures' Indovida unit, Suntory, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Iwatani formed a partnership bringing Flake-to-Preform direct recycling technology to Thailand through a joint venture. The venture is expected to produce preforms equivalent to about 400 million bottles annually, supplied to Suntory PepsiCo from 2028.

Westerman will invest $45 million to establish a new nuclear manufacturing operation in Hebron, Ohio, primarily supporting the expansion of Centrus Energy's American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon. The project will create 135 jobs.

Westerman will invest $6.5 million to increase production at its Bremen, Ohio headquarters for energy customers, creating 210 jobs. The announcement was made on August 24, 2026.

Metso signed an agreement to acquire peristaltic hose pump and progressive cavity pump technologies, with aftermarket parts and service capabilities, from Valmet. The transaction value is undisclosed and closing is expected on October 1, 2026.

Cromwell Polythene Ltd was awarded a £68,000 contract by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council for recyclable liners for food waste kitchen caddies. The award date is 23 August 2026.

CSSC 711 Research Institute won the bid to supply oil-free screw compressors for the Baleine Phase III FPSO offshore Côte d'Ivoire. Wison Clean Energy is the EPCIC general contractor for the project.

Uniflow Controls is investing ₹50 crore (about $5 million) in a new Industry 4.0 control-valve plant at Ambernath near Mumbai. Annual capacity is to rise from 8,000 to 40,000–50,000 units.

Uniflow Controls Private Limited has committed multi-crore capital to a new Industry 4.0 manufacturing facility in Maharashtra to double control valve output. The amount was not specified in the article.

Valmet inaugurated a manufacturing unit in Vespasiano, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which it says will triple its filtration solutions production capacity for mining. The unit was presented ahead of Exposibram 2026.

Atlas Copco broke ground on a new Dalian factory in the Jinpu New Area, with about RMB 150 million investment on roughly 40,000 m2 of land. Completion is scheduled for late July 2027.

Mitsubishi Electric announced it will spend $1.4 billion to acquire PCI Energy Solutions, whose platform manages about 60% of U.S. power generation. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026.