Indorama Ventures, Suntory Holdings, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Iwatani will develop commercial-scale circular PET packaging in Thailand via the Indovida venture, using flake-to-preform recycling technology. Output is expected to be about 400 million bottles' worth of preforms a year from 2028.

BAOYI Group ranked first in PipeChina's 2026 centralized procurement for safety valves and won the project with a bid value of RMB 2.5677 million including 13% VAT.

IDB Invest approved a financing package of up to $60 million for Interpack S.A., a Grupo HZ company, to build and equip a new corrugated cardboard packaging plant in Pilar, Buenos Aires Province. The package includes a senior loan and a B loan.

HarperLove, a portfolio company of HBM Holdings, acquired the corrugated products business of ChromaScape (formerly CEL Chemical), which makes adhesives and additives for corrugated packaging. Terms were not disclosed.

Ideal Can has commissioned a fourth production line at its Saint-Apollinaire plant in Quebec, raising annual capacity from 350 million to 470 million cans, supported by a C$1.5 million contribution from CED.

ESKA Valve plans a €30 million investment at its 30,000-square-metre Sakarya facilities to increase smart ultrasonic natural gas meter production capacity over two years, creating 100 jobs.

Paranova Print and Packaging plans to invest £20m over five years to expand its fibre-based packaging operations, including a £6m facility and £14m on equipment and automated logistics.

Molded fiber food packaging maker Cirkla will invest $5 million in a new manufacturing facility in the Gainesville 85 Business Park in Hall County, Georgia, expected to create around 140 jobs over three years.

DRC Industries is investing about $4 million to establish operations in an existing facility in Columbus, Mississippi, expected to create 50 jobs with state tax incentives.

Faller Packaging has agreed to buy Paperpack, a Greek provider of pharmaceutical packaging, expanding its presence in South-Eastern Europe. Financial terms are undisclosed and the deal is subject to regulatory approvals.

John Crane, a Smiths Group business, renewed a six-year Managed Reliability Program covering 1,833 pumps at a major refinery in Bahrain, including seal repair and digital monitoring.

Smurfit Westrock plans to invest R$128 million to expand its industrial unit in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, creating 12 direct and 50 indirect jobs. The project is at an early study stage and was approved by the municipal economic development council.

MM Board & Paper signed an agreement to acquire the operating business of the R.D.M. Arnsberg recycled cartonboard mill in Germany via an asset deal, with about 230,000 tonnes annual capacity. The price was not disclosed and closing is expected in Q4 2026.

Hyundai Heavy Industries has awarded TMC Compressors a contract to supply marine compressed air systems for two 100,000 cubic metre VLECs being built for MISC. Delivery is scheduled by the end of 2028. TMC has not disclosed the contract value.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG has agreed to acquire the R.D.M. Arnsberg recycled fibre-based cartonboard mill from Reno De Medici S.p.A. The article says the agreement is dated 17 August 2026, while the article is dated 16 August 2026. Completion is expected in Q4 2026, subject to antitrust approval.

Franklin Electric has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Challenge Pumps Holdings, a Perth-based maker of underground mine dewatering solutions, for $181 million. The article header gives the date as 29 October 2026, which is later than the article's listing date.

NUZHUO's new factories in Fuyang and Tonglu, Hangzhou, are nearing completion, with PSA oxygen/nitrogen, booster and pressure vessel production moving into them. The relocation is described as the company's largest capacity upgrade to date. The report is dated 15 August 2026.

Dover signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leistung Engineering of Ahmedabad, India, a maker of cryogenic valves for LNG and industrial gas, which will join OPW Fluid Transfer Solutions. Closing is expected in Q4; terms were not disclosed.

Western Steel plans a processing and fabrication facility in Fernley, Nevada, as part of state-approved projects announced on 14 August 2026. Investment and job figures for this project were not included in the article excerpt.

Buckeye Corrugated Inc. plans to establish and expand corrugated packaging manufacturing in northern Nevada, with $12.76 million in capital investment and 27 near-term jobs. Nevada approved $1.57 million in tax abatements for the project. The approvals were announced on 14 August 2026.

ALPLA Inc. plans to establish a plastic bottle manufacturing facility in Clark County, Nevada, with $8.01 million in capital investment and 51 near-term jobs. Nevada's governor's office approved $818,718 in tax abatements for the project. The approvals were announced on 14 August 2026.

BP has awarded Emerson a multi-million-dollar contract to supply DeltaV control and safety systems for the Shah Deniz Compression offshore platform in the Caspian Sea, which is part of a $2.9 billion project. The contract value was not disclosed. The announcement was made on 14 August 2026.

Ringmetall SE is acquiring a 75.1% majority stake in Tesseraux SA, a Cape Town bag-in-box producer into which Vinbag operations are contributed, with a call option on the remaining 24.9%. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Hunan Houhong Packaging ranked first in the re-tendered outsourcing contract for wooden strip boxes for Guangxi Zhenlong Printing and Packaging for 2026-2029. The annual volume covers about 10.6 million boxes for the Haiyun line plus smaller lines.

Hanwha Power is set to supply four 2-megawatt air-cooled instrument air compressors for a Saudi Aramco gas plant project, according to a Korea Economic Daily report. The contract value was not disclosed.

Emerson has received a multi-million-dollar contract from bp to deliver integrated control and safety systems for the Shah Deniz Compression project in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan. The platform is scheduled to start up in 2029.

Packaging maker Ondupack will invest more than EUR 3.6 million to expand its Almendralejo plant in Extremadura, Spain, creating 15 jobs with a EUR 905,791.50 government incentive. The announcement was made on 13 August 2026.

The European Commission approved the combination of EPL and Indovida India, a $2 billion packaging deal in which Indorama Ventures will hold a 51.8 per cent stake in the combined business. The commission found no competition concerns under its simplified review.

Oswal Pumps received a Letter of Award from North Bihar Power Distribution Company (NBPDCL) to design, supply and install 20 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar across 18,089 consumer sites in the Darbhanga Circle, worth about Rs 78 crore including GST.

Hanwha Power won an order to supply four 2-megawatt instrument air compressors to a major Aramco gas project in Saudi Arabia. The deal supports the company's push into the Middle East.

Halton Wales, part of Halton Group, was awarded a contract by Axima UK to supply high-integrity HVAC dampers from its Ebbw Vale facility for the Sizewell C nuclear project in the UK. The contract is valued at several tens of millions of euros.

Warburg Pincus agreed to acquire Sundyne, a Colorado-based maker of centrifugal pumps and compressors, from Accudyne Industries, owned by BC Partners and The Carlyle Group. The article is dated January 7, 2020; the deal value was not stated.

UFP Packaging announced a new manufacturing facility in Cherokee County, South Carolina, with a $5.31 million investment in property, machinery and equipment to expand custom crate manufacturing. The project is expected to create 136 jobs over five years.

AxFlow Norway acquired Tromek Service AS, a provider of installation, maintenance and repair services for water and wastewater infrastructure in the Trondheim region.

VPK Group is investing €4m in a brand-new manufacturing facility of nearly 6,000 sqm in Salonta, Bihor County, Romania, to produce corrugated packaging, cardboard tubes, cores and edge protectors for VPK Packaging Romania and Corex Romania.

UAB Baltic valves technologies, a Kaunas-based SME, was awarded a EUR 3,000,000 contract to supply stop valves and components to UAB Ignitis grupės paslaugų centras in Lithuania. The award decision was dated 23 June 2026 and the notice was published on 12 August 2026.

ITL Group has agreed to acquire Rudholm Group, a packaging, labels and trims business, and Bamatex, a Sweden-based producer of heat transfers, woven labels and embroidery. Rudholm's founder and CEO will reinvest in the combined group.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Deutschland is investing 45 million euros in a new canning line at its Halle plant, with a Krones filler capable of up to 120,000 cans per hour. The line is scheduled for commissioning in November 2026 and will create 25 new jobs.

Smurfit Westrock is building a corrugated packaging plant in Cajeme, Sonora, with an initial investment of 1,138 million Mexican pesos and more than 2,800 direct and indirect jobs. The company will supply packaging to Constellation Brands, with first products due in December 2026.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract by Azule Energy to supply flexible flowlines and risers for the West Hub Tails extension of the Agogo development, connecting to the Agogo FPSO. The award will be booked in the third quarter of 2026.

Xylem has agreed to acquire the Cornell Pump and Roper Pump businesses from Indicor for $1.46 billion, adding slurry, solids-handling and self-priming pumps. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Baker Hughes will supply 17 deepwater horizontal subsea trees and related control and monitoring systems for the Geng North and Gehem fields in the Kutei North Hub offshore East Kalimantan. The contract was reported on 11 August 2026.

Brazilian aluminum maker Wyda Packaging USA plans to boost output at its Charlotte facility, which could create at least 40 jobs. The plan was reported on 11 August 2026.

Cullman-based Rusken Packaging has acquired Triad Packaging, an independent corrugated converter in Athens, Alabama, expanding its network to over 18 facilities in nine states. The deal was reported on 11 August 2026.

Baker Hughes will supply 17 deepwater horizontal subsea trees, manifolds and control systems for the Geng North and Gehem gas fields offshore Indonesia, with manufacturing in Batam. The award was announced on 10 August 2026.

Amberjack Capital Partners completed its acquisition of PMV Automation, a valve positioner and automation products maker, from Flowserve, with industry veterans Joseph Jobe and Micah Floyd leading the company post-closing.

AMPO POYAM Valves won an order to supply 180 large-bore gate valves, including cryogenic types, for Saudi Aramco's Riyas NGL fractionation project in Jubail, with Técnicas Reunidas as EPC contractor.

KSB announced a 20% capacity expansion at its Shirwal plant in Satara, Maharashtra, through a new manufacturing shed on adjacent land, costing INR 400 million and funded from internal accruals. Completion is expected by 2027.

Hanon Systems secured C$10 million in government support from Canada for its electric compressor plant and R&D center in Vaughan, Ontario, within a total project valued at C$198.75 million. The plant targets up to 1.5 million compressors a year by 2034.

Pregis acquired MP Global Packaging, a division of MP Global Products, to scale its paper-based cold chain business. MP operates two plants in New Albany, Indiana, and Norfolk, Nebraska, employing around 110 people.