Phoenix Logistics, an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, obtained a contract to provide warehousing and transportation management for Pretium Packaging at the revitalized former Maytag plant in Herrin, Illinois.

Fava Artemio was commissioned by Serioplast to design and build a new bulk conveying system and Venturi pneumatic conveyor for PET and HDPE bottles at the L'Oréal plant in Settimo Torinese, Italy.

ComPETence Universal Dynamics, part of PiovanGroup, completed its move to a 10,000 square meter facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 2018, which also serves as PiovanGroup's North American headquarters and doubles production capacity.

Carlton & United Breweries has appointed BevChain, part of the Linfox group, to run warehousing and metropolitan delivery across its east coast operations at Truganina, Rosehill, Heathwood and Abbotsford. Transition to BevChain will happen site by site as existing arrangements expire.

South African packaging maker Corruseal Group has commissioned a new corrugated board plant in Cape Town, equipped with a 2.5m Fosber S/Line corrugator and converting and materials handling machinery. The article is dated 1 June 2018.

Patricia Industries agreed to acquire Piab from private equity firm EQT, as announced on 30 April 2018. The article gives no deal value or location details.

Panattoni Europe has been awarded a contract by Volkswagen Group to build a packaging centre for automotive parts at JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The five-hall facility will cover about 45,000 square metres on a 100,000 square metre site, with construction scheduled to begin in June 2018.

Walther Faltsysteme completed one of its largest logistics contracts, supplying recyclable plastic pallets with RFID chips to retailer Hofer in Austria, with pallets in circulation since the start of 2018.

Duravant LLC acquired US conveyor and integrated systems manufacturer QC Industries LLC, expanding its material handling portfolio in North America. The value was not disclosed.

WERIT Kunststoffwerke started production of EURO H1 plastic hygiene pallets at its Buchholz (Westerwald) site with a fully automated line, in an investment of undisclosed millions of euros. The article is dated 28 February 2018.

Auer Packaging won a European tender from Volkswagen AG for about one million RL-KLT plastic small load carriers, worth EUR 3 million. The containers will be delivered regularly from Amerang to VW suppliers across Europe.

Eurocrane received Stora Enso's 2016-2017 Excellent Supplier Award for supplying lifting cranes for Stora Enso's EUR 800 million Beihai, China plant, which started polyethylene coated paper production on December 19, 2017.

Longacre Group announced the acquisition of Pyroban and Pyropress, makers of explosion protection equipment, from Caterpillar Inc. Brian Quarendon joins as CEO to carry out the carve-out and drive growth.

Babcock DSG, part of Babcock International Group, placed a single-lot GBP 94,000 contract with Schoeller Allibert for the supply of tote boxes and lids, running from October 2017 to February 2018 in Telford.

CPM Holdings acquired Manchester-based Proline Engineering, a supplier of high-speed conveyance solutions and services for the metal packaging industry, which will join Greenbank Technology in CPM's metal packaging platform.

Wabtec subsidiary Faiveley Transport secured an approximately $100 million contract from Alstom and Bombardier Transportation to supply braking, doors, HVAC, pantographs and other systems for the first 71 double-decker trainsets for Paris RER lines D and E.

Finnish company K.Hartwall won a four-year product development tender from a UK parcel operator for a new parcel roll container. The first phase is valued at more than EUR 18 million and series production will take place at its Sipoo factory.

XPO Logistics signed a new multi-year contract expanding its decade-long relationship with Sealed Air, providing warehousing and logistics management from a 550,000 sq ft facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, with about 150 staff.

Warburg Pincus announced it will acquire Duravant, a packaging, food processing and material handling equipment maker, from Odyssey Investment Partners.

CHEP and IFCO, Brambles companies, renewed their supply agreements with Finnish retailer S Group, providing reusable pallets and foldable plastic food crates. IFCO will supply up to 20 million reusable food crates over five years.

Raymond announced an expansion of its Raymond Parts Division with more than 40,000 sq ft added to its distribution center on Kirkville Road in East Syracuse, New York.

The Raymond Corporation opened the RayBuilt Center of Excellence in East Syracuse, New York, to remanufacture Raymond forklifts and components, with over 40,000 sq ft for remanufacturing.

Rolls-Royce secured a contract from Brazilian ship owner CBO to fit a new hybrid dual draglink subsea crane, rated to 50 tonnes, onto the offshore vessel CBO Manoella during its retrofit. Delivery is scheduled for Q3 2017.

Elecon Engineering was awarded an order worth Rs 130 crore by Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited to install urea bagging and conveying systems. The work is expected to take about two years.

Dana Incorporated debuted off-highway drivetrain and power-transmission offerings at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, including a complete drive system for 55- to 110-ton cranes and new Brevini construction solutions.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Forklift, Engine and Turbocharger Holdings raised its stake in Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift to 51% and transferred its 65% UniCarriers stake to Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift, making UniCarriers wholly owned by that group.

Columbus McKinnon agreed to purchase STAHL CraneSystems, a manufacturer of explosion-protected hoists and crane components, from Konecranes, which is divesting it due to EU antitrust review of its Terex deal; the price was not disclosed in the text.

Bimba, a pneumatic and motion solutions company, has acquired Vaccon Company, a Massachusetts-based maker of vacuum pumps, vacuum cups and end-of-arm tools. Vaccon will keep operating from its current location under its existing management.

Sarens has acquired €63 million worth of self-propelled modular transporters from trailer manufacturer Kamag for use in Tengizchevroil's Future Growth Wellhead Pressure Management Project.