CANPACK, in partnership with Bavaria, announced a new aluminum beverage can plant in Malambo, Atlantico, Colombia, with an investment of 548 billion Colombian pesos. The plant is expected to be operational by 2027 and create about 150 direct jobs.

EPETWATER placed an initial multi-truckload order with Greene Concepts for gallon-sized private-label pet water products, to be produced at Greene's bottling facility in Marion, North Carolina. The order was announced on April 16, 2026.

Orange Co announced a significant capital investment in RWN Pump & Fabrication to modernize facilities, add automation and expand production lines. The amount was not disclosed.

Orange Co, a private investment firm, announced that Carl Jackson and Craig Kennedy joined the leadership team of RWN Pump & Fabrication, a pump manufacturer. The hires were announced on April 15, 2026.

Cashco, a portfolio company of May River Capital, has acquired 3B Controls, a UK manufacturer of pressure and vacuum relief valves and tank safety equipment, based in Widnes, England. The deal adds UK production and service capacity. No deal value was disclosed.

ESCO Technologies agreed to acquire the Megger Group business of TBG AG for total consideration of $2.35 billion, including $0.9 billion in cash and ESCO equity worth about $1.4 billion. Megger makes electric power test, monitoring and analytics equipment.

ANDRITZ secured a contract to supply ten pump turbines, motor-generators and related systems for Torrent Power's 3,000 MW Saidongar-1 Karjat pumped storage plant in Maharashtra, India, with the order valued in the low three-digit million euro range.

Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. acquired J&L Supply Co., an industrial air compressor distributor in Huntington, West Virginia, which will operate as a business unit within Dearing's Industrial Products Division.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions India announced a greenfield 50,000 sq m manufacturing, R&D and customer campus in Kaggalahalli, Bengaluru, expected to lift its production capacity by 30% upon completion in 2027.

Danfoss inaugurated an automated production line for large electronic expansion valves at its Wuqing plant in Tianjin on April 14, 2026, to serve Asia-Pacific and global customers.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer won a contract from KÖKSAN to supply a PET resin plant in Yumurtalik with 324,000 metric tons annual capacity, with start-up targeted for 2028.

Shanghai WUYUE Pump Valve Group confirmed shipment of two A28X-16T DN25 brass safety valves to a Saudi-based industrial operator for air compressor service, with a set pressure of 1.2 MPa.

Momentum Group acquired Actuated Solutions Limited (ASL), a UK manufacturer of valve actuation systems. Valve World reports the deal values ASL at £15 million.

Somnigroup International agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt in an all-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, with Leggett & Platt shareholders receiving 0.1455 Somnigroup shares per share. The deal is expected to close by year-end 2026, subject to approvals.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, part of the US Treasury, awarded Cadillac Products Packaging Company a contract for currency packaging film with a total value of $7,483,269.75. The award was published on 13 April 2026.

Juhe Yulong launched a new production line for stainless steel investment castings of valve bodies and pump housings, with annual capacity of 1,200 metric tons. The line cuts lead times for standard orders from twelve weeks to six.

First Group submitted a low bid for a downstream project in Kuwait for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company, as reported on 10 April 2026.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases was awarded a contract by EPC contractor Tecnicas Reunidas to supply 29 submerged motor pumps, 20 low-pressure and 9 high-pressure, for Hanseatic Energy Hub's LNG terminal in Stade. Delivery is scheduled for 2026 and operation is expected in 2029.

Driveline Solutions, part of Axel Johnson International, acquired Flowfit, a Ludlow-based UK distributor and manufacturer of hydraulic components and systems. Flowfit has a sales office in Wellingborough and 42 employees.

Medline International Italy SRL was awarded a tender for heavy-duty nonwoven wrapping sheets (TNT) in the Pesaro e Urbino area, with a contract value of EUR 102,960. The award dates from 12 February 2026 and the notice was published on 10 April 2026.

Aalberts sold BROEN A/S, a Danish valve manufacturer with about 500 employees and plants in Denmark, Poland and the United States, to Vexve Oy, a DevCo Partners portfolio company.

An affiliate of CD&R completed its acquisition of Sealed Air, which is now privately held and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The deal has an enterprise value of $10.3 billion, with about $6.3 billion paid to shareholders.

Kingswood Capital Management completed the acquisition of Coveris' paper business unit, which will now operate as Paranova Print and Packaging in the United Kingdom.

CFF Fluid Control secured a purchase order worth about Rs 78.74 crore from the Indian Navy's NHQ Directorate of Procurement for equipment across multiple Navy programmes, to be executed by April 2027.

Shandong Furuida Biotech published results of its 2026-2028 tender for binary bag-valve packaging containers, naming Shanghai Haipeng Packaging Materials as a winning supplier.

AxFlow Oceania bought a majority stake in Dowdens Group in Queensland, Australia; the existing owners remain as shareholders.

Borouge and Borealis combined into Borouge International, which is acquiring NOVA Chemicals, with OMV and XRG each holding 50 percent. The new company is headquartered in Austria with regional headquarters in the UAE.

Valmet inaugurated a new flow control service center and manufacturing unit in Sydney, Australia, offering valve and pump services, spare parts and local assembly for process industries.

Cold Corr of Monterey, a new corrugated sheet producer linked to Cumberland Container, ordered Interpac's patented cold corrugator, the first such order in the United States and third worldwide.

WIKA inaugurated a new industrial plant in Boituva, São Paulo state, with an investment of R$100 million, expanding its instrumentation production capacity in Brazil.

Baker Hughes received an order from San Matias Pipeline S.A. for three NovaLT16 gas turbines with centrifugal compressors, plus services, for a compressor station near Allen in Río Negro province, Argentina.

Triton Valves Limited secured a multi-year contract to supply tyre pressure monitoring system valves to Aumovio Germany GmbH, with roughly 47 million units planned for 2027-2031 and about INR 112 crore (~$13.5M) in revenue from the first five years.

AxFlow Oceania has partnered with management to acquire a majority stake in Dowdens Group, a Queensland fluid handling provider founded in 1973. The deal is AxFlow's largest investment in Oceania to date.

Neway Flow Control has broken ground on Phase II of its high-end industrial valve project in Suzhou High-Tech Zone. Covering 30,600 square meters, the smart factory is expected to output over 56,000 units of valves, actuators and automation equipment per year.

Saica Flex Deeside has announced a £2.2 million (€2.5 million) investment in a fully automatic coating machine at its Deeside site. The coater offers about four times the previous coating capacity and enables linerless label products.

Swiss company Perlen Industrieholding has secured exclusive rights to produce Pulpex's fiber-based paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and southern Germany. Perlen is evaluating an industrial implementation, with production potentially starting in 2027.

Hunan Guosen Gas Compressor Machinery is building phase two of a project in Taoyuan County, Changde, Hunan, with a CNY 320 million investment to raise annual compressor output from 30,000 to 50,000 units, with construction scheduled from Q4 2025 to Q2 2027.

Midland acquired Wetoska Packaging Distributors to expand its end-to-end packaging and supply chain solutions, strengthening its food sector capabilities through combined distribution footprints.

East India Drums and Barrels Manufacturing received a Letter of Acceptance worth ₹18.2 million from Indian Oil Corporation to supply drums and barrels for its storage and transportation needs.

AGI Greenpac is building a greenfield glass plant in Madhya Pradesh with a Rs 700 crore outlay, expected to raise production capacity by 25% and become operational by March 2027.

AGI Greenpac announced a Rs 470 million investment to modernize and revamp its existing glass manufacturing facilities to raise capacity, with the work targeted for completion by March 2026.

Jain Irrigation Systems won a ₹135 crore order from MSEDCL to supply, install and commission 5,438 off-grid DC solar pumping systems in drought-prone districts of Maharashtra, under the PM-KUSUM scheme. Completion is planned within 6 to 12 months.

Rajshree Polypack Ltd, an Indian rigid packaging manufacturer, has won an order worth INR 47.6 million for customised sustainable packaging solutions from an unnamed client.

Sealmatic India won an order from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited to supply 96 supercritical mechanical seals for Boiler Feed Pumps and Turbine Pumps at the DVC Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station Phase-II, a 2x660 MW project.

Antalis announced the acquisition of Hein Verpackungen, a Lauterhofen, Germany maker of corrugated cardboard packaging and POS displays with around EUR 8 million turnover in 2025, to expand its European packaging portfolio.

Perlen Industrieholding AG secured exclusive rights to manufacture Pulpex's patented paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Southern Germany, with a production decision expected after evaluation, potentially from 2027.

Iron-Tech, a Polish-owned CNC machining company, announced a nearly EUR 6.5 million capacity expansion and energy efficiency investment at its Szigetvár site in Hungary, adding a hydraulic pump component production line and six jobs.

Fluiconnecto UK Ltd, part of the Manuli Ryco group's Service Division, acquired the whole business of Hydraulink Limited, a 24/7 on-site mobile hose replacement provider in Scotland. The deal includes its customer base, operating assets and a trade counter in Glasgow.

Kirovsky Kompressor, a subsidiary of PAO Kirovsky Zavod Mayak, is starting construction in April 2026 of a new workshop for welding and galvanic coating. The site will bring component production in-house and is targeted to reach serial compressor output by mid-2027.

Armstrong Fluid Technology appointed Danilo Elez as its new Chief Executive Officer in 2026.