CATL and Advanced Intelligent Maintenance Systems (AIMS) registered a joint venture, AIMS CATL Intelligent Manufacturing (Ningde) Co., Ltd., with registered capital of 40 million yuan, focused on intelligent manufacturing equipment, industrial robots, and smart material handling vehicles.

Shafer Services Plus announced a merger with Steve's Plumbing, creating one of the largest HVAC and plumbing companies in San Antonio. Steve's Plumbing founder Robi Jalnos will retire after a three-year transition.

CORE Industrial Partners acquired Incodema, a precision sheet metal engineering provider, and Newcut, a photo chemical etching manufacturer, forming Incodema Holdings. The acquisitions were announced on July 29, 2020.

Itema Group, through its subsidiary Itema Tech s.r.l., has finalized the acquisition of PTMT (formerly Panter), a company in business lease since April 2019, to expand its product portfolio in technical textiles.

SergeFerrari Group SA acquired 100% of the shares of coated fabrics producer Verseidag-Indutex GmbH from Jagenberg AG. The acquisition strengthens SergeFerrari's position in flexible composite materials for tensile architecture and modular structures.

Waterland Private Equity is acquiring all shares of folding carton producer Leupold and its subsidiary Schneller, based in Schwabach, Germany, as part of a family succession plan. The deal is subject to German competition approval and terms were not disclosed.

Italian pump maker Bertolini Pumps acquired German sprayer component maker altek GmbH, with all employees retained and managing director Thomas Schwert continuing. The acquisition was announced on 29 July 2020.

Lumson, a cosmetic packaging maker, agreed to acquire packaging company Pibiplast from private equity firm Ambienta for €350 million. The deal creates a large European packaging group.

Zebra Technologies announced its acquisition of Reflexis Systems for $575 million, combining workforce and task management capabilities.

Micro-LAM, Inc. announced it was acquired by IDEX Corporation on August 1, 2025. The deal marks a new chapter for the advanced manufacturing company based in Portage, Michigan.

PPG Industries merged its chlor-alkali division with Georgia Gulf to form Axiall Corporation, a deal valued at $2.1 billion. The new company has approximately $5 billion in revenues and 6,400 employees.

BASF and Shell Chemicals have agreed to sell their 50-50 joint venture Basell, a leading polyolefins manufacturer, to a consortium led by Access Industries and The Chatterjee Group for €4.4 billion including debt.

Southwire Company, LLC has acquired Madison Electric Products LLC, a manufacturer of electrical components and accessories based in Solon, Ohio. The acquisition includes a headquarters in Solon and a warehouse in Duluth, Georgia, and adds 34 employees to Southwire.

Kadant Inc. completed the acquisition of Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd., an industrial automation and controls provider based in British Columbia, Canada, on July 28, 2020.

Madison Dearborn Partners funds agreed to acquire IPL Plastics Inc. from shareholders including CDPQ for approximately CAD 550 million on 28 July 2020. CDPQ will keep a minority stake of about 24.9%.

S H Kelkar and Company Limited and its subsidiary Keva Italy Srl completed the acquisition of 100% of Creative Flavours & Fragrances Spa from Redifin S.p.A and Walvek Srl for €28 million.

Mondi Paper Bags acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs in Egypt, increasing capacity by 60-80 million bags annually. Mondi also became exclusive supplier of paper bags to both companies.

Arlington Plating Company announced a new partnership/acquisition with Midwestern Rust Proof and Enameled Steel, forming a group with over 200,000 sq ft of metal finishing production space.

Halquist Stone Company acquired BrickCraft LLC, a subsidiary of Visser Brothers Construction. Halquist Stone plans to invest in a new 7,200 sq ft building and equipment upgrades.

Dakota Supply Group acquired Honold & La Page Inc. in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in an asset purchase.

The SEER Group LLC announced its acquisition of Nolan Heating & Air, which will be a subsidiary of Mike's Mechanical Services LLC.

Haemonetics agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Inlog Holdings France, which develops blood bank and hospital software, to French private equity firm Abénex.

Grand Pharma's subsidiary agreed to acquire Nanjing Kainite Medical Technology through a series of capital subscriptions and share purchases totaling CNY 29.4 million, with an additional CNY 100 million capital injection into a fund, to build a pan-interventional diagnosis and treatment platform.

Fibocom, through its joint venture Rolling Wireless, agreed to acquire Sierra Wireless's automotive embedded module product line. The acquisition will be funded by Fibocom and three investment institutions.

Arkema, parent company of Bostik, announced the proposed acquisition of Fixatti, a specialist in high-performance thermobonding adhesive powders. The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2020, subject to antitrust approval.

France's Snetor Group acquired plastics distributor Gazechim Plastics, with the deal signed on 27 July 2020 and creating a group with about 300 staff and EUR 1.2 billion in consolidated revenue.

Summit Interconnect, backed by HCI Equity Partners, acquired Integrated Technology Ltd. (ITL Circuits) on July 24, 2020. ITL Circuits is a PCB manufacturer based in Toronto, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed.

GGI Motors, owned by Alter Trading Corp's owner Bob Ellis, acquired American Industrial Motor Service (AIMS) in Milwaukee, an industrial motor repair company. All 27 employees were retained.

Vilex completed the acquisition of DT MedTech, manufacturer of the Hintermann Series System Total Ankle Replacement. DT MedTech will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Vilex, gaining the Hintermann H3 and H2 total ankle systems.

Faurecia will purchase a 50% stake in Beijing BAI DAS Automotive System Co., Ltd. from DAS Corporation to form a 50-50 joint venture with BAIC, providing seat assembly, frames, foams and headrests for BAIC Hyundai and BAIC-owned brands.

French authorities selected Liberty Steel to acquire the Hayange rail mill and the Ascoval steelmaking plant in Saint-Saulve, France. The acquisition is subject to government approval of sale conditions.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission opened an investigation into Beijer Ref AB's 2018 acquisition of Heatcraft New Zealand Limited and its 2019 acquisition (via subsidiary Kirby NZ Limited) of a 'grandparented' right to import hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) into New Zealand. The investigation will consider whether competition was substantially lessened.

China National Building Material (CNBM) signed a letter of intent to sell certain cement business assets to its subsidiary Tianshan Cement, with consideration in Tianshan Cement shares and/or cash. The assets include stakes in several cement companies.

Versalis, the chemical company of Eni, signed the closing to acquire a 40% stake in Finproject from VEI Capital. The deal creates an Italian entity in the supply chain of polymers for special applications.

Electro-Mechanical, LLC acquired Powercon Corporation, a Maryland-based manufacturer of medium-voltage switchgear and modular power systems, on October 24, 2025. The deal expands its utility, data-center and critical infrastructure offering nationwide.

Global, The Source (Vladmir Ltd.) acquired American Radionic Co. Inc. (AmRad Engineering), a film capacitor manufacturer, effective July 1, 2020. Terms were not disclosed.

Artio Medical, Inc. acquired Flow Forward Medical, Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger that closed on June 8, 2020. Flow Forward develops venous dilation technology for hemodialysis patients.

AEM Group acquired DB Design, a supplier of technology solutions to semiconductor, solar, automation, automotive, and medical industries, on July 23, 2020. Terms were not disclosed.

Massman Companies, a packaging machinery leader, has acquired ADCO, a privately held company based in Sanger, California. No financial details were disclosed.

AkzoNobel acquired Stahl's powder activities, including UV and thermally curing powders technology.

Neste sold its entire shareholding in Nynas to Bitumina, a global bitumen company.

Arkema announced that Bostik will acquire Ideal Work, an Italian company specialized in decorative flooring technologies, with annual sales of around €10 million.

Hexion Inc. entered a definitive agreement to sell its phenolic specialty resins, hexamine, and forest products resins businesses to Black Diamond and Investindustrial for approximately $425 million, including 11 manufacturing facilities.

Covestro signed an agreement to acquire the Resins and Functional Materials business of Royal DSM for approximately €1.6 billion (~$1.9 billion).

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. closed the sale of its maleic anhydride business and manufacturing facility in Neal, West Virginia, to AOC Materials LLC for $100 million.

Elite Logistics Australia has acquired CS Logistic Solutions' Truganina site, consisting of 23,225 sqm of warehouse space, to strengthen retail logistics capability.

Harrington Industrial Plastics completed its acquisition of Aetna Plastics, a Cleveland, Ohio distributor of plastics and process piping systems, in partnership with Aetna management. Aetna's president Gary Davis is joining Harrington.

Replacement Parts Inc. (Parts Warehouse Inc.) announced plans to merge with Distributors Warehouse Inc. The deal will combine their operations across 12 US states.

ARCH Global Precision acquired Cling's Aerospace, an Arizona manufacturer of machined parts and assemblies for aerospace and defense industries.

The Kendall Group acquired Forberg Scientific, combining process control and measurement industry leaders with valve automation and engineering services.