Astara Capital Partners led a continuation vehicle for Garlock Flexibles and the simultaneous merger of C-P Flexible Packaging, combined in October 2025 into a North American flexible packaging maker with 10 plants in the US and Canada. The combined company is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.

Swedish industrial group Dacke Industri has acquired Rotork Midland Ltd, renamed Midland Flow Ltd, and Italian business Rotork Instruments from Rotork Plc. Midland Flow makes solenoid valves, actuators and control systems, with about 44 employees and turnover of about £7.5 million.

The Shaw Group has been awarded a module fabrication package by Sundt for Green Bay Packaging's Project PowerPack at its kraft linerboard mill in Morrilton, Arkansas. Shaw will fabricate and deliver 38 modules.

Mondi has completed a three-year €1.2 billion investment programme across corrugated and flexible packaging in Europe. Key assets include a kraft paper machine adding about 210,000 tonnes a year at Štětí, Czech Republic, and box-plant upgrades in Poland.

Omnitech Engineering has secured a contract worth about ₹920 crore from Weatherford Products GmbH under a Master Purchase Agreement spanning five years. The annual consideration is approximately USD 20.1 million plus GST.

A planned UK government tender covers spares, repairs, technical support and post-design services for submarine valves and actuators, with estimated value of £65 million excluding VAT. Contract dates are estimated from October 2027 to September 2029, with a possible extension to 2031.

Vivid Laminating Technologies completed installation of two 3.2-metre Veloblade Nexus cutting systems and two Easymount Hybrid laminators for Global Experience Specialists at its French facility, in March 2026.

EnSilica was awarded a fully funded three-month feasibility study by a U.S. healthcare technology company to develop a wireless biosensing and therapeutic controller ASIC, valued at about US$200,000.

EnSilica secured a design implementation and manufacturing contract with a UK life-sciences technology company for a next-generation chip, with initial value of about US$1.6 million and revenue starting in FY 2027.

Van Genechten Packaging invested €10 million in its subsidiary VG Kvadra Pak JSC to expand its folding carton plant in Riga, Latvia, which was officially inaugurated on March 10, 2026.

DS Smith plans upgrades at its Bredasten packaging facility in Värnamo, Sweden, including a 3,000 square metre expansion. Warehouse activities currently in Malmö will move to the expanded site.

DS Smith is investing up to DKK 100 million (about EUR 13.4 million) to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a Göpfert rotary die-cutting line with flexographic printing. The company expects capacity to rise by up to 15 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

Identiv signed a multi-year exclusive agreement to develop and manufacture next-generation BLE smart labels in millions of units for IFCO's reusable packaging network of over 400 million containers.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a five-year IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $654 million to process aluminum plate for multiple Lockheed Martin defense platforms, including the F-35, from January 2027 through December 2028.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a multi-year contract by the US Department of Homeland Security worth up to $2.24 billion to supply and logistically support steel bollards and plates for the Southwest border wall, running through December 2028.

Mondi has completed a three-year €1.2 billion capex programme to expand capacity at its corrugated and flexible packaging mills and converting plants, including a new paper machine at Štětí, Czech Republic.

Schrader Camargo is part of the consortium building Canpack and partner Bavaria's new aluminum packaging plant in Malambo, Atlántico, Colombia, a COP 548 billion investment expected to be fully operational in 2027.

Packaging businesses Hazel 4D, Acopia's transit packaging division and Kwikpac have combined to form Orkka Limited, offering consultancy, consumables, machinery and operational support across the UK, Europe and the US. BDO's M&A team advised on the deal.

Distribution Solutions Group acquired Eastern Valve & Control Specialties Ltd., an industrial valve and instrumentation distributor in Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada, with annual revenue of about CAD 17 million. The deal expands its Source Atlantic Mobile Valve platform.

Amcor invested in a new production line at its Amcor Flexibles site in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, adding nearly 7,000 square meters for high-barrier recycle-ready films. The expansion includes a quality control lab and an automated warehouse.

Ahlsell Sverige signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Richard Magnusson AB (RIMA), a Gothenburg gasket supplier with about SEK 37 million turnover and eleven employees. The deal strengthens Ahlsell's flow technology offering and is expected to close in March 2026.

GKT delivered a package of high-quality high-pressure plant components for BHDT GmbH, a Kapfenberg-based maker of equipment for urea and LDPE plants. The parts were manufactured at GKT sites in Gloggnitz and Attnang-Puchheim, Austria.

Woodward, Inc. agreed to acquire Jet Research Development, Inc. (Valve Research & Manufacturing Company), a Florida-based maker of high-precision aerospace flow control valves with about 130 employees. The deal adds solenoid, check and relief valves to Woodward's aerospace controls portfolio.

Mondi is expanding its long-term collaboration to supply ProVantage SmartKraft Brown containerboard to Pacapime Hungary, which runs a 42,000 m² corrugated box facility in Mórahalom, Hungary.

Ringmetall SE agreed to acquire Makplast Makine Plastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., an Istanbul-based maker of liners for industrial food and beverage packaging, via a share deal. The purchase price was not disclosed and the company has about 45 employees.

Smurfit Westrock completed an asset purchase of Cartomanabí, a Montecristi, Ecuador corrugated packaging company with annual capacity of over 50,000 tons.

MCE Holdings Bhd's subsidiary Multi-Code Electronics Industries secured contracts worth RM10.2 million to supply various mechanical parts for new Perodua car models. Supply is expected to commence in Q1 FY2022 and last six years.

West Packaging inaugurated its new Seville plant in the La Isla industrial estate in Dos Hermanas after investing over €20 million, with plans to grow staff from about 50 to 80 and create 120 jobs.

AMPO SERVICE has supplied MRO valves, including large sour-service ball valves and gate valves, to Saudi Aramco for refinery and pipeline maintenance and upgrade projects.

Oatly announced a multi-year $16 million investment in its Landskrona, Sweden production plant, raising capacity from 150 to 200 million liters per year within the same footprint.

Cascades has invested $6.9 million in its Kingsey Falls, Quebec uncoated recycled boxboard plant to increase equipment production capacity and improve sheet quality for food packaging.

Panam Valves will supply its instrumentation fittings products to R&G Fluid Power Group, a UK group of hydraulics and industrial businesses, under a new strategic partnership announced March 5, 2026.

Aggarwal Packers was named winner of an annual rate contract for supply of corrugated boxes to the Vita Milk Plant Ambala of Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, with a 365-day period of work. The tender was published by the Haryana Board Corporation portal on March 5, 2026.

Pactiv Evergreen announced it will acquire privately held Novolex Holdings for approximately $7.3 billion, paid with $4.85 billion in cash and about $2.45 billion in Pactiv stock. The Reynolds Group-backed deal would create a North American foodservice packaging leader with over $11 billion in combined revenue.

SLB signed two five-year contracts with Petroleum Development Oman to supply wellheads and artificial lift equipment for Block 6, Oman's largest oil and gas concession. SLB will also support local gate valve manufacturing within six months of commencement.

Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc. completed its acquisition of ProFab Corporation, a Lubbock, Texas stainless and carbon steel fabricator serving pump manufacturers. The deal expands Custom Pipe's pump fabrication and machining capacity.

2PointZero Group completed its acquisition of a 60.8% majority stake in ISEM Packaging Group, a European packaging group serving beauty, fashion, luxury and nutraceuticals, for AED 704 million (about EUR 164.7 million). Peninsula Capital and minority investors retain 39.2%.

Edible Garden AG is expanding its Zero-Waste Inspired platform with a ready-to-drink manufacturing hub at its Midwest facility of over 200,000 sq ft. It selected Tetra Pak for planning, installation and integration of proprietary processing and aseptic carton packaging, with an agreement to be executed on March 4, 2026.

DS Smith is investing up to €13.4 million to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a flexographic rotary die-cutting line to expand capacity for automation-ready packaging.

SLB signed two five-year contracts with Petroleum Development Oman to supply wellheads and artificial lift equipment, including ESPs and PCPs, for Block 6, with local production of wellheads and gate valves in Oman.

Cemex has agreed to acquire Omega Products International, which generates approximately US$23m in EBITDA annually and operates four production plants in California, Nevada and Colorado.

Canada-based Dainty Foods will open a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Batavia Township, Ohio, in 2027, with a total investment of $150 million over five years and about 240 jobs at full buildout.

Petrotec has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract in Qatar to design, supply, test and commission multiple oil-free rotary screw instrument air compressor and dryer packages for industrial energy facilities.

STOK Group has agreed to acquire packaging company KD Emballage, with completion expected before the end of April 2026. Deal value was not disclosed.

China Merchants Heavy Industry contracted TMC Compressors to supply complete marine compressed air systems for up to six LNG dual-fuel 22,000 TEU containerships being built at its Haimen shipyard, with deliveries in 2028 and 2029. Value was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Group acquired Cypress Equipment Rental, a portable compressor distributor in Louisiana with about $17.6 million in 2025 revenue, to strengthen its Power Technique portable air business; the purchase price was not disclosed.

Rolls-Royce plc bought the rotating compression equipment interests of Cooper Energy Services, part of Cooper Cameron Corporation, based in Mount Vernon, Ohio, for $180 million, gaining full control of the Cooper Rolls joint venture.

Eco Guardian received $1.5 million from the Ontario government's AMIC program to expand its Aurora, Ontario manufacturing operations for paper-based foodservice packaging, with capacity of 2 billion cups and containers annually and up to 40 new jobs.

ITT Inc. closed its acquisition of SPX FLOW, a provider of mixing, blending, fluid handling and separation equipment, for a total consideration of $4.775 billion announced in December 2025.

PumpMan Holdings, a platform of Soundcore Capital Partners, acquired pump service provider W.C. Weil Company of Allison Park, Pennsylvania, with the deal closing on August 25, 2017.