Zhuiyue Hongzhi, ultimately owned by Dreame founder Yu Hao, agreed to buy a 29.9% stake from China Food Packaging for CNY 1.243 billion and launched a partial tender offer for about 25% more at CNY 4.45 per share, potentially giving it up to 54.9% of metal can maker Jiamei Packaging.

Belrise Industries signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Plasan Sasa on 22 December 2025 to manufacture and co-develop ATEMM (All-Terrain Electric Mission Module) systems for the Indian military.

Saipem, with partner COOEC, won the EPCI contract for the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Compression Project (NFPS COMP 5) from QatarEnergy LNG, worth about $4 billion overall with Saipem's share around $3.1 billion, over roughly five years.

Bluewater agreed to sell Severn, a British valve manufacturer with about 1,000 staff and 20 locations, to Finland-listed Valmet in a transaction valued at $480 million, expected to close in Q2 2026.

A consortium led by Coastal Contracts' Mexican JV Coastoil Dynamic signed a RM4.64 billion contract with Pemex for EPC work on a 150 mmscfd gas sweetening plant and a 900 mmscfd separation plant at the Ixachi Field. Commissioning of the plant is planned for Q4 2026.

Rubix UK Ltd was awarded Lot 1 (valves and fittings) of the Centre for Process Innovation's engineering spares framework, worth GBP 500,000 excluding VAT, for contract dates from 22 December 2025 to 21 December 2029.

Baker Hughes secured a multi-year contract from Kuwait Oil Company to supply electrical submersible pumps with installation, monitoring and maintenance services for Kuwait's oil fields. The systems will integrate Baker Hughes' FusionPro and Leucipa solutions.

GE Vernova T&D India won a contract from AESL Projects for a 2,500 MW, ±500 kV HVDC terminal station to evacuate renewable power from Khavda to South Olpad, with value undisclosed and estimated by brokers at Rs 7,500-8,000 crore.

Greene Tweed reported successful testing of a composite closed impeller for large centrifugal hydrogen compressors, reaching a tip speed of 688 m/s, nearly double that of metallic impellers.

Italian SACMI, through SACMI Packaging & Chocolate, acquired a 65% majority stake in France's Groupe Emballage Technologies, which owns Etpack, Sermatec and Pactisoud. The deal was made official on 19 December 2025.

Cepack Group, part of Egypt's HSA Group, signed an agreement with BHS Germany to install a new corrugated cardboard production line, expected to raise its production capacity by around 70%. No timeline or investment value was disclosed.

TRICOR Packaging & Logistics built a heavy-duty corrugated board plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with an investment of about EUR 170 million, funded by parent Rengo. The plant began operations in July 2025 with planned output of 140,000 tonnes per year and more than 200 jobs.

DSG has acquired Peoria Pump, a wholesale distributor of pumps, pipe and geothermal supplies founded in 1947 with branches in Peoria and Rockford, Illinois. The business will operate as Peoria Pump: A DSG Company.

Korean cosmetic glass container ODM SMCG signed a strategic business agreement with Berlin-based skincare company YEPODA GmbH to design and supply more new product containers and other cosmetic packaging. SMCG is also expanding production to serve more than 20 new clients.

Jiangsu Jiangheng Valve Co.'s third factory, phase 3 of its project, is nearing full completion, with a planned capacity of 180,000 high-end valve sets a year. The plant will add about 200 jobs and install over 400 automated devices.

Pioneer Pump, a division of Franklin Electric, has acquired Ipswich water treatment firm Geoquip Water Solutions and fittings maker Hydrodif Products for an undisclosed sum. The deal was completed on December 17 and the 17 employees of the two firms joined the new owners.

APackaging Group broke ground on a $25 million, 300,000-square-foot packaging manufacturing facility on a 35-acre site in the Enterprise Industrial Park in Defiance, Ohio, built by Rupp Rosebrock Inc., with $12.5 million in production technology.

Baker Hughes has secured a major multi-year contract from Kuwait Oil Company to supply electrical submersible pumps and related installation, surveillance, maintenance and optimisation services for Kuwait's oil and gas fields. The award was announced on December 17, 2025.

Soteria Flexibles, a US flexible packaging maker, agreed to acquire all shares of Montreal-based film and packaging manufacturer Imaflex for CAD 2.35 per share in cash, a total equity value of about CAD 123 million. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Daihen plans a new single-storey factory of about 6,000 square metres at its Mie Works in Taki, Mie Prefecture, with a total investment of roughly ¥10 billion. Phase 1 is due to finish in fiscal 2027 and phase 2 in fiscal 2029.

Packaging Corporation of America will permanently shut down the W2 paper machine and kraft pulp lines at its Wallula, Washington containerboard plant, cutting about 200 jobs and reducing annual capacity by about 250,000 tonnes. Measures are to be completed by the end of Q1 2026, with pre-tax charges of about USD 205 million.

New Zealand-based WML Paperboard acquired Tahoe Paperboard Transpacific, a US paperboard converter and distributor in Woodland, California, operating a 60,000 square foot facility with two precision sheeters. The deal was announced on December 17, 2025.

Mecco Group's subsidiary Shanghai Mecco Valve Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 17, 2025 for a RMB 1 billion high-end intelligent valve factory at Lijing Industrial Park. The plant is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026 and is expected to produce 20,000 control valves and 80,000 high-end process valves annually.

Suzhou Zhuyue Hongzhi Technology Partnership, controlled by Dreame founder Yu Hao, agreed to buy a 29.9% stake in listed metal packaging maker Jiamei Packaging from China Food Packaging via share transfer and a partial tender offer, for about 2.282 billion yuan in total. The announcement was made on December 16, 2025.

Axium Packaging celebrated the opening of a 227,000-square-foot plastic packaging plant in Brampton, Ontario, its third Ontario location. The facility uses more than 45 packaging equipment lines and 10 plastic resin silos. The article is dated December 16, 2025.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, a global rigid packaging supplier, acquired Siena Plastics LLC, a manufacturer of small high-performance containers. The deal was reported by law firm Michael Best on December 16, 2025.

Loop and Ester Industries' joint venture ELITe awarded Toyo Engineering India a detailed engineering contract for the Infinite Loop India PET resin plant, designed to produce over 70,000 tonnes of PET resin annually.

Vosair Compressortechniek acquired 100% of the shares of Hidding Air Power Systems B.V. of Emmen, a compressed-air systems specialist, strengthening its position in northern Netherlands.

Nexus Packaging plans a second expansion phase at its Glasgow blow moulding facility, adding 1,858 sq m of storage and four new machines, with completion expected in 2027.

Swiss pump maker Hidrostal and Latvian mobile pump manufacturer Aeonpump agreed to cooperate in a new unit focused on mobile pump solutions.

Lee Li Holdings is investing $533 million in renovating and expanding its existing Mississauga, Ontario bottling plant and building a new 85,000 sq ft facility, expected to create 275 jobs with $90 million in provincial funding.

Daihen will build a new factory within its Mie works in Taki, Mie Prefecture, to double production capacity for large transformers by FY2029, with total investment of about 10 billion yen.

Aran USA is spending $4 million to expand its Greer, South Carolina facility by about 16,000 square feet, doubling production lines and capacity and creating 18 jobs over two years. Construction has begun for the aseptic liquid packaging plant.

Smurfit Westrock is investing over R$205 million in its Pirapetinga (R$80 million) and Uberaba (R$127 million) plants in Minas Gerais to install new printing machines. The equipment is expected to raise conversion capacity by 18% and begin operating during 2026.

Dräger UK won a six-figure contract from an unnamed major North Sea operator to supply gas detection and monitoring solutions for an offshore oil and gas asset, to be rolled out next year. It is the fourth large-scale multi-gas monitor changeout Dräger has delivered for this client.

Falu Energi & Vatten awarded a contract for a 2.4-2.6 MW liquid-cooled compressor chiller for district cooling production in Falun, Sweden, to five winners including Carrier and Johnson Controls. The total awarded value is 27,477,904 SEK, about 2.5 million EUR.

Valpres S.r.l., part of Bonomi Group, is investing in a new machining center with vise, a welding system and a sandblasting system to expand capacity and improve processes for standard and custom industrial valves. The investment is co-funded by the Lombardy regional programme under the European Regional Development Fund.

Jinzhou Beiteng Pump Manufacturing plans a new production line for 2,000 high-efficiency energy-saving pumps per year in Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning, with total investment of about 37.88 million yuan. The project is at the approval stage with construction planned for Q2 to Q4 2026.

Amcor's former Berry Global packaging operations won a contract from Kraft Heinz Canada for 2.5 million 250ml plastic cups for its private-label condiment line, valued at $450,000. The award was announced in the week of December 12, 2025.

Arnest Packaging Solutions launched a third production line at its Ulyanovsk plant, a mega-line with capacity of 1 billion aluminum cans per year, lifting total output above 2.5 billion. The expansion investment was 8.4 billion rubles.

GAIL India awarded Narmada Offshore Constructions a contract worth INR 49.9 million to replace 36-inch scraper barrel isolation valves at Hazira, Jhagadiya and Vaghodia. The work period is 182 days.

Ariston Group opened a factory in Niš, Serbia, employing 175 people, with serial production of cylinders and heat pump parts expected to start in April 2026. Headcount is planned to reach 300 at full capacity.

Quiri completed a 1,500 m2 extension of its Duttlenheim site in Bas-Rhin, France, costing 1.5 million euros and adding 25% production capacity. The extension was commissioned in November 2025.

Atlas Copco Group will acquire Centroar, an air compressor distributor in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, adding service capability in Brazil's Northeast region. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2026.

Cartonpack S.p.A., part of Carton Pack Group, has acquired a majority stake in Andolfi&C, an Italian extrusion and conversion company for mono-material polyethylene flexible packaging. The deal adds flexible film extrusion capability, announced 12 December 2025.

Omnifab acquired Électromécano, a Quebec firm specialised in pump maintenance, repair and service, with its employees joining Omnifab. The announcement was first made on December 11, 2025.

TechnipFMC won a significant contract from Chevron to supply Subsea 2.0 production systems for the Gorgon Stage 3 project offshore Western Australia. The contract value is reported as $75-250 million.

ExO, a new production alliance of extreme Group and Olberding Brand Family, won a packaging production tender from L'Oreal for its Consumer Products division in Europe. The joint venture operates in eight countries with 770 employees.

GE Vernova and Seatrium's consortium was awarded a TenneT contract to deliver major parts of BalWin5, a 2.2 GW offshore HVDC grid connection for German North Sea wind power. GE Vernova will supply converter stations and HVDC technology, while Seatrium will design, build and install the offshore converter platform.

Jitai Valve Group held the roof-topping ceremony for its 30,000-set-per-year high-parameter valve plant in Wenzhou's Marine Economic Demonstration Zone on 11 December 2025. Full completion and production are planned for September 2026.