Guangxi Huawote Group awarded its December 2025 to May 2026 packaging bag procurement tender to four suppliers: Guangxi Chengen Packaging, Guangxi Zhongsu Packaging, Guangxi Haodong Plastic and Dezhirun New Materials. The total volume is about 6 million bags, split among the winners.

USA Compression Partners, LP agreed to acquire J-W Power Company, a privately held natural gas compression services provider, for $860 million, paying $430 million in cash and issuing about 18.3 million common units. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

Kaishan Compressor USA completed an $11 million expansion of its Loxley, Alabama facility, doubling its operations there and adding production, testing, warehouse and R&D space. The company plans to create more than 50 jobs over five years.

Vexve Oy agreed to acquire BROEN A/S from Aalberts N.V. on December 1, 2025, with completion expected between January 1 and June 30, 2026, subject to regulatory approval. BROEN reported revenue of about 82 million for 2024.

Bender CCP and Unico Mechanical were acquired by Vessco Water, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, with the deal closing on November 28, 2025 in Vernon, California.

PackBenefit launched a new state-of-the-art fibre-based food packaging plant in Aldeamayor de San Martín, Valladolid, which more than doubles its production capacity.

Nidec ACIM inaugurated a new production line for Embraco FMS variable-speed compressors at its Joinville plant, with capacity of up to 5 million units per year and over 220 direct jobs.

IMI was awarded a contract to supply all severe service valve packages, including turbine bypass systems, for the 4.4 GW natural gas combined cycle plant under construction in Homer City, Pennsylvania.

Three family-run UK hauliers formed a joint national solution to run VPK Group's multi-year UK storage and distribution contract for packaging movements from its three main manufacturing sites.

GMS group is launching production of API 610 centrifugal and sealed pumps at the Kazancompressormash site in Kazan, Russia, with an investment of 4.35 to 4.5 billion rubles funded from its own resources. The plant plans 300 pumps per year, with first output in June 2026 and full launch by 2028.

Sulzer has won an order to supply multiple water injection pump packages to Seatrium for Petrobras next-generation P-84 and P-85 floating production vessels.

CIRCOR International unveiled Biofuel Upgrade Kits that let commercial marine operators prepare existing IMO marine pump systems for biofuel use.

Victaulic showed its new Series 250 butterfly valve for domestic water, technical cooling and HVAC systems at elementalLONDON on November 19-20, 2025.

Valmet is constructing a new facility in Sorocaba, São Paulo, to house a valve production unit and offices for its flow control and automation businesses. The built-to-suit unit will double the size of the existing plant and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.

Burckhardt Compression won a contract to supply its Laby compressor technology for the world's first purpose-built ammonia bunkering vessel, developed with Nissin Gas Engineering. The 5,000 cubic metre vessel, commissioned by Itochu, is scheduled for delivery in 2027. The order was announced on 27 November 2025.

Sulzer will supply integrated water injection pump skids to Seatrium for Petrobras' P-84 and P-85 floating production vessels to be deployed in the Atapu and Sépia fields off Rio de Janeiro. The order was announced on 27 November 2025.

Hawle Valves India signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government on 26 November 2025 to invest more than INR 1 billion in a new valve manufacturing facility in Coimbatore for drinking water and wastewater networks.

German paper and packaging group Palm Group acquired a 50% interest in Power Packaging, which runs a corrugated cardboard packaging plant in Nýrsko, Czech Republic. The move aims to broaden Palm's tailored corrugated packaging capabilities. Reported on 26 November 2025.

Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions, a Thermax subsidiary, won an order worth more than Rs 580 crore for four 400 TPH utility boilers and auxiliaries for Dangote Industries' refinery and petrochemical complex in Nigeria. The order was reported on 26 November 2025.

Sulzer was awarded a contract to supply integrated pump skids, including water injection and booster pumps, for two FPSO vessels being built by Seatrium for Petrobras. Delivery of the pump packages is scheduled for early 2026. The article is dated 26 November 2025.

Südpack held a ground-breaking ceremony for new production space in Erolzheim for PharmaGuard recyclable blister packaging and a regranulation plant, with completion scheduled for Q3 2027 and around 50 jobs initially, up to 170 by 2030.

US canmaker Ball Corporation signed a five-year, eight-figure agreement to supply aluminium drinks bottles to UK premium water brand Re:Water. The article is dated 25 November 2025.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group secured a contract from Matheson Tri-Gas to build a new air separation unit in Las Vegas producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Completion is scheduled for 2027. The article is dated 25 November 2025.

UK premium water brand Re:Water signed a five-year, multi-million agreement under which Ball Corporation will supply tens of millions of recycled aluminium bottles. The article is dated 25 November 2025.

Denmark's Hoyer merged with marine service provider VMS Group to create Hoyer VMS Group, a combined electric motors, automation and MRO provider with about 700 employees. Capidea assumes majority ownership of the new group. The article is dated 25 November 2025.

AERZEN, a German maker of blowers, compressors and turbos, acquired GPE Turbo of Leipzig, a specialist in single and multi-stage turbo solutions for the process gas industry. The article is dated 24 November 2025.

KHS supplied an InnoPET TriBlock blow-molding, labeling and filling line to SLMG Beverages' Chhata bottling facility near Agra, Uttar Pradesh, raising output to about 15.4 million containers a year. The article is dated 24 November 2025.

Cairo Company for Packaging Materials (Cobac) plans a new factory with an investment of EGP 2.8 to 3 billion, which will raise its total BOPP film capacity to 67,000 tonnes per year and support exports to Europe and the US.

UFlex plans to invest over Rs 700 crore to expand its packaging film manufacturing line in Dharwad, Karnataka, adding 54,000 MTPA of capacity and lifting its global packaging film capacity to 690,160 MTPA.

Stockholm-based Meadow signed a partnership with Stephen Gould Corporation, which will license the MEADOW KAPSUL technology and produce dispensers for brands worldwide, responding to rising US demand for sustainable packaging.

Growth Investment Partners Zambia invested USD 5 million in Boxpack Zambia Limited to install a new production line, tripling monthly output from 600 to 1,800 tonnes. The financing is structured as royalty funding with a 12-month principal moratorium.

Sulzer won an order from Seatrium to supply integrated water injection pump skids for Petrobras' P-84 and P-85 FPSOs, which will operate in the Atapu and Sepia fields off Rio de Janeiro. Delivery is scheduled for early 2026.

Wisecap Group and Corvaglia Group agreed an industrial partnership in which Wisecap takes over the production activities of Corvaglia Closures Eschlikon AG and integrates them into its network, while Corvaglia takes a minority stake in Wisecap. Financial details were not disclosed.

Hai Phong Thermal Power Joint Stock Company approved the tender results for Package No. 1, supply of valves and materials, on 21 November 2025. The tender value is VND 4,951,572,180 and a winning contractor was selected.

Enpack Packaging agreed a long-term supply contract to deliver over 50 million square metres of composite aluminium foil to an unnamed client over two years, from its Jiangsu plant. The foil is for semi-solid-state battery cells, with pricing linked to the client's battery sales.

GF has completed its acquisition of VAG-Group of Mannheim, Germany, a global manufacturer of metal valves for water and infrastructure applications. VAG was integrated into GF's Industry & Infrastructure Flow Solutions division as of 1 October 2025.

OPmobility and Yanfeng Group will increase investment in their Chinese subsidiary YFPO by transferring module assembly activities to it, expanding its operations to 38 factories and 3,000 employees. The operation is scheduled for 2026 pending regulatory approval.

Kelso-backed Novvia Group has acquired the distribution assets of Aaron Packaging, a Sumner, Washington manufacturer and distributor of plastic and glass containers and closures. The article reports the deal on 19 November 2025 and gives no value.

The LCBO said it will issue an RFP limited to Ontario companies to replace its more than CAD 10 million paper bag supply contract with Rosenbloom Groupe, with a new contract expected by summer 2026.

AUMA Actuators Ltd was awarded Primary Supplier status on a new long-term framework agreement with Severn Trent for supply, maintenance and support of electric actuators for AMP8.

The US Defense Logistics Agency awarded Ponderosa Packaging Corp. a contract worth $18,345,000 for containers and packaging supplies, with place of performance in Melville, New York, awarded on November 18, 2025.

Welch Packaging Group of Elkhart, Indiana, announced its merger with ABCOR Packaging of Cleveland, Tennessee, a corrugated products maker serving southeast Tennessee, northern Georgia and western North Carolina.

ITT Gould Pumps completed the second phase of a US$25 million expansion at its Industrial Process site in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, doubling production capacity.

CANPACK Group plans a second aluminum beverage can plant near Barranquilla, Colombia, with about USD 140 million investment, capacity of around 1 billion can bodies a year and about 160 direct jobs. Operations are expected to start in Q1 2027.

Peli BioThermal moved into a 90,100 sq ft facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, roughly 43% larger than its former site about 10 miles away.

Gaia Biomaterials established a supply hub in Los Angeles for its compostable, microplastic-free materials, created with distributor Mitsubishi International Corp to shorten lead times for US customers.

Averra Packaging doubled the clean room square footage at its thermoforming facility in Salt Lake City to add an inline medical thermoforming machine.

Orbis held a grand opening for its renovated reusable pallet, tote and bulk container plant in Greenville, Texas, with 420,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. The company expects to create 190 jobs within three years.

ITT's Svanehøj business acquired Köhler & Hörter GmbH (KOHO), a family-owned compressor manufacturer in Hagen, Germany, expanding its portfolio beyond cryogenic pumps into compressors for gas applications.

Plastipak Packaging announced a $53.8 million, 200,000-square-foot expansion of its Rapides Parish facility in Pineville, Louisiana, adding warehouse space and up to five production lines, with completion expected by Q4 2026.