Germany's KSB Group announced plans for a major manufacturing facility in Pakistan, described as Germany's largest direct investment there. The announcement was made in Islamabad during a meeting with Pakistan's investment minister. No amount or site was given.

Carlsberg Britvic is investing £20 million in a new soft drinks canning line and building extension at its Rugby factory, creating 34 new jobs. The line lifts the site's output from 560,000 to 610,000 cans an hour. Announced 8 October 2025.

Axium Packaging will invest $45 million in a nearly 300,000-square-foot facility in Jersey Township, Ohio, for expanded tube manufacturing and warehousing. The project will create 70 new jobs and retain over 1,200 existing jobs. Announced 8 October 2025.

CIRCOR International acquired essentially all operating assets of Flowserve's herringbone gear pump product line, including GAX, GR and Gearex series pumps. Production will move to CIRCOR's Columbia, Kentucky plant after a transition period. Announced 8 October 2025.

Cascades agreed to sell its Flexible Packaging plant activities in Mississauga, Ontario, to Five Star Holding of Houston, Texas, for CAN$31 million, effective immediately. The 45 employees will be retained and a supply agreement covers continued film supply to Cascades.

Biffa completed the acquisition of Esterform, a PET pre-form and bottle manufacturer, building on its 2023 purchase of a 49.9 per cent stake. The deal was reported on 8 October 2025.

DS Smith developed a fully recyclable corrugated cardboard display with Carlsberg Group for the German launch of Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc. The modular display features a contour-cut bottle silhouette and varnish finishing.

TOPSFLO has completed relocation to and started operations at its Phase II factory of over 16,000 square meters, with WMS, pick-to-light and AGV automation. Annual output is expected to exceed 4.5 million units after a threefold capacity increase over three years.

Lutz-Jesco acquired the FXM metering pump line and related technology, designs and intellectual property from Valmet, which keeps the Flowrox trademark. The FXM range will be integrated into Lutz-Jesco's portfolio.

Atlas Copco acquired Talleres Haizea, a Basque Country supplier of services and spare parts for high-pressure piston compressors that also operates in Portugal and Latin America. CMS advised on the transaction.

Gasunie placed an order with Burckhardt Compression for its UP! Detect cloud-based condition monitoring system, to be deployed with a high-pressure oil-free hydrogen compressor at the H2CAST Etzel hydrogen storage project in Germany.

Concentric AB signed a long-term agreement with an existing global truck and bus OEM to supply electric coolant pumps for its heavy-duty electric trucks. Revenues are estimated at MSEK 200 over five years, with production starting in 2021.

The Toro Company agreed to acquire publicly listed Calgary-based vacuum truck manufacturer Tornado Infrastructure Equipment Ltd., which had about CAD 149 million in net sales over the 12 months to June 2025. Closing is expected in Toro's fiscal 2026 first quarter.

MT Group signed a contract with Everllence Switzerland, formerly MAN Energy Solutions, for a 5 MW high-speed electric compressor with magnetic bearings for the Jauniunai compressor station in Lithuania, in partnership with Amber Grid.

Xylem won a contract worth more than $8 million to supply customized treatment technologies for the expanded wastewater reclamation plant in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, which will treat 600,000 cubic meters per day. Kharafi National is the project contractor.

Xylem will deploy smart metering, software and network solutions for Anglian Water across its service area in the east of England under a $90 million contract. Revenue recognition is expected over five years, beginning late in 2020.

Xylem signed a large-scale irrigation project in Telangana, India, worth approximately $115 million, its largest deal in the country to date. Revenue is expected to be recognized over the following two to three years, starting late in 2020.

CORTEC has been awarded a multi-million-dollar turnkey contract to deliver an upgraded Managed Pressure Drilling manifold package for an unnamed major international deepwater operation. The package includes valves, chokes, relief systems and piping built to NACE and API-6A PSL-3 standards.

ITT Inc's Svanehoj has acquired Koho Kompressorsysteme (Köhler & Hörter GmbH), a family-owned maker of reciprocating compressor systems in Hagen, Germany. Koho employs about 40 people, and no value was disclosed.

Sizewell C has awarded Arabelle Solutions, part of EDF Group, a contract to supply and install two complete steam turbine islands for the Suffolk nuclear station. The contract was announced on 3 October 2025 and no value was disclosed.

VEGA Americas celebrated the grand opening of a 120,000 square-foot expansion to its U.S. headquarters in Mason, Ohio, on 3 October 2025. The project adds 31 full-time jobs and enables domestic production of electronic components.

Abbe Group has announced its acquisition of Oji Fibre Solutions Australia, a corrugated and carton board packaging maker, extending its reach into Queensland and strengthening operations in Victoria and NSW. The acquisition takes effect on 1 November 2025.

Smurfit Westrock is investing nearly $19.3 million to expand its corrugated packaging operations in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi, adding equipment that will raise production capacity by 50 percent. The expansion is expected to be completed by October 2026.

Mondi collaborated with Turkish fresh produce exporter Özler Tarım to develop a double-wall corrugated fibre packaging solution to reduce food waste on long-distance shipments. Özler Tarım reports a 15% increase in production capacity at its Adana facility since implementation.

Samson Ringo Válvulas inaugurated a new valve factory in the Empresarium industrial estate in Zaragoza, Spain, on 2 October 2025, after an investment of EUR 11 million. The plant created 15 jobs and is expected to add 30 more within five years.

Vetropack Straža, the Croatian unit of glass packaging maker Vetropack, has signed a long-term energy supply contract with Axpo covering 328,500 MWh. The deal includes a hybrid pricing model and renewable energy integration through PPAs.

Atlas Copco has finalized the acquisition of CRI-MAN S.p.A., a pump manufacturer based in Correggio, Italy, with 85 employees joining the group. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Ingersoll Rand (India) inaugurated a new Rs 170-crore manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, making centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, refrigeration dryers and nitrogen generators, with initial capacity of 24,000 units per year.

New York investor Barry R. Haas acquired REET Corporation, an industrial components supplier in Berlin, Connecticut making solenoid valves, pumps and pressure transducers. The deal closed on October 1, 2025, and the company will be renamed Reet Precision Technologies, LLC.

Svanehøj, an ITT company, completed its acquisition of Germany-based compressor maker Köhler & Hörter GmbH (KOHO Kompressorsysteme) on 1 October 2025. KOHO employs about 40 people in Hagen.

Mayekawa USA has been awarded a contract by CHI Engineering, an NV5 company, to supply a 500 HP oil-injected MYCOM screw compressor package for a boil-off gas application. The package will be manufactured in Katy, Texas, for petrochemical and refinery use.

IMI has won a contract worth more than $3 million to supply turbine bypass systems, attemperators and control valves for the 1.5-GW Franklin Farms natural gas power station in northeast Louisiana. Kiewit is the EPC contractor.

Yokogawa has been selected by the JGC Fluor joint venture JFJV2 as main automation contractor for the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, British Columbia. The expansion will double capacity from 14 to 28 million metric tons per year.

Biffa has completed the acquisition of Esterform, merging it with its PET recycling operations into a combined business trading as Esterpet. Esterform makes PET preforms and bottles at sites in West Yorkshire and Worcestershire.

Emerson agreed to buy Pentair's Valves & Controls business, which has about 7,500 employees, for $3.15 billion to expand its global valve and control portfolio. The deal was announced on August 19, 2016 and was expected to close in four to six months.

Gerresheimer has broken ground on a new 4,000 m² production hall at its Wertheim site in Germany for ready-to-fill vials on the EZ-fill Smart platform, with a total investment of about EUR 30 million. Production is expected by mid-2027 and the expansion should create around 50 jobs.

Baker Hughes won an award from Bechtel Energy to supply four Frame 7 gas turbines, eight centrifugal compressors and two motor-driven booster compressors for two LNG trains at Sempra Infrastructure's Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 in Jefferson County, Texas. The nameplate capacity is about 13 MTPA.

Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a division of Westlake Corp., has completed a 190,000-square-foot PVCO pipe plant at its Wichita Falls, Texas site, expanding its North American PVCO pipe capacity. The completion was announced on November 2, 2026, and no investment value was given.

Samsung Heavy Industries selected Norway-based TMC Compressors to supply instrument and service air compressor systems for four LNG carriers being built for TMS Cardiff Gas. The carriers are expected to be delivered in late 2028.

China's COOEC, in partnership with Italy's Saipem, won a bid worth about $4 billion from QatarEnergy LNG to build two offshore compressor platforms in Qatar's North Field, with COOEC's share exceeding $800 million. COOEC said on February 13, 2026 that the project is pending final contract signing.

Danfoss has acquired Palladio Compressors, adding screw compressors for large HVAC/R and industrial heat pump systems using natural and low-GWP refrigerants. The deal was announced on October 1, 2025, with no value disclosed.

DS Smith has redesigned Carlsberg Britvic's OTOR4 soft drinks packaging as the OTOR8 bag-in-box, allowing 25% more boxes per pallet. The change is the first stage of a wider supply chain partnership and is expected to save over 50 tonnes of CO2 in transport emissions.

Parker Hannifin won a contract to supply filtration, power augmentation and acoustic silencing systems for 29 GE Vernova LM2500XPRESS gas turbines at the Stargate Site 1 data center in Abilene, Texas. The turbines total over 1 GWe of generation capacity.

Baker Hughes will supply three NovaLT 16 gas turbines and three centrifugal compressors, with related services, for a compressor station in Río Negro province, Argentina. The equipment will support gas flows from Vaca Muerta to LNG export facilities.

Alkhorayef Petroleum Company acquired GRC Technologies LLC, a UK maker of precision downhole gauges and well instrumentation, through a carve-out from Sercel. GRC becomes a wholly owned subsidiary and will keep operating under its own brand.

Thermador Groupe acquired 100% of Quilinox, a distributor of stainless-steel pumps, valves and flowmeters based in Paterna, Valencia, Spain, on 30 September 2025. The deal was valued at EUR 10.9 million and paid in cash.

TRICOR Group opened its new heavy corrugated board plant in the Weeze-Goch business park, Germany, on 30 September 2025. The plant took 15 months to build, cost EUR 175 to 180 million and is expected to create over 200 jobs. It is linked to Japan's Rengo group.

Eaton will invest $46 million in a new facility at 7230 Cross County Road in North Charleston, South Carolina, to make hydraulic pumps and motors for aerospace platforms. The plant will create 50 jobs and is expected to begin operations in 2028.

Atlas Copco has acquired Heide-Pumpen GmbH, a Gelsenkirchen-based maker of mobile pumps, expanding its mobile pump systems business. 42 employees transferred with the deal. The announcement was made on 30 September 2025.

Ondupack, part of CL Grupo Industrial, will invest €9 million to add a production line at its Navalmoral de la Mata plant in Cáceres, raising annual capacity from 50 million to 90 million m2, with start-up planned for April 2026.