Penn Pump and Equipment, a Peak Capital company, has acquired Pennsylvania-based Alyan Pump and New York-based Federal Pump, makers of packaged and booster pump systems. The deal expands Penn Pump's product portfolio and engineering capabilities.

Pentair plc announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hydra-Stop LLC, a specialty valve maker in Burr Ridge, Illinois, from Madison Industries for approximately $290 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2025.

Tetra Pak launched its second aseptic carton packaging material production line at its Binh Duong facility in Vietnam as part of a €97 million expansion. The line more than doubles plant capacity and adds 15 packaging formats.

PTG Frionordica signed a contract with Artec Aqua to deliver heat pump and heat recovery solutions to smolt producer Sævareid Fiskeanlegg, with delivery planned for late 2026 and start-up in spring 2027.

Busch Vacuum Solutions plans a 60,000-square-foot regional hub in Tempe, Arizona, for repair, service and overhaul of vacuum pumps and systems. Operations are scheduled to begin in October 2025.

ECI Defense Group, Inc. was awarded a Defense Logistics Agency contract for 39 compressor valve units at $2,035.57 each, totaling $79,387.23. The award was posted on 2025-08-18.

Schütz Container Systems held the grand opening of its new 370,000-square-foot production facility in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a $166 million project expected to create 185 jobs over five years. The site will later add reconditioning of used industrial packaging.

Wuhan Shuiwang Valve Manufacturing was named the winning supplier for control cabinets of a water intake pump room in a 2×1000MW unit auxiliary control retrofit at Guoneng's Jiujiang plant. The single-source result was published on 2025-08-15.

Ambev plans a glass bottle factory in Carambeí, Paraná, with an investment of R$870 million, near its Ponta Grossa brewery. Operations are planned to start in the last four months of 2025.

MTX Group a.s. completed its acquisition of Aluflexpack AG's production facility in Croatia, after agreeing the deal on May 30, 2025.

Amcor is considering separating its North American beverage business, a roughly $1.5 billion unit facing operating challenges, as part of redefining its core portfolio after the Berry Global integration.

Jiadian Co's subsidiary Harbin Electric Power Equipment was named winning bidder for reactor coolant pump equipment for units 1 and 2 of the Haiyang Xinan nuclear project in Shandong, worth 609 million yuan.

Sappi completed the $500 million replacement of its No. 2 paper machine at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine.

Flair Packaging acquired a second 35,000-square-foot production and warehouse plant in Calgary, Alberta, to house its flexible packaging converting equipment. It also installed a 10-color flexographic press and a solventless laminator at its existing Calgary plant.

Eco King, a China-based fiber tableware maker, will invest $80.5 million to open a production facility in the existing dormant industrial plant in Robbinsville, North Carolina, its first in North America. It plans to hire 300 people initially and add 515 jobs over time.

Cosmo Films added a 120-inch-wide slitter at its warehouse in Carol Stream, Illinois, to expand flexible packaging capabilities and meet growing demand. The company announced the investment in August 2025.

Tenneco inaugurated a new valve production line at its Powertrain plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a 426.8 million peso investment. Annual valve output rises from 50 million to nearly 85 million units.

Bundor Valves agreed to set up a final assembly plant for hydraulic valves at the APOZ zone in Chambers County, Texas, expected to create over 100 local jobs. The press release is dated 13 August 2025 and is promotional in tone.

Baker Hughes agreed to buy all outstanding shares of Chart Industries at $210 per share, a $13.6 billion total enterprise value, and also acquired Continental Disc. The article is dated 13 August 2025; the deal was reported as finalized in late July.

Oswal Pumps received a letter of award from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company worth about Rs 442 crore to supply 14,787 solar water pumping systems and handle installation across Maharashtra under PM-KUSUM. The announcement was made on 13 August 2025.

Landia won orders to supply pumps and mixers to two biogas and biomethane plants in Estonia, including 11 mixers for a 0.7MW biogas plant and six chopper pumps for a biomethane plant. The report is dated 13 August 2025.

VEEM signed a new six-year contract worth $65 million with ASC Pty Ltd to keep supplying ball valves and specialised components for Australia's Collins Class submarines through 2031. Currency is presumed to be AUD.

Nefab Group, through its subsidiary Nefab Denmark, acquired FARUSA Emballage, a Nordic maker of heavy-duty corrugated packaging. The acquisition was announced on 12 August 2025.

Fairbanks Morse Defense, through Hunt Valve, won a contract from Birdon to supply motor-operated valves and actuator systems for the first two U.S. Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter vessels. The announcement was dated 12 August 2025.

Polish-American packaging group CANPACK is investing over PLN 440 million to expand its Bydgoszcz plant, adding a new production and warehouse hall and over 1 billion cans per year of capacity, with more than 100 new jobs. Construction contractor is ALSTAL.

Novelis, a subsidiary of Hindalco, said in its quarterly earnings release that its $4.1 billion greenfield rolling and recycling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama is progressing, with equipment being installed and operations expected in the second half of calendar 2026.

Western Australian manufacturer Veem has won a contract worth about A$65 million with the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC), reported on 2025-08-12.

Vivax-Metrotech Corporation announced a new manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia, with an investment of RM48 million that will create 175 high-skilled jobs and produce precision technologies for telecom and utilities.

Fairbanks Morse Defense has secured a contract from Birdon to supply motor-operated valves for the first two U.S. Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter vessels.

The Pump & Motor Works plans a $2.8 million expansion of its Okmulgee, Oklahoma manufacturing operations, adding storage buildings and manufacturing floor space and creating up to 18 jobs.

Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA has signed a contract to purchase Allinova, a specialty chemicals company in Hengelo, Netherlands, specializing in water-based dispersions and coatings for packaging.

Salvalco is building a 1,000 square metre aerosol valve factory in the Nakhon Nayok region near Bangkok, Thailand, with contract manufacturing partner Sanit & Sons. The facility is due to be operational in January 2026.

Finland's Valmet signed a nationwide agreement to supply spare parts for Neles valves, actuators and positioners across all Petrobras units in Brazil. The initial term is one year with renewal options up to five years, and the value was not disclosed.

Orora has begun commercial production with its Helio high-speed digital can printing system at its Dandenong can plant in Victoria. The technology serves beverage customers across Oceania and was announced on 11 August 2025.

Severn Trent Water awarded Atlas Copco Limited a contract worth £1,640,000 to supply diesel self-priming solids handling pumps and spares, for a period running to 2031. The tender notice was published on 11 August 2025, though the page lists an award date of 14 May 2026.

Canadian plastic packaging producer E. Hofmann Plastics has broken ground on a $43 million production facility in Madisonville, Kentucky, its first US operation. The plant is expected to create 164 jobs and be completed in 2026.

The Wornick Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, received a five-year indefinite-delivery contract worth $25,308,625 for Unitized Group Ration-A modules from the Defense Logistics Agency. The contract notice is dated 8 August 2025.

Ameriqual Packaging of Evansville, Indiana, received a five-year indefinite-delivery contract worth $221,062,100 for Unitized Group Ration-A modules from the Defense Logistics Agency. The contract notice is dated 8 August 2025.

Australian compostable food packaging group BioPak has acquired Bygreen, a Buderim-based maker of paper straws and sustainable tableware. The deal was reported on 8 August 2025 and no value was disclosed.

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe signed a contract to supply up to 14 million 70cl emerald green bottles to Mast-Jägermeister SE from its NextGen Furnace in Obernkirchen, Germany. The bottles are described as the world's first emerald green bottles, and the announcement was dated 8 August 2025.

Construction is underway on a new HOERBIGER campus in Delray Beach, Florida, comprising a 197,000 square foot office and manufacturing site for compressor valves, control systems and actuators. Ware Malcomb is providing architecture and interior design services; the announcement was dated 7 August 2025.

Baker Hughes completed its all-cash $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum. The deal adds pressure management solutions to Baker Hughes' valves line, and the announcement was dated 7 August 2025.

ANDRITZ supplied and started up a 700 tonnes-per-day OCC recycling line at Minhan Paper's Van Lam mill in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam, producing testliner and corrugated medium. The announcement was dated 6 August 2025.

BorgWarner secured a contract with a major East Asian OEM to supply wastegate turbochargers for 1.6L hybrid electric SUV engines in Korea, building on an 18-year partnership. Production begins in 2027 at its Pyongtaek, Korea facility.

Chinalco Aluminum Foil Co. announced Henan Yaozhao New Materials Co. as winning bidder for its Luoyang-section packaging box procurement, at a price of 437.90 yuan per ton of aluminum.

AxFlow, the fluid handling group of Axel Johnson International, acquired Advanced Pump Technologies Pty Ltd, a Perth-based pump distributor serving mining, industrial and irrigation markets in Western Australia, including exclusive Lowara distribution rights.

Berlin Packaging agreed to purchase Origin Materials' sustainable PET 1881 bottlecaps for sale and distribution to its beverage customers. The agreement was announced August 5, 2025.

Tiderock Companies' subsidiary Tiderock Distribution Ltd. signed a multi-year exclusive distribution agreement with NextGen Bioplastics to sell its bioplastic packaging in the EU, Great Britain and Ireland.

Quality Power Electrical Equipments Ltd won an export order worth about ₹11.5 crore (~USD 1.39 million) to supply oil-filled current limiting reactors to the United States, to be fulfilled over 12 months from its Sangli plant.

Atlas Copco Group has acquired Itsab AB, a Swedish distributor of compressors and power equipment based in Luleå, with 21 employees joining. The purchase price was not disclosed.