FCH completed the acquisition of Axiflow Technologies, a maker of sanitary twin-screw pumps for food, beverage and pharmaceutical users. The deal is listed in the Q1 2026 pumps M&A roundup.

FCH has completed its acquisition of Axiflow Technologies, a maker of sanitary twin-screw pumps for food, beverage and pharmaceutical customers. The deal extends FCH into twin-screw pumps.

Dover Corp's PSG has acquired IPP Pump Products GmbH, a Bersenbrück-based maker of hygienic lobe and progressive cavity pumps for food, pharma and biotech.

Duravant LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pattyn Group BV, a Bruges-based designer and manufacturer of packaging automation systems for bag-in-box and other packaging applications. The deal value was not disclosed.

The DUBAG-managed LEO III fund acquired Ampack GmbH and Osgood Industries from Syntegon, a CVC portfolio company. Ampack and Osgood make form, fill and seal machines for cups and bottles used in food packaging.

Fortress Technology acquired Dynamic Inspection, a New Zealand manufacturer of in-line metal detectors, x-ray and checkweighing equipment, for an unspecified sum.

Duravant LLC acquired PPM Technologies, a Newberg, Oregon maker of conveying, coating and thermal processing equipment, from Stonehenge Partners. The deal was announced in July 2023.

Krones signed an agreement on 20 April 2023 to acquire 90% of Ampco Pumps Company LLC, a Wisconsin supplier of sanitary pumps and mixing equipment to food, beverage, dairy and pharma markets. Ampco generated about US$50 million revenue in fiscal 2022, and closing is expected in the first half of 2023.

IDEX Corporation agreed to acquire Muon B.V. and its subsidiaries, a Dutch micro-precision flow path manufacturer, for €700 million in cash. Muon serves medical, semiconductor, food processing, digital printing and filtration customers.

PSG, a Dover company, has completed its acquisition of ipp Pump Products GmbH, a maker of rotary lobe pumps for hygienic applications in Bersenbrück, Germany. The exact completion date is not stated on the page.

Alfa Laval signed an agreement to acquire Desmet, which engineers and supplies processing plants and technologies for edible oils and biofuels. Desmet is headquartered in Brussels and employs around 1,000 people.

ProMach, a processing and packaging machinery maker, has acquired TechniBlend, a provider of engineered liquid processing systems for beverages, dairy and chemicals. The deal expands ProMach's processing technology portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

AxFlow Holding acquired a majority stake in System Cleaners, an Aalborg-based maker of automatic and manual open plant cleaning systems for the food and beverage industry.

Midwest private equity firm May River Capital has acquired Unibloc Pump, an Atlanta-area maker of positive displacement pumps, strainers and valves for sanitary applications. The deal was announced January 7, 2021.

AxFlow's subsidiary Brown Brothers Engineers has acquired SPX Flow Technology New Zealand Ltd., a sales and service organization for APV, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell and other fluid-handling brands, which will be renamed Brown Brothers Engineers Flow Technology Ltd.

Duravant has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Packaging Solutions from its parent Hearthside Food Solutions. Cloud, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, makes high-speed flexible packaging equipment.

JBT Corp. of Chicago agreed to buy United Kingdom-based Proseal, a tray sealing technology maker, for 220 million pounds ($258.67 million), with closing expected in the second quarter of 2021 subject to regulatory approvals.

Steel & O'Brien Manufacturing announced its acquisition of Top Line, maker of the TOP-FLO brand of actuated valves and pumps, to expand its pump and diaphragm valve offering for sanitary fluid handling.

KHS GmbH agreed, pending antitrust approval, to acquire a stake in Ferrum Packaging AG, while Ferrum Packaging Inc. takes over KHS's can seaming business to combine can technology in a joint offer.

Denmark's Primodan signed an agreement with SPX Flow's Danish subsidiary to take over its yellow cheesemaking activities and technologies. SPX Flow will keep providing aftermarket service to existing customers until the end of 2021.

Gruppo Fabbri announced that CAVECO has officially joined the Modena-based group, adding thermosealing machines and packaging lines to its portfolio. The deal's value was not disclosed.

JBT Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Proseal uk Limited, a tray sealing technology provider headquartered in Adlington, UK, for £220 million before adjustments, with closing expected in Q2 2019.

Ardian signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Celli S.p.A., an Italian beverage solutions company based in Rimini with 2018 turnover of €110 million, from Consilium and the Celli family. Senior management will reinvest.

Italian Interpump agreed to buy 100% of Fluinox, a Valencia-based maker of processing equipment for food, cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, for at least 11.15 million euros including the agreed price and the box value.

Krones Inc. acquired W.M. Sprinkman Corp., a Waukesha, Wisconsin maker of food and beverage processing equipment with 125 employees, for an undisclosed price. The deal closed on October 2, 2018.

Middleby Packaging Solutions, a unit of Middleby Corporation, completed the purchase of the assets of M-TEK, a developer of modified atmosphere packaging systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Unigrains, together with Mecatherm's management, completed the acquisition of bakery equipment maker Mecatherm S.A. from Wendel and other shareholders. The enterprise value was 120 million euros.

CFT Group acquired a majority shareholding in CO.MAC S.R.L., which designs and makes beverage filling and packaging machines, especially for beer kegs. The deal extends CFT's beverage portfolio.

Unibloc-Pump Inc. of Marietta, Georgia has acquired German manufacturer R&H GmbH, creating a combined European market leader in road tanker pumps. The deal was announced on May 30, 2018.

US process equipment maker Duravant acquired UK-based weighing and filling machine manufacturer Ohlson Packaging to expand its product portfolio.

HQ Equita agreed to sell ROVEMA GmbH, a German maker of vertical form-fill-seal food packaging machinery based in Fernwald, Hesse, to Franz Haniel & Cie, subject to regulatory approvals; Alantra advised the seller.

Treviso-based food equipment maker Irinox plans to acquire two adjacent industrial sites in Vittorio Veneto, previously occupied by woodworking firm La San Giuseppe, and to grow headcount from 250 to over 300 by 2019 as it doubles production space.

Warburg Pincus announced it will acquire Duravant, a packaging, food processing and material handling equipment maker, from Odyssey Investment Partners.

Krones Inc. acquired Javlyn, a Rochester, New York process systems integrator serving food, dairy and beverage industries; terms were not disclosed.

Folmeg Engineering of Eschwege has taken over Schuy, an insolvent maker of filling and packaging machines in Hünfeld, Germany. Schuy will remain independent and its site will stay open.

Italy's Interpump Group bought Inoxpa Group, a Spanish maker of process equipment and flow handling systems for the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, in Q1 2017.

Tetra Pak has acquired Johnson Industries International, a Wisconsin-based maker of mozzarella cheese manufacturing lines and cheese cutting, shredding and brining equipment. The target will stay in its current location.

Interpump Group acquired 100 percent of Inoxpa Group, a Spanish maker of process equipment and flow-handling systems for food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, for EUR 90 million. Inoxpa had fiscal 2016 sales of nearly EUR 60 million.

Multivac's German unit bought a 49.9% stake in TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH for an undisclosed sum, to offer complete production lines from a single source.

JBT Corp. agreed to buy Tipper Tie, Inc. from Dover Corp. for $160 million before post-closing adjustments, with closing expected in the fourth quarter of 2016.