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| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $11.5B | +0.1% | 14 | $28.3B | +0.3% | 6 |
| Automation and Robotics | $4.35B | +4.9% | 14 | $4.75B | +5.0% | 11 |
| Pumps and Valves | $6.58B | +3.8% | 8 | $18.0B | +2.4% | 4 |
| Material Handling | $3.25B | +4.9% | 8 | $8.35B | +2.6% | 3 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $1.31B | +1.0% | 12 | $9.61B | +2.7% | 2 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $54.1B | +3.8% | 4 | $54.7B | +2.2% | 5 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $11.3B | +0.4% | 11 | $15.0B | +3.1% | 8 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $26.2B | +4.6% | 6 | $24.7B | +2.4% | 8 |
| Packaging | $4.74B | +6.4% | 8 | $6.25B | +2.4% | 5 |
| Industrial Textiles | $1.90B | +3.9% | 8 | $2.81B | +1.1% | 4 |
| Electrical Equipment | $17.8B | +8.0% | 11 | $20.9B | +5.7% | 8 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $5.03B | +6.4% | 23 | $5.14B | +6.6% | 18 |
| Automotive Components | $15.7B | +2.4% | 12 | $21.9B | +2.0% | 10 |
| Aerospace Components | $3.69B | +0.4% | 19 | $4.50B | -4.4% | 12 |
| Medical Devices | $8.65B | +4.3% | 9 | $6.18B | +6.1% | 15 |
| Construction Materials | $3.61B | +12.5% | 8 | $8.25B | +2.0% | 3 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $4.84B | +3.6% | 8 | $9.66B | +3.4% | 5 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $2.55B | +11.7% | 7 | $4.51B | +5.1% | 4 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $1.00B | +4.9% | 12 | $1.96B | +4.6% | 5 |
| Mining Equipment | $2.90B | +9.7% | 11 | $5.11B | -0.3% | 6 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
CIRCOR, a KKR portfolio company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Italian hydraulic pump, electric motor and engineering provider Green Silence Group. It will join CIRCOR's Industrial Pumps Europe business upon closing.
Wateralia has acquired Italian control valve specialist CSA, based in Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, adding engineered valves to its pump portfolio. CSA CEO Luca Bonatti retains a minority stake. No deal value was stated.
HINE Group has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Nord Fluid, a Milan-founded hydraulic components distributor and systems maker with annual revenues above €60 million and five plants in Italy and Slovenia. HINE has committed to acquire the full share capital over the coming years.
Pezzutti Group acquired the recycled PET container technology of Socopet srl for about €4 million, taking a 75% stake in the newly formed Socopet Group based in Rivalta Scrivia, Italy. The founding Petrini brothers hold the remaining 25%.
COMER SpA has been operating a new production and storage plant in Casarza Ligure (Genoa), Italy, since September 2026. The site covers about 5,500 m² under roof with 11 injection molding presses and automated lines.
Clivet S.p.A. has opened a new 14,000 square metre plant in Feltre for heat pump production, with a total investment of 24 million euros. At full capacity it will produce 8,800 units per year.
Danfoss has finalized its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business after all regulatory approvals and closing conditions were met. The deal makes Danfoss Power Solutions a global leader in mobile and industrial hydraulics.
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato awarded ICR Spa a supply contract for pressed corrugated board for its Rome and Foggia plants, worth EUR 192,300. The award was published on TED on 29 July 2026.
Vertiv is expanding chiller manufacturing and adding a large-scale testing laboratory at its Tognana campus near Padua, Italy, expecting to double regional chiller capacity by end-2026 and finish the lab in early 2027.
Smurfit Westrock has inaugurated a new Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cutting line at its Anzio plant near Rome, a €11 million investment adding over 20 million square metres of capacity and raising hourly productivity by over 20%.
Burckhardt Compression completed its acquisition of Fornovo Gas, a maker of mid-sized reciprocating compressors with about 120 employees, in Milan, Italy on July 14, 2026. The deal was first announced on May 13, 2026.
Salt Lake City-based Packsize is acquiring its competitor Panotec, an Italian maker of right-sized box production machines, expanding its installed base across more than 50 countries. The deal was reported in the June 2026 M&A roundup published 2026-07-08.
Interpump Group, through subsidiary Alfa Valvole, acquired 100% of dosing gear pump manufacturer MVV for an enterprise value of about EUR 6 million, reported 28 July 2026.
ISEM Packaging Group officially opened a new manufacturing and logistics platform in Trecate, in Italy's Novara area, integrating three former production facilities. The site covers more than 49,000 square metres.
Danfoss entered an exclusivity agreement to conclude the acquisition of Italian hose and fittings maker Alfagomma, which would be combined with its Fluid Conveyance division. No purchase price was disclosed.
Durst Group is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 June 2026 for Durst Como, a digital textile printing production and innovation hub in Luisago, Como, Italy.
Amorim Cork Italia completed a EUR 6.5 million expansion of its Conegliano plant in Veneto, adding about 4,000 square metres and raising daily cork stopper capacity from 1.2 to 1.8 million pieces. The project added ten jobs.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. has acquired Fox s.r.l. and XF s.r.l., Milan-based maker of hydropneumatic accumulators and pulsation dampeners, to expand its metering and dosing technologies. The deal was announced on 2026-05-04 at a high single-digit multiple of 2025 Adjusted EBITDA.
Burckhardt Compression has signed an agreement to acquire Fornovo Gas, an Italian maker of mid-sized reciprocating compressors for biogas and CNG, which employs about 120 people.
HS, acquired in 2025, has become part of Inoxihp, with its know-how, staff and activities moving into Inoxihp facilities in Nova Milanese and Paderno Dugnano, Italy, from May 2026.
Germany's Lutz Holding GmbH set up Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l. near Milan, extending its European footprint for pump and fluid handling products.
Medline International Italy SRL was awarded a tender for heavy-duty nonwoven wrapping sheets (TNT) in the Pesaro e Urbino area, with a contract value of EUR 102,960. The award dates from 12 February 2026 and the notice was published on 10 April 2026.
Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack for its corrugated box production in Bologna. The line includes a feeder, four printing units, slotter, die-cutter, folder gluer and counter ejector.
Italian corrugated box maker Scatolificio Cartotecnica Schiassi ordered a third OneDrive flexo folder-gluer line from Sipack, strengthening their long-standing partnership.
Siasde Group announced an investment of 18 million euros to build a new professional compressor manufacturing plant in Seriate, Province of Bergamo, Italy. The facility is expected to start operations in mid-2026.
