To provide greater efficiency in customer service, Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., construction, design, engineering and mechanical services firm, has expanded its existing Refrigeration division to include the company’s Maintenance, Parts and Operations and Automation Services divisions.

JBT Corporation, Chicago, said its JBT FoodTech business will supply $5.5 million in portioning equipment to a "major North American-based poultry company."

Stellar, a construction, design, engineering and mechanical services firm, celebrated its 25-year anniversary on July 1, 2010.

Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Sioux City, Iowa, said it purchased three freezer warehouse facilities in Chesapeake, Va.; Benson, N.C.; and Sumter, S.C.  Terms were not disclosed.

Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., said it acquired Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc. (APT), North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of crystallized polyethylene terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen food industry.

Solar Nation, Portland, Ore., said it installed and commissioned a 200kW solar-electric system on a Gresham, Ore., public refrigerated warehouse operated by Henningsen Cold Storage Co.

Corn Products International, Inc. (CPI) Westchester, Ill., said it agreed to acquire National Starch, Bridgewater, N.J., from AkzoNobel, a global coatings and specialty chemicals company.

Global energy reduction technologies specialist Powerit Solutions, Seattle, said its board elected President & CEO Claes Olsson (pictured, left) to the additional post of chairman.

Global public refrigerated warehousing giant Versacold,  Vancouver, B.C., said it earned awards for outstanding supplier service from Unilever United States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., The Dannon Company, White Plains, N.Y., and Danone, Inc.

The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said its Interstate Warehousing public refrigerated warehouse business broke ground for a 135,000-square-foot expansion at its Franklin, Ind., facility.