Eaglestone Equipment, St. Charles, Ill., introduced the Troughed Rod Bed Conveyor, designed to address the cleanliness issues typically found in traditional troughed conveyors.
QC Industries, Batavia, Ohio, launched HydroClean sanitary conveyors, what are said to be the first modular belt conveyors that can be disassembled completely without tools to make cleaning quick and easy.
Duravant, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based engineered equipment manufacturer serving the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, acquired Mespack, a Barcelona, Spain-based manufacturer of flexible packaging equipment.
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), Cleveland, Ohio, announced plans to acquire Gregory Poole Equipment Co., Dougherty Equipment Co., Inc., LiftOne LLC, VBS Inc. Material Handling Equipment and Briggs Equipment, Inc., thus restructuring the dealer networks for its Hyster and Yale brands across six states.
Wynright Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Webb, Farmington Hills, Mich., introduced the Green Line conveyor system, an energy-efficient platform comprised of multiple families of conveyors, including AutoRoll+, Belt Conveyor, Live Roller and V-Belt conveyor. Collectively, these conveyors are said to reduce noise, energy consumption and pinch points by as much as 30%, depending on product load.
Mike Roach, president of Ben E. Keith since 1997, announced his retirement, effective June 30. Mike Sweet, current executive vice president, will be succeeding Roach.
Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, announced plans to open a new Crown Lift Trucks facility to support customers in Northeast Ohio and the surrounding area.