Just days after announcing the purchase of Danfotech, The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, Ill., also said it agreed to buy Germany's Mauer-Atmos GmbH, Reichenau.
Conveyors often handle products in harsh environments and perform under the most demanding conditions such as high temperature product cooling and heating.
Third-party warehousing and logistics provider Weber Logistics, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., said it hired Harry Drajpuch as president and CEO, effective immediately.
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, said its Vilter Manufacturing LLC business opened a $2 million technology and innovation center at its Cudahy, Wis., headquarters.
Automated material handling solutions providers Intelligrated, Mason, Ohio, and Swisslog Holding AG, Buchs, Switzerland, said they formed a strategic alliance in North America to serve food, beverage and retail markets.
Nercon, an Oshkosh, Wis., designer, line integrator and manufacturer of packaging and process conveyors and material handling equipment, has joined Rockwell Automation's machine builder program.