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Affinor Growers Ltd., Canada, signed an exclusive manufacturing license with Cobotix Manufacturing Inc., Canada, to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Aruba to manufacture the patented stainless-steel towers for mass production of fruits and vegetables.

China's Jiangnan University and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Arlington, Va., formed a new innovation partnership that helps pave the way for U.S. dairy export growth in China.

The study, sponsored by Phononic, Durham, N.C., revealed consumers’ attitudes around grocery stores today and discusses how stores must adapt to the modern age.

Periodic testing performed to a protocol designed by food safety, microbiology and toxicology experts from the University of California-Davis, Davis, Calif., and Haley & Aldrich, Burlington, Mass., and sponsored by the corrugated industry, confirms corrugated containers used to transport fresh produce are safe and clean.

ELD compliance rates dropped one point this week to 91% with a 3-week moving average up one point to 88%, all this just one week shy of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April 1 ELD enforcement deadline, according to a survey conducted by CarrierLists, Tulsa, Okla.

Brenntag North America, Inc., a Reading, Pa.-based division of Brenntag Group, announces a new partnership with StanChem Polymers.

Cargill Protein, Wichita, Kan., announced plans to invest $22 million (CDN) to install a state-of-the-art controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS) system at its London, Ontario, Canada, chicken processing facility.

European dairy co-operative Arla Foods announced plans to sell its cheese production site in Sonthofen, Germany, to Germany-based dairy company Allgäuer Hof-Milch GmbH.