Canada-based Clearwater Seafoods entered into an agreement with the Beaton Family and private equity fund Change Capital Partners to acquire 100% of the shares of Macduff Shellfish Group Ltd., a UK-based vertically integrated shellfish company.
Nelson-Jameson, a Marshfield, Wis.-based supplier to U.S. dairy processors, and its sister company Kaestner, LLC, a field service, preventative maintenance programs and project solutions provider also based in Marshfield, Wis., entered a strategic partnership with Valcour Process Technologies, a dairy equipment manufacturer headquartered in Peru, N.Y.
UK’s R&R Ice Cream and Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, are in advanced discussions to set up a new joint venture covering ice cream based in Europe and Africa.
To address the increased need for quality assurance and critical control points on manufacturer production lines, A&D Corp., San Jose, Calif., formed A&D Inspection.
The Government of Canada announced that the members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) successfully concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement that will benefit Canada’s economy.