Colorado Premium, the Greeley, Colo.-based meat processing company serving retailers, restaurant chains and private label manufacturers worldwide, completed a $2 million expansion of its Denver facility.
Congebec Logistics Inc., a Canada-based provider of refrigerated logistics services, acquired the assets of Westco MultiTemp Distribution Centres Inc., also based in Canada.
Brazil's Marfrig Alimentos, parent company of Keystone Foods, hired former Cargill executive Frank Ravndal, Jr. to serve as chief executive officer, replacing William Andersen, who held the position on an interim basis.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC, Kansas City, Mo., and its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, LLC, Greenville, N.Y.
Portola Packaging, Inc., Naperville, Ill., announced a $12 million capital expenditure investment for its Kingsport, Tenn., and Tolleson, Ariz., facilities.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA - Advancing Vision + Imaging and the Motion Control Association (MCA), launched a new website, www.A3automate.org.
Twin City Foods, Inc., Stanwood, Wash., broke ground for a single-story, 32,000-square-foot addition to its existing vegetable processing plant in Pasco, Wash.