Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Sturtevant, Wis., launched RevCalc App, a new app available for iPhone users via iTunes that figures out proper tooling requirements to achieve targeted fill rates.
Australian beef processor Kilcoy Pastoral Co. (KPC) reached a definitive agreement to buy what is said to be Chicago’s oldest operating beef processor, Ruprecht Co., Mundelein, Ill.
Carlson CEO Trudy Rautio was elected to Cargill's board of directors, while Muktesh ("Micky") Pant, chief executive officer of KFC, was elected to the board of directors for Pinnacle Foods.