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Foster Farms' president and CEO Ron Foster announced plans to step down from his current position, but will continue his role as owner and director of the private, family-owned company.

Profile Industrial Packaging announced plans to expand and relocate its manufacturing operations to a 200,000-square-foot facility in Avastar Park on Alpine Avenue in Walker, Mich.

Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a 165,500-square-foot forklift engine facility in Troy, Ohio, designed to produce 2.4L LPG engines used in its Crown C-5 Series industrial forklifts.

Rite-Hite Holding Corp., Milwaukee, Wis., announced that its line of loading dock seal and shelter products previously branded as Frommelt will now be branded under the Rite-Hite name.

Ozark Mountain Poultry (OMP), Rogers, Ark., expanded its footprint with the opening of a poultry deboning facility in a former poultry facility.

ViskoTeepak, a Kenosha, Wis.-based manufacturer of cellulose, fibrous and plastic casings for the food industry, acquired Vista International Packaging, LLC, a full-line food packaging supplier to U.S. meat and poultry processors.

SCR Engineers Ltd. collaborated with Nestlé USA, headquartered in Switzerland, to establish the Nestlé Dairy Farming Institute (DFI) in China.

House of Raeford Farms, Rose Hill, N.C., announced plans to phase out all operations at its Raeford, N.C., turkey cook plant within the next 60 days to focus its attention and resources on chicken production.

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., will close its Buffalo, N.Y., prepared foods plant on Jan. 3, 2015, affecting 287 jobs.

The Food Marketing Institute hired Margaret Edgell Core as vice president of industry events, responsible for leading the organization’s annual event, FMI Connect, the Global Food Retail Experience, and ensuring the event continues to grow.