Vilter’s new $2 million technology and innovation center in Cudahy, Wis., promises to help Vilter maintain a competitive lead in the engineering, development and testing of more energy-efficient compressors and expand its offerings in refrigeration by using environmentally friendly refrigerants such as ammonia.
Exopack, LLC has completed the certification audit and received fiber sourcing certification to the Section 4 of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) standard 2010-2014.
Packaging equipment supplier Rovema Packaging USA, Lawrenceville, Ga., said Rovema GmbH, Fernwald, Germany, completed its Chapter 11 reorganization and now has new management and ownership.
Cargill Pork, Wichita, Kan., said it paid approximately $33 million to buy a 21,500-acre hog production site near Dalhart, Texas, from Premium Standard Farms LLC, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods.
The nation's third largest refrigerated cold storage and logistics provider, United States Cold Storage (USCS), announced eight personnel appointments.
Refrigerated and frozen foods earned several honors in the National Restaurant Association's (NRA) first annual "Food & Beverage Product Innovations Awards" contest.