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Andrew Dougherty was promoted to vice president of member services for PMMI.

Omnitracs, LLC, a provider of fleet management solutions for transportation and logistics companies, opened its new headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Audax Group, Boston, acquired TPC Wire & Cable Corp. from Chicago-based private equity group Pfingsten Partners.

Thanks to its new facility, TOMRA Sorting Solutions is now able to test the performance of its sorting machines for all individually quick-frozen (IQF) products in a true-to-life environment.

There has been a sea change, with increasing numbers of consumers seeking more transparency from the food and beverage industry and shunning artificial ingredients.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Applegate Farms, LLC, the Bridgewater, N.J.-based owner of the Applegate brand and producer of natural and organic value-added prepared meats.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Kansas City Sausage, LLC, Kansas City, Mo., announced construction of a $44.8 million, 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sausage plant in Sampson County, N.C.

Congratulations to Intevation Food Group LLC, Plover, Wis., for placing fifth with a total of 178 votes for its new Fazoli’s retail product line for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2015 Readers’ Choice Best New Retail Products contest.

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses elected new officers and board members.

Supply chain solutions provider Integrated Distribution Services, Inc. (IDS) announced plans to build a new fulfillment center and headquarters in Plainfield, Ind.