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Klöckner Pentaplast Group, Gordonsville, Va., and Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Evansville, Ind., entered into a marketing alliance to offer innovative form-fill-seal packaging solutions on a global basis to the food industry.

Kansas City Southern, Kansas City, Mo., and its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), will invest approximately $19 million in 2015 on construction and improvement projects on KCSR’s Beaumont Subdivision line.

Canada-based Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (IPG), a manufacturer of packaging products and machinery, acquired Better Packages, Inc., an Ansonia, Conn.-based supplier of water-activated tape dispensers.

Diaz Foods announced the opening of its newest distribution center.

A new nationwide study of consumers indicates that young shoppers increasingly demonstrate loyalty to the stores they use for household grocery purchases.

Spiroflow Holdings, Inc., Monroe, N.C., acquired Food Control Solutions, Inc., a systems integration and automation company.

Canada-based Smartcool Systems Inc. entered into an agreement to absorb its distributor SmartACR, Salem, Mass.

Flexible Material Handling, Suwanee, Ga., and Best Conveyors, LLC, Jonesboro, Ark., united and re-branded as FMH Conveyors.

Joel Grade was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sysco Corp., following Chris Kreidler's decision to leave the company.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., broke ground on a new $12 million bacon slicing plant at its Cudahy, Wis., facility.