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Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., re-opened its Storm Lake, Iowa, turkey processing plant that was damaged from a fire earlier this year.

Lamb Weston/Meijer, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Omaha, Neb., and Netherlands-based Meijer Frozen Food, announced plans to invest approximately $150 million to expand its frozen potato facility in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.

Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., announced plans to cease bacon operations at its Kirksville, Mo., plant, consolidating bacon production to its Coshocton, Ohio, facility.

Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.Y., acquired Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, a Minneapolis-based producer of packaged gelato.

JBT Corp., Chicago, purchased the assets of Wolf-tec, Inc., a Kingston, N.Y.-based equipment manufacturer providing processing solutions for poultry, beef, pork and seafood, for $54 million.

Dennis Paper and Food Service announced that effective Jan. 1, 2015, is selling the company to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Hench Control, Inc., Richmond, Calif., formed a joint venture to create Hench Control B.V. based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

ALDI, Inc. promoted Jason Hart to chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2015.

Advent International, Boston, acquired Noosa Yoghurt, LLC, Bellvue, Colo.

Onex Corp., Canada, acquired SIG Combibloc Group AG for up to $4.66 billion.