Coregistics, an Atlanta-based packaging-centric supply chain services company, acquired substantially all of the assets of Cano Packaging Corp., a Chicago-area company that specializes in primary contract packaging services for food and confectionery manufacturers.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. entered into a definitive merger agreement that values Smithfield at approximately $7.1 billion.
Lineage Logistics, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, acquired the real estate and assets of a facility located in University Park, Ill.
High Liner Foods (USA), Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., announced plans to invest $6.6 million to further modernize and expand its 240,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va., increasing production to meet customer demand for products from its leading U.S. foodservice brands.
TricorBraun Design and Engineering, the Oak Brook, Ill., supplier of rigid packaging and components to food and beverage processors, changed its name to TricorBraun Design and Innovation.
Wausau Paper, Mosinee, Wis., signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P., a New York-based private equity firm. The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC.
KeHE Distributors, Romeoville, Ill., expanded its refrigerated and frozen warehouse to keep pace with rapid growth in its fresh and frozen product categories.