Conveyor supplier Dorner Manufacturing, Hartland, Wis., said Chief Operating Officer Rich Ryan was elected to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) board of directors.
Global food equipment and energy technologies supplier GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum, Germany, said it expects by mid 2011 to purchase Convenience Food Systems (CFS).
Logistics software specialist LeanLogistics, Holland, Mich., said foodservice cheese processor Schreiber Foods, Green Bay, Wis., will begin using LeanLogistics' transportation management software.
Campanelli Companies, Braintree, Mass., said it expects by fall 2011 to build a 141,521-square-foot cold storage facility in Linden, N.J. for Preferred Freezer Services.
National wooden pooled pallet leader CHEP USA, Orlando, will gain some complementary strengths when its parent, Brambles Ltd., Sydney, Australia, completes a $1.2 billion acquisition.
Cryo-Trans, Inc., (CTI), Owings Mills, Md., said it will begin managing a private fleet of refrigerated railcars for frozen potato processor McCain Foods USA, Lisle, Ill.