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BrightFarms, New York, announced plans to build a new 280,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse in Hendersonville, N.C.

WeWork, New York, opened a co-working space called WeWork Food Labs in San Francisco to support startups impacting the future of sustainable food.

LSI Industries Inc., Cincinnati, partnered with Lutron Electronics, Inc., Coopersburg, Pa., to implement the next generation of LED luminaire control.

RLS Logistics, Newfield, N.J., opened the doors to a new office in Mount Laurel, N.J.

ProMach, Cincinnati, acquired Jet Label & Packaging, a Canada-based producer of labels for a variety of industries.

MHS expanded its Mt. Washington, Ky., global headquarters.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, D.C., announced a new partnership with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), Arlington, Va., to formalize industry education and outreach efforts.

The size of the U.S. plastics industry expanded in 2018, accounting for 993,000 jobs and $451.3 billion worth of shipments. In the same year, it maintained a trade surplus of $500 million, as consumption of plastics products continued to grow in the United States, according to two reports released by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C.