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PLUS Location, Auburn University partnership helps RFID lab provide IoT solutions to supply chain industry

The Auburn RFID Lab is a research institute focusing on the business case and technical implementation of RFID and other emerging technologies in retail, supply chain and manufacturing.
August 15, 2016
PLUS Location Systems, a Huntsville, Ala.-based provider of real-time location tracking and decision support solutions, announced a partnership with the Auburn University RFID Lab, Auburn, Ala., to provide RFID technologies to the supply chain and manufacturing industry.
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Tall Tree Foods acquires The January Co.

The January Co. is renowned for its authentic, high-quality Chinese-style sausage and BBQ pork products sold throughout the United States under the Kam Yen Jan and Yangtze brands.
August 15, 2016
Tall Tree Foods, a Milwaukee-based portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont), Palo Alto, Calif., acquired The January Co., a manufacturer of Chinese-style meat products based in Kent, Wash.
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UNFI acquires Gourmet Guru

The acquisition enhances UNFI’s strength in finding and cultivating emerging fresh and organic brands and further expands UNFI’s presence in key urban markets.
August 15, 2016
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), Providence, R.I., acquired all of the outstanding stock of Gourmet Guru.
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Target, Whole Foods Market become most climate-friendly retailers

Target uses a rackless refrigeration system while Whole Foods Market’s Hydrocarbon/CO2 Cascade System reduces the environmental impacts of refrigerants to near-zero.
August 15, 2016
Target Corp. and Whole Foods Market keep grocery aisles warm by re-using the heat emitted by refrigeration systems as a natural by-product, thereby saving additional energy during cold months.
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Morgan Corp. further expands Midwest footprint

A site search is underway in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan to select a location capable of supporting the production of up to 3,000 truck bodies annually.
August 15, 2016
Morgan Corp., a Morgantown, Pa.-based manufacturer of medium-duty truck bodies for the refrigerated foods industry, announced plans to further expand its manufacturing footprint into the Midwest.
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Global cold chain equipment market set for rapid growth

The global cold chain market is primarily driven by an increased need to reduce food waste across the globe and the rapid growth of the frozen foods segment.
August 12, 2016
Global demand for the cold chain equipment market was valued at $67 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach $ 118 billion in 2020 and grow at a CAGR of 9.8% between 2015 and 2020, according to a report published by Zion Market Research, Sarasota, Fla.
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Orca Bay Seafoods to open distribution, processing center

Development of the 19-acre site will include the relocation and enhancement of the seasonal wetlands discovered on site.
August 12, 2016
Orca Bay Seafoods Inc., Renton, Wash., tapped Preferred Freezer Services (PFS), Chatham, N.J., to develop a new 314,424-square-foot, state-of-the-art warehousing, distribution and processing center in Federal Way, Wash.
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