United Premium Foods (UPF), a Woodbridge, N.J.-based private investment group, purchased the Amboy Group, a Woodbridge, N.J.-based provider of quality meat and food products, out of bankruptcy.

Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., opened its 10th office space and innovation center in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.

Wolverine Packing Co., Detroit, Mich., opened the doors to its new 180,000-square-foot meat processing and cold storage facility.

High demand for packaged foods and processed meat products, increased concerns for food safety, technological advancements in the food processing industry and aggrandized need for automated processing systems are expected to drive the growth of the global meat processing equipment market, according to a study released by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore.

Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., opened the doors to its newest meat processing plant in Opelika, Ala.

Meat processors are turning to newer, higher-speed packaging solutions that come equipped with dedicated interleavers and card dispensers.

Caviness Beef Packers, Hereford, Texas, donated $2 million to West Texas A&M University’s (WTAMU) new state-of-the-art meat lab.

Wolverine Packing Co., Detroit, Mich., broke ground on its fifth meat processing plant in Detroit’s Eastern Market.