The Van Drunen Family of Cos., Momence, Ill., announced a partnership with SouthAm Freeze Dry, Santiago, Chile, whereby Van Drunen Farms will take a majority stake in SouthAm.

SPX FLOW, Charlotte, N.C., added a new distribution center to its North American network to better serve customers of its Hankison, Deltech and Pneumatic Products brands.

Snow formation inside the IQF tunnel freezer is directly linked to the process of product dehydration, a natural physical and chemical process that consists in water loss through the product’s cell walls when it makes contact with the cold air flow during freezing.

Radiant energy vacuum (REV) technology offers an optimal process to achieve the best quality dehydrofrozen products.

The InFlavor process entails the vegetables to be heated and partially dried at a low temperature for several minutes by EnWave’s 120kW commercial quantaREV machine.

Bonduelle, a Canada-based frozen vegetable processor, signed a commercial royalty-bearing license with EnWave Corp., Canada.