Plug and Play, Sunnyvale, Calif., opened a new office in Milan, Italy, to launch its food and beverage accelerator.

iFoodDecisionSciences (iFoodDS), Seattle, Wash., developed a new software service designed to help food facilities reduce the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination of food products.

ProcessPro, St. Cloud, Minn., released its cultivation management system (CMS), an integrated plant management solution that provides tracking capabilities from propagation to harvest.

Best CMMS LLC, Grayslake, Ill., announced Version 2 of its Optimize FM Enterprise Facility Management Solution.

DNV GL, Norway, and NDS (Nongshim Data System), South Korea, announced plans to collaborate on further developing digital assurance solutions targeting food safety and traceability in the food and beverage industry.

Omnichain Solutions, Los Angeles, launched an end-to-end supply chain management platform built using blockchain technology.

Kuebix, Maynard, Mass., introduced FleetMAX, a program designed to fill the empty backhauls of private fleets and offer truckload capacity to the marketplace.

Willie Itule Produce turned to Produce Pro Software, Woodridge, Ill., to evolve its enterprise resource planning (ERP) management infrastructure.

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Jersey City, N.J., entered into a strategic partnership with SAP Software Solution, Germany, to co-develop the next generation of product compliance solutions.

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn., acquired Lobster Ink, a Geneva-based provider of end-to-end online customer training solutions for foodservice companies.