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NCC AUTOMATED SYSTEMS added ERIK BRONANDER to its team to lead business development. While he will be tasked with growing business by identifying new applications and opportunities, Bronander’s main objective will be to develop a new business unit focused around complete nutraceutical packaging lines. He reports directly to Kevin Mauger, president, NCC Automated Systems.
BURNS & MCDONNELL announced several key leadership promotions to president, senior vice president and vice president after another record year of sales for the 100% employee-owned engineering, construction and architecture firm. MIKE FENSKE has been promoted to president in the Global Facilities Group, which he had led as general manager since 2013. New senior vice presidents include RENITA MOLLMAN, STEVE NALEFSKI and BRECK WASHAM. New vice presidents and members of the Burns & McDonnell officer group include KAREN BRAY, HYUN KIM and MATT OLSON.
POWDER PROCESS-SOLUTIONS, a provider of custom design and manufacturing of sanitary pneumatic conveying and bulk powder handling equipment, announced that SCOTT LODERMEIER will be appointed to the Board of Directors of 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. He's worked for the company since 2002, most recently in component sales and support.
MOTION, a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a provider of industrial technology solutions, announces seven recent promotions to key field management positions: LOGAN CARDEN, Nashville Division VP; BILL CARROLL, VP of the new Philadelphia Division; TAMI DEWEESE, VP of the Pacific Northwest Division; DAN PIKE, St. Louis Division VP, DAVE PURVIS, Midwest Group Area VP; STEVE KAMMEYER, area VP for corporate accounts, West Group; and LISA SOLOMON, area VP for corporate accounts, Central Group.
COPERION K-TRON SALINA welcomed JOHN SHEEHY to the position of global key accounts manager-plant based foods. Sheehy, a 2020 hire to the Coperion K-Tron team, is tasked with addressing the demands of R&D, process engineering and production needs of the fast-growing global plant-based food market. He has over 25 years’ experience in a variety of roles in engineering and process development.
EMERSON announced that Chief Executive Officer DAVID N. FARR has retired. LAL KARSANBHAI, who has served as executive president of the company’s Automation Solutions business since 2018, has become the new CEO of Emerson and joins the board of directors.
MULTIVAC named PHILIPP LOSINGER as vice president of subsidiary operations in the Corporate Sales & Marketing division. In this position he is responsible for the management and strategic development of the subsidiaries in Africa, the Arab Emirates and Oceania.
NATURIPE announced the promotion of JERRY MORAN, who will join the Executive Team as the vice president of sales. KASEY KELLEY has been promoted to senior director, business development. JOE KLICK has been promoted to director, product management (East).
BIOGILL NORTH AMERICA, a 100% subsidiary of BioGill Environmental Ltd., an Australian company promoting patented nano-ceramic attached growth bioreactor technology for the treatment of high-strength food and beverage wastewater, has named SHELDON SAPOZNIK as vice president to lead North American expansion efforts.
READING BAKERY SYSTEMS, a manufacturer of snack production systems, has announced the promotion of SHANE HANLON to manager, project services.
KEURIG DR PEPPER’S 1.5-million-sq.-ft. production facility and distribution center in Allentown, Pa., has been named the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year. CUISINE SOLUTIONS was named winner of the 2021 Sustainable Plant of the Year for its 315,000-sq.-ft. sous vide plant in San Antonio.
NESTLÉ S.A. has reached an agreement to sell its regional spring water brands (Nestlé Waters North America), purified water business and beverage delivery service in the U.S. and Canada to ONE ROCK CAPITAL PARTNERS in partnership with METROPOULOS & CO. for $4.3 billion. The company’s international premium brands including Perrier®, S.Pellegrino® and Acqua Panna® are not a part of the deal.
ERIEZ completed its expansion to its Wager Road facility, located in Erie, Pa., about 15 miles from the company’s world headquarters. The expanded space will support Eriez’s strategic growth initiatives for global research and development, aftermarket repair and testing, and recycling equipment technology.
COLUMBIA MACHINE INC. PALLETIZER DIVISION and INTEGRA SYSTEMS have executed a license agreement that will allow Integra Systems to produce Columbia palletizers and load transfer solutions in Brazil. This achievement follows a similar agreement announced earlier between Integra Systems and Columbia/Okura LLC.
The OPC FOUNDATION welcomed AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC. as the latest OPC Foundation member.
TENABLE will acquire Active Directory security startup, ALSID. Founded in France in 2016, Alsid has grown quickly after securing €13m in Series A investment in 2019.
ENDRESS+HAUSER (E+H) announced that flow control specialist ROTORK has joined its Open Integration partner network, brining 13 manufacturers into the E+H partner program. E+H also announced RUST AUTOMATION & CONTROLS as its sales and service representative in the Western U.S.
Boston-based EMERSON BEARING, and sister company ACTION BEARING, which serves the New England market, have established a Robotics/High Tech Division dedicated to a fast-growing customer base, particularly manufacturing and warehouse automation markets.
The KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its nuts business to HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION in a cash transaction for $3.35 billion. The proposed transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021, subject to regulatory review and approval.
APPHARVEST of Appalachia has now shipped more than one million pounds of tomatoes from its flagship indoor farm in Morehead, Ky.
Diamond Drinks, a Pennsylvania contract beverage manufacturer, is expanding its operations into Florida with a new facility near Vero Beach, employing as many as 50 people and opening in May.
A M King has partnered with ALDI U.S. to provide property consulting, design and construction of ALDI’s new facility in Loxley, Ala. The 570,660-sq.-ft. divisional headquarters and distribution center will service more than 100 stores in southern Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle.
SunOpta is closing its frozen fruit processing plant in Santa Maria, Calif. and expanding its Allentown, Pa. operation throughout 2021, which makes plant-based beverages such as soy and almond milk.
Clemens Food Group plans to invest $228 million to expand its smoked meats and cooked sausages operation in Hatfield, Pa., creating 87 new jobs over the next three years.
Dole Packaged Foods opened a new state-of-the-art, 60,000-sq.-ft. frozen fruit facility in McDonough, Ga. This is Dole’s third frozen fruit facility in the U.S., after Atwater, Calif. and Decatur, Mich.
Freshly, a prepared meals and delivery service, is expanding its assembly and distribution operations by opening a new 134,000-sq.-ft. facility in Austell, Ga.
Crown Holdings is investing $145 million to build a new beverage can manufacturing operation in Martinsville, Henry County, Va.
Honor Foods moved its logistics operation from North Philadelphia to the Tacony (Northeast) section of city.
T. Marzetti’s ongoing expansion progress in Horse Cave, Ky. was slowed last year by the pandemic, but has been kicked up a notch with the infusion of additional cash—from an original expected outlay of $93 million to $133 million. The company is now moving ahead with the 184,500-sq.-ft. expansion, which will create additional manufacturing space. It plans to purchase new equipment to increase dressing and sauce production, add eight new processing kitchens and create several packaging lines to meet growing customer demand. Work on the project has begun and is expected to be completed by July 2022.
Karis Cold Storage is building a 247,000-sq.-ft. temperature-controlled facility in Denver, which will be complete in October 2021.
Lotus Bakeries plans to expand its Mebane, N.C. snack food facility, adding a new production line under a three-year project where it will spend more than $180 million to upgrade its U.S. and Belgium plants to meet demand for its Biscoff waffles.
Sweet Grass Dairy opened a new artisan cheese processing facility in Thomasville, Ga.
Nabati Foods (Edmonton, Alberta) is expanding production of its plant-based desserts and other products with a $4 million (CD) investment to increase capacity.
