The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute is now PMMI: The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

With the rise of obesity and other health issues among U.S. children, the Minneapolis-based company announced an initiative to help food manufacturers and foodservice operators find formulation solutions to address challenges associated with improving childhood nutrition.

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., says its current board of officers will remain in their roles for another year to oversee the start of the association’s new strategic plan. FMI also says that next year’s show will be renamed "FMI Connect, The Global Food Retail Experience."

The International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) is partnering with the American Pie Council to produce The Great American Pie Festival at IBIE 2013 in Las Vegas.

Cargill broke ground today on a $100 million cocoa-processing facility in Gresik, Indonesia, to meet growing customer demand and stimulate growth of the cocoa sector in Asia.

Nu-Tek Food Science’s Salt for Life Sea Salt Blend earns a 2013 Food & Beverage Innovations Award.

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) is accepting entries for 2014 WorldStar Packaging Awards until Sept. 27. The awards ceremony will be held in May 2014 during Interpack 2014 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Bunge celebrates the opening of a new packaging facility in Decatur, Ala.

Unifiller Systems has partnered with Carlo’s Bakery from TLC’s Cake Boss and produced a behind-the-scenes video to show how baker and show host Buddy Valastro incorporated the company’s depositors and transfer pumps into his Hoboken, N.J., bakery.

Applications for submissions to IBIE’s sustainability program are due June 1; a panel of expert judges will evaluate your company’s environmental impact, feasibility, innovation and return on investment. The program recognizes suppliers that foster energy conservation, reduced water and landfill use, healthy living and/or a reduction in the overall impact on the environment.