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Wixon Inc., St. Francis, Wis., recently donated $19,000 of proceeds from its annual golf tournament to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin.

Members of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), Reston, Va., have elected Dale Andersen to the organization’s board of directors.

Dawn Food Products completes the refinancing of its company third-party debt. As a global leader of the sweet bakery industry, Dawn is exploring European financing options to enable further growth in that region.

In order to both expand its spare parts inventory and build a test facility, Fritsch USA, Cranbury, N.J., triples the size of its location and will add a test facility for customers to view the company’s baking equipment in operation and make sample products.

The Tortilla Industry Association is again rotating the dates for its 2013 TIA Convention and Technical Seminar. By scheduling the convention in May, TIA can again co-locate its Technical Seminar with the IBIE show in October.

Royal DSM of the Netherlands is in talks with Cargill Inc. to possibly acquire the Minnesota-based company’s cultures and enzymes business.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Washington, D.C., has appointed Capitol Hill veteran Michael R. Gruber vice president of federal affairs, effective Oct. 1.

Tortilla Industry Association, Arlington, Va., names Helen Chavez-Hansen of La Tapatia Tortilleria and Eugene Suarez Sr. of Abuelita Mexican Foods to its 2012 Hall of Fame at its 23rd Annual Convention & Trade Exposition at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Sept. 10-11.