Farmers may be liquidating some corn they have stored ahead of spring planting, making more of the grain available to exporters, ethanol producers and livestock feeders. Nonetheless, corn futures have plunged amid the speculation.
Balchem Corp., a human and animal health and wellness company in New York., plans to purchase all of the outstanding shares of St. Louis-based Performance Chemicals & Ingredients Co., dba SensoryEffects.
SensoryEffects, Defiance, Ohio, plans to integrate the newly acquired Anderson Custom Processing manufacturing facility in Sleepy Eye, Minn., into its SensoryEffects Powder Systems business.
PACK EXPO International, organized by PMMI—The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is the Platinum Sponsor of the World Packaging Organisation’s WorldStar Awards ceremony. The event will take place May 13 during Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Penford Corp. completed the acquisition of Gum Technology on March 25. The resulting expanded product line will offer customers more innovative new products and a broad range of applications from which to choose.
Michael Sands is the new executive vice president for the snack industry. Sands joined the company after its purchase of Rickland Orchards, which he co-founded with Jason Cohen.
The Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers Association (B&CMA) will, for the first time, host the Baking-Snack Lounge at PACK EXPO International 2014 in partnership with PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
AM Manufacturing Co., a dough-processing machine builder, plans to begin relocating its Dolton, Ill., headquarters to Munster, Ind., later this year. The move is expected to create up to 40 new jobs by 2016.
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