When Bill and Denise Pratt, who have owned the McTavish Co. since 1994, decided it was time to retire from cookie making, they wanted to find a buyer for McTavish that would maintain the company’s family-owned environment and focus on the production of high-quality shortbread cookies.
BEMA elected new members to its executive committee and board of directors at its 2017 Convention. Don Osborne, team leader, Intralox, was elected chairman of the board of directors.
As part of an ongoing initiative to improve their manufacturing targets of quality, efficiency and being a Great Place to Work, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) broke ground paving the way for a modern logistics center at its Cleveland, N.C. truck manufacturing plant.
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB), funded by the Dairy Farm Families of Wisconsin, coordinated a state-wide effort with Wisconsin cheesemakers to send over 17,000 pounds of cheese to Houston to provide nutritious food for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, has hired Michael A. Chapman as its director of PSM compliance and technological solutions.
Riceland Foods and Riviana Foods Inc., have announced a multi-million dollar investment to build a rice extrusion facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas to produce and market high value rice extruded products for domestic and international markets through their Rivland Partnership.
Kellogg Company Fund, the charitable arm of Kellogg Company, has announced that it will commit $100,000 to support disaster relief efforts following the devastating floods in Texas.