Calling it a “once in a lifetime opportunity for us,” CEO Leo Tanis of Dutch-based Tanis Confectionery (TC) said the company has taken over Fast Track Engineering’s activities. The move came about following a joint venture agreement signed this past Monday by TC with Australia-based JH Tester Industrial Automation, which had acquired Fast Track Engineering in September 2017.

Australian food processing and packaging supplier tna Solutions has acquired NID, an Australian starch moulding equipment manufacturer, moving tna one step closer to being a leading single-source supplier for the confectionery industry.