Hormel has presented its 3rd annual Spirit of Excellence Award to Avure--a company that builds high pressure food processing (HPP) machines.  

AIB International’s lineup of Baking Process Kill Step Calculators now include a soft cookie product profile.

Founded by a group of California Central Valley grape growers in 1973, Styrotek has been focused on developing the most effective table grape packaging system available for more than 40 years.

Camlin Fine Sciences (CFS)--an integrated manufacturer of traditional antioxidants--has acquired Dresen Quimica S.A. de C.V.--a manufacturer and distributor of specialty intermediate chemical solutions used in Mexican food, feed blends, and industrial products--in Mexico City, Mexico.

Rentokil North America has announced plans to rebrand its North American pest control operations as Rentokil Steritech following the acquisition of The Steritech Group, Inc. in October 2015.

This week, Eurofins STA Laboratories, Inc. (ESTA) and Eurofins BioDiagnostics Inc. (EBDI) announced that the two have merged to form a single company and brand--Eurofins BioDiagnostics.

Marel Food Systems has joined PicknPack--a consortium of European companies, industry professionals and organizations that combine their expertise in an effort to develop flexible robotic systems for automated adaptive packaging of fresh and processed food products.  

R-Biopharm has announced that its RIDA®SMART app has undergone updates that make the app more powerful and user-friendly. 

Eurofins Scientific--a firm that conducts bioanalytical testing--announced last week that it has signed an agreement to acquire Exova's food, water and pharmaceutical testing business in the UK and Ireland, comprising ten laboratories.

Roka Bioscience, Inc.--a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens--has announced that the Extended On Board Stability feature is now available for the Atlas System.