Nelson-Jameson, a Marshfield, Wis.-based supplier to U.S. dairy processors, and its sister company Kaestner, LLC, a field service, preventative maintenance programs and project solutions provider also based in Marshfield, Wis., entered a strategic partnership with Valcour Process Technologies, a dairy equipment manufacturer headquartered in Peru, N.Y.
GEA Group, Germany, acquired CMT S.p.A., an Italy-based supplier of single equipment and integrated production lines for pasta filata cheese (fresh mozzarella and pizza cheese).
Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., launched what is said to be the highest-capacity extrusion line on the market for large scale production of ice cream sticks and sandwiches.