BJ Beltram, Inc., a portfolio company of Trivest Partners, Coral Gables, Fla., acquired Louis Wohl and Sons, Inc.

The Middleby Corp., Elgin, Ill., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Taylor Co., Rockton, Ill., from UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies, Farmington, Conn., for $1 billion.

Emerson, St. Louis, Mo., announced plans to acquire Aventics, Lexington, Ky., from Triton Packaging, Miami, Fla.

Scales Corp. Ltd., New Zealand, announced plans to sell its cold storage businesses, Polarcold Stores Ltd. and Whakatu Coldstores Ltd. (which merged Jan. 1 under the Polarcold brand), to Emergent Cold, Dallas, Texas, for $151.4 million.

FRAZIER Industrial Co., Long Valley, N.J., opened the doors to its newest manufacturing plant in Dyersburg, Tenn.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Downers Grove, Ill., integrated Active Aero Group and USA Jet Airlines, Belleville, Mich., and Rich Logistics, Little Rock, Ark., to unify the company’s time-definite ground and air transportation operations.