Safe Fleet, Belton, Mo., acquired FleetMind Solutions, Inc., a Canada-based provider of “smart truck” solutions, including onboard computing (OBC) systems that enable waste and recycling fleets to link their drivers and vehicles to business operations in real-time to ensure improved safety, productivity, sustainability and customer service.

Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030.

In anticipation of West Liberty Foods opening the doors to its new cold storage facility, Liberty Cold, June 30, Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods magazine, sat down with Tim Cox, vice president of Liberty Cold, Bolingbrook, Ill., to learn more about this new state-of-the-art facility that was built with food safety and security as top priority.

The Linde Food Technology Center in Cleveland, Ohio, can now perform higher-volume and longer test runs to validate performance of new cryogenic processes for crusting, cooling or fully freezing foods.

Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, Wis., announced two multi-year research projects at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison), also based in Madison, Wis., aimed at enhancing the fuel efficiency of start-stop and next-generation battery-electric vehicles.