Object Solutions Software AG, a Switzerland-based provider of recipe-based software, opened a branch in Chicago to meet the growing demand in specification and recipe management for the food and beverage industry.

Silgan Plastics, Chesterfield, Mo., announced plans to construct a new production facility in Hazelwood, Mo.

SubZero Constructors, Inc., Los Angeles, announced plans to open a new metro Portland office.

Klöckner Pentaplast Group, Gordonsville, Va., and Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Evansville, Ind., entered into a marketing alliance to offer innovative form-fill-seal packaging solutions on a global basis to the food industry.

Kansas City Southern, Kansas City, Mo., and its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), will invest approximately $19 million in 2015 on construction and improvement projects on KCSR’s Beaumont Subdivision line.

Canada-based Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (IPG), a manufacturer of packaging products and machinery, acquired Better Packages, Inc., an Ansonia, Conn.-based supplier of water-activated tape dispensers.

Spiroflow Holdings, Inc., Monroe, N.C., acquired Food Control Solutions, Inc., a systems integration and automation company.

Canada-based Smartcool Systems Inc. entered into an agreement to absorb its distributor SmartACR, Salem, Mass.

Flexible Material Handling, Suwanee, Ga., and Best Conveyors, LLC, Jonesboro, Ark., united and re-branded as FMH Conveyors.

Plastipak Packaging, Inc., a Plymouth, Mich.-based manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the APPE packaging division of La Seda de Barcelona Group.