Dairy products giant Land O'Lakes, Inc., Arden Hills, Minn., said it hired Beth Ford as executive vice president, chief supply chain & operations officer.
Lyco Manufacturing has opened a food product development laboratory to assist its customers with product recipe development and machinery trials involving continuous-process cookers, blanchers and chillers.
Vertical form/fill/seal packaging equipment manufacturer HayssenSandiacre Inc., Duncan, S.C., said it purchased Simionato Integrated Packaging Systems S.r.l., a supplier of integrated flexible packaging systems in Mestrino, Italy.
SJohn Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT), Chicago, said it has named Steve Smith vice president and division manager for the JBT FoodTech Food Processing Systems division.