Looking to increase its Northeast distribution, edible oils supplier Bunge North America, St. Louis, said it purchased the assets of Mid-Atlantic Vegetable Shortening Inc.

Growers Marketing LLC, Salinas Valley, Calif., will begin marketing and distributing Green Giant Fresh commodity produce items under terms of a new sub-licensing agreement with The Scholl Group.

Global food processing equipment supplier JBT FoodTech, Sandusky, Ohio, promoted Chad Goecke to business planner-market services.

POWER Engineers Inc., Hailey, Idaho, hired Nathan Flood as a senior refrigeration specialist with the design-build firm's Facilities team.

Sometimes a business opportunity becomes a new product. In other cases, that opportunity might require an entirely new business venture.

Dorner Mfg. Corp. has introduced the FIT Program, which is a customer support program that is designed to increase production output and reduce overall costs.

Public refrigerated warehouse operator Everest Cold Storage, Toronto, opened its second temperature-controlled facility, a 4.5 million cubic foot site, in Dorval, Quebec.

Multi-temp storage and logistics services provider Weber Distribution LLC, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., said it will distribute refrigerated organic products (undisclosed) nationwide under terms of a new agreement.

Horizontal flow wrapping equipment manufacturer Doboy Inc., New Richmond, Wis., has become Bosch Packaging Technology Inc.

Richmond Cold Storage Co. (RCS) has selected Primus Builders as their 2008 Quality Critical Supplier of the Year.