Productivity technologies provider RedPrairie Holding Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., said it agreed to be acquired by New Mountain Capital LLC, a New York, N.Y., equity investment firm.

Ashworth Bros. Inc., Winchester, Va., says the Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee (BISSC) formally approved and verified Ashworth's Omni-Pro® FlexLite, a strong and lightweight belt for conveying pans, trays, and large products.

Packaging machinery supplier Bradman Lake Inc. said it expects by March to relocate its Charlotte, N.C., manufacturing plant to a new 40,000-sq.-ft. operation in Rock Hill, S.C.

Citing increased sales to food processors, business enterprise and on-demand software supplier AFS Technologies Inc., Phoenix, said it named Lance Anderson as vice president, national sales-food manufacturing.

Great Dane Trailers, Savannah, Ga., said it purchased Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies, a Rice Lake, Wis., supplier of insulated fiberglass refrigerated truck bodies and all-electric refrigeration solutions.

Industrial Info Resources (IIR) Sugar Land, Texas, said Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., is "proceeding with plans" to build a 960,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Union City, Ga.

JBT Corp., Chicago, said its JBT FoodTech business has signed a $6.1 million contract to supply freezing solutions for a new plant in Hau Giang province, Vietnam.

The Tacoma (Wash.) Daily Index reported that Versacold Logistics Services, Vancouver, B.C., broke ground for a $30 million cold storage facility at the Port of Tacoma.

Food processors need real-time information, communication and support solutions. Not surprisingly, these issues are driving some of the latest news at Dorner Manufacturing Corp., a conveyor equipment supplier based in Hartland, Wis.

Industrial food conveyor equipment supplier Dorner Manufacturing Corp., Hartland, Wis., said it promoted John Kuhnz to marketing director.