The InterFlex Group,  Wilkesboro, N.C., said it purchased flexible food packaging supplier C&H Packaging Company Inc. for an undisclosed amount from Appleton, a diverse specialty paper products company.

Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, yesterday filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common shares.

Georiga-Pacific Packaging LLC, Atlanta, said it purchased ORBIS Container Services, Fresno, Calif., for an undisclosed amount from Menasha Corp.

Food processing and packaging equipment supplier Reiser said it opened a 6,600-square-foot Customer Center at its Canton, Mass., headquarters.

East Coast third-party logistics services provider Burris Logistics, Milford, Del., said it purchased N. Winer and Son, a foodservice dairy products re-distributor in Springfield, Mass.

Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, Ind., said it completed its purchase of plastic films supplier Pliant Corporation.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC) said Carlos Gutierrez, former chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, joins the iGPS board of directors.

Seattle-based Seafreeze Cold Storage said it received a $561,000 low-interest loan to improve energy efficiency at its 7 million-cubic-foot refrigerated facility in south Seattle.

Construction and fabrication services provider Corval Group, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., said it purchased American Industrial Refrigeration (AIR), Atwater, Minn.

Northwest Indiana media say port logistics and maritime services provider ICS Logistics, Jacksonville, Fla., is considering LaPorte, Ind., as the possible location for a new $50 million, 500,000-square-foot refrigerated and frozen warehouse.