Central Storage & Warehouse Co., Madison, Wis., said it opened a 2 million-cubic-foot warehouse, in Eau Claire, Wis., to serve Wisconsin and Minnesota markets.

Automated material handling supplier HK Systems Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., said it will provide an automated guided vehicle system to frozen vegetable processor Birds Eye Foods Inc., Rochester, N.Y.

Emerson Climate Technologies, St. Louis, said it purchased industrial refrigeration equipment supplier Vilter Manufacturing LLC, Cudahy, Wis.

New Orleans Cold Storage promoted Mark Blanchard to president & CEO.

The Haskell Company, a Jacksonville, Fla., design and construction services provider, said it acquired PTS Engineering, an Atlanta-based process engineering firm specializing in the food and beverage industries.

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. honored C.R. England Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, as Wal-Mart's "2008 Dedicated Grocery Carrier of the Year."

Reiser began construction of a new state-of-the-industry Customer Center at its Canton, Mass., headquarters.

Fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable processing giant Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif., will outsource transportation sourcing activities to Transplace, a third-party transportation and logistics management services.

Thermoform packaging and sealing equipment supplier Sencorp Inc., Hyannis, Mass., said it merged with White Systems,a Kenilworth, N.J.

Packaging equipment supplier Bradman Lake Inc., Charlotte, N.C., said it will provide an integrated, multi-leg packaging system to one of North America's largest food processors.