Global sales of process chillers reached over 320,000 units in 2018, as disclosed by a new research study by Fact.MR, Rockville, Md.

FruitSpec, an Israel-based portfolio company of The Trendlines Group Ltd., completed a $4 million investment round for its yield estimation solution.

Idelic, Pittsburgh, Pa., closed on an $8 million Series A financing round led by Origin Ventures, Chicago, with participation from TDF Ventures, Chevy Chase, Md.; Birchmere Ventures, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif.; and SaaS Venture Capital, Bethesda, Md.

Lineage Logistics, LLC, Novi, Mich., acquired two facilities from Van Soest Coldstores, a Netherlands-based provider of the storage and transfer of cooled and deep-frozen food products.

Advanced Dynamics Ltd., UK, announced a further investment of around £250,000 to its Bradford, UK-based facility to help meet filling and labeling demand.

Manhattan Associates Inc., Atlanta, opened a new facility in Brigade Tech Gardens in Bangalore, India.

QIMA, a Hong Kong-based provider of quality control and supply chain compliance solutions, acquired World Quality Services (WQS), a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of food certification, audit and training services.

FarmWise, San Francisco, raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Calibrate Ventures, Pasadena, Calif.

ClearSpan Structures, South Windsor, Conn., completed construction on a new $10 million, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

C.H. Robinson, Eden Prairie, Minn., announced plans to invest $1 billion in technology over the next five years.