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Valassis, Livonia, Mich., released findings from its newest research report, “Unpacking the Dynamic Online Shopper: Grocery & Retail,” which highlights modern grocery consumers’ behaviors and habits, as well as ways in which brands and retailers can attract them.

Rivacold announced plans to open a $5 million manufacturing facility in Buford, Ga., the company’s first U.S. location.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., completed construction of a low-pressure natural gas transmission line connecting a Smithfield hog farm located in Milan, Mo., with the city of Milan’s natural gas pipeline.

Danone, France, announced a NZ$40 million investment in its Nutricia spray drying plant in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021.

Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, Freeport, Maine, together with founding collaborators Stonyfield Organic, Londonderry, N.H., and the USDA's LandPKS project and Foundation for the Food and Agriculture (FFAR), Washington, D.C., launched OpenTEAM, what is said to be the first open source technology ecosystem to address soil health and mitigate climate change.

Flexicon, Bethlehem, Pa., opened an office in France to provide factory-direct sales and application engineering services to customers in France and surrounding regions.

Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., announced that the construction of three community solar projects totaling 12.67 MWdc is complete, making the cooperative what is said to be the largest food company in the world to be 100% renewably powered.

Here's a recap of this week's personnel announcements.

TerraForm Power, Inc., New York, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a high-quality, unlevered distributed generation platform with up to 320 megawatt of capacity in the United States from subsidiaries of AltaGas Ltd., Canada, for $720 million.

The global energy as a service market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.8% from 2019-2024, according to a study released by Report Linker, New York.