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Bushel, a Fargo, N.D.-based provider of software technology solutions for growers, grain buyers, protein producers and food companies, announced the closing of its $19.5 million Series B investment led by Continental Grain Co., New York.

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CoolSys, Brea, Calif., acquired BRR Refrigeration, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC services company based in Virginia Beach, Va.

Datassential, Chicago, pulled ideas from thought leaders across the company and combined with data from surveys, databases and from Haiku, the company’s machine-learning trend prediction engine, to compile a list of trends set to impact the food and beverage industry in the year ahead.

ALPLA, Austria; Britvic plc, UK; Danone S.A., France; Unilever, London; REMONDIS Recycling GmbH & Co.KG, Germany; and BP, London, joined forces to utilize BP’s enhanced recycling technology to create a new cross-industry consortium to develop a global circular economy for plastics.

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, Boise, Idaho, invested $1 million in a Parma, Idaho, facility at the University of Idaho (U of I), Moscow, Idaho, designed to support the fundamental elements of Idaho agriculture.

SPX Corp.’s subsidiary, The Marley Co., LLC, Charlotte, N.C., purchased Patterson-Kelley, an East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based manufacturer and distributor of commercial boilers and water heaters.

BP, London, developed what it described as an enhanced recycling technology called BP Infinia, which enables currently unrecyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to be transformed back into new, virgin-quality feedstocks.

Jafflz, Park City, Utah, introduced new product packaging and recipes for 2020.

Kraft Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., announced plans for a $25 million expansion project at its Garland, Texas, production center.