A&B Process Systems announces the appointment of Steve Deringer to Director of Engineering. Deringer joins A&B's growing engineering and design group, bringing with him 27 years of industrial manufacturing experiences ranging from structural fabrication to high tech electronics applications.
Dean Foods has entered into a strategic alliance with Baskin-Robbins to manufacture and distribute ice cream to Baskin-Robbins' franchised retail outlets throughout most of the nation. Baskin-Robbins is operated and marketed by Allied Domecq Quick Service Restaurants. The production will be handled at four Dean Foods locations: Alta-Dena Dairy in Southern Calif.; Creamland Dairies in Albuquerque, New Mex.; Barber Dairy in Birmingham, Ala. and Dean's Belvidere, Ill. ice cream facility. The exclusive supply arrangement gives Dean $85 million in additional ice cream sales and more effectively utilizes Dean's existing production capacity while extending its distribution reach from coast to coast. Baskin-Robbins creates and markets high-quality premium ice cream, specialty frozen desserts and beverages in the company's more than 4,400 retail stores around the globe.