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People and Industry News: March 2022

March 8, 2022

The people, companies and facilities making headlines.

Manufacturing News

Plant Openings & Expansions: March 2022

March 8, 2022

Plant openings and expansions in food and beverage manufacturing.

Hostess Brands snack foods include Donettes, Twinkies, CupCakes and Ding Dongs, as well as Voortman cookies and wafers

Plant Openings

Hostess Brands to open state-of-the-art bakery in Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Operational in 2023, the facility will bring 150 new jobs to the community

March 7, 2022

Hostess Brands Inc., a sweet snacks company, will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, into a state-of-the-art bakery. The bakery is expected to be operational in the second half of 2023 and bring approximately 150 new jobs to the community over the next three years.

Manufacturing News

Federal government needs to set an example on cybersecurity

Government Accountability Office says federal agencies need to do their own homework before they can help the private sector

Wayne Labs

March 7, 2022

While food and beverage processors have been scrambling to protect their process control equipment, intellectual property (IP) and IT/OT systems from cybersecurity/ransomware attacks, their efforts may be outpacing the Federal Government, which should be setting an example by having secured its own agencies from cyberattacks.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Dot Foods acquires Morsum, an AI/ML food platform technology company

The merger will help Dot’s suppliers be more responsive to supply chain issues when they arise

Wayne Labs

March 6, 2022

Dot Foods, Inc., said to be North America’s largest food industry redistributor, has acquired Morsum, a food industry data and AI platform technology company.

CMMS

Six steps for implementing a successful CMMS after COVID-19

Wasique Ahmad

March 4, 2022

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) have become an important tool for companies looking to improve their safety and efficiency.

Mergers & Acquisitions

May River Capital acquires Cablevey Conveyors

Cablevey Conveyors celebrated its 50th anniversary on the day of the acquisition

March 2, 2022

May River Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on lower middle market industrial growth companies, has acquired Cablevey Conveyors, a global manufacturer of tubular-drag conveyor systems based in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

People are more consumed about food price inflation than COVID-19.

COVID & Inflation

COVID cases drop in the U.S. while food prices climb

A new study finds diminished worry about COVID among American consumers, but an overly heightened concern about food price increases

March 1, 2022

While concern for COVID decreases among Americans post Omicron, consumers feel inflation's pain at the supermarket.

Industry Leaders

Meat Institute, FMI announce 2022 Leaders of Tomorrow program winners

Each year, the two organizations select ten young industry leaders who show creativity and innovation

February 17, 2022

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute, NAMI) and FMI—The Food Industry Association announced ten winners for the 2022 Leaders of Tomorrow Program.

Refrigeration equipment, controls company M&M Carnot acquires controls manufacturer Logix

Transaction to create a controls provider with capabilities to serve the industrial refrigeration market with technological solutions

February 17, 2022

Logix, a Seattle-area industrial controls manufacturer, has been serving the industrial refrigeration market with controls solutions for wineries, cold storage warehouses, distribution centers and processing plants focusing on safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.

Explore food safety strategies that strengthen sanitation, risk management, operational efficiency, and compliance across foodservice and facility environments.