Robertet appointed Julian Dabrowski as research chef; Stephen M. Olyha is the new chief operating officer of Autocrat; specialty enzyme manufacturer Biocatalyst announces staff changes. 

A roundup of news from suppliers to the dairy processing industry. Kendall Packaging Corp. broke ground on a 56,000‐square‐foot expansion; DuPont's Bax system receives AOAC recognition and more.

MDS Foods’ goals were to increase the production line’s capacity and profitability as well as give the company the capability to bring more product categories, predominately packaging smaller chunks of cheese, into its facility.

MDS Foods and Ossid collaborated on developing an automated system to replace the manual operation. 

In order to better support food manufacturers take the leap to coloring foodstuffs, Chr. Hansen significantly steps up its efforts in this product segment. 

"Cargill believes that we all have a stake in improving kids' nutrition – families, government, public health organizations and the food and beverage industry," said Pat Bowe, corporate vice president of Cargill's Food Ingredients & Systems businesses. "With this initiative, we are focusing resources to help customers develop formulations with less trans and saturated fat, sugar and sodium, and more whole grains, fiber and protein."