Great Lakes Cheese, Hiram, Ohio, said it named Brad Belanger director of foodservice. Belanger comes to Great Lakes Cheese from Saputo Dairy Foods, where he was senior director of corporate accounts.

The event promises more diversity and depth of programming than ever.

Dairy Foods received two Honorable mentions in Folio: magazine’s 2017 Eddie & Ozzie awards. Dairy Foods was recognized for editorial excellence in the B-to-B Full Issue category (Eddies) for its November 2016 State of the Industry print issue, and in the Digital Edition (Eddies Digital) category for its February 2017 digital edition.

Beth Ford is named head of Land O'Lakes businesses and Brad Oelmann head of Land O'Lakes services.

Cutting-edge scientific developments and business opportunities and challenges were all on the menu at the eighth International Whey Conference, held Sept. 17-20 in Chicago. The event attracted more than 600 attendees from 30 countries, about one-third of whom traveled from outside the United States, according to the host, the American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI), Elmhurst, Ill.