The funds will benefit people in the United States, Canada and the Asia-Pacific region impacted by COVID-19.

The equipment supplier opened the 15,000-square-foot facility to test and demonstrate its ingredient automation, dough technology and process management solutions.

AMF Bakery Systems has added Terry Bartsch as executive product manager of its dough systems division as it looks to improve and expand into new segments.

HRS is offering its R Series and Unicus scraped surface heat exchangers for a variety of pet food processing applications.

The company began production at its biorefinery in Shenandoah, Iowa, where it will produce up to 50,000 tons of pet food and feed ingredients.

The company has updated its Model T-750, 370-quart Removable Bowl Double Planetary Vertical Mixer with improved sanitary design and cleaning features, bowl scraper durability and control panel simplification.

The company’s Double Tight Wrap systems are designed to tightly wrap bundles of pet food to reduce product shifting and improve handling down the supply chain.

The method can detect low levels of the bacteria on stainless steel, ceramic and plastic contact surfaces within 48 hours.

Patrick Wood has worked for the company in several number-crunching roles, most recently as vice president of finance.

The company is mitigating widespread travel bans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by offering digital and remote service and training for its food and pet food processing customers.