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Women in the Pet Industry Network is seeking nominations for the pet industry's leading female professionals for its first Pet Industry Women of the Year Awards to be announced on August 24.
Bewital petfood recently marked 50 years in business at a conference and celebration with business partners and friends.
Bemis Company received the DuPont Packaging Silver Anniversary Award honoring continuing innovation in packaging.
The Global Food Safety Initiative, a collaborative platform and business-driven initiative to ensure
confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers worldwide, announced Karil Kochenderfer will work in North America to enhance awareness of GFSI-recognized schemes and expand knowledge of GFSI's work streams among food industry executives in North America.
Frank Kelly, business manager for Zip-Pak, was a featured speaker at the Global Pouch Forum June 12-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Mintel Global Market Navigator published a new report on Pet Food in Italy.
Thiele Technologies added Shailendra Gadekar to its team as national sales manager.
Neogen Corp.'s president and chief operating officer, Lon Bohannon, announced his intent to retire effective August 31 after 27 years with the company. The company named Stephen Snyder to replace Bohannon.
The International Production & Processing Expo launched a new website, www.ippexpo.org.
Mike Dickson was named regional director-Americas for Piab after Chuck Weilbrenner retired from the role after a 30-year career with the company.
Kendall Packaging Corp. hired Tom Coffman as area sales manager and Tonya Becker was promoted to customer service representative.
SME, a provider of information to the manufacturing industry, is making several strategic changes to unify the organization, including a new logo and branding.
Kingdom Pets, a maker of dried-meat dog treats, is now making its treats available to an expanded market at Costco Wholesale locations in the Northeast US.
Canadean published a new report, The Future of the Pet Care Packaging Market in Singapore to 2017.
Wholistic Pet Organics launched a new website featuring the National Animal Supplement Council seal at www.WholisticPetOrganics.com.
Mettler-Toledo released a new white paper, entitled Advanced Batch Control, providing the detailed benefits of a dedicated batch controller.
Kendall Packaging is introducing new solutions such as 10-color, high-definition printing capabilities and re-sealable closure solutions and finishing options for petfood packaging.
Nestlé Purina PetCare selected Ibex Outdoor Clothing from 138 companies that applied for the "Purina Pets at Work Contest" as the winner.
Paw4mance Pet Products International Inc. appointed Dennis dos Santos as the company's new interim president and director, responsible for reorganizing the company.
Miller Weldmaster was presented with the 2103 President's "E" Award for Exports.
DIANA, a provider nutritional solutions for the food and petfood industry, was awarded the CF NEWS Prize of the best external growth in the "best international growth - Mid cap" category.
Mondi's NorCell film earned an award in the "food" category at WorldStar Award 2013.
Dow AgroSciences announced legislation is being proposed to increase the availability of ProFume, a fumigant thought to be a replacement for methyl bromide in petfood manufacturing plants.
A court case lasting nearly two years over the use of a logo has been settled, with the German company Finnern GmbH agreeing to pay UK brand owner Natures Menu a six-figure settlement for damages and court fees.
The National Association of Container Distributors recently named Mold-Rite Plastics/Stull Technologies/Weatherchem as the "Supplier of the Year."
Harpak-ULMA Packaging announced that Jan Erik Kuhlmann has joined the company as president.

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AAFCO holds petfood workshop

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Quick hits: The latest news at a glance!

View the latest, up-to-the-minute news from important industry players.

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