Got a new website or product? Recently earn certification or win an award? Have positions changed within your company?
The Quick-Hits section is the place to send and find this information. Updated regularly.  

• Vortex Valves International appointed Oliver Küng as the new sales manager of Vortex Valves GmbH.
• DSM announced that Ben van Kooten, business group director of DSM Resins, will retire after 35 years with DSM and will be succeeded by Dimitri de Vreeze, who will in turn be succeeded by Steve Hartig as business unit director of DSM NeoResins+.
• Gary Shaw joined Bratney Companies, a design, engineering and equipment supplier to the feed industries, to lead electronic engineering services. 
• Premier Nutrition, a manufacturer and supplier of vitamin and mineral premixes, appointed Ben Helm as commercial manager of its pet division.
• Shaw's Supermarkets Inc. unveiled a new line of petfood called WholeCare Pet.
• Premium Ingredients International announced the addition of Donnie Moran as the new sales and marketing manager of feed flavors/ingredients.
• Larry Chusid, founder of The Pongo Fund, won the 2010 Veterinary Service Award.
• Radio Systems Corporation, makers of the PetSafe, SportDOG and Invisible Fence brands, has acquired Premier Pet Products.
• Canidae All Natural Pet Foods named Frank Hon as director of operations.
• Multivac Inc., a supplier of packaging solutions, has launched its new corporate website.
• The T. E. Ibberson Company, a provider of construction and engineering services to the food manufacturing industry, has hired Mark Whims as vice president of business development for its design, engineering and construction firm.
• Martek Biosciences Corporation announced that its DHA Gold is featured in two canine supplement products, Fortitude Canine and Fortitude Canine Joint from Kauffman’s Animal Health.
• Perten Instruments Inc. appointed Joe Bester as regional manager for the US north mid-west region; the company also added Ed Arsenault and Brad Burtnick as consultants.
• Nordenia International AG sold 83.4% of its shares in Nordenia Morocco Casablanca S.A.R.L. to the funds managed by ALMAMED, Massinissa Maroc and Massinissa Lux.
• Kemin Industries Inc. will present the latest research on managing biogenic amines to ensure petfood freshness at Petfood Forum Asia.
• Key Technology appointed Teri Johnson to the new position of intercontinental sales manager for the Australia/New Zealand, Asia Pacific, and Latin American regions.
• Silliker, a health nutrition and food safety company, announced the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art nutritional chemistry and food safety laboratory at Mhape, Navi Mumbai, India on Jan. 1.
• Nikken Foods USA Inc. announces the recent promotion of Koichi Sato as president.
• In an effort to establish safety and security resources for pets, Martha and Rusty Necessary developed a web-based pet product business.
• NORDENIA USA Jackson received a rating of superior for the 13th time following a sanitation and quality management audit conducted by the American Institute of Baking.
• The Organic Pet Boutique launched its website in December 2009 with over 400 products ranging from organic petfood to organic pet supplements.
• Penford Food Ingredients Co., a leader in carbohydrate systems and technologies, has named Anita Oliver as director of pet sales and business development.
• Nikken Foods USA Inc. will move to a larger distribution center and corporate office in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in mid-February.
• Natural Balance Pet Foods Inc. announced Rick Rockhill as its new senior vice president of international and national divisions; Heather Govea was promoted to senior vice president of its independent sales and corporate marketing divisions.
• DAD’S Pet Care acquired ARKAT Nutrition, an animal food manufacturer located in southeastern Arkansas, USA.