The Coca-Cola Company acquired a 40 percent stake in Chi Ltd, a Nigerian company that produces value-added dairy products and snacks.

Danish food packaging supplier Brodrene Hartmann will begin production in the US, announcing it will invest $30 million to build a factory in Missouri.

The International Dairy Foods Association announced its President and CEO Connie Tipton will retire at the end of 2016.

Brown-Forman Corporation will sell liqueur brands Sothern Comfort and Tuaca to Louisiana-based rival Sazerac for $543.5 million.

The European Union’s competition regulator approved the deal on the condition Ball divest 10 can body manufacturing plants and two can end plants.

The company will stop operations at its Nashville, TN plant and sell its Albany, OR facility in order to consolidate production and increase growth.

FPSA announced speakers scheduled for the bakery breakout sessions at the FPSA Annual Conference held March 9-11 in Bonita Springs, Florida.

The facility’s proximity to California provides a new avenue to better service the western US.

Crown plans to construct a new beverage can plant in Nichols, NY in order to meet increased demand for specialty can sizes.