The In Box July 2012

* Savoury Systems International added nearly 13,000 sq ft to its Branchburg, N.J., warehouse, located next to the company’s headquarters.

* AarhusKarlshamn AB (AAK) acquired Oasis Foods Company.

* At Vitafoods 2012, Naturex was granted a prize in the category “Most Innovative Ingredient” for its Utirose product.

* ConAgra Foods acquired Kangaroo Brands’ pita chip business.

* Sargento Foods Inc. named Jake Fuller sales analyst within the Consumer Products Division and Joy Pineres as senior manager in New Business Development.

* Dr. Glenn Froning was presented the inaugural Gilbert Eckhoff Award by the United Egg Association Further Processor Division (UEA) during the recent Urner Barry Conference.

* Royal DSM plans to buy leading fish oil supplier Ocean Nutrition Canada for $532 million.

* LycoRed appointed Frederic Nanquette as the new vice president of Marketing & Sales for Europe, Middle-East and Africa (excluding Israel).

* Corn Products International shareholders voted to change the company’s name to Ingredion.

* Frutarom Industries Ltd. named Holger Riemensperger general manager of its Global Health Business Unit.

* Bay State Milling Company has elected Frank van Schaayk to its board of directors.

* MicroThermics announced E2PS is its full service distributor for Brazil.

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