Private equity firm Trilantic Capital Partners said in September that it has agreed to purchase a substantial minority interest in Fortitech Inc., which develops and manufactures custom nutrient premixes for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

CP Kelco received the highest honor for food ingredients innovation at the 2010 Food Ingredients South America, Sao Paulo.

Vinamilk, the market leader in Vietnam for production of dairy products, has placed an order with GEA Process Engineering for delivery of two complete dairy processing lines for production of infant formula.

Lomont IMT helps manufacturers identify safety and visual management areas so that operation personnel become more efficient and downtime is minimized.

Decernis LLC, Washington, D.C., received a patent for a document management system and method to validate the global compliance of product safety documents in the supply chain, to provide a data processing system for product recalls, and to establish a validation service for product safety news and alerts.

SIAL 2010, the global food marketplace, runs Oct. 17-21 in Paris.

The Darling Agency, New York, created DairyDial.com, a new website for Best Cheese Corp. that is said to offer quick answers to cheese questions.

A retailer-manufacturer panel will share “market-to-manufacturing” success stories about shoppers who gravitate to green.

In July, Beneo announced that its Beneo-Orafti, Beneo-Palatinit and Beneo-Remy business units now conduct business under the Beneo Inc., umbrella in North America, which is the North American subsidiary of Belgium-based Beneo.

At the 2010 Dairy Symposium - sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) - held July 11 to 12 in Door County, Wis., the 2011 WDPA officers were elected.