Sara Lee North American Retail has announced the appointment of Shawn Welch as vice president of customer management.

Enviroline Group has announced the recent promotion of Troy Marshall to regional sales and technical manager for the central United States.

As of June 1, 2008, John Fields has joined the Motus3 as the midwest regional sales manager.

Premium Protein Products has announced that Kevin Miller, most recently chief financial officer of the company, has been named CEO. Steve Sands will continue to lead development of the company’s strategy, corporate development and customer relationships as president and chairman of the board of directors.

Solbar Industries Ltd., Israel, has announced the appointment of Greg Horn to direct the company's business, marketing and sales activities in North America (U.S. and Canada), beginning Aug. 1.

Information Resources Inc. has announced that Bernhard Nann, former senior vice president and chief technology officer of Fair Isaac, has joined the company as executive vice president and general manager of technology.

Bosch Packaging Technology has appointed Pres Lawhon president and general manager of Doboy Inc.

PURAC has announced that with immediate effect, all prices of its products will be increased by 15 to 25 cents per pound. globally, depending on their composition and exposure to the increased costs of various auxiliary raw materials, energy and feedstock.

The National Turkey Federation presented Jimmy John’s with its Sixth Annual “Turkey on the Menu” Award at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) convention last month.

Shi-Wei Zhang, PhD, has been named chief chemist at Food Quality Sensor International Inc. of Lexington, Mass., a life sciences company that merges homeland security sensor science with food safety technology.

President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez presented Johnsonville Sausage LLC with the President’s “E” Award for Export Excellence at the White House on May 20.

Hawkins Inc. on Monday announced the purchase of a 77,000 square foot facility on 10 acres in Centralia, Ill.

Patricia Dube Smith has accepted the role of regulatory affairs manager for Lohmann Animal Health, beginning in May, 2008.

Bettcher Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Charles R. Anderson as regional sales representative. Anderson will be responsible for sales and service activities for Bettcher’s Whizard Trimmer and AirShirz scissors product lines.

Tommy Myers, vice president for supply chain for Wayne Farms LLC, was recently honored for his service as the 2007-2008 Chairman of the Georgia Poultry Federation.

David Michael and Co.'s Strategic Alliance Advisory Board (SAAB) has announced the addition of a new member, Myron Feinstein.

ConAgra Foods Inc. has announced that Dave Linne joined the company on June 30 as senior vice president of advertising global marketing strategy.

CC Industries Inc. (CCI) announced Tuesday that it acquired Weiler and Co. Inc. located in Whitewater, Wis. Weiler, under both the “WEILER” and “BEEHIVE®” brand names is a leading provider of grinding, mixing and bone separator/meat recovery equipment to the protein segment of the global food processing industry.

Stellar has constructed a new facility in Lake City, Fla., for United States Cold Storage Inc. The 191,000-square-foot cold storage facility features a more environmentally sound CO2-based refrigeration system.

NSF International announced the 2008 recipients of its Food Safety Leadership Awards last month at the Food Safety and Security Summit in Washington, D.C.

The Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization has scheduled another of its popular Meat Plant Welfare Auditor Certification Training courses for April 30 to May 1 in Fremont and  Schuyler, Neb.

Ecolab has acquired Ecovation Inc., a provider of wastewater treatment and renewable energy solutions for the food and beverage manufacturing industry based in Rochester, N.Y. This acquisition complements the comprehensive cleaning and sanitizing systems currently offered by Ecolab Food & Beverage to its dairy, beverage, and meat and poultry producer customers, by providing them with technology to achieve greater water, energy and effluent savings for safer, more sustainable, more efficient operations.