Manufacturing

Barilla America, the U.S.-based division of The Barilla Group, Italy's largest food producer, makes the fastest-growing pasta and sauce brand lines in their categories.

According to the Associated Press, Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) will close Hoover's main campus in North Canton, Ohio, and some manufacturing operations of the vacuum-cleaner business by fall, resulting in 750 job cuts.

Johnson & Johnson goes from owner of Pharma Tech to customer

As part of strategic efforts to reduce the production of fresh, commodity chicken, Tyson Foods Inc. plans to sell its poultry plants in Ashland and Gadsden, Ala., to Koch Foods Incorporated.

Tyson Foods Inc. unveils its new $45 million research and development facility designed to enhance the company's ability to create new foods and bring them to market more quickly.

Ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries selects ClearOrbit Gemini mobile software for Oracle Process Manufacturing to automate data collection and improve the company's production lot control and traceability.

As part of immediate initiative to drive improved performance, position Pfizer for future success and enhance total shareholder return its cost reduction initiatives, 10,000 positions (about 10 percent of Pfizer's total worldwide workforce) will be eliminated by the end of next year.

The Blackstone Group enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded food products in the United States and Canada, for approximately $2.16 billion in cash.