Equipment manufacturer tna has opened a new, state-of-the-art facility in Australia to support global demand for its high-performance food packaging solutions.

Parker Products, a leading provider of inclusions and other specialty ingredients for the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, foodservice and RTE and snack industries, is holding a grand opening ceremony for its new manufacturing facility in Fort Worth on April 18.

Anaheim, Calif.-based Nellson Nutraceutical, LLC, a leading North American formulator and manufacturer of branded and private-label nutritional bar and functional powder products, officially debuted its new $70-million nutrition bar manufacturing plant in Ontario, Calif. today. 

Mexican entrepreneurs Roberto Arreguin and Leslie Norton, co-owners of Virc LLC, were joined by the Free Trade Alliance San Antonio and city officials for the grand opening of its new gummy manufacturing plant in Selma, Texas, a suburb of San Antonio. The plant will manufacture gummy candies ranging from traditional varieties to low sugar, sour and spicy types.

Since moving to its new home in Cranford, N.J. a year ago, Kopper’s Chocolate has tripled its production capacity and introduced other initiatives designed to strengthen its position as a confectionery manufacturer.