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People
Cordia Harrington, founder and CEO of The Tennessee Bun
Co., Nashville, was named the University of Arkansas Alumni
Association's 2016 Johnson Fellow.

Harrington

John Riesch, president and CEO, Lesaffre Yeast and Red Star Yeast,
Milwaukee, was named the 2016 chairman of the board for AIB
International, Manhattan, KS.
Corbion Caravan, Lenexa, KS, promoted Jesse Stinson to manager,
sweet bakery goods.
Linde LLC, Murray Hill, NJ, named Erik Fihlman program manager, bakery, prepared foods and seafood.

Riesch

Greg Hibbler was appointed corporate director of communications
at MGP Ingredients, Atchison, KS.
Prinova USA, Carol Stream, IL, hired Richard Staack, Ph.D, as vicepresident, research and commercial development.
Reese Lewis was hired as technical service manager for Rademaker
USA, Hudson, OH.

Stinson

Bimbo Bakeries USA, Horsham, PA,
announced a major solar energy installation at its Escondido, CA, baking plant for this summer.
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, has
received $500,000 from the New York
Power Authority Board of Trustees to
upgrade its plant in Buffalo, NY.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Mexico
City, reached an agreement to acquire
the Argentina bakery and food service business of General Mills, Inc.,
Minneapolis.
H&S Bakery, Baltimore, partnered
with US Gain, Dallas, to open a compressed natural gas fuel station in
Baltimore open to CNG fleets and
the public.
Hydrox cookies, relaunched by Leaf
Brands LLC, Newport Beach, CA,
are now available Kroger stores
nationwide.
Mondelez International, Deerfield,
IL, entered into a partnership with
China's Alibaba Group to sell its
range of snacks products online.

Fihlman

Hibbler

Staack

Lewis

In Memoriam

Preferred Popcorn, Chapman,
NE, has acquired K&W Popcorn, a
Trenton, MO-based provider of organic popcorn.

William E. Palumbo passed away on April 3, 2016, after
a long battle with Glioblastomia Multiforme. He was 60
years old. Mr. Palumbo was a longtime employee of both
Rademaker USA and Rondo and was well-loved in the industry. He ended his career as vice-president of industrial
sales at Rondo.

World Food Processing, LLC, received a "letter of no objection" from
the FDA concerning the GRAS status
of its PurisPea un-hydrolyzed and
hydrolyzed pea protein.

Joseph G. Ponte, Jr., died peacefully at his home in
Manhattan, KS, on April 21 at the age of 90. Mr. Ponte was
a professor emeritus at the Department of Grain Science
and Industry at Kansas State University. During his 21-year
career, he was engaged in teaching, conducting research in
cereal and baking science and had involvements with extension and International Grains Program activities.

Archer Daniels Midland Co.,
Chicago, launched an online sustainability progress tracker designed to
provide an overview of its goals and
plans, as well as detailed reports on
progress as it works toward full implementation of its commitment to
no-deforestation.

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