News Briefs Suppliers
AgCredit merges with Farm Credit Services
AgCredit mer¬ged with Farm Credit Services of the Mountain Plains, based in Greeley, Colo. The merger will make the company the sixth-largest Farm Credit cooperative in the United States, totaling $5.58 billion in assets and a combined customer base of 6,907 members.
TricorBraun buys Trilogy Glass
TricorBraun, a supplier of bottles, jars and other rigid packaging components, announced that it has acquired Trilogy Glass and Packaging Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif. Trilogy will become part of TricorBraun WinePak, making it a $120 million division of TricorBraun that specifically serves the wine industry. The acquisition doubles TricorBraun WinePak’s sales team. The firm has offices in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Details: tricorbraun.com.
BDI becomes Infaco service location
Vineyard equipment dealer BDI Machinery Sales Inc. of Macungie, Pa., has become the eastern service location for Infaco, which produces electric pruning equipment. Details: bdimachinery.net.
Nissan produces 200,000th forklift
Nissan Forklift Corp. reported that the 200,000th forklift rolled off the manufacturing line at its Marengo, Ill., factory in 2011. The company reached the 100,000th forklift milestone in 2002, 14 years after beginning U.S. production of forklifts and materials-handling equipment. Details: nissanforklift.com.
Design firm changes name, website
Sterling Cross Creative, a branding and package design firm focused on the wine and spirits industry and based in Napa, Calif., announced its new name: Sterling Creativeworks. The firm also launched an all-new website, sterlingcreativeworks.com.
TricorBraun buys Trilogy Glass
TricorBraun, a supplier of bottles, jars and other rigid packaging components, announced that it has acquired Trilogy Glass and Packaging Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif. Trilogy will become part of TricorBraun WinePak, making it a $120 million division of TricorBraun that specifically serves the wine industry. The acquisition doubles TricorBraun WinePak’s sales team. The firm has offices in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Details: tricorbraun.com.
BDI becomes Infaco service location
Vineyard equipment dealer BDI Machinery Sales Inc. of Macungie, Pa., has become the eastern service location for Infaco, which produces electric pruning equipment. Details: bdimachinery.net.
Nissan produces 200,000th forklift
Nissan Forklift Corp. reported that the 200,000th forklift rolled off the manufacturing line at its Marengo, Ill., factory in 2011. The company reached the 100,000th forklift milestone in 2002, 14 years after beginning U.S. production of forklifts and materials-handling equipment. Details: nissanforklift.com.
Design firm changes name, website
Sterling Cross Creative, a branding and package design firm focused on the wine and spirits industry and based in Napa, Calif., announced its new name: Sterling Creativeworks. The firm also launched an all-new website, sterlingcreativeworks.com.
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