Best Friends Pet Hotels will now offer Freely Pet dog and cat diets as its in-house brand at the company’s 31 pet care and boarding facilities.

The packaging equipment supplier will expand its portfolio to include a wide range of sanitary systems and engineering services through the acquisition.

The new Pet Food Experience (PEX) Center will house the latest process technologies, testing capabilities and educational workshops to share R&D skills and knowledge with pet food and treat processors.

Specializing in long-lasting dog chews, Kansas City Treats manufactures a broad range of products for both cats and dogs.

The company has partnered with leaders from Tyson, the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and Colorado State University to host a Meat Analysis Webinar Symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

The equipment supplier will offer industry-specific webinars, discussions and seminars with its application specialists, and virtual booths to meet with colleagues.

This year’s conference will be held virtually on Nov. 5.

The company’s C35 AdvancedLine Checkweigher offer precise finished product weighing to optimize ROI.

The company spent five weeks camped out in the parking lot of its pet food manufacturing partner to upgrade the facility’s end-of-line capacities by up to 50%.

Equipment innovations and automated process controls are facilitating safer, more efficient dry bulk ingredient handling.