General Mills, Minneapolis, said it recently opened the company’s first innovation, technology and quality center in Shanghai, “signaling a commitment to drive greater innovation and investment in one of the company’s largest growth markets.”

Strand has more than twenty years of experience in product development and quality management across the food industry.

The newly expanded center will address demands across different applications covering the entire spectrum of food and feed ingredients science.

C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc. promoted Paul Nardone to the newly created position of customer service manager for the company’s Chemical Division and the Food Characterization Division.