Briefing Room

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), announces the promotion of Sarah Jorgensen to senior brand manager for the company’s U.S. Swine Business. Jorgensen, who joined BIVI in February 2007, was a swine sales representative servicing key accounts.

Osborne Industries, Inc., Osborne, Kansas, will celebrate its 40th anniversary at company headquarters on May 15, 2013. The employee-owned company is a diversified manufacturer and distributor of production equipment and products for the swine industry, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of composite plastic components for a variety of industries, and markets a small line of pet products.

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, the Loyd Ray Farms Swine Waste-to-Energy Project received an Honors Award at the ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. This project, designed by the Winston-Salem based Engineering firm, Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A. was recognized as one of the top 24 Engineering achievements in the United States.

Newport, North Carolina’s annual barbecue cook-off is set for April 5 and 6.