The Middleby Corporation, an American publicly traded commercial and residential cooking and industrial process equipment company, acquired Packaging Progressions, a market leader in automated packaging technologies for customers in the protein and bakery segments. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Pacproinc has been very successful in the development of highly-engineered, proprietary equipment that automates bacon, deli meat, fresh beef patty, protein alternative patty and pizza crust food processing lines. They have built a reputation as an innovative leader,” said Middleby CEO Tim FitzGerald. “The Pacproinc solutions are highly complementary to our existing processing technologies and will enable Middleby to supply a more complete system to customers and further extend our offerings in new and fast growing categories.”