Middleby Corp. Buys CP Packaging

Middleby Corp., the Elgin, Ill.-based manufacturer of foodservice equipment, food processing equipment and residential appliances, has purchased CP Packaging, an Appleton, Wis.-based manufacturer of horizontal form, fill and seal packaging machinery. Annual sales are about $15 million, Middleby said. The purchase continues the company’s thrust into packaging equipment as an adjunct to its food processing…