Terra Tech signs sweet deal with Smucker's

NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk, Conn.-based Terra Technology Inc. recently reported signing the Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Co., maker of fruit spreads and health and natural foods in North America, as a customer. No details of the agreement have been released.

Officials of the company, whose software analyzes daily demand signals, reported that Smucker's has implemented Terra’s demand-sensing software to improve weekly inventory forecasts. Other customer’s of Terra’s software include New Jersey-based Campbell Soup Co. and the California-based Ventura Foods LLC.