Huber Engineered Materials, Atlanta, GA, has acquired Micro Powders and Braig, Inc. (MPBI), Benicia, CA. According to the company, it found product and manufacturing synergies with MPBI that aligned with the company’s strategy of furthering its development of specialty ingredients and functional additives used in nutraceutical/pharmaceutical excipients and tablets. With the October launch of its RxCIPIENTS™ advanced pharmaceutical excipients, Huber said it is eager to continue to explore new methodologies to serve the pharmaceutical and nu­traceutical marketplaces.