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Names in the News

Badger Tag & Label Corp. is celebrating 75
years in business. As a part of its anniversary
celebration, it's offering customers who place
an order in September the chance to win $75
off that order. A drawing will take place daily
every Monday through Friday in September.

Baarts

Walsroder Packaging,
a provider of plastic and
fibrous food casings, announces the addition of
Mike Baarts to their
national sales management team. In his new
role, Baarts will develop
the company's presence
regionally and within
strategic accounts.

Dr. Russell Flowers,
chairman and chief scientific officer of Silliker
Group Corp., was named
the 2010 recipient of the
Maurice Weber Laboratorian Award by the
Flowers
International Association for Food Protection. IAFP cited
his "outstanding contributions in the
laboratory and commitment to the
development of innovative and practical analytical approaches in support
of food safety" in honoring him with
the prestigious award. Dr. Flowers
was also named an IAFP Fellow at the
association's annual meeting,
Multivac Inc., a leading global supplier of packaging solutions for perishable
food products, announced that Vince
Knoch and Tom Rapuzzi have joined
the company as regional sales managers
within its food division. Multivac has
also announced new roles and responsibilities for three of its managers, all re-

porting to Bob Koch, director of sales.
The new managers are: Mark Wilhelm, sales manager, Eastern division;
Gregg Poffenbarger, sales manager,
Western division; and Bill Williams,
product manager, compact packaging
systems and tray sealers.

director; and Wells was appointed
fi nance director. In addition to his
new position at Kemin, Schroeder is
also the president and CEO of Blue
Sky Creamery, an Iowa-based ice
cream start-up business Schroeder
co-founded in 1999.

Tyson Foods Inc. has named Houston-based Martin Preferred Foods
as the company's exclusive foodservice
distributor of Chairman's Reserve
Certified Premium Beef to restaurants
in San Antonio. Martin Preferred also
won the rights to market the beef in
Austin, Dallas and Houston.

The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association presented a $5,000 check to the
Food Processing Suppliers Association's Meat Industry Supplier's
Alliance (MISA) Foundation Scholarship Fund during PROCESSEXPO
2010 in Chicago in July.

Finland-based Cimcorp Oy, a
leading supplier of automated material handling and picking solutions, has acquired RMT Robotics,
a Canada-based manufacturer and
integrator of innovative robotic material handling systems. The newly
formed group offers advanced order
fulfi llment solutions, robotic gantry technology and related software
and controls.
Arlene Kobos has been promoted to
vice president of sales for Symrise,
Holzminden, Germany. Kobos was formerly Symrise's national sales director.
Cantrell, a poultry processing equipment sales and service company based
in Gainesville, Ga., has promoted Mark Boswell to manager of parts
sales. Boswell
has been with
the company
for 21 years and
has extensive
experience in
Boswell
parts sales.
Kemin Food Technologies, Des
Moines, welcomes new employees
Betsy Blades, Will Schroeder and
Brody Wells. Blades is the marketing
manager in North America; Schroeder
was named research and development

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Lee-Ann Jaykus assumed the presidency of the International Association for Food Protection
at the conclusion of IAFP 2010 in
Anaheim, Calif. Jaykus is a Professor of Food Science and Microbiology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Other members of
the executive board include: president-elect, Isabel Walls, Ph.D.,
USDA-The National Institute of
Food and Agriculture, Washington, D.C.; vice president, Katherine M.J. Swanson, Ph.D., Ecolab,
Saint Paul, Minn.; secretary, Don
Schaffner, Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; past president, Vickie Lewandowski, Kraft
Foods, Glenview, Ill.; affi liate council chairperson, David Lloyd, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff,
South Wales, UK.
Wixon Inc., a leading food and flavor
products manufacturer, has named Ed
Becerra vice president of operations.
Becerra is responsible for all aspects of
manufacturing including safety, quality, cost-effective manufacturing and
management of production personnel.
Dr. Chris Kerth joined the Department of Animal Science at Texas
A&M Univ. as associate professor of
meat science/muscle biology. Prior to
joining Texas A&M, Kerth worked as
an associate professor in the Animal
Sciences Dept. at Auburn Univ. ■

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