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Crews officially broke ground at the site of the new
T R E I F customer center in Oberlahr, Germany, in
December. The two-story, 4,000-sq.-m. (13,000-sq.ft.) building should be completed by the end of
2015. The new customer center will be used for
displaying machines, test cuttings and conducting
training. The building will be connected via the new
"Toni-Reifenhaeuser-Street", which was named
after the company founder Uwe Reifenhaeuser.

R E X H O L S T E I N has been
promoted to vice president,
commodity purchasing, at
Springdale, Ark.-based T YS O N
FO O DS, replacing C L A R K
I RW I N who retired in midJanuary. In his new role, Holstein
will be responsible for leading the
Commodity Purchasing team in the
procurement and risk management
of various inputs, including feed
ingredients, energy and cooking oil.

Industry veteran D O U G PE N D E RGA S T has been
appointed president and CEO of Denver-based Q U IZN OS.
He succeeds S T UA RT M AT H IS. Most recently,
Pendergast served as president and CEO of T H E K RYS TA L
COM PA N Y, Atlanta. OM A R JA N J UA will replace
Pendergast in this role at The Krystal Company.

T I PPE R T I E , Apex, NC, announced
the appointment of DAV I D
ZO N C A as vice president global
sales, marketing and product
management. Zonca's most recent
position was director of global
marketing and strategy for Eaton
Corporation's filtration division.

AV U R E T EC H N O LO G I ES I N C . celebrated the opening
of its new global headquarters in Erlanger, Ky. The new
headquarters will also be the site of a world-class HPP food
research lab and customer service center.

C H R IS H O D G ES, who most
recently worked as the senior vice
president of business development
with SM ITH FI E LD FO O DS'
FA R M L A N D business, will join the Des Moines-based
N AT I O N A L P O R K BOA R D as CEO.

A N I M A L AG R I CU LT U R E A L L I A N C E announced the
appointment of H A N N A H T H OM PS O N as the Alliance's
new director of communications.

Rex Holstein
Mario Rodriguez

David Zonca
John Pesicek

L AW R E N C E KU R ZI US has been named president
and chief operating officer of M CCO R M I C K & CO.
I N C ., Sparks, Md., and will continue to report to A L A N
W I L S O N , who remains chairman and CEO.
Londonderry, NH-based W I R E B E LT COM PA N Y O F
A M E R I C A was recently named the "No. 1 Small Company
to Work for in NH" by Business NH Magazine. They also
won the No. 1 spot in 2013.

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Kalamazoo, Mich.-based K A L S EC I N C . announced it
has been awarded the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 2
certification under the Global Food Safety Initiative Edition
7.2. The certification is for food ingredient manufacture,
including spice extracts, color, flavors and antioxidants.

Golden State Foods, Irvine, Calif., announced the
promotion of J O E H E FFI N GTO N to corporate vice
president and chief accounting officer.

D O LO R ES A LO NS O has joined the McLean, Va.-based
FO O D PRO C ESS I N G SU PPL I E RS A SS O C I AT I O N
(FPSA ) as senior director of membership and business
development responsible for growing FPSA's membership.
D R . B R A D M O RGA N , president of the A M E R I C A N
M E AT S C I E N C E A SS O C I AT I O N ( A M SA ), was named
senior director of protein at PE R FO R M A N C E FO O D
G RO U P (PFG), Richmond, Va.
AMSA also announced R AC H E L S M I T H will be joining
as youth programs coordinator. Her responsibilities will
include the intercollegiate meat judging program.
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