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NAMES IN THE NEWS

U W E R E I FE N H ÄUS E R , owner and chairman of the T R E I F
G RO U P, welcomed 300 guests May 4 to the company's official
opening of its new customer center in Oberlahr, Germany.
Employees and guests from around the world came together to
celebrate the completion of the 4,000-sq.-m. (nearly 44,000-sq.ft.), 6 million Euro ($6.84 million) project.
Reifenhäuser thanked guests for attending as well as for the
support of his family and the T R E I F team. The investment in
the two-story facility is symbolic of the company's "Customers
first - because we care," slogan, he said.

Collette Kaster
Mario Rodriguez

C OL L E T T E KA ST E R of
Kearney, Missouri, has been
named new executive director
of the Redfield, Iowa-based
PR OF E SS I ON A L A N I M A L
A U D I T OR C E RT I F I C AT I ON
OR GA N I ZAT I ON I N C . (PAACO),
the group's board of directors
announced. She will assume the
position in April, replacing Mike
Simpson, who is retiring after 11
years.
M U LT I VA C I N C ., Kansas City,
Missouri, hired D R E W L E R I COS
as marketing director for its US
business. In addition, the company
has hired M A R K T U R N H A M as
technical training manager. He
will lead the company's technical
training program for the entire
United States.

Drew Lericos
John Pesicek

Jefferson, Georgia-based W TI
announced the promotion of
ST E PH A N GE OR G to CEO.
Stephan has been with WTI for 10 years and most recently
served as COO. He succeeds company owner and founder,
WO L FG ANG L U D W I G, who is assuming the role of
president and chairman of the board.
Laurel, Mississippi-based SA N D E R SON FA R M S has
expanded its employee recruiting and training teams to
include a second corporate recruiter and two additional
training managers. KAT I E B E T H WA LT ON has been
promoted to corporate recruiter. On the employee training
side of the organization, Sanderson Farms has promoted
both G E O RG E DAW SON and M A R C U S B R OW N to
training managers.

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Springdale, Arkansas-based TYS ON F OODS INC . has
named F ELIC IA C OLLINS vice president, corporate
communications. In this new role, Collins will lead the
company's public relations, social media and internal
communications teams. In addition, R ODNEY EDWARD S
has been promoted to senior vice president, operations
finance and accounting for poultry, supply chain and
prepared foods manufacturing. And, MARTY B RYAN
has been promoted to senior vice president, operations
finance and accounting for prepared foods, commercial
sales and innovation.
Global animal health nutrition company ALLTEC H ,
Lexington, Kentucky, announced the expansion of the
Missouri region with the addition of poultry technical
support, DR . DANNY B R ADLEY .
Seaford Delaware-based ALLEN H AR IM promoted J OE
MOR AN to CEO of the company. He succeeds S TEV EN
EVANS , who is leaving Allen Harim for the role of
president of PER DUE F OODS LLC , Salisbury, Maryland.
H AR PAK -ULMA , Taunton, Massachusetts, announced
the appointment of LEE S MITH to regional sales manager.
Lee will serve customers in Arizona, Nevada and Southern
California and will be based in Arizona. 
J OEL S APPENF IELD , a 25-year veteran of the poultry
industry and in prepared foods with TYS ON F OODS
INC . , will become the next president of Siloam Springs,
Arkansas-based C OB B -VANTR ES S. He will succeed
J ER RY MOYE , who has been president since 2007 and
will be retiring in 2017.
C OR B ION PUR AC, Lenexa, Kansas, has hired C AS EY
WEB ER , Ph.D., as technical services manager, sales.
Weber holds a doctorate in human nutrition and a master's
degree in food microbiology and an undergraduate degree
in food science from Kansas State Univ.
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