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NAMES IN THE NEWS

In an attempt to keep up with growing
demand, DO U G L AS M A C H I N E S
CO R P. has completed the relocation
of its manufacturing facilities to a new
68,000-sq.-ft. location in Clearwater,
Florida. The move highlights a nearly
two-year transformation that triples
manufacturing, assembly, testing and
shipping areas. The added space,
combined with state-of-the-art
computer modeling technology and new
metal fabricating equipment allows the
company to increase efficiencies while
improving quality.

Scott Spradley

Tom Michalsen

Mark Taylor

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T Y S O N F OOD S
INC . , Springdale,
Arkansas, has hired
Hewlett Packard
Enterprise chief
information officer
S C O TT S PR A D L E Y
to become the
company's chief
technology officer,
effective June 26.
WEBER
PACK A GI N G
S O L UT I ON S ,
Arlington Heights,
Illinois, announced
the promotion of
T O M M I C H A L SE N
to vice president of
marketing.
Springdale, Arkansasbased F PE C C OR P.
announced the
promotion of
MAR K TAY L OR as
engineering manager.
Taylor joined FPEC
in 2006 as a senior
project engineer
leaving his position
within Cargill's Meat
and Poultry Division. 

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A L L E N H A R IM, Seaford, Delaware,
has promoted H AR RY TILLMAN to
director of sales and marketing and
he's assembled an experienced team
of sales professionals to grow the
company's footprint across all sectors.
PA U L T I M L I N joins the Allen Harim
team as a business development
manager after almost 30 years in
consumer food product sales. MAR K
R U T T E R also joins the company as
a business development manager.
M I C H A E L H ER NANDEZ joins the
sales team from another department
within Allen Harim and NIC OLE
L . H A L L joins the sales team as an
account manager.
In addition, Allen Harim has hired
industry veteran MIC H AEL R US H as
the company's new director of human
resources; S YLV IA NIC H OLS ON
has been named senior director of risk
management and legal; and YONGJ A E " J AY " PAR K has been promoted
to controller of finance and operations.
C OB B - VA N TR ES S INC ., Siloam
Springs, Arkansas, has announced the
appointment of DR . ALDO R OS S I
as vice president of research and
development for the company. He has
been managing director of world quality
assurance, veterinary and laboratory
services for the past four years.

Carlyle, Illinois-based pork producer
TH E MAS C H H OF F S hired PAUL FOX
as COO. Fox will be responsible for
operations across the company's ninestate footprint.
TER RY WEH R K AMP, director of live
production at C OOPER FAR MS , Van
Wert, Ohio, is now chairperson of THE
ANIMAL AGR IC ULTUR E ALLIANCE
Board of Directors.
MINDY S IMON, vice president of
global business services at C ONAGRA
B R ANDS INC ., Chicago, has
been promoted to the role of chief
information officer. Simon succeeds
GER R IT S C H UTTE, who has
announced plans to retire.
PAC K AGE C ONC EPTS AND
MATER IALS INC . (PCM) announced
the addition of a 30,000-sq.-ft.
production facility on its Greenville,
South Carolina, campus, set to be
completed Summer 2017.
Lexington, Kentucky-based ALLTECH
has purchased WES TF EEDS , an animal
nutrition company with state-of-theart manufacturing plants in Billings
and Great Falls, Montana, as well as
outlets in Billings, Dillon, Great Falls,
Lewistown and Miles City, Montana.
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