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NEWS | PEOPLE

Mark Hotze joined the sales
team at Danisco USA, Inc.,
New Century, KS. Mr. Hotze will be coordinating
Danisco's efforts to provide technical service, inHOTZE
novation and ingredient
sales to major industrial bakers. He was
previously employed by Burford Corp.

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PureCircle, Florham Park, NJ, announced the following additions to
its US operations: Sidd Purkayastha,
PhD, technical director; Jason Hecker,
director of marketing; Mike Wolff, sales
director; Jacqueline Armstrong, sales director, East Coast; and Mauricio Bacigaluppo, sales director, Latin America.

Gary Hoerner joined Alpha
Baking, Chicago, IL, in operations management. Mr.
Hoerner previously served as
vice-president of operations
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at Gerard's French Bakery.
nutritional
Fleischer's Bagels, Inc.,
Macedon, NY, appointed
Robert Pim vice-president,
sales and marketing. Mr.
Pim brings 20 years of
food industry sales and
marketing
experience. DREXLER

Virginia Dare, Brooklyn, NY,
hired Sandy Liang as food
technologist for the flavor development team, and Stephanie Lynch was appointed business development director
for the health and wellness,
and pharmaceutical industries.
Enreco, Inc., Newton, WI,
promoted Ronda Drexler to
vice-president, administration. Ms. Drexler joined Enreco in 2004 as accounting
and human resource manager.

Utz Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA,
hired Chuck Tullis as vice-president,
national brands. Mr. Tullis will focus
on product development and marketing strategy for Utz's national accounts.
Spiroflow Systems, Inc., Monroe, NC, appointed Jeff Dudas c.e.o. Mr. Dudas joins
Spiroflow from Oppenhimer and Co., Inc.,
where he served as managing director for
the New York-based financial company.
K l i k l o k - Wo o d m a n ,
Decatur, GA, hired Jim Lyons as account manager and
Mario Pino as export sales
manager. Mr. Lyons has more
than 30 years of packaging
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industry sales and marketing
experience. Mr. Pino brings more than 25
years of international packaging industry
sales and marketing experience.

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Clextral,
Inc.,
Tampa,
FL,
designated
Didier
Thevenet
as
president.
Mr. Thevenet joined Clextral in 1990 as a service
department manager.

Kemin Industries, Des Moines, IA, welcomed Roberto Zepeda as the key account
manager for the agrifoods territory in Northern Mexico, Dominican Republic and Costa
Rica. Prior to joining Kemin, Mr. Zepeda
served as the sales manager for Boehringer
Ingelheim's cattle business in Mexico.

Duane "Dewey" Cherek,

Vita-Ex egg extender actually cuts the cost of using eggs in sweet goods, danish,
bagels, rolls, doughnuts, cookies and cakes by 33% to 66%.
Vita-Ex is made of all-natural ingredients including egg yolks and whole egg solids.
It does not affect the flavor, volume or texture of baked goods. Nor does it require
special handling of sweet dough.
So call us today at (973) 340-8700. Or visit our
website at: www.jkingredients.net.
Because if you're not using Vita-Ex,
you're putting money into eggs that you could
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husband
of Nannette (nee Gardetto), died
peacefully surrounded by his family
after a long illness. He was 66. Mr.
Cherek spent his entire career in the
automobile industry, working first
for Firestone Tire Company and
Doucas Oldsmobile before starting
his own auto dealership in 1984.
Andre Charles Robin Sr. died Aug.

9, 2009. He was 60 years old. Mr.
Robin worked in the food processing
industry for 42 years.

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