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News from Suppliers
ties with KFC corporate ofﬁces and the
KFC franchisee community.
Wolf-tec, Inc., Kingston, N.Y., has
announced the hiring of Josef Rohrmeier as product manager for its Armor Inox continuous cooking/chilling
systems in North America. He has
already helped with the installation
of eight Armor Inox systems in the
United States.

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Koch Equipment L.L.C., Kansas
City, Mo., recently received a U.S.
Patent for its new MATRIX Crossweb
Labeler, which has been recognized
by the patent ofﬁce as an "Improved
Labeling Device Having Enhanced
Sanitary Design," according to C.E.O.
John Starr. The MATRIX was designed to meet or exceed the American Meat Institute's Sanitary Design
Criteria, and can be installed on most
varieties of form/ﬁll/seal rollstock
machines in production today.

Centrus International, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn., announces that Michael
Chaudron has been named national
sales manager. He
brings more than 20
years of experience to
the Centrus team and
will manage all North
American sales operations. Chaudron
Chaudron
will report to Dr.
Dominique Sorgeloos, managing director of business operations.

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John Starr (left), C.E.O. of Koch Equipment,
presents patents to Jim Harte (middle) and
Scott Nixon.

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Bettcher Industries, Inc., Vermilion,
Ohio, has appointed Paul Kokalis as
YUM! Brands Business Consultant in
the company's Foodservice Division.
He will be responsible for maintaining relationships with Kentucky Fried
Chicken and its franchise operations.
Kokalis is a 35-year veteran of the
foodservice industry, including 20
years of senior executive responsibili-

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Silliker, Inc., Homewood, Ill., recently opened its 16,500-square-foot
food testing facility in Cypress, Calif. The new facility nearly doubles
the company's laboratory space. Silliker is relocating its staff of about
50 to the new site, which is about 20
miles east of its previous location in
Carson. The facility features multiuse workﬂow processes developed
by Silliker. The implementation of
robotic automation in areas ranging
from media preparation to testing
systems helps assure consistent results while reducing the potential for
cross-contamination.
In other news, Dr. Ann Marie McNamara, vice president of food safety
and scientiﬁc affairs for Silliker, was
recently appointed by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to a two-year term
on the National Advisory Committee
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.
The committee provides scientiﬁc advice on public health issues relative to
the safety and wholesomeness of the
U.S. food supply.
Urschel Laboratories, Inc., Valparasio, Ind., is expanding its product test
cutting facility. The additional 5,000
square feet, adjacent to the company's
headquarters, will accommodate the
increasing customer demand for test
cutting of customers' products using Urschel equipment. The addition
more than doubles the current area
of the existing test cutting facility.
The project will cost approximately
$950,000 and completion is set for
early fall.

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