Meat + Poultry - June 2006 - 65

News from Suppliers
Shreveport, La.-based SteriFx, Inc.
recently announced that FreshFx antimicrobial solution is an effective
solution in poultry processing plants
to prevent Salmonella when used as a
rinse for the birds and on picking fi ngers. New U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
research concluded that the picker is
the only point in the process where increases in Salmonella incidents typically occur.

facility. The $500,000 project was
scheduled to be complete in May and
includes the construction of two blast
cells, modification of the existing refrigeration system and installation of
new storage racks within the 1.6 million-cubic-foot facility.
AmeriCold also has expanded its
freezer capacity at its West Point, Miss.based facility, creating 4,400 new pallet
positions in a freezer warehouse.

Treif USA, Inc., Shelton, Conn., has
appointed Maurizio Ventura to succeed Robert Linke as president. Ventura will implement
the expansion of the
company in the North
American market. In
addition, the company has named Rudy
Koelewyn as the naVentura
tionwide sales manager.
Koelewyn, who has 18
years experience in nationwide and industry
sales, will be responsible for marketing and
sales of the entire line
Koelewyn
of Treif products.

Homewood, Ill.-based Silliker, Inc.
recently announced three personnel
changes. Dr. Leslie Thompson was
named operations manager for the
company's Food Science Center in
South Holland, Ill., Todd Dechter was
appointed auditing account manager,
and Dianne West was named auditing
client services manager.
In other company news, Silliker announced the recipients of its 2005 Audit Platinum Award for outstanding
commitment to food safety. Among
the recipients in Good Manufacturing Practices/Food Safety category
were the following meat processors:
BPI, Sioux City, Neb.; Peco Foods,
Brooksville, Miss.; Peco Foods, Canton, Miss. (Feather Lane facility);
Peco Foods, Canton, Miss. (Fulton
Street facility); Pilgrim's Pride,
Waco, Texas; and St. Clair Foods,
Memphis.

Niles, Ill.-based Wells Lamont Industry Group was presented with
Grainger's Partners in Performance
Supplier Award for 2005. The award
recognizes suppliers who achieve
excellence in several categories, including responsiveness, information
integrity, on time shipping and order
fulfi llment.
Wire Belt Co. of America was honored at the Greater Manchester Red
Cross Red and White Ball for its support of the American Red Cross relief
fund. Wire Belt donated more than
$56,000 to the American Red Cross
in 2005.
AmeriCold, Atlanta, increased capacity for blast freezing and made improvements to its Columbia, S.C.-based
68

MEAT&POULTRY

June 2006

Motomco, Madison, Wis., has named
Scott Miller to its technical sales
team as the territory manager for the
South-Central United States. He will
represent the company's line of rodent
control products to distributors and
users in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma
and Colorado.
Cincinnati-based Q Laboratories, Inc.
is celebrating its 40th anniversary. It
offers microbiological and analytical
chemisty testing and can provide quality assurance and quality control support
services for companies of all sizes.

www.MEATPOULTRY.com

York, Pa.-based Westfalia Technologies, Inc. and Deam Company, Ltd.,
Toronto, have agreed to merge, creating Deam Systems, a new division
of Westfalia Technologies. The division will provide integrated materials handling and packaging solutions,
including case packing, empty case
handling, stacking/de-stacking, conveyors and palletizing systems.
David Towell was named global marketing manager, paint and coatings,
at Michelman, Cincinnati. Towell's
new position will involve developing business and working with customers globally in the
paint and coatings industry as they address
issues such as reformulating coatings to
reduce volatile organic
compounds content.
Towell
DSM Food Specialties USA, Inc., Eagleville, Pa., has appointed Otis Curtis
as business development manager. He
will be responsible for identifying innovative, business-building opportunities
for the company's line of yeast extracts.
Curtis, who has more than 15 years experience in flavor and food ingredients
sales, will also oversee customer support and manage brokers and key accounts in South America.
Additionally, DSM has named Betty
Liou as technical development manager, savory ingredients, and Terry
Boyle as senior food technologist.
Both will provide technical and formulation assistance, creating business-building solutions for customers
using DSM's line of innovative Yeast
Extracts. As head of DSM's technical
team, Liou will rely on her previous
experience at Dow's Methocel Division as well as Mastertaste, Givaudan
and IFF to provide a depth of experience in product development and custom technical support. Boyle brings to
DSM more than 20 years of food formulation experience.

http://www.MEATPOULTRY.com

Meat + Poultry - June 2006

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meat + Poultry - June 2006