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News from Suppliers
In August, Orkin Commercial Services, Atlanta, and the IPM Institute
of North America, Madison, Wis., announced that Franklin Park, Ill.-based
Koch Foods' poultry processing facility was named as one of their 2006
Gold Medal IPM Partner Award finalists. Koch Foods was recognized for its
exceptional commitment to Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) at its facilities,
which stresses the use of non-chemical
pest management techniques to ensure
product safety.
In other news, Orkin, Inc., Atlanta,
recently received Pest Control Technology magazine and Syngenta Professional Products' Best-In-Class Customer
Service Award, which is part of the National Pest Management Association's
Crown Rewards program.
Overland Park, Kan.-based Marlen
Corp. recently added Marty
Wimmer as its
thermal processing product manager. Wimmer
has more than 15
years of experience in thermal
Wimmer
processing.
Silliker, Inc., Homewood, Ill., recently named Cathy Davidson director of
its northeast laboratory in Allentown,
Pa. Additionally, David Crownover
was promoted to client service manager for the food science center in
South Holland, Ill.; Dragoslav Pavlovic and Bill Lewis were certified
as foundation auditors by the Professional Animal Auditor Certification
Organization, Inc.; and Mathew Lau
was hired as general manager of the
company's Singapore and southeast
Asia operations.
LaFarge, Wis.-based CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley Family of Farms
has selected Westfalia Technologies,
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York, Pa., to supply an automated
storage retrieval system and warehouse management system in its new
80,000-square-foot distribution center
in Cashton, Wis.
Germantown, Ohio-based The Dupps
Co. appointed David Lilly as a new
sales representative. Lilly brings more
than 25 years of experience in rendering to his new position.

Esch

Bettcher

McNeill

Wallace

Superior Farms, Davis, Calif., recently
selected San Diego-based CSB-System International, Inc. as the vendor
for its new enterprise resource planning systems.
Food Safety Net Services has announced its newest, full-service laboratory located in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The state-of-the-art facility officially
opened June 5 and is the relocation
of the company's Richardson, Texas,
laboratory.
Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp.,
Richmond, Va., announced its intent
to fully integrate the Multiton portion of its business into its core product lines. A phase-out of the Multiton
name is now in progress at Jungheinrich dealerships throughout North
America and is scheduled for completion in October 2006. This phase-out
represents the fi nal strategic stage of
the January 1, 2005, corporate merger
between Jungheinrich Lift Truck and
the Multiton MIC Corp.
Bartlett, Ill.-based CombiScale, Inc.
recently appointed Anthony Del
Viscio as president of the company. Del Viscio
has more than 10
years of experience in the packaging machinery
Del Viscio
industry.
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Bettcher Industries, Birmingham,
Ohio, recently promoted Don Esch to
executive vice president. Additionally,
Lane Bettcher was named vice president of business development, Timothy
McNeill was named C.F.O., and Jim
Wallace was appointed to director of
the company's foodservice group.

Gardner

Hofer

Kansas City, Mo.-based Multivac, Inc.
recently announced the appointment of
Bill Gardner as eastern regional service
supervisor and John Hofer as western
regional service supervisor.
Jarvis Products Corp., Middletown,
Conn., has opened a new subsidiary in
Beijing's Caiyuan industry zone. Besides China, Jarvis recently opened a
branch office in Russia to meet and better serve that country's expanding meat
and poultry processing industry.

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