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Names in the News

GEA Food Solutions welcomed the media to the grand opening
of its technology center at its Frisco, Texas, headquarters in midFebruary. The Technology Center offers customers equipment
to assist with a full range of processing applications from preparation and marination to processing, slicing and packaging. The
center will offer multiple full line options depending on the application need of the customer. It will house GEA Food Solutions
systems such as the GEA CookStar and GEA Easy Fry alongside
new machinery such as the GEA MultiDrum homestyle breading machine and MultiJector injection system.

Jon Ballou

Kevin Hueser

Alexandria, Minn.-based Douglas Machine Inc. has named Jon
Ballou as president and COO.
Ballou succeeds Rick Paulsen,
who retired after serving 10 years
as president. In his new position,
Ballou will lead Douglas' growth
in secondary packaging machinery and services markets.
Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale,
Ark., promoted Kevin Hueser to
senior vice president of beef margin management. Hueser will oversee cattle procurement, boxed-beef
pricing, ground beef and trim sales
and pricing, beef production planning, carcass sales, fats and oils
and rendered-product sales.

As part of Kansas City, Mo.-based Multivac's newly
announced regional structure, Lou Klemp and Pat
Hughes have been promoted from sales managers to
regional sales directors. In addition, Tom Bohmke and
Tim Fox were hired as regional sales managers.

Marel Inc., Lenexa, Kan., announced the following
changes to the company's Meat and Further Processing business: JC Verel was promoted to vice president, sales for Meat and Further Processing in the US;
Mark Finnimore is the new vice president of poultry
sales in Canada; and David White will be responsible
for the product management group in North America.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, Tauton, Mass., announced
that Martin Knowles has joined the company as automation product manager. Most recently, Knowles has
been the End of Line Packaging Automation sales manager for Italproject Robotics USA.
Henderson, Colo.-based Birko announced Heather
Lamb has joined the company as vice president of finance. Before joining Birko, Lamb was the vice president of finance for Westwood College.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, Köln, Germany, signed
an agreement with Vacuummash, the leading vacuumpump and systems suppliers in Russia. This contract will
facilitate the access to the CIS States.
Chilton Consulting Group, Rocky Face, Ga., announced Jorge Acosta has joined the consulting firm
as senior consultant.

GEA Refrigeration Technologies, Bochum, Germany,
announced Tobias Kahmann was named director of
the recently merged marketing and market intelligence
departments. Annette Wille, who was previously head
of the marketing department, will now be the president of
the GEA Refrigeration Technologies Technology Center.
Erie, Pa.-based Eriez announced Mitch Graham was
appointed to the new position of marketing programs specialist in the marketing communications department. ■

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