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NAMES IN THE NEWS

Buck Evers

Thomas Neher

Meyn America
Meyn America, Ball Ground, Ga.,
announced Buck Evers will serve as
vice president of service operations
for the Americas region. Evers will be
focusing on Meyn's delivery of services.

Provisur Technologies
Thomas Neher has joined Flawil,
Switzerland-based Provisur
Technologies as vice president of
slicing for the Europe, Asia Pacific,
Middle East and Africa regions.

Quality Technology
International
Elgin, III.-based Quality Technology
International announced the
appointment of Ryan Brenny as
regional poultry sales and marketing
manager. Brenny joins QTI from
BioMatrix International, where he
was a poultry specialist.

BioZyme
Maverick Squires has been named
area sales manager of animal nutrition
specialist BioZyme, St. Joseph, Mo.

US-RSPE and IPWA
US Roundtable for Sustainable
Poultry & Eggs and International
Poultry Welfare Alliance announced
Candace Bergesch as director of
communications for both organizations.

Land O'Frost Inc.
Munster, Ind.-based Land O'Frost
Inc. announced the hiring of Brandon
Stephenson as the brand manager of

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Ryan Brenny

Maverick Squires

its Premium Meat and DeliShaved lines
of lunch meat products.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
Greeley, Colo.-based Pilgrim's Pride
Corp. has named Matthew Galvanoni
global chief financial officer of the
company. He joins Pilgrim's from
Ingredion Inc. where he served as
vice president of finance since 2016.

Tompkins Robotics
Tompkins Robotics, Raleigh, NC,
named Mike Futch as its chief
executive officer. Futch, who has
served as the company's president
since its inception in 2017, will retain
that position and continue to lead
the design and forward movement of
Tompkins Robotics.

Marel Inc.
Marel Inc., Lenexa, Kan., has hired
Francis Chartrand as vice president
of sales for Canada. Chartrand joins
Marel with more than 25 years of
sales experience in the industrial
manufacturing industry.
In addition, Marel has acquired
Opmeer, Netherlands-based Poultry
Machinery Joosten B.V. (PMJ), a
global provider of advanced processing
solutions for the duck industry.

Bettcher Industries
Birmingham, Ohio-based Bettcher
Indusries appointed René T. Hansen
as new managing director of its
European subsidiary, Bettcher GmbH,
based in Dierikon, Switzerland. In

Candace Bergesch

addition, the company announced that
Kurt Miller has joined the company
as vice president of operations.

Middleby Food
Processing
Elgin, III.-based Middleby Food
Processing hired Nicholas Benz as
Scanico A/S sales manager. Federico
Boratto has joined Vemac as sales
manager. In addition, Steve King was
promoted to vice president of sales
for Alkar and Mark Padly has joined
Alkar-RapidPak Inc. as national
account manager. Scanico A/S, Vemac,
Alkar and Alkar-RapidPak are all
divisions of Middleby Food Processing.

Van der Graaf
Shelby Township, Mich.-based Van
der Graaf announced that Michael
Peach joined the company as the
food industry business development
representative.

We R Food Safety!
Menomonie, Wis.-based We R Food
Safety! recently hired Martha Gore
and Samantha Bibbs for new, full-time
food safety consultant positions with
the company.

The Middleton Group
Hollister, Mo.-based The Middleton
Group, made up of Memco Inc.
and MandM Poultry Equipment,
announced the relocation of its
Jonesboro, Ark., warehouse and
distribution center to a new address at
5941 Highway 1 South.
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