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SUPPLIER NEWS

Charles Sukup to retire from
leadership role in company
SHEFFIELD, IOWA, U.S. - After 25
years with Sukup Manufacturing Co.,
Charles E. Sukup will transition on Feb. 1
from chair, president and chief executive
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His brother, Steve Sukup, who has been
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will become president and CEO. Although
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Charles Sukup will no longer be involved
in day-to-day operations, he said he looks forward to being an
ambassador for Sukup Manufacturing Co. and supporting its
growth and success in sales and product innovation.
"While growing up, I always knew that I would work in the
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for the company," Charles Sukup said. "Evidently dad thought
it would be cheaper to raise an engineer rather than hire one.
I was one of the few students at Iowa State that knew exactly
what I would be doing after graduation."
Charles Sukup is now 65, the same age as when his father
transitioned from being president in 1995.
Charles Sukup has a bachelor's and master's degree in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University. He served as
chair of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry and president of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological

Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer, a professor at Iowa State University, and a member of the National
Academy of Engineering. He also is a board member of the
National Association of Manufacturers and chair of America's
Cultivation Corridor.
"Being a part of the growth and expansion of Sukup
Manufacturing Co. has been a dream come true for me,"
Charles Sukup said. "It was humbling to come back as our
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and creative people. While many did not have formal degrees,
their innovative ideas were key to our early success that we
now take for granted."
Sukup Manufacturing Co. has grown to be one of the largest family-owned and operated grain storage, drying and handling manufacturers in the world.
Shareholders of Sukup Manufacturing Co. recently elected John Lisle of Lisle Corp., Clarinda, Iowa; Drew Vogel of
Diamond Vogel, Orange City, Iowa; and Eric Lohmeier of
NCP, Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa, to its board of directors.
Also, a search for a new CFO is being held.
"It's been the highest honor to serve as president for the
last 25 years," Charles Sukup said. "I'm excited for our new
leadership structure and the experience and wisdom our board
of directors will bring to the company and our future."

Stern Wywiol announces reorganization
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All companies and brands of the Food Ingredients Division
will be brought together in the management board under
Matthias Moser, who already heads the companies Hydrosol,
SternEnzym, OlbrichtArom and hs Additives.
Lennart Kutschinski is leaving the management board of
the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe and the divisional management of
the brands Mühlenchemie, SternVitamin and DeutscheBack.
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entire group of companies, particularly the expansion.
In January, Hendrik Begemann takes over Kutschinski's
tasks at Mühlenchemie as the new global head of Business
Unit. Begemann is currently managing director of the Mexican

foreign branch Stern Ingredients Mexico.
"With this new structure, the SternWywiol Gruppe is ideally equipped to
continue its story of growth," said Torsten
Wywiol, CEO. "The company and the
owner family Wywiol are personally grateful to Lennart Kutschinski for the services
he has rendered nationally and internationBergmann
ally over the past 25 years in expanding the
Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. We appreciate him enormously, both
as a colleague and as a person, and we are very pleased that he
will still be at our side in the future. Matthias Moser, an experienced manager from our own group, takes over the operative
responsibility for our Food Ingredients companies."

Bo Moran named sales manager for Maxi-Tronic
LOVELAND, OHIO, U.S. - Bo Moran has been named
sales manager for Maxi-Tronic, Inc.
He will be responsible for the sale of Maxi-Tronic products and services by training and quoting to customers
and reseller partners. He also will provide after-sale project management until installation and commissioning are

complete as well as technical and diagnostic support. Moran
will assist with Safe-Grain products. Prior to his employment
with Maxi-Tronic, he was employed with the manufacturer
of an advanced smart meter and billing system. He was also
formerly employed as a sales representative with Continental
Agra Equipment, and as a manager in the construction trades.

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