Valorie Silvestri joined Middleby as vice president of sales for the Middleby Beverage Group.

Wiesiek Król was promoted to president of QualServ Europe, which is a Middleby company.

Middleby’s CookTek and Turbo Chef brands made a trio of personnel moves.

Multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer Middleby has formed a business unit around ice.

Andrea Coldwell was promoted to president of Carter-Hoffmann, which is a Middleby company.

Foodservice industry veteran John Perruccio will become CEO for Strata GPO, a Colorado-based equipment and supplies buying group, effective June 23, 2025.

Jason Hall, CMC, was promoted to vice president of Middleby’s Crown Steam Group, which includes the Crown, Firex and Market Forge equipment lines.

Globe Food Equipment, a Middleby company, added to its sales team. Tim Battisti now serves as regional sales manager, covering a portion of the Midwest and Canada. And Amber Richards now manages national accounts for the company’s Globe and Varimixer USA lines.

Middleby plans to merge two of its ice-making brands: Follett Products and Kloppenberg. As part of this move, Follet’s will expand its manufacturing capability to Kloppenberg’s factory in Denver. Collectively, the two brands will be known as Follet Denver.

Luciano Delpozzo was named president of the Middleby Coffee Solutions Group.

The Middleby Corporation has acquired Emery Thompson, a Florida-based manufacturer of batch freezers and other equipment for making frozen desserts.

Multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer Middleby Corp. hired foodservice industry veteran Philip Dei Dolori to serve as interim president of Pitco.

Industry veteran Will Means has joined Middleby as president of Southbend. Means will work with John Perruccio, a Middleby Group president whose area of

Middleby Corp. is expanding Meghan Daro’s vice president of consultant services role to work more with international consultants.

Foodservice industry veteran Ryan Norman has joined Middleby Corp. as director of consultant services for the multiline manufacturer’s beverage brands.

Multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer Middleby named David Shave president and Andrea Coldwell general manager of its Middleby Marshall and CTX lines.

Middleby Corp. promoted two executives to leadership roles within its TurboChef and CookTek product lines. Katie Cox now serves as president and Leslie Banados as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer Middleby Corp. has made a few personnel updates. Mark Easterday will retire from his role as executive vice president of Middleby Brand Sales at the end of the year. Company veteran Christina Barker has been named vice president of marketing and digital sales for Middleby’s Commercial Foodservice Group and Mitch Cohen will expand his current role as group vice president to oversee Middleby brand sales.

Multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer Middleby Corp. has added to its coffee and beverage offerings through its acquisition of Marco Beverage Systems. The Dublin, Ireland-based company also manufactures hot water dispensers and has annual revenue of $30 million, per a

John Perruccio was named to the newly created role of Middleby Group president, strategic channel development. David Abi succeeds Perruccio president of Southbend.

Karol Mae Atotubo was appointed general manager of the three business units of Middleby Philippines.

The Middleby Corporation has acquired Icetro, a maker of ice, soft serve and slush machines. Icetro has annual sales of approximately $40 million, per a Middleby release.

The Middleby Corporation appointed Danielle Mason to the newly created position of director of consultant services.

Gwen Bialas was promoted to president of foodservice equipment lines Carter-Hoffmann, Doyon and Nu-Vu, all of which are a part of the Middleby Corp.

Jay Fiske has been promoted to president of Powerhouse Dynamics, a Middleby company that provides Internet of Things solutions to the restaurant industry.

Company veteran Matt Wise was promoted to president of Imperial Range, a Middleby Company. Wise, who previously served as COO and has been with the company since 1996, succeeds longtime Imperial CEO Peter Spenuzza who retired at the end of 2021.

Jaime Nau was promoted to president of global and strategic accounts for Middleby Corp., an Elgin, Ill.-based multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer.

Follett Products, a Middleby company, promoted Mike Raycher to general manager and Jeff Maybruck to senior vice president of operations.

Karl Searl was promoted to president of Pitco Frialator, overseeing the operations of Middleby fryer brands Pitco, Ultrafryer and Anets, manufactured in Bow, N.H.

Emma Ashton has joined The Middleby Corporation as director of consultant services.