Foodservice equipment industry veteran Patrick Walker was named regional vice president of sales for Star Holdings Group, part of The Middleby Corp.

Kyle Wilson was promoted to chef de cuisine for Middleby Culinary, which is part of Middleby Corp. Wilson works from the Middleby Innovation Kitchen, which the multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer opened earlier this year in Dallas.

Middleby Companies Pitco and QualServ are poised to make investments in their infrastructure.

Chris Rudin was promoted to group vice president of chains for the Star Holdings Group.

Middleby Corp. has acquired Imperial Commercial Cooking Equipment, a Corona, Calif.-based manufacturer of ranges, fryers, ovens, countertop equipment and other specialty cooking products for the commercial kitchen. Imperial has annual revenues of approximately $40 million, per a release announcing the deal.

Katie Cox was appointed vice president of business development for The Middleby Corporation, an Elgin, Ill.-based foodservice equipment manufacturer. In this role, Cox assumes responsibility for large Middleby chain accounts while also working on new business development. Cox will be based in the Dallas area but her customers will span the U.S.

Scott Turbeville was appointed vice president of sales for Carter-Hoffmann, Doyon and NuVu. All three foodservice equipment lines are part of Middleby Corp. He previously was with Nieco, also a Middleby brand.

Update: 10 a.m., July 14, 2021

Is the saga to determine whether Ali Group or Middleby will eventually own Welbilt about to come to an end? Perhaps.

In a move that signifies further integration to come, Chris Duffy was promoted to president of the Middleby Coffee Solutions Group. In this role, he will be responsible for the strategy, product development, sales, and day-to-day operations of the brands Synesso, Concordia and Bloomfield based in Seattle.

Nieco hired Guido Nava as vice president of sales and marketing.

Welbilt will become the distributor of Nuovair blast chillers in the U.S. and Canada. The multiline foodservice equipment manufacturer will also distribute AeroTherm, a portable air purifier, in the U.S.

In a deal that unites two publicly traded foodservice equipment manufacturers, The Middleby Corporation will acquire Welbilt in an all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2021. The boards of directors for both companies have approved this deal, per a Middleby release.