Grote Industries has hired Brian Blanton as Chief Financial Officer, bringing with him 25 years of experience in financial leadership roles with 20 years spent in automotive, commercial vehicle and off-highway supplier manufacturing. Blanton most recently served as CFO of Mubea Group, North America and previously served as Director, EPM Transformation at The Hackett Group as well as CFO-Americas Region of Modine Manufacturing Company.

Eriez announces the appointment of Andrew Olsen as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. He will be based out of the company’s global headquarters in Erie, Pennsylvania, and report to Eriez President and CEO Lukas Guenthardt.

Fresh Del Monte Produce, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, is pleased to announce the election of two additional members to its Board of Directors, Lori Tauber Marcus and Kristin Colber-Baker.

Vanguard International has added new talent to their team with the hiring of Fanny Robles in Peru and Ignacio Ugarte in Chile.

Jeremy Olberding, has been promoted to vice president of Colmac Coil. Olberding’s responsibilities will be sales and marketing team leadership, accelerating Colmac Coil’s new product development, business development, and contributing to overall strategy and operations. This announcement follows the appointment of Joe Fazzari to President, Colmac Coil Manufacturing.   

RWS Facility Services (RWS), a provider of comprehensive managed facility services, announced it has appointed Tom LaMartina to the role of vice president of facility managed services. In this role, LaMartina will be responsible for overseeing the RWS sales and service organization that provides support services to facilities in manufacturing, distribution, pharma and commercial offices in the company’s growing national footprint of facility services clients.

BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, has announced the appointment of Matt Venezia to Vice President of Global Equipment Sales. As a member of the company’s global leadership team, Venezia will dedicate himself to earning the trust of customers by helping them grow their businesses over the long-term.

Unifiller, a subsidiary of the Linxis Group of Companies, is pleased to welcome Daniel Feuereissen as a new sales Territory Manager at its global head office. Daniel has been with Unifiller for over seven years and is known for his vast technical and product knowledge. Daniel previously worked with Unifiller as a Support Specialist travelling around the world assisting customers with installs of their Unifiller equipment. Prior to that, he worked as a Product Specialist testing customer product, in R&D and Production.

Urban Farmer, a manufacturer of plant-based specialty dough products, announced that Steve Jungmann has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and will also serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Jungmann succeeds John Keigher who is assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer after serving as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. 

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce the promotion of Campbell Cooper into an elevated executive officer role as GSF corporate vice president and president, International Business Group. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Campbell will continue to plan, direct, and coordinate the company’s international operations in Asia, Australia, Egypt, and New Zealand.