Foodservice

New Leadership for Grindmaster-Cecilware

Klein, Poe, Canova collectively will serve as "office of the president"
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Grindmaster-Cecilware has established an office of the president consisting of Lisa Klein, senior vice president of sales and marketing); Rob Poe, chief operating officer; and Joseph Canova, chief financial officer, who collectively will serve as the leadership team of the company.

Richard Moore, a longtime veteran in the beverage and foodservice industry, will remain a shareholder and continue to serve as a member of the board of directors of the company.

In 2009 the two companiesCecilware Corp., a leading company in the beverage and foodservice [image-nocss] equipment market, and Grindmaster Corp., a leading company in the global beverage equipment industrymerged to create Grindmaster-Cecilware, based in Louisville, Ky., and build the next-generation single-source global beverage and foodservice equipment solution.

The company develops, manufactures, markets and services a broad line of equipment for leading convenience store chains, coffee roasters, foodservice equipment dealers, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and institutional clients throughout the world.

Cecilware, originally founded in 1911, introduced the first fully automatic coffee urn and commercial powdered cappuccino dispensers. Grindmaster, founded in 1933, was the pioneer in commercial and retail coffee grinders and through Crathco, has been an innovator in developing cold beverage dispensing equipment.

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