NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Manitowoc Foodservice has appointed Chris Karssiens to the new role of vice president of general market sales. The appointment took effect February 25. In his new role, Karssiens will be providing leadership and direction to the commercial sales activities across the United States including end users, buying groups, dealers, consultants and manufacture representatives. He will lead a team of regional sales executives representing the full Manitowoc portfolio of foodservice equipment brands.
He will report directly to Steve Beck, executive vice president [image-nocss] of sales, Americas foodservice.
Karssiens brings a wealth of experience to this position. He has been the executive leader for Enodis' Asia-Pacific operations since 2005. Under Enodis, he joined the company in 1998 as vice president of sales for Scotsman Ice Systems and has held key leadership positions including commercial president for Enodis USA, president of Jackson MSC and president of IOM.
Manitowoc Foodservice, a division of The Manitowoc Co. Inc., designs, manufactures and supplies best-in-class food and beverage equipment for the global foodservice market. Manitowoc Foodservice offers operator and patron insights, collaborative kitchen solutions, culinary expertise and implementation support and service. With operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, the company has a portfolio of brands including Cleveland, Convotherm, Delfield, Fabristeel, Frymaster, Garland, Jackson, Kolpak, Kysor/Warren, Kysor Panel Systems, Lincoln, Manitowoc Ice, McCall, Multiplex, Merrychef, Servend and Scotsman Beverage Systems.
The Manitowoc Co. is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer with 100 manufacturing and service facilities in 27 countries. It is recognized as one of the world's largest providers of lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. Manitowoc also is one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment.
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