Fifty years after Robert Reiser & Co. first began to import German-made food processing equipment for resale to North American meat packers and food processors, the company is celebrating its milestone anniversary and still supplying the food industry with a wide variety of food processing and packaging equipment.

Global food processing equipment supplier Marel Food Systems hf, Gardabaer, Iceland, said its board elected Theo Hoen as chief executive officer for Marel.

Meeting the demands of rapid growth as well as maintaining original product quality and safety requirements can be challenging when your products have a reputation for being handmade, artisan items.

Global food processing equipment supplier CFS, Bakel, The Netherlands, said it hired Brian McCluskie to become chief executive officer effective August 1, 2008.

A new shuttle conveyor and pan indexing system for bakers, food and meat processors fully automates loading onto pans and oven belts.

With its slicing area of 550 mm by 210 mm, the CFS GigaSlicer is the largest in its class.

Phone system organizer, drop floor system, clean-in-place conveyor belt, forklift trucks, tracking labels, state-of-the-art metal detection and x-ray inspection equipment, and more.