The company has named Serge Abou-Jaoudé Vice President, Dorner Europe; Todd Kaull Vice President, Global Operations; and Anthony Sherrill as Regional Manager, Louisiana and Texas.

Heat and Control will demonstrate the next generation of seasoning, conveying, weighing, packaging and inspection systems this year at PACK EXPO International. 

Dorner has appointed Scott Kelley the Vice President – Sales of U.S. Operations. In the role, Kelley will lead all of Dorner’s outside sales personnel, and will help grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business throughout the United States.  

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has launched a new line of external, high-speed overrunning backstops to replace the Falk BIF model.

Kristin Werner, a student at Hennepin Technical College in Minneapolis, Minn., has been named recipient of the 2018 Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship, funded by Dorner. 

Chuck Sena has been named Industry Manager – Sanitary for Dorner. In the role, Sena will be working with sales, marketing and channel partners to develop and execute strategic plans to drive sales of Dorner’s sanitary conveyor platform. 

Dorner has completed a major expansion of its facility in Germany, a project that doubles its production space, adds jobs and effectively positions the company to become more responsive to its customers throughout the region.

John Blicha has been promoted to the newly created position of director of Global Marketing and Communications, said Eriez President and CEO Tim Shuttleworth and VP of Sales and Marketing Charlie Ingram. Blicha joined Eriez in 2012 as manager of Marketing Communications.

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has come out with the Super Stainless Steel roller chain. This is a unique roller chain product that combines the corrosion resistance and extreme temperature operating range of Tsubaki’s AS series stainless steel chain with the strength of a carbon steel chain.