Anna Pata named President of Carpigiani North America

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Carpigiani North America, a Welbilt company, announced the appointment of Anna Pata as President, effective immediately. ...

Tom Hotard Named Chief Engineering Officer for Ali Group and Welbilt

VERNON HILLS, Ill. – Ali Group, the largest and most diversified global leader in the foodservice equipment industry, today announced the promotion of Tom Hotard to the role of Chief Engineering Officer for Ali Group and Welbilt globally, effective September 1, 2025.
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Rob August Named Chief Commercial Officer for Ali Group and Welbilt

VERNON HILLS, Ill. Ali Group, the largest and most diversified global leader in the foodservice equipment industry, today announced the promotion of Rob August to the role of Chief Commercial Officer for Ali Group and Welbilt globally, effective September 1, 2025.
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Leadership transition at Cleveland Range: Bob Tribfelner Succeeds John Lanning

CLEVELAND - Cleveland Range®, a Welbilt company and leader in commercial steam cooking solutions, announces a leadership transition within its Sales and Marketing Division, effective April 30, 2025. Robert (Bob) Tribfelner will assume the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Cleveland Range, replacing John Lanning, who is retiring on May 30, 2025. ...

Korey Brownlee Appointed General Manager of Beverage-Air and Victory Refrigeration

CHICAGO AND WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Filippo Berti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ali Group, today announced the promotion of Korey Brownlee to the position of General Manager of Beverage-Air and Victory Refrigeration, effective immediately. In this role, he will report directly to Oscar Villa, Group President at Welbilt.
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DELFIELD ANNOUNCES PROMOTION OF TIM WILCZAK

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. – Marcy Mathews, President of Delfield, today announced the promotion of Tim Wilczak to Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Management at Delfield effective immediately.
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MARCY MATHEWS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF DELFIELD

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Filippo Berti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ali Group, announced Marcy Mathews has been named President of Delfield, a Welbilt company, effective today. In this role, Marcy will continue to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Delfield brand. ...

Garland Named in Top 10 Foodservice Equipment Manufacturers

Garland Commercial Ranges has been chosen as one of Food Business Review Magazine's Top 10 Foodservice Equipment Manufacturers 2024.

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Convotherm announces appointment of new Managing Director

Eglfing, Germany - Leading catering equipment supplier Welbilt, Inc. has announced the appointment of Claus Pedersen as the new Managing Director of Convotherm with immediate effect. Claus will assume global responsibility for Convotherm product lines and P&L and will work closely with the Welbilt teams to continue to grow the business internationally. Claus will succeed Jean Paul Roudier who has been interim Managing Director the last 8 months. ...

Welbilt Announces Organization Changes at Delfield

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, Inc., announced two organizational changes at one of its operating companies, The Delfield Company. ...

Jo Heitzman to Retire from Welbilt, Jim Courtright to Serve as SVP Sales

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.  – Jo Heitzman, Vice President of Global Strategic Accounts, Welbilt has announced her retirement effective October 2, 2023. Jim Courtright will serve in a new role of Senior Vice President of Sales, Welbilt beginning September 1 and will assume responsibility for Global Strategic Accounts upon Heitzman’s retirement. Courtright will be working with Heitzman to ensure a smooth transition. ...

Matt Kampert Appointed President of Lincoln Foodservice

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, Inc. announced Matt Kampert has been named President of Lincoln Foodservice, a Welbilt brand, effective September 1st. In this role, Kampert will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Lincoln brand. ...

Garland Appoints VP of Sales and Marketing

Mississauga, Ontario - Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Dellert as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Garland, effective April 3, 2023.

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Oscar Villa Named President of Frymaster

CHICAGO and NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, Inc., today Oscar Villa has been named President of Frymaster, a Welbilt brand. ...

Nick Patterson Appointed President of Merco and KitchenConnect

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Nick Patterson has been named President of Merco & KitchenConnect, Welbilt brands, effective August 29th. In this role, he will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Merco and Welbilt KitchenConnect.

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Tom Kurgan Appointed General Manager, Lincoln

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Tom Kurgan has been named General Manager for Lincoln, a Welbilt brand, effective August 29th.

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Graham Sams Appointed President of Garland and Lincoln

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Graham Sams has been named President of Garland and Lincoln, both Welbilt brands, effective August 29th. In this role, Sams will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Garland and Lincoln companies.

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Stan Ioffe Appointed President of Cleveland

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Stan Ioffe has been named President of Cleveland, a Welbilt brand, effective August 29th.

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Jim Courtright Appointed Vice President of Sales, Americas

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Jim Courtright has been named Vice President of Sales, Americas for Welbilt effective August 29th. In this role, he will oversee the U.S.-aligned representative groups along with the buying groups. Courtright will be responsible for sales in both North and South America. ...

Brian Holdrich Appointed President of Frymaster

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Kevin Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, announced Brian Holdrich has been named President of Frymaster, a Welbilt brand, effective August 29th. ...

Ali Group Announces New Leadership Appointment at Welbilt

CHICAGO and NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – Filippo Berti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ali Group, today announced Kevin Clark has been named Chief Executive Officer of Welbilt, an Ali Group Company, effective immediately. ...

Welbilt Announces the Sale of Manitowoc Ice

New Port Richey, FL - Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Manitowoc® Ice business (“Manitowoc Ice”) to Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) for approximately $1.6 billion in cash, on a cash free and debt free basis, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Manitowoc Ice designs, manufactures and markets a full line of ice machines and related equipment and generated sales of approximately $308 million in 2021. ...

Garland accepts prestigious Blue Flame Product of the Year Award

Mississauga, Ontario - Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, was recognized this past May for the 2021 Blue Flame Product of the Year Award from the Energy Solutions Center (ESC) for their XHP Broiler™. Garamy Whitmore, Area Vice President - Welbilt, was presented and accepted the award on behalf of Garland at Vader & Landgraf, channel representative facility located in Minneapolis, MN. ...

Welbilt Announces the Passing of Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Richard N. “Rick” Caron

New Port Richey, FL - Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT), announced today that Richard N. “Rick” Caron, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, passed away on September 2nd following a brief non-Covid related illness. Mr. Caron, 65, served as the head of innovation and technology since joining Welbilt’s predecessor company Enodis in 2005. ...

Garland introduces Cuisine Series new time-saving features

Mississauga, Ontario  Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, today unveils new time-saving features to further enhance its trusted and market-leading heavy-duty oven and burner system, the Cuisine Series®.

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The Lincoln 2424 Aperion™ Impinger Conveyor Oven!

New Port Richey, FL – Lincoln, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, launches its new high performance midsize conveyor oven: The Lincoln 2424 Aperion™ Impinger. This unique product is brimming with features designed to maximise efficiency without ever compromising on the quality Lincoln is renowned for.

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Lincoln introduces new Dual Voltage Digital Countertop Impinger® Electric Oven

New Port Richey, FL Lincoln®, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, introduces the new Lincoln Dual Voltage Digital CounterTop Impingement (DCTI) oven. This ‘plug and play’ model will automatically convert the voltage to your kitchen’s needs – taking the guesswork out of ordering so you can start cooking straightaway.  ...

Garland XHP broiler is awarded with the 2021 Blue Flame Product of the Year Award

Mississauga, Ontario - Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, is proud to announce the Energy Solutions Center (ESC) Blue Flame Alliance Consortium has selected Garland’s High Performance XHP Broiler to receive the 2021 Blue Flame Product of the Year Award.  ...

Lincoln introduces new easyTouch® control in Impinger II Ovens

New Port Richey, FL Lincoln, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, introduces the enhanced Impinger II series of conveyor ovens with easyTouch controls. ...

Welbilt Partners with Nuovair to Supply the Most Powerful Blast Chiller in North America

New Port Richey, FL – Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT), a leading global provider of commercial foodservice equipment, is proud to be the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada of roll-in blast chillers from Nuovair, the Italy-based specialists in high-quality blast chillers.

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Garland unveils enhanced Master Series Convection Oven with EasyTouch

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL - Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, introduces the enhanced Master Series MCO Oven now with easyTouch®. ...

Garland introduces new XHP Broiler

New Port Richey, FL - Garland, a leading Welbilt brand of commercial cooking equipment, today announces the roll out of the new XHP 36” HD counter broiler. With award-winning Synergy technology, this latest addition to the hugely successful Heavy Duty Gas Counter Line enters production in April.

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Welbilt Announces Appointment of Jennifer Gudenkauf as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

New Port Richey, FL. – December 20, 2019 – Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT) announced today that Jennifer Gudenkauf has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective January 6, 2020. ...

Welbilt Announces Appointment of Martin Agard as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

New Port Richey, FL --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT) announced today that it has appointed Martin D. Agard to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 8, 2019. Agard will assume the leadership of Welbilt’s finance organization from Haresh Shah, who is leaving Welbilt to pursue external opportunities. ...

Welbilt Announces Appointment of William C. Johnson as New Chief Executive Officer

New Port Richey, FL. – October 29, 2018 – Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT), a leading global manufacturer of commercial foodservice equipment, announced today that its Board of Directors has elected William (“Bill”) C. Johnson as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 9, 2018. Mr. Johnson is a seasoned and proven leader who will assume day-to-day leadership of the Company and will also join Welbilt’s Board of Directors. ...

Welbilt Announces Senior Leadership Change

New Port Richey, FL. – August 9, 2018 – Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT), announced today that Hubertus M. Mühlhäuser is resigning as a Director, President and CEO of Welbilt, effective August 31, 2018, to become the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI), a $27 billion global manufacturer of capital goods comprising agricultural and construction equipment, commercial and specialty vehicles and powertrain technologies. ...

New Garland Instinct Induction Series recognized with a 2018 NRA Kitchen Innovation Award

New Port Richey, FL - Welbilt, Inc. is pleased to announce that its new Garland® Instinct™ Induction powered by Inducs Series has been recognized with a 2018 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show® Kitchen Innovation Award, this is Garland’s fifth new product innovation to be recognized by this prestigious judged panel. ...

Welbilt Unveils New Product and Service Brand Logos

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fl. – Welbilt, Inc. (NYSE:WBT), a leading global supplier of commercial foodservice equipment, will unveil new logos for its product and service brands at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago, May 20 – 23, 2017. This change is part of Welbilt’s February announcement changing its corporate identity and branding.

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Delfield New Coolscapes Upright Refrigeration

Mt. Pleasant, MI – Delfield’s new Coolscapes™ Upright Refrigerators and Freezers are designed to be easy to work from and supply storage that seamlessly fits into any operation. Its newly redesigned hydrocarbon refrigeration system, called GreenGenius™, maximizes refrigeration efficiency and energy savings, while helping to save the environment by utilizing natural R290 refrigerant which has one of the lowest GWP (Global Warming Potential) of any commercially approved refrigerants. Most models also meet ENERGY STAR® 3.0 standards and exceed new Department of Energy (DOE) standards. ...

Delfield New Coolscapes™ Undercounter/Worktables with new Hydrocarbon Refrigeration meets new DOE Requirements

Covington, TN – Delfield’s new Coolscapes™ Undercounter/Worktables are designed to be easy to work from and supply storage that seamlessly fits into any operation. With a newly redesigned hydrocarbon refrigeration system, called GreenGenius™, which maximizes refrigeration efficiency and energy savings, while helping to save the environment by utilizing natural R290 refrigerant which has one of the lowest GWP (Global Warming Potential) of any commercially approved refrigerants. Most models also meet ENERGY STAR® 3.0 standards and exceed new Department of Energy (DOE) standards. Coolscapes makes foods safer than ever and provides you an enormous product offering. You choose - door, drawers, refrigerator, freezer - the list goes on! ...

Delfield introduces New GreenGenius™ Hydrocarbon Refrigeration to meet new DOE Requirements

Covington, TN – Delfield introduces GreenGenius™ which has been engineered to be the most energy efficient, environmentally friendly hydrocarbon based refrigeration system that they have ever developed. GreenGenius was built upon 60 years of Delfield refrigeration knowledge and uses natural refrigeration technology. The new system uses R290 refrigerant, a natural hydrocarbon refrigerant that allows GreenGenius to meet and/or exceed new Department of Energy (DOE) and ENERGY STAR® 3.0 standards on most units. Featuring Delfield’s unique adaptive defrost with electronic temperature control, operators will never again have to worry about when their refrigeration system will go into defrost, since the system monitors the environment and automatically adjusts defrost times so you always have a clean, ice free evaporator, all the time. This reduces compressor cycling and saves on energy. ...

FE&S Magazine recognized Manitowoc Foodservice in Six Categories for 2016 “Best In Class” Heavy Duty Kitchen Equipment

New Port Richey, FL . . . Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (FE&S) magazine just released the results of its annual Best in Class Survey last night and this year four Manitowoc Foodservice brands have won prestigious 2016 Overall Best in Class Awards in 6 categories. ...

Manitowoc Foodservice Announces Americas Buying Group and Asia Pacific Leadership Shifts

New Port Richey, FL . . . Manitowoc Foodservice (NYSE: MFS) has announced that Gary Dykstra, VP Sales Buying Groups, will retire from his role of leading the company’s business with the USA Buying Groups at the end of this year. He will continue to serve as a consultant to the business. Chris Karssiens has been appointed to SVP Sales USA Buying Groups and will be replacing Dykstra in this role. Manitowoc Foodservice is also pleased to announce Phil Dei Dolori as SVP and General Manager EMEA and APAC.

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Innovations Television TV Show

On-the-go consumers in the U.S. are changing the way food is consumed and served. Convenience plays a role in how and where Americans eat, but so does fresh foods that is locally sourced. It’s as important, if not more than convenience.

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Frymaster’s Integrated Oil Quality Sensor Wins the 2016 Gas Foodservice Equipment Network (GFEN) Blue Flame Award as “Product of the Year”

Shreveport, LA . . . Frymaster will be presented the 2016 GFEN Blue Flame Award at the NRA show in the Manitowoc booth #3601 on Saturday, May 21 at 10:30am. Frymaster’s FilterQuick® fryers with the integrated Oil Quality Sensor (OQS) are the first fryers in the world to monitor the health of the oil and indicate with precision when frying oil needs to be discarded. In recent years, new technologies like automatic filtration, automatic top off, oil conserving frypots and cool mode controllers have promised to extend oil life. The problem is that operators need an accurate, consistent and objective way of determining when to replace the oil. Using the oil for too long will damage food quality, while disposing of oil too soon will result in increased expense. Common subjective oil quality assessments like oil color, food color or days in use require too much guess work and minimize the impact of these oil life extending technologies.

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EPA recognizes Manitowoc Foodservice with 2016 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award

Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. recognized for its sustained leadership to protect the environment
 
New Port Richey, FLMarch 28, 2016 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. with a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency achievements. Manitowoc Foodservice’s accomplishments will be recognized in Washington, D.C. on April 13, 2016. ...