Baking & Snack - September 2016 - MID1

ADVERTORIAL

meet MIDDLEBY
BAKERY GROUP
Mark Salman, president, Middleby Bakery Group, introduces its brands to the industry.
It takes a baker to really talk to another baker,
said Mark Salman, President of Middleby Bakery
Group (MBG).
After spending 30+ years running bakeries,
starting one using a Middleby oven back in the
'80s, Mark knew well that the heart of a quality
baked product lies in the thermal part of the production process (Proofing, Baking & Cooling).
Middleby Corp., a publicly traded company with
6,500 employees and over $2 billion in sales, has
achieved its success in providing game changing solutions in the cooking and baking processes
across a multitude of companies.
Our vision is to build, across the globe, industrial bakeries of the future using the best quality
equipment at the least cost of ownership possible;
this includes procurement cost, operating cost and
capacity utilization. Our extensive engineering
groups around the world are focused on improving
this equation, providing robust equipment with
features and benefits that are second to none in
the industry. We would love for our customers to
make money so that they come back to us for additional equipment purchases.
With the incredible support of each one of our
employees, we, as a team, have achieved unsurpassed success with one of the largest launches
at IBIE 2016 with new product development and
technology innovation in our combined 430 years
of history. These include:
* The introduction of the 960 Hurricane Oven,
the widest tunnel oven in the industry.

* Emico by Stewart Systems will unveil its latest
high-capacity bun divider.
* Spooner Vicars will introduce its latest lamination APEX 400 series for the biscuit and cracker
industry.
* Auto-Bake is taking its serpentine baking systems into the bread category and will be introducing its latest pan tracking technologies.
We are extremely excited about the game changing innovations we are implementing at MBG. Our
team looks forward to working with bakers of all
sizes and complexities, in order to help them reach
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the successes they work so hard to achieve.

New faces of MBG
As Middleby Bakery Group continues to expand and
offer the best possible baking solutions in a variety of
sectors, the company recently introduced new players
and company veterans to serve customers and bring a
new level of unity to the group as a whole.
Rick Rodarte, Vice President of Operations
Mr. Rodarte started with the company
16 years ago as a unit equipment engineer for Stewart Systems. Over the
years, he has learned the company's
process front to back, making him an
integral piece of their success.

Scott McCally, Vice-President of Engineering
Mr. McCally started with the company in
2010 as a thermal product manager for
Stewart Systems. In his tenure, he has
led several of the company's notable
innovations such as the "Texas Titan," the
world's largest conveyorized oven.

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