PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Gary Huddleston joins AFIA as feed manufacturing safety and environmental affairs manager
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he American Feed Industry Association is excited to announce Gary Huddleston as its new manager of feed manufacturing safety and environmental affairs from May 1, 2015.
With 30 years of service in manufacturing, Mr Huddleston will manage AFIA’s efforts surrounding regulatory issues involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Gary Huddleston US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation. Huddleston, who will report to Dr Henry Turlington, AFIA director of quality and manufacturing regulatory affairs, will also be tasked with the development and coordination of AFIA education and training programs.
“Mr Huddleston’s extensive experience in feed manufacturing will complement AFIA’s feed safety certification programs and trainings by providing an outlook on how feed safety affects the producer and the consumer first hand,” said Mr Turlington.
Mr Huddleston is a previous employee of Southern States Cooperative, Inc, which he joined in 1984 post graduation from Tennessee Technological University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness and economics. Mr Huddleston performed numerous roles while at Southern States - from sales to manufacturing - and since 1998 has worked as the plant manager of the Southern States Park City, Kentucky location. Under Mr Huddleston’s guidance, the Park City plant was recognised as AFIA’s Feed Mill of the Year in 2007 and 2014.
Coceral elects Jaana Kleinschmit as President
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aana Kleinschmit, member of the management board of ADM Hamburg Aktiengesellschaft, General Manager of Germany GmbH and representing the German grain trade association (VdG - Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e.V.), was elected President of Coceral by the General Assembly that met on May 22, 2015 in Antwerp.
Jaana Kleinschmit
Succeeding Paul Della Tolla, Jaana will serve a two-year term until 2017. After being elected, Jaana said she will strive to reinvigorate the commitment of members and to reinforce the cohesion of national associations towards Coceral.
“We live in a time when there are many opportunities for a thriving agricultural sector that also faces challenging constraints coming from EU policies. Coceral will unite its membership to ensure that innovation and better regulation become the real guiding principles of EU policies, especially for agriculture. We need liberalised markets for agricultural trade that also meet increasing demands from consumers for healthy diets at affordable prices.” Jaana looks forward to working with the newly elected Presidium to bring fresh energy and ideas to Coceral.
Cargotec appoints Michel van Roozendaal to head MacGregor business area
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ichel van Roozendaal (M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering; MBA INSEAD, Fontainebleau; b. 1963) has been appointed President of the MacGregor business area. He will be a member of Cargotec’s Executive Board and report to President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen.
Michel van Roozendaal joins from Ingersoll-Rand where he has been heading the Thermo King Global Marine, Rail and Bus businesses. Prior to this he has held global general Michel van management roles with companies such as United Technologies, Danaher, JCI and Honeywell. With Roozendaal over 25 years in technology businesses with exposure to product development, manufacturing and sales, van Roozendaal has been responsible for delivering integrated solutions to customers in a variety of different fields.
“I am delighted to welcome Michel to Cargotec. We have initiated several development programmes to raise the MacGregor business to a higher level and with Michel’s experience I am confident we will succeed. Despite the short-term challenges in MacGregor’s markets we have a strong brand and competences to build on,” says Cargotec’s President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen. “I am truly excited to be joining MacGregor, a clear leader in its industry. The marine sector is undergoing constant change but is a sector that will continue to benefit from increased globalisation and growth in trade,” says Michel van Roozendaal. Michel van Roozendaal will start in his new role during August 2015.
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