In Brief, February 2008

By the Editors -- Foodservice Equipment and Supplies, 2/1/2008

T&S Brass and Bronze Works promoted Bill Stella to director of international sales … Panda Express received the 2007 Best People Practices Award from People Report, a provider of human resource metrics for the foodservice industry … Master-Bilt announced the winners of its annual achievement awards, including Davis and Associations Inc., Muskego, Wis., for Most Improved Territory of the Year; Dave Cahoy, Hudson, Wis., for Regional Manager of the Year; Food Equipment Marketing Inc., Parsons, Tenn., for Top Sales Volume; Tom Redditt Sales Agency, Littleton, Colo., for Sales Rep Group of the Year; Cheri Hobson, New Albany, Miss., for Extra Miler Award; and Bob Voigtmann, New Albany, Miss., for Special Resilience Award … Illinois Tool Works Inc. acquired baking equipment distributor Peerless Machinery Corp. ... Perlick added Brittan-English, a manufacturers’ rep firm, to its group for the Northwestern territory … Thermo-Kool signed Griffin Marketing Group Inc., Irmo, S.C., to represent its walk-in refrigeration line in the territory composed of North and South Carolina … Carl’s Jr. founder Carl Karcher passed away in Fullerton, Calif., of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.