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The 19th edition of Food&HotelAsia2014, Asia’s largest biennial food and hospitality tradeshow, set a few records earlier this month. The April 8-11 show, the first to fully occupy the Singapore Expo, the country’s biggest exhibition venue, boasted 3,213 exhibitors—its largest number to date—and 63 group pavilions. Preliminary data has the show attracting 64,826 attendees, more…

Carlisle Cos., the parent of Carlisle FoodService Products, has elected D. Christian (Chris) Koch as president and COO. Koch has been with Carlisle since 2008 and most recently served as group president of the Diversified Products Group, where he headed two of Carlisle’s four business segments, including Carlisle FoodService Products. He already has assumed his…

Last week’s annual conference of the Association for Healthcare Foodservice in Orlando, Fla., included topical speakers and panel discussions, as well presentations of AHF’s highest awards. Patti Oliver, director of nutrition at UCLA Health, was presented with the 2014 AHF Lifetime Achievement Award. The association’s top award recognizes operator members who best exemplify the leadership…

Market Forge Industries has moved its Massachusetts operations north to a Vermont facility near its Middleby Corp. stablemate, Blodgett Oven. The facility in Essex, Vt., will build proprietary steam equipment under the Market Forge brand. Middleby, which purchased the assets of Market Forge on Jan. 7, moved all of the production, sales and engineering from…

Patrick J. Huppert, applications engineer and the “father” of the Kold Locker walk-in product line at Nor-Lake Inc., died July 17 while on an annual fishing trip in Canada. He was 60 years old. Huppert got his start in the E&S industry as a draftsman at Vollrath Refrigeration in 1976, designing walk-in coolers; he also…

Vincent J. Guarriello, one of the true legends of the foodservice equipment industry and who was pivotal in its postwar development, passed away Oct.16 in Red Bank, N.J. He was 93. Guarriello had a long tenure in the E&S industry and was mentor to many corporate and sales executives working today. He served many years…

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index rose again in November, hitting a five-month high at 101.2. The Index declined over the summer, prompted in part by worries about the impending federal-government shutdown and debt-ceiling fight. Six of the index’s components moved higher. Only current capital spending activity and the staffing outlook were lower. All…