Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the appointment of Jack Lee as President, Key Technology \u2013 Americas. Lee is responsible for leading strategies that bring Key\u2019s high-performance digital sorting, conveying and process automation systems, as well as world-class service, to food processors throughout North America and Latin America.<\/p>\r\n
Key\u2019s activities in Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia will continue to be led by Antoine van Bree, President\/Managing Director, Key Technology \u2013 EMEIA. Jack Lee succeeds Carson Brennan, who is relocating to the Chicago area and taking an expanded role in business development at Duravant. In addition to leading Key in the Americas, Lee also assumes responsibility for WECO along with Don Douglas, President of WECO.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have Jack at Key. His passion for continuous improvement, experience applying technology to address changing market needs and team-oriented leadership style is driving a growth plan focused on delivering exceptional customer value,\u201d said Mike Kachmer, President and CEO of Duravant. \u201cJack is committed to Key\u2019s ongoing success and aligning WECO together with Key. We\u2019re accelerating on our strategy to pursue more common commercial opportunities and provide Duravant\u2019s customers with a more integrated and comprehensive suite of sorting solutions.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
\u201cKey and WECO occupy an exciting space at a dynamic time. By working with food processors to optimize final product quality, despite extreme weather causing wide fluctuations in the quality of harvested crops, we\u2019re able to act as a buffer to improve things for farmers, food processors and consumers alike. We\u2019re also addressing sustainability by reducing food processors\u2019 energy and water use, plus decreasing their reliance on manual labor,\u201d said Lee. \u201cOur purpose is to feed the world.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
Lee brings over 20 years of leadership experience in industrial automation. Most recently, he was President of Red Lion Controls, a division of Spectris PLC. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Surface Equipment and Automation at Dover Artificial Lift, and he held several leadership roles at Emerson Electric, including VP of Global Marketing and Business Development. At Emerson Process Management, he was Global Food and Beverage Industry Director and Strategic Planning Director. In addition to holding bachelor\u2019s degrees from Rice University, Lee has earned three master\u2019s degrees \u2013 a master\u2019s in Chemical\/Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston, a master\u2019s in Engineering Management from Northwestern University and a master\u2019s in Business Administration also from Northwestern University.<\/p>\r\n
About Key Technology<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Key Technology is a global leader in the design and manufacture of automation systems including digital sorters, conveyors and other processing equipment. Applying processing knowledge and application expertise, Key helps customers in the food processing and other industries improve quality, increase yield and reduce cost. Key manufactures its products in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; Redmond, Oregon, USA; and in Beusichem, the Netherlands. Key offers customer demonstration and testing services at five locations including Walla Walla and Beusichem as well as Hasselt, Belgium; Sacramento, California, USA; and Melbourne, Australia; and maintains a sales and service office in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. Key is a Duravant Company. For more information, visit www.key.net<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n About Duravant<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, Duravant is a global engineered equipment company with manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Through their portfolio of operating companies, Duravant delivers trusted end-to-end process solutions for customers and partners through engineering and integration expertise, project management and operational excellence. With worldwide sales distribution and service networks, they provide immediate and lifetime aftermarket support to all the markets they serve in the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors. Duravant\u2019s market-leading brands are synonymous with innovation, durability and reliability. For more information, visit www.duravant.com.<\/a><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Reader Inquiries<\/u>:<\/strong>
\r\nBuffy Hagerman
\r\nKey Technology
\r\n150 Avery Street
\r\nWalla\u00a0Walla,\u00a0WA\u00a099362\u00a0USA
\r\nTel: +1\u00a0509 540 7415
\r\nbhagerman@key.net <\/a>
\r\nwww.key.net<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3239","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}