Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the promotion of Quentin Kemph as Area Sales Manager for the South Central United States. Kemph is responsible for bringing Key\u2019s high performance digital sorting, conveying and other automation systems to customers that process fruits, vegetables, potatoes, nuts, snack foods, poultry and more.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cDuring his lengthy tenure at Key, Quentin has amassed a great deal of technical and application knowledge, which puts him in a wonderful position to deliver enormous value to food processors. Partnering with customers to understand their goals and their challenges, he helps design the solutions that best satisfy each unique application,\u201d said Ray Kramer, Senior Director of North American Sales at Key. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Quentin expand his role and build our momentum in the South Central U.S.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
Kemph has been with Key for more than 30 years, holding a variety of positions of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he was Sales and Applications Technical Support Specialist where he worked closely with customers and Key teams to customize equipment that improves product quality, increases yield and reduces operating costs. Previously, he was Senior Applications Specialist and prior to that, Service Technician and Precision Welder\/Supervisor. Innovative problem solving has led Kemph to develop five patents at Key.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cAs a well-respected market leader, Key is known for world-class technology, quality engineering and exceptional after-sales support. I\u2019m excited to get out in the field and meet food processors at their facilities to explore how our VERYX\u00ae digital sorters and Iso-Flo\u00ae vibratory conveyors can improve their operations,\u201d said Kemph. \u201cAs I pivot my career to become more directly involved with customers, I\u2019ll continue to be available to our applications and technical support teams, as needed.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
Prior to Kemph\u2019s appointment, Jeff Nielsen was responsible for Key sales in both the Southeast and South Central United States. To better serve this large 12-state area, Nielsen will now focus on the Southeast territory as Kemph takes on the South Central region.<\/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 at its headquarters in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; Beusichem, the Netherlands; Hasselt, Belgium; and Redmond, Oregon, USA.\u00a0 Key offers customer demonstration and testing services at five locations including Walla Walla, Beusichem, and Hasselt as well as Sacramento, California, USA and Melbourne, Australia; and maintains a sales and service office in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. Key is a Duravant Company.<\/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. Visit www.duravant.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-4572","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4572"}],"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\/4573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.key.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}