Movers and Shakers The right people in the right roles can make all the difference


Henley Bridge appoints experienced new sales director


Ingredients supplier Henley Bridge has appointed a sales director to help realise the company’s growth ambitions. The company says Adrian Dodds brings a wealth of experience to the role, including 14 years as Head of UK Sales at Lantmannen Unibake. The expanding business has experienced


exponential growth in the last two years, bucking the trend by coming out of Covid strongly, and is now looking to build on this success.


“Henley Bridge is a very well-respected business with a fantastic product


offer, unrivalled service and a broad and loyal customer base,” said Dodds. “The company has major growth ambitions, with a bigger group (Kent Foods) behind it for financial muscle, but there remains the autonomy and scope to be part of taking the business forward. “My immediate priorities in the role will include capitalising on business growth


opportunities, as well as developing the existing sales structure and longer- term strategy, all of which will support our continued development as a leading ingredient supplier.”


Reading Bakery


Made Smarter appoints Siemens’ Brian Holliday as new co-chair


Made Smarter, the national digitalisation


movement to drive productivity, growth and sustainability in manufacturing, has appointed Siemens’ Brian Holliday as its new co-chair. The Managing Director of Siemens Digital Industries will head up the Made Smarter Commission alongside Lee Rowley MP, Minister for Industry for the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, replacing UK industrialist and former Siemens CEO Professor Juergen Maier. Together they will shape the future of Made Smarter and oversee the successful


delivery of its Adoption and Innovation programmes, which help UK manufacturers to capitalise on new digital technologies such as additive manufacturing, internet of things, and robotics and automation. The programmes have already received over £150 million in government funding. Brian Holliday said: “I’m delighted to be co-chairing the Made Smarter Commission with Minister Rowley through its next steps. “Since the original Made Smarter Review in 2017, I have been struck by the importance


of this government and industry partnership in manufacturing to highlight how much the sector matters to address the productivity, innovation and skills challenges in the UK and increasingly, to find the right levers to help to invest in material, resource and energy efficiency too.” Minister for Industry Lee Rowley said: “I am delighted that Brian Holliday has


become the new industry co-chair of the Made Smarter Commission. “Brian has been involved since the start and brings deep manufacturing and tech expertise to our joint mission to improve productivity in manufacturing.”


42 Kennedy’s Confection April 2022 Systems (RBS) has


announced that after 30 years with the company, John Eshelman, Director of pretzel & snack equipment sales, retired on March 31st. Since 1992, John has been an invaluable contributor to the company’s growth while enriching the lives of everyone he has worked with. John has held numerous employment positions during his tenure at RBS. Currently leading pretzel and snack machinery sales,


Manager of Technical Service, Plant Manager,


John’s previous roles include Director of the E.I. Groff


Technical Centre (the original RBS Science & Innovation Centre), as well as Director of Technical Sales. The company has said that because


of his various experiences noted above, John is not only an expert in pretzel and snack processes and equipment, but also has served as an exceptional resource for his customers and colleagues over the years. “John is a true team player,’’ said Joe


Zaleski, President, RBS. He continued: “We want to thank John for his many years of service, his many contributions to the company, and his commitment to RBS and its customers. It is with many wonderful memories that we wish John all the best in a well-deserved retirement. Congratulations!”


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Reading Bakery Systems Announces Industry Veteran John Eshelman to Retire


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