Warren Graber has been appointed president of Chicago-based COOKTEK INDUCTION SYSTEMS LLC. He succeeds company founder Bob Wolters. Graber, who had been v.p.-operations since ’09, now directs all activities and strategies in operations, sales and marketing. He joined the company in ’05 as v.p.-engineering. CookTek has been a division of Middleby Corp. since 2009. •…
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