COOPER-ATKINS ENHANCES SALES ORGANIZATION

Now celebrating its 125^th anniversary, Cooper-Atkins Corp. announced several promotions as part of a companywide organizational change in sales and marketing. Bill Eggers has been appointed to the newly created position of v.p.-marketing and key accounts; he will maintain relations with marketing groups and strengthen brand development and new product development. Jeff Yeager has been promoted to v.p.-sales East, broadening his experience with the chain community from his previous post as director-foodservice national accounts. Scott D’Aniello has been promoted to v.p.-industrial sales, taking a stronger role in new product development and corporate sales strategies.

The company also has added two new healthcare regional sales managers, Jonathan Ganak and Alisia Shannon. In addition, Carol Sullivan is the new eastern regional sales manager for foodservice.

The Middlefield, Conn., company also has announced its reassessment to ISO 9001:2008, which is the current 2008 revision of the international quality-management system.

Cooper-Atkins has been an ISO 9001 manufacturing facility since 1999.