New Engineering V.P. Appointed By Grindmaster

Grindmaster-Cecilware Corp. has appointed Jose Avendaño as its new v.p.-engineering. He will oversee all aspects of engineering from his offices at the company’s Louisville, Ky., headquarters. He joins the firm from Crane Merchandising Systems, where he was director-refrigeration and product reliability. His 30 years of product development, product testing, and project management experience includes 20 years with GE Venezuela and Maytag and 10 years with Bunn-O-Matic and Crane.