ALI NORTH AMERICA APPOINTS FILIPPO BERTI CHAIRMAN & CEO

Luciano Berti, chairman of Ali S.p.A (Ali Group), announced on Sept. 30 the appointment of Filippo Berti as chairman and CEO of Ali Group North America. Berti succeeds Robert Nerbonne in overseeing all of the group’s North American companies, including Aladdin Temp-Rite, ACP/Amana, Belshaw/Adamatic, Beverage-Air, Burlodge North America, Carpigiani U.S.A., the Champion Group (Champion, BiLine, Moffat, Moyer Diebel), CMA, Edlund, Electro Freeze, Eloma, and Victory Refrigeration.

Berti had been president of Ali Group North America; he recently took that post after serving as CEO of Beverage-Air since its 2008 acquisition. Prior to that, Berti was v.p.-business development, in charge of acquisitions, for the Milan, Italy-based Ali Group.

The privately held Ali Group operates globally through 65 brands and 7,100 employees in 24 different countries.