Middleby Buys Globe

A month after its acquisition of QualServ Solutions, Middleby Corp. has made an even bigger purchase by adding Globe Food Equipment Co. to its portfolio of brands.

Globe, based in Dayton, Ohio, has approximately $50 million in annual sales of slicers, mixers and prep equipment.

“The addition of the Globe product offering enhances Middleby’s position for further expansion into the growing retail market segment,” says Selim Bassoul, Chairman and CEO of the Elgin, Ill., company.

This year, in addition to Globe and QualServ, Middleby has acquired Sveba Dahlen, a Swedish bakery equipment maker, and Burford Industries, which manufactures industrial baking equipment.