Unified Brands Taps Operations Chief

Chuck Parke has joined Unified Brands’ senior leadership team as V.P.-Operations. Parke, based at company headquarters in Conyers, Ga., now oversees operations in Weidman, Mich.; Jackson, Miss.; and Pryor, Okla. Unified Brands and its Groen, CapKold, Randell, Avtec, A la Cart, and Power Soak product lines are part of Dover Corp.’s Refrigeration and Food Equipment division.

Parke has more than 30 years of engineering, operations and executive management experience, including positions with TRW, John Deere, Emerson Electric and Maytag/Whirlpool. Most recently he was the general manager for North American operations for Anthony International/Dover Corp.