SMYRNA, Tenn., U.S. – Franke Coffee Systems has named Corrie Byron (PICTURE) to the position of president of Franke Coffee Systems North America, effective immediately.
Byron will be responsible for accelerating sales and growth of Smyrna, Tenn.-based Franke Coffee Systems’ business in the United States and Canada.
Byron will report to Thomas Patrick Meier, chief executive officer of the company’s global coffee systems division, based in Aarburg, Switzerland.
“Corrie will leverage her extensive background in the food and beverage industry to help Coffee Systems fulfill its goals in the Americas,” said Meier. “She shares our vision of Franke as a ‘one-stop shop’ for hot beverage solutions, and will help drive expansion of a product range that provides high-quality and innovative machines for the industry’s most dynamic operators.”
Byron most recently was president of the foodservice and international business units of The Oneida Group, marketer of tabletop brands such as Oneida, Anchor Hocking, Buffalo and Delco. Previously, she spent nearly 20 years with Kerry Group, a global ingredients, flavors and foodservice solutions company, most recently as its vice president and general manager.
Franke Coffee Systems provides solutions for coffee preparation beyond the kitchen. The global product range encompasses fully automatic, as well as traditional, coffee machines, capsule machines, and high-volume coffee brewers for the convenience foodservice segment and restaurant operations.
Franke Coffee Systems is part of the Franke Group, which produces diverse items such as consumer kitchen products, foodservice kitchen systems and equipment and restroom fixtures.
There are 9,200 employees working within the Franke Group’s 72 subsidiaries, which are located in 37 countries around the world.
Aimee Harvey
