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Mennel Milling hires director
of operations for grain division
FOSTORIA, OHIO - Michael
MaGinn has been named director of
operations for the grain division of
The Mennel Milling Co. In his new
role, Mr. MaGinn will be responsible for the operational oversight of
the company's grain handling and
processing assets and functions.
With a primary focus of
providing global management of Mennel's 13 grain
facilities as well as training
for approximately 70 grain
employees, Mr. MaGinn will
lead the grain team through
shifting trends and facilitate MaGinn
the implementation of innovative efforts to achieve excellence
in the grain industry.
"The key to Mennel's more than
130-year history is our commitment
to quality, uniformity and service,"
said David Marty, vice-president of
operations, The Mennel Milling Co.
"We are thrilled to formally welcome Mike to the team. His level of
experience and industry knowledge
will undoubtedly serve us well and
will help us in our continual drive
for operational excellence."
Mr. MaGinn has more than 25

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years of experience in the agriculture
industry and has worked in all aspects of grain production, including
logistics, receiving, shipping, conditioning and storing of commodities.
He most recently was vice-president
of grain operations at Heritage Cooperative, and earlier he was branch
manager for Heritage on the
Kenton Agricultural Campus.
"I am excited to get to know
and work with the first-class
team at Mennel," Mr. MaGinn
said. "There is an extraordinary value and many unique
opportunities that come along
with being a part of a locallyoperated and family-owned company. I look forward to further sharing
this value with Mennel's many loyal producers in Ohio, Indiana and
Virginia."
With over 130 years of experience
in the flour milling industry, Mennel Milling has grown to include
other business ventures, including
over 30 sites in 6 states. Today, Mennel consists of 6 ﬂour mills, 13 country grain elevators, 3 trucking divisions, 2 bakery mix facilities and a
popcorn plant. MBN

Kupniewski joins BakeMark in branch
development, manufacturing role
PICO RIVERA, CALIF. - John be a very valuable addition to our
Kupniewski has been named vice- team," said Gary Schmidt, president
president of branch development and and chief executive officer of BakeMark. "I look forward to expanding
manufacturing at BakeMark.
A 30-year-veteran in plant op- and strengthening our manufacturerations and manufacturing, Mr. ing footprint and capabilities under
Kupniewski most recently was vice- John's leadership, in support of our
president of supply chain at CSM mission to deliver opportunities for
success to our customers and
Bakery Solutions since Destakeholders."
cember 2016. He earlier spent
BakeMark serves North
13 years at BakeMark USA as
America and customers invice-president of manufacternationally across all industuring and director of operatry channels with its product
tions. Earlier in his career Mr.
portfolio, including bakery
Kupniewski was a plant supermixes, fillings, icings, glazes,
intendent at Safeway, a plant Kupniewski
commodities, frozen products
manager at BakeMark USA,
a plant manager at Bimbo Bakeries and bakery supplies. BakeMark is the
USA and a production manager at exclusive distributor of many brands,
including Westco, BakeSense, Best
Ralphs Grocery Co.
Mr. Kupniewski also served in the Brands, Multifoods, BakeQwik, Trigal Dorado, C'est Vivant and SprinU.S. Air Force for four years.
"John's
leadership
experience kelina, operating through 5 manufacand expertise in overseeing plant turing plants and 25 distribution cenoperations and manufacturing will ters located across North America. MBN
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